are we allowed to use monopoly money? 
Well, uhm, Iâm paying my forfeit to Strop in the form of⌠really garish writing on my next public submission. 
But like I said, whatever you guys come up with within reason.
I think after each round of challenges we should mix up the order so we donât keep receiving challenges from the same person and keep giving challenges to the same person
Agreed. Alright, since the original challenge was given to me by VicVictory, Iâll kick things off.
The story begins here, with this loveable piece of crap. I bagged it out so much that VicVictory said to me, fine, letâs see what you can do with it. I said ok, try me. What do you want? Then he gave me all this weird stuff that I donât normally bother with at all. Offroad? What for? I have to use old tech with negative quality sliders? What the crap is that!?
[quote]The scenario is as follows:
2nd cousin J.T. Bubba got a hand-me-down '57 Stubby from his great granddaddy in 1995. This is the great nephew of the original Jethro Bubba, in case you were wondering⌠but the whole family loved the Stubby series because they were so cheap and durable.
Anyway, it was rather dilapidated when he got it out to the bayou. Thinking as practically as he could he figured that heâd need to make it 4WD. he didnât have the best tools or supplies available, but DID have a rather nice down-the-street neighbor who had a ⌠collection (read: junkyard) of old cars and trucks.
Must retain suspension type (McPherson/Leaf Spring).
Must be AWD.
Must retain ladder frame construction.
All existing negative sliders must remain untouched EXCEPT: engine (See below) and tires, transmission, and suspension (limited to +2 max).
Body year: 1957
No aero cladding. Lips and rear wings unrestricted (assumed to have pulled from the junk yard)
Engine/transmission:
Must choose from one of the following three design set restrictions, which represent junkyard engines
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Set 2 (6 cylinder, roughly simulating a small-displacement import I-6 from the 80âs)
Tech year 1983
No maximum displacement (that particular body is already restricting)
standard intake, tubular headers
DOHC (2- or 4- valve)
No VVT/L (probably not available that year, but just to be sure.)
cam profile between 40 and 55
A/F mixture EXACTLY 13.5:1
5-speed manual, closeness no lower than 35, must turn no more than 2750 RPM at 100 kph
Max boost (if turboâed) is 8.0psi. The engine is old and fragile, and would never stand the pressure.
Block quality slider may go up to +3, representing the good condition of the block. Head is at -1 (getting old and high mileage). Fuel system at 0. Exhaust MAY go up to +2 (representing some good parts he found)
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Your goal? A mud bogger. Get your reliability and off-road as high as you can get them.[/quote]
Later on, the minimum offroad was stipulated to be 35. Then I said right, I can do that. And I bet you I can get the car around Nordschleife faster than 10 minutes. Which would beat the hell out of my new Civic, which, in a sense, would be kind of sad. But anyway.
An hour of tinkering with the ÂŁ%*&ing restrictions later, I came up with this thing:
Closeness 35 min with max 2750rpm at 100kph, check
Offroad > 35, check
Does Nordschleife in under 10 minutes, check!
In the next post, Iâll post the .lua file, as proof that all the conditions, and my secondary goal, has been met. Therefore, while this car still ought to be placed on the âCars you donât brag aboutâ thread, really, Iâm bragging about this one because itâs out of my unusual comfort zone, and I still managed to pass 
Nice work strop⌠
I canât wait for the diesel DLC then we can all have a go of getting a diesel van around the 'ring in under 10 minutes! 
So having been tortured with an insanely slow car that was forced to use chunky offroad tyres, I decided, what is VicVictory not so good at?
Then the lightbulb moment came to me: of course, heâs bad at making cars fast What better way to potentially embarrass him by making him tune up an icon? Here we go!
Warning: the following contains an extended parody of several elements of Australian culture, which Iâm qualified to do, being Australian. If you donât understand a particular term, chances are, itâs uniquely Australian 
[size=200]Y[/size]ou are a young, hot-headed and ego-filled Australian import tuner nut who spent way too long annoying your Holden and Ford mates, waxing lyrical about the magic of the Nissan Skyline and how it singlehandedly destroyed the touring car scene when the BNR32 dominated road and track the world around, which is no doubt an even sorer point now that a) the V8 Supercar league had to reopen its doors to all marques to revive interest in it, though strategically keeping it to 4 door saloons so stuff like the Skyline canât get in b) Holden and Ford have decided to pack up and leave Australia for good (because they spent too much time and money building oversized 4 door saloons and trying to out-piss each other in an increasingly irrelevant performance shootout). Something you do not hesitate to point out to them, with gusto.
