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    Hi David,

    Good to meet you the weekend. I was in the hanger when you beat the aventador. Was epic to watch!

    Maybe see you again at the next.

    Rem

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    Hi Sam, I didn't know Toyo did a 255/40 R888, but even if they did, I believe you get most neutral handling out of the car using a square set up, hence 285/35 all round. It's the same reason but from different causes. On the MPSS, the 255s don't grip well enough hence understeer, on the R888s, the 315s grip too well, hence ultimately, understeer, albeit at much higher grip levels than the MPSS.
    So to cut a long story short, get 285 R888s in the absence of MPSS availability!

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    Hello David,
    This is Sam from Thailand. How are you?

    I read a lot about you are a long time user of Toyo R888, a tire guru.

    If possible, can you please help to give me some opinion to help me with tire choice.

    My Dunlops are going bald, and the grip is deteriorating. Michelin's Super Sport has not yet arrived here. I want to import R888 but I am confused about the set up.

    last time you wrote the tire review over the MPSS you mentioned that you would prefer a square 285 set up because the car understeers with 255 front.

    And for R888 you also prefer a 285 square set up but for a different reason which I don't quite understand. It seemed to me that 255/40 R888 at the front is perfect for you, but you want to increase that to 285/35 for fun?

    I appreciate any wise words you might have.
    Thank you in advance and have a great weekend.
    Sam

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    Hi David

    Thanks so much for the reply have had them rebalanced twice but was using kwik fit so may try litchfields for rebalance.

    Thanks again

    Tim

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    Tim, they are noisy, but I didn't get a vibration in any of my sets of R888s. Check that they are balanced properly and that a weight didn't fall off etc.

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    Hi David

    As you are widely regarded as the tyre guru on here can you tell me with r888 did you get a lot of noise when off throttle and did you get a weird vibration about 38 mph?

    Thanks in advance

    Tim

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    Hi David , good to meet you yesterday . Sorry I could'nt give you that ride when you asked . My son would have had a fit as he had just come to have a blast in the beast . If you are ever in Devon then you are very welcome to give it a try with me . If you are the petrol head I think you are then I think you would like the other beasties we have in the workshop .
    Regards Bob.

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    Hi David,

    Did you have a resonated y-pipe or none-resonated?
    ***x202a;Nissan R35 GT-R with Milltek Y-pipe***x202c;‏ - YouTube

    Thanks

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    Hi David,
    Thank you for the reply, i am ok thank you and hope you are too. Sorry for the delay in this reply but i am new to the forum thing etc. I read in some threads that you are getting the new GTR, have you taken delivery yet? Mine arrived about a week ago and hopefully i will pick it up next week :) Thanks for the advice and will look into the Cobb Accessport. I would like to ask one more thing if thats ok David, I want to really throw myself into My driving and see how far i can go with it, Even though i did lots track stuff on my superbikes before my accident i have done nothing in Cars. please could you recommend some reputable companies that do driver training and some track day people that may give you tuition if required.
    cheers
    Russ

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    Hi David,
    We met on on the Nissan VIP trip to the Nurburgring in October and you helped me on and off the coach. Sorry I did not get to speak with you much on the trip but it was pretty non stop eh. I had only just got my new GTR about a week before we went to Germany and will be getting the knew spec in March time or whenever they arrive. I have a milltec y-pipe more for the sound than anything but I would like to get an increase in power at a reasonable price. Do you have any suggestions? I am not good with mechanics or technical stuff, just don't have the patience mate so my understanding of certain things may be limited. I learnt from my superbike days that exhaust combined with remapping was the best and cost effective way to get good power and often torque gains. Is the Cobb thing, if you excuse my crude English, the same sort of thing?
    Look forward to speaking with you soon David.
    Regards
    Russ

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    No, haven't chosen an ARB yet. AP discs are great and less than half the price of OEM so no-brainer.

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    David! any update on the ARB? front? rear? front and rear?

    also, I think youre running ap discs, worth the money??

    Regards
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    Well funnily enough I now have a spare Milltek as I have recently upgraded to a full titanium Akrapovic system! So if you're interested you can buy mine?

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    Hi David

    I live near Haslemere just south of Guildford. I have just bought a new GTR and love it. I'm going to copy you and go for the Y pipe and Cobb. Can I ask you where you had them fitted and perhaps what else you'd recommend?

    many thanks for your help.

    Jack

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    Hi David,

    Thanks for the reply.

    I think they are trying to stop the practice. I got this back from WLMG - "With reference to the 'ypipe' we will not be able to fit that part here. It will invalidate your warranty and can also lead to the underside of the vehicle over heating. Nissan have not released any modifactions to the GTR and Nissan technical are strongly opposed to the idea of changing any parts that take the GTR away from the factory build."

    I have pushed back on which parts of my warranty will it invalidate, but no reply.

    My GTR is just that, my GTR, but if I ever (God forbid) got an engine failure, I would not want Nissan to welch because of a 'warranty invalidation'. I suffered form a Scooby engine blow on a P1 years ago 2 months out of warranty - so am a bit wary.

    I guess its a matter of how much risk is there of that, and how brave am I? ;-) And then its in for a penny...

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    Hi David,

    Thanks for the reply.

    I think they are trying to stop the practice. I got this back from WLMG - "With reference to the 'ypipe' we will not be able to fit that part here. It will invalidate your warranty and can also lead to the underside of the vehicle over heating. Nissan have not released any modifactions to the GTR and Nissan technical are strongly opposed to the idea of changing any parts that take the GTR away from the factory build."

    I have pushed back on which parts of my warranty will it invalidate, but no reply.

    My GTR is just that, my GTR, but if I ever (God forbid) got an engine failure, I would not want Nissan to welch because of a 'warranty invalidation'. I suffered form a Scooby engine blow on a P1 years ago 2 months out of warranty - so am a bit wary.

    I guess its a matter of how much risk is there of that, and how brave am I? ;-) And then its in for a penny...

    DD

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    hi david,

    I realise you just got you new map w rpm controlled boost, any comment you can share with me as i am having it mapped by gtc at the moment. i am currently using stage2 97ron but after logging realise quite a be of knock occurred.

    appreciate you input thx

    winsome
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