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2 different series. MRA (Motor racing Australia, nee Mini Racing Australia) are running sensible rules and AASA permitts where you can basically run what you brung. Excellent category and I would love to see it succeed and be well supported. They are running next weekend CAMS State champs are the weekend after. Classes include sports sedans, improved production (IPRA) and production cars (my class) for touring cars. Very strict, very turbo unfriendly. But also very serious and competitive.

Hey Marko....I drove 001 a few years back when it was previously up for sale....wasn't standard anymore, and it went just fine. It must have been returned to stock in between. The price was very reasonable for what it was, and I should have bought it at the time. The history behind these cars was very simple, and basically the same as the full rego R35s that came into the country a few years back. Under the old import scheme, if the manufacturer did not bring in a car, a private importer could. Scuderia did. I understood it was 5 but I have been wrong before. I would also be amazed if some were sold to gibson for racing, although Alan/Jim/Fred or Terry could no doubt confirm...those cars came direct from nissan jp AFAIK. Once the manufacturer decided to import, no-one else was allowed to anymore so it was shut down (good old monopolies protecting off shore manufacturers). There were no more full rego GTRs imported until late 1993 after Nissan started selling them (which makes my 91 one of the very few in the country for that matter...)

good to hear that the new state govt are withdrawing support for the taxpayer 500 at homebush. that is the worst thing that has happened in NSW motor racing since bathurst council killed Gnoo Blass. but to claim that giving the ARDC a blank cheque to create 2 substandard tracks out of one boring one is a "major boost for motorsport" is a very creative interpretation. What we need is another permanent track within reach of Sydney. simple. and get people out on it, and keep it off the streets. It took the drag guys 20 years to get WSID....I hope the circuit community have the same perseverance.

not me mate, but good luck! I'm racing at Wakie that weekend are the oil problems sorted? or are you going to find out that day?

agreed.....trying to push the other party to the insured party's preferred repairer is a new low from the dodgiest industry around. regardless of who the at fault driver is insured with, YOU have the right to have your car fixed to your satisfaction. do doubt they will try and bully you into accepting something less of course.

the sydneykid kits were excellent. I am still running one in my race car 5 years later, and have a kit in the stagea too. It was nice to have someone on the internet who actually had been there and done that, and was willing to share the knowledge. pm sent

Noel that is f**king classic. I reckon they've done that more than once too.... Handbrake....that is one absolutely huge single axle trailer....will be very interested to see how it goes with 2t because I would be thinking dual axle at that size. re pantecs....I have seen someone using home extended ramps and 1t loader to lift a saloon car (1200kg + driver....) and it worked fine. The other option I have seen is long ramps so the cars sit up on an angle in the trailer.

true, and also it's not uphill when the car is on it's roof. but heater core is a likely choice....coolant can look just like water when you run water for coolant too

sorry....the shop just put on they had on there...not much use. It is a fair bit larger than the old one though.

Jase did you check with Darron at Just Jap? They had 2 blue ones last time I was there.

good luck this weekend chris all set to go?

sunroof? +1 the drains are easily blocked, I had this issue with my front sunroof and the passenger floor....but only when I parked nose down on a hill

OMG, new post of the forums!

forgive him father, he knows not what he says.

I love you whiplash. if you ever need to offload a car for free just let me know. I will find space.

haha as you get older you remember less! something more let field but car related next time to minimise the chance it has been memorised

Off topic rubbish removed, and offenders warned. Any more off topic crap in this thread will lead to bannings

lol i have r32 n1s turbos......i call that perfectly normal

lol Webber fans. We have finally found people with a bigger excuse book than GTR drivers!

yeah unfortunately the unis are not rebuildable, you need to cut it off and weld a new one on. I replaced mine with a rebuildable one so at least I can do it cheaply next time

yes that will be fine - most people just change the fronts. The difference in piston size between the standard and brembo brakes is minimal and won't make a noticeable difference to bias. BTW the brembos are a poor value upgrade over the standard brakes - what do you use the car for, and is there a problem you are trying to fix?

yeah the Just Jap guys have not left yet, give them a bell I'm sure they can bring another spare down.

maybe Mark borke his collar bone just before the race and forgot to mention?

wow....do you think they found a hack in the chasis somewhere?

umm, without knowing genuine intention to use the car, it is hard to say. best of the best, I guess if budget was $40k+ I could come up with the best brakes and suspension I can think of. But perhaps the budget is less?