Duncan

good to hear they are doing the right thing to fix it....lots of places would be more difficult or just try and change 2 before you notice. Or as I had in one case just leave 1 wheelstud snapped and hope you don't look at it.

OMG I thought you were just fat! (and congrats Jenna )

umm....2 broken but not replacing the rest? my guess is they overtightened the nuts and 2 broke. However, how do you know others were not overtightened/stretched/weakened but not broken? I'd by very cautious....

Agreed, and I hope the SAU committee has some track events next year for everyone (SAU and RENEW) to enjoy. I guess it depends on how much effort they focus on the Ashnats vs running events for the members.

you'll be fine just replacing 2 tyres (I don't beleive in replacing just 1...). Attessa allows for something like 3-5% difference in diameter before it detects slip to allow for this. Even different brands in the same size can have variance in actual sizes.

thanks for putting these results together....and congrats on SAU members for taking out all 3 classes (now....all of you enter the SAU track day on 17/12....if we don't support the events I don't think the club will be able to keep running them )

FAST says it is genuine. I was surprised at the price too, but I don't really look that often so it may be OK?

OK the good news is what you need is very simple. not toe rods but tie rods Assuming nothing is bent.... The rear toe on a GTR is controlled by a steering rack, exactly like the front every other car. The steering rack is called HICAS. At the end of the steering rack there are a few pieces that require replacement over the years. From outside (hub) to inside (steering/hicas rack) they are: Ball joint - there is a nasty little ball joint pressed into the hub. I have only ever found these at nissan. They are expensive if they need replacement, but if they are rooted it makes a hge difference to fix them Rod End / Outer tie rod - this is the most common wear point in most cars, and suspension places that don't know gtrs often suggest they be replaced when there is movement. There are reasonably priced (ie not nissan) options to replace these. They are normally OK on GTRs because the inner tie rod end wears first.... Inner tie rod - this is the most common wear point on a gtr. There is a non-nissan option (sorry I don't have the brand or part number handy). There is a nylon bush on the end of the inner tie rod end that wears causing slop or movement in the racks/hubs. These often need replacement. But....you said you needed to adjust the rear toe. Like most car's front steering rack, there is normally heaps of adjustment available in the factory setup. If they can't fix it with the factory gear you almost certainly have something else bent.....so the easiest fix is to replce the bent bit, then everything else will come good, the way nissan designed it. There are some cases where the factory toe genuinely runs out of adjustment, but this is normally only the case with extreme lowering or race car style alignment

This couldn't get much further off the topic of the Aus sprint, could it. In the end Stuart's car was legal, entered, and won his class. Plenty of others could have entered but didn't, so that is just another motorsport "coulda". And, Stuart's car is miles from the most expensive entered in the supersprint series....in fact it is probably Duncan's car that takes that honour. I don't have any problem with anyone entering any even in a legal car - in fact if we don't all do that there will be no motor racing to argue about. Yes there are plenty of strange inconsistencies in rules, and I beleive they can and should be questioned so that motorsport can continue with enough support that we don't lose our venues.

definately not. if the crank is straight and the block/externals etc are not cracked you will be fine.

grrrr.....I couldn't find an intact second handy myself, and had to order from Nissan. Part numbers are in the stagea section if you get stuck, I think chucky posted them up

haha that is the good side. the bad side is how hard it is to replace a broken side window BTW......I love the stag in this sort of weather, it is outrageously fun

I am certain there are plenty of spots left...get those entries in! Thanks to Matt's good work with Wakefield the day will definately go ahead.....but basically if members want events they need to support them by entering! If the cost for the day had not changed as discussed at the general meeting I imagine this day would have been in danger of being cancelled

Can I just say....these prices are very cheap.....good work Not in the market at the moment, but anyone who does or might need discs would be amd to pass these up.

+1, just check the crank for straighness. I dropped a motor off an engine stand years ago (wheels got caught in an expension joint in the concrete and it toppled forward. balancer was broken but everything else including the crank came up fine. They are pretty tough really

+1 for PMD. Quiet, extremely well built, cheap and local support. Thread was over here: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/345837-in-car-and-car-to-pit-comms I changed up from a terraphone. The difference was chalk and crap

I spotted Bodella the other day!

thanks Pete. Now I have somewhere to race too

well...HRT did that....they built a pair of big block 2 door commodores for the old bathurst 12 hours regs (or at least, they bent the regs until the cars fit). I guess they didn't have to work too hard to win tho.

yep that ain't working right....I've linked 2 versions of the full manual with different wire colours. ABS and 4wd light should come on when you hold "down" 3 seconds. http://www.hgeconsulting.com.au/attesa32-33.pdf http://www.hgeconsulting.com.au/attessa_last.pdf one thing to try if it is misbehaving....hold the up button while starting the car and it will reset the internal memory. Sometimes this clears some wierd errors. wire colours did change over the years and I haven't done one for ages. Send me a pm if you are still stuck I can drop by and give you a hand sorting it out.

yeah it is one of the basic facts of racing that you the car at the front has probably outspent the other competitors. Hell if I drop by targa in my 22yo skyline I have to compete against Tony Quinn who had to choose between bringing his spec-v GTR (do they even exist?), a mosler, or a carbon aston martin. Or when I head down to nsw production cars, its the same car running 0.8bar on 1/2 season old tyres against Bobby Pearson's brand new factory supplied Evo X running 1.6bar and brand new tyres every race, with the best ecu, datalogging and suspension you can buy. Even one make racing is bullshit, people just spend more cheating than in a more open category. In the end, if the car follows the rules, expensive or not, good luck to the person driving it. Anyone that thinks any race cateogry is some sort of level playing field is not paying attention

yeah sounds like it is probably my turn. And good to hear you've had more luck with the modified gtr gearbox....you've broken more gearboxes than I've broken engines.

It's super quick, but no lap record - they can only be set during the race. Amazing effort from street GTR running a 2.15 as well.....

Congrats on your win Stu, even if it was in a dirty taxi. Another national trophy for the pool room

yeah ebay one should be fine (as would a 2c resistor if you had the time to stuff around and find the right one). basically these controllers just reduce the output from the lateral g sensor which causes the computer to think the car is in a straight line, therefore applying more power to the front.