clubracer Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Hey guys, Thought I should drop by and say hi. I have been meaning to for a while but I was waiting for the new ride to be confirmed. My brother and I have just bought ourselves a DR30 Skyline RSX with the sole intention of racing it and using it as a tool to promote my little online motorsport business AUTOsports Australia. Some of you might know this car already so if there is anyone that can give us any information on it that would be greatly apppreciated. As we have also never modified one of these any advice woulld be greatly appreciated. We are planning to run the car in Improved Production because we really want to be competitive and keep the car as close the Group A looking as we can! Maybe one day when we have money to blow we'll go and do something crazy in Time Attack with a different car... On a different note we also have a Prince Skyline GT (my fathers) that is built for group Nb historics. New engine has been a nightmare so hasn't been on track for a number of years but should hopefullly see the track again in 2012. Back to the DR30. We're going to source S13 uprights and front hubs, plus LCA's so we can run lots of camber and then also run S13 spec coilovers (which I have read about on here) and front brakes although will probably have to get some custom rear brakes done. Any thoughts on this? ANyway enjoy the pics. Will get more up here soon. Cheers Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubracer Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 Sorry about the rotated photo, thought I had corrected this! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6362258 Share on other sites More sharing options...
prince_skyline Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Welcome Peter... Can't wait to see the car (Prince GT) out on the track. We (The Register ) are all very much looking forward to it. Beechworth was such a long time ago although we did catch up with your folks at Lithgow. Congrats on the DR30 also. Probably going to be my next car as well - such a great car. Will look forward to the build updates with the DR... Cheers Jason Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6362403 Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8skylineMAN Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Welcome to the classics section! Nice cars you have there Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6362721 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union76 Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Lack of Power from that particular DR won't be an issue.............! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6363957 Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubracer Posted May 21, 2012 Author Share Posted May 21, 2012 Why not an issue? Does someone know something about my dr? If so please do tell! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6365110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubracer Posted May 23, 2012 Author Share Posted May 23, 2012 Seriously does anyone know the history of my blue DR30??? Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6368044 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydr030 Posted May 24, 2012 Share Posted May 24, 2012 Think old mates getting confused by tbe dry sump one getting around queensland. Similar color but different car. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6369501 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union76 Posted May 25, 2012 Share Posted May 25, 2012 Crikey how many Turquoise DR's can there be in Aus? Sorry my bad. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6371229 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydr030 Posted May 31, 2012 Share Posted May 31, 2012 Lol i kno hey ! This isnt geoff c boyds mate by chance Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6379510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubracer Posted May 31, 2012 Author Share Posted May 31, 2012 Yep, Geoff is my brother's mate. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6379891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydr030 Posted June 1, 2012 Share Posted June 1, 2012 Thought so small world. Shame its not regoed id be keen for a cruise Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6380702 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 Think old mates getting confused by tbe dry sump one getting around queensland. Similar color but different car. This is my old built DR that is now back in Qld that the other poster may be referring too. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6382644 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ydr030 Posted June 3, 2012 Share Posted June 3, 2012 ^yep thats it! fkn weopon! Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6382775 Share on other sites More sharing options...
wal3rotor Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 yep it still lives... Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6385529 Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubracer Posted July 3, 2012 Author Share Posted July 3, 2012 Hey guys, Well I got the interior stripped out and sold and hoping this weekend will get some dry ice in there to help get the sound deadener out. Still tossing up about the cage... looks like I'll be going steel though. Have spoken to Bonds about getting a kit to weld in myself although not sure yet. Been a little while since I rigged anything but might just do a bit of practice before jump onto anything serious like a roll cage. The price difference is huge, but then again the hours spent installing one will probably have me change my mind at the end of it all! Can't believe how much stuff came out of the interior though, and the amount of 80s heavy electronics and boxes... still more to come but the bulk of it is gone. Check out more of the build at http://autosports.com.au/index.php/news-a-projects/17-project-dr30 Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6427509 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BensDR30 Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Good to see some more photo's of the car. Don't throw out any of the interior - those parts are hard to come by these days. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6436065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubracer Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 Okay so it's been a while so time for some updates. Work has been crazy and I've been concentrating on building the biz rather than the car but we've completely stripped out the sound deadener using dry ice and a timber mallet. The bets move even. The stuff literally shatters. All up for 16kg out of the passenger compartment and boot. Have spoken to some guys regarding a basic 6 point bolt in cage which should be the next step. With a bit of luck next month will see the cage, race seat, steering wheel, etc all done, so the inside will be pretty much ready to go. Have also lined up wheel, brakes and suspension so hopefully by the end of the year we'll get an initial test session in. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6533122 Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubracer Posted October 2, 2012 Author Share Posted October 2, 2012 It's been a while since I have worked on the car but we're coming up to some nice updates. I spoke to the guys at AGI Precision Engineering and without a doubt these guys will be building the cage. Not only are they really well priced but the level of professionalism is second to none. It's a nice change to see such a spotless workshop - The guy was an engineer/mechanic at Williams F1 so would sort of expect it. Anyway it will be a nice 6 point weld in cage with hopefully a few extra features to add a bit more rigidity. If you want a cage tell them Peter from AUTOsports sent you! They also do a huge range of bolt in half and full cages fully CAMS compliant. Anyway, enough of that. So the car should be going in there in about a fortnight and then after that the fun can start. The cage is the main part I couldn't do so as soon as it's back it will be full steam ahead. Picked up these little AP beauties. Was originally going to run with the D2 calipers I had but they don't quite clear the wheels I want to run. By the way the D2 6 spot calipers are for sale. $400 no offers. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6560453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
clubracer Posted November 1, 2012 Author Share Posted November 1, 2012 Hey guys thought I'd post this in here. Have the following for sale: 1. Complete wiring harness - $100 - Great condition 2. Standard FJ20ET computer - $100 3. Fully working air conditioning (degassed) - $100 4. Standard suspension struts - $80 5. Front brakes (discs and callipers) - $50 Before work commences on the cage we'll be fully rewiring the car and stripping at least another 30kg in wiring out and having a Adaptronic computer installed (which will also mean removing a lot of the pollution gear - another 5kg). All up I think we've removed in the region of 100kg out of the car. Link to comment https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/400532-our-new-dr30-our-old-prince-skyline-gt/#findComment-6605236 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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