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He contacted me by PM so have directed him here also.

Thanks for the heads up Adam, have pointed him here.

Wow what a thread! My ears were burning when reading it lol. Nice car Jessica and congrats on the time! assume you were on slicks given manual / 60ft / ET? Some corrections / clarifications on my runs / car, in no particular order: 1. Car full weight RZ-S with the leather seats / electric drivers seat. 2. Power never successfully measured as always wanted to jump out of dynos. Ryan reckoned it was because I ran no TRAC ECU. Who knows. I always quoted 390bhp fly as that's what I saw similar spec cars run at Dastek in Scotland. We never mapped it on the dyno Jamie or for race fuel on the road that day we were at SRR - I was going for the record the next day at Supra Pod so had met with Ryan as had asked him to check over my (aggressive) mapping and see if we could try out TTC mode/ map for it but that wasn't to be as it just boost spiked badly as soon as it was plumbed that way so just reverted back - this was on the road near SRR and on Esso super unleaded. Gave a Bike a run for his money on one pull, got the thumbs up 3. Terminals at Supra Pod were between 114mph and 116mph that day. I had been arsing about with my mapping though between runs. 4. I ran against Jamie twice IIRC. 5. Previous 11.9 second runs at both Crail Raceway and Elvington Airfield had seen terminals of 121mph and I think one terminal of 122mph. The 60fts were worse at those venues given the crap surfaces, 1.9 ish - I remember discussing the lower 60fts at Pod with Ryan and him saying that was common and offered an extra explanation that terminals are typically higher with a crapper launch. Never quite understood it myself but there is science behind it. 6. No boost controller, 1.1bar boost (what it naturally ran at the strip with advanced timing, would have run 1.2 if I could but advancing timing has the side effect of lowering boost). Stock Jap Ceramic Turbos. 7. Best run was on street legal Drag Radials (NOT wrinkle walled efforts, I could have launched even harder on a set of those but didn't view it as within the rules for street legal racing as per TOTB rules and I view comparisons with cars on such tyres as unfair) on stock 17's and with 109 octane unleaded race fuel in the tank, timing advanced myself at the strip with me wearing det cans on some runs to determine what I could get away with. 8. No NOS. Never came near my car. Ever. Though I remember Gaz having a good look under the bonnet for evidence of that or HKS Twins at Supra Pod 9. Standard engine - cams, cam gears, turbos, fuel system all Jap standard parts. In general, power figures are always speculative. No point reading much into them though I too view the more pessimistic readings more favourably as being more realistic. It's human nature to quote figures that look best and often that means fantasy land IMO. Dynos are a nice comparison tool for the same car with different mods to view progress, and a reasonable tool for comparison of different cars on the same dyno. Cheers, Brian.

Guys, Just been in touch with Kenny about this - he's not ignoring anyone but family has taken precedent with his old man in hospital. It's always the case there's going to be much more activity with an individual when they're selling off all their parts in one lot like this so let's not blow a small percentage of delays for such reasons out of proportion. Please give him some time to get things sorted out, Kenny's not someone to shaft people. He'll no doubt be back on within a few days himself. Cheers, Brian.

A blast sounds good! See what all this GTR fuss is about

Looking good Kenny - cracking choice of roads for a run, they're my fave for heading to the East Coast down south. Cheers, Brian.

^^ We got this internally - important to us as it makes our Storage Resource Management and Deduplication features even more relevant. Cheers, Brian.

