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Arthurs Creek, Victoria
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18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Wed, 22 May 2002 13:15
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I am writing in to fast fours to abuse a letter writer there, and before I make a dick of myself I want to find out whether the 18rc is actually a two litre, not a 1.8, before i make a real dick of myself.
Just got a mental blank
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Wed, 22 May 2002 13:21
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As far as i know its more 2L than it is 1.8L
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Wed, 22 May 2002 13:24
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1968cc
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Wed, 22 May 2002 13:25
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I thought it was something like that!
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Adelaide
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May 2002
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Wed, 22 May 2002 13:29
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It certainly is. Some people believe the the letter reresents the engine size. Can get confusing when companys such as Nissan do include in their engine codes
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Arthurs Creek, Victoria
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Wed, 22 May 2002 13:34
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Thanks for the confirmation, I just sent a flaming email to fast fours, in the hope that they will publish it in reply to this guyes letter.
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Adelaide
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May 2002
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Wed, 22 May 2002 13:45
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What you abusing them over? Is it worth the hassle?
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Perth
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Thu, 23 May 2002 00:58
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Let him have his fun...he just wants to have a little bit of a bitch 
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Arthurs Creek, Victoria
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Thu, 23 May 2002 03:09
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Ofcourse it was worth the effort. All I had to do was write an email. And the rest, as they say, is history. I just wrote what I had to say. Basically, the guy who had written the article kept saying that the 18r is a 1.8 litre, and that the U in the 18rgeu stood for unleaded petrol. I mean come-on. This was in the technical section. And people write in for technical Advice to these guys!?
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Melbourne
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May 2002
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Thu, 23 May 2002 09:15
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Strad i dont know why you buy that crap, and i dont think that any of us hold fast fours as a technical gallary of information anyway
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Western Sydney
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May 2002
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Thu, 23 May 2002 10:23
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I agree with Strad. If these dudes are going to give 'technical help', then they could at least know what they're talking about. Do these dudes have any sort of mechanical qualifications? It never sounds like it.
I remember reading an answer in one of those 4 cyl mags that stated some 18R-Gs came standard with a turbo.
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sydney
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Thu, 23 May 2002 10:37
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ok we know it's a 2 litre but did you know there was an
18rgeudmcjnujsjtjghvj-mark 3 that was released in greenland that was turboed,supercharged,fuel injected,methenol sucking,all alloy,quad cammed,wet sleeved 2litre that cranked out 950hp at the flywheel???
You might only find info on the mark 2,the mark 3 was top secret to anyone out side greenland,take my word for it
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Perth
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Thu, 23 May 2002 10:44
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Methinks you listening for a mild-port rotary bouncing off its redline too long has frazzled your brain
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Thu, 23 May 2002 11:33
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Its called Automotive Discrestion
Kind of like how my car had a TRD crank and a Strut Brace !!! Yeah Right !! Hell there was even a picture of the bay i the article.
Problem is the Guy who takes the Photos and checks out the cars isn't usually the guy who rights the text. The Guy who did my Shoot was great ! He knew his stuff, took a great pic and was a good bloke too. The Guys who approached me about doing the shoot were also great. Problem is they get some dude who has never met you or seen your car to right the text. He prolly drives a Stock Volvo from the 80's and thinks a Blow of valve opens when you fart !
Its a bit of a shame really somwhere some 15 year kid just got led right up the garden path.
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The Rainy City
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May 2002
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Thu, 23 May 2002 16:22
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Go for it Strad.... tell those mag writers whats what.
They really make some stupid mistakess sometimes, but i digress, it is Hot4/Fast4s after all.... anything goes as long as its Fully Sikk TM
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Adelaide
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Sydney
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Fri, 24 May 2002 07:24
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why? was it a picture of it being defected by the police?
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Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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May 2002
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Fri, 24 May 2002 07:53
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| Fattony wrote on Thu, 23 May 2002 7:15 PM |
Strad i dont know why you buy that crap, and i dont think that any of us hold fast fours as a technical gallary of information anyway
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So true. That's why I don't buy computer magazines anymore either. And I never bought an issue of atomic either because I knew how much of a POS it would be.
Anyways, got a mate who likes quoting magazines like wheels as well. It's a shame the rest of us can't get it through to him how biased they are in their articles. Mostly ford favored. Surprise surprise. The AU apparently can stop dead from 100km/h in 30metres.
Yea. Straight into a brick wall 30metres away. 
Anways, any chance of a transcript of the article/letter?
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Fri, 24 May 2002 09:18
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Not true, Wheels magazine is in bed with both ford and holden. the commodore shares the falcons pedastool. that's why I couldn't resist buying the issue that read GTS Vs GTR, a shit GTS monaro VS an N1 vspec. Poor holden didn't really have a chance did it. It was a good read though. Kinda makes me want to buy an N1 (anybody wanna loan me 140000K??)
Tim.
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Brisbane, QLD, Australia
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Fri, 24 May 2002 10:56
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| RA28 wrote on Fri, 24 May 2002 7:18 PM |
Not true, Wheels magazine is in bed with both ford and holden. the commodore shares the falcons pedastool. that's why I couldn't resist buying the issue that read GTS Vs GTR, a shit GTS monaro VS an N1 vspec. Poor holden didn't really have a chance did it. It was a good read though. Kinda makes me want to buy an N1 (anybody wanna loan me 140000K??)
Tim.
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The fact that it is in bed with both is even worse. We tend to 'argue' ford against toyota/nissan alot, and lots of mag quotes start appearing.
I guess in that month's edition you read ford gave the most money that time. It's all too biased for me.
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Canberra
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May 2002
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Sat, 25 May 2002 00:09
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Where can I get one of these "18rgeudmcjnujsjtjghvj-mark 3"!!! 
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sydney
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Sat, 25 May 2002 23:57
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go to Greenland and search the performance workshops but look like a local or they won't help you.If you can look like a local you have it made.
If you pull it off get me one 
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I supported Toymods
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Sun, 26 May 2002 01:36
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Ahhhh, Can i have some of that stuff you guys are smoking? 
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Location:
Arthurs Creek, Victoria
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Re: 18rc: 2 litre, RIGHT?
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Sun, 26 May 2002 03:45
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Fattony: I never said I took fast 4's as a proper place for technical advice, did I? I was merely flaming them. So shut your mouth.
Whoever asked about the transcript, I will go home and give it to you guys tomorrow. It was more the fact that I thought it was written by a reader that made it more humourous. He thought he was so good, quoting all this letters, when he didn't have half of them right.
And, Gimme one of those 18r-----------------------------'s
ta.
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