Mick Trainer

I will be speaking to someone I know before the week is out and will ask them. What type of shock is it? Mick.

Chef, I would think it would be worth your while to get in touch with someone and have them take a look at the car and see what it is really like. You sound like you have a few possible problems here. Taking the car for a quick run with someone who truly knows what they are doing will be a big help. I am in Melbourne and know people who can help if you want. Mick.

I will look up and PM you my spring rates if you want but they will not be a much use for you with either a GTSt nor a 33 GTR as I have a 32 GTR. Let me know if you want them. If you are finding R&D hard I can put you intouch with someone who may be able to help in Qld or if you really get desperate I can PM you my number and you can call me and talk about what you want the car to do. Mick. P.S. I am no expert.

The best thing you can do is go and speak to someone who truly knows what they are talking about regards what you want the car to do etc and have them come up with a system for you. Shocks like Konis have the greatest range of adjustment which is important, you will probably want to look at some change in spring rate if you want to track the car. I have all over hardened the car but dropped the front further than the rear and proportionatly left the rear slightly softer than the front (from the standard ratio). This has greatly altered the handling of the car giving me far greater turn in and much better drive out of corners. The car is far more predictable etc. The whiteline bars can be a good idea but for me most go far to thick on them and they loose a lot of the advantage of the AWD as the inside front wheel wishes to leave the ground all the time and they enduce massive oversteer from having a massive front bar. As a general rule the Japanese modified suspension cars are vastly too hard and they are like riding on roller skates to when the cars are truly set up properly. Suspension like most things as an experts game. I really suggest you take the car to someone who truly knows what they are doing and talk to them for a while. If you need some contacts I can put you in touch with a few. In Melbourne we have one of the best set up guys in Aus. Either way talk to someone. Mick.

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On the news again tonight is talk about a big blitz on Chapel St tonight and over the week end so be smart and stay away. Mick.

If you want you can use these.

Fantastic. Were did he land? Mick.

I have King's on my 32 GTR and have been very impressed with what they have done. Mick.

I see no reason why you cannot get the externally adjustable fronts and rears. Top Performance Koni (they are in vermont) are the aust distributors of the product. Give them a call. No doubt the remove and adjust set will cost less but there is no doubt the others are available and if you use your car for motor sport events it is a big asset. Mick.

I have them on my 32 GTR and am extremely happy with them but mine are externally adjustable front and rear. I can drastically alter the car set up depending and what I want the dog to do. They are very impressive. Did not have to change any bushes. Top Performance Koni in Vermont are the people to talk to. Ric Kemp who works there is a very well known set up guy. Give him a cal if you have any questions. He is a good guy who really knows his stuff. Mick.

From memory my spring rates are something around 350 front and 280 rear but would have to look it up to be sure. I purposly did not go for the studidly high pring arets others had as the car had to perform on the road. Since I did mine and I wrote on here about setting one up I have had 3 people come over to see and ride in their cars and fix their handling all of them had the cars too low and way to hard. The cars where like being on roller skates. What we did was up the rate a little but more than that we dropped the car overall sltighly but front more than rear (to allow more suspension travel) and left the rear softer by proportion. This has drastically altered the handling and removed heasp of oversteer. The car truly is very neutral now in it's handling characteristics. Yes still have top mounts. Mick.

Great. I am extremely happy with my shocks and they ahev plenty of adjustment in them. I can drastically alter the set up of the car through the shocks. I would say go for it. I have also fitted a set of Kings sprinsg which are made up for the GTR's and this has also made a large change for the better in the handling characteristics of the car. Mick.

Cobra is the go.

For a long time Cobra was the top of the heap in Car Alarms and still produce some of the best alarms around on the market today. They are not as big on features for idiots but they have good and reliable electrical components with features that will stop your car getting stolen. I used to work in the industry and was involved with the Melbourne distribution of many car alarms including cobra. We sold many brands and the ones with the least trouble and bets fit, design etc were definatly the cobra system over a number of years. Mick.

Nice to hear that you are back home and getting better. Good luck with your full recovery. Mick.

One of my friends is a car air con mechanic who is mobile. If you want to PM me and I can give you his name and number. Mick.

Best wishes to Andrew for a speedy recovery. Mick.

Good decision, you will not be disapointed. Mick.

No question that the circumstance in which the O/S comes will alter the best avenue of defence and thus action to be taken. This is why a driver must be famialiar with them to the point where he/she is comfortable to drive a car through such conditions without panicing. Mick.

I dont believe backing straight off in an oversteer situation is good. If you just jump off the throttle it will cause the weight of the car to transfer to the opposite side (what you feel when the car "snaps back"), and more often than not in a RWD car with some balls will cause the car to spin. Better option is to slowly move off the throttle but always keep the car accelerating/powered and control it with the steering wheel to pull it back in line. This is very true. I should have explained this part as well. Mick.

I think the photos demonstrate it very well but from some of the comments greater explanation is needed. Understeer is as the title suggests when the car does not turn enough thus "understeering". The front wheels have lost traction and thus the front of the car pushes through the corner and the car does not turn in. It is caused generally by too higher speed on turn in or by to much power being placed to the front wheels in a FWD or 4WD car and thus once again pushing the car through the corner. The photo of the 33 clearly shows that the front wheels are turned in hard but the car is pushing forward and not turning at the same rate as the wheels. Look at the car's track/road position. It is right out on the outside of the corner no where near correct turn in point as it has pushed through the corner as it has not turned enough. Once understeer has commenced backing off the throttle to reduce speed is the best avenue to counter this problem (taking some lock off and gentle braking can also be an option depending on the levels of understeer and the corner etc). Oversteer as the name suggests is where the car turns to much, bringing the rear of the car to a slide turning the car on a greater angel to that which is required for the corner. As seen in the photos of the 34 the cars rear is turned pushing to the outside of the corner as the car is turning too strongly. This time it is the rear that has lost traction. Oversteer is caused by too much acceleration when exiting a corner. Backing off the throttle and applying counter steering (turning into the slide) is the best way to counter this condition. Now if you do not understand nor feel comfortable playing around with these two areas and you drive performance cars such as the skylines I think that an advanced driving course is very much a necessity for you. Understadning and feeling comfortable when these things occur is a much for any performance car driver. Mick.

Like the others when you have a 32gtr one available let me know. Mick.

I have some pod filters if you want them. Mick.