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Rob's S Chassis track cars. Now with more s15 and less 180sx
robbo_rb180 replied to robbo_rb180's topic in Motorsport Builds
Bloody tailshaft curse struck..... 7-8mm too long and new yoke jammed against dust cover. They are fixing it today. Thanks for watching, Morgan Park is amazing and worth the trip up. Hoping to have a decent up date either Sat/Sun. -
So with a lot of discussion happening in a build thread, I thought I would start a fresh thread so not spamming that build thread. Whats it really cost to go racing??? I'll be very open and blunt from the start and will share my running costs this year. I have tracked every dollar I've spent this year down to the fuel costs for towing. I am only listing the events that I pay to enter as my job as an instructor and staff at events allows me to run the car for a few laps every once in a while. This year I am running in the https://timeattack.com.au/ QR and Super Series in Club Spec class 3 and King of QR in my 180sx. I am currently leading both but am against a90 supra's, maloo and mustangs. My only goals were to holy grail the tracks and run every round so pretty stoked with current results but the maloo which is quicker has missed rounds. Here is my current state of spend not including tow fuel, food or snacks. No performance mods have been done this year and is all just running/maintenance costs. I had a predicted budget of $8600 originally which included running at Mt Morgan Hillclimb that was cancelled. Car will need the following straight after the next round: Tyres Run on the dyno to solve a boost issue This is all leading to potentially running at WTAC or Challenge Bathurst next year. So far my rough budgeting is around $12K for each of those events and still need to add the costs of finishing my new car too. This is at least another 40K minimum depending on what engine, gearbox, ecu & sensors and aero setup. Seeing the costs so far I am not surprised why a lot of people struggle to go to multiple events at this level. I also have a lot of background support which is never discussed from my wife, friends and business'. I am fortunate enough to also have driver coaching at no cost which can add upto thousands for the help I get. This I have found is the key to doing well and recommend to everyone who is slightest bit serious in doing well. At the end of the day I enjoy it but if I was going to go all out and chase trophies this would be unfeasible as there's always someone with a bigger budget and faster car. Discuss away
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Greetings from The Netherlands| Hafid, R34GT+T
robbo_rb180 replied to Hafidel36's topic in Introduce yourself
Welcome Hafid, The r34 is a great car and sounds like you have a good plan to make it fun and reliable. -
^^^ This The amount of commitment it takes to really go all in is a big step. Driver skill, car development, car prep, budget. The support from behind the scenes. I've had a good discussion already on what it would take to really have a proper go next year. At least 3-4 days at the track with minimum 1 day with a driver coach, a workshop support and a suspension and aero guru. The SXDevelopment (in pro am) those boys have been driving and developing s chassis stuff for almost 20 years and can wheel a car. John Boston in hawkins s14 is another stand out too in open class, that car is very basic suspension and aero wise, the driver is what made that 1:29 happen. 5-600hp is more than enough, its more the aero required to do well. One of the guys I beat at King of QR went 4 seconds quicker than the winner of our class. Only difference is the amount of aero allowing to carry more speed in the corners. Car reliability is also key so that takes a lot of time to get right. The winner of clubsprint did a 1:32 (good enough for 8th in open class) with what I would call a semi professional driver in a very well built car that when I looked over would have swore was an open class car last year.
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I witnessed a few ways to do it.......... Have a few mates/family help, run older tyres and just drive and enjoy it. Finish where you do Then theres this way Engines and sequential gearbox changes, workshop support, data engineer, new tyres every day or every second session..... From 2 friends that were there in clubsprint one spent maybe $5k including travel and that, the other over $10K. Its not a cheap event but like any sport/hobby either happy to spend the money to go have a run or go to win it. My rough budget for next year is $12k. Entry is 1600-1700 for clubsprint( My cars fit open rules), 2 sets of a050 around $4.5-5K (add another set for testing), race car fuel $300, Test day $550, fuel towing $600, Accommodation $1k, food/drink $1k and still need to build the car 😅 @ActionDan wanna sell that sr20ve cheap now.........
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Bloody good decision to do that. 2024 event will be heaps better.
