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Hi guys - hope you are all well. To be honest we have reasonably decent reliability considering the power output. We don't bother taking the engine out every meeting unless it's one of the 2 big ones each year (Main Event & European Finals) as they are both 4 day meetings & you can be looking at 12 runs + at each one. Normally it's a case of finishing the meet & if all looks & feels ok then a compression test at the end & if all good she gets packed away & then left really until the next meet. Prior to each meet we get the car out a few days before, detailed check over & put her on the dyno just to check basic settings & if all ok off to the meet we go. Only hassle we have had over recent times has been a couple of gaskets failing which is no huge surprise, so off with the head & get it changed at track if needs be & then back out again :-) Same crank for the last 3 years, same pistons for last 12 months, same rods last 12 months etc, same block etc - normally change bearings regularly & exhaust valves etc just to be on the safe side. These RB's are tough buggers :-)

Hi fellas , Well after a journey lasting nearly 5 years from bog standard road car to current guise, delighted to say that the "old girl" did us proud last weekend here in the UK at Santa Pod at the FIA Main Event. She finally decided it was the right time not to break or give us any grief & we finally saw sub 7.5's - running a 7.45 @ 187 & then afterwards a 7.49 @ 183 to back it up. Was an absolutely amazing feeling & fair to say has been at times a hard slog. Huge thanks to Abbey Motorsport here in the UK who look after all tuning & engine work + the crew - all over the moon. Here's a few vids & a couple of piccies 7.45 run (we were against an 8.4 rail with a 0.9 headstart) The car still has a bit more to give & we will keep on "tweaking away " but just brilliant progress from the team & i'm over the moon for the guys who at times have bust a gut to get the car together cheers John

Thanks & we are really looking forward to it now Might seem like ages away but we only have 1 season to run the cars again before they need to be packed up. 100% Jamboree at Willowbank in 2011. Really starting to get organised now & massive box ticked with the guys at East Coast Customs being absolute stars agreeing to help out with Logistics & workshop etc etc. Andra have confirmed they will issue me with a 3 month temp licence as i have the right FIA licence in place & will arrange for the cars to be scruiteneered when they get to the workshop & issue log books which is good news. Looking at flights today & we have a corporate deal in place with Virgin who are happy to give us a decent discount for 10 or more so that will help - just the dreaded shipping to look into next Have sent an email to Ray Box about our intentions so all slowly coming together. Will work our balls off this winter & next season to really be as ready as we ever will be Been looking into where we will be staying for the event & local pubs & bars, nightclubs already - lol My mate who helps out with Pro Auto's drag car in Perth is gutted as he will now have to travel across !

Well emails swapped with HTL & have said Jambo 2011, they are positive as well so great news. Now time for us to sort our stuff out over winter & get quicker in 2010. Here's the last run for each car GTST - we will need to find a couple of tenths for the old girl next year but hopefully switching to methanol + bigger turbo should help a lot. Cage upgraded over this winter as well. Zed - first run in anger & knocked off early in 3rd before the 1/8th to get some datalogging info. First clean pass should see a very very low 7 or high 6 & we can go from there & start to turn the boost up.Our first ever time this winter being able to use an engine dyno - so new turbo's, wastegates & exhaust etc will be bolted on & we can do full runs so should be a massive help. will contact Ray as mentioned Paul to see if he is happy to help & will start contacting the other teams to get their thoughts on things.

