Duncan

not even close to the right section, but welcome anyway!

hahah I do know now! But no I didn't realise until I started looking at the cars beside me in the garages lol. Lawson's car is also amazing, standard capacity sr20, 1.46 around there. And the poor bastards changed a head overnight, then broke a diff about 2 laps later. I thought I was having top speed challenges but they were over 7500 in 5th with a 4.1 diff, I was only about 6000.

quick? it was outrageous. 1.45.1 which according to the circuit times thread is almost a second quicker than Aaronr34's time which is the quickest on here. This was the first lap of race 3. I got a good start but fried the clutch (not that I noticed until 3rd gear). Even so I was up from 24 to 14th before I gave up on the clutch and let the guys through...then limped around the rest of the race without the clutch (more practice needed, I can do it fine when I don't need to but I struggled this race) BTW evos suck at getting off the line

hey you don't have to believe me....but you have to admit it is possible that real life experience can be more correct than the internet sometimes....

not cursed, just running hot. actually the race that I did get to start was a ball. all the other drivers were very sensible and courteous although a few of them were clearly very green on the race track. and yes hislop's tyres were totally rooted by the end. that car is outrageously quick. PI was good fun but I need more than 10 hot laps to get the hang of it. and...interesting interpretation of the targa regs in some of those cars....really should have just been called sports sedans up the front of the grid.

actually....the bookie is right. If he left the pits to go to the grid, he came under starter's orders, therefore he started the race. funnily enough I had a very similar situation yesterday (mechanical failure on warm up lap) and was classified DNF not DNS.

just grab the plain (non drilled or slotted) Bobby. That's exactly what i ran on the race car for years (from DBA) before they allowed us to go to 2 piece. they were fine (see avatar )

Kel and I have entered the race car, we're staying up at the Grand Mercure. Come by and say hi, yellow and purple is hard to miss

Kel posting as Duncan here (mwahh hah hah- the power!!! the havoc I can wreak!!!) I figure it's appropriate to give a quick update from the Phillip Island round of the Targa Invitations in this thread. Update is the racing was great but our day didn't go at all to plan - you probably won't believe this, but Duncan had a bit of bad luck :-| Today we enjoyed 30 degree temps at the track - nice for the suntan but not for the water temps when something is not quite right in a gtr. Long story short we could have made a very good attempt at a cup of coffee with the water dumped from the radiator after first practice. A second cup was also on the cards after the second dump after qualifying (where Duncan managed to put in 3 laps- one of them semi decent). After much head scratching - not to mention loss of skin, bloods and burns - a farked radiator cap was thought to be the problem- the bastard wasn't sealing causing massive loss of pressure. The theory and fix *should* have been tested in race one, however as Duncan pulled onto the track the boost went goodbye. As the blokes were tightening things up after the inspection of the thermostat, it seems some coolant/crap caused some slippage in the bay and a pipe didn't get as much love as needed. Yup, we'd blown an intercooler pipe. After some afterhours tinkering (and more skin and blood being sacrificed to the car) we *think* it's sorted... touch wood. Tomorrow is a rolling start and reverse grid so heaps of fun hopefully. There are some BLOODY QUICK cars out there this week. Race was won by Mark O'Conner in a Lotus Exige, 2nd was Garwood in his Porker and 3rd was Ray Hislop in the Ford BF Falcon (which also started from pole and set the fastest lap- not bad for a taxi!).

always always always replace the oil cooler, and also the cooler on the factory water to oil cooler next to the oil filter. $300 but you just cannot flush them out properly. As always I speak from experience in these matters

OK off topic crap removed, and if it starts again there will be warnings/bannings handed out. Dave to answer your question, have a search around the DIY/FAQ section, there is a long thread with pics on removing HICAS from a 32. It is much more involved than on the 33s but still worth it. Started by GTRGeoff from memory

just to clarify....r32 gtr and 33 gtst are almost identical and use the same pads. 32 gtst are smaller. If you want to double check, all dimensions of discs are on the dba web site

ahh yeah I did....like this (but a little better designed/built I hope) those scissor ones were tricky to find too last time I looked but thats a story for another day

anyone know where I can get an aluminium jack (1tonne) for a decent price in sydney before thursday? mine stopped lifting stuff yesterday and I need to leave friday to drive down to race in melbourne on sat

sounds the same then....right hand probe in this pic

yeah we use aasa because of the lack of obsticles, but I'm sure this will change soon enough (particularly as they have a few incidents and their insurers crack down). but in the meantime we'll keep running events with them. lol harsh ben. I'm sure he would have had to do the ECG test if the is over what they call obese.

I don't have a circlip in mine (race car) haven't for years. it can't fall out unless something else is wrong because it is held in at the hub end, and the hub is held to the subframe by the control arms

ang, you should start with a wheel alignment. get them to note the settings after the alignment, see if it still happens, and post up here if it does. instability under brakes is often caused by toe out. If not maybe worn bushes in the upper control arms

does everyone use this thread to get their 10 posts up? I heard Rus is gay.

good call thanks Dave. that solves my little problem

sounds good tim....will try and cross paths with you down there. apart from Neil I'm not sure who else is coming down from NSW.

hmm not 100% sure for 33 (electric probe). The 32 has a direct fit part they call japanese gearbox sensor probe, it screws straight into the normal speedo cable. have a look at the fitting at the rear of the gearbox, if it is threaded on the outside and has a splined drive on the gearbox end you can probably use the terratrip part. contact sav man on here, he would know

simple solution I used - hose clamp a key ring to the dip stick tube, thread another key ring through the dip stick handle, and put a small spring between the two. to check the oil just unclip one end of the spring. but as per above....it is a symptom of a bigger problem. you should organise for a compression test on the motor, and probably turn the boost down if possible.

exactly right its a prick of a job. they guys we use charge 75 per shaft for reco (clean, check, new boots, regrease). Easy to do with the right tools, easy to break something expensive without....

Bit late, but to clarify license for the phillip island and presumably other targa class rounds. I previously had National Circuit and downgraded to clubman circuit because it was cheaper and covered what I need. CAMS national office confirmed that CC was sufficient for this meet although god knows they could be wrong! If you are worried about passing a medical this simple you should not be driving in any competitive event anyway....it is very basic. There is no restrictions having provisional circuit vs national circuit and provisional clubman vs clubman except that you can be refused a start if you haven't qualified (I've never seen this rule enforced). Looks like I'll be OK to get there but it has been an interesting fortnight (2 new turbs after last day at oran park). Fixed now and seems to be running OK but the car has a lot of work to do in the next 6 weeks (supercars, national supersprint and buller). Damo I'll see you next weekend. Neil and Tektrader69 are coming along to help out.