Jump to content
SAU Community

Show Me Your Racing Machines

screamin'
 Share

Recommended Posts

benm Grand Master

benm

Posted
Posted

This is cheaper than buy+build a dedicated r32 gtr which I was doing before I sold it and bought this. It's also very basic underneath which is great for a mechanical novice like me, and if the motor blew it would be cheaper to just buy another standard engine than get it rebuilt. It's also faster than the r35 gtr around Oran Park so im happy with that pace for now :ermm:

This will use less fuel in a day than what my tow vehicle will to get me to the track and will be about 4000% more reliable and fun than a gtr. I wanted something that I could push off the trailer, have some fun, tow it home and park it until the next outing, not like a car which always needs more brakes, better suspension, more power and less weight that you could easily spend $5k on after each outing.

Who knows, might get in it and not like it at all, thats part of the experience.

  • Replies 2.8k
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Popular Posts

260DET
260DET

Try again with the motor pic, am I banned because its not an inline? Zed has a FJ20ET, great donk.

Posted Images

badhairdave Proficient

badhairdave

Posted
Posted

Fair call. I wasn't knocking your decision at all.

I have also gone down the cheap non registered track car path so understand in that regard. Unfortunately i am in the process of throwing money at mine to make it faster even though it's a lot of fun as it is...

Neil Grand Master

Neil

Posted
Posted

Ben,,,I love your thinking mate. Thats exactly the reason I bought the Radical.

Last year I did almost every NSW state hillclimb,,,every state supersprint,,,5 trackdays,,,2 practice days and the cars still fine.

I think the only part of owning her that may be a down side will be scaring the shit out of yourself. You will like it,,,trust me.

R35 GTR's pfft,,,I'll show you a vid one day. I'd hazard to quess there would be maybe 6 Skylines on SAU that would give yours or my car a run for there money.

Neil.

Roy Grand Master

Roy

Posted
Posted

Was only just emailing someone saying that any good track car makes you do irrational things with scary sums of money. I have not driven my car at the track in 18 months, though it has still been on the road as i have been busy saving and compiling parts for the current goodness being thrown at it.

I would have been better to buy a new stock GTSt and throw all my good gear at it and had two cars for what the bodywork is costing me :sick: But i do love my car and it will always be my car...so could never replace it with another GTSt simply because it woudl be cheaper....you dont turn your back on good friends :P

I prey to fark that in 6 weeks when it is back on the road i can just enjoy one of the loudest cars at the track that is a hoot to drive. I have given up on the chasing times and gone back to focussing on making the car fun and cheap as possible (relatively) to run at the track.

benm Grand Master

benm

Posted
Posted
If you dont mind me asking what are the kits worth or can you post a web site for a look.

Cheers

Well unfortunately due to the dollar dropping its ass over the past 6mths you won't get 1 of these for under $40k on track, because of this the Australian Distributor has put it on the back burner until the dollar goes back to something respectable. However for $40k you are starting to get into low end Radical territory which would be a nicer option :sick:

Here is the website for the American Manufacturer: www.babygrandracing.com

evil_weevil Grand Master

evil_weevil

Posted
Posted

that looks awesome Ben!! Cant wait to see it out on the track mate!!!

I get my new toy next week when Im back from the US!!

Or should I bring one of these back with me...? lol

Boss-zilla Mentor

Boss-zilla

Posted
Posted
Well unfortunately due to the dollar dropping its ass over the past 6mths you won't get 1 of these for under $40k on track, because of this the Australian Distributor has put it on the back burner until the dollar goes back to something respectable. However for $40k you are starting to get into low end Radical territory which would be a nicer option ;)

Here is the website for the American Manufacturer: www.babygrandracing.com

Thanks for that. I'm at the stage were I have done a bit of work on the old 32 and now its time to spend the money on getting the set up right or do I cut my so far minimal loss' and save the extra for something like what you have. Hmmm the time to decide. :D

Cheers

phunky_monkey Grand Master

phunky_monkey

Posted
Posted

Have done a few more bits and pieces to the car... the plan is PI on the 4th of April... *fingers crossed*

Making a template for the alloy boot false floor:

post-8405-1236208230_thumb.jpg

Finished floor

post-8405-1236208378_thumb.jpg

Box for the Fuel system:

post-8405-1236208259_thumb.jpg

Drivers seat and harness in. Love that seating position, shoulder below the door line :)

post-8405-1236208406_thumb.jpg

Brakes fitted and bled (Thanks Stu!)

post-8405-1236208297_thumb.jpg

post-8405-1236208348_thumb.jpg

Phobic Collaborator

Phobic

Posted
Posted
That's the trap I guess... my car was fine before I pulled it off the road. Now I'm poor, haven't driven it for 2.5 years and it will be a little quicker...

i know that all to well although i blew my last engine up, now i havent driven my car for about a year and a half and just keep spending more money on it though it should be bloody fast when i finish it.

nice intereior setup on ur car phunky. have you extended your steering wheel out at all? it seem to come out a long way...

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • GTSBoy
      braided lines for the turbos

      By GTSBoy · Posted

      For your application, where you'll be at that 1/2" size or perhaps larger, yeah, excellent. Although not if you need a tight bending radius anywhere, because the corrugated stuff is not anywhere near as flexible as rubber/teflon cored stuff. But for turbo oil lines? No. Too big. They just don't do the corro stuff down at the ~1/4" ID size that you'd want, and if they did the OD of it would probably be a bit too fat for fitting it into the tight spaces available. I use hoses like that all the time for fuel gases (LPG, NG) and liquid fuels (HFO, diesels, waste oils). When we did the London Olympic cauldron, with the 204 individual burners on it, we had miles of the stuff (although a lot of that was teflon core). A bunch of that crap is still cluttering up the workshop, more than 2 years later!
    • The Bogan
      braided lines for the turbos

      By The Bogan · Posted

      Would something like this be an option  https://processhose.com/products/configurable-metal-hoses/1-2-in-t316-stainless-steel-annular-corrugated-configurable-flexible-metal-hose-assembly-with-ends-t304-single-braid-masterflex-af5550.html I'm looking at this for replacing the OEM EGR when installing a aftermarket intake plenum 
    • r32-25t
      Unpeeling the Orange

      By r32-25t · Posted

      The once piece tail shafts with cv type joints on either end are the ones that end up vibrating and the vibration is caused by the cv joint binding as it turns, I’ve also seen them explode from the binding 
    • Kinkstaah
      braided lines for the turbos

      By Kinkstaah · Posted

      Take this with a pinch of salt, it's from someone (me) who got annoyed with turbos entirely. I hated aftermarket lines. If I had the option to use hardlines with whatever turbo I had - I would use them, 10/10, 100% of the time. The only reason people go larger, heat resistent, shielded lines etc is because they have to. And yes they don't last forever. Even if you spend big bucks on all the best heat shielding money can buy, with the best heat resistant, fuel resistant, oil resistant, radiation resistant hose, they get stiff and break down and just don't last the way a metal pipe will.
    • sunsetR33
      Unpeeling the Orange

      By sunsetR33 · Posted

      Unfortunately I am quite literally halfway across the globe. So all sources for parts like that are far away for me. What do you mean by that exactly?
×
×
  • Create New...