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So if my road registered GT-R doesn't have the mods to compete with a sports sedan then bad luck? You are kidding, arren't you? As mentioned previously the number of "outright" JDM cars in this country is few. Allowing road registered cars will greatly increase the pool of people interested in running. The whole idea behind having a class structure is to encourage more people to enter/compete than just those in the outright category. The result of hte Japanese events has been the opportunity for workshops to show off their skills by producing a quick car - which presumably the owners of road going cars can appreciate & learn from or even buy from the shop concerned. Also the mods required to allow any car to live on the track, let alone produce decent speed are considerable. So a workshop demonstarting a quick road car will drum up business. Oh and talking shit is pretty much a full time occupation - it merely peaks in the days before an event.

No. Or atleast not one that was either moving, licenced or that you would not be deeply ashamed of.

Hmm, timely thread. I have a tyre that needs a puncture repaired too. Oh apparently they are not a run flat tyre. Who knew?

Thanks for the photos. Calliper part should be EP603? Piston area totals up to 5020 mm2. The same as an AP CP5555 which is also a 6 pot. Both of these have a smaller piston area than either the stock Sumitomo (5127) or the stock Brembo (5309). The pad area is larger than either, although smaller than the AP. I think this may be the pad from the Endless catalogue? Not 100% sure without overlaying it. It is page 166 from the Japanese brake Pad Shapes in the link below. http://www.endless-sport.co.nz/Downloads/t...26/Default.aspx pad1.PDF

From the little I can make out on shots of R32 V-Spec engine bays the master cylinder arrangement looks to be different to the 33's. Surely someone out there must have a photo?

The measurement is from the centre of your rim to the guard. What you have shown is wrong.

Absolutely. Anything you can manage is all good. Have a look at the link from above because a couple of them have drawn the pad outlines of data sheets. May make it easier. Also be curious to find out what the piston sizes on these things are....

33 one looks like the photo below. I am just trying to determine what the 32 version looks like so I can be sure I get suffient parts if/when I change it over. Either that or I will have to get an AP unit or similar. Diamter is sorted R32 = 25.4mm, 33 = 26.9mm

Couldn't find out. The people who supply Endless pads pretty much only supply Endless pads. Whereas those that supply Ferodo stuff can't help much without a pad shape - which I can't find. There are a few sites with pad shape info on them, but matching to the calliper is too hard. I haven't yet run anyone down who admits to owning an Endless calliper. There is info here, but I am stymied because my puta neither has a Japanese language install nor could I read it even if I had. http://www.endless-sport.co.nz/Downloads/t...26/Default.aspx Maybe try Tony Flood in Perth if you are keen. He is usually very knowledgeble/helpful.

Wait until he gets a load of Piquet junior then.

Baron have any detail photos of the cold air induction on the Calsonic R32?

I am after a photo of the brake master cylinder from a V-Spec R32 Gt-R. This is one from the povvo pack GT-R. I need to do a compare & contrast. Thanks in advance.

It is worth doing properly. http://www.longacreracing.com/catalog/catlist.asp?catid=8

Take it from me - don't mix drift cars with people who want to set a lap time. The drifters make too much of a mess of the circuit (the traps & generally just dragging sh!t onto the track) & will annoy the hell out of those trying to set a lap time. Keep them to another day.

Check the manual. It is probably the level switch in the reservoir - assuming you have enough in there to start with. 22.PDF

Use the search engine to find the list of ATTESSA error codes. When the dashlight comes on the computer under the rear parcel shelf will be blinking. Count the number of flashes & this will relate to the problem with the AWD system. Easy.

Thanks for the stupid reference - I never said I was no rocket surgeon. Why does it have to be just JDM cars? I mean if Barry Bogan wants to have a go in his HSV then good on him I say.

