AlanG

Maybe he's too busy enjoying it to post on here anymore! Not like him not to acknowledge on the thread though. Anyhoo, how are you Frank? I see you're still in the Subaru fold.

I'm not in touch with what goes on in the UK much anymore, would be shame if it blown up after only a couple of runs! The joys of tuning into the unknown I suppose..

Cool. Has he done any more runs since TOTB?, haven't heard or read nowt and he used to be on the boards updating us with his progress.

What's on the agenda now Pedro?, it's not like you to stop the tuning there!

Thanks Joe. At 35-40+ degrees you need aircon for sure. At that temp you keep windows firmly shut, cause as soon as you open the windows, the car heats up! No cool breeze coming in when you're driving along! so even without aircon, it'd still be cooler than it would otherwise be. Well we're two year down the line in Oz and still learning an awful lot. I've got concerns of schooling for Lisa, but only time will tell what we do in the future, it's too early to say for definite at the moment. Other things about here? I hate the cost of scoobies, so i haven't bought one, i love the price of petrol, i hate the cost of electricity, i love the dry and warmer weather, i hate mobile phone plans and network coverage, i love the lack of racism, i hate the shorter days compared to Scotland, i love getting up in the morning, cooking breakfast on the barbie while looking down the gully and seeing listening to nature like parrots, parakeets etc, i hate the cost of housing, i love the cheap markets, the beaches are incerdible as are the sunsets, so yeah.., hmm.., can't say it's for good yet, but it's been an experience i don't regret!

Hi Colin, how's it goin' fella? Yeah, not bad, bit cold for us this time of year (17 deg, lol and yes it feels like a Scottish winter) but summers' just round the corner, so won't be long before we hit the bushfire season and 40's again !! lol

IMO on a classic the best, most balanced bang per buck would be 350bhp and if possible around the 350Ib ft mark. Going for more involves time, money, frustration! It's always nice and feel good factor to have more but for me on a classic I'd stick to 350 with decent handling/ braking mods.

yes, apparantly. They're getting more clued up as time goes by on as to whats std and what isn't

Some go to lengths such as plumbing dump valves in behind the wheel arch and all that to hide it from police but they're not daft. The bit that pisses me off is that the police can serve you a defect notice for something like a straightcut PPG gearkit cause it's noisy.... One of the problems is that they serve you a defect notice, you go to their official checker upperer to get it checked (after fixing whatever they've defected you with), you pay them big bucks to get it checked, but if they find anything else untoward, they can tell you to get that fixed too, come back and pay the fee all over again to get it checked. Not worth the grief imo. Can't remember the cost of having the vehicle checked and defect overturned but it ain't cheap from what i believe

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Simple things like aftermarket dump valves are illegal. If you lower the car, there must be at least 100mm clearance between body and ground. The police have a 100mm sample to check ground clearance.

No. Thought about going there but most brits end up there, so what's the point? Nah, i'm not. Might as well keep ourselves amused to alleviate the boredom and stop the thread from going down the page list. Wha are the dimensions within the core Peter?

I went Ford. Holden wins it though in terms of popularity. They're everywhere

Yeah, I haven't been around either and no interest in Scoobs since i landed in Oz. It's just not the same over here. Scoobs are expensive in comparison to UK, so i can't see the point in spending what i feel is over the odds, even though they may be good value here. The other reason is cause you're very limited in what you can do to the cars and penalties are high if you get "caught" with illegal modifications. Just not worth it in my opinion.

If the intercooler has "turbulators" inside, then that's nothing new in terms of design, been around for years. I'd also be looking at the size of the cores internally when deciding what intercooler to use. As an aside, hello Wilky, long time no see or hear.