In fact, your bogan VB swilling Aussie mates get so sick of your apparent Wapanese fanboyism, that they start dissing your beloved Skyline. Theyâre tinny underpowered tin boxes, they said. RB26DETT modded to 1600hp? Bitch please, we have small block Holden V8s busting 2000 on the dyno. REAL grunt, the type that can produce Summernats level burnouts. And so on and so forth. It all comes to a head when you, in an inebriated moment of Asahi-powered overconfidence, declare that you can get your hands on a Skyline and it will smoke all their Holden and Ford shit on the track anyday. Your Holden nut scoffs and says get real, I bet your Skyline canât even beat a Holden SS UTE around the track (and be aware, that thing did a lairy 8:19 on Nordschleife).
So you break into your rainy day savings and shell out 14 grand on a second-hand '00 BNR34. The moment you get it home and you park it in the garage, you get out and take your first proper look at your new acquisition and you nearly cream your pants.
I mean look at it, itâs beautiful.
This is the point when you take it for a proper drive and that unsettling feeling of panic starts to set in. This carâs been flogged. Hard. Lots. Well you should have known, after all, who the hell buys at Skyline if they arenât going to drive it hard anyway? But the point is, the engine has a few rattles in it, the tyres are kind of running bare, and the brakes, oh yes the brakes are really suffering, it feels like the brake calipers are made of potato or something, god. Thereâs no way your carâs gonna measure up on the track. In fact, right now, it wonât even make 9 minutes on Nordschleife.
This is also the point when you remember that as officially as you know, a stock BNR34 should do Nordschleife in 8:28. Which is a lot slower than that SS Ute your mates were talking about earlier.
Time for an FML moment. What do you do? Itâs not like youâre made out of money, you havenât yet finished your mechanicâs apprenticeship and while the moneyâs gonna come rolling in eventually, right now youâre on Centrelinkâs Newstart Allowance, and you kind of spend most of your welfare on beer. And weed. And boy mags (and, when nobodyâs looking, shit tons of manga, because youâre Wapanese). And when your mates see how shit your car is, theyâre going to laugh at you and call you the C word and nobody calls you the C word, but worse than that, theyâre going to piss all over your car some more and make racist remarks about the Japanese. Itâs hard being a weeaboo.
Back to the point, you need to figure out how to either a) tune the car on the cheap without your mates noticing, and somehow managing to eke a respectable time out of it b) fuck that, everybody mods these things anyway, besides, how about a little of that NISMO power? Maybe you can pretend you got a V-spec or something.
To sum up: Right now, youâve got a BNR34. The RB26DETT (or at least as close as I can get to one when we donât have twin turbo i6) is a little worn. The stock 235/45R17s are somewhat worn, and the 300mm F/280mm R ventilated discs are REALLY worn.
Realistically, you have three options. All of them involve upping the ante and goading your mates into laying down some real dough. With any luck they wonât realise that you hope to win the bet, thereby financing your car with their dough, but of course, should you lose that bet, well, some people will pay handsomely for a kidney, right?
RULES:
Under no circumstances are you allowed to change the materials, the dimensions, the valvetrain or the injection of the engine. It would cease to be an RB26DETT if you did.
Unless otherwise statedâŚ
[ul]]You are also not allowed to change the layout, or the chassis, or add any vents or grilles, thatâs too obvious./:m]
]You canât change frame material, thatâs just way too messy and involved and you donât know how to do that./:m]
]This thing has to be street legal. Keep the volume under 60. And the emissions under 400./:m]
]The engine has to kind of hold together for a few more floggings, so reliability should be above 30./:m]
]This car must always be able to take pump gas, that is, 91RON./:m]
]No negative quality sliders on interior, entertainment or safety!/:m][/ul]
OPTION A: THE STAGE HOPE-NOBODY-NOTICES-I-CLEARLY-TUNED-THIS-THING MODE
Aim: Get this thing back to its stock performance (In the 8:28s around Nordschleife)
How much you managed to scrimp off your mates: $1000 (or 11748.91 in total costs).
Deadline: 1 week (or 135 production units of working feverishly in the garage after your shift is done)
Modifications:
[ul]]No touchy the chassis!/:m]
]No time to find a new block, just whack a new turbo and exhaust on it./:m]
]All quality sliders except for aspiration and exhaust must remain at -3. For the aspiration and exhaust tab, you can do whatever you like EXCEPT change exhaust header type./:m]
]You are also allowed to change fuel mix, ignition timing, redline, compression ratio, and cam profile, but nothing else./:m]
]You can adjust space of the gear ratios and final drive only./:m]
]You may replace your wheels with the same dimension wheels of any quality. Different size, and your mates will know!/:m]
]You may replace your brakes with the same dimension brakes of any quality. Different size, and your mates will know!/:m]
]You may change the angle of that wing, if you like. And you can open up the vents some more, too, but no quality changes./:m]
]You may NOT touch the trim at all./:m]
]You may alter the suspension settings, but you donât have the money to replace it, so it has to stay -3 quality./:m][/ul]
Reward: Your friends will still call you a c*** who bought a shitbox Nissan that canât even match a Ute around Nordschleife, but hey, at least you got a Skyline.
