Duncan

Good question....I don't think anyone has ever identified a genuine reason to retain HICAS, and it is often a problem. Removing it is simple, cheap and leaves you trouble free.

Oh FFS. Why can't we all just get along.

Great news, congrats to you and Zane

Its a pretty big job to take on if you are not familiar with it, and lots of expensive things you can get wrong; I would suggest getting a hand from someone who's done a head gasket replacement before rather than just watch a video (if one exists).

yeah mate Nissan will have valves readily available, but it's not that simple to fix, at a minimum it is head off to do so. I've tested an engine without the balancer before after I had an oil pump seal leak that I wanted to make sure was OK. But I did run the balancer bolt and a big washer to keep the timing belt on.

pretty sure they are +12

ouch. there is only really one thing that can happen, bent valves resulting in no compression on 1 or more cylinders. And it almost certainly will have done that.

yeah the green one. with the sticker under that says never open when hot

and it should release attessa fluid when you open the bleeder if the car is on or the bleeder bypass is connection is made at the diagnostic plug so you can bleed the system. It is in no way related to your gearbox

go grey...everything else ends up that way over time anyway....

I can't see the supplier being excited about confirming which part you need as any mistake would become their liability.... To get the exact part number send your VIN to someone with FAST and they can check specifically. There is a thread somewhere for FAST parts lookup or alternatively PM me your VIN and I can check.

I asked Robin Bailey from SCRAA that same question in 2011: Hi Duncan The eligibility of R33 and R34 for Sports Cars has been discussed several times in the past, and we cannot really see any reason why they cannot be recognised. We have had an R32 run with Sports Cars in Vic in the past 24 months “by invitation” as the entrant did not want to run in IPRA (3J) and Prod Sports in Vic were more than happy to have him run with us. The bottom line is that the R32 ran as a touring car in the Aust Touring Car Champs in the Group A era, and getting it recognised as a sports car will be problematic unless there is an international history of the car running as a Sports/GT. However, the R33 and especially R34 is a different kettle of fish. These cars never ran in Australia as touring cars, and I believe that they can be “measured” as sports cars (effectively a measurement from the rear bulkhead to the dash). The SCRAA is a voluntary group who assists CAMS with eligibility requests (a simple euphemism for getting the entrants to do the paperwork), so the process is 2-fold: 1. We need a recognition document to be created (the template is attached) 2. We need a submission from a knowledgeable person (such as yourself on a member of your club) to supply information about competition history of the vehicle – I know that the R34 ran in the Japanese Super-GT series for instance, running against turbo Supra’s etc … all of which helps to support the view that the car(s) warrant recognition as “sports cars”. Once this information is available, the submission is considered b SCRAA membership (and this may involve discussion with yourself – as the submitter for instance) and a recommendation for eligibility is made to CAMS for their sole consideration and agreement. The CAMS Australian Motor Race Commission is the body who makes the final decision. The SCRAA membership is made up of representatives from Prod Sports NSW, Prod Sports Qld, Prod Sports Vic, individual representatives from SA and WA, plus the 2 “Super Sports” clubs in NSW and QLD (these look after eligibility of the motor-bike engines sports cars like the Radical, ADR etc). The Prod Sports NSW rep is Brian Anderson and I will forward your details to him and ask that he make contact to assist in getting the required submission details created. I hope this helps. Regards

It is just the same. All you need is the front plate from your pull gearbox and make sure the new gearbox has holes to mount the slave cylinder both ways. Not sure why you'd want to keep a pull clutch though, they are a PITA to change and have less options available

stay away from the 888....they are not hit and miss, they just only work well on light cars. Buy these instead @250 each: http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/235-45-17-2354517-94W-HANKOOK-VENTUS-TD-Z221-R-COMPOUND-SEMI-SLICK-TYRES-NEW-/281783694508?hash=item419b9df4ac. Just check first, it says the compound is soft which may be too soft for your use depending on temps and the length of stages.

They are likely to be unrelated problems, and neither would be unusual for a drift car

Lots of timing lights (generally the less expensive ones) read double the actual timing from the loop at the back, so if you are seeing 30o you can probably read that as 15o

Yeah that is sad news, by all accounts he was a good bloke as well as a very successful racer. And of course terribly unlucky to have that sort of accident.

And the only real trick is that the Attessa ECU is also the ABS ECU, so you won't have ABS until you turn off the ignition and back on again. For drag use that is fine, you can do it all quickly. But for things like drifting it's worth keeping in mind. No big fuse required, its no more than 10 or 15A

Sounds exactly like a boost leak to me, I would start with that, particularly If the smoke is black. And a big leak, so start with the intake and cooler piping

The 2nd import I bought I did a lot of that myself. While you won't need a agent to buy the car you will still need one for shipping as they deal with all the customs and quarantine. You could either use one of the usual agents on here like Iron Chef (who I'm sure could reduce their overall fee) or find a car shipping agent.

I haven't tried back to back, but almost no cars use a clutch booster.....Nissan over engineered a lot with the GTR which is great, but I think in this case it wasn't necessary

Congrats on taking out the state champs.....you are going to need a bigger pool room

good to see it has come up OK now. An ARDC practice day is not the place to go unless you've done a lot of track work, it will be full of experienced racers trying to get their cars sorted and not beginner friendly. You would be much better to go to one of John Boston's days at Wakefield, they get posted in NSW events. Or join SAU NSW and go to the track day at Eastern Creek, that will also be better then ARDC open practice/

generally about -100,000.

oh I should add, the most recent race magazine had a long interview with Fred Gibson and it mentioned something about the turbos there....pretty sure it related to modified thrust bearings which also means it would have been bush not ball bearing turbos. the magazine is a great read for anyone interested in the Gibson cars history