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West - the cruise details are up in the members section of the forums. I see that you still haven't been given your access rights to the members section yet (along with half the other members). If we can't get everyones details sorted in the very near future we'll put up a note in the normal events section with the details. Cheers Andrew

Na - AP 6 Pots with 375mm rotors are too weak for Aaron. He's going the Harrops with 382mm's. I can also vouch for the quality of rims - they look exeptional and are only being sold to accomodate those silly large Harrops.

Guys, Just to add to this - basically in order for this event to go ahead we need number of over 100 people. We are at a situation now where so far this year events we have run (such as the Tsnami Day and DECA) have not been supported as well as hoped and consequently the club coffers have taken a fair denting. The club can not financially support another event where outlays to host the event are greater than the returns, given that much of our capital is tied up with things such as t-shirts, lanyards and stickers. This is an event I'd truely love to see happen as I believe it will be a great night but we can only go forward with it if we have the confidence that we have the numbers required to run it without occuring a loss. Thanks again. Andrew.

Na mate - I'm just always on the look-out for that one car which I can't afford but will one day need to complete my goal of competiting in Tagra Tas. I don't know what that car is yet but one day I'll see it and I'll know. But first I have to stop spending $$$ on my GT-R so that when this car comes up I can afford it. LOL

Hey quickly, Watched the V8's yesterday - am I right in saying there isn't much on the track that's over 3rd gear? Is it pretty much a grip track rather than a speed track (say like I'd expect Eastern Creek to be?)

Winton is a track probably more than any other in Vic where set-up makes the biggest difference in times. Scotsman and I found we had 3s per lap difference just in adjusting the rear damper settings on my Tein coil-overs. The funniest part was that the softer setting SEEMED better - especially on turn in - but was infact slower due to drive out of the corners. Anyone with adjustable suspension / swaybars can learn a lot at this track by simply making various set-up changes in-between sessions. Also - off topic a little - but I see a lot of people are talking about Maserati Day in October at Sandown. I won't be making that one due to the date and my wifes expected due day (she's currently expecting for the day before Maserati Sandown) - however I'm keen and a few others are to attend the PIARC weekend at the end of September. I'll post up details for that event as soon as they are available but I'm keen to give the new set-up a run at the Island. What about you Brisby - 1.53's there isn't it???

Yep - for all that can't count - the 16th is the 3rd Tuesday of the month.

Its good to see that our club treasurer can't count to 3. And yet we trust him with the clubs money. LOL As per other thread its on this week. Sorry for the late posting.

They are definitely NOT HA's if they aren't damper adjustable dude. HA's = Damper and Height Adjustable. Having said that even if they were adjustable the HA's are still pretty damn hard even at their softest setting.

Hey guys, The usual club night is on again on Tuesday 16th August at the Bells Hotel. Locaction 157 Moray St, South Melbourne. Melways Ref 57 G1. Formals get underway from 8:00pm with dinner from 7:00pm for the hungry. Also tonight we'll have a guest speaker coming to talk about Satelite navigation and veichle tracking. Hope to see you all there. Cheers.

See - independant SOP tests prove that the big brakes on my car have made a difference! LOL

Ok - those figures you show mean nothing with-out knowing some facts. For sake of arguement I'll just use the F50 and the stock with "pads and fluid" ones. Were the F50 calipers using the same pads and fluid as the stock set-up with "pads and fluid". I only ask because there seems to be a massive difference between the F50 and the standard stock set-up before the stock changed pads and fluids. There's nothing in that report to state the same difference wouldn't be found on the F50's given a change of pads and fluids. That day at Sandown when you were behind me was the 1st time out with those brakes and took me quite a while to get used to them as I was having a lot of ABS issues. As you said there is a big difference between the 1.25/1.26's I was doing in that session and the 1.22's I was doing once I got a better feel for the brakes. But anyways.... I can only tell you that from inside the car sitting in that steering seat for me there is a massive difference between the stock set-up and the new one (PS - I forgot about the diff mod at Winton. lol. I really need to stop playing with my car!)

Since I am one of the "anyone", is this a good place to discuss this subject? Let's assume it is, and see what happens. Did you get any other advantage other than more front brake bias, which a $50 proportioning valve would have accomplished? Or even cheaper, machining off some of the rear pad to reduce its surface area? Or using a lower CoF rear pad? cheers <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ok - other than the balance of the car the actual braking distance given the fact I was using identical pads (Ferrodo DS3000) decreased significantly. The best example would be say Turn 1 at Sandown where the braking point went from about the 180m mark to around the 140m mark. You can now really feel a significant difference in the stopping power from the speeds of around 220 to 60km/hr. The difference in stopping below those speeds are not so noticable. And I can not imagine that reducing the rear bias with the $50 proportioning valve rather than increasing the front brake diameters wouldn't have taken the original braking distances out even further (I never tested it but I would presume this to be the case given you would be applying less braking pressure). Given the significant stabilizing of the car under heavy braking loads into corners and the consequent increase in corner speeds coupled with the reduced braking distance (probably the least important factor in time reduction I admit) but I personally consider for me the brake upgrade to have been a very worthy investment. The only track I had the opportunity to attend with no other modifications other than the brakes was at Winton where I had my best lap time at the track drop from 1.39.4 to 1.35.2.

