Superlap 2010 Ramblings

[Russman]

Jesus, looks like someone is going quick! Those Teins are the by of the century, the car looks pretty settled and the times show they must be working ok...even with the Jap springs still in them

So no pics of Russ Sr in the GTR. I am told it has grown a big wang!

They sure are! It's working well.

I actually got asked if my R32 was the ex-high octane 32. I said yes and held a straight face for about 15 seconds before I told him the truth.

Russ Sr. I love the wing. i want one!

[NZM.031]

here some pics of russ sr

[Marlin]

The Hi Octane 32 is fully wicked now with the Hollinger installed.

Time got away on us with the rebuild after the prang, so Russell was forced to run without so much as a front undertray.

The best sounding car out there in my opinion too

[Roy]

here some pics of russ sr

Looks good with the Advan signage! Was thinking about the brake dramas you were having. Perhaps you need to run drum brakes. So no more PPG?

Imagine if the BRI73Y was still black... would have confused plenty of people

Which remings me, it looks like the Cyber Evo runs std Mitsu Brembos! If thats the case, I am gutted. Whats the point of having an uber car if you dnt have 20k worth of braking hardware off an Indycar or something...

There are sum magnesim TEs for sale at the moment, I so need them

[NZM.031]

the orange indicators on the 32 was the only way to tell the two apart.. both looked great on the track.. and sounded great.. although i prefered the barky note of the 34 and the extremely lumpy idle.

[bigmikespec]

Does the High Octane R32 still have the same engine setup i.e. full counter 73.7mm crank, dry sump, Hypertune 6-throttle, modified -5's... etc?

[phunky_monkey]

The 32 looked and sounded great Russ, especially when changing gears. Great effort!

[DCIEVE]

USING CFD AND VIRTUAL WIND TUNNELS FOR AERO DEVELOPMENT

Just need the hundred k +++ per annum in software, an engineer bright enough to run it and an almost exponential amount of time to get sensible results now... the computer is the easy part. Goodluck!

[Marlin]

Does the High Octane R32 still have the same engine setup i.e. full counter 73.7mm crank, dry sump, Hypertune 6-throttle, modified -5's... etc?

Yes! But;

We broke the block on Thursday which wrecked the bottom end and replaced it with a spare short we had in Brisbane on Friday.

The replacement short engine was the same but didn't have the full counterweight crank.

[Roy]

Looks like they fixed the window flying open at speed too

[Marlin]

Yep!

Made a tubular frame that braced to the door skin and had tabs affixing the lexan to it. Preloaded against the window rubber.

Worked better than I expected to be frank!

And yes Roy, PPG GORN!

Edited May 25, 2010 by Marlin

[Roy]

Marlin, so when are you putting a PPG gearset in your bus? Oh, and i have having a debate at the moment, What would be quicker on your car? 255/40/17s or 265/35/18s? I am betting he narrower 17s would be quicker on my car

[Rowdy]

Hey guys,

some mates and myself made the trip up from the mornington peninsula at 11.00 on friday night, we got to the track at about 9.00 saturday morning, and were bloody glad we made the effort to get up there. we were all very impressed by the cars, the times, and the ladies

a great day at a great event, and cant wait till next time.

aside from the on track and in pit action, it was great to see so bloody many skylines in the carpark. we dont have anywhere near the amount of imports down here on the peninsula, so it was an absolute treat to see so many GTR's.

also, a thankyou to the SAU NSW peeps who gave us vic boys a warm welcome, even inviting us back for a bbq later on. sorry we didnt make it back, we were pretty well set up at turn 12

cheers, Rowdy.

p.s. i now hate the sound of rotaries more than ever, and those hondas didnt sound great either...

[Marlin]

Yeah, the carpark. Seems R34 GTR's are the new Gemini!

Roy, ...... maybe

And too many what ifs in your question I think.

Edited May 25, 2010 by Marlin

[Roy]

hmmm, take it to the email Will the extra tyre make up for the increase in gearing and extra weight? With about 280-300rwkws!

[Russman]

Marlin, so when are you putting a PPG gearset in your bus? Oh, and i have having a debate at the moment, What would be quicker on your car? 255/40/17s or 265/35/18s? I am betting he narrower 17s would be quicker on my car

I priced a PPG set for my RB25 box. $6800.... Damn...

[Roy]

SR20 gearsets work in the RB20 box, are lighter...but not as strong

Russ, you just needed new tyres. I cant believe you ran that time on 12 month old used Yokies! New tyres and some cheap, brand new 6 pots on 330mm rotors that i bought as i wanted to see how good the Endless knock offs were

[NZM.031]

I priced a PPG set for my RB25 box. $6800.... Damn...

yerrr... yet a wrx box is 3 or 4g....

ppg s14 gearset is rated for 300kw... or is it 400kw... ahhhh i forget now.

for 6800 you mayswell save up and extra 3g and buy a used holinger.. think i saw one for 10g not long ago

[phunky_monkey]

Is your current gearset damaged Russ? It should hold up fine with what you're wanting.

[zebra]

SR20 gearsets work in the RB20 box, are lighter...but not as strong

Russ, you just needed new tyres. I cant believe you ran that time on 12 month old used Yokies! New tyres and some cheap, brand new 6 pots on 330mm rotors that i bought as i wanted to see how good the Endless knock offs were

How cheap is cheap roy?

I need brakes for my bus