OPTION B: THE STAGE MAYBE I CAN PASS THIS OFF AS A V-SPEC
Aim: Beat the damn Ute! (8:19 around Nordschleife)
How much you managed to scrimp off your mates: $3250 (or 14000 in total costs minus two hash browns from Maccas).
Deadline: 2 weeks (or 145 production units of working feverishly in the garage after your shift is done)
Modifications:
[ul]]Still no touchy the chassis!/:m]
]Now you have a week to shop around for a nice new block and do some restoration on it. All engine quality sliders are fair game./:m]
]Still, you only have free rein on exhaust and turbo, and no changing exhaust header type./:m]
]Again, you are also allowed to change fuel mix, ignition timing, redline, compression ratio, and cam profile, but nothing else./:m]
]You may adjust space of the gear ratios and final drive, and quality of drivetrain./:m]
]You may do whatever you like with the wheels, but no semi-slicks!/:m]
]You may do whatever you like with the brakes./:m]
]You may ADD one lip at both ends (or either, take your fancy), and fiddle with the aero, but can NOT add any undertray, or change quality of aero./:m]
]You may take some of the stuffing in the doors out, but canât touch the trim otherwise./:m]
]Time for some new shocks! Do whatever you like with the suspension./:m][/ul]
Reward: Your friends will grudgingly accept that your Skyline isnât that shitty after all, and you may get a free crate of nasty beer for your trouble.
OPTION C: THE STAGE NISMO HERE WE GO!
Aim: Get into serious sports car territory (Under 8 minutes around Nordschleife) with nothing more than extra elbow grease.
How much you managed to scrimp off your mates: $3250 (or 14000 in total costs minus two hash browns from Maccas⌠theyâre not rich either!)
Deadline: 3 weeks (or 155 production units of working feverishly in the garage after your shift is done)
Modifications:
[ul]]The chassis is fair game! You may change suspension and panel material./:m]
]Now you have a 2 weeks to shop around for a nice new block and do some restoration on it. All engine quality sliders are fair game./:m]
]As usual, you only have free rein on exhaust and turbo./:m]
]This time, not only are you allowed to change fuel mix, ignition timing, redline, compression ratio, and cam profile, but also air intake, and throttle body⌠and you can, if you want, use 95RON, but nothing else./:m]
]You may adjust space of the gear ratios and final drive, and quality of drivetrain./:m]
]You may do whatever you like with the wheels, period./:m]
]You may do whatever you like with the brakes./:m]
]You may ADD one lip at both ends (or either, take your fancy), and do whatever you like with the aero tab./:m]
]You may take some of the stuffing in the doors out, but canât touch the interior, entertainment or safety otherwise./:m]
]Do whatever you like with the suspension. Go JDM on that shit or whatever./:m][/ul]
Reward: Your friends will be amazed at your Nismo-like skillz, and are thrilled to ride in a car with proper sports credentials. Your garage gets a minor boost in rep. Your friends donât give you any more shit about being Wapanese, and that is a sweet victory indeed.
Which level will you achieve? Will you shoot for glory, or will you sort of muddle along in mediocrity, or, better yet, fail entirely? What are you waiting for? Go get your Skyline and get tuning!
P.S. Stubby lua has been attached, as proof of completion of previous challenge.
Stubby i6 - Rev0.lua (102 KB)
Nissan Skyline R34 (worn) - Rev0.lua (110 KB)
all nice and dandy⌠what mods are applied into that Nissan so i can try tune it?
felgenâs wing set, found bundled with this car and that should be it!
Keeping in mind, of course, that this is VicVictoryâs challenge, so naturally everybody is welcome to see how they go, but only Vic should post his attempt on this thread first.
Wow. Thatâs just downright mean and evil. LolâŚ
So far the challenges have been awesome!
On a side note, thanks for building a skyline, it was by fluke I built a 3.0L stroker kitted RB26DET engine last week just for kicks.
This sounds like way too much fun not to try. 
I wonder how much pressure that old block can take.
Oh, enough.
Because I know strop didnât think I could do itâŚ
I DID THE NISMO STAGE ON THAT SOMBITCH!
Looky looky, under 8 minutes!
And the LUA fileâŚ
VicVictory StageNismo - Rev0.lua (121 KB)
Alright, Iâll be back in a bit with a challenge for Slim Jim.
Under 8 seconds? How many unicorns did it take? 
ALL OF THEM!
(post corrected to say minutes)
[size=150]SLIM JIMâS CHALLENGE[/size]
So your cousin Nicky, who has far more money than brains, has a fondness for nostalgic designs. It shows through once again when he drives up to the family Christmas dinner (in 1980) in a brand new Misty Cruiser. Known for being rather plush sedans, the design has been around forever with almost no changes. Its manufacturer subscribes to the same theory that Nicky does, that older is pretty much always better. After all, thatâs the only explanation for the lovely long-stroke Straight-6 they use in this model (well, itâs really that they never bothered to make a V8 because theyâre also kind of cheapskates). You roll your eyes and groan as he steps inside the front door.
