Dumb Question Thread!

[Johnnynz]

Bummer, I like them

[G-unit]

Yea there nice. Had the same on my old rs. There not from Hamilton are they? That\'s where rs ended up at wreckers

[Johnnynz]

Nah local guy in Wanganui selling them for $100. Was gonna offer him $70 lol.

Sad to hear your RS ended up at a wreckers, I really liked that car. I used to see it parked up near Nawton Dominos when your brother owned it was it?

[G-unit]

yea my brother owned it for a while, was a sad say when he rung and told me, only had a blown 1st gear

[Divine]

I.T Related.

Using my Laptop, does this image mean that my GeForce 630M\'s only port is a VGA, and the integrated Intel one gets the HDMI port?

I only have 1 VGA and 1 HDMI output on my laptop.

If so, thats so lame.

[Timmah]

I\'m going to say no, because that\'s the PhysX set up you\'re looking at, not the display set up. You should be able to output to HDMI from your GeForce card.

[aim]

Lol, definitely not... All that page is saying is that you\'re using your GPU to run the proprietary physX accelerator. Both your intel chip and nvidia chip can output to both VGA and HDMI.

Also, +1 respect for WoT. But -1 for LoL

[funkytown]

Johnny no not with out 3mm spacers. The bh legacy ones do.

[Divine]

 aim said:

Lol, definitely not... All that page is saying is that you\'re using your GPU to run the proprietary physX accelerator. Both your intel chip and nvidia chip can output to both VGA and HDMI.

Also, +1 respect for WoT. But -1 for LoL

I quit LoL if it\'s any consolation,

Thanks though.

[Johnnynz]

 funkytown said:

Johnny no not with out 3mm spacers. The bh legacy ones do.

Thanks, not interested in using spacers, I dont really need rims but they were going for a steal.

[Timmah]

What is a good Gearbox oil for a 5sp WRX (my car)? and coolant?

[lachlan]

i like red line shock proof . light weight .

coolant is coolant . chances are it will fall out of the car well before its reached the end of its usefull life .

make sure you are confident at your water filling / bleeding before messing with it tho

[Roo]

Can I get through a wof with a lock diff as long as i\'m not going somewhere with brake rollers?

[Timmah]

 lachlan said:

i like red line shock proof . light weight .

coolant is coolant . chances are it will fall out of the car well before its reached the end of its usefull life .

make sure you are confident at your water filling / bleeding before messing with it tho

Thanks. I don\'t suppose there is a gearbox oil that isn\'t quite as expensive that will be all good?

Also does it matter from going semi-synthetic to full synthetic oil for a gearbox?

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 Timmah']

[quote name='lachlan said:

i like red line shock proof . light weight .

coolant is coolant . chances are it will fall out of the car well before its reached the end of its usefull life .

make sure you are confident at your water filling / bleeding before messing with it tho

/quote]

Thanks. I don\'t suppose there is a gearbox oil that isn\'t quite as expensive that will be all good?

Also does it matter from going semi-synthetic to full synthetic oil for a gearbox?

Just get a full syn GL5 75W90 or 80W90. Repco stuff is rebranded penrite just get that screw them for a deal. 4L for box by memory and do the rear diff with LSD oil coz fuck knows when it was last done.

[Johnnynz]

How does a TD05 compare to a VF22?

Massively subjective question I guess but if I were to swap a VF22 out and replace with a TD05 would I expect a loss, a gain, no change?

[funkytown]

as same same as you could get imo..

[Johnnynz]

Ah cool, Redline performance seem to be selling them really cheap. Not sure if there new or not but if they are seems a better idea than continuously buying used VF series.

[sobanoodle]

Nolathane steering rack bushes, what part number do I need for my Legacy BH5D - 41095 (30mm wide passenger side bracket) or 41099 (25mm bracket)?

Thanks!

[Andy_Mac]

Can normal car speakers be run in a bridged setup?, got some annoying 90w components that i\'m struggling to find an amp for that doesn\'t cost a fortune

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 Johnnynz said:

Ah cool, Redline performance seem to be selling them really cheap. Not sure if there new or not but if they are seems a better idea than continuously buying used VF series.

Those ones they did have were mgp or similar ex ching land. Bit different if it was a gen mhi chra or similar.

http://www.mgpracing.cn/products.asp?id=3

[boon]

 Andy_Mac said:

Can normal car speakers be run in a bridged setup?, got some annoying 90w components that i\'m struggling to find an amp for that doesn\'t cost a fortune

Ignore the power rating, run whatever you like to them.

And just to make sure we\'re clear, can you explain what you\'re meaning by a bridged setup? If you mean taking a 4-channel amp and bridging 2 channels to each speaker, sure, as long as they\'re regular old 4 ohm components and the amp is 2 ohm stable.

[Andy_Mac]

spose i could just run a lower rated amp and just make sure it never gets pushed out too much.

yep thats what i was planning, just never heard of it being done so thought there may be some reason not to

[Johnnynz]

 evowrx']

[quote name='Johnnynz said:

Ah cool, Redline performance seem to be selling them really cheap. Not sure if there new or not but if they are seems a better idea than continuously buying used VF series.

/quote]

Those ones they did have were mgp or similar ex ching land. Bit different if it was a gen mhi chra or similar.

http://www.mgpracing.cn/products.asp?id=3

Ahh that explains the price I guess.

I\'m hoping what I have will last till early-mid next year and I\'m hoping to grab something fairly upmarket stock location. Just waiting to see if I get a contract extension with work.

I think my current VF22 is ok, still works fine and no smoke but its gotten noisey fast. I\'m gonna try a different oil I think. this is the second turbo thats gone from quiet to noisey quite quick on this oil.

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 Johnnynz']

[quote name='Johnnynz said:

Ah cool, Redline performance seem to be selling them really cheap. Not sure if there new or not but if they are seems a better idea than continuously buying used VF series.

/quote]

Those ones they did have were mgp or similar ex ching land. Bit different if it was a gen mhi chra or similar.

http://www.mgpracing.cn/products.asp?id=3

Ahh that explains the price I guess.

I\'m hoping what I have will last till early-mid next year and I\'m hoping to grab something fairly upmarket stock location. Just waiting to see if I get a contract extension with work.

I think my current VF22 is ok, still works fine and no smoke but its gotten noisey fast. I\'m gonna try a different oil I think. this is the second turbo thats gone from quiet to noisey quite quick on this oil.

Dude I know used to work there said they had a mixed bag with the TD06 of that variety. Would make late 200wkw but some did have issues iirc.

Just get ceramics thrown in it? Not that you need quicker spool but the VF have more in them than 440cc injectors do and it would make it a whole lot more reliable.

Trya 10W30 see how you find it wouldnt have thought it would massively effect it tho. Did have a customer last week come back after oil changing with agip hes in 5th now up a steep grade as opposed to 4th. First young dude Ive heard say it but all the old mech swear it lowers temps, better economy, less noise, oil usage dries up etc.

Worth noting Possum ran 10W30 over 10W40 in his cars back in the 90\'s according to the ex bp oil chemist we use nationally. Said it revved better with less issues.

If oil pressures good dw but maybe running feed from oil filter block or main gallery would work better?

...and have to ask what oil are you running?