For a model of how to run a sprint event (ok, time attack for the 16 year olds...) have a look at the regulations on the cover page (down a bit) here: http://www.speedeventseries.com/ Also if you look at the photos & the class structure (in the points score) you will see just how many classes there are. From what I can tell talking to people who do turn up to watch it is for one of three reasons: 1. They know someone driving. 2. They are interested in a particular car eg they have an Evo & want to see how they are modded for circuit work. 3. They come to see the outright cars. No one really turns up to see the struggle street competitors. Anyway if you want to emulate the Japanese time attack thing, broadly I would expect two basic classes (with a number of sub classes): 1. Outright. Go nuts, strip the car, fill it full of roll cage, big hp motor anything you can think of basically, but run it on R compounds. This would be aimed at workshop entries or the very serious privateer. 2. Street car. Basically aimed at the sort of cars seen on this forum. A road car (licensed) with full interior, maybe a half cage but basically something you can drive to work come the Monday morning. Again tyres would be R compounds or if you wanted road tyres - but I wouldn't force people to run roadies because alot of these cars would be already competing on R compounds in sprints/hill climbs etc anyway. Anything safety related eg better seats, cages, harnesses should be encouraged & mechanisms found to help encourage them.

Ok I hear what you are saying, but the Wilkes thing is a fairly singular example. The few times I tried road tyres in my R they just chunked. So maybe it is a weight thing. As for tyre regs over here what it has meant is that you run RE55's, Toyos or other R compounds. Yes you need to fork out for them. But to be honest as I said if you are in any way serious about winning anything you are going to have to. I burn more money in fuel/fees/brakes/broken bits than I do in tyres. So I don't think people should over emphasise their importance. If they have to porper "road" tyres (not sure how you define that) then people will end up settling on something like a Federal or a Falken. So it will have much the same outcome. As for safety - well I reckon this will be an increasing problem. 600hp is easy to get nowadays. Used to be damn near impossible. I mean, crap my thing will do over 200km/h at Wanneroo which starts to get me all puckery if I stop & think about it. Hill climbs are getting harder & harder to get approved & they tend to end up with more bloody chicanes, year on year.

You have hit upon an inherent problem. One of differentiating safety improvements (Which you want to encourage) from go fast improvements (which you want to delineate to help set up the class structure) Over here in WA the sprint series is divided into outright & then a bundle of classes (eg 4WD, under 2000cc etc etc) The problem being that some people (eg me) turn up with a road car on R compounds. With a full interior, stereo, climate control aircon. A road car. Others turn up in a "road car" (well its got plates) on the back of a trailer with no interior, a full road cage, no ventilation etc etc. So maybe you need an outright class & a road class. But the safety aspect is a big problem. Personally I wouldn't worry too much about big hp cars with no grip. They just go slow anyway. As for street tyres - well IMHO if people don't want to shell out for a half decent set of boots then they probably aren't interested in giving an event/series their full attention. Road tyres on a race track don't live long so it is a false economy you don't need to encourage. If it is DOT approved it is a road tyre. End of story.

If you are from Sweden you could try Anders Oloffson? The problem with finding horsepower figures from the group A era is that, to put it bluntly, all the published figures on the GT-R's are bullshit. They were quoted low so as to not scare people. If you can find the 1990 edition of the Australian Motor racing Yearbook there is a good article on Gibson's first up efforts. Most of what has been published in Australia was about the Gibson Motorsport GT-R's. You will find torrents more information on them than on any of the Japanese stuff. In any case they were better engineered & better built.

Whilst I agree with you sentiments according to the current issue of Auto Fiction 888 arced up big time about the flag waved at Lowndes on Saturday. As in tried to get the IPO chucked out of a job. Anyway, why has Ross Stone not called yet?

I have asked Nengun to find out for me. Hopefully they will have a positive answer some time soon. If anyone wants some dead DBA rotors well here are some I prepared earlier. Amongst this pile of sh!t are a couple of old stock Nissan items. They have a heap more fins on them than the DBA's do.

Try Roy. He has some F50's for sale.

Me neither but Perkins Engineering needs a half way talented driver. Now I am not saying that Price or Perkins won't get there, but... If you look at who was last in the points standings (for teams) you get BOC. They are getting two new Walkinshaw built cars & McConkers next year. So things are looking up for them. Next line line is the Perkins team. Second last. Beaten by WPS, PWR etc etc. So clearly they need someone or something new. I am just not sure of the four HRT/HSV drivers Toddler deserved that fate. Anyway who is getting the second HSVDT seat. Surely not Dumbrell?????