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Adelaide
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May 2002
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Japanese reliability
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Sun, 23 May 2004 00:35
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Lads, stop.
Read good article. stop.
Is testament to Japanese reliability. stop.
Treatment almost like Rexs 4AC. stop.
Article in link below. stop.
http://www.ligaf.com/killit.jpg stop.
Rex. stop.
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Banned user
Location:
ADELAIDE - The Drift City
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Japanese reliability
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Sun, 23 May 2004 00:48
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and THAT my friends is why my 4age is still going strong 
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Location:
Campbelltown, NSW, Austra...
Registered:
January 2004
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Re: Japanese reliability
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Sun, 23 May 2004 01:56
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Wow thats impressive.
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Club Member
Location:
sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Japanese reliability
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Sun, 23 May 2004 02:13
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ROFLMAO and i worry about the thrashing my dirt bike gets 
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: Japanese reliability
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Sun, 23 May 2004 07:11
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Impressive. Lucky they are reliable because they are a pain to work on sometimes 
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Japanese reliability
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Sun, 23 May 2004 07:43
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Wholy shit, that's awesome.
I heard a similar story about some guys who where putting a V8 into a RX7 (don't ask me why). Apparently they drained the oil out of the 13B and ran it at redline. They took bets on how long it would last, but all of them lost when it was still going half an hour later (or something like that).
Someone wanna correct my story? I'm sure the particulars are incorrect.
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Location:
sunny coast, qld
Registered:
October 2002
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Re: Japanese reliability
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Sun, 23 May 2004 09:32
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hmm, I find that a little hard to believe.
Rotaries are hard to keep alive at the best of times 
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Banned user
Location:
ADELAIDE - The Drift City
Registered:
July 2002
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Re: Japanese reliability
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Sun, 23 May 2004 09:40
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a Uni did a similar test on an otherweise stock 12a motor, they encloded it in a perpex cage, ran it on an engine dydno with oil and water systems, devised up a crude carby (read open and wide) that would supply the air, had extractors and thats it, they wanted to see how many RPM they could get before it blew up. The result? 22.7K rpm!! and it held that for a few minutes before exploding in a BIG way it pretty much distroyed everything including the perpex cage it was in. Pretty impressive too.
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Location:
Brisbane
Registered:
February 2003
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Re: Japanese reliability
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Sun, 23 May 2004 09:45
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i recall seeing a story about bikers (harley et al) at a Purga Creek event trying to kill some unsuspecting Honda C90 (postie bike).
they wedged the front wheel in a tree-stump, wired the throttle open and dumped the oil - took about 1/2 hour to die.
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Location:
Melbourne
Registered:
November 2003
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Re: Japanese reliability
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Sun, 23 May 2004 13:13
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Okay, it was 6 mins, not 30. I knew I had gotten it wrong. 
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Location:
theres a castle on my hil...
Registered:
October 2003
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Re: Japanese reliability
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Mon, 31 May 2004 11:19
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1985 daihatsu charade, carby, sohc, 996cc, 3 cylinder, turbo - no intercooler.
Ran 14psi of boost for months before the head gasket blew because of low coolant.
Was also revved in first gear when the pedal got stuck behind some loose carpet and went right past the 8000rpm on the tacho and stayed there for a few seconds untill the nuts on the tappets vibrated loose so it was only running on 1 cylinder. this was fixed in an arvo and good as new the next day.
come to think of it that whole car, not just the engine, got the biggest thrashing ever.
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