timmy_89

Haha yep. Was pretty cruisy trip.

Haha how random. Were you in the blue Liberty? I officially moved to Bathurst this morning. I had people travelling further behind me so I was trying not to get too far ahead of them lol.

So I have been pretty busy trying to do a last minute rush of mods in the lead up to NSW Time Attack, as well as moving to Bathurst. I bought some second hand Evo calipers and brand new Evo X 350mm Attkd 2 piece rotors to fit up using the adaptor kit made by Alpha Omega Racing. I had the new custom braided brake lines made up locally (Stevensons Hydraulics). While at it I had the rear rotors machined and fitted fresh pads all around courtesy of Intima Performance Brake Pads. I bled the fluid with some fresh Project Mu G Four 335 fluid. I also bought a BM57 brake master cylinder from Holford Motors but it appears to have been faulty and I have had to put the stock one back on for now (was an unfortunate waste of brake fluid . Waiting to hear back from Holford at the moment on whether they will replace/refund the faulty unit. Whilst we had the front calipers off it was decided to 'roll/flare' the front guards a bit more and as much as possible to allow for future larger fitment of wheels. It wasn't the tidiest job but it did push the clearance out a bit more. Here is a picture of the front brakes fitted. The brake lines I am attending a Wakefield Park day on the 30th this month which is being run by NSCC, which will be a great test day for the new brake setup. NSW Time Attack is two weekends after that so doubt much will be happening before then that isn't a necessity. The only thing I foresee is the possibility of needing to replace the brake master cylinder. Big thanks to my friends and team mates from CNTS Racing for helping get the brakes all fitted amidst my stressing of having the car ready for my move. Also for helping me move this weekend just passed. I had a couple of tyres and car parts laying around.... In the next post: - splitter v2.0 - Takata harness fitment with harness bar - new wheels - Hardrace front LCA's and corner weighting/alignment at Heasmans

Good news mate. Make sure you keep active with getting the car ready, the few months lead up to a big event disappear quickly I have learnt lol...

No baffles, it was a very basic design just because we knew there was some blow by in the intake. The intention was originally to vent it but I forgot to organise a filter or two before we made it.

Yea I've heard they will be there, will make my times look even slower! Lol. Will be good to meet and put a face to name

Awesome. Myself and a mate will be competing as well in clubsprint - though much slower then you lol, we are doing it for the experience more so. We will be in a silver 33 and 34.

Ah cool. I'll be there the weekend before that for NSW Time Attack I have a voucher to use for a Speed Of The Streets day so might catch you at one of them later in the year if you attend them regularly

What ever happened with this build?

Hey mate, will you be driving at NSW Time Attack?

Nice progress with the car mate, good to see you getting out there and having fun in it, hopefully we cross paths at Wakefield some time soon

So I haven't checked much off my list of things that need doing prior to NSW Time Attack, but I have fitted the oil cooler again and also a custom catch can. After the dramas with the previous oil block and lines leaking I decided to get rid of it all and purchase a Greddy thermostatic oil block and Speedflow fittings and lines. I don't have a picture of it all fitted up, but its all nice and hidden being all black. A friend helped me make the new catch can (by help I mean he did it all lol). It currently just vents back to the intake like a normal setup, but should at least prevent any oil going back to the intake as well. I was undecided on whether to vent to atmo but as we didn't have a fitting or filter to put on the side we opted to do this and just add it later if we decide to. I have a few parts I'm waiting on delivery of at the moment. Will post some more updates once they have arrived and are fitted. At this stage I hope to attend a Wakefield Park day on the 30th this month

How is the clearance with the 365mm under stock gtr rims? Does it retain the stock lengrh brake lines? (I have HEL braided lines) Also is it possible to buy just the caliper and adaptor by itself? Cheers

Any chance of a similar offer for R34 GTT?