Huge thanks for the info & help (just sent you a pm) Was on the phone at 2am UK time to Ben at East Coast Customs in Brisbane this morning & looking really positive that we can work with them in terms of transportation, workshop facilities & help which is just bloody brilliant & gives us the chance to now start firming everything up . Might seem like ages away but in reality for us is only 1 more season as we cant race now till march 2010 & then would have to get the cars packed up april 2011. Some guys of the UK skyline owners club want to know dates so they can start saving for the trip & the amount those buggers can drink they need to save a lot ! - lol Really really excited at the thought of coming over, with East Coasts help it's a major box ticked

Which one is likely to have everyone there ? I dont mind feb or august to be honest as either way we get a full season here first. In some ways Jambo would be better as gives us time to do a full season, the 2010 winter to build & dyno new engines & test uk in march before packing up in April ready for shipping. Get to Oz end of July & then test for 2 weeks before jambo . Also gives us more time to save cash for the trip ! Is Jambo the bigger event ? in a way the sooner we make our mind up the sooner we can really plan well ahead. There are some great guys in the UK skyline owners club who would like to make the trip as well & have a huge party Only issue is that i would need to find a friendly garage who could help us with storage, transport & dyno facilities & workshop (more than happy to pay them for their trouble) as my mate is in Perth & obviously no way he can help us in Queensland/Brisbane etc. Also gives us a chance to do a bit of sightseeing & the missus would be over the moon going to Sydney.

Huge thanks for that Looking at geography (us UK bods never truly realise just how HUGE Oz is !) it potentially makes a lot more sense to do to the Jamboree in 2011 & if there was another event ideally 2 weeks earlier at either sydney or Willowbank that would just be perfect ! If there is no comp then we would just have to get there 2 weeks early & try & test - hopefully the track would be prepped & we could get plenty of runs in ?

i guess the other thing to think about would be potentially to hopefully have a couple of options close together which is why i like the idea of Perth & Sydney as only 2 weeks apart approx. Last thing we want is to pin everything on 1 comp only for the whole trip & the weather fouls the event & we can't race.

Hi guys - huge thanks for the replys August next year is honestly to soon for us mate - we would have to have the cars on a ship in May & to be honest we need a full season with the 350z to get us to where we need to be, also need a full season with the GTST to get the new turbo set up etc running well. When we come we want to come fully prepared without any excuses & give it our absolute best. The idea of running in Feb 2011 meant we can run a full season with both cars here in the Uk & Europe next year & develop then after the season has finished in the 1st week of october get everything freshened up & on the boat for late Oct & would be in Oz for Jan. I have a good mate who works with Pro Auto in Perth who have said they will help us out with transport, storage & dyno/garage facilities (they race themselves). If the common concensus is that Jambo in august is far far better then i am easy to be honest & we could do that in aug 2011 & ship the cars say in April. For us we would much prefer to run against the best Jap cars around rather than mixing it up with a few jap cars but mostly v8's. We are already running against v8's over here & would just love the opportunity to line up with the best jap cars in the world to be honest. We all watch the videos over here but lining up alongside HTL, Godzilla, Gas, Rayglass, Pac - it just doesnt get any better than that for us ever !!!!. If we get our arses kicked them the smile on all of our faces will be as massive as if we had won ! Adrian - thanks mate - will wait to hear from you Cheers again guys - much much appreciated

Hi guys - hope you are all well Weather is starting to turn shiity here in the Uk now as winter gets closer - not jealous of you at all !! lol As some of you know we were going to bring the GTST over to Oz in 2008 but made the right call & said no let's get our house in order first & do some decent times & learn the ropes + we were keeping an eye out for another project. That project came in the form of the 350z when the price was right & huge development going on with that right now. Now then we promised one of our sponsors Ray @ Gizzmo in Melbourne that we would run in 2011 come rain or shine at the Perth & Sydney summer nats & that is EXACTLY what we will do come rain or shine, win or lose we will have the mother of all parties I've swapped a few emails with Reece & the guys at HTL who are also potentially keen & just really trying to see if anyone on here could help maybe drum up some interest with either the tracks, mags or promoters ?? - any help would be much much appreciated - it really really would to make this a real possibility!! I'll be honest for me, my missus & kids & all the lads at Abbey Motorsport it's a trip of a lifetime that we may well never make again or certainly for some years & we would love to have a chance to line up whilst there with the best there is ie/ HTL, Godzilla Motorsports, Gas, Pac, Rayglass & even titan if they could be persuaded !! For us it's about just having the chance to race with the best, likelyhood is we will have our arses kicked but so what !! we all race to improve ourselves & our cars & for the memories - it would never get better than that for us. We will bring Project GTST over - 7.68 in 2009 & will be switched to methanol & a new bigger turbo & other changes for 2010 We will bring Project Zed over - so far 8.0 @ 169 knocking off in 4th gear (mountains of work now happening with 3 new engines ready for Nov & being tested & developed on an engine dyno all winter with new turbos & internals etc to produce over 2000 bhp) As mentioned any help would be much much appreciated in somehow pulling this together, it's not a willy waving contest !! purely for once trying to get some of the quickest jap cars on the planet together to give one hell of a show & make a lot of drivers & crews & hopefully spectators very happy to be part of it ! my email address is [email protected] would love to hear from people who could help us out Huge thanks John

