Duncan

not good...hope people double check before buying because I bet autobarn won't pay to replace the gearbox. workshop manual says 75w90 gear oil for r32 and r33. I'm use 75w80 or redline lightweight. But never auto trans fluid, that is r34 (getrag) manual only

lol I have non stop alarm bells going off in my head when racing. long ago learned to ignore them all once the red mist comes down

Lowndes had been practicing on GT5 all summer, and tried the old overtake 3 cars up the inside under brakes and just bounce off them and around the corner. I recognise the exact move, I pulled it off in the last corner of the GT500 race at Fuji last night myself. Easy, no-one likes courtney or bargs for that matter BTW could anyone spot adu dhabi on a map?

yeah 25det and 26dett definately are interferance. Not really surprised rb30e is non, I wonder what a hybrid rb30det is, pretty likely it will be interferance? Andrew....damn straight you have used up all your luck! I broke a cam a few years back, that was carnage for valves and pistons

thanks for posting up....I've been meaning to do this event for years and it is good timing for me this year. I can't confirm until after the SAU track day, but will go if everything is OK Interesting that they have dropped CAMS this year. This is funny (from the supp regs) A new class 6001cc – 10000cc is now in operation & a class for THE OLD & THE BOLD I guess turbo 3.8 and 4l motors are causing capacity problems to old CAMS rules

right....well then you already know it is likely to be bad then. the only rb know for sure is non interferance is rb20. if rb25det is interferance and rb25de has higher compression....it is very unlikely to be OK.

love that track, elevation changes and blind crests. A++ must try sometime. are you happier with the car now?

pretty sure zebra was walking around the pits in bike shorts Duncan....comments not directed at you (other than a dollar v result yard stick for club)...clearly superlap is a sideline in your motorsport not the aim. You have had a dead serious shot at a genuine state championship and won it twice, in a row. to you What I don't get is people building a car just for this event. The rules are way too open leaving the budget to win way too high. And like I said, if you are wiling to spend enough to win superlap you should probably try some door to door or rally stuff...it is another step up again in fun. BTW Russman I was "educated" by the qlders when I went up north. They have a step up from sprints that they call super sprints. Damn good idea if you ask me. They haven't run qld style supersprints in NSW for at least 5 years.

All right settle petals. Chat is not off topic if people are talking about the topic. SAU is a chat forum not a series of 1 way articles like wikipedia.

the point is, RSR is not a semi slick, and Toyo 888 is. The Toyo should be significantly faster than RSR, especially if you are using the soft compound. Federal's semi slick is FZ201.

strange but true. Lots of newer manual boxes run auto fluid.

Doesn't change the fact that superlap is just a supersprint where you need a way overpriced car to win. Boz your civic came 8th in class...I said it is expensive to win, not to run mid pack. Hey if you want to be part of a big event, go for it. Just don't think you are going to win unless you throw stupid money at the event. Seriously, if you are going to throw that much money at motorsport, for god sake buy something and go racing instead!

sure, but they would have local warehouses full of stock they bought at 70c to USD. Any importer with stock in Aus more than 6 months old is in big trouble vs buying direct over the net atm. I guess prices will come down to over the next 6 months.

lol, grog? anyway, agreed...how did you determine you have fuel and spark? Do you have a big air leak in the intake piping (split or blown hose after the AFM?)

look to be honest, I think you are expecting a lot from a relitively heavy car with a 2.5l motor. 200kw is heaps in the real world. 250kw is plenty. If you want more than that you have to be ready for the cost and compromise.....and personally I would (and did) put a 3l motor in. That really helps make up for the 1700kg you are lugging around. Even then I only have about 250kw...but I also chose a turbo for response, I have full boost (18psi) at 2,500...

yep...unlikely to find aftermarket because swapping to a GTR rear end is cheap, easy, and over-engineered from the factory

sure, but I've never had a head gasket problem, even when I've reused them (which I have plenty of times), even on heads and blocks that have not been machined flat. Also...its worth saying you hear very few problems with head gaskets on RBs, almost none in fact.

lol you round down, I round up. Either way, $175k is an expensive cost for the entry level class of a supersprint. And I reckon I'm not far off what it costs to run Open or Pro either. Mark, I like how you think. But there is no doubt that get down to supertaxi speed requires more engineering than just bolting bits on a car.

did you honestly find it interesting? other than lowdnes having a brain explosion, I can't think of much to mention. Last lap was close too I guess.

how do you train the air to go up the hose but not go up the drains? sounds tricky. I know the other thread has been done to death....but if you put a hose high in the head, eg in the welsh plug, of course you are over the oil level and it won't drain oil. Do it properly (large drain, and at the bottom of the head) and I sure it would work properly. But in 99% of cars it is a moot point...they aren't working hard enough to make a difference.

I have a cube too...it is an excellent daily with lots of space and very practical. and the continual "WTF???" looks are classic. someone buy it!

ours has a sticker now

haha, Eastern Creek's operators (ARDC) have no mates! They will hire it to us for $20k for a day. Bit out of our price range. I did actually ask the pres of ARDC last time we spoke about it, but basically they are booked out all year and can charge what they want. They have no interest in acting like a real "club" and helping out other enthusiasts....more like an RSL club....just make more money. Ever since Oran Park is gone it has got much worse. Even Wakefield put their rates up 20% this year, at least they are still an acheiveable price.

lol everyone wants to buy it!

well to be fair, they did deliver a hilarious moment when cars made it down pit lane quciker than the safety car drove down the main straight.....meaning all the cars leaving the pits overtook the cars on the track....and they had to slow down to let the safety car ahead.