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if its going to take 6 weeks I may have to give the front discs a miss as I need to change them ASAP before the cracked one explodes on me.....
I am still keen for the braided lines however -
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I had some small surface cracks showing on the disc which arent a problem. However when the crack goes to the edge of the disc thats when its time to panic and get it changed ASAP!
My rear rotors and pads are fine "the front dose 80% of the work anyway." What would I be looking @ to get some front rotors? bare in mind that mine will be different to yours being poverty spec non brembo
I may as well get the braided lines to
Has Just jap sorted out the hard racing camber arms yet? Id be keen to get those on the car before the next track day
I allways think its good to take your car out as it is to set a benchmark. That way you can see that spending $$$$ on whatever shaved X seconds off your lap time which dosent make you feel as bad about spending the $$$$
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Cracked rotor :*(
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Hey guys well seems none of you were able to make it today... Ill post up details of when the next one is so you all have more time to sort out work/ your cars
More PBs today
Got my Sprint time down to a 102.02 and probally would have gone faster in the 2nd session if it wasent for the fact that the owner of a supercharged 350Z asked if I would like to drive his car in the 2nd session
which was an offer I could not refuse.Funny enough I did a faster time in my V35 than the supercharged Z but still managed to do a quicker time than its owner pulling a 102.89 over its owners 103.58
After driving the Z I so need to do an upgrade on my brakes... The Z was running brembos but with different discs, pads and braided lines. They just kept working weather it be the 1st lap or the last, unlinke my POS single piston calipers with slotted discs that one of them later cracked later on in the day. I changed pads to some QFM pads that were supposed to be as good as the Ferodo DS2500 however it felt like I was mashing my foot into a sponge by the 3rd lap!
Clubman time was a PB of 105.18 which was quicker than a BMW M3 coupe
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As per topic Wednesday 23/2/11
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What time? How many laps you do, is it something you can do with daily 19" 245 / 285 tyres?
Sprint Check In 11.00am - Briefing 12.00pm - On Track 12.30pm
As for laps, Wednesday sprints are usually less busy than Saturday sprints
You normally get 5 hot laps there is also 1 warm up lap and 1 cool down lap in each session
Each group will normally get 4 sessions 3 timed ones and 1 un-timed one where you can take a passenger out
Yes you can take out your regular daily rims/rubber I did the 1st 4 times on those exact same sizes before I decided to take the plunge and buy some track rims/rubber
entry form can be found here
just make sure that you pay up before mondy to avoid the late fee\
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Hey guys
Just letting you all know that there will be an afternoon sprint session @ Queensland Raceway next Wednesday on the 23rd
If you have ever wanted to drive your car fast without the worries of getting a speeding ticket then you should come!
Costs are as follows
Entries $135.00
Late Entry Penalty $100.00
Annual AASA Clubman Licence $55.00
AASA Clubman Day Licence $20.00
Licence Application form must be attached
Helmet Hire (Deposit Required) $5.00
The Sprints are pretty safe! Your basicaly aiming for the best lap time you can do!
For those of you who dont know this is nothing like touring car racing, all cars have a gap between them with the idea being to let the faster car go past you
Would be good to see some other V35s out there other than my own! Im interested to see what times those of you in 6 speeds would pull
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Grrr after scouring the interweb it would seem that I may have a small leak in my rack and pinion :S
Might see if a PS fluid flush + some stop leak can tide me over
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Hi guys
Couple days ago I dropped my keys and as I bent down to pick them up I noticed some grease was leaking near the drivers side steering boot
I jacked the car up today to have a good look at it to see if the boot had split
The boots seems fine I cant see or feel any split in it, however if I give it a light squeeze it feels as if there is nothing but air in there. Not sure if its supposed to be packed with grease or just empty
On closer inspection it seems that the thick grease is coming from the area where the steering shaft goes into part of the power steering system... my best guess as to what part of the car its happening around
I have posted a pic which will show exactly what Im talking about IMG_0268.JPG
The 2nd pic img_0271 is of the passenger side boot
I checked the passenger side boot as well which also seems to be fine, however I noticed some residue where it ends and connects to the rest of the car
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Kudos for posting up the guide!
