Group A Thread

[zebra]

The exhaust off it is pretty cool too

[Marko R1]

u cant beat the finish & craftsmanship of a lobster back exhaust! looks great!

[zebra]

Indeed, it is giving me bad ideas lol.

I really want to know how they fit 12" wheels under the front, looking under mine that has 8.5" there isnt a whole lot of room there.

[Marko R1]

they are fat wheels!

have you seen the veilside r32gtr? there is a mob in in UK from gtr forums who still offers this kit & he squeezes 14inch wheels on the front & rear - now that is FAT!

it is a good question, how did they fit large wheels without massive guards on the supra?

[zebra]

I'll go have a look at mine in a sec, try and take a couple of pics

but it looks like they tilted the shocks over more

See the strut tops, they are in the centre on the road car, so angling them across would give a bit more room

Edit just had a look under mine, with a smaller diameter front spring (mine are standard size king springs) there would be easily room for a 10-10.5" rim, might lose a little steering lock though

[Marko R1]

very observant!

this is the only place it fouls on the gtr, against the strut towers...regarding full lock though, this would not be a concern for any circuit car BUT street yes.

im running 10inch front & rear & have plenty of clearance, from memory about 1 inch. wheels sits nice & dont stick out

[zebra]

Just plugged in some numbers, for me to run a 10" wheel on the front it would need to be a +30 offset and a bit more -ve camber, I reckon if I pulled the splash guards out I would just have enough room to get full lock

If only the Supra was this competitive back in teh day

[zebra]

Holy street circuit!!!

[Marko R1]

i am in complete awe of the winfield gtr & marlboro a9x!

[Roy]

There are two very tasty cars for sale at the moment. Steve Richards is building up an Escort...was really hoping he was going to join the category

[Marko R1]

There are two very tasty cars for sale at the moment. Steve Richards is building up an Escort...was really hoping he was going to join the category

what cars would they be for sale? are they advertised online?

[zebra]

Moffat's group C rx7 is up for sale,

the things I would do to get my hands on that car!

[Roy]

The last of the Caltex Bond Sierras is for sale. Has all the late model post Grp A kit homologated so is lighter, 6 sps etc. The other is a Japanese Grp A car which would be interesting to get your hands in to see ince and for all how it lines up to the local GTRs

[zebra]

That would be good to see,

may also explain why NISMO said no to GMS about taking the Winfield/GIO cars to Japan

[zebra]

Found a few pics from the 1990 Spa Round

http://homepage.mac.com/frank_de_jong/Pages/p%201990%20Spa.html

[N1GTR]

The last of the Caltex Bond Sierras is for sale. Has all the late model post Grp A kit homologated so is lighter, 6 sps etc. The other is a Japanese Grp A car which would be interesting to get your hands in to see ince and for all how it lines up to the local GTRs

Wait on, from that sentence it sounds like you're saying a Japanese grp a GTR is for sale? Which one?

[Duncan]

Of course they are, pretty much any car in a serious global market like that is for sale.

In fact the calsonic R32 almost ended up in Oz a few years back, in the end only price was an issue.

[Roy]

Yeh, if the numbers I was told about the Japanese cars are correct then I think its going to take a Powerball winner to get one landed here and racing. Was it one of the usual suspects looking at the Calsonic car or a fresh face? I was told the other weekend that this is for sale...(Taisan)

I am not 100% sure but I think the 1990 & 1993 winner was the Impul/Calsonic GTR. In 1991/1992 Hasemi Motorsport

Hasemi

Calsonic

Interesting to see that Dunlop, Bridgestone and Tokohama all supported different GTR teams. In Aus the GIO cars often suffered being on Dunlops vs Gibson on Yokohamas...plus they were of course a customer car and somewhat privateer team

[N1GTR]

How big of a power ball are we talking?

Any actual numbers or was it just "a lot"?

[Roy]

And its no real decision...you woudl have to take this over the GTR...as cool as the GTRs are, they are just waay too much money when you can get this for 1/3 of the price

Shame you cant paint it up in the earlier colour scheme