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I can see how it would be but i guess i am lucky in the sense that all cars in the UAE are left hookers. So been sitting on that side for quite a few years now. But i have to admit the turbo porker did have quite a few spirted runs in the weeks leading up to the first round. And thats an old porker with a real gear stick! Sadly we will not make the second round as we have hit 2 issues, firstly the new Quaife G69 gearbox requires a much smaller diametre clutch to be used and as box only arrived on friday that isnt going to hapen before thursday. Also he new diff gear set to suit the squential box has shown up with 7/16 bolt holes rather than the 3/8 that our carrier is. So have thought about it and would rather have it tested before trying to race so going to sit this one out and watch the ferrari 430, calloway Z06, ACR viper, GT3 super cup and DB9RS battle it out before we wade in on the 4/12/09

news article http://www.crankandpiston.com/?q=node/526

no its not, they were mega dollar drive shafts which i still dont have grrrr. Seems we had a broken fitting on the diff cooler and its pumps the oil out sadly diff centre is still ok thankfully but complete rebuild required for everything else. And quaife 6 speed sequential on the way also now .....................

Ok where to start. Firstly we only just got it done for the race meeting and 60 odd minutes is not enough for testing thats for sure. In saying that though we knew at least bits and pieces would not be falling off the car. Compaired to the corvette and the cup cars we were behind the 8 ball to begin with as they have had over 20 hours of track time and are very well set up at this point in time, we are not. On the test day we lost the power steering hose very early so had to run with armstrong steering for the remainder of the weekend, which wasnt so bad anyway but would not like to drive like that for 45 minutes our 22 minute stints were long enough. Had gear box troubles later in the day as we lost 4th and 6th which left us with 3rd and 5th to get round the track, even so we were just under 2 seconds off the cup cars. Replaced the box on thursday night to a standard box with a very very slow change and very very tall gear ratios. In the end it was only 2 gear again really but we got the gap down to less than .5 of a second and put it on 6th in qualifying and with 2 porkers being scrubbed for cutting the white lines we found ourselves on position 4 for the rolling start. Long story but we did go backwards during the race with slow changes against the sequential boxes in the corvette and cup cars also our diff was slowly killing itself over the race duration but still managed to come home 7th. The car is great to drive very deceptive to just how fast it is you swear your traveling very slow yet find that you are not working very hard to get good lap times. Our 1:07 is just about 6.5 seconds faster than the best the old skyline had done yet you were driving like a mad thing to get those times.

http://darrenrycroft.zenfolio.com/p4521825...4f2dc#h2bebade0 Some pics of the weekends racing.

hot off the press

Nearly there, Just got war paint to go.

http://www.dubaipetrolheads.com/index.php?topic=5153.30 testing at paul rickard circuit some of these blokes are way to serious

Ok a few snaps from the other night. http://www.dubaipetrolheads.com/index.php?topic=5141.0 Car has been checked over and it wasnt a split hose as first thought but the drain plug on the diff came loose, which has now been lock wired. Everything else seems to be ok no real issues to deal with apart from very small fuel leak from an o-ring the car was good to go. No idea just how good or old these tyres are as they are what the car arrived on so new Dunlops this weekend 310 x 710 x 18 rears and 285 x 650 x 18 for the front. A small adjustment to the front toe reduction from 2mm toe out to 1mm will remove the slight over steer. But i have to say it is all we expected! We are so much quicker than last year already ( as are the other teams ) but we had a self imposed rev limit of 5000 which was resulting in a few extra gear changes that will not be needed with the 6100 limit for the race weekend. Still no matter how it performs this weekend against brand new FIA GT3 cars it has been a feat to get it completed in 8 weeks considering this is what arrived at our workshop on the 9 of August

ohh we are there now BB! First track session with it last night and although a split line on one of the drive line coolers stopped us at about 40 minuts in. I really dont know how to explain what its like to drive something like this! its not over powerfull as its pushing out less HP than the GTR but it is just so much faster the speed you carry through corners is hard to imagine! Such a well balanced car at 25% weight within 1 kg on all 4 wheels makes it very quick and thats was just our first time driving the car and it was over 4 seconds faster than the GTR. Plenty more improvement to follow.

sure, will be after the friday test though too much to get done before :-)

car was corner weighted last night and surprise surprise its was, with a bit of fiddling we got the front 50 /50 split, rear 50 / 50 split and cross weights 50 /50. At that it should be a very well balanced car! All that time weighting batteries etc and mounting them on the passenger side has paid off. Also found my alinement by eye resulted in about 22mm of toe out on front and 19mm of toe in on rear which explains why it was a wee bit ropey to drive the other night :-) Much better now! We are trying something different for gauges at this point in time have mounted a tablet computer as the dash which has a USB data modem connecting to a third party server and a pit based laptop. This way we have a basic form of telemetry with the car sending back real time engine and car parametres 4 times a second. Gets its first test on circuit this weekend wish us luck.

i have a few of them F#$#ers i can tell you

ohh it is brother it is

Ok First drive around warehouse has taken place last night. Car has only had a very basic alinement done by eye as we needed to get it out and run around for a while before it hits the dyno on thursday. Have to say when sitting in the car you get the impression of being in a huge car as you sit so far back. But it is misleading as, although limited distance / speed travel so far, it gives the feel of a very nimble car. Has great turn in and instant responce to steering input, which is a great plus for our driving styles. Which will only get better with a proper alinement done on the car tonight as well as corner weights. Engine has a crap tune in it at the minute, just enough to run it around to get temp into the car and check all the systems before the dnyo session. So its a bit of a mule below 1800rpm coughs and spits etc. But does come cleaner after that.....and thats about the right time to grab hold real tight of the steering wheel as the torque has just arrived as a uninvited rush...or earthquake depending on how brave you are with throttle input. I have worked out a formula for this. 1100kg + 720 Nm + 510hp = :-)

skyline is now in the hobby shop for rebuilding right after evo

it does indeedy

a few years driving sprint cars and driving on the roads over here is a perfect combination.

friday week duncan

it moved under its own power so its a race car now

Very close now

nearly there as blurry pic shows.

Correction, as my french is crap it appear the supplier is having problems getting the new shafts heat treated, but has arranged for a set off one of his 7 GTSR to make their way here so we can start testing next week......... getting close now :-)

ohh but they have! at this point anyway I will be reverse engineering these suckers i can tell you!

Not happy used drive shafts arrived today GRRRRR