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Duncan Grand Master

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Yep the targa s1 rules allow for very few changes at all. brakes are free as long as they fit inside standard wheels, so they are all running the 400mm mines rotors. exhaust up to 15% larger than standard after the first cat. aftermarket panel air flter ok. ECU free. Boost free. Shocks and spring free. Rollcage and safety gear like seats and harnesses required. No other mods to anything allowed.

Martin I'm not sure why you are carrying on like a porck chop. Tony Quinn has done very well to keep it on the black stuff, in fact that is 2 wins from 2 starts for him since he won rally tas in the same car in march. But there is 100% no doubt that the r35 is under-engineered compared to the previous (32-34 series) as proven by many people's issues in racing the car, including those you are helping out, of course.

In road/light track use they are fine, but as soon as they start getting used hard they break.

5 R35s started Targa, 2 finished.

The only car in Aus that went 50% over standard power smashed a bottomend.

Gearboxes.

Transfer cases.

Tailshafts.

Hubs (the only 2 cars that have done more than 1 event have needed new ones)

All of the last 4 breaking in cars with no more than 20% more power than factory. Imagine if R32s broke all of those things once you got to 240kw at the motor.

Anyway, great work from Tony to keep it on the black stuff and come home first, thats twice in 5 years a skyline has taken out Targa

Martin HKS Enthusiast

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I spoke to Quinn at Clipsal, apparently its a HKS system

Runs at homologated stock weight, and is pretty much a standard car with a few tweaks :P

Correct. Runs the HKS GT570 upgrade package including HKS Exhaust System supplied by the HKS Australian Distributor - Performance Wholesale.

Might see if he wants to upgrade to the HKS GT600 package....

Cheers

Marty

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Godcla

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Correct. Runs the HKS GT570 upgrade package including HKS Exhaust System supplied by the HKS Australian Distributor - Performance Wholesale.

Might see if he wants to upgrade to the HKS GT600 package....

Cheers

Marty

Beating V10 Lambos...... :P ......

dazmo Proficient

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Top effort by Quinn and a great result for the R35. It is lucky that he had a 35 thou as it seems according to some comments you could be led to believe that it is all down to the car and driver skill has little to do with it.

Martin Donnon Mentor

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Imagine if R32s broke all of those things once you got to 240kw at the motor.

You should have been around in the early R32 GTR tuning days 1991 - 2000 there were plenty of them broken, and pretty much for the same reasons the R35 breaks today - finger trouble :)

There is nothing new in this, its just history repeating....

R35 taking the trifecta, Targa West, Rally Tas, Targa Tas, and all in less than 12 months. Imagine if these cars were engineered properly! :D

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You should have been around in the early R32 GTR tuning days 1991 - 2000 there were plenty of them broken, and pretty much for the same reasons the R35 breaks today - finger trouble :)

There is nothing new in this, its just history repeating....

R35 taking the trifecta, Targa West, Rally Tas, Targa Tas, and all in less than 12 months. Imagine if these cars were engineered properly! :D

True dat! R32's broke plenty. It's just that very few were ever left in stock configuration long enough for people to remember.

I'm willing to bet solidly that the vast majority of the R32's touring car success in Oz was due to Freddy Gibson's remarkable re-engineering of the GT-R rather than any inherent over-engineering.

These are teething problems and the aftermarket (and hopefully Nissan) will soon develop ways to overcome them. Racing is the best way to discover a car's weaknesses.

Max_ST-R Collaborator

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3 major tarmac rally victories in less than 12 months! wow! Didn't the GT-R set an unofficial production car lap record at Bathurst couple of months back in Wheels? A nurbugring time of 7.26.7min a few days back...yet there are still haters and non-believers. Some of those US web car shows esp, can't believe Godzilla can defeat their Vettes and Vipers. How many race victories and lap records does the GT-R need to perform to gain respect!!!!

:D:huh:

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Snowman Grand Master

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5 R35s started Targa, 2 finished.

Yeah but 2 of the 3 retirements were driver error and whilst I know 3rd one was drive-shaft related I'm not sure of the full story behind it.

Having said all of that there are some known issues with these cars for these events. But the drivers are all starting to work them out and are driving to suit. But all up that drive was brilliant by TQ and a very deserving win in the end.

skylinecouple Experienced

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I think we have to go back to what he was competing against (T Quinn). Those Superlegovers are how much ? Now, to put it into perspective, Buy a GTR for $170 then spend the difference on it. OR, if it were me, buy an R34 for $50,000 and spend $350,000 on it. Trouble is, in that class of Targa they won't let you race it. Screw it, enter anyway. But ultimately,, buy an Austin A30 and spend $500,000 on it. What a weapon.

Did anybody even notice the EVO's ? Now that's an efficient giant killer.

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Godcla

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At FGN Today getting my first service today........Greg tells me that White (Lambo driver got 2nd) will be buying a New GTR from FGN..

White has a relative working there......

Anyways....good service from FGN today...very happy with the Car and Service.

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Godcla

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That's what I thought, thanks. My mail is that Whites have had an R35 comming for a while via New Zealand :D

Yea....may well be....just took it for granted it was coming from FGN since a relative works there...

but the interesting thing is the fact that they are going from the Lambo Galardo to the R35....

PHaT MR30 Grand Master

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I think we have to go back to what he was competing against (T Quinn). Those Superlegovers are how much ? Now, to put it into perspective, Buy a GTR for $170 then spend the difference on it. OR, if it were me, buy an R34 for $50,000 and spend $350,000 on it. Trouble is, in that class of Targa they won't let you race it. Screw it, enter anyway. But ultimately,, buy an Austin A30 and spend $500,000 on it. What a weapon.

Did anybody even notice the EVO's ? Now that's an efficient giant killer.

Umm the R34 has been surpassed, it is after all over 10 years old. With the level of competition these days they would have no hope. The best place 34 wasn't even in the top 20 I don't think?

Oh and of the 3 genuine N1's in Australia there is probably only 2. Peter Moores was pretty fuct up on saturday.

That's what I thought, thanks. My mail is that Whites have had an R35 comming for a while via New Zealand :)

YT told me they were getting it from Fern Tree and expected delivery late May?

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