Sir Lord Van Von Vader'ham

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Here you go andrew, few skyline shells here. http://rc-art.net/cat_eng/NISSAN/ You should come out to the RC track in Kambah this sunday and say hello Mines the one on the right, but i've painted them all (just basic for racing)

Spotted a Black 33 with white wheels and what looked like a 400r bar and a White, wingless 34 with maybe a veilside kit today in fyshwick

unless you have no rego Just ordered some bit that i need to fix, should be all good for the 17th

Edit. I wont be able to make the 15th, maybe the 17th or the week after. I normally go mid week as theres less people on the track

Funny you posted now I only just put rego onit and drove it for the first time since june. But other that that, I haven't really done much to it. Been on the back burner while I've been playing with grumbles

You guys have on or off road cars?

HR front struts and r31 rears - $350 Will come with the king springs, new rear monroe GT's and HR brakes. brakes will need a rebuild Set of 4 18x8 ROH Adrenalin to suit S14 with federal 595s, 90% tread left - $400 ono 4x 4/5stud, 17x7 with Achillies ATR sports 95% tread $400ono 4 Passage rims, 2 shit tyres - $200ono 4x 17/240 Federal FZ101 medium compound - $250ono about a year old, 6 odd track days 4 stud space saver -$50 2x s13 tear drop rims - $50 2x 14x6 hotwire rims - $50 extractors $70 mspec radiator. 2 core - $50 Rh hotplate average - $20 S3 headlights - $50 each cam cover - $10 Nissan cover sold. Wiper stalks $5 Light/indicator stalks$5 HR31 castor rods with urethane bushings - $50 R32 GTST wing purple - $150ono HR31 wing - black - $50ono HR31 Rear brake calipers with near new pads - $100ono 5x Federal Couragias, 30/9.5/R15 - $200 One was a spare full tread, rest are about half worn

Mostly 31 stuff HR front struts and r31 rears - $350 Will come with the king springs, new rear monro GT's and HR brakes. brakes will need a rebuild Set of 4 18x8 ROH Adrenalin to suit S14 with federal 595s, 90% tread left - $400 ono 4x 4/5stud, 17x7 with Achillies ATR sports 95% tread $400ono 4 Passage rims, 2 shit tyres - $200ono 4x 17/240 Federal FZ101 medium compound - $250ono about a year old, 6 odd track days 4 stud space saver -$50 2x s13 tear drop rims - $50 2x 14x6 hotwire rims - $50 extractors $70 mspec radiator. 2 core - $50 Rh hotplate average - $20 S3 headlights - $50 each cam cover - $10 Nissan cover sold. Wiper stalks $5 Light/indicator stalks$5 HR31 castor rods with urethane bushings - $50 R32 GTST wing purple - $150ono HR31 wing - black - $50ono HR31 Rear brake calipers with near new pads - $100ono 5x Federal Couragias, 30/9.5/R15 - $200 One was a spare full tread, rest are about half worn

Good to see you all had fun and didnt damage anything (too badly) Im thinking of doing a SOTS day in late january/early feb if anyone wants to go again.

why the change back to FJ?

SAU Nickname: Sir L0rd Van Von Vader'ham Car Make and Model: R31 skyline Circuit Name: Eastern Creek Lap time: 1:46.28 Timing method: Natsoft Modifications Engine: RB30DET Power: 345kw Suspension: S13 coilovers, F&R Whiteline anti-roll Bars Tyres: Advan A050 255 wide Brakes: wilwood superlite front, r32 gtst rear Body weight: 1190 kg

Everything john has said is on the money. To add to to the comment re fluids, Drink lots of water/hydrating drinks. Dehydration significantly reduces your track driving ability. and for the guys with lots of power. If your beating people down the straights but then less powerful cars are on your ass through the corners ( as in for a lap or two), let them pass. dont keep up it on the straight so they cant. you'd be surprised how quick they'll leave you behind and it will give you a chance to learn some better line through the corners. Last thing is to remember you're there to have fun. and so is everybody else

Hi man, yeah, it was a bit of a hairy moment one second looking down the straight next the wall! Thank you, im looking forward to going again next year but with the suspension sorted out and fdr as well. I was topping out at 230km before id even reached the start/finish... Great pictures too!

thanks man. was a bit silly on my part, i had to back off to put a bit of space between us so we could do some decent times. not that it work for me haha

Awesome work steve, you guys should be very proud. huge amount of time and effort with the best result you could ask for 295km! bloody hell

Thanks guys, definitely need to get more seat time there. i think a 1.44 is easy in its current config.

