Duncan

weather looks reasonable tomorrow...see you all out there around 8am

BTW Bob, is your car an ex-Kerry Packer car, or another one?

Sorry, we need to abide by the venue's rules. The motorkhana on 3 September has more open rules There sure are, and we will take entries up until the day until we are full because we have not filled the day. But the only way to guarantee a spot is to pay and send a form prior. the plan is.....put the roof on Seriously though, if it rains, you just learn 10x as much about car control on the day. It's amazing how quickly things change on a track in the wet

The format of sprinting and time attack is identical. And look how hard F1 work to make qualifying interesting....I genuinely wish you all the best getting audiences interested in the difference between a 1.28s and a 1.29s lap of Eastern Creek. I love it....but I don't kid myself that is a mainstream interest. Also, I strongly agree about the anti-modern issues in CAMS supersprinting and racing, and I put my effort/time/work where my opinions are there, eg trying to get skylines covered under sports car rules, and trying to work with IPRA to make turbo friendly rules (and trying with sports sedans too....not that I got far!). The sooner grids are full of 20yo skylines instead of 40yo geminis the better. Mostly the issue for tracks is the damage drifters do to the edges from what I've seen. Very few tracks welcome drift events which makes it damn hard for those guys to practice. BTW....if drifting makes a better circuit racer, why don't 50m freestyle swimmers train as synchronised swimmers?

exactly 206kw at the motor for sure There is plenty of disagreement about whether 2wd vs 4wd makes much difference. I've never run them back to back 2wd/4wd but I have had the same car dynoed at different places with the same tune and found up to 20kw difference. And flywheel to wheels loss also comes with some controversy. Some claim about 25% loss from flywheel to wheels, but personally I guess it is mostly a fixed amount, not a simple%...otherwise a 1000kw car would be loosing 250kw in the drivetrain I'd work on an estimate of 30-50kw loss, but flywheel kw really don't mean much....it's what you put to the ground that matters BTW....191awkw for a dead stock gtr sounds pretty right to me. Great result considering it's 20 years old.

Umm It is almost free to try this sort of event. We are running a 'khana on the skidpan in Nirimba in 3 weeks, entry cost is $50 if you were a SAU NSW club member....ie it will cost more in fuel and tyres than it will in entry fee! Most motorsport is not cheap....but we actively try and create some events that are as cheap as possible. Come along and give it a go.

Sorry, but all you need for a televised series is a willingness to pay whatever they ask for the coverage. Plenty of categories have gone that way over the years, and in 90% of cases they can afford a season or 2, and then if it is successful the tv cost goes too high as the production companies get greedy. Think Porsche cup, mini cup, utes, fford, targa, production cars alone in the last few years. Long term, seriously large sponsor committments of the sort required to build a $300k $uperlap car require multi year TV committments, and a track record of delivery. Time attack has a long way to go before it shows it is anything other than the next big fad after hula hoops, yo-yos, and drifting. There are seriously flawed fundamentals around cost and control competing at the top level, and if only 2-3 cars have a shot at winning a class, the other 10-12 cars spending 50-100k are going to disappear very quickly. Also there is no attempt to link state based feeder series like the existing supersprint/time attack champs, and national travel costs are a killer for most self funded competitors.

none available....I'm keeping mine

lol your g/f might be my mum. everyone else loves it

I've used bendix ultimates for heaps of track days and they were fine. Good in fact. Not a race pad but a very good street/track compromise Bedding in the pads is simple (I'm assuming they've installed and cleaned everything OK). Head out somewhere open and do 4-6 stops from about 80 to 20 (not to 0....) with the windows down. You will smell when they are warm enough Once they are nice and hot do one more stop, and then drive the next 5 minutes without heavy braking to allow the brakes to cool evenly. Yes you do want them to be very hot (compared to normal) to bed in. There are 2 things to acheive: 1/ burn off any coating on the pads 2/ distribute the pad material across the disc. You need to do this ASAP when the new brakes are on, if not they will not bed in or spread there material properly and you will have to start again. If you do have to start again, take the pads out and rough them up on a grinder or even a concrete surface.

Cube mate. It's auto but otherwise brilliant

bullshit!

agreed...unfortunately. Especially if they stay at Eastern Creek where power + aero will really pay off. I don't understand the tube frame restriction at all. If you can have tube frame front and rear ends (where it really matters), allowing total freedom of suspension mounting locations and geometery, why not have a tube frame body as well? The only difference in a tube frame body would be some weight saving. The other benefit for tube frame would be closer match to sports sedan rules (as long as they are 2wd), so these cars could be used more than once a year.

of course...everyone is spending big and won't want to share the results of that spend....nothing different about the top level of time attack to any other category. their specific implications (not accusations I said) were around tyres not being purchased commercially from local supliers, and tube frame cars.

lol, I guess they don't get Wilfred in Seppo land. Interesting article, I'd like to see the equivalent from each of the other top teams. For those that haven't read it, it says "We weren't trying to hide anything, we have some trick cylinder head and run 40psi boost, and we imply but don't say that everyone else is cheating but we are clean"

nope.....you need to die in a crash instead of fade into obscurity to be the best of all time

easy tiger

If you want to modify it, the C34 series is your only real option. There is a world of pain trying to get more than a small increase in power in an M35. Some people have succeeded getting more power but it is not simple. Other than that, they are quite different cars, the M35 is a lot newer design and more luxury focussed. If mods aren't important, drive both and the decision should be easier.

is your car auto, and does it beep in reverse? yes it should have a "lights on/no keys" warning chime. But it may be a combined unit for reverse, headlights and overspeed. If you can't get the factory one working you can buy and install a generic one from Jaycar.

Yep, sure is Look for results in a future newsletter

Scott, I have chased MDTC but they haven't responded - I would assume they have no timing but you can bring your own. Jarrad, extinguishers not required, but if you have one it is a good idea to bring it to any motorsport day. I've sent my entry in today....still a few spots left I think!

funnily enough, the only email I have is Christiaan [email protected]. Or, Fenix Autoparts Distributors Pty Ltd (02) 9648 4668 U 45/ 2 Slough Ave SilverwaterNSW2128

Fenix are a good choice - made in NZ, not china, and good local support. Discounts for NSW club members too.

Sorry, but there is no way tyre limits will work. No category in Oz including mine has been successful in stopping cheating when tyre limits are implemented. Too many ways to get around them, and if you are willing to spend $300k+ on a car for super sprints, you better beleive some of them will be hapy to cheat on something so important. And I also saw tyres in the pits with japanese stickers on board - no way was everyone buying commercial tyres from oz suppliers.

no, the water temp sensor at the bottom of the radiator is for the additional A/C thermo fan only. The ecu/dash water temp sensor will be on the motor somewhere. On the GTR it is on the intake manifold, not sure about gtst.