Pezhead

yeah buddy, come in and see me at the registration desk.

up again, ttt

Bring the beast Mark and rip a skid! Just don't drop oil all over the place (too far? )

What size are inlet & outlet?

I haven't decided yet either - Trappers is convienent and is the only other place besides Maccas where you can grab a coffee before you get going in the morn. Might try the Bakehouse hotel cause it is $99 instead of Trappers $140. I would offer to share a room but I snore like a buzzsaw.

Horray! In under the wire. And what time for those of us that have been before? It's a bit farther than Owen and I've been there twice before. Thanks.

Afraid I don't know if the Blow-off mount is the same on 33GTR & 34GTR or not. But I can post a pic later of the mount if you like.

Dial in more caster and get more turn in! Bump.

Count me in buddy - I'll sort out the funds tonight. My co-worker said she was keen but has been stuffing about.

A few items up for sale: HKS SSQ Blow-offs mounted on an R33 GTR mounting pipe. These are as I pulled them off the car. $180 Also up for sale a re a brand new pair of adjustable Noltec Caster rods that fit an R33 GTR. I have a pair of these already on my car but just ended up having to replace the bushes after a hard curb hit. The shafts are nearly the size of a 50 cent piece! Very Sturdy! $180

Willing to separate? What do you want for the front pipe alone?

I think my 33 could do that

Is this what you are referring to? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0169173/reviews Or this one http://youtu.be/0JuLxtaViBU

Additional drivers are same pricing. We'll make arrangements so they can be riders in your car and you make two passes at the course, each driver back to back. Thirds create a logistical problem. See me in the morning about your renewal. PM Goldzilla what merch you're after.

Well all good advice in here. Texi is an excellent starting point. Agree that sliding an Auto is dificcult but not impossible. Would require a lot of handbrake and throttle over work. Leave it in 1st or 2nd so the rev's stay up. Never tried it myself so cannot comment further. Simple priciple on drifting though, if you can't hold a 2nd gear wheel lock slide then you most definately won't be able to do one at 100k's pluss. Learning to do low speed angle control is where it all begins and you can practice your heart out at our Texi Skidpan.

If you have a boost controller you might want to turn it down. 1.5 BAR is a lot especially if you haven't gotten use to the power level. My first outing in my GTR at about 280 AWKW I found that when you go in too hot / let off / blow offs kick all boost down / compression breaking kicks in violently + unsettled weight balance on the car = spin off the track. It's only recently that I find myself faster on high boost rather than just 1 BAR. 360 is a heck of a lot of power in a RWD car. Take it easy and learn to be smooth first, then apply the power. Of course you'll shoot down the straight like a bat outta hell!

Nick and I have already spoken to Justin and an event organiser about this - stay tuned in for more info. Maybe target an EOMM around Aug (we have a bit on in July). If anyone has a lead on reasonable banners for our 3x3 and 3x6 cabanas send me the info. Did some checking but they've all been unreasonable.

Here is an Article I did for the SAU Club sponsored day (rain day - Duncan and I both had a big off). (Article from SAU Newsletter) Saturday was SAU's first club sponsored track day at Marulan Driver Training Centre. So you ask, what is MDTC like? We've all seen the forum talk, "it is less than 1k in length that sounds like it is too short for a Skyline" and "I hear you can't run if your car is too loud." I had these very concerns myself which is why I figured I better get out there and find out for myself. The day started just as any other track day with the exception of all the rain we seem to be cursed with lately. As per our usual drill I emptied my car and waited for scruitineering to come by. They lined us up for noise level checks where we reved the car to 5k for a measure and then give it one good rev burst again while they checked the levels. My heart sunk a little as they informed me that my car was over the noise levels. But then they said not to worry, they have a "device" to sort that all out. A few minutes later a man showed up with something that looked like a prison tourture device. It was about the size of your arm from the elbow to the tip of your figures made of wire mesh. Up the tailpipe it went with a big hose clamp to hold it in. That did the trick on the noise levels and my car was good to go. So what is the track like? MDTC has tight but flowing lines. There are a good mix of sweeping straights, multi-apex corners and a few 90 degree and elbow corners. Now, I'm sure you are saying "oh then it's too tight for a big car like a Skyline". That's where I'd have to correct you. Don't think of this track as a "small course" but think of it more like being able to transform you car into a go-kart. Corners come up so fast, revs jump up the range because you are in lower gears - it's as if someone has suddenly given your car 20% more power! Being a really wet day the course really played well to those that could string sections together. If you try to take this course one corner at a time you'll be slow. There is no time or space to change your line to set up for the next corner. Tracks like this WILL make you a faster driver because you must link sections together in order to stay smooth and hold speed. Of course there were a number of spins and very tail happy cars. Driving in the wet with a heavy car with lots of power on a tight road course will teach you a lot. I loosened up my suspension to give me just a fraction more time and indication when the traction is going to let loose. The slippery conditions also tighted the margins for entry and exit of corners. You must be more precise, have your entry speed right, modulate the throttle out and use the whole track to maximise your speed in the limited grip. Another advantage of the shorter track is that you will get to attack that problematic corner again in less than a minute. Talk about fresh in your mind! The laps string together so quickly. Because the track is shorter, MDTC limit the number of cars on the track at a time. To compensate they run shorter sessions - about 10 minutes. So you will still get 7-8 good laps in, you learn a lot more because your rapidly working on those tricky sections and back up for your next session in no time because they were moving sessions through so quickly. All big wins in my book. In another article I will share how our GPS testing went. Having the GPS data showed me one very important lesson. You have to go slow to go fast. Sounds crazy I know because I try to carry speed through corners rather than accellerate out. The GPS data showed me that as I dropped my entry speed for a few critical corners the exit speed and top end really picked up shaving several 1/10ths per lap. That and some great feedback from "SAU Stig" about my braking really made a big difference. And of course, there is nothing as fun as having so many Skylines and Nissan cars and their owners out for a track day. For several club members this was their very first track day and I saw a lot of ear to ear smiles as they pulled off their helmets. I'm confident that this day has made me a better driver in my car. In fact, I had a personal bonus the following Monday. MDTC was rented out by a Targa crew for practice and corporate hospitality day. Lucky for me they invited me out and didn't mind if I brought my own car. Taking what I learned just two days before I got to attack MDTC again in the dry. Wowsa! Seconds fell off the lap times and I could really tell I was getting into the potential of my car.

Just me or does he want to loose his license? In NSW the'll crush your car for that. Anyways, stumbled across this stop motion video that someone put a lot of effort into.

Well simple - small/hot spark > large/weak. I'm going to keep mine at 0.65. And my car runs a 500R CDI unit!

Hey folks I'll put a Wrap up thread in the NSW section. Please move the wrap up discussion there. http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/403756-the-lowdown-wrap-thread/

Wrap-up from the Lowdown Showcased. Post up your photos and videos or general chit chat here. I'll start it off but didn't take many photos and have a stack of video editing to do.

From today at the Lowdown meet.

Intuition tells me going to see a lot of skylines at the entertainment quarter today...

I made a custom lip that was 20mm shorter than standard. Extreme approach but I have the driveway from hell (but ain't moving cause cost us just about everything we owned to get into this place). Oh and have the wood and bricks too to get out of the garage to the incline on the driveway (goes up then down onto the street).