What's Going On With Everyones Cars?

[Mr. Untouchable]

I can tell you toyo R888's grip well from cold, especially with dome decent camber.

[zoidbergmerc]

I got federal Evos on the front for Drift.

I think Federal RPMs are the ones you want though, you want a slight stretch too to help keep the tyre stable while drifting which helps with steering definition.

Dave.Tas is the dude you want to talk to tyres about, best prices. PM on here or add him on Facetube. http://www.facebook....hp?id=648679391

Edited April 11, 2012 by zoidbergmerc

[Mr. Untouchable]

Pretty sure federal rpm's are for your nans Astra, comfort street tire. The rs-r's are their flagship performance road tire. Not their semi, that's the Z something

[Bushy]

Thanks for the replies. I reckon we'll just shim it up and see how it goes, its cheap so if we don't like it we can always look at other options and we're not really out of pocket. We're thinking of giving it about 3mm of preload as well.

The only reason I was thinking of running semi's on the front is because we already have some Dunlop 03G's, otherwise I probably wouldn't bother. I was wondering initially if they would have trouble getting up to temp but after thinking about it, from the couple of times I've been to Baskerville they seemed to work OK from cold. I guess the main thing I'm concerned about is how quickly they will wear, so how much do fronts wear when drifting?

[zoidbergmerc]

I wouldn't waste those semis, I like to flat spot my fronts when drifting

[DJRIFT]

i used to run Semis on the front when drifting. it all depends on the pressure you run. i ran yogies A048s and they were grate. i ran some dunlops once and they were horible. had no feed back through the wheel and understeered like crazy. if you start the pressures high they grip well. only time they are rubbish is when they go off after neumerous runs. happened at power cruise. hot day and multiple laps non stop.

when i was competing i never had issues with understeer but many of my compeditiors did.

as time has gone on ive since gone back to plane old 595ss as. with decent car setup for drift under steer isnt an issue but i wanted "slip" in the front to carry angle for longer. the tyres look like hell after a good day of draging.

in sumary. if you have them they will be better your average tyre. if they dont seem to be getting hot put more pressure in them.

[Bushy]

Thanks for the reply Damo that has helped a lot, certainly gives me something to think about, now I just need to decide whether I want to risk getting a flat spot on semi's!

[toffy]

I don't know from experience or anything close to it but wouldn't it be pretty damned hard to get them up to a good working temperature at the start of the runs, giving you less traction than normal?

Maybe someone like Djrift or zoid (or anyone with drift experience) could confirm?

yes i've tried it , no i wouldnt reccomend . was on a 32 4d , would have no front traction on entry then bite really hard mid corner!

[trustr32]

This up and running yet mate?

Yeah man not on the road but got it fired up late sunday arvo. Spent two days diagnosing why it wouldn't fire turns out I needed to remove the injector resistor pack with ID1000's. Got to tidy up a few loose ends this weekend and hopefully book it in to get a run in tune in the next few weeks.

[Dave.TAS]

Hit me up for the cheapest prices on Federal RSR "semi slick" on 0409 631 092, or for any of the more street federals or kumhos. I wouldnt run a sticky dunlop soft racing semi slick on the front for drifting because you want some slip, but federal RSR is perfect, as shown by the huge number of people using them for it. I can also hook you up on federals and other varietys for the rear

Unless your pushing well over 300rwkw I wouldnt be looking to upgrade to GTR rear axles/diff/etc, Shim the diff really tight and dont look back, mine and all of the cars i have done are basically locked but still allow the diff to slip before the axle will break, and personally I wouldnt have it any other way

[Bushy]

Thanks for the reply Dave, I've saved your number and I'll definitely give you a bell for a quote when I'm after some new tyres

[Addicted2BoostR34]

Well it's been about 4 months but I found some nismo factory option side skirts for my car 2pc plastic should have them next week The it's paint and some 18x10 +22 rims to fill my guards

[Bushy]

Diff came out Thursday night, shimmed it up Friday and went back in today. It had 2.2mm preload already, upped that to about 2.8mm. Haven't taken it for a test drive yet, will probably go for a quick squirt tonight.

[Dave.TAS]

I usally go 1.2 or 1.5mm more than what it had when it was open wheeling, makes getting diffs back in housing difficult but theyre not likely to open wheel again before the cars life is over haha

[Bushy]

Yeah ideally we would have liked to go a little more but we had a 1.4mm shim available to us, it had 1.4 and 0.8mm already in there so we just replaced the 0.8 with another 1.4mm. It had only just started to one wheel a bit so I reckon this should be enough.

[Mr. Untouchable]

got a few ods and ends sorted over the weekend

finally got around to replacing my Vac lines, had a few start to melt yonks ago at basky.

dropped my subframe down pulled the calipers off and shocks out and cut the top out of the rear of the subframe bushes and hard mounted it to the car, aluminim subframe lock rings in the front and on the bottoms. altered the antisquat (and a tiny roll centre change) by around 7mm or there abouts. wont go spacing the front down to take anymore out til i drive the thing

today i tracked down some condute at good ol superchoip, got the loom from front to back of the car covered and secured and looks nice and tidy now. also did the boot wiring to the tail lights and fuel pumps/relays etc, much neater.

got the rear diffuser/air guide measured out and planned, will pick up the ally this week to start that

started painting my surge tank and tank/pump base plate, that will soon wear the rising sun, to match the cam/valley covers

list is getting smaller! =)

Edited April 22, 2012 by Mr. Untouchable

[trustr32]

Good work there Jack good to see it's getting a bit of attention again. Wont be long and I'll be bugging you to come to Basky every 5-6 weeks lol. I got a bit done on mine over the weekend trial fitted my half finished splitter and started making a catch can/radiator overflow (well cutting it out so Jack can make it lol) oh and I broke another thermostat housing and hacksawed my thumb.....

[Mr. Untouchable]

oh man, the hacksaw is gonna have to go on the "brodie do not touch" list like the stanley knife! blody hell.

and yes basky every 5-6 weeks is fine by me! spent the last 12 months preparing for that shit

ahhh you can just feel that datsun love =)

[Mr. Untouchable]

todays efforts.. Half completed rear diffuser/air guide. Still. Need to make the small section on the passenger side of the exhaust and the batman fins but the hardest part is done.

[zoidbergmerc]

Damn it Jack! Make your own thread already!!