Show Me Your Racing Machines

[giant]

hey stupid toyota

sorry to hear about your head gasket issue, as you say that racing.

i'm sure you'll proably be playing cars on the weekend then too!

what's a decent time on the clubman?

russ

[giant]

BTW Marks little video!! http://www.hioctaneracing.com.au/video.php

you think we could have cleaned it!!

russ

[giant]

Hey guys

i will start a new thread call Tsukuba race prep so i stop hi jacking this one about my car!

cheers russ

[r33_racer]

i missed you there this morning russ....i got there just as you guys were leaving...or about to leave anyway.

[giant]

hey micahel

yeah i had to go back to work today, and had a coolant leak so didnt want to keep going.

how did you go today? ready for the weekend?

russ

[N1GTR]

no idea to be truthful the blue patrol is not mine it was just parked next to my car in the shop. Its a sand racer and 1300hp nissan patrol engine

1300hp RB30? DAMN!!!!!

Whats it got inside as far as internals go?

Also how do you stop the block from exploding?!?!

Those sand races are awesome to watch

my race machine, this was taken a few months before i banged it into that wall just behind it there in the picture.

r32 gtr on the way.

*drool*

[nedi]

abit of a downgrade going to a gtr?

race spec 600 hp gtr will be quicker and handle easier but be chaeaper to fix after a prang- (cost almost as much too), this tail happy bitch is the best car i ever fanged on a track though (its unchanged from factory and does 12.3's with no turbo), sounds awesome but cost a fortune when somethiong breaks and i broke lots of things. repair bill for current prang more than 100k.

Edited September 29, 2007 by nedi

[Kaido_RR]

race spec 600 hp gtr will be quicker and handle easier but be chaeaper to fix after a prang- (cost almost as much too), this tail happy bitch is the best car i ever fanged on a track though (its unchanged from factory and does 12.3's with no turbo), sounds awesome but cost a fortune when somethiong breaks and i broke lots of things. repair bill for current prang more than 100k.

damn thats a big bill! i see why you went for the gtr

[Beer Baron]

BTW Marks little video!! http://www.hioctaneracing.com.au/video.php

you think we could have cleaned it!!

russ

that is a cool vid. very well done actually and the car looks great in it. love the stack dash.

[giant]

hey john

you dont have time to be on here get back to fixing the head gasket!!

come to think of it, i should be in the shed too!

cheers russ

[Stupid Toyota]

hey john

you dont have time to be on here get back to fixing the head gasket!!

come to think of it, i should be in the shed too!

cheers russ

LOL, Ive been busted...

I'm taking my time with it I must admit. Barely touched it today, serviced the work ute instead.

Looking into a few upgrades because it sounds like I might be chasing your times again with all the mods you've been making

Might even start on a new engine for the car, for next year. Won't go for any more power initially as 2WD is pretty limiting currently. More like less weight, better distribution and bigger brakes.

[N1GTR]

Great vid - the car looks awesome being thrown around

[giant]

hey thanks fellas

yeah the car does look alright! they did a really good job because the car was very dirty and looking a little worse for wear after the dutton and that was about a week later.

richard - the stack is great and really easy to read at speed especially whe nyou get a warning indicator come up and the tacho is everything!!!

hey john i dont think you have to worry to much about our times! i have seen your car in action and it's a real credit to you.

cheers russ

[giant]

Great vid - the car looks awesome being thrown around

yeah ! it's a super fun car to throw around too really responsive down low, as soon as it's on boost you can blaze tyres!

russ

[Gts-t]

sounds good. I will try some rear toe in, and some less caster. I get doug heasman to do it for me. he uses old school equipment. I too had massive problems with laser equipment not being even close to accurate. you put it on the machine 3 times and you get 3 different figures. I mean, they had a workshop fan and when it was on the force of that air onto the car made the alignment readings jump around. after I saw that I gave up on the laser machines and now only get doug to do it with his setsquares and dials.

Ive had no problems with laser equipment at the bridgestone i use. I know the guy there as we send alot of business their way, and long story short do the spanner work under the car, watching the figures change untill im happy. I also have someone roughly 70kg sit in the driver seat for me while this is going on.

On the printout you get it lists old alignment and the new. Every time i went back in to re adjust the alignments it had not changed at all from before.

my final settings were(full sk package)

camber front 2.0 neg each side

castor max around 6

toe 2mm out each side

camber rear 1.5 neg each side

toe zero

im pretty confident that if i went back now and put it on the laser gear it wouldnt have changed. Unless u hit a pot hole its really not going to change that much, it would have been six months since ive had one so ill have to get it back around there soon and see.

crap stories aside, can someone show me a pic of these traction rods fitted to their 32 gtr? would love to find an improvement in my suspension alignment area

and giant, your car is possibly the best looking 32 ive seen!!!!

Edited September 30, 2007 by 2630GTS

[phunky_monkey]

Car looks AWESOME Russ! The black TE's and carbon doors really set it off. That's what a 32 should look like!

Who was driving the Porka 956??

[giant]

thanks for comment on the r32 , i love em!!

not sure who was drivin the 956, looked fantastic on the track.

russ

[DumHedz]

Nankangs are the new race tyre.

http://www.modulus.org/photos/trackdays/20...ub/DSC_0216.jpg

[Beer Baron]

Ive had no problems with laser equipment at the bridgestone i use. I know the guy there as we send alot of business their way, and long story short do the spanner work under the car, watching the figures change untill im happy. I also have someone roughly 70kg sit in the driver seat for me while this is going on.

On the printout you get it lists old alignment and the new. Every time i went back in to re adjust the alignments it had not changed at all from before.

my final settings were(full sk package)

camber front 2.0 neg each side

castor max around 6

toe 2mm out each side

camber rear 1.5 neg each side

toe zero

im pretty confident that if i went back now and put it on the laser gear it wouldnt have changed. Unless u hit a pot hole its really not going to change that much, it would have been six months since ive had one so ill have to get it back around there soon and see.

crap stories aside, can someone show me a pic of these traction rods fitted to their 32 gtr? would love to find an improvement in my suspension alignment area

and giant, your car is possibly the best looking 32 ive seen!!!!

it may seem fine. and laser alinger may be top shelf for a truck or whatever and maybe some laser machines are better than others. this was the latest beissbarth machine. maybe 1 month old when I used it. and it doesn't take a genius to figure out where they fall down. they have those 4 massive things hanging off each wheel so the slightest movement with the car or someone farting etc sets them moving and figures bounce around. old school is best. trust me. we are talking tenths of a mil in measurement either so the amount of accuracy is crucial and those type of machines just don't have it.

I'll see if I can get you a pic of the traction rods.

there you go (it's the gold ikeya arm):

[DumHedz]

I do my alignment by eye, and sometimes a stick

Fine tuning is done by feel - ie, too much understeer? more toe out!