sparkmanv11

Sorry for the late reply, been away. I bought them from Bridgestone in Magill Road. They are the only Bridgestone Motorsport Tyre Outlet. Cost was $365.00 each fitted, did notice however they were having a 4 for the price of 3 offer in the EASTERN STATES when I was in Sydney during the week dont know if the same here ask. Even more to spend on your car. BTW cost doesnt change for different compounds in the RE55. I would like to go to a lightweight 18x9 rim, the RE55 comes in a 265/35/18 which wouild increase the overall diameter of the wheel/tyre by 7.6mm just enough to fill the guards a bit more and prevent gutter rash along with 10mm more gripping than the 255/40/17 I m running. The price goes up to $415.00 each.

In my 15 minute drive to work in the rain this morning my front torgue guage was wrapped around the endstock and that was just getting out of the driveway. A couple of weeks of accumulated oil and road grime wasnt helping either. Much more fun and 10 minutes quicker on the way home. One other word about the tyres there is definately less tramlining than with the Falkens I had on before.

The S in RE55S means seriously sticky like sh@t on a blanket. they reduce inherent understeer in the GTR and give better turn in. However the biggest improvement is with the reduction in power on oversteer also inherent bigtime in a GTR. I guess all those with a drift bent would see this as a handicap but those of us who like to chew on everything that goes around corners including motorbikes in the hills there is nothing like them. I bought the WT compound SOFT. There is a SUPER SOFT MEDIUM and HARD. I looked at all the other DOT rated slicks DUNLOP TOYO MICHELIN PIRELLI etc. The Bridgestone is almost half the price of all. This means you can wear out two sets for the price of one. Wish I had of known about the trackday I would have liked to worn them out DOWNSIDE TO OWNING SEMISLICKS 1. ROAD NOISE 2. MOST OF THE TYRES ENDS UP ON THE CAR 3. NOT GOOD IN THE RAIN

As u can c from the pic I use the SDF15. I think it holds 800ml. The next size up dont know the number holds about 1.2 litres.

Joel, I buy them from the main dealer in Adelaide. His name is Bruce Pavier and has the stuff out at Silverlake Rd Mylor in the hills 0883885294, he discounts for club members NISSAN SVD etc. There are also a number of dealers in the burbs, Beaumont Nailsworth Thebarton. Look under lubricants in the Yellow Pages. I also use AMSOIL for the motor gearbox and diff. Got onto it from Eric the guy who was the head mechanic for the Winfield GTR's that that took Bathurst. Its fully synthetic comes in all ranges with applications from stock to indy car and they have a turbo release which I use. Check their website www.amsoil.com. When I was at the clipsal I was checking out the stone brothers racing garage, they were putting it in one on of their cars, when I asked they said not to believe the advertising on the cars it was the only oil they would use and other teams were using it as well. You dont dont have to buy known name brands to get the best. My advice, buy the biggest filter that will fit, its like bolting on a bigger sump without the cost.

For what its worth I changed to an AMSOIL remote mount kit with AMSOIL filter on my R33 GTR. They are available in several capacitys from the standard NISSAN filter size to the one I run which has a 1.5 litre capacity. Those of you who do circuit work know of the benefit of this alone. They flow at a higher rate than the MOBIL1 with finer particulate level screening. They are synthetic and have a non-return valve builtin, this prevents the crap the filter has collected being returned to the motor on shutdown as the cheap ones do. The standard size costs no more than a genuine NISSAN one with the larger costing around $35.00.