Dohmar

I often have fantasies of being hitler addressing the nuremburg rally, but instead of hating on the jews, i'd be debating the merits of a 1.5 vs 2 way diff... -D

Negative. I will however say that members of said comittee should restrain themselves upon commenting upon official policy until said details are ran past by the Pres or Vp. I myself have been chastised for making unapproved announcements, rightly so, and hence I hold every other member to the same high impeccable standards as mandated by our clubs constitution. Nuff said. And that is excellent, it is what we want to see happening, however we need to make sure the stickers used meet the application. SLED put it more lucidly than I ever could. There is nothing wrong with anyone taking the initiative on any given matter in my humble opinion - if it happens, perchance, to conflict with SAUSA club policy, then steps can be (and have been) taken to ensure that it does not happen again. I would like to emphasise - our club is an infant. Its less than a year old and we have yet to discover how to crawl, before we walk and before we run. Transparency and thorough practice are nothing to be insulted by - indeed, it is this accountability which will ensure the survival of any democratic body. And I apologise to the executive, if any of its members posts seem like we are rushing the process - We are not. We're just so enthusiastic about it, we're out running our britches. Yo. -D

you know i'll be down will be happy to help u plot a nice route too in the hills -D

ask scandy. hes the king of tyre philosophy imho -D

I think they would not recommend it, due to homologation rules; below is taken from skyline wiki: Under Group A regulations, a turbocharged engine must multiply its engine displacement by 1.7, putting the new Skyline in the 4000 cc class, and requiring the use of 10-inch-wide tires. Knowing that they would be required to use 10-inch-wide tires, Nissan made the decision to make the car all wheel drive. Nissan developed a special motorsport-oriented AWD system for this purpose called the ATTESA E-TS. Although this assisted with traction, it made the car 100 kg (220 lb) heavier; the added weight put the GT-R at a disadvantage to other cars in the 4000 cc class. Nissan then made the decision to increase the displacement to 2600 cc, and put the car in the 4500 cc class, with the car's weight near-equal to competing cars. The 4500 cc class also allowed for 11-inch-wide tires. I think you're safe dawg. -D

more accurately it would be to state that this has only just been defined. There was significant ambiguity due to conflicting statements from the SAU:SA exec, yourself included, which is where I would point out - this stuff should really be dealt with at the meetings, with all possibilities taken into account, BEFORE ANY OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE That is all -D

u need to work out ur rolling diameter from stock vs what u want to put on otherwise your speedo will be out of wack and that will affect your attessa and hicas best bet is to check a tyre placard and see what nissan actuall recommend. wish i could tell u what size u want, but i cant be stuffed... -D

was a tad before u joined, but there were half a dozen in 2008 -D

depends on your mindset.... japs designed it for a reason, and that was to handle touge runs better than the competition....we dont quite have the same twisties (or road quality) that the japs do (sadly)... its less effective in aus I'm sure considering the amount of time our wheels spend off the road due to the crap quality of our asphalt general racer concensus seems to be that hicas is a hinderance on a proper racetrack, which I can understand the argument behind this, however I'd also point out that nissan thought it convenient enough to keep on all their R series cars from the r31 up to the 34 so it can't be >that< bad Disclaimer - I'm no performance driver. I just do hills runs for my jollies. -D

same, even tho i never went on kellies cruises, her meet point alone was good fun to rock up to hopefully its in the same place -D

lax dawg its cool that u wanna promote sau, so there are sau stickers for you to put on alternatively, if u become a member, you're welcome to the sau-sa only stickers. exclusivity has a price in either case, your enthusiasm is to be commended, and no doubt someone here will be able to hook you up in due time -D

totally... which is why some people love the 1' toe in that HICAS delivers, and some people hate it really all depends on the response of the HICAS itself and the driver, but I guess im in the minority when I say I really like my HICAS and am happy to have spent the effort getting it working right, rather than just locking it 0.02c, your mileage may vary -D

who'd he get em engineered thru? Would be nice to get ISC's coilovers engineered as a group thing, so everyone who runs them has some kind of cert to help with regency -D

yeah the suspension is the hard part, spring rates, rebound, bump, sag, valve pressure etc - thats the hard part caster is easy.... the more positive front caster, the better camber is easy... couple degrees negative camber, alles gut fur street und track neutral toe for the gtr rear with hicas, and 1' inward toe for the front thats what im running so far, altho i need some new front caster arms to correct the pull to the left hand side -D

thats appropriate considering you're the bunny hahaha got eggs yo? -D

probably would be the go. having run bilsteins and teins, they both have their benefits, but the ideal setup would be something in between the teins are stiff, which is good when the road drops out from under you, but is a bad thing when the road slightly undulates as you find the rear end bouncing on the plus side, its a progressive rate spring so it absorbs the initial impacts better the bilstein is lower and has a softer spring rate, which is awesome for cornering and general use, however then the road disappears from you (aka a dip) your arse just dumps to the ground and u end up scraping the exhaust on the tarmac i'd love to know more about suspension, its an art and a science of which i know nothing about -D

i can source them from the US brand new if you want peace of mind -D

what he said... my coilovers (both sets) are non adjustable and are regency friendly its the adjustable caster and camber arms which are the biggie height adjustable is not permitted at all -D

could easily do that. $5 entry fee and byo piss lol -D

*sigh* its enough to throw his geometry all out of wack again he has the front castor arms, the rear camber arms, the adjustable suspension... all 3 things that work in tandem to ensure the suspension actually works properly u should enquire about getting that stuff engineered man, rory thompson does it for $500 odd if I recall correctly, and that mean you could continue using the control arms for caster/camber... not the suspension but eh, 2/3 is better than nowt -D

true that'd be a nice improvement -D

it can affect hicas if the toe is greater than 2' on either side, the hicas computer senses it somehow and disables hicas after about 15 minutes for what its worth, i got some rear adjustable upper control arms last year for around $350 and the precise adjustment that the aligner was able to make more than justifies the cost... makes the car perform much better with less tyre wear to boot ;D not regency friendly, but theyre easy enough to get engineered -D

theres several interesting 32 gtrs on carsales atm one is #78 of the original aussie delivered 100 one is a tommy kaira spec 32 and another has only 9800km on the clock... whats ur budget? -D

instead of the 34 or in addition to the 34? -D

looks good dude! -D