N1GTR

Next we went to where Marcus had sent the head (Unigroup), this is the first time it's been seen and has only been in the country a few days. Typical Marcus wrapping, it's bombproof! Awesome that he left the flight stickers on - Marcus brought it back as carry on luggage on the plane haha!!!

Update here, doing it for Paul cause the pics were taken on my phone. First is dropped all this stuff to Chris at Craved Coatings (look them up, really good work and very reasonable prices) for ceramic coating. This will be back in 2 weeks;

Dan is the MAN Check out his reply to how to treat someone else's car at Red Bull;

All tracks are going the way of noise restrictions, it's just what we have to deal with

More pics, info and specs needed otherwise I'll have to lock this

Hey Nick send a PM to Roy, he usually has brakes sitting gathering dust for projects he doesn't get around to - nice guy too in case you haven't dealt with him in the past

Ever thought he may not want his mobile number on a public forum?

Holy shit, awesome effort and result!

Number 11 is a pretty shit go, that is, if he was telling the truth

Glad to hear that for once in this country, the minority did not get preference.

Have you got the same figures for GT-RS's handy? I only have these figures on me right now; 3000rpm = 150rwkw 4000rpm = 235rwkw Thats compared to the old setup; 3000rpm = 70rwkw 4000rpm = 120rwkw Should add, not that it's slow, but these numbers are done with the wrong cams, i'm certain a cam change will net a bit more gain but with a new engine on the way the current one will stay as is and nothing be changed on it before its removed and stored somewhere

Fantastic sound coming out of that R32!

Ah here's the video I wanted, this is a video made by Eric, sort of gives you a better idea - it's not a burnout comp, there's just a lot of smoke. This is the next club event btw people - entry thread up soon!

Here's what it looks like when you care about your time and dont just muck around

Matt this is Nirimba. Not as fun as Sutton but it's still great to get the bug out of your system. Most of the guys who go will bring 2 spare wheels and rubbish tyres from their local tyre shop (usually free) so they stuff the free rubber and then have their normal tyres/wheels safely tucked away and not worn out

Fair enough! It's designed for people to try and do the best time through the course just like Sutton, the difference is at Sutton there's no skids, at Nirimba it's perfectly allowed if the driver wants to do it during their run and smoke the place up.

Ah, you guys do know there's a Nirimba Texi coming up really soon yeah? Destroying tyres there isnt a drama

I tried to hold my tongue, I really did. It's almost comical hearing what people think will get them past the 400 mark from people that have never done it before. It is NOT as simple as bolting 2530's on (as an example as they're spoken about recently). If it was, everyone would've done it. Look at how many people get -5's with 24psi and get results around the 330-350 mark as another example. Choosing parts for your car is not a matter of picking the shiniest parts from the biggest and most well known shops, it's about choosing the parts for their own individual merits. Example; There's one bloke going around with a built engine in his GTR who keeps on saying it makes heaps of HP and would be uncatchable but then you overlay the curves and it's as if he is using an RB20 ffs and the comparison curve is a bent 8. He has all these fancy brand name parts with a "bigger is better" attitude, and most of them are junk like split dump pipes, massive duration cams (because the idle sounds fully hectik bro and pullz da bitchez), drag size intercooler and the car has never been to any kind of track. It's similar to the HKS GT-RS lover crowd who were arguing in some other thread recently (may have even been this one).......newsflash for you...............those turbos SUCK!!! Im able to say that because I've had them and while the curve was acceptable with my cams and engine the choofing and throttle response was certainly NOT acceptable, there is better out there! Open your damn eyes! My setup now MURDERS the GT-RS setup, I haven't found a GT-RS curve that's close to it eventhough the HKS GT-RS's are the best turbos known to man according to some, and even one of the most well known motors from Victoria's curve is behind the current setup on mine even with his variable cam as an advantage. But does that mean it's a good setup - in my eyes yes, but in other peoples eyes no because it doesnt have a huge aftermarket parts list. Ash, Scott and Dan make very valid points about using the stock hardware gets good results and with a few parts added here and there you can have a total weapon. One of the seemingly most overlooked parts is intercooler piping. So often at meets/trackdays/workshops you see a car where the piping looks like it's been done by a 5 year old trying to put lego together, mismatched sizing included. That sort of thing makes a HUGE difference to how the car drives but for most it's a close enough is good enough situation. Maybe I've lost my mind and care too much about the "small details" as designated by others, and that's probably the case! But IMO the small details are what separate it from the rest of the cars out there with big numbers (dyno queens) and the actually big hp AND fast cars (point to point). Anyone who's been in it or seen the graph will already know this. Here ends my rant.

Good news people; I will be making another booking at Sutton. Not sure of the date yet of course but don't miss it (there will be at least 2 months notice). Also we will be more stringent on leaks, so please be mindful of that. There was oil leaks on the start line so anyone with that fix it now

Guys don't stress the cone placement, wont be any more next time if I book there again - may be a few less though

20m further UP the hill.....don't you mean further DOWN the hill? It's already at the top of the crest so you don't have big speed for the jump - or do you mean the chicane just as you exit the canyon?

Yeah Sutton with no cones is possible, and I plan on doing it with a few built GTR mates on a private day - problem is, the speeds will be massive - just MASSIVE and there's not as much run off as you all know compared to a normal track. So as the club we cant run a day like that because if someone crashes (good chance of it) it's a huge headache and means the club cant go back, but a private day where it's a very small group (who pay a hefty fee for entry) where you all know each other it's another story.

Ok you can all forget H.A.R.T. The staff were very friendly and helpful but the company has some rules which mean we cant go there. Firstly it's ok on price depending on what you do, full track though (which is what we would do) is 50% more to rent excluding insurance etc than the total cost for Sutton inc insurance. Still, that could be worked around if the others weren't there; residents complaining so zero noise tolerance and the final few nails in the coffin? 80kmh max speed, no oversteer, zero marks on road surface, no timing of any kind allowed.

Thats not to say if it's doable now we wouldn't consider it. Hell, I'd like to give it a go once and I'm sure there's others in the same boat - even if it's pricey, just to say "yep done that".

Well it's going back a long time and I cant remember 100%, but from memory it was along the lines of they didnt need the business and for the cost of us to hire and get insurance etc (basically all the expenses we would have to have in order to run the day to the level thats expected from SAUNSW) the price per driver entered was pretty high and it had a high amount of people to break even so basically it was too much risk for what looks to be a boring place in comparison to others available within a few hours drive