Duncan

The tyres and size should be OK on face value - how old are they? What are your rear wheel alignment settings? Do the wheels tramp (bounce) or spin evenly? Is it 1 wheel spinning or both?

anyone seens pics of a stag with big wheel flares?

jeebus. 2nd broken shock this month. I'd love any theories about how that happens in a double wishbone setup....loose or missing bottom nut is the only way I can think of

I get the points. Wait until the big ends are checked. f**ked bearings/clearances = low oil pressure under load.

Firstly, I much prefer the QLD format and voted that way at last year's event. But, 1.4 is how NSW and Vic run the events, it's just that they normally start 2 cars at a time from the pits, not from the starting grid (you will notice it doesn't say where they have to start). It also doesn't say where if it is timed over a single lap or total time from start for all laps to finish. And finally, there were heaps of different rules in QLD related to classes. There was no standard class as there was the year before, and neither were the classes in the CAMS manual followed. In fact my car was put into sports cars where a GTR is not even eligible instead of some sort of touring car class which it is log booked as. No Skylines are eligible in sports cars yet, a fact I am working with the SCRAA to fix because their rules are potentially more skyline friendly than IPRA! But I guess the point is, there isn't really much value in an annual championship with totally different rules every year. I don't really care what they decide, just choose something and stick to it!

yeah those kumho medium/softs are indeed soft....I overheated a set it 3-4 laps. Still great grip though

here also: http://www.speedcafe.com/2011/10/27/video-new-eastern-creek-north-circuit/ Rod was obviously proud of the lap, he had it sent out to all club members. I would think that Graeme Shaw (Emo X) would be anything but happy at that very clumsy pass. He has been doing rallies for years and is doing a few races with us for the first time this year.

BTW, Is racing fun? I can't remember

good work Chris....you got a lot of races in! But TBH I was wondering if zeb was serious when I couldn't find you in the last race's results...

ouch! No it's definately not safe to drive anywhere. Pretty big co-incidence that it was at a suspension place, and then a suspension part broke (even at the other end of the car). I'd ring and ask them if they did anythign with the front suspension, and then let them know what happened depending on their answer. That is a big piece of steel to snap unless somethign was not done up properly...... You need to buy shocks as a pair, or even better a set of 4, so look around for something new, and hope the suspension place will chip in

+1...something must have been happening by now

Indeed....they are also different front v rear hubs....fronts match something common locally like a pulsar. BTW I hate that a 34 gtr diff ratio can't fit inside a 32, 33 or stagea front sump

Would have been caused by cold tyres for sure. Even the professionals fall for that

Are you filling through the gearbox filler hole or gear shifter?

meh half million dollar car, it's worth fixing. plus let's remember the VL is the only good commodore holden ever made

Was that Kermit I saw on TV today?

I was hoping there would be some by now, or feedback from someone who has run the new track That's exactly how I see it without having tried it yet. It increases the worst thing about the track (dragstrip/power track) while removing some of the challenging corners. In a soft car like mine I guess the new turn 4/5/6 complex will be easy to cut, we approach turn 4 in high 3rd or low 4th gear so we aren't as fast or as stiffly sprung as the radicals in the video. I bet the IPRA guys were cutting like crazy. Well, to me, Oran Park South was one of the few track that was not really worth running on. I turned down plenty of chance to run there, the OP GP circuit was a totally different matter, its the best track I've run on. And it at least had the challenges of suttons and the flip flop, EC North has nothing like that (turn 1 is ho-hum once you work out how fast to take it, 2 is just slow, 10/11/12 is the only fun remaining)

yes please, in particular oil pump and big end bearing condition. My guess is still on clearance problems causing pressure loss under load.

VL had trouble with corners on a straight runway? it's hard to get more embarrassing than that

Well the NSW State Champs are on at Eastern Creek this weekend - but the twist is that it is the first race meet on the new, "north" circuit. $9M of taxpayer funding later, the ARDC can now hire out the track in 2 halves. This weekend's state champs are on the short track but the same price as when the full track used to be used. The quickest cars are doing the lap in about 1min which is around 2/3 the length of the old track, it has also removed turns 4,5,6,7,8 and changed 9 to a kink. Results are here: http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?23/10/2011.ECNT from me.....did anyne race there today, and what did they think?

lol what use is a clone unless they are under your direct control, and can do all the boring stuff you don't want to do each day. Pat won't cut it for me, I'm going to keep working on the mechanical clone in the back of my garage.....all I need is a lightning storm to power it up muahahahahahhahahahahahaha

weeeell.... you can also just live with it as long as you like. obviously it will only get worse over time but it's not like it's urgent to fix....

umm yeah they are probably right. most likely reason for the dipstick loosing oil is pretty bad blowby in the rings (worn rings). You can confirm with a compression test. In the meantime, turning the boost down might help. The next most likely option is a blocked PCV valve under the plenum, but it is damn hard to remove with the engine in anyway.

come along to the track day in december if you can't make texi, there will be instructors and beginner's sessions there

BTW Nick gets -1 stagea point for not checking his tyre pressures