robbo_rb180

Welcome, great collection of cars. How do you go sourcing parts over there?

The current car is very capable but always good for a sanity check and others experience. Smiles are always had when I drive ? Yeah that's one of the things with this platform now that good gearboxes and motors are hard to find for reasonable prices and some classes don't allow gearbox casing upgrades. This car is actually not too expensive to run maintenance wise as it is. So far looked at qld time attack rules and MA regulatory/sprint and qld outlaw racing rules and it's pretty open regards to body, gearbox, suspension, wheel stuff.

Thank you for the advice. Will look at a few categories. Really looking at building a solid base for sprints and circuit/time attack to a club/state level but if going to build a cage want to make sure it's up to national standards. Definitely not going to catch guys who have been driving for years in different categorie but don't want to putt around the back for the hell of it. Have been told to contact norwell for a driver training day too by a local driver who has done a lot of stuff.

If done correctly and supported its fine but will definitely lose momentgram followers. I really should finish my car with DBW so can have a proper go at a few of the features.

Looking for a bit of advice from people who have been racing for a while. After spending a few days around purpose built race cars, I've been thinking about doing a refresh with my current 180sx race car. It's had a pretty hard time before I got it and has a few big crumpled rails, rust holes and poorly repaired inner guard/rad support and need to rebuild or replace motor. I want to get serious about a proper cage too but is it worth dumping money into this platform with parts starting to get hard to get? Or just start with something newer and more capable in standard form? Mainly do sprints and hill climbs and would like to do some more door to door racing. Even if anyone can point me in the right direction to contact someone who builds/preps race cars for a living as we don't have anyone in North Queensland.

More like me trying to flintstone it, had a few oh f#@k moments

Yep, big milkshake under it. Anthony is a big bloke, driver seat is hard up against the roll hoop.

Just go get a roll of red 3mm from supercheap, electrical tape and solder the joints to the z33 pedal loom. Maybe be fancy and use some dual wall heatshrink ?

Haven't checked the logs yet and engine builder will get it and diagnose. But it had seen limiter a bit through the stages and had a fuel problem earlier in the afternoon.

Put 33 in the shed and get a 370z. You won't regret it, they are nice to daily and great to take out for a thrash while going under the radar. I did it and wish I had done it sooner. If want a bit more go a set of headers, Decat pipes and Uprev tune will get a good result. They are starting to get old but so much better to daily than a busted old skyline.

Just need a z33 pedal, 74mm bosch throttle body, relay with fuse and half a dozen wires. Depending how insta spec you want the wiring it's a few hours.

Was having an epic weekend 5th outright and 1st in class and ended up with a hole in the block after the last stage transiting Saturday afternoon. Beat the r35 on one stage. The old vh is a weapon and getting a few upgrades. Going to have a bit of time away from cars................................... For like a week A few pics, there's heaps on the cars facenovel car689 and momentgram ttcar689 I got this pic while waiting for the tow truck

Yeah, it's a different level of car than what I'm used to. Pretty lucky my lifestyle let's me, when is the next time you heading out to the track?

Already straight into the next event Targa Great Barrier Reef, navigating in Classic GT. It's a bit wet which should make it fun

A good set of gloves makes a difference, so since no blower for the cruiseship when is the bike getting one?

A quick review of the Elig pads I got from @Dose Pipe Sutututu R33 calipers, rda/dba rotors at minimum thickness, penrite 600f fluid, HEL braided lines. Elig Racing pads front Elig Sport pads rear Good bite from cold and consistent when hot. Did 5x 20min sessions with 2 big applications a lap from 180kph. Still got plenty of thickness on the pads but rotors are done. Dust isn't too bad for the type of pad. If wanting something decent on a budget they are the way to go.

Your doing it wrong then need to get a harley to be loud and obnoxious like @mlr ?

Good on you for having a go, at least you have plenty of spare gears. Tell the wife standard gearbox's are getting too expensive and unknown condition, you'll save money in the long run.

You'll probably be getting a few more enquiries about brake pads soon.... People were shocked I only had r33 calipers with good pads and fluid so many people didn't even think about getting at least good fluid before the event ?

Jumped the gun on that, turns out it's 4th ? 2 race drivers and a 500kw R32 gtr got me. Brakes worked really well. One of the commodore Ute's exploded a set of ebc yellows.

Why not a t56/tr6060 from a commodore? I believe there is a bolt on bell housing available. Not as smooth as the cd00* but lots of aftermarket support.

The foxtel coverage was great, did a slowmo yesterday that was cool. Yep overcooked it over taking a slow car and got on the power but had more grip than I thought. Weekend wrap........ That was EPIC Started off Saturday just working up to a comfortable pace and ended up with a 1:31.4. Lost a bit of brake pedal feel by the end of the 3rd session. Did a bolt check, bleed brakes and scuffed the brake pads at the end of the day. Todays first session car felt good and brakes were so much better did another 1:31.4 but car was breaking down under so pulled the spark plugs, gapped a new set down to. 6mm and drained the rad overflow back into the radiator. Was pretty confident as hadn't pushed hard yet. 5th and last session I knew I had a fair bit left in it so went hard and got a 1:28.936 which left me 2nd outright behind Paul Morris in the CAMARO. Car pulled like a freight train on the straights and brakes were really good. Car is in one piece but I think may have finally hurt the motor, blowing a bit of smoke and losing oil pressure. Learnt heaps and had so much fun. Will look at the car after Targa Great Barrier Reef next weekend. A few pics of the weekend

Those are 2 very tidy cars, great effort.

All ready to go, did a track walk and was surprised by all surface and camber changes.

I've still got a few from members pack. Will get them on, get picks and post/tag on instagram. Known the business owners for a long time, spend a bit with them over the years and send lots of people their way. I was amazed by the support I've gotten considering everything that's been happening. For those that do the instagram thing can follow stuff over the weekend at robert_ponystumble