Wow - I am excited about this - look forward to your review. Removing 5kg from the flywheel is the equivalent of removing 195kg of kerb mass in 1st gear, 60kg in 2nd gear:Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris_F
http://www.pumaracing.co.uk/flywheel.htm
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Wow - I am excited about this - look forward to your review. Removing 5kg from the flywheel is the equivalent of removing 195kg of kerb mass in 1st gear, 60kg in 2nd gear:Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris_F
http://www.pumaracing.co.uk/flywheel.htm
thanks for the linkQuote:
Wow - I am excited about this - look forward to your review. Removing 5kg from the flywheel is the equivalent of removing 195kg of kerb mass in 1st gear, 60kg in 2nd gear:
http://www.pumaracing.co.uk/flywheel.htm
195kg!? holy crap... 1st gear is gonna be fun :D can't wait
From memory the flywheel in the AUSDM dc5 is about 6-7kg and i have a feeling the euro's is heavier... but i'm not too sure if it'll be a 5kg saving, maybe a maximum of 4? But still i think the difference should be noticeable. Actually, when i get this done i'll see if i can weigh the stock flywheel and find out.
I also found out that the Comptech lightweight flywheel is of the exact same weight as the jdm dc5r's and as this flywheel was specifically engineered for the TSX i think 4.7kg should be a perfectly safe weight to use on the k24. I'm not sure if it's possible to have too light of a flywheel but with the euro's really high piston speeds i wouldnt be game to try anything under say 4kg?
hahaa man i love seein ur mods being done to ur euro man
quite the oppposite of me which i find so intriguing!
2 different styles and setup of the euro but in the end, both are frikin awesome!
chris - track oriented
stephen8512 - show oriented
may as well get the exedy clutch while ur at it chris! and do i see some lightweight volks in the near future? :D:D:D
yea it's kinda cool seeing two graphite pearl euro's slowly transform in fairly different directions. I'm getting an exedy sports organic clutch :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by -stephen8512
I'd love some lightweight volks - some matt silver 17" x 7.5 Te37's are my dream rims atm. But at the end of the day they are only gona save me a maximum of about 1-1.5kg per corner (my rims are only 8kg as it is) and although that is fairly significant i'd rather spend the money on a good Intake, header and then hopefully a programmable ecu.
I'm gonna have this car for at least 5 years so the volks will probably come eventually just not this year or the next :p
revived thread and updated my initial post and added a few more items with all the parts and prices
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Originally Posted by Sulley
Spoon calipers + pads = 3300? They are 77000 yen each for calipers and 23000 for pads on the spoon.jp RRP. So they are 175000 yen all up which is = AU 2000. Probably you can get them cheaper from shops around japan. Unless if you are selling them for $1000 I'm in.
curik
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Originally Posted by curik
that's the price with parts ALONE. Dont forget the tax and shipping cost as spoon calipers are light but still bloody heavy. Get from a shop in Japan and bring it back? U need a strong arm to do that.
My favour mod so far is Tein SS and Spoon brake
I've never been taxed on anything I purchased overseas before. I bought the konis declared as gift so no prob at all. And they are about US150 for shipping 7 days. Hmm, unless if the Japs charge $500 for shipping?
You dont have to pay duty or gst on any imported consignment valued under AUD1000. Its got nothing to do with declaring it as a gift. If Customs look at it and decide its worth more than $1k then you will have to pay anyway. 100% of postal cargo is x-rayed on arrival so you make up your own mind. Realistically though just about everything is either duty free or 5% and gst 10% on CIF (value of goods plus insurance and freight)plus duty. So say you import something worth $2k, which cost $100 to ship, allowing $5,25 for insurance, you would have to pay $320.52. However say you split the shipment in half (and assuming customs did not pick up on the two consignments being linked ie get a seperate invoice for each one) then you wont have to pay anything in duty or gst.
YouRow, are you sure it works that way? If the value of the item is considered considerable, then you are still taxable for GST. I bought an item worth $800 and I had to pay the 10% GST. However, the item was not taxable in duties, so that was all I paid. If the value exceeds $1000, then there is considerably more paperwork and there is some admin fee and a wait of a few daysto get processed.
That is what I hate about the Custom people, they always make mistakes.Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronng
Anyway you shouldn't be paying any tax until it becomes an $1000.01 item (EDITED, read the site wrong sorry). Then you will have to pay the applicable Custom Duties (5% for car parts? depending on country of origin.) plus 10% GST for Voti (which is cost of goods + freight + insurance + GST on custom duties itself).
http://www.customs.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=4376
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All goods (except for tobacco products and alcoholic beverages) may be imported duty and tax free if their value is $1,000 or less.
Note: However, where there are multiple packages to the same addressee in Australia from a single consignor overseas that arrive at about the same time, then the value of all packages will be combined for duty and tax assessment purposes. Refer to example 1.
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You could argue about the payment with Customs - in the past I have done it more than 10 times, you just fax the receipt to them and explain that they might have classified it wrong. Or sometimes, Customs THINKS you're underdeclaring the item (and in most cases, the vendor DID do this) and as such Custom look up the Australian retail price and wack this on then charge you the relevant taxes. Then I have to show them exactly how much I paid, which obviously doesn't coincide with what's been declared on the box itself, but Custom will believe you as long as you can prove you paid that amount only.
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Argh its complicated. Then what about those who got the greddy exhaust from the states? It was about $1250 i think and he paid no tax. I guess if the package is stated as gift or replacement under warranty it might avoid tax. I just want spoon calipers and not a whole list of legal statements. :P