Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

We the time has come for the old girl to take a rest! We looked at what was required to make the old girl competitive and it was just going to cost too much and wasnt sure she would last the distance against some very very quick race cars that are coming to race in the new GT class.

That being the case we have purchased a GT3 viper to run in the new seasons races, and the old girl will now be my track car i guess.

And i feel really gutted about it, but what else to do.

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/273064-time-to-retire-the-old-girl/
Share on other sites

LOL not the reaction i was hoping for!

I am really gutted over this but the head over ruled the heart i guess. We could not see a way within our budget to get the car to the level required.

And to be honest the viper wasnt all that expensive as we brought a roller with a dog box and have a Gen three 8.3 litre ( i do get a wee smirk on my face each time i say that ) on the way from the states. Car is to have its carbon fibre body put back in place this week so pics are a bit non completed.

post-28646-1244024359_thumb.jpg

post-28646-1244024394_thumb.jpg

post-28646-1244024413_thumb.jpg

post-28646-1244024451_thumb.jpg

As long as you can keep you GT-R and use it when you want, then I say onto bigger and better things!

Look at the bright side, you can still drive the GT-R at the track, but you get to punish 8.3 litres of American Muscle around a quick track. Sounds like heaven to me :)

traitor!!!! kindly return my RAs and pepper mill now!

ok, well now that i've calmed down a bit I reckon I can forgive you AND let you keep the RA's as long as I get a steer of the viper to ummm see how, *cough, bad it is... :D

wow 8.3L and looks pretty darn light... going to be a handful but lots of fun I imagine

that rear wing is awful... but I suppose your going to need all the rear end grip you can get... make sure to stockpile lots of tyres!

don't you also have an old porsche as well? 911, GTR and Viper... okay I'm massively jealous now

I am truely gutted about putting the GTR on the back burner!

BB still waiting for the pepper grinder to show up, thinking i might have to start a smeer campain.

Tell you what if any one wnats to come on over i might be convinced to let you run the GTR in the GTC class LOL dont know if it would currently carry enough fuel to do 45 minutes, but then the boost would be turned down for the power to weight ratio so it just might.

Ohh NICKR33 yer your almost correct i do have a turbo 964, R32 GTR, GTS-R viper, lotus exige are you sure you would want the running costs of that lot! I am not sure i do so!

lol, do not temp me (or troy for that matter) we may just take you up on it!

the only matter is can your seat accommodate me. when I'm booking flights I have to ask at check in: "hey mister... on the plane I'm going to need 2 seats..... for the twins... :P "

I guess at least if I break yours we can build you another one out of all my bits... then we can store it for you in aus and you can come and break it at phillip island, or eastern creek or something. in fact next time you're in sydney give me a shout and come drive something here. I always have something half worthy. not quite GT viper worthy, but fun all the same.

Ohh NICKR33 yer your almost correct i do have a turbo 964, R32 GTR, GTS-R viper, lotus exige are you sure you would want the running costs of that lot! I am not sure i do so!

aaaagh an Exige too!... damn... I can't even manage to get one car on the track and keep it there... I would love the running costs of that lot, only I couldn't afford it without selling my body parts on the black market... or getting my wife to become a stripper... and I've already asked... she said no :P

ps. If you have too many cars and need me to break one for you I'm always available... its my special talent

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

    • They see me rollin' they hatin'....... Took me most of the day to make the necessary mods to the mounts to make them fit the car.  Fortunately I was able to just use the mounts that came with the rotisserie. The rear ones are really secure, the front I feel i might reinforce a bit more as it doesn't seem like enough attachment to the vehicle. I'm sure it's fine but better to be safe than (extremely...) sorry.  I drilled and tapped thread into additional M12 holes to each car mount where it attaches to the rotisserie as an extra fail-safe. Without them the side to side movement is just restricted by the allen head pinch bolts, nothing actually goes though the beam. Does now! I still need to adjust the rotisserie to get the car centred in terms of centre of gravity. If it's too high or too low relative to the rotational centre line of the car, it will be like a turtle and roll onto its back or as it currently sits, I dont think I'd be able to rotate it as it sits as it needs to lift the whole car up as it rotates. Ain't happening... I'm going to be nervous as hell the first time I go to spin it on its side...    
    • Oh yes done this when the window started flopping around.  Turns out the guides that run along the rail chanel had crumbed way. Took off the door card and pulled out the window mech, then the window, which you have to pull out through the top. As said unbolt the guide rail and don't spend 30 minutes getting frustrated trying to find a way to slide it out upwards cause that don't frigging work. Drop it down and out through the door hole. All I did to repair it was slice some 10mm clear plastic tube, vertically, then screw it to the guide rail both sides. This tubing rolls inward on both sides and leaves a gap wide enough to hold the window. To finish all I did was lube the plastic tube with olive oil and Bob's your uncle . . . well if he has the operation he can be your Aunt ! !  10 bucks in plastic tube and another 5 minute job done again . . . . YEH BULLSH#T ! My love for Skylines knows no bounds !
    • So was there a solution to this problem? I’m having this issue now. 
    • not expensive, just irreplaceable if you don't go sub 60 at wakie in that thing people will start talking
    • I haven't replaced that, but I have had the doors apart on the r32 a couple of times The door skin will be held on by a combination of clips and bolts, just take it slowly and make sure all the sneaky hidden bolts are out Once the skin is off you should be able to pop that piece off pretty easily, looks like there are only 2 bolts holding it on
×
×
  • Create New...