Thanks mate. I also had a small clip on Win News last night, haven't found a proper video link as yet but there is a recording on the CNTS Racing Facebook page also

I will be helping support a friend (Chris - also in CNTS) at Wakefield this weekend and trying to save some $$ myself. Will be making my way to Wakefield next month some time hopefully to get a practice day in without overheating issues. Pretty much in the final lead up to NSW Time Attack now, kind of snuck up quickly on us... so just need to get some things sorted prior to then. I'm also going to be moving to Bathurst in the next month so moving costs are setting me back a little bit.

Sooo... I was on the local news after my recent attendance at the Mount Panorama Esses Descent. https://au.prime7.yahoo.com/n3/news/a/-/local/27254254/mudgee-driver-takes-out-esses-descent-video/ Will be doing autographs this weekend for $5ea

Video of my fastest run. https://www.youtube.com/embed/kelM-x4WS_E

Hi I'm on my P's I got wheels and springs.... nek minnut LS turbo conversion haha. Epic build man, definitely unique!

Ah no man, that sucks

So another great weekend at a local Bathurst / Mount Panorama event. This time it was the Esses Descent, run for the first time in 5 years, so of course I had to enter! There was predicted rain for a 5 day period over the weekend, but we were fortunate enough to have the sun come out for us for most of the day. We managed to get 6 runs in each by about 1:30 - 2pm when the officials decided to call it a day due to the appearance of rain getting ready to drop. As much as some more runs would have been enjoyable, I was happy to finish a couple of hours early seeing as I had the 2 hour drive home after the event. Anyway, on to results! Some people would already be aware from the CNTS Racing Facebook page, but I had a pretty successful day. I placed 1st in my class, and claimed 2nd outright for the day!! Suffice to say I was pretty stoked. My best time came in at 40.74 seconds. The only car there that actually placed was an open wheeler formula car (apparently pushing 600hp+ lol), and with him posting a time of 30-31 seconds, and crossing the finish line at 270km/h compared to my 220-230km/h, I wasn't catching him any time soon haha. Anyway, some pics (I'm hoping to find some more which I will post later). I also forgot to upload my video to YouTube, so I will upload it when I get home after work, or if you are too impatient, head over to the CNTS page and check it out on there And for those interested, temps on the car were much better then before! (As to be expected) Overall I don't think I saw the car go over 75-80 degrees water temp all day. The oil temps are still climbing higher as the day progress, at time up to 10 and 15 degrees higher then the water temp, but the oil cooler fitment (hopefully next week) will solve this. Safe to say I am extremely happy with the performance of the new Fenix Radiator

Cage is looking awesome! Nice work!

What happened? Massive fireball landed on the car? Or you sold it? Lol.

Wow, screw doing it by yourself lol. I reckon 2-3 track days ;P

Ok guys, my new 50mm radiator arrived today! Big thanks for Christiaan (Aus) and Adrian (NZ) at Fenix Radiators for organising this for me so quickly. There was no stock in Australia so it was sent from NZ Thursday afternoon and arrived on my door step in Dubbo on Monday. Needless to say I raced home from work to get it fitted . I also ordered some new genuine hoses with the 100,000km service kit, seeing as I had everything pulled off I figured I'd replace them. The radiator fitted perfectly, even with the factory fan shroud! It is a very tight fit with the air conditioner condensor still in there, and one of the lines coming off the power steering pump made it even tighter, but I loosed the line off its bracket which made it a bit easier and was able to bolt it back up afterwards. I'm extremely happy with the fitment, and after some intial driving around town and then giving it a bit of stick out the highway, temps seem to be down a good 15-20 degrees without question. The most noticeable thing though, is that after getting the temps up to about 80 degrees, once I had backed off for about a minute, the temps were noticeably dropping back to 70-75 degrees straight away. So good, such improvements, wow. Anyway, here are some pics showing a direct comparison of the factory radiator to the new one, and also one showing it fitted in the car. You be the judge!