Sau:nsw Mdtc Wrap Up Thread

[hamiltonau]

Fixed! haha- aint no AWD-style understeering shenanigans here!

Wow did i mishear that? not inconceivable with all the engine noise and tyre screeching

oh and love your work Eric, pretty smooth and very atypical of a yank to downplay their work "oh btw heres a few random pics" and then bust out some of the most awesome pics i have ever seen from a track day.

Marulan is especially hard to get good shots from unless your prepared to go bush and hit some of the far corners of the track, you got some great shots of Skylines doing what they were made to do. Looks like there is a 33gtst s2 just like mine there too, at least on the dry day that you went?

Never driven there in the wet but had a few wakefield days while it was raining and for all the fun i find it far too unpredictable (and im not the only as evidenced by your blooper reel) whereas on a dry track you can really hone your skills and find out what the car is capable of.

Thanks for the heel and toe lessons but nothing beats practice, practice practice!

[MrStabby]

Also, further to Duncan's post, learning to correctly heel-and-toe early before you get into a corner will help with engine braking, taking some of the pressure (and therefore heat) off your brakes.

I find i like to use the extra engine braking caused by the spin up of the motor when i don't heel/toe (of course easing the clutch out so avoiding compression lockup of the rears) and I still get the regular engine braking you're talking about from the closed throttle.

I guess the only way to interpret this however, is that my brakes are too front biased, because I reckon my way of doing it gives me better overall stopping. If the brakes were better balanced the non-heal/toe would cause compression lockup on the rears.

[Duncan]

Yep, wrong way around Dave, original post fixed

Jarrad, almost certainly that noise is your gearbox thrust bearing. A bit of noise from it is no issue, just replace it when you get the clutch done. It may have been brought on by the day but it isn't urgent to address.

Adam, spot on, if you are using compression braking and find it helpful, you should have more rear brake bias. It's really just a bandaid for something wrong in the barke bias (because a foot brake will always be more effective and consistent)

BTW Eric....always have 2 hands on the wheels when you are planning a spin

[Ruxis]

is that expensive duncan??

pretty much determining weather to join the wakefeild day on how much itll cost to fix it.

[MBS206]

is that expensive duncan??

pretty much determining weather to join the wakefeild day on how much itll cost to fix it.

You don't fix it until the clutch dies.

Most R32 and R33s have the same noise, just keep driving until you need a new clutch itself.

[Ruxis]

ok cool thanks matt

[Duncan]

yep +1....my gtst made that noise for 3 years until I did it at the same time as replacing the clutch....don't worry!

In fact....come along to Skids on Saturday next weekend

[Ruxis]

im pretty keen but i got no stockies and since i work in bluescope theyve cut all overtime, so trying to cut back a bit hah. if its raining i may come so i can keep my tires on.

well see

[Ruxis]

im pretty keen but i got no stockies and since i work in bluescope theyve cut all overtime, so trying to cut back a bit hah. if its raining i may come so i can keep my tires on.

well see

[oweban]

im pretty keen but i got no stockies and since i work in bluescope theyve cut all overtime, so trying to cut back a bit hah. if its raining i may come so i can keep my tires on.

well see

dude, i've got some you can fry. these guys still haven't picked up the stockies at my place so i've got 6 lying around. more than welcome to use them.

[Ruxis]

oh really?? awesome! ill probly come then thanks alot owen!

[oweban]

no worries dude; i'll be bringing them from liverpool so just rock up on the day with a jack or something; I'll bring my toolkit and stockies.

[Ruxis]

sweet as dude! thanks alot!

probly pay tonight seeing as the weekend is over ie the spending is done for the week

[Mosullivan]

The GTR lives!

just got it back from CRD about 10 minutes ago and proceeded to drive it very sensibly with out any sort of erratic or unnecessarily vigorous acceleration all the way home causing very little noise pollution in my neighbourhood. Or the exact opposite of that, I'm a little hazy on the details.

Apparently it blew one of the boost pipes off and just blind sided the ecu's ability to tell how much air was actually going into the engine, hence the epic over fuel.

Anyway, good to go for the next track day!

[Pezhead]

Glad to hear it wasn't anything major. Most of these types of issues are related to intercooler piping coming loose.

[BunsenBurna]

The GTR lives!

just got it back from CRD about 10 minutes ago and proceeded to drive it very sensibly with out any sort of erratic or unnecessarily vigorous acceleration all the way home causing very little noise pollution in my neighbourhood. Or the exact opposite of that, I'm a little hazy on the details.

Apparently it blew one of the boost pipes off and just blind sided the ecu's ability to tell how much air was actually going into the engine, hence the epic over fuel.

Anyway, good to go for the next track day!

great news Matt...you owe me a proper ride in that beast! Seriously, the flames coming out of the exhaust when i followed you in to Picton were epic

[Mosullivan]

Hahaha anytime mate, and a case of beer

Thanks so much for your help!

Ended up just being a boost pipe or something that had fallen off, should see the thing go now.

Matt