Anyways I have been put off Altezzas because they are so common (lol I drive a Skyline) but they are nice looking cars, and the beams engined ones especially go hard.
Yeah if you drive on the motorway at pretty much any time of day in Auckland you are guaranteed to see at least a handful of Altezza's. I think if you put exclusivity aside, they are a damn solid vehicle, the downside is due to this they are holding their price like no mans business.
Yeah I'll take a wild guess that it's the I6 3S-FE SaSa you would most likely know what it had if you had the 4Cylinder (RS200) model. And also would have paid more if it had very low mileage I would imagine.
The confusing part is the 4 and 6 cylinder 2.0L engines both say BEAMS on the engine cover, the 4cylinder has it printed in fancy red font is the easiest visual way to tell, also it's a lot shorter of course
Even still I've gone for a ride in my workmates 3S-FE, and while it is an economy engine, you cannot deny it is a smooth and nice ride. I haven't had the chance to drive or ride in an RS200, but from what I've heard the extra 60-70 horsies make for really good pickup.
Nice I'm very sure my next car will be a 2002+ Altezza RS200.
Just out of curiosity you have a 2.6L engine in your Altezza? What engine is that, I thought they either came with the 3S-FE, 3S-GE (both 2.0L) or in the wagon version the 2JZ-GE (3.0L)
I think upgrading the cams and injectors is going to be a very good move, coupling that with uprating all the cooling systems also, you are going to be able to get some solid endurance going.
This is going to be a damned solid track vehicle, I'll be expecting to see some track times when this latest round of work is done
Sounds like a lot of highs and lows, bro I would be soo put off after those sensor hassles. I know that exact feeling where you feel like giving up and going to something hassle free would be the best choice.
Keep us updated, I would imagine changing the cams should indeed give some nice performance inprovements.
Fucking dodgy old cars man, sounds like my mini. Some times the brake pedal would just go right down to the floor and provide almost no braking. Had to keep readjusting the handbrake as they were linked :S
I thought something mechanical was going to go wrong, just hassles with getting things sorted in time eh? So was there anything wrong with the turbo rebuilder or just 'Bob' didn't like him?
220kw at the wheels sounds like things are going well, interested to hear if you made the cannonball
Bastards! Botany is cursed, friend lost his Evo 4 there.... sad part was it was lined up to be handed over to the new owner in a few days and he had canceled the insurance!!! (Yeah dumb move) Sale price was agreed at $24,000. It was never seen again.
It's a good story man, time for the bad parts eh, it's like a drama novel now
Just to fill you in, this is actually past tense. I'm lead to believe the car is as of current date completed. This is like a story telling of how it got there.
I don't have any questions so far myself, looks like you managed to score a tidy factory spec car, pretty much perfect platform for doing some work on, and doing it right.
Now we get into the interesting stuff of what you have done to it, to turn it into a baby Godzilla
Good move bro, this is turning out to be an entertaining read.
Looking forward to the next installment, hopefully we are getting closer in the story to what you actually ended up with? I'm taking it this is all past tense?
Those minature tanks are really well done, I wish I had his skills for painting my Warhammer 40K models, It always seems to turn out not as cool as it is in my head.
How else is he supposed to make a living from these reviews? you know how many hits his reviews get each week, advertisers would bust a nut to get their ad on his page and this gives him the means to keep on making the reviews.
All part of the cycle.
Yes I don't think the reviews are quite as funny as they used to be.
I wouldn't call myself an Electronica Elite but i do listen to a lot more Electronica than your average Basshunter fan.
I don't listen to a genre of music because it carries a certain connotation to it, i listen to it because I LIKE IT... I listen to a lot of Hardstyle/Dream Dance/Eurodance/trance because of how it makes me feel.
Currently listening to Castles in the Sky by Ian Van Dahl.
Yeah electronic is good at keeping me alert or making me feel better I find.
Me and the misses cracked up the other day as some 16 year old drove past in his crappy old car cranking basshunter, such a tradgedy
I hope you not one of those 'electronic music elites' out there that listens to all the gritty type of electronic music because it's 'darker' and 'harder'. Electronic music should never be fun sounding ever!. Or maybe it's the 'indie' aka 'it's popular so it must be bad' line of thinking. But hey... I could be way off track. Hardstyle is to electronic music like death or heavy metal is to rock and carries the same type of attitudes from their fans which I've seen and heard far too much.
Hahaha, I know the type all too well, I always get shit from them for listening to the Metal core genre, god forbid I like to listen to people with instrumental skill
I really like fun sounding electronic music, apart from Daft punk and Justice which I like for their fun simplicity, I also like Pendulum and the Presets, some good Aussy electronic music.
I'll always be metal at the center of my musical interest but I like to branch out into other genres to avoid burning out on any single one.
Pretty cool electro house, I will let ChineseKiwi correct me, but I'm making at least some effort to learn the names of the sub-genres of house that I like
Having listened to a number of songs from the album, they are a different style to Daft Punk but still have elements of French house music that both Justice and Daft Punk share. Good mix of typical house music to glitch (e.g. the song 'Genesis'). Hearing more and reading up more, Justice (or at least the 'Cross' album) could be classed as 'Microhouse'
Wow, cheers, I'll keep that in mind.
I'm absolutely useless when it comes to slotting music into a sub-genre, I have the same problem when people ask me what sort of metal I like, I have to name bands as I don't know the sub-genre, I'll get around to it one day.
you would most likely know what it had if you had the 4Cylinder (RS200) model. And also would have paid more if it had very low mileage I would imagine.