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I think he'll be quiet for a few days driving home and recovering. He did a few updates on facenovel. https://www.facebook.com/Brandisracing
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Rob's S Chassis track cars. Now with more s15 and less 180sx
robbo_rb180 replied to robbo_rb180's topic in Motorsport Builds
Found reason down on power....... split silicone off turbo again. Looking back through the data it split at King of qr 3rd session of the day 😅 20230821_160619.mp4 Have a cast elbow and billet clamp to fit now. While replacing the gearbox seal and diff seal, inspected tailshaft and all the uni's were stuffed and very worn tailshaft yoke so it's being rebuilt with new uni's, centre bearing and yoke. Waa going to pull motor and gearbox to try and find where oil was coming from. Took off the exhaust manifold heat shield and found a catch can breather/drain hose pretty much off so that where oil was coming from. -
WTAC 2023 Who is going?
robbo_rb180 replied to robbo_rb180's topic in Motorsport Discussion & Builds
Driving down and going Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Staying I think around 30 mins away. -
Wow it smashed that dust cover. I found the penrite stuff ok but change it every 3-6 months pending how many times I drive the car. I really should track the Km's and hours used for acurracy. Funny enough while fixing my rear gearbox seal and diff side seal, inspected the tailshaft and found all the uni's flogged. Hardy's wanted over $1200 to fix just the uni's and found a local shop to do it for $900 with new centre bearing and yoke too.
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So I've decided to make the trek for the first time and seeing who else is going to go? Keen to meet members and put faces to names. Be good to also go cheer on @bcozican coming all the way from WA
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AK Racing at Virginia Mainly deal in Mitsubishi stuff but have branched out into toyota's (a90 and gr yaris), Rally cars and have been working on the work cars for a while now. https://www.akracing.com.au/
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Rob's S Chassis track cars. Now with more s15 and less 180sx
robbo_rb180 replied to robbo_rb180's topic in Motorsport Builds
Went out to Morgan Park yesterday for the next round of the Time Attack Super Series. A bit of a slow start in the morning in first session with traffic and getting everything up to temp. Second session with no traffic went a bit quicker and set a new pb on e track with a 1:07.91 which placed me third outright. Next session decided to turn boost up but went a little bit slower with carrying a bit of extra speed so stuffed up 2 braking points. After that noticed a bit of oil from between engine and gearbox and a exhaust nut from the down pipe on the ground. Cleaned the oil up and sprayed a heap of brake clean in bell housing but not much came out, put nut back on and waited for the afternoon e track sessions. Didn't go any quicker but everyone was .2-.3 slower so cooled it down and missed a K track session to have a go later. At this point tyres were fair gone and weather had a been a bit patchy with a few drops so took it easy first time out and did a 1:25.9 with traffic so jumped further up the start line next time and had a 2 back to back 1:24 laps last being a 1:24.57 which placed me 2nd for the that layout. Bloody stoked with that result. Car all day was down on power and a quick look at gauge was around 12psi at 6000rpm so don't know whats going on there and will definitely investigate and hopefully have time to pull the gearbox before the next round as oil drops are getting bigger. A quick video on board for K Track layout -
I can tell you now that the $2500 is worth and the more you spend the better they get. My old mca x-r (2015 spec) ride better than my 370z nismo suspension. The reds are firmer and more track spec . Comfort sports will be what your looking for. They take bumps and pot holes smoothly and don't bang like teins. Who ever told you coilovers ride shit have never been in a well setup car.
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cut it off and have the collector fixed too. It looks how could I say very "budget"........
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sounds like operational issues and bottom of the barrel staff who haven't been trained/no life experience and probably paid peanuts. I have had issues with one local track and how they were running events after the track manager left. A quick chat at the event and a few emails with a few points on procedure had it all sorted for their next event. Sometimes an email with the issues and a few fixes helps a lot. It shit no staff told the group and they stuffed around. Not letting customers leave to grab a feed is bullshit too.
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The teins aren't great especially the super streets. I tried a few different things but never worked. Went MCA are way better ride quality even better than an oem setup in my other car. Horn relay is being triggered so look at steering wheel contacts more trigger circuit or if car has been lowered and rubbed through the loom.
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What fuel? 3076 with do 300kw easy and have good torque everywhere be on well around 3k. Friends went 350ish kW on e85 and aeroflow equivalent 3076 and big rear housing.
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That's great going quicker, looking forward to wtac and seeing it go at 100% Having someone like Brad help would be great, 11 laps and do e wish the drag car I'm running was that good.
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Great to see it back on track, how big a dent did Brad put in the previous PB?
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LS Alternator Upgrade Kit for Nissan RB
robbo_rb180 replied to r34killa's topic in R Series (R30, R31, R32, R33, R34)
Calculate max current draw then see if you need to upgrade. If you do upgrade go a genuine brand Alternator not a cheap copy and upgrade cable to it, that's something 98% forget to do. -
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