She's a bit of a monster I think when the bonnet's on the car, the car will look amazing people will either love it or hate it BUT at least they should remember it which is the main thing :dance:

Well great great news today, block will be back from the machine shop on Thursday & engine should be in for Monday, dyno work to do & if all goes to plan end of next week ready for shipping Over the moon - here's final pics from the bodyshop, there will be stainless steel guards going over the holes cut out each side for the exhausts & i think she will look wonderful great news to think end of june could/should see the car in the Uk

Hurray a vid clip with sound 5.40 into this

Just found a quick vid that someone has posted up on youtube - real shame as no sound but better than nothing

Last piccies really before we get our dirty grubby hands on her, better arse than mine

Thanks guys - i can guarantee you that we will not forget about the GTST. It holds a very very very special place in my heart as was my first ever skyline when i bought her bog standard for the road all those years ago. We have finally taken the decision to fit wheelie bars now, they will go on next week as the car is getting very very lairy off the line & we are seeing 0.2 - 0.5 lateral sidewways G at the moment until at least the 1/8th and sometimes 2/3rd track & it's costing us time, teh car is driveable & you can keep your foot in ok but a lot of travelling all over the track for sure. Main reason we have not fitted them to date was to try & keep the road appearance of the car as long as possible but physics will always win in the end & all the other cars we are running against posting similar or even slower times have them on so a moral in the story really. It should mean we get a lot less body twist off the line & get a decent straightish start, it should also mean we can put more power through her off the line & go even harder. The biggest issue we have for now is the safety cage, it's built to 7.5 sec regulations & it's so bloody strict over here now, if you go below that time twice you can be suspended for the year. The plan at the end of the season over the winter is to upgrade the cage to "unlimited" switch her to LH drive & change her to methanol & put bigger tyres on - we should see at least a 300 bhp + increase & that may be just enough to get down to very low 7's or even high 6's. I have no idea how reliable the car will be & it will be a real guinea pig situation. The other problem is there is by no means unlimited cash available & we could really do with finding a couple of additional sponsors as we don't want to find we are spending all of our cash on 1 car & forgetting about the other. Either way it may well be the last year for Project GTST next year in 2010 & it makes sense to go absolute hell for leather & balls out to see what's possible & then retire the old girl. She has been a wonderful wonderful car & if i was to sell her it would have to be outside of the UK as i couldnt bear to line up against it Be interesting this year to see what the car does once the wheelie bars are fitted & we are 100% going to finally run nos at the last competition of the year in october after avoiding it for so long.

Hi, main details are all on www.projectgtst.com Car has been developed over the last 4 years, started out as a road going GTST drag car in 2006 running on the standard IRS & the standard gearbox & the RB25 ran 9.9, was switched to an RB26 & car was backhalved & put on an airshifter in 2007 8.5, moved on to 7.75 in 2008

Hi fellas, delighted to say we certainly have not forgotten about the old girl Project GTST & she ran her quickest time ever at the weekend just gone 7.68 @ 176.9 mph on race fuel, no nos etc - plenty left in her yet & just great to have moved the times on again from last year. Plenty of comps left this year to try & sneak another 1/10th or 2 out of the old girl again Now looking seriously at wheelie bars for her as we are losing time drifting on runs for sure (seeing 0.2 - 0.5 lateral g every run) - will try & get them fitted if possible for the next time she is due to run which is on 20/21 June.

