Matty's NB8A

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Matty's NB8A

Postby Matty » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:45 pm


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Postby Fatty » Sat Mar 22, 2008 2:49 pm

looks great matty, congrats.

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Postby meanmx » Sat Mar 22, 2008 5:21 pm

Welcome back to mx ownership Matty. Car looks great

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Postby Craig » Sat Mar 22, 2008 6:35 pm

Nice rims, looks better on it than the 10AE! 8)
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Postby ampz » Sat Mar 22, 2008 8:30 pm

Very nice.

I'm sure you will have lots of fun with it.
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Postby Alex » Sat Mar 22, 2008 11:53 pm

long live the NB8A :P

on another note, I read through the cardomain for your old car, just wondering if there are any downsides to getting the standard rotors slotted like that??
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Postby Administrator » Sun Mar 23, 2008 3:27 pm

Well done Matty :mrgreen:
Following in Bob's foot steps

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Postby Slugoid » Sun Mar 23, 2008 5:02 pm

Well done matty!

You know black is so much better than red 8)

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Postby Matty » Sun Mar 23, 2008 9:01 pm

SM wrote:long live the NB8A :P

on another note, I read through the cardomain for your old car, just wondering if there are any downsides to getting the standard rotors slotted like that??

Can't say I found any. It was done by a motorsport specialist machine shop, but I'm sure anyone with a ballnose cutter and a brain could do it competently. (just don't cut the grooves below minimum thickness - which means they also function as wear indicators!)

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Postby PASHN8 » Mon Mar 24, 2008 12:09 am

Looks like a very clean unit, nice find!
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Postby Matty » Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:15 pm

She's back from the Factory - at last!
click Tyra for latest photos.

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Postby CJ5 » Sun Jul 06, 2008 3:47 pm

looking at your blog i found this

I got her back just in time to go to the club dyno day.
73.7 kW of power, and 1993 Newtons (?) of force (analogous to torque) at the rollers of the Caulfield Jag dyno. This is (as I recall from previous years) pretty much normal for a standard NB, so all is good in that respect.


that, sir, is alot of torque!


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