Spoonman

Sounds like fun, also miss playing cards...

In US used to have some regular games Texas hold'em (buy in USD 5 each ) or Euchre (0.25/.50) or Pinochle

Never really about money, just some fun.. Although if playing in Thailand wouldn't bet, as not worth any possible problems

I miss them as well.

When to police raided the place where we used to play it has never been the same (actually we have never played since).

It is STOCK racing, not EVERY type of pro class is exorbitantly expensive. The classes are full, the competition is way better then ANY form of racing I know of and gives the driver more opportunity to display their skills because it's more about drivers talents then it is their wallet size. We disconnected the rev limiter, no need for it and left it to the drivers and have a light only to warn of shift limits, usually set at 8800RPM's. Nothing at all amateur about it, just a different form of racing. Many of todays performance street cars for the most part have more power and better handling then even recent past F1 cars have had, it's a much greater driver challenge not to have all the aids and expensive technology and be on DOT street legal tires then it is to drive a perfectly compliant car that nearly drives itself.

Edit: Sorry, I didn't see your crass and ignorant remarks about waffling you must have put up after posting, so you want to start with me?? That was a perfectly concise and well worded explanation of what occurs so now you have lost any respect I had for you if your that incapable of understanding it..

Yes I know about "stock" racing.

I have been involved with cars for this type of class in both Australia and Thailand.

They have very strict limitations, stock camshaft/stock valves/stock throttle body/stock (looking) intake manifold/stock stroke/stock bore..any other intake or exhaust or engine mod is free.

Baffles me why if you have identified the rod bolts as a weak link you would not upgrade them (unless it is specified in the rules you cannot, which you ignored when asked about).

On a bright note though good to see you added 200rpm to your shift light point from one post to the next..... what else will you "adjust" to suit your story ?

At the end of the day all of this is pointless in answering the OP though.

waffle waffle dribble crap waffle waffle

I'll tell you exactly what we found with Honda B18c type R engines, they fatigue the rod cap bolts first and then the bearing's fail and the engine comes apart or the cap bolts just snap altogether. The thing is, the engines were still pulling like a horse even at those Rpm's so we wanted that higher revving advantage. This was a problem with the engines if shifting over 9000 RPM's too much also, (we didn't have rev limiters, only a light to notify) generally we like to shift @ about 8600 but that comes pretty quickly with those engines, at any rate the rod bolts fracturing was magnified and accelerated when the crank was over-filled, it took about half as long as just over revving alone. Our solution was simply to keep track of the number of over-revs with our data and simply remove the oil pan and change the rod bolts regularly and problem solved, from that point on those engines were virtually bullet proof in stock form, and we got insane running hours between rebuilds thus cutting our costs significantly too but in the end they were not purpose built racing engines.

So your racing class restricted you to stock rod bolts ?

And no rev limiter and over filled sump..... what sort of amateur set-up was it ?

In theory if overfilled to the point the oil hits the pistons at the bottom would be the only scenario I can think of

Well I guess if you looked at that with one eye closed and the other squinting with enough oil under the piston it could cause the rod to stretch and then kiss valves inducing rod bending....

Yeah nah. Not gunna happen.

More thinking about cavitating - bypassing the rings and "locking" = would have to be grossly overfilled but enough for it to start......

Trying to remember what exactly happened in a similar event/mishap I was asked to investigate (forget whether asked by a manufacturer or to assist BAR) - but it was years ago and the only time I'd been even remotely experienced something weird like that.....

Really, cavitating and bypassing the oil control rings.... I reckon that happens very rarely, in anycase the rings are rooted so the engine needed a rebuild anyways.

In theory if overfilled to the point the oil hits the pistons at the bottom would be the only scenario I can think of

Well I guess if you looked at that with one eye closed and the other squinting with enough oil under the piston it could cause the rod to stretch and then kiss valves inducing rod bending....

Yeah nah. Not gunna happen.

How does a rod bend from an over filled sump, the fluid would have to enter the combustion chamber to achieve this.

Did he make any reference to gambling?

No!!

Game is gunna be pretty ordinary without poker chips.

I did not know 7/11 sold boiled eggs.

where are they kept, are they with the non boiled eggs ?.... I'll be pissed if I go buy some for my sunday morning bacon and eggs cook up only to find I have purchased boiled ones.

Yeah illegal in Thailand.

Does it not come with a wiring diagram ?

The service station near Tesco has awesome compressed air and Pirelli make the best motorbike tyre.