Benno does all of our set-ups. If it's for the track Benno will do it as good as anyone down here. For example he has my car right now which he just takes for spins on his "test track" and tinkers with it all getting settings just right. The GT-R's can be fickle to set-up right as ride heights - including front to rear differences can have significant impact on the effectiveness of the Attessa system. As Duncan mentioned for the R32's looking at one of the Attessa controllers would be a good benifit as well. Will certainly help reduce the taily nature of the car. For the brakes you'll find Howard will probably recommend the 365mm AP 6 pot upgrade (same as Frank has). I'm running the same calipers with 375mm rotors. But the 365mm upgrade is the "standard" one and has everything ready for straight bolt in. And despite what anyone may try and tell you - the big front brake upgrade makes a HUGE difference. I found the standard brake set-up to be a bit rear biased and at places like turn 1 Sandown the rear of the car really wanted to come around - but after the AP upgrade it's so much more balanced under brakes and you can be so much more aggressive. For rims - the other one to look at maybe is the R34 GT-R rims. I have a set of them at home (which you can't have!) if you wanted to physically test them out if they become an option for you. Russel (giant) from QLD has them on his monster R32 that cleaned up us all at Dutton (is running the AP's as well). They did some nice 1.33's at Winton which is impressive given they never had been there before and only got 2 laps in which to set that time!

Yeah mate - semi's = modified class.

Andrew, You've joined our ranks under pretty sad circumstances but welcome anyways. Are we going to see you next round at Winton or are you waiting for Benno to do what ever he is doing first? For reference I'm running 3deg front camber and standard rear camber. No toe adjustments yet but is something I'm keen to look at soon as my car is a handfull to try and drive straight on the roads. No sway bars but running Ohlin suspension with King Springs. When I was running the Tein HA's swaybars would certainly have helped. But the Ohlins have balanced the car right out now. Scotsman is running the Tein Flex (upgraded springs) with whileline sway bars with a similar camber/toe set-up to me and his car is almost too easy to steer. Tyre wear is nice and even too. Out of interest - what rims are you using? It's just something to consider when thinking for big brake upgrades. Benno runs the Harrop 382mm front rotors - uses Rays TE37 rims. He recently purchased some Rays CE28n's only to discover they dont fit over the Harrops. Same with Panozza - he had the Rays LMGT1 rims but recently purchased some Works Emotion rims with the intention of getting the same Harrops as Benno - but the Works rims will only fit a 355mm rotor. So now he's having to sell the Works and find some TE37's.

My advice if you go for low mounts is to save the money from the dumps and get the injectors straight away. Still no proof dumps do anything really that I've seen. Also - stock fuel pump ok for upto 350rwkw's. For refernce I'm running twin 2530's with Sard 700cc injectors - stock fuel pump - stock dumps - making 325rwkw's @ 19psi (stock bottom end). But also had to upgrade the AFM's (am running Nismo's). Have fun.

Got a 345HP 5.7L Hemi V8 sitting around doing nothing and wondering what to do with it? Well you could make a Hemi powered BBQ! http://www.gizmag.com.au/watermark.php?p=4397_9080531638.jpg Or how about a Hemi powered Trike?? http://www.gizmag.com.au/watermark.php?p=4397_9080532318.jpg The options are endless! http://www.gizmag.com.au/go/4397/ B)

It's ok - I've worked it out. Ohlins Flag-R - special design of the Ohlin TT44 series designed just for the GT-R. Nice.

Can some-one who can translate this page please tell me what brand that suspension is on the R34????? Looks nuts.

You guys are too slow. I'd already contacted the sprite club and unfortunately the EC website is wrong. The sprite club have a historics meet at Wakefield that weekend. Who knew it was so hard to get onto a race track in NSW!

For anyone thats interested in the current club championship standing - including all the results and times so far I've attached a copy. Please keep in mind this championship is for SAU Vic members only. B) SAU_Vic_Club_Championship.zip

So Ant - does this mean you are no-longer in 2WD Standard Class?? Either way you are going to have to drum up some competition as last month we had no-one in 2WD standard.

Actually it's Shan (fonkeymonkey) that is slowly putting all the premissions into place for members. It should be complete shortly and all members should have access.

My wife will be there and she'll be over 8 months pregnant! Its going to be fun trying to squeze her into her dresses. Anyways - details for this night are just about finalised and invitations should be sent out with-in the next week to all members.