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  1. I do. The only advantage of the Nismo unit is it automatically returns the oil to the sump & it has no external breather meaning no oily film all over your engine bay. Cams only requires 2 litres for proper competitionc ars. They don;t care so much for Sprint events, hillclimbs etc.
  2. If you can get them for the rear & assuming they reduce the roll couple (ie raise the roll centre) I, for one, would be very interested. Subterrestrial roll centres are a side effect of McPherson strut suspensions when lowered too far. Hopefully the Skyline suspebsion doesn't do this. Unfortunately I have been far too lazt to measure up the links & actually plot the roll centres front & rear. Baron, what diameter are the Cusco sway bars and are they solid or hollow?
  3. The spacer goes just above bottom arm on the outside lower link. It physically moves the pivot point thus changing the inclination of the arm & hence migrating the roll centre.
  4. I posted something similar a while back. Got nothing by way of a reply. I have thought about it in the interim & come to these conclusions. Having a roll centre inclined going forward is good. It transfers load to the rear tyres & lessens understeer. Unfortunately, on a GT-R there is too much roll to begin with. So lowering the front roll centre more will only increase the cars body roll. The down side of this is less grip due to the car rolling over the edge of the tyre. But it might just work is you can also dial in some more -ve camber at the front.
  5. Hmm, maybe my memory is playing tricks on me, but I don't remember Murray Carter ever driving an HR31. I thought it was a DR30? Chris Lambden (Not sure of spelling) had an HR31 in Beaurepaires (Spelling not getting any better, is it?) colours. He now is editor/owner/something important in Motorsport News fortnightly magazine/newspaper.
  6. Hmm, having done the two mods in turn I would strongly recommend you do the camber adjustment BEFORE the caster adjustment. The amount of -ve camber the caster adds is suprisingly small when you have a quarter of turn of lock on. Certainly much less than the one degree or so a camber kit will offer. Skylines need -ve camber at the front to generate cornering grip, otherwise you just end up with an understeering pig. Also, if you haven't already you need to get the cars roll under control - which means sway bars & dampers. Any even half serious track day will consume tyres at a far greater rate than even a large amount of road travel. Once a month is a lot of track time as far as tyres are concerned. You wil probably chunk the tread blocks - hence I would suggest getting yourself a proper track tyre even if it is only a Falken or Federal or similar.
  7. C'mon it is alright & the WASCC put in a big effort to keep competitors happy. Kolb is a bundle of fun as is Shell. Anyway, you could try the likes of Laguna Seca, try finding the old Surfers Paradise circuit, maybe Imola, Monza som eof the defunct GP circuits. How about Donington? You could post the images if you'd like.
  8. Stop me if you have seen this one before....
  9. Not sure if by R32 or R33 you mean a GTS-T or an R. In any case I would nominate an R32 GT-R. They aren't too expensive. There are plenty of them about & upgrades are equally plentiful. In terms of cost there isn't a whole heap of difference between, say, uprated suspension for a GTS-T or for a GT-R. So why not go the GT-R? Best of all a gutted, light weight GT-R will be much, much quicker around the track and particularly on a hillclimb than any of the other cars you have listed.
  10. The only real issue with ethanol blended fuel is that it has a different density & therefore your AFR's change - making them leaner. I think the number is about 3 to 4 % from memory. So you have to be careful.
  11. Apparently you can spec them up with either. I was just trying to get a feel for which may be better.
  12. Well they all change their prices randomly. BP is no different. Anyway why do you hate them so much. Just think where we would all be if BP didn't sell 98 Octane?
  13. Thanks Baron (gees, fancy running into you here). Ok, well cusco list one. They also mention two differnt activation angles 35 & 45 degrees. Can anyone shed some light on the difference? Cheers Richard
  14. I have been told repeatedly (Ok, I am not very clever) that a good option for a track GT-R is a front LSD. Mostly people refer to it as a 1 way (obviously a 2 way at the front would be stupid). On checking the Nismo cattledog they only list a 1 1/2 way. Are we talking about the same thing here, or not? Secondly, can anyone offer up an alternate brand other than Cusco?
  15. Dan, there actually some good octane boosters out there. Besides orange is pretty. Can anyone CONFIRM where Peak get their 98 octane from. Is it in fact BP or is it from Singapore?
  16. Maybe try Josh on this forum. His logon is JSAI & the website is www.jsai.com.au I think.
  17. Do Unique do them in Carbon or just fibreglass?
  18. BAAASTAAAARRRRRRD. Sorry, that was uncalled for. I had thought that some with end fences (ie a right angled bit on the outside) would be slightly less lethal. Nonetheless I am quite sure plod wouldn't understand. No appreciation.
  19. The aero bits at the sides of the front spoliers that generate some extra front downforce. They are usually left unpainted.
  20. Is it in any way wrong that dive planes make me all moist?
  21. Did you touch it inappropriately or just lick the glass?
  22. Hmm, I doubt that somewhat. Numbers have been on the increase over the past few years & the trend predates drifting at the circuit. Besides, from what I have seen most of the drift spectators are 15 years old so not really willing to spend the coin on a $200 membership.
  23. There are a range of pod filters that fit different sized AFM's. So have a look. The advantage of the Apexi set that matches the Z32 AFM's is that you can bin the rubber hoses - these when old/tired have been known to suck in & restrict flow to the turbo. AFAIK there is no difference between the range of the Nismo units & the Z32 units, just the size of the housing. Irrespective of which unit you choose (Z32 or Nismo) you need to recalibrate the ECU. On a Power FC this is easy, but it is still worth checking the AFR's on the dyno once the job is done. Make sure you get some plugs to got with the Z32's AFM's. You need to splice these into the wiring of the car. Can anyone confirm if the Nismo unit is a straight plug in, it the same as the stock plug?
  24. Yeah, fair call. I was suprised to read about it in Auto Fiction a few weeks back. I thought that it had been long dead & buried - not that anyone was grieving over its loss. The WASCC run a good event - you can see the improvements they make year on year - even if the view is of ever more corporate hospitality and from further toward the left hander before the run down to Kolb. Besides this state government & motorsport don't mix. On the flip side WASCC membership numbers have been steadilly increasing over the past few years so they are obviously doing more than just running a good V8 event.
  25. Gees fellas be carefull, according to the state government it may get out of hand... http://www.theage.com.au/news/SPORT/Ferrar...0524082620.html Apparently these uckwits can't tell the difference between an F1 fan & a bogon doing a burnout in a VN Commode.
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