Pro bodied 35GTR would look amazing We were going down the same route at one stage but the cost of getting a body developed & moulded & we were worried about the likely size & look of that body put us off a bit - be great to see what yours will look like. Twin T51 will be nuts, the SPL is a great great turbo that we loved to bits when running on ours, god knows what 2 of those babies would feel like Some great great cars out there now & in the making - be just bloody awesome if we ever see a 5 sec jap car in the world over the next 5 - 10 years

It has taken quite a while to get her launching nice & straight most of the time so not always that relaxed - lol When traction goes it goes, a few times we have seen lateral G of around 0.6 - 0.8 on a marginal track & again it took some working out what to do ie/ running more rear wing, changing settings etc etc.

At last we managed to get some in car footage Not the quickest run we have ever done but still gives a really good idea. This run was an 8.1 in the final against a scooby into a bloody strong headwind (40mph+) http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ2Fxgu6qdw Final run of the year this saturday, fingers crossed the track is ok & we can push a bit further but really it's all down to how cold it is & how good the track will be.

well bugger surprise surprise crap weather hits another event can't believe we havnt got webbed feet & webbed hands in the Uk with the amount of bloody rain we see No racing at all weekend just gone as inches & i mean inches of rain over the weekend flooded the pod so i reckon that's us for this year. 1 more trip out for the car in November at santa pods end of season closing down fireworks day/night but very doubtful we will run quick times in November as will be pretty cold here unless we strike it lucky. As soon as that's over back to the drawing board to think up some ideas to get more out of the old girl for next year. Hope you fellas have a great & safe season & be great to see The Godzilla Motorsports 32 get quicker & also see Reece move the 32 forward again as competition really drives everything forward. Good luck Adrian - be great to see you hit some good times mate.

thanks guys & as soon as we saw 7's on the board it makes it feel worth all the time, effort & grief Quick vid here (2nd run in qualifying, before anyone gives me grief about reaction times it was only qualifying :laughing-smiley-014: ) Have some better quality ones being put together over the next couple of weeks. This weekends competition is not looking good weatherwise at the moment which is a real pain as may well be the last opportunity we get to run on a decent track surface before winter is here but there's always next year. I personally 100% want to bring this car to Oz for the Perth & Sydney Summer Nationals & can guarantee we will in 2010. I'm glad now we didn't bring it over this year as it was just to soon & we had far to much work to do & things to learn & same story next year where the car will be developed a lot lot further. When we do bring it over in 2010 i want it to be running serious consistent times so it's worth the trip & also something for you to see. Would be amazing if when we bring it over then we could run with the serious Aus/NZ cars at the same meets. Thanks John

Cheers Adrian mate This weekend we crossed back over to main stream racing & took part in super pro ET (bracket dial in racing 6.99 - 8.99 secs) next week back to Jap racing & heads up

Hi fellas, Hope everyone is well - not long now till the start of your season whilst ours draws to a close here in the UK. Well after 11 8.1's this year finally after some further mods we have cracked the 7's & have Europes first ever 7 sec skyline Ran at the weekend & completed 3 runs in total & all 7's 1st 7.93 @ 171 2nd 7.78 @ 172 3rd 7.75 @ 175 After all the hard work & learning this year i'm over the moon First 2 runs were at 2 bar boost & the third at 2.2, 3rd would have been quicker if i had changed gear better. We run again next week in our last official competition of the year, we have more boost to go yet & could connect nos up (but not so sure we will until next year) so may get those times down a bit further still. Here's some piccies from the weekend Getting there bit by bit & just hope we keep the consistency & reliability going which we have had all year next year. cheers John