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Oh, and as this confused me last time: there is no helmet or long clothing required for the cruise sessions. Only for the timed sessions. Not sure about the roll racing.

Doooo it! Yeah, I'm most looking forward to try the timed laps

Ooo, looking forward to it! Hopefully this time without any flooding and actually able to drive through the national park.

Anyone from here going to attend? I just bought my ticket. cc @Dose Pipe Sutututu

The tickets for All Japan Day next year are now up for sale. https://rollracing.com.au/event/ajd03may2023/ Details: Hosted by Roll Racing Australia May 21, 2023, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Sydney Motorsport Park No schedule yet, but going from last time it is along the lines of power cruising, timed laps, show & shine and roll racing. Good fun all around! Rules:

Thank you for mentioning that! Feeling relieved now because I was getting a bit concerned about you leaving your dogs in the heat in the car with a potentially dodgy setup. Not sure if I could live with myself if something like that went wrong

Thanks for writing this up! The ATOTO unit looks really good in there, like it belongs. Big plus that it has physical buttons as well for volume control. Trying to quickly control volume on a touch screen whilst driving can be a pain. Noted down for when I ever want to go down the double DIN path.

How does temperature affect the vacuum in the fuel tank? I'm curious now. Because normally leaving the car in the sun is what makes it happen even when not driving the car and using fuel. But heat expands substances so shouldn't it be the opposite?

Some thoughts on what I learned on this: - Think twice before drilling into your dash or A-pillar to mount your gauges. When you change your mind and take them out again it looks like ass. I have holes in my A-pillar where a gauge used to live and I hate it. The Stagea for example has one huge trim piece that covers both A- and B-pillars. It can be purchased but it's meant to be an absolute bitch to remove and put back again so I haven't dared. I wouldn't be surprised if you would have to pay drug money to buy trim pieces for an older GTR. - Go with something that can talk CAN bus. There are only limited spots to mount sensors. If it is on a gauge because it is important to monitor, it's important to the ECU as well for engine protection. - Having gauges stuck all over the place can raise extra attention by police when being pulled over. That said, especially at night I like the look of analogue gauges. Here's a photo of mine with Defi din gauges. Looks pretty much OEM. Also the mutilated A-pillar. The wideband lives in the glovebox so it's normally hidden.

Hah, where do you get one of those bonnet ornaments for the wagon? Travelling with class.

Hahaha. I bought those pedals as well for the wagon. And yes, they look good but they are f**ked. Was considering making a thread for it, because the resistance is different. So in the wagon the accelerator is now much lighter to press. I gave up on it. Jen ended up putting the covers on the brake and clutch pedal. Without whittling. No idea how she did it. At some point she was hanging upside down in the car. As in feet towards the headrests and head down in the footwell. She made it very clear that I better appreciate it and that they are not going to be swapped out for a very long time. I think it more likely that someone tried to fit the aluminium pedal covers, went "f**k this shit!" and put the rubber ones on instead.

Up front: I don't know much about these things. But I was wondering, isn't the whole point of alarm systems that you can't disable or disarm them unless you have the keyfob? I would think that the valet button only works after disabling with the fob. Otherwise it would defeat the point, right? Personally I would consider reaching out to someone who works with this stuff. Possibly someone - who installs alarm systems - or who deals with lost key situations like a locksmith Surely this happens all the time

Just as an FYI, these are in stock again. Lots of photos already in this thread. Just received mine recently but haven't had a chance to install it yet. Looks mint though. See www.trackdaysetup.com to order them.

Manolo mentioned that his clutch is push type, and you are both mentioning pull setups. What am I missing @Duncanand @BK ? Is it because R34 GTR came with pull from factory and it's converted?

Haha, see how it goes! Good to know that it works out alright. Don't know if it has been that long, but I wouldn't be surprised. The cabin filters certainly looked like it when I replaced them. Will keep an eye on supercheapauto and wait for a sale.

Which model of the bissell steam cleaner are you using? Is it one of those you can get at supercheapauto? I quite like the idea of doing that to get 20+ years of gunk out of the carpets in the car. Have been holding off though as I wasn't sure whether the "cheapy" ones would be any good.

Hah, and I didn't see yours when I was looking for some. Looks like it's a similar idea / design. It's one reason why I like reading the build threads here. Like for example the custom ashtray keypad mount you mentioned a few posts earlier went straight on the maybe-one-day-santa-list

How are you mounting them? If you haven't made up your mind yet, there are some custom made brackets for sale on the forums that mount under the seat. The topic is a few years old but they still make them and I just received mine one or two weeks ago. Haven't put it in yet though. They have them in stock again now. See this post for details:

Thanks again for your help guys! Everything is ordered. Ended up spending around $500 less than I was expecting. Glad I had a look around because rhdjapan had some promotion and sale going. Pretty chuffed with that.

Holy mother of downforce! Looking forward to seeing some action shots of the car with it fitted.

Spending the afternoon going through diagrams, videos and articles on push versus pull type clutches. I think I'm slowly getting there. Kind of.

One more question: do you have an opinion on original spigot bushing versus spigot needle bearing? Via taarks the latter is described as "These needle bearings replace the stock brass spigot bush in the end of the crank that the gearbox input shaft goes into. The needle bearings last longer and put less stress on the gearbox and are also quieter." Looks like in the forums people recommend the original bushing but no mention why.

Hah, I'm pretty confident my mechanic is fine and it's me being the dumbass. Thanks for confirming! That also explains why the various Nismo and aftermarket bits just go on the push type clutches and older 2WD models.

Hey folks, I'm looking at getting a new clutch and was wondering what you recommend to use for all the bits beside the actual clutch. To refresh it all whilst it's open. Do you get OEM? Or are there better aftermarket parts? From discussion with my mechanic this is what I'm mainly looking for: spigot bearing clutch fork clutch pivot ball flywheel flywheel bolts release bearing Striked through parts already come with the kit. This is for the pull type clutch on my 260awkw C34 Stagea. I'm getting a Nismo Super Coppermix Twin Plate. I like it to be somewhat future proof and it's my daily so driveability is important. Lots of topics on clutches on the forums but I didn't see much on the little bits around it. Thanks!

Hmpf, we can't make it after all unfortunately