Thailand Floods To Lead To 30 Percent Shortfall Of Hard Drive Supply By Joseph F. Kovar, CRN 5:58 PM EST Fri. Nov. 04, 2011 One-third or more of the expected hard drive demand in the fourth quarter is in jeopardy of going unfulfilled due to the Thailand floods which have put much of that country, including a large part of its hard drive industry, under water. That sober assessment comes from a Thursday SEC filing from Seagate Technology. The assessment follows by a week Western Digital's SEC filing in which it states that about 60 percent of its hard drive production is shut down because of the floods. In its filing, Seagate wrote that the component supply chain for the hard drive industry was disrupted by the severe floods in Thailand, and that the impact on the hard drive industry is " expected to be substantial and to extend over several quarters." Hard drive demand for the fourth quarter of 2011 had been predicted to be about 180 million drives, but industry projections now show supply to be limited to between 110 million and 120 million drives, and that demand will "significantly" exceed supply through at least the March 2012 quarter, Seagate wrote. Seagate's hard drive and component assembly factories in Thailand were spared from the flood, but manufacturing at those facilities has been curtailed due to "external component constraints," Seagate wrote, referring to components from third-party suppliers in Thailand were impacted by the flood. Seagate now expects to report a total production of 41 million to 45 million hard drives for its December 2011 quarter, compared to the 48.9 million drives it shipped in the fourth calendar quarter of 2010, according to the filing. Steve Luczo, chairman and CEO of Seagate, said Thursday at the Needham & Company HDD and Memory Conference that Seagate had been expecting a relatively flat total hard drive market of about 180 million to 200 million units per quarter through 2012, but that will no longer be possible, according to a transcript of his conversation provided by Seagate. "When you look at the structural issues in the industry, it's hard to see a path beyond [a] kind of incremental growth over the course of the year that goes something like 120, 130, 150, 170 (million units in the four quarters)," Luczo said. "And it says even by the end of the calendar year, you've got pretty significant shortfalls in the 50 (million) to 70 million (units per quarter) range still." Western Digital, in its October 28 SEC filing, painted a more dismal picture of the flood's impact. All Western Digital's hard drive and component manufacturing facilities in Thailand have been shut down since the week of October 10 due to the flooding. The company also wrote that about 60 percent of its entire hard drive production is done in Thailand. Western Digital "expects the suspension of its operations in Thailand and that of some of its suppliers will continue into the March quarter and possibly beyond," and that it is exploring alternatives "to maximize existing capacity in other locations, including its Malaysian hard drive assembly facility and a third-party slider fabrication facility in the Philippines," it wrote in the filing. As a result, Western Digital wrote, it "expects that its hard drive shipments during the December quarter will be between 22 million and 26 million units in contrast to the 58 million units shipped in the September quarter and that the overall hard drive industry unit shipments in the December quarter will also be supply constrained due to the flooding." Next: The Coming Ripple Effect The expected shortage of hard drives was a big topic of conversation among VARs at D&H Distributing's fall conference in Hershey, Pa., said Dan Schwab, co-president of the Harrisburg, Pa.-based distributor. "It's going to have a ripple effect from mass appliances to consumer electronics to notebooks. A lot of vendors have already modified prices, changed delivery expectations or expressed concern," Schwab said. Some vendors said constraints could reach 90 to 180 days for availability for some niche drive products. "Products will be flowing but there will be some constraints. Some vendors are slightly better off than others based on size and their pipeline but anything that takes a hard drive will be effected," Schwab said. D&H expects to see demand in competing drive technology, such as SSD, pick up as vendors and customers look to avoid constraints in hard drives. "That will drive new opportunities. It'll be a dynamic market for the next few months," he said. Spokespeople from Seagate and Western Digital were unable to provide updates beyond their companies' most recent SEC filings.

Awesome launches!

PM kenblockseal if you're stuck - he used to do this kind of work for what was 'Pistons & Components' in Glasgow. Cheers, Brian.

Worth noting the Aerotop shell has been manual converted - has the manual trans tunnel plate in. Good luck with the for sale in bits thread lol Cheers, Brian.

Now that looks like some power curve with the NOS! Excellent results Jamie. Traction has got to be interesting? The Syvecs is some bit of kit - was looking around the software the other night and the Nitrous & Traction control options look really comprehensive.

Like that a lot Tee - wonder how much something like that would cost to bring over now. I'll be looking for an as new and low mileage model as possible next year to use as a fast road daily driver so interested to put a price on it. I'd like a 2000 or newer model manual. Cheers, Brian.

On the subject - i'm looking for a new all in one wireless printer / scanner / copier for my home office. Quite fancy the HP OfficeJet 6500A Plus. Looks nice enough, has the scanner sheet feeder and the duplex print module included for £79.99 from Currys. Also supports printing from iPhone and iPad directly as well as being 'e' enabled where your printer gets an email address and you can email stuff from anywhere to it for printing. Any real world comment on these or suggestion of an alternative? Couldn't really see the same thing including colour laser instead of inkjet print during my quick search around - that would make it perfect for me. Cheers, Brian.

I just wish there had been more time for you Kenny so RyanG could have worked his magic not just on power but with getting all the safetys in place on the ECU as the Syvecs is an excellent bit of kit for keeping an engine together as well as for power and all the nice toys like traction and nitrous control. I saw an orange R33 run a 10.46 so he was the big overall class competition, not sure who was running fastest in RWD class.

Be good to see you stick with it an get it perfected over the winter for next season Kenny! Understandable if you decide you've had enough an sell it in bits. Tyre pic of ET slicks from Crail thread showing debris from the crappy surface:

My 11.9 at Crail on stock turbos turned into an 11.5 at Pod - 'nuff said IMO.

Aye I was there to see Kenny run after the epic effort that went into the build - following various setbacks - to get it there. Absolutely gutted for Kenny and for Martin who'd poured his heart into the build too these are real enthusiasts who did all the build work themselves and deserved to see some glory come from it. Crail's surface was indeed its usual piss poor standard with pottholes and loose stones everywhere - here's a pic of the ET slicks after the first 2 shakedown runs: Hard work trying to launch on that amount of debris, regardless of the tyres. Cheers, Brian.

Have them in a few places in my house - was annoyed with the triple inline 60watt style I had in my kitchen as they were really slow to reach full output and not that bright even then. I replaced those bulbs with Ikea's latest efforts and am much happier with them - come onto full brightness instantly and almost on a par for old skool 60watt bulbs

Good luck for today Kenny - you deserve a break Supra reliability wise! You get that spiggot bearing then? Cheers, Brian.

Happy B'day Lee!

Happy Birthday D!

Think I'll be getting me a copy of this from the local Tesco's - saw they were advertising it for £33.97 with double club card points so effectively net £27 :-D

They seem to have a good following.

It's the reliability I'd worry about - how over-engineered are the Gearboxes etc. on them to cope with the massive increases in torque that can be had, and are the Turbos still in their efficiency range at whatever boost level they get punted up to in order to make that extra torque? Cheers, Brian.