In the U.S. we never formally adopted and a good hybrid IMO has come about ... We use both. This way certain items that may make it to export market can be metric in order to be more generic. Items more likely to be domestic like milk still comes in quarts and gallons... while soft drinks which can be exported to neighbors is metric - liters... We use cubic feet to measure home interiors and such things as carpet size and flooring in general. There are plenty of exceptions ... Plus most items are labeled in metric and the English system... i.e. liquids often show ml/liter - ounces, etc. It works well enough...

Liter is actually spelt litre.

Liter is the American bastardisation of the English language.

WoW

Thanks for sharing JT.

But at +/- 570.000 THB for a Return Ticket Singapore -> New York for one person only, a bit too expensive, that would make the return ticket a cool Million + if you would take the misses (Maybe a good reason to fly alone)

To many that price is the same as a 50 satang coin most of us ignore as worth nothing and a nuisance when given one.

If you have to ask how much then there is a good chance you cannot afford it.

Nahhh, I can't afford it, I am only drooling at what JT said "airline travel porn"

JT fights over 50 satang with baht bus drivers. A paper airplane would arouse him as travel porn.

WoW

Thanks for sharing JT.

But at +/- 570.000 THB for a Return Ticket Singapore -> New York for one person only, a bit too expensive, that would make the return ticket a cool Million + if you would take the misses (Maybe a good reason to fly alone)

To many that price is the same as a 50 satang coin most of us ignore as worth nothing and a nuisance when given one.

If you have to ask how much then there is a good chance you cannot afford it.

3 days is enough time for the key players to do runners as they will have already been tipped off by the cops

You don't think that anyone that had anything to do with this has not already been ample chance to get outta there ?........ surely if guilty one cannot be that dumb to keep ignoring all these red herrings thrown up to allow time to flee.

Cameron is so out of touch he doesn't know that 3 quarters of the workforce and people have never used Imperial! please God make the Election soon!

You meant to say 75% yeah.................

Yeah BSJ, Aussie here. I aint no redneck from the land of the seppo.

mate, it's you who needs a nanny.

'It's like talking to a 4 year old having a tantrum', "mate, it's you who needs a nanny." They are uncalled for insults that aren't warranted. Just because other people have a different point of view doesn't give you the right to be abusive. And it has been pointed out there is no law regarding bullbars in Thailand. So, if you have an axe to grind in Australia or England regarding bullbars.....go there and grind away!

To be fair, the redneck started it, from one of his earlier gems,

Quote;

"You are clearly a clueless sheep just like that eddie guy"

But you are a clueless sheep. You found a bandwagon you could jump on "ZOMG, think of the children, they will all be all killed at 5mph" and you jumped aboard with large amounts of butthurt.

I lol @ the redneck quip, kinda amusing considering I don't really get the whole 4x4 scene and off roading and bullbars and all that crap, but Iam not dumb enough to get all butthurt over something that is by your own admission legal.

Can anyone recommend me a place that sells SR400/SR500 cafe racer parts? In particular a petrol tank and single seat, and clip-on handlebars?

Thanks!

Contact forum member Omega Racer.

no laws here = not illegal.... thanks for clarifying that fact.

It's like talking to a 4 year old having a tantrum.

Yeah, a 4 year old that has no desire to turn Thailand into a nanny state like back home.

no laws here = not illegal.... thanks for clarifying that fact.

Yes they are regulated, your point is ? other than they are not illegal ?

All Trucks had Black Plates years ago.Greens a recent concession.I wouldnt cut the springs anyway.How do you sell it to someone who wants a truck for its intended purpose,and thats to carry loads.O.K if You replace them later and dont con someone.

I agree, don't cut the springs.

If you must stay with the leaf springs look at removing one of the main ones (that will give you a softer ride) and add a heavy helper spring (that will help when loaded).

also put in some decent poly bushes and shocks (koni's are nice and you can dial them into your desired end result).

For the EXO kits I have a vague recollection that the one I saw fitted to an Everest was something like Bt.40,000 this actually made a massive difference as the Vehicle was armoured (one of mine) and as part of our build we spec heavier duty springs and shocks due to the weight of the armour. The EXO kit had it driving like a sedan.

Cant You just But Out for once. Vigoes do a 2 Door and that may be of generall interest to other readers,regarding truck ride improvement.

I could I guess. But unlike yourself I try where I can to keep the thread on topic and as the OP was asking about a 4 door Vigo your remark about the green plates has all to do with the thread.

Saying that the green plate is because of how many doors/seats with belts, not what suspension it has in the back.