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Honestly mate - at present I would not bother with an 89 in any of the popular models. Better bet is to try & source one already in oz. Reason being is that anything 89 or early 90 in Japan is being snaffled by the importers & prices are being pushed up. Second reason is that the standard of 15 old cars atm is pretty awful.

Steve, You don't have to enter Targa anything to get involved. There are lots of club days at circuits (ie practice only) and you will be pleasantly suprised how interested & helpful people are. All sorts of cars are around (Notable exceptions are Skylines & HSV's) some of them quite slow & quite ordinary - but that doesn't stop their owners from having a go & having some fun. At the end of the day it is a much safer environment than out on the roads.

There are two kinds of people in the world - those that think they have enough power & those who know what they are talking about. 4WD and a recent upgrade to RE55's requires alot of hp to upset the car. 300+rwhp is never enough to really upset a GT-R's handling. Have alook at the photos in my gallery & tell me if I am trying hard enough. More seriously - you see way more WR-X's, Silvias, even old school Escorts than Skylines out & about.

Good call. Alot of people would rather spend money on bling for their cars than get out & have a go. At the end of the day entry fees and licenses are cheaper than traffic fines & yellow stickers. But to go back to the original point - have a look at the lap times put up for the various eastern states circuits (in the motorsport section) and compare with those for Wanneroo. Last time I looked there was only one time posted for WA... Having entered a number of SES events I can only say that you have to do something very silly to have a large enough off to damage your car.

www.speedeventseries.com If you like you can send us a pm about the castor rods. My R32 R has some, but I am yet to take advantage. Would like to compare notes on castor/camber/toe in/tyres.

Is that confirmed Shaun - AKAIK Collie is currently being resurfaced. Also note: You don't have to enter every round of the SES!

Depends if you want competition or just laps. There are plenty of opportunities for test days to rack up as many km's as you desire. WASCC memberships are about $180, but much cheaper when you factor in free entry to the V8's & any other events on during the year. Test days are on all through the year. CAMS licenses (level 2S) are < $100. Between these two it is all you need to get out and amongst it. To use the twilight sprint round in early March at Wanneroo, you get twelve laps, plus a warmup and another run afterwards if you wanted it. Might not sound like much, but you will be fully occupied over the course of the event. Added to which you get full lap times, dinner & if you are good enough a trophy. People there are interested in what you are running, helpfull & friendly. Not everyone is hell bent on being the next Garth Tander. Chances of an off causing damage are almost nil. Beats hell out of sitting at home watching it on the tellie. Anyway, enough of my ranting.

BTW djr81 your Datsuns Icon so rocks - best band evar Thanks bloke - I was beginning to think no one had any taste in music. As for motorsport being too hard on your car, I have to disagree. Set up properly & looked after (ie let the thing cool properly between runs) the only noteable consumables will be brake pads (front ones) & tyres. Think about the tyre wear from motorsport next time you see some one doing a burn out. The reason I started this thread is simple - who wouldn't want to lap places such as Wanneroo in the Skyline? Most fun you can have with your trousers on.

Having had my Skyline for a while now, it has become very noticeable that there are very few people interested in driving their imports in any events (eg the speed event series). Other than the Eames R33, you rarely see another Skyline out and about. At the Wungong dam hill climb on Saturday there were only two GT-R's in a field of fifty to sixty cars. Where is everybody? I thought the point of having a performance car was to get to drive it flat out. :headspin:

A couple of things come to mind. Firstly, make sure the clutch is not dragging. Secondly, the viscosity of the oil in your box will make a big difference to the shift quality & to the synchro's. First stop is to make sure you have the right grade. The second step is to use the ubiquitous Redline oil. This often helps old/tired boxes, but I'm not sure about new ones. Beyond that it may require the gearbox out again.

I am looking for the bits (technical term) that make up the Nismo bodykit for the R32 GT-R, ie the front bumper cut ins, side skirts, bonnet lip & boot lip. I have found that second hand parts are inevitably warped (particularly the front & rear lips) & not much good because of that. So the question is: Where is the best place to get these from - either new or copies?

Mike, There is a post on this forum about the different RE55 compounds. Do a search under RE55. For Wanneroo I found the harder compound good, but they do need one to two laps to get them warm enough to grip well. Before that it is understeer city which kind of kills your speed coming onto pit straight. If hill climbs are your thing take a look at the softer compound. I have found most of those running in the local www.speedeventseries.com use RE55's. Guess that says something, not sure what. Added bonus of running proper R compound tyres is that your GT-R no longer feels like it is cornering on its door handles. Stiffer sidewalls make a huge difference.

Mike, I have recently done a not dissimilar thing, ie shopped around for R compound rubber. I have found that the Toyo R compounds in the smaller sizes are well priced & in larger sizes the Bridgestone RE55's are a $100 a corner cheaper than such brands as Dunlops, Yokohamas etc. Both brands grip well. My 255/40/17 RE55's cost me $380 each, whereas everything else was well into the high four hundred dollar mark.

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Set of 17x9 Blitz 2 piece 10 spoke rims to suit an R32 GT-R.

Does anyone have any data from a GTECH RR version that they may wish to share. I have uploaded a couple of comparison plots to my gallery of some slow(ish) laps around Wanneroo by way of a starter. Also, am working on an excel spreadsheet to help interpret data is anyone is interested.

45 degrees. Assuming your timing sensor on the exhaust cam is set on the correct 20 BTDC mark the power FC timing will read total degrees BTDC, ie when it says 45 degrees it means 45 degrees.

Ok, thanks for that. Mine are about half way gone after a couple of track days. So I guess that ties in.

Can anyone pass comment on the life expectancy of a front pair of RB74 pads when used for circuit work? My front pads appear to have worn pretty damn quickly.

Thanks SK. What sort of pressure do you start with? I was led to believe 20 - 22 psi. From what I gather, in terms of wear, punishment handed out at the track is much worse than tooling around the suburbs. Certainly proved so for my last set of road tyres. It is 300kms to get there by the way. Another 300kms home. The joys of living in country WA I suppose. Maybe one day Pimm will come good on their promise & built the circuit in Bunbury. There again, maybe cops will fly.

Will be getting the SR compound because from home it is a 300kms to Wanneroo & 70ish kms up to Collie. Hence the track tyres still need to travel a bit. So the harder of the two compounds gets a guernsey. I am getting sorted for spare rims & road tyres, but a set of rims & tyres won't fit in the boot of the Skyline for getting to track days. Thanks for the info. Any tips on using the RE55's, pressures, roading them, warming them up etc?

Just bought some new Tyres (Bridgestone RE55's) for my R32. The bloke from the tyre shop rang & said they had fitted the wrong type of RE55. I asked him what the fcuk was going on and by way of an answer he said that there are apparently two compounds available. Can anyone confirm this?

Any help with the following is most welcome... I have some springs which I believe to be from an R32 GT-R. Can anyone confirm if the following dimensions are correct: Front Rising rate spring Free height 325mm, ie the spring height when taken out of the damper. Wire diameter: top 13mm, bottom 10mm Rear: Rising rate spring Free height 360mm Wire diameter 12mm Photos attached Even if anyone could confirm the wire diameteres I would be grateful.

Make it three for Motul RBF 600.

I have some springs which I believe to be from an R32 GT-R. Can anyone confirm if the following dimensions are cororect: Front Rising rate spring Free height 325mm Wire diameter: top 13mm, bottom 10mm Rear: Rising rate spring Free height 360mm Wire diameter 12mm Photos attached