Day At Wakefeild Park.

[Trust33]

Hey all.

I had a great day down at wakefield park raceway on 24/1/07.It was myself,dad,cousin & dads mate.We were supposed to have another come allong but the impending rain threat turned him away from the day out.

Had a few misshaps b4 starting the race day out.

The the sprayer nozzel blocked up on me that morning when i put it on to test it.So i ended up just squishing the hose together at the tip faced it at the intercooler and sprayed it that way.It wasted water like you would not beleive and would not have been as efficeint at cooling the intercooler thats for sure.But the good thing was that even though it was a hot day,it was stopping detonation (ping) @ 13psi on the stock turbo.going hard all day long.

Also id like to add that a stock 6.0L SS has torque of steel for a stock engine.The old man was walking away from me as i shifted into 3rd gear,while i was in 3rd gear,and so on.I was gaining on him in the twisting sections though it wasnt enuf to pass him.Plus he is a good driver.

I met a few others from the SAU forums there that untill that day i didnt know.They were Andrew aka grippy (track spec r32 gts-t) and Reece aka turismo (bmw 318i) whose mate had a track spec r32 gtr.

The best times for the day in my group were,

Dad- 1:12.9 manual,SS 6.0l VZ commodore,stock allbeit bar bendix brake pads,(will check up on what they were),with potenza re040 street tyres.

Me- 1:14.3 manual,r33gts-t,on rb74 pads and federal 595ss street tyres.

Dads mate- 1:14.? auto,monaro CV8Z LS1,stock allbeit bar bendix pads and potenza re040 street tyres.

Cousin- Was the official timer/picture taker .lol.he needs to have a few more things done to his car before it is track worthy.

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Grippy was slightly quicker than the old man though cousin didnt time him grrr.I beleive he was in the 1:11.0 - 1:10.0 region on semi's.

Reeces mate,in the gtr,was pulling 1:10:?'s on potenza semi's.

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All cars were getting extreemely hot though.Lucky for me i took the precautions of all those new cooling mods. We had 20 min intervals in between sessions of street & race cars to come out so it did give the cars a bit of time to cool down.

My R33 Gts-t

All in all the brakes were working well,though i did have do really dip into them,and at times thought they were a bit spongy.Which could have been the stock brake lines (flexing) or stock rotors (not letting enuf gasses out).There was a slight hesitation coming onto boost into 3rd gear.Im blameing the coil packs .The tyres were performing very well i thought,just had to check that the tyre pressure was up to scratch on all 4 corners each time i came in and they treated me nicely each time i went out,and had them up to temp..

Thanks for reading,pics to follow.

Craig.

[Trust33]

Oil cooler vent.

Cold air partion and stainless steel box taking ambient air from the bonnet vent.

Teh Beast

R32 gtr

r32 gtst

[Trust33]

I tended to open wheel allot when exiting corners.damn diff.

rb74 dustyness.

dori dori

[Trust33]

[Milenko]

nice pics bro

[benm]

Hrmm did you guys leave early because I didn't see any of you on track?

[Trust33]

This was on wednesday ben.Not yesterday.

Pics are a bit bodge.the camera guy needs a bit more experience at taking them.

[nismoman]

Trust33 whats with the oil cooler vent? Why not just cut slots into your inner guard? It's only plastic after all! LOL!!!

Also, what's your brake set up? Sounds like you had some fading issues.

What pads are you running?

Tell your cousin - cool pics! and he doesn't need much done to hit the track, get him out there!!! Bet you he must've been spewing when he saw all of you blokes going around.

Who's got the stock black R32 GTS-t? Looks like it only has FMIC and xzorst?

Edited February 1, 2007 by nismoman

[blk180]

Think he says RB74 is what hes using.

[TURISMO]

What No BMW Dori Dori Pics :0

But Seriuosly guys, had a great day, you guys were good fun and I think everyone is happy with there times. This is the first time I've ever been to a racetrack, and its the first time I've driven a 200hp+ car, let alone a Track spec GTR

Definantly keep me posted on any upcoming days at Wakefield, or Eastern Creek or any where in NSW

My Times

1.18 in a stock 95 318is, Blown shocks, Old sun damaged 2nd hand front tyres, and 240,000k's on a 1.8L N/A Motor

1.12.9 in a track spec 32 GTR, Coilovers, 14psi, rollcage, and elec tourque split and the tyres where just regular Potenza at the end of their life (they came with the car from Japan about 2 years ago)

The owner of the GT-R was in the 1.10 area

I did have a lot of trouble on the day though, GTR overheated every 8 laps or so and had to take it back in and the BMW had troubles but weren't track related (Under 100kw at the fly, blown skocks and sun damaged front tyres maybe ) all 4 wheels were flat spotted half way through the day buy the owner of the cars

Cheers, Reece

Edited February 5, 2007 by TURISMO

[TURISMO]

P.S did you guys have any more Pics of me in the BMW and the GTR, it would be awesome as I didn't get any of that final corner in the BMW, or any at all really

Thanks, Reece

[Trust33]

The whole reasoning behind the vent was to avoid debri's flicking from the tyre directly at the oil cooler.This way it can vent the required air and keep any nasties from damaging it.

I know that there are many people out there with the setup you are talking of and i havent heard of any probs with them cut.but seen it is my daily somthing is bound to find its way where it shouldnt.

If you look at the opposite side behind the stock cooler,it has the same thing but is moulded into the plastic.

[Trust33]

sorry i dont have any more gtr pics.this is the only pic i have of you going sideways.

There are though a few short clips i have that i should get hosted.

[TURISMO]

Thanks alot, looks sweet as

Next time I go up I should have the skyline, and an LSD no matter what, so it should be a bit easier to get the dori dori action happening

Give us a PM when you get things hosted, good to see a bit of footage of you guys,

Cheers, Reece

[nismoman]

Last time I was at Wakefield they wanted to ban me for getting sideways!!!

My avatar is a photo from my last visit and the pimply teenager with the flag on pitlane had a go at me saying drifting isn't allowed, blah blah blah.. and if I didn't stop I'd be asked to leave. BAH!!!!!

The thing was it wasn't drifting anyway, I wouldn't call a little power oversteer on the exit of corners drifting.

Pffttt! Damn Wakefield... all the photo's and adverts for the place show a red 200SX getting hell sideways. They advertise and promote the shot, but when you get down there to do the same, they wanna kick you out??????

Did anyone get told off for getting sideways like I did???

p.s. sorry for long rant!

[grippy]

Thank for the photos and time estimates. See you there next time. Black R32 GTS-t belongs to me. Pretty stock but goes like the clappers.

Rgds, Grippy

[evil_weevil]

Craig - great times there mate - gives me something to aim for (benchmark!! ) for when I head down to wakie - was that your first time there?

And next time you go pm me biatch

[Duncan]

good news....sat is an open practice day at Wakefield

[Trust33]

No,thats the third time that i have been down there..

I cant wait for the resurfacing of the track to take place.

[Trust33]

As promised ages ago here are a couple of short vid from the day.