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The V3 front is a work of art!

We broke another gearbox over the weekend. This time 3rd gear is no more. This box was a rough one to start with anyway. I've got a better one at home that I'll have the synchro clips replaced, hopefully it lasts a couple of years before needing attention. We still came second with a 1.05.28, slower than last year. But then no-one went faster than last year. Cold track surface conditions both days. I'm sure with 3rd gear on day two I would have gone a few tenths quicker. Still not the 1.03.xx that Benny's S2000 did last year, but maybe a mid

The painted surface doesn't provide any grip and is uneven. Makes it very hard to use the pedals.

It's just sikaflexed down. Seems fine.

I'd replace the gasket between the runners and the plenumn. Some S1 are metal, later ones are rubber. Mines an S2 and was rubber, it started leaking and we didnt pick it up for a long time. I used a cometic gasket from kudos ms.

Can't remember, are you running the standrd intake plenumn?

Cool? 98 or E85??

Yeh so we took a little trip over the border for some more track time. They ran the extended circuit, so it was hard to compare times. But the split times are on par from last year, so the cage hasnt changed the performance.

Lots I would imagine.

That's a little outside the budget.

Will do. Have some fluro stuff we've used previously on the rear of the car.

we can only experiment and see what happens.

Bit of work on the car over the weekend.

Last consecutive round before we break for July. Entries https://www.meecamsau.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16&eventId=810&Itemid=478

I'd assume it's the same, the 34 boxes are pull type and the 33's and push type that's the difference. I think.

They opened last night Same problem I've always had with them. The clips fall off and come out in the oil. Cruchy for a while then, the selector fork breaks sometime after.

Yeh it's below that. It's as high as I can get it using the k-frame mounting method. I have a tilt trailer, but would need a fancy hydrolic thing if any kind of splitter was to be fixed mounted.

I'm talking Tony with Little Red into coming as well. So there will be a couple of Vic 33's invading.

The current design is removable, so we take it on and off each time. I want to keep it that way as well, just makes it so much easier. On the k-frame we have bolted some 25mm tube, on the splitter there is 20mm bar that slots in. There is some 20mm tube at the front of the spliter and on the sides. It's quite low to the ground, unsure of height.

Sweet! More RB's the better I think both the Power Tune GTR's will be there in Open Class as well. Will be a great weekend for Skylines.

Yep, sure will be. Just waiting for the entries to open now. I'm working on a new rear wing setup at the moment, not sure that it will make much difference at Wakefield though, all that is for Eastern Creek later in the year anyway. I have a theory that the 265 AD08R might work better than the 285 AD08R around Winton and Wakefield though. So before we trek to Wakefield I'll do a Friday test day at Winton to get an idea of the impact of the new rear wing setup and gauge if there is a performance different between 265 and 285 AD08R at Winton that data should translate well to Wakefield. I have a 7kg spring to try in the rear for Winton/Wakefield, currently running a 10kg which works well at Phillip Island/Eastern Creek. I have spoken to Forced Motorworx about my gearbox woes. It's a pretty cost effective fix to replace the synchro clips, so I'll get the box out over the next couple of weeks and get it down to Forced. Much cheaper than destroying another selector and ko'ing another gearbox, should have done this last year. I'd like to change up the front splitter for something more sophisticated than the ply I'm currently running as well. But I haven't come up with a better design to get air to the oil cooler without altering the front bar design.

We'll be back there, bigger and better than last time

Good to hear.