Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 166
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Originally posted by -Joel-

Now.. Wouldn't that be fun.. I wonder if private track hirings could be arranged. :P

i have been talking to the owner last time i went to the drift day about hiring the whole track myself:D , quite cheap actually. We can arrange a small group of people to hire it for pratice, and attend the next drift day;)

i keep asking for the price for the whole track, but maybe i am a kid, he don't think i can afford it.

what he told me was forget about weekend, go at weekday, which will be $20 a day!!! from morning to late, he will kick u out if he has go-kart race at the afternoon, but u still got the whole morning, which is more than enough.

steve, i have PM u his contact no. , give him a call about the information for hiring the whold track, hope we can have a SAU drift meeting soon :(

its amzing how much you guys all care bout your cars but you would be willing to put your car through such punishment

going for a drive through the hills is totally different to drifting on the track!!!

i get worried im gunna break something when i drop the clutch sometimes

anyone else have same opinion

or do i just sound like someones mum

erin

Erin, my mum is a rev head, but my old man....

I wouldnt push my car past its limits, and as long as you dont then you shouldnt have any problems.

Skylines are designed to be driven hard, not as a shopping trolley/commuter - have a bit of faith in the nissan engineers and watch the grin factor grow:D

Originally posted by skipppy

i get worried im gunna break something when i drop the clutch sometimes

I used to also be worried that I would break something when I drop the clutch etc... This was after owning a series of cars that would break when dropping the clutch.

I.e My old 250 Cortina that I done 6 manual gearbox's & engine mounts, I worked on roughly the second clutch pressure plate that I would blow so would the gearbox, then my VS Commodore where I done a diff, gearbox, engine mount and the rear irs chassic where the diff bolts on cracked and the arse end dropped on the ground. I owned the Cortina for close to 2 years and the Commodore for 9 months.

I've now owned the Skyline for around 2 years and nothing has broke. After many many flat changes a couple of burnouts and well a lot of hammering.. Nothing seems to break.

I am honestly more worried about hitting some thing in the hills than breaking something as I guess my confidence has grown in the car that it is tough. Something is bound to break but not any time soon, Unless I upgrade the clutch to a twin plate or the likes that will enable a 4th gear chirp.. ;) The current clutch has a bit of give so i guess that is why the drive line has stayed intact.

Mind you the car is starting to body roll a little on its stock suspension so shockers are in order.

yep the good ol' Single Rail..

I learnt how to rebuild it after the 2nd.. Sat there with a tub of grease sticking on the lay shafts needle roller bearings.

For a full rebuild it would cost $80 in parts.

To get some one to do it they wanted close to $500, and even then they probably wouldn't have done the layshaft bearings.

The layshaft bearings can be heard from the rattle of the gearbox when you are say in McDonalds riding the clutch a little and creeping forward. The Nissan box doesn't appear to have it however my Old VS Commodore box did before and after the rebuild. This is how I know he didn't rebuild it totally. For just over $1000 I wanted the layshaft bearings replaced.

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



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Hi all,   long time listener, first time caller   i was wondering if anyone can help me identify a transistor on the climate control unit board that decided to fry itself   I've circled it in the attached photo   any help would be appreciated
    • I mean, I got two VASS engineers to refuse to cert my own coilovers stating those very laws. Appendix B makes it pretty clear what it considers 'Variable Suspension' to be. In my lived experience they can't certify something that isn't actually in the list as something that requires certification. In the VASS engineering checklist they have to complete (LS3/NCOP11) and sign on there is nothing there. All the references inside NCOP11 state that if it's variable by the driver that height needs to maintain 100mm while the car is in motion. It states the car is lowered lowering blocks and other types of things are acceptable. Dialling out a shock is about as 'user adjustable' as changing any other suspension component lol. I wanted to have it signed off to dissuade HWP and RWC testers to state the suspension is legal to avoid having this discussion with them. The real problem is that Police and RWC/Pink/Blue slip people will say it needs engineering, and the engineers will state it doesn't need engineering. It is hugely irritating when aforementioned people get all "i know the rules mate feck off" when they don't, and the actual engineers are pleasant as all hell and do know the rules. Cars failing RWC for things that aren't listed in the RWC requirements is another thing here entirely!
    • I don't. I mean, mine's not a GTR, but it is a 32 with a lot of GTR stuff on it. But regardless, I typically buy from local suppliers. Getting stuff from Japan is seldom worth the pain. Buying from RHDJapan usually ends up in the final total of your basket being about double what you thought it would be, after all the bullshit fees and such are added on.
    • The hydrocarbon component of E10 can be shittier, and is in fact, shittier, than that used in normal 91RON fuel. That's because the octane boost provided by the ethanol allows them to use stuff that doesn't make the grade without the help. The 1c/L saving typically available on E10 is going to be massively overridden by the increased consumption caused by the ethanol and the crappier HC (ie the HCs will be less dense, meaning that there will definitely be less energy per unit volume than for more dense HCs). That is one of the reasons why P98 will return better fuel consumption than 91 does, even with the ignition timing completely fixed. There is more energy per unit volume because the HCs used in 98 are higher density than in the lawnmower fuel.
    • No, I'd suggest that that is the checklist for pneumatic/hydraulic adjustable systems. I would say, based on my years of reading and complying with Australian Standards and similar regulations, that the narrow interpretation of Clause 3.2 b would be the preferred/expected/intended one, by the author, and those using the standard. Wishful thinking need not apply.
×
×
  • Create New...