Duncan

ahh yeah I did....like this (but a little better designed/built I hope) those scissor ones were tricky to find too last time I looked but thats a story for another day

anyone know where I can get an aluminium jack (1tonne) for a decent price in sydney before thursday? mine stopped lifting stuff yesterday and I need to leave friday to drive down to race in melbourne on sat

sounds the same then....right hand probe in this pic

yeah we use aasa because of the lack of obsticles, but I'm sure this will change soon enough (particularly as they have a few incidents and their insurers crack down). but in the meantime we'll keep running events with them. lol harsh ben. I'm sure he would have had to do the ECG test if the is over what they call obese.

I don't have a circlip in mine (race car) haven't for years. it can't fall out unless something else is wrong because it is held in at the hub end, and the hub is held to the subframe by the control arms

ang, you should start with a wheel alignment. get them to note the settings after the alignment, see if it still happens, and post up here if it does. instability under brakes is often caused by toe out. If not maybe worn bushes in the upper control arms

does everyone use this thread to get their 10 posts up? I heard Rus is gay.

good call thanks Dave. that solves my little problem

sounds good tim....will try and cross paths with you down there. apart from Neil I'm not sure who else is coming down from NSW.

hmm not 100% sure for 33 (electric probe). The 32 has a direct fit part they call japanese gearbox sensor probe, it screws straight into the normal speedo cable. have a look at the fitting at the rear of the gearbox, if it is threaded on the outside and has a splined drive on the gearbox end you can probably use the terratrip part. contact sav man on here, he would know

simple solution I used - hose clamp a key ring to the dip stick tube, thread another key ring through the dip stick handle, and put a small spring between the two. to check the oil just unclip one end of the spring. but as per above....it is a symptom of a bigger problem. you should organise for a compression test on the motor, and probably turn the boost down if possible.

exactly right its a prick of a job. they guys we use charge 75 per shaft for reco (clean, check, new boots, regrease). Easy to do with the right tools, easy to break something expensive without....

Bit late, but to clarify license for the phillip island and presumably other targa class rounds. I previously had National Circuit and downgraded to clubman circuit because it was cheaper and covered what I need. CAMS national office confirmed that CC was sufficient for this meet although god knows they could be wrong! If you are worried about passing a medical this simple you should not be driving in any competitive event anyway....it is very basic. There is no restrictions having provisional circuit vs national circuit and provisional clubman vs clubman except that you can be refused a start if you haven't qualified (I've never seen this rule enforced). Looks like I'll be OK to get there but it has been an interesting fortnight (2 new turbs after last day at oran park). Fixed now and seems to be running OK but the car has a lot of work to do in the next 6 weeks (supercars, national supersprint and buller). Damo I'll see you next weekend. Neil and Tektrader69 are coming along to help out.

sorry, but unless he is running 2x32mm intake restrictors and is therefore limited to about 250awkw, he has ignored the most important IPRA regulation - the one that makes it almost impossible to be competitive. his car would make a great sports sedan though, it's a shame has hasn't given it a real crack because I would love to see how competitive it could be.

personally if you want to know what has been done internally to the 32 gtsr race motors, I'd ask Jetwreck (Craig) on these forums as he owns one and has had to rebuild it a number of times over the years. but as has been said above....if you are trying to work out what to do yourself, forget what they did 20 years ago. Everything has come a very long way since then, and they were limited by regulations anyway.

Yep SAU SA is now CAMS affiliated per the CAMS clubs page: http://www.cams.com.au/en/Sport/Club%20Zon...=All&page=1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SKYLINES AUSTRALIA - SOUTH AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE BC, SA race, rally, autotest, speed, off road, social -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SKYLINES AUSTRALIA NSW WANNIAASA, ACT race, autotest, speed, off road, social http://www.skylinesaustralia.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SKYLINES AUSTRALIA QLD INC YERONGA, QLD race, autotest, social http://www.sauqld.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SKYLINES AUSTRALIA VIC INC SEAFORD, VIC race, rally, speed, off road, social http://www.sauvic.com.au so all you need to do is join SAU SA and put them as the club on your license form

gtr/stagea driver's side driveshaft....one of those jobs you give to a mechanic because its just not worth it

you mean front upper arm right? because rear is the same design and therefore interchangeable for upper arms. at the front the 33/34 design is heaps better - but personally if I was going to go to the trouble of custom mountings for the arms, I would probably just go to a blank sheet design anyway - a nicely space triangluar wishbone like the lower end has. I know of at least 2 cars that have put full custom suspension in the front, Mark Berry's 34 and Brad (Risking)'s 32.

well..I've broken a transfer case chain too, but I've never heard of anyone else doing it. In my case the xfer case had just been rebuilt, took it racing at targa and the 4wd slowly failed until the chain broke/smashed the box selector so I had to retire. I assume that the clearences in the rbuild were incorrect causing some sort of bearing to fail and seizing the FWD portion of it, which in turn broke the chain next time I launched. There are a couple of places around who can rebuild them, but I just chose to get a seoncd hand one for about $400 and not touch it, has been running fine for 2 years of racing since

these are very old style turbos....I wouldn't buy them. get proper modern ball bearing, water cooled turbos instead unless you really need to do it cheap. They will make boost about 1000rpm later than the equivalent current garrets like -5.

haha omg Neil is famous! thanks Graham....looking forward to it. for my part I'll bring: Gran Turismo 5 prologue supercar challenge superstar racing v8 juiced 2 - hot import nights need for speed pro street midnight club los angeles motorstorm and beer. and a race car.

umm yeah don't want to sleep outside! I'm hoping Kel has this under control!

haha good bump! Neil, Mel, Kel and I are all in, and hopefully staying at your party house

its might still be 32 gtr, there are only 3 lines from it (2x front, 1x rear). but ultimately there is nothing special it is just a master cylinder with a given diameter (11/16th from memory but you could confirm with a search in this section). Are there any markings on it, I can check part numbers if required. not sure about other components I have never got around to removing the whole system at one time. the rear certainly has some mounting blocks but afaik it does not include proportioning valves. if you are doing a custom setup (sounds very custom to me), I would use the master cylinder you have (assuming it is big enough for the caliper pistons you have), the booster you have, and an adjustable proportioning valve in the rear circuit to deal with any bias problem that turns up

very interesting solution. I've been having trouble with the excessive oil pressure from the nitto pump pushing past the seals a bit, a pressure releif is a better idea than a restrictor