Russman

Up till recently 265/35/18 AO50s. Now going to be running 295/30/18 AO50s.

yup. But entering is more fun

Thanks Kory. Looking forward to your awesome shots of the car. Tell where on the track you'll be and I'll make sure I occasionally get some opposite lock on

Yeah I was looking at them although I didn't realise they were spelt like that haha. Where do people buy them from?

Will do. Thanks Matt. You know I'll be stealing your front bar fastening idea. Or at least similar to it

yeah the undertray will be aluminium and wrapped in carbon for rigidity. actually I think a lot of it will be. That would be cool Troy. Factory is pretty full but give me a call.

So many weddings!

No only up the street in an industrial area. Was mental. Had dyno street tyres so I did a biiiggg burnout

Another big change is the car is now making heaps more power! We decided to have a crack at E85. We used united pump E85 and were amazed with the results. We did a run on 98 to establish a baseline. It made 284rwkw on 18psi which was what we had on the unigroup dyno in Sydney so that was good to know the dyno is accurate. To begin with E85 we didn't even touch the boost and it gained 35kw at 2psi less! 320rwkw @ 16psi. Then we started to lean on it with more timing and boost that got it up to 346rwkw at 19psi. We were amazed! Final tune is set to about 325-330rwkw keeping in mind that this is a track car and a completely standard RB25. One thing that has been going crazy in terms of development is Aero. It's such a big topic and I'm doing my best to understand it and apply what I can. I've started with some ideas for front splitters and have a few theories about how I can do what all the big teams do on a budget. I am going to try my best to learn how to take moulds and make carbon fibre bits. I'll upload photos as I learn.

So time for another update. My entry has been accepted for WTAC 2012! Time for the work to begin! Well... continue. The next phase of development is happening now I had to replace the water and oil lines that go to the turbo. The water lines were speed flow rubber braided lines but the rubber was actually melting through the braid. They have now been replaced with teflon braided lines and fittings so shouldn't stop it. The oil feed line had been crushed between the turbo and the strut tower. I was shocked when I saw it but turbo seems fine. Noticed it early enough to avoid causing too much damage. It's now secured so it won't happen again. I've started stripping more out of the car for weight reduction too. So far I reckon about 25kg. The heater box alone was 9kg. All remaining sound deadening and carpet is going too. Roof lining, centre console and anything else that isn't really needed. The old half cage is gone to make way for a full 6 point cage in the next month or so.

haha love it. Step down to 11.5 lol

Wow... What a read. Due to being a recent E85 convert I will need to make a call on this. I only ever used castrol edge 10w60 but after looking at it's specs seems like I will need to change. I'll probably try 1 of the following 2. My car still has a standard engine so thankfully I don't have to be concerned about 10k builds. Those that know my car it is mostly time attack / club days or hill climb / motorkhana events. 1. Penrite racing 20. 20w60. Seems cheap (bout ~70-80 bucks) enough to change every 2 events or so. I like. 2. Motul 15w50. Can't seem to find what the difference is between 300V and 6100, 4100 blah blah. Seems frieken expensive wherever I look though!

Thanks. Will have a read.

Previously I have been running castrol edge 10w60. Has worked well on my last 2 engines.

Hey all. Need some advice on what oil to run when using E85. Has it been covered before? I hear that because of the ethanol content a different type of oil may be required. Thanks in advance.

http://australianautosportalliance.com/aasa/ That'll work

Put me down for morning skidpan timer. Will need to get going around 12 noon to get back to melb. Should be fine but I'm sure someone can cover for me at the end if I need to shoot off

Got driveshafts? lol I'll be there for the friday night and most of saturday morning so can help out with timing etc.

Good to see you're in snowy

Thanks but I've already sorted some out. only marginally more than 100. Thanks for the response anyway

Can't do sat night now. I have a wedding gig. I will try my best to be there friday night and maybe a bit of sat morning to help out.

Mine got in after 12 mins so should mean I'm in

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No more details on the website yet? Possible cost? Hope it's not a massive entry fee like most calder events. Also hope they don't put Tyres on the edge of the track like thy have in the past. Could be a great thing for drift in Melbourne as long as calder aren't stupid about it like they have in the past.

In. Please put Ben in with us as well. I'm pretty sure he'll be in.