Show Me Your Racing Machines

[Neil]

Chris,,,your as bad as Duncan,,,he wants me out again this weekend but I'm happy just to go over the car and get it ready for this years racing. Can't wait for the SAU day though. I did give it a run before christmas (Santa said I could)so that will do till late February.

Baron Baby,,,It won't be as quick in a straight line as the rotor infact I fully expect modded gtr's to be gobbling me up. But under brakes and the corner grip of this car is unbeleivable,,,like nothing I have ever experienced. Coupled with a straight cut gear box and sequential shifter it will be very quick, just hope I am. Oh and as an added bonus it has a flat shift kit fitted. I'm keeping the sports sedan and will build it as time permits. I love that car.

Ben,,,funny you say that,,,I work with a bunch of bike nuts and yes S & R is on my "to speak to list". Bonneville Salt Flats ROFLMAO.

Nick,,,Yes I am planning to race it. I'm going to do all the NSW supersprints and some NSW hillclimbs but the problem with some of them is the car is so low I'll break the front splitter. I will be doing some interstate track days as well. I want to do Phillip Island/Calder/Sandown/Adelaide Raceway/Simmons Plains and maybe Queensland raceway as well.

I'm chasing another motor at the moment,,,so I can build my own. That was always the problem with the rotor but now I can play with what I know best. Bring on the slipper clutch.

Neil.

[JAS-25T]

Neil, give me a go of breaking your capri next.

nice pressy from santa too!

[Neil]

Neil, give me a go of breaking your capri next.

nice pressy from santa too!

Jason you beautiful hunk of manhood. Long time buddy,,,hows it hangin.

I'll pass on you breaking my girl.

Neil.

[tacker]

Neil,

no chance a gtr will catch you, well no road going car at least ( giant excepted ) I have driven these beasties here and a good SR3 are a good 8 to 10 seconds faster while the SR8 is another 5 seconds further down the road.

My mate here has the lastest carbon fibre SR3 and its a pure weapon.

Jason you beautiful hunk of manhood. Long time buddy,,,hows it hangin.

I'll pass on you breaking my girl.

Neil.

[jorg]

Our 89 GTR Tarmac Rally spec, the last event was the illfated Mt Buller Nov 07 where we finished 11th outright, also got a 3rd outright at Lake Mountain last year and fastest outright stage time. Off to Rally Tas next month.

A pic of our car slipping past a WRX at Buller Jan 07.

Our car with me and the co driver/financial controller/brains of the operation

[Beer Baron]

cool pic mate! definitely hang that one in the pool room! and some great results too.

[Lil_Bobby_260]

Our car is just a baby....

91 SSS Pulsar.

Cheated - was boght with a full 7pt cage, race seat and belts, suspension, tyres, B&M short shifter etc.

Interior is fairly spartan but is the whole idea. Car came like this, ready for track.

This is the new engine we've had built for it - Scat rods, Arias pistons, high volume sump, bigger oil galleries, shaved deck height, ported head, bigger valves, balanced crank etc built by PLR, good for 9,500rpm. $10k.

Should do well in its class. Its just for top gear meets and hillclimbs plus random track days etc.

Looking for a stagea for a tow car!

Look forward to seeing you guys out there!

Headedto the Top Gear practice session on the 6th feb, racing on the 15th i believe.

[Duncan]

jorg - well done. how did you enjoy those events? they seemed a bit pricey to me for the numbers of runs you get. What mods does the car have?

stagecoach - you've done things the smart way. All the time and money goes into prepping the car, buying someone else's car is a great way to save money. Just need to go over everything carefully and make sure they've done it all properly.

[N1GTR]

Our 89 GTR Tarmac Rally spec, the last event was the illfated Mt Buller Nov 07 where we finished 11th outright, also got a 3rd outright at Lake Mountain last year and fastest outright stage time. Off to Rally Tas next month.

A pic of our car slipping past a WRX at Buller Jan 07.

Our car with me and the co driver/financial controller/brains of the operation

Agreed with beer baron

Thats an AWESOME pic

[Neil]

You just gotta love this thread,,,so many great looking racecars.

Stagecoach very nice ride there buddy. Pulsars are so cool. Thats the sort of car I've been trying to get Mrs Handley's bum for ages. Kel are you looking????.

Jorg nice work there buddy,,,great pics and they have been added to my slideshow at work. That poor sucker must have been a bit hot under the collar after that pass,,,he's got the roof vent open,,,poor bastard.

Steveo,,,get your bloody car sorted or I'll start calling you the TROLL. You remember the little scarey animal that hides under the bridge waiting to jump out and oh never mind just fix the bloody GTR.

Chris,,,It's all good mate,,,Radicals are the best thing to come out of pommy land since the Spitfire. Mines an older 02 with 06 upgrades so it's chain driven. Theres a lot of "HAHA" street GTR's around that are bloody quick,,,GTR Jason is one. I'll keep them in check just hope everbody sees me,,,this car as you know is very low.

Neil.

[Lil_Bobby_260]

THanks for the comments guys!!

Yeah pretty happy with the car. Picked it up for a very good price and it has all checked out okay. My neigbour is a motor mechanic and weve gone over it with a fine tooth comb.

Going for a Top Gear meet soon, should be interesting. Interesting to see what the limits of the car are, used to have a 92 SSS as a daily up til a couple of years ago. Will be an interesting comparison.

I can appreciate that a lot of the work is done, but the downside of that is that i lose the knowledge and learning process that is the trial and error of setting up a car. Meaning that it will take a while to see what adjustments to camber/caster/toe/spring rates etc etc as well as tuning and such will bring to the cars handling.

Going to be a long process so if you see me out there just cruise around me haha

[giant]

hey jorge

nice car and pic mate ! top result!

can you tell me what size tyre and rims you were running for those events and do you have to have standard intake sytem??

[tacker]

here a none chain driven version

Agreed with beer baron

Thats an AWESOME pic

[Duncan]

BTW screamin' (right back from p1), I was looking through your thread on "some other forum" the other day - good work there, lots of effort has gone into the lightening and prep.

How have the alloy doors lasted? any troubles with them or anything you would do different? Did you just change the skins or internals as well?

[Duncan]

interesting pic of the non-chain one tacker, the rear end is quite different, it even has the same wierd way bar setup as the front. the earlier cars had a traditional style sway bar

[Duncan]

BTW stagecoach - stagea has been a brilliant and comfortable tow car, even lugging a GTR around. And the 4wd can really help on any sort of marginal surface even wet grass etc.

Only problem is the fuel consumption is apalling, even with new 02 sensors, tune, manual etc etc etc So if you are doing long tows you may have to look for something else

[N1GTR]

What sort of return do you get duncan?

[Lil_Bobby_260]

BTW stagecoach - stagea has been a brilliant and comfortable tow car, even lugging a GTR around. And the 4wd can really help on any sort of marginal surface even wet grass etc.

Only problem is the fuel consumption is apalling, even with new 02 sensors, tune, manual etc etc etc So if you are doing long tows you may have to look for something else

I saw that you had a stagea, was wondering if it was your tow car.

Im looking to get rid of the mazda and pick up a stagea (black S2 5sp) as not just a tow car but for my daily as well. Maybe a few long tows. But i have a bike to zip around on from day to day so it cancels out!

[evil_weevil]

stagecoach - dam you!!!!!

I have had my eye on that pulsar on my105.com.au for a while!!

as much as I wanted it, I had no where to keep it

Good stuff on the purchase, it was a good deal you got!

hope to see it in action soon!

[Liz]

love the new car Neil!

bring it out to play soon!