Event rap up Well, what a massive weekend. I had an awesome time and it was great to catch up with those of you who made it to my pit. As you know, it was my first go at time attack and Eastern Creek, and so i was more hoping to just not put myself in to a wall on the first lap success! Thursday Rocked up on Thursday arvo to unload the car and gear to see just about everyone else already setup. So once that was done just went for a walk through the pit to see the other cars close up. Some really awesome machinery. Was good to meet steve (top bloke)with the BC 32gtr, that thing is an animal (which won open), meet up again with john who took 4th in clubsprint in his R33 gtst, David in the DMD 31 and Brian in the Just car R34 GTR. Unfortunately my missus got stuck in the traffic jam (for 5 hours) on the highway when they had to close it off due the fires and had to stay in Goulbourn over night, so no video of fridays first and second session. Hope everyone in the area is ok too. Friday Friday brought a few issues, all of them turbo related. first in session 1 with a cooler pipe blowing off. This was because of the cooler sitting in a slightly different spot and putting too much stress on one joiner. The cooler pipe to the inlet now has a inch gap instead of 10mm. Easily sorted Session 2 I only got 1 proper lap before i noticed some smoke out the back on turn 6 so I brought it back to the pits, where the fire marshals were waiting for me.....Pulled over and it started smoking up out the bonnet more, popped the it up and the turbo was on fire! But only a little J we were able to wait for it to go out Rolled on to the pits and on further investigation found the oil return had disconnected itself getting oil all over the rails, manifold etc. Luckily the spiltter caught most of it, could have been a lot worse. Session 3 The only session i had the gopro going. I’ll link the vid when its finished uploading. I started gaining a little more confidence and was pretty happy with how the car was going, still a bit loose in the rear and was too stiffly sprung, but the front end had a stack of grip and was pretty sure footed going through the high speed corners. I was able to put down a PB of 1:46.2810. Half way through the session i lost all boost. Thinking cooler pipe again i pulled back in to pit lane where the scrutineers instructed me to the weigh bridge. All good. Back to the garage , and a quick look in the engine bay didn’t show anything i pulled off the beanie to find the rear housing of the turbo glowing red hot. Day ender. Eventually we worked out the turbo got a vapour lock in the coolant line, super heating itself with the aid of the beanie and bending the shaft so the blades jammed in to the rear housing. Super huge thank you to everyone who passed on my call out for another turbo and those who went looking In the end a decision was reached to buy a new GTX3582 ‘Supercore’ from the GCG display which comes as a front housing and core which you fit to your own rear housing. I did this as i wouldn’t have to worry about 2nd hand jobbie and travel to find it and the exhaust will line up 100% Saturday The morning was spent fitting the new turbo and running around to make it work (needed a new oil drain, old perished), bleeding the coolant checking everything and was ready to head out just as my 2nd session got red flagged. Bugger. Only a 4 hour wait to see if it was going to work. Lol During this time backed the car out so people could look at my box and one of my mates took it apon himself to find as many promo girls for photos as his could. Watch this space for awkward pic’s of me with them. Session 3 was the last and only drive for the day. I was a little nervous but ready for some laps. One final check and i headed out in to pit land and waited in line behind the DMD 31. We got released and after a lap of “feeling” the car all was good. I caught up to the David and was having a great time keeping with him until i remembered it was probably hurting both our times, so i backed off to get some space. As i did that lap got red flagged so i pulled in to have the guys check over the engine bay while we waited. ST1LO got a sweet drive by https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10153387157635230&notif_t=mention The session was resumed and i went back out, the new turbo is a lot smoother and pulled a bit harder even though its the same size. Unfortunately, the tyres had given the best they had to give and with the track temp sitting just over 50deg i didn’t have the grip to go any better. I did however set a 1:46.4 with the back end sliding on almost every corner and a McMassive (well it felt big) tank slapper coming out Turn 18 on to the straight . I think there is a 1:44 in it as it is. So thats it. Hopefully I’ll be able to go next year but with the car better sorted out. I wasn’t able to get any pictures myself but my mates had some good cameras and when they send me some pics i’ll post them up here I just wanted to thank SAU and the members for all the support given to get me to WTAC, It really helped in a big way. Big thank you to Duncan too . Sorry if i missed out anyone

Thanks man. nothing exciting, most of them are going when i redo the dash. The black ones where for the power windows, only one works now. The toggles were for the lights and wipers, both gone now The green ones were for indicators, gone now as well. bottom three are battery isolator, ignition and start. the dangling cable is for the emergency cutoff for the isolator that is pulled from outside - to be connected this weekend

all went really well except for a turbo gasket theat turned into dust. see my sig for new PB unedited so skip to 7:50 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDtp493ad4s

probably 85% tyres, rest was tune, aero, and weight reduction.. has more in it too, i think a 1.05 may be on the cards next time im there. didnt want to push too hard with wtac just around the corner!

and you can come have a sit in my Pro2000 to get a rough idea as well too matie.

new pb for me SAU Nickname: Sir son of rajab Van Von Vader'ham Car Make and Model: R31 skyline Circuit Name: Wakefield Park Lap time: 1:06.31 Timing method: Natsoft Modifications Engine: RB30DET Power: 345kw Suspension: S13 coilovers, F&R Whiteline anti-roll Bars Tyres: Advan A050 255 wide Brakes: wilwood superlite front, r32 gtst rear Body weight: 1140 kg

Had a good day at the track today shake down and test one set of the advans New PB 1:06.31, beating my old pb by 1.1sec yeah baby! Both the car and I felt really good, and the grip from the advans is just insane. Got a bit of a boost leak too Easto was there too, but suffered a engine eating itself. unedited clip, so skip too 3min for the start or 7:50 for the hop lap. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=rDtp493ad4s

Public holiday ftw Normally go during the week because it is cheaper and there are less cars on the track.