Road Racing Your Personal Street Skyline?

[Sayajin]

Hey guys.

Recently I have been wanting to get into road racing, however I am a little up in the air about wither I want to do it with my GTR or not!

I have already decided to purchase the parts necessary to be able to track my GTR including a set of track wheels, big brake kit, custom oil system, Tein suspension, strut and sway bars, ect. However, it will primarily be a street car seeing a bit of drag as well.

Let me say, I dont plan at this point to get too heavy into road racing, I figure I will go every few months or so and just have some fun. I have already set up a few HPDE days so that I can get the hang of what I need to do.

However, recently I have been having second thoughts about taking my baby to the track! I am just worried about me smacking up my GTR I just spent a LOAD of money on! But then again, I dont really want to get a track car, I really want to track my GTR!

Anyway, what do you guys think? For those who DO road racing, do you track your own street driven Skyline upgraded with the necessary parts to road race? Or do you have a dedicated track car that you use and wouldnt take your baby out?

-Sayajin

[turboedsloth]

Road racing is stupid. save it for the track where it belongs

[700HP-GTR33]

Bored with your life........don't take the life of others.

Get on the track.......

[MANWHORE]

I think that if you read his thread carefully, by road racing, he means road as in circuit. well, that was my interpretation anyways.

just be careful, drive hard, but not at the absolute limit.

[Basti]

road racing = grip/circuit racing. as opposed to drag or drift. i think thats what he means

[Sayajin]

................... Guys.... I MEAN at the track!

I guess its an American verbage thing... road racing is racing on a track doing a road course. We dont call it circuit racing as most American circuit races are done on an oval track. Road racing is done on a road course type track.

Street racing is racing not on a track.. I am not talking about that.

From Wikipedia:

Road racing can be of two types: in the first, car or motorcycle races are run on specially built, closed circuit courses.

Of the former, closed circuit type, purpose-built race tracks are used that, due to their irregular shapes and many turns and curves, resemble true road courses

-Sayajin

Edited May 1, 2007 by Sayajin

[Beer Baron]

yes, you guys are a few beers short of a 6-pack. road racing means racing on road circuits. ie race tracks (not ovals/speedways). if he meant street racing he would have said street racing.

i have a GTR that is street registered and yes still street driven but used on the race track. most of the guys on here who drive their skylines on the track are NOT dedicated track cars/race cars.

[700HP-GTR33]

Oh...so I need to drink more to get my six pack...thanks .

Sayajin.....sorry...thought you wanted to kill a few people there...lol.

Give it a go...take it easy drive on your limits...not the car limits and have some fun.....

Only place you should get to see if you have spent the money in the right modes....

Cheers

[Public Enemy]

g'day mate,

the GTR was built to race so get out there and have a go.

Seeing as your from the USA and probably racing Chevs and Fords i'd be pretty confident you'd be way out in front anyway.

But you don't need to win to have fun. Start off nice and easy and just get a bit faster as you learn the car and gain confidence.

[turboedsloth]

ah my apologies for jumpin the gun. as said above just drive to your limits an you'll do ok. start off slow an work your way up if your that nervous about doing it

[rev210]

The oil control issue can put a damper on things, it's nice to have a motor with that sorted out. If you do a search there are a few threads on it regarding track use. The band-aid is to run extra oil.

An oil cooler is a good idea. The tien suspension is ok, there are better options.

[Sayajin]

Well oiling wont be an issue as I am going with a complete custom oiling system. Thanks for the advice however!

-Sayajin

[rev210]

You are rebuilding the engine then with the oil restrictors etc? Because thats the fix you ultimately want to have piece of mind.

[Nismoogle]

Oh...so I need to drink more to get my six pack...thanks .

Sayajin.....sorry...thought you wanted to kill a few people there...lol.

Give it a go...take it easy drive on your limits...not the car limits and have some fun.....

Only place you should get to see if you have spent the money in the right modes....

Cheers

Unless its Nascar Chevy and Ford, Dodge are used primarily for Drag racing no a track race like Time Attack, to heavy and handle like shit.

[tigr33]

a gtr is to be enjoyed, no point looking at it in the garage and driving it like a soft cock, drive it like wot it was built for, of course take it to the track, u'll only enjoy driving the car more