sav man

was vetool just helping webber by backing the field up?

I put my Targa entry in today. I now have a job, so the car build is back under full steam

fixed

or just put a rb26 in a gtst.

When is the big RB20 being fired back into life

LOL I remember that, then he sold it and got an emo

Kimber and O'Kaine used to call their GT-R Kermet

I dataloged the ATTESSA during Targa in the R33 V-Spec N1. I found it's very much based on gears (road speed) and gforces. Under heavy breaking some torque is sent to the front wheel to stableise the car. launching out of 1st 2nd gear corners you don't get a huge amount of awd in comparison to 3rd gear up (unless you clutch kick it). There is some redudual press that keeps a tiny bit of torque to the front wheels, but it mean 3/4 of f-all in the real word. The R33 rips you out of a corner in compaison to the r32 that you tend to have to fight more, cause of the faster/better programed ECU, and being able to shuffle the torque between the rear wheels (A-LSD)

That's the price of R33's are now, Dad paid just under that for the GT-R we've just built up..... and it was in really good condition

Not real heavy. unopened 1989 engine, std injectors, std coilpacks HKS GT2530's Power FC Oil Cooler Full Exhaust Big intercooler Big Brakes 311rwkw

My best at Symmons is a 60.9, and will run low 61's all day. The closest Silvia (S14A) is a 62.2, and it's a full race car on semis (only referencing netsoft), the silvia's that came to my club events were in the 65 to 70 sec lap range.

I've got a R32 GT-R, The R33 in my avatar is Dad's car that we race in Targa. The costs of a R33 and R32 are pretty similar, i'll PM you some costs.

I raced my R32 GT-R at club sprints for years, only reason I stopped is because the car was too fast to race uncaged. Depends what your local tracks are like, I had to sped up on brakes cause my track is Symmons Plains. But with a R33 you can probably get away with std brakes +good pads, fluid , and rotors. If you can do your own work racing a GT-R isn't that expensive, but you have to keep the rebuild price of a RB26 in the back of your mind. I loved that I could drive my 20 year old datson to the track with only upped turbo's, brakes, and semi's, and beat 997 Turbo's that had just come back from Fitzgerald Racing with a bill bigger than the purchase price, and all modifications of my car. I think a R33 is the value for money pick on the GT-R's ATM, they are bloody cheap now, much more advanced electronics, stiffer chassis, and newer than a R32. With some mild mods it'd be faster that a S1x easy. And there has been many more SR20 falures than RB26 failues locally.

TPCR?

spa is shit?!?!?!?

will the lifters work with any solid lifter style cam? do they need machining to go in?

oh hooray, i've got F40's on my gtst. I bet they arn't nealy as expensive as the Porsche 6 pots, i payed $850 for my last set of them (Hawk HT10), and Dad only paid $400 for his CSC pads (Hawk HT10). I've only used Hawk and Pagid. Pagid are shit, they fall to peices when they get anywhere near low, havn't had that problem with the Hawks. And they eaily last all of targa on a fat GTR

The GT-R Brembo's at way over priced 95% of the time. But if you keep your eye out you can get a bargan, yahoo auctions japan is a good place to look for them. And as roy said, compare pad and rotor prices, and avalibility. My 996 Porsche 6 pots were cheap as chips, but the pads cost almost as much as the caliper to replace.

transfer your entry to Targa Tas now? You booked Timmay in yet?

you been speaking to garry? I've been reading the ipra thread about lmt, i'll be surprised if ip is still going in tassie next year. Most people have got pissed of with having to run A048's and turbo restrictors and gone to the 'Targa' class. You recon there will be a new national series setup by the time the car is done?

the way the restrictors work they need to be attached to the supercharging device (50mm from the impellor), so you will need one on each device. IPRA is running it's self into the ground with their turbo descrimination. Is the car homoligated to run IP? won't it be to small and be classed as a 'sports car'?

I just learnt a top gear top tip for people going to unassisted brake pedals. You can buy a bolt on unassisted m/c from subaru (group n parts), and the skyline and impressa have the same mount pattern. I'm not sure if it lifts the master cylinder up to correct the pedal ratio.

just bring one of those nice friendly meter maids to sit beside you.

it's everywhere!! And if you start pulling off the external body sealer, you'll find the only thing it does it seal rust in. So it's worth removing all you can, and treating the rust.

anyone watch Targa NZ on the weekend? Good to see Parsons is still racing his TR7 V8