Duncan

oh dear last poo-joe gone!

I heard Sarah and Russ won! Congrats guys even if you were in a filthy cheater emo

holy shit michelin tyre tent, does want!

fairny nuff btw is that bloody race still going? sucks to have a "poo-got". looks like audi was the thing to have this year

these are my kids....you really sure you want them?

haha very well put. having had a good look at tacker's viper I would be tempted to agree. do the corvettes have a live axle or not? apparently the bmw had to ditch double wishbones and go back to struts for le mans, I assume that was because there are less freedoms there.

but there's no doubt.....the teams are amazing what they do to get things back on track

lol....lucky its not that hard to rebuild a corvette rear end. 1. remove borken rear end 2. find a horse and cart 3. steal the suspension from the cart and insert it into corvette. 4. refuel and back onto the track

standard setup has 3 cables to the battery starter motor alternator everything else. i cut power to "everything else" it stops the car which stops the alternator. It does mean the starter is not "isolated"....but then again I have a front mounted battery. If you only have 1 cable to the battery it will be tricky....starter motor draws 11ty billion amps so you can't run it thru most relays (or most fuses or circuit breakers for that matter). It is not fused from the factory

looks hard! I hooked the standard fuseable link to the input to a 80a relay (pin 30). Output goes to where the fuseable link went stock (pin 87) Second wire from the battery to the relay (86) Earth for the relay (85) to a kill switch on the dash, then earthed after the switch. Dead simple. And the only problem is the relay will drain the battery after a week or 2 if you don't turn it off at the kills switch when you stop the car....but this is a good habit anyway

yay still on. how bloody long does this 24 hour race go???!?

bargain for someone....I just paid $100 more for one on ebay. that part# is also for some late S1 cars like mine

If the stag won't do it...the elgrand is a pretty good car too....plenty to choose from at good prices.

sounds great, I'll be there! And since it is a CAMS event, I can drive the race car Payment details sent for 2 tickets

Just do what brad siad,....he got it right Years ago I tried the compromise of good road tyres on the track and it is just frustrating. Much better option is 2 sets of wheels that you swap before the track day. Buy some cheapies in whatever you want for road use with OK rubber on them, and then put semi slicks on the 17x9 (assuming they are good wheels). THat is a great size for reasonably priced semi slicks around 245/45/17 up to 265/40/17. The compromise of trying to use 1 tyre for 2 totally different uses will just frustrate you for both uses....and it is more expensive over time because you will rip up road tyres on the track

yay! straight after the rugger

yep...normal seatbelts OR a harness are OK....he just meant whichever one you have has to be firmly bolted it

Great to see another car becoming trackified! I would not bother spending any money on that list above before you fit proper semi slicks or slicks though...the difference will be chalk and cheese, and any suspension changes may work differently with the different type of tyre. ku36 is not a track tyre, its just a good road tyre

yeah +1 clutch pedal bracket is a common failure

yates was a hack who will never get anywhere in drifting. btw good call....fixed my post

sorry for taking so long to reply

they do break sometimes...but I've been using a standard one for years of abuse on the race car without trouble.

17x12 I don't think is a good choice for semis. toyo have on of the biggest ranges, their widest in 17 is 275....which would fit on 17x10. Full list here: http://www.toyo.com.au/Proxes%20R888.htm#AVAILABLE SIZES re55s stop at 255 in 17s. dunlops same. yoko same.

absolutely. i go thru 2 sets of upper arm bushes a season. the arms from UAS are the best answer I've seen to this problem...proper quality bearings and design

correct. and 240 is perfect for 17x8, I run that size and am very happy "stretch" is rubbish. just a fashion. manufacturers make their track tyres with extremely stiff sidewalls, just follow their fitment recommendations.