tjandriesen

Let me know when you need payment.

Sorry to see you had a bit of a brush mate. Spraycan flat black on the rear bar will look really JDM....

Think of it this way - if you were riding a bicycle which would be easier for you to turn? I can't quantify it exactly but the bigger and heavier, the worst they are. Of course the trade off is a larger contact pad means greater traction so a wheel size that put more rubber on the road (wider) will give you more traction but a bigger (e.g. 22 vs 17) is a big negative.

I'm so in for the next one. and Viva Mexico!

Got the parts last week and just had time to get the sway bars on before the trek down to DECA. Car handled much better and look forward to getting the camber/caster/sub alignment done this week. One question. We set the sway bars at medium (both front and back). Is there any benefit to setting them stiffer or looser? I (think I) know that setting them differently front to back induced oversteer/understeer but wasn't sure what greater/lessor stiffness on both does.

Drifting and grip racing on the same track at the same time don't work very well.

Thanks guys. It was well worth the drive ( which seemed to go on forever - ever notice a GTR seat in not made for comfort - or at least not with me in it). The event rocked and everyone was great to meet. I promise next time I'll be representing NSW much better on the track/pan and believe I might be a better designated tequilla drinker. I can't wait until August - BTW are there any tenative dates in mind yet?

Book me in - nice and close to home

On a more serious note - the trip was an absolute blast. The Vic guys put on a fantastic event and were great hosts. Thanks for the good times and driving tips (I have a new appreciation for 1st gear now). Saw lots of cool stuff like a Submarine and met Forrest Gump. I'll definately be back and expect to up my game considerably. Steve-o, thanks for the work you and the crew did to put this together.

As one of the 3 individuals having a shot at that time, I can confirm the above. After taking the shot into his mouth, as well as the lemon, he swished it around in his mouth (like tasting wine), and made several interesting facial expressions before the liquid came out of his mouth. Obviously it did not suit his taste buds. When the waitress came over as said "you again - I'm not cleaning up your puke this time", I'm sure she must have misunderstood the situation. I suspect she was terminated the next day for serving sub-par tequila.

Hey Dan, Good to see you around. Haven't seen you on for a bit. Can't make this one but have fun.

Good question. So who all are coming now? Your dad's coming Andrew? Very cool though I understand your point.

I'm good for 7:30

I guess I've left the last two early enough not to see them as piss ups. I do think the last two venues were a bit lighter on food than drink but they also let you move around a bit versus a strict sit down facility.

I'm definately in given the rotary club day fell through. so the going list is: tjandriesen apollo s15

No problem

Are we moving up the start time?

I second Smasha!!!!!!

The 5AM call is pretty formal so I need to take that one from home. The 6AM is with my guys and I can roll it back to the next week. My guess is I could make a 7AM departure depanding on how far the start point is from my house. If anyone is going across the bridge I could follow you there. Not sure of the traffic patterns but I suspect a 7:00 departure will be much, much faster geting us out of town than 7:30 as we would miss some of the "to work" traffic. I would be keen to take off early, catch brekkie at 10ish, lunch at 2ish, etc. How are we set for space? I know at one time BB was looking for space. Think I'm petty empty. Does everyone need to bring toolboxes, etc or will there be some to share. I don't think I'll need to do much as I'm running on street tires and aside from putting in a harness I'm GTG.

Despite taking the day off, I have two early morning conference calls at 5AM & 6AM. Assuming a hour to get there, I could be somewhere at 9 easy enough and maybe 8:30.

I'm pretty sure there isn't a constitutional right to drive a fast car....

Gary, We all appreciate the amazing amount of work you do and the contribution you make to this forum. It would be very unreasonable for us to expect you to make this your full time job and shut down the rest of your life (personal & work) to accomodate us. Thanks for chasing this down and we understand that the parts will get here as soon as possible. Tim

where exactly does ethanol lie within those rules??????

Yea , won't work for me either. Keep me in the loop on when the next one is.

Start with the NEW GTR, give it to Mines to tune with a budget that gets your spend up to $250K, watch the Porsche in the rear view mirror. Lets compare new to new. The stock new GTR is faster than a 911 Turbo (track result from testing in California). Much as I love R32/33/34s, time is passing and technology is improving. I would take the Porsche over anything shy of a Z Tune. It might be faster than a Z tune but give there were only 20 made which do you think would be worth more as a collector. There's a lot of car faster than a Shelby Cobra but there's only one left of them....