Fortunately you manage to stay away from the topic of his car for most of the night, but invariably (and after several spiked egg nogs) he corners you and engages you in conversation about his new toy. After a few minutes of him gloating about his relic of the 60âs, you snap, and let him know what you really think about the car. You even make an off-hand comment about how nobody gives the Misty Cruiser the time of day anymore, and that the only chicks he could pick up are from the retirement home. He grins, puts his arm around you, and lowers his voice creepily.
âWell then. If you think that you can make it go faster and still keep my butt comfy, then go ahead. But just remember. Ol Nicky doesnât like chickens. Or liars.â
Itâs only then that you remember that he has some vague mob connections.
âOh, and since you like performance so much, it has to do well in all kinds of situations. Open roads, curves, you name it. And it has to get Nicky the ladies.â
THE BASE CAR:
Misty Cruiser (Base) - Rev0.lua (76.5 KB)
Yup, itâs a luxury car. Not a particularly impressive one anyway. But at least they sprang for MFI instead of the 2 barrel carb that used to be on the engine a couple years ago. But Nicky has put it ALL on you to pony up the dough and the labor to make this thing work better.
RESTRICTIONS:
Bore, stroke, valve configuration, engine internals, materials, and ANY/EVERYTHING on the Platform tab (Chassis, Body, Fixtures) may NOT be touched.
Exception: may add a lip to front, rear, or both
Mechanical injection must be retained, 91 RON
The transmission may NOT be touched (yes, youâre stuck with a crappy wide-ratio 3 speed auto)
May not touch anything on the trim tab except insulation.
May not add under-cladding
Minimum ride height of 200mm
Total Cost must be no more than $14000
Production Units no more than 150
No semi-slick tires
Anything not mentioned above, including quality sliders (except for trim and transmission) is fair game.
METRICS:
Must get better than 1:58 on the FLYING LAP portion of Laguna Seca (Sector 3)
Must get better than 1:37 on the Airfield Track
Must have comfort greater than 45
Must have prestige over 35
REWARD:
Meet the bare minimums, Nicky is happy, reimburses you for your time and capital, and lets you go on your way.
If you can improve the track performance by at least 6 seconds between the 2 tracks, or meet minimum track performance and exceed comfort and prestige goals by a combined total of 8 or more points, Nicky gives you a job⌠âfixingâ⌠cars in his syndicate. You are set for life, living lavishy (although with one eye constantly over your shoulder)
Better get to work!
edit:
OK, so hereâs what I did!
I spent many man hours working on a high-output naturally-aspirated version of the Misty Cruiserâs engine. I shaved the cylinder heads to raise the compression ratio, reground the camshaft, fitted long-tubular headers, and fiddled with the injection system to flow extra air/fuel. The net result? Abject failure!
So I went back to the drawing board. I replaced the modified heads and cams with brand new stock units (financed by selling the long-tube headers I bought). As luck would have it, while searching a junkyard for parts, I happened across a nearly new, but wrecked 1976 Porsche 930 Turbo. 
All the damage was to the front end, so the turbocharger was still in tact! I bought the turbo, fabricated a custom manifold for it and an intercooler. A few twists of the ignition distributor, and voila! Timing = optimized. I modified the fuel relay to raise the rev limiter, installed a custom 2.5-inch exhaust with cat and mufflers, and fiddled with the suspension.
The turbo was an absolute stroke of genius considering it made the car not only faster, but just as quiet - if not quieter! Apart the wheels/tires from the same wrecked 930 Turbo (205/55R-16 sports compound tires), there are no obvious visual clues that the Misty Cruiser is modified. The exhaust is even connected to the factory tip! Honestly, itâs the ultimate sleeper. I told cousin Nicky to keep an eye on her though - just like the ladies heâll be attracting, it may experience hot flashes. Just gotta know when to back off, and everything will be fine.
Yep. Looks good. You did it in a much easier way than I did (though mine was turboâed also).
Letâs see what challenge you come up with for TheTom.
Awesome! As for my challenge for TheTom: I have two ideas Iâm mulling over. Iâll present them in a little while. This is fun! 
[size=75]That last sentence is alluding to the fact that it has insufficient cooling for the power. Without any reliability requirements however⌠
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Iâm excited to see what kind of challenge iâm about to receive But in any case, i wonât be able to do it today as iâm gonna spend pretty much all day at work (weâre taking inventory today) so iâm only gonna be able to do it tomorrow.
OK, that gives me more time to work on it then! [size=85](and figure out what Iâm gonna do)[/size]