Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham

Sorry, I didn't see you there Not able to go to the sau nats Have a look in my build thread, got some speed goodies on the way!

From the Skyline Nats bit of tyre deflection, interesting as the sidewalls on the FZ's are so stiff wish it was the real one behind me, but cool none the less.

Hmmm, yeah. have had a few ppl now tell me the dyno might be reading high... Would be interesting to see daves car go on a weighbridge, esp since the motor/gbox combo is so light too! so anyways, i have fitted the rims from Partycat on. Hopefully with muffin top slick they fill out the flares some what. I have received some mad tax back, and am trying to spend it before the wife finds out! Have ordered so far; New slicks R31house front lip and flares from Flatz solid gearbox mount z31bitz V2 diff mount battery isolater cable and a sheet of Alupanel (two sheets of aluminium sandwiching a sheet of neoprene. Thats right, no more plywood splitter. Found out my brother-in-law gets it fairly cheap. Light (a 2200x1800mm panel is 12kg) and very stiff (i cant flex or bend a 300x300mm piece)

i think its 5500-6000 in 5th.

I’ve seen something interesting from the weekend… My car - 1:08.0, RB30DET makes 315kw (423hp), 1200kg, Aero (splitter and wing) Drivetrain -R33 5 speed Gear box -Rebuilt exedy 5-puk with 4000lbs clamp load and karbonic pads -single piece shaft -KAZZ 2-way -4.3:1 Final Drive ratio Skip to 7:35 for the quick lap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VrTGmtEwPw Sexy Daves GTS1 - 1:10.0, N/A VQ35 makes 188kw(253hp), 1200-1250kg, standard body (airdam and spoiler) Drivetrain - 350Z 6 speed gear box - Exedy lightweight single-mass flywheel - Exedy 5 puck button clutch - Carbon Fibre single piece tail shaft - Kaaz 1.5way LSD, machined for 75lb preload - 4.11:1 final ratio On our best laps both leave turn 10 at 60kmh with no wheel spin and hit 177kmh (via Datalogger) down the straight at the same spot before we both back off through the kink. Any idea why even though theres 127kw difference our top speed on the straight is the same? maybe his drivetrain vs my downforce/drag?

Woot fastest RWD! no trophy for me, stupid gtrs are too fast

last two vids 2nd session, @ 5min watch the the gtr's take off and at the end of the straight the puff of dust from the 35 overtaking Blue on the grass. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdddoK2y71E 3rd sesion, Lap 6 @7.32 is my best for the day - 1:08.06 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VrTGmtEwPw

i didnt realise there was a thread here... + 1 to what 31GUN said, i loved it - not the wind though! Skip to 1:35 for what its like to have a car pop out of the pits when your at full noise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khOf1atMQIk and more lawn mowing at 4:45 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LQn-bL0NWc

the rover will do it!

very interested in seeing how the trailing arm bits go. i got under the gibson 31 at the nats and saw they'd mounted theres on top of the subframe. i think for helping the roll centre?

make with the update.

haha, was fun. sorry if i seem distracted when you came said hullo, lots a stuff to think about + i always have trouble putting forum name to faces to names. usually comes to me 5min after... Some vids. 1st outing, struggled to get heat into the tyres. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khOf1atMQIk 2nd and 3rd will be done tonight. 4th outing with off track due to flatspot/lockup at the end of the straight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LQn-bL0NWc

Heres some pictures i got, not many as i was too busy gawking. James' fresh coupe. hard shot as i was towing...

Ended up making it to the Natioanls, had a great time too - really well run event. The turbo gasket was stuffed and the manifold had a crack in it inthe end as well. Got it all running by friday, talk about cutting it close! Waterlines are going to be redone in braided or steel after this weekend. the condition of them scared me a little when i pulled the turbo off. The tax man is going to be generous this year so im thinking of getting a new boot from Fatz + the 31house style front bar. Time for a new beanie too Everything fixed now DEI Ti wrapped this shit outta everything. 1st outing, struggled to get heat into the tyres. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=khOf1atMQIk 2nd and 3rd will be done tonight. 4th outing with off track due to flatspot/lockup at the end of the straight. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LQn-bL0NWc This is the reason the car was vibrating/shaking all day, made it very understeery through RH corners. think it may have been why i went off at the end of the day too. Front right, rest of the tyre has 4-5mm deep tread. Plywood, cheap to replace

fu yeah, hahaha!

Turns out the retaining curclip on the LH axle inner CV had popped off. so i pulled the axle out put the clip back in in its place, fitted the axle back up and filled up the oil on friday, with the intention of doing an engine oil change and a test drive on saturday. But due to a flat battery and my charger going missing i wasn't able to start it til lthis arvo and have found that the exhaust manifold gasket has poopped itself. Axle circlip seems to have fixed the banging issue though. other issues so far have included a missing gbox oil breather line and oil filter that took 30min to get off and giving me a mad blood blister in the process. 1st world problems i guess. going to give Garage 7 a call tomorrow and see if i can get one overnight. no treally looking forward to pulling the turbo off 4 days before Nats...

well looks like i fcuked the LH axle CV joints at Marulan on the weekend. So if anybody has one for sale let me know pls otherwise i'll have to put out of the Nats trackday Other than that, i had a good day. Got down to a 45.112 which isnt bad for my first time there. Ran without the splitter as i didnt want to smash another on their mountains/ripple strip/curb things. I think that the syncro in 2nd might be on its way out, will not go into it unless you rev match on are at a standstill. over exposed vid from session 4 shows how slippery these tyres are till they warm up. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnMvr5p_juw&feature=plcp pic courtesy of BJ you can see how much lower the splitter is.

Thanks eric, i'll give that all a go for Nats.

Fark!

Ok, cheers for the info guys. I'll gives that a try What do you recommend for editing and uploading to youtube with Eric? I used the window's program but it came out pixelated in places and was quite a large file too I think (380m)

here it is, skip to around 5:50 for flameage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnMvr5p_juw&feature=plcp Does anybody know why outside is so over exposed? im using a GoPro HD2. I was thinking maybe theres too much black in the picture from the cabin for it. But i have know idea when it comes to filming...

uploading the vid now. pete, do you have any HR left drive shafts? may need one.

whats the weather going to be like? my semis hate cold, let alone wet.....

Looking good mate, keep the updates coming! i really like the look of the manifolds and heat shields