Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 44
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

I'm not saying he doesn't know his thing. I'm just questioning him a bit more than most people would I guess.

How else do we learn if we don't question and challenge things.

I'd be more than happy to meet him and discuss this over a few beers.

In the meantime, I'm just looking for something on paper. I do find this an interesting topic ... lots of variables!

Well endorsements don't get much bette than that do they? :laugh:

I'm serious about the beers Gary. If I'm ever in town or you're here PM me in all seriousness.

:)

Beers have little appeal, Jack Daniels is OK though. When do I next get to Adelaide....Clipsal is run for this year, maybe the F3 round at Mallalla in May, if I am feeling masochistic.

Most guys find that on SAU that there is an almost unlimited amount of knowledge on Skylines, they just need to learn how to use the Advanced Search function properly. Give it a go, in the interim this is not a bad read;

http://rbmotoring.com/gallery/album151

Be carefull, a lot of the literature was released for the R32GTR and the Stagea ATTESA is more R33GTR (later generation).

Cheers

Gary

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/214253-tyres/page/3/#findComment-3790902
Share on other sites

Reuben I udnerstand what you are saying, and there are a lot of people who don't know what they are talking about on the internet.

However one of the great things about SAU is there are some people who really know what they are talking about as well.

Gary is a suspension engineer who has been working on the NSW and national championship winning production and improved production race cars. I'm sure he has done a heap of work on testing exactly how the transfer case works. But understand that if he is paid for that testing he can't share specifics openly on the internet.

You won't find anything offical about how ATTESSA works other than what is in the 32 GTR service manual (unless you can read japanese, that is the only one in english). And there are plenty of unofficial opions on the internet if you want those, written down or not.

There is no doubt you need very closely sized tyres front and rear to keep the system happy. And since most stageas dont have a torque split gauge it is hard to tell when it is malfunctioning apart from a surging feeling.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/214253-tyres/page/3/#findComment-3791217
Share on other sites

Reuben I udnerstand what you are saying, and there are a lot of people who don't know what they are talking about on the internet.

However one of the great things about SAU is there are some people who really know what they are talking about as well.

Gary is a suspension engineer who has been working on the NSW and national championship winning production and improved production race cars. I'm sure he has done a heap of work on testing exactly how the transfer case works. But understand that if he is paid for that testing he can't share specifics openly on the internet.

You won't find anything offical about how ATTESSA works other than what is in the 32 GTR service manual (unless you can read japanese, that is the only one in english). And there are plenty of unofficial opions on the internet if you want those, written down or not.

There is no doubt you need very closely sized tyres front and rear to keep the system happy. And since most stageas dont have a torque split gauge it is hard to tell when it is malfunctioning apart from a surging feeling.

Well now that I'm aware of Gary's portfolio, I'll take him more seriously ... but i still like to question and challenge topics. No harm in it. This is a forum afterall and forums have a reputation of being full of rubbish. Thats not discrediting Gary in any way ... I'm only emphasising that I like things on paper or I'll question it thoroughly.

Gary, thanks for the link. I found a few other sources on the topic, I'll have a read and link them too if they're useful.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/214253-tyres/page/3/#findComment-3792505
Share on other sites

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

    • Yeah kids certainly add a whole another dimension to your life.  Life ceases to be about you and more about them for a while!  And I wouldn't have it any other way.  I love watching them play sport and make new friends along the way. Wow, sounds like your mate is a good guy to know!!!  He's got some serious toys in the toy box!  Yes it would be lovely to be able to do stuff to your car without getting all tied up in boring shit like how to pay for it!!  I would describe my spending style as "aggressively spontaneous and logical but regrettable purchasing"....  That will hopefully make no sense at all which would be appropriate given that is how I buy stuff.  I'll decide at the drop of a hat that I'm buying something expensive, research the living shit out of it for 2 days straight then go out and buy it.  Then I'll have instant buyers remorse for 2 days which generally passes by the time it turns up on the front step!  If I'm feeling ballsy sometimes I'll tell my wife.  Other times it just makes its way silently passed the house and out the back to the shed, never to be spoken of again...
    • My extinguisher mounted like this unscrewed a little (Maybe from the chair sliding forward) and dumped a bit of white on my mats. I'll need to get a more narrow one for future.
    • I totally couldn't do the whole kids taking up my life thing! 😮 I find it bad enough doing 45 hours in 4 days, and then fitting normal adulting life into the other 3 with no kids! As for my mates race cars, they're AMG C63 setup for production racing. The original is what has just been stripped and a brand new shell built. The original is then going away to have some panels straightened, then it will be put back together again. Then there's a third that will shortly head off to have a roll cage put in, then build it up too. And potentially a fourth to be built too... Oh, and he has two Renault Clio D class production cars, ha ha. And when he's not racing them in the Australians and QLD production championships, he's been racing one of Chaz Mostert's Lamborghini's in GT4. They just won GT4 at the 12 hour in the Lambo. We're pushing to finish the new AMG as it has its first round (and potentially its first shakedown/outing) in under w weeks for Round one of QPC, and that round is really the shakedown to make sure it's all good for the Bathurst 6 hour, which I'll be at too. Ha ha ha Working on my project is different to his, I slowly tinker and work ways to make things happen on a shoe string budget. Hes in a good position that he has a massive workshop full of parts and tools, ha ha. He also looks after me. When his air compressor died, he just needed it working, so bought himself a new one and gave the old to me. Sand blaster unit too, and a 20t pressing. And pretty much all the shelving in my shed too as he upgraded all of his (the stuff he gave me is the expensive black Bunnings heavy duty stuff)!   I enjoy working on his stuff. No decision paralysis, and anything that's needed parts wise is just there. Plus, then I get to be hands on at the track in real racing, not just club day stuff.
    • I know which one I'd prefer to have in my garage, and which one I'd actually drive as intended
    • Yeah mate, no probs. Just swap the email addresses?
×
×
  • Create New...