The Bogan

Any one using ? Seems like the new wonder drug in vogue.

Deisel oil from a trucks filler cap maybe ? I watched a truck dump 20 ltrs of deiso on a corner near work, I pulled the guy over and told him, he had forgot to put the cap back on.

I started at 17psi then went down 1 psi per run, best 60ft was at 14 psi, I went down to 12psi but my 60ft got worse, more likely my technique than the tyre pressure though.. Alot of my issues has to do with being consistant, trying to get my launch RPM, clutch slip, tyre pressures the same to get some usefull information is fairly tricky, with a heap more seat time and playing around with the settings should help me whittle my times down a bit by bit. Thanks, Mark

Delivered to the address you give them, they are left at my door when I order them.

Where are they $880 ? I would like one for my 33. Thanks, Mark

Did a 11.6 at WSID, 0.3 faster than last time, best 60ft was 1.9, now its time to keep working on my RPM at launch to try and find the sweet spot, I never managed to find the right RPM tonight, 4000 wasnt enough but 4500 was to much. Finding the happy medium is not such a easy process, for me anyway. I did get to watch a S chassis 2ltr manual do a 9.? though, it was fast.

12 psi

So far , 11.609 @ 133 with a 2.1 60 ft Best 60 ft so far is 1.9 but only ran a 11.651 @ 134

New springs are in the rear, I'm sitting in lane 2 waiting to go.

+ 1 from me, I do regular long runs in the boat, cost a bucket in fuel but you only live once. Syd to Qld, Syd to Vic are my main runs, I mix up Hwy and country roads to make it a fun adventure. I do like the Snowy Mountain Roads but thats only a day trip for me from near Liverpool. Im coming down to Vic to do the Great Ocean Road in Jan when Im taking long service leave, It will be on my ace as the missus and my daughter gets bored, I can only take 2 as the car car only has 2 seats, which as far as I see is a win-win situation.

Whats the dimensions of it "how thick" Thanks, Mark

SAUSAGE SIZZLE, hell yeah

So, who's going. Let's hope the weather holds out.

My problem is that I purchased some R32 GTR rims with 255/50 16 M/T ET Streets which do not fit well inside the guards (I believe the cool kids call it hellaflush), when the tyre hook up it makes the outside edge of the guard hit the tyres, My conclusion to fix this for now (I will end up getting some 16 x 8 rims with a better offset) is to raise it up a bit to give it better clearance for now, I tried to overcome this initialy but fitting some standard shocks but although it got me to a better height the valving in the old stock shocks was arse. Ive raised the front up one groove on the Bilstiens, which now has it at the heighest settings front and rear, I shall then lower the rear down one groove at a time over the next couple of weeks to try and find the sweet spot for the clearance I need. ATM front is 345 and the rear (after some settling) is 370, as the Kings were progressive springs and the new ones are not so the squatting shouldnt be as aggressive due to the new springs not being as compliant in the first stage of compression.. The boat will go in for a wheel alignment on Monday to ensure Im on a level playing feel after all the playing around with the ride heights, Im going to get the camber set to 0.5 positive at the rear. I will see how it goes on Wendsday night weather permitting.

What settings do you have it on, high or low ? I disconnect my battery all the time and I have never had a issue, I ve disconnected the control twice as well moving it position on the dash and whilst installing a remote high/low boost switch.

It will be fine to unplug, it will keep its settings.

VHT wrinkle plus paint, aas long as you prep it well and key the base it sticks fine.

Das Boot

I believe the Federals are a UTQG 140 where as the Dunlops are 200, Ive never used Federals myself so I cannot compare. The Hankooks are 140 and I found the Hankooks wear more than the Dunlops but the Hankooks are more grippy straight off where the Dunlops needed a lap to come good and did get a bit "greasy" after about 8 laps at Wakie. Disclaimer: Im far from a expert in these things. Thats a bugger though about not shipping the Hankooks, I myself may go back to the Star Specs.

Have you had a local quote for them yet ?

The last quote I got for the Dunlop Direzza Z1 Star specs in Australia was between $360 and $400 a tyre if I remember correctly. Tire rack had them at the time for $128 a tyre. Add the $350 shipping and I was still miles ahead in savings. Things may have changed though.

Where I am ATM, best 60ft was 2.1 Installed stock shocks with heavy duty standard height springs, measured camber which came to positive 0.75 deg, as my camber was set at 0.75 neg on my Bilstiens w/ low King springs it is a change of 1.5 deg. Car was raised from 340 to 380 at the rear, 40mm more height so hopefully the Drag radials will not hit the guard now. If this doesnt work Im going to replace the low King springs for the heavy duty springs in my Bilstien shocks and set the shocks at the heighest setting. Trying to get the car set up for the drags by just replacing the struts so I can have my normal street/track struts and my drag struts as the only thing I need to change, I can see this not working well though and a couple of trips to the tyre shop for re/re alignments between drags and circuit work. ATM my main concern is getting the car set up for the SAU NATS airport run, weather permitting Ive got 4 Wendsday night drag days to get my sorted on. Hopefully my 60 ft gets better and I can drop my times. RWDFTWBBQ

My Hankooks RS3 255/40 17 are great, tread wear of 120, nice and grippy straight away, they are a high performance tyre, long lasting taxi tyres should stay on taxis. After about 5000 road klm and 3 track days they are at about 40% left. Will defiantly buy again from tire rack. The Dunlop Direzza star specs I had prior to the Hankooks were good but took slightly longer to come on I felt, but they did have a tread wear of 200 I believe so if longevity is something your looking for I would go the Dunlop.