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I fixed mine for $10 - new actuator .. I will put a DIY soon
Sweet going to have to do this to my drivers side as it decided to die a few days ago
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Oh so sedans don't have a switch? Well that sucks balls indeed
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What happened Pete ?
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This looks like what you need if your going to put in aftermarket seats
http://www.nismoshop.com/servlet/the-276/NISMO-DUMMY-SEAT-HARNESS/Detail
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I can still use the button, just wont do it automatically.
Doesn't bother me as i hardly has people in the back seat,
Will eventually get bride seats later on in the year.
Iv been wanting to get a bride or similar seat for my car but the whole airbag thing kind of put me off it. Whats the deal with the airbags when you pull out stock seats?
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Better to pay $540 once than $300ish twice in the case of cheapo ones failing. Particually given I like to do track days who know what sort of damage could happen if one let go @ 160kph... Allready had one bad expierence with a cheep radiator that arrived so bowed that it wasent even worth fitting
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unless its something major just do it yourself if its just an oil change!
seriously....
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HFC + HR Megan V2 y-pipe + Fubjitsubo = win !
180w, we lost you on the drive, what happened?
Also cobey, i got some prices on stoptech slotted rotors and braided brake lines, plus stoptech pads. Good prices! Ill text i later. Remind me if i dont!
Actually had to head home, going out on the cruze was kind of random. Only went out to say hi to you guys and to try and talk you into coming out to a track day
Ill post up when Im going to the next one so hopefully you guys will come along, in the mean time I need to have my plenum spacer + new spark plugs fitted and find a decent set of camber arms
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just incorrect ball joint size the one provided was smaller, so i utilized the stock ones. works like a dream now.
Bit dissapointing that being a part for the G35/350Z that the ball joint didint fit
was keen on the ichiba ones but I found a post on a 350z site where a member had one of them fail after 2 days, another site said that the welds were poor and they only put them on the car when they had been rewelded
Allmost makes me want to buy some cusco ones as youd think they would be top qualiaty but cant find any on e-bay wonder of anyone local can get them
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yeah, but dont forget mine where to fit wheels not performance orientated.
also i had to press out my front ball joint and into the new ones due to wrong sizings. but all in all im happy.
bit noisy sometimes, doesnt bother me thou
what exactly was the issue with the wrong sizes?
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i'm running bc coils in mine. 6 kg rear 8kg front.
super awesome to drive and handles like a dream.
also running camber arms f &r and toe arms in the r
handles well and sits well
not to rough at all.
and i can dial in whatever camber i want
Im guessing you have godspeed camber arms? straight from e-bay?
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found that but wasent sure how to do the conversion till I worked this out in google http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2005-20,GGLG:en&q=8+kg%2Fmm+in+lbs%2Fin#sclient=psy&hl=en&rls=GGLG%2CGGLG:2005-20%2CGGLG%3Aen&q=10+kg%2Fmm+in+lbs%2Fin&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&pbx=1&fp=fd0f73886609171d
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Hi guys I need to do something about the camber on the front of my car, Its fine for daily driving being 0 and -.05 left and right
However my track rubber is wearing excessively on the left side of the car particularly the outside of the left side tyres. This is due QR having more high speed right hand turns than left. The easy option would just be to swap the left side to the right side but Toyo R888s are directional
I was thinking of buying some front camber arms which would set me back around $300 to $500 delivered with the idea of dialling in more camber for the track day and then setting back to normal when back home
The other option is to lash out and buy some coilovers that have camber tops such as these BC ones. Thing is Im not sure if the pic is of the actuall coilovers I would get or if its a generic one.
Anyone out there have coilovers with cambertops on their V? just so I know that it can be done
The other question is what are the stock spring rates for the coupe? I think I found a page on the web that said the rates were 4.5kg? That said my car is my daily and whilst I didn’t care so much running stiff coils in my 180sx the skyline however is a different car
I am still keen for the braided lines however
which was an offer I could not refuse.
R33 Gtst Brakes On V35 Non Brembo
in VQ Series - V35, V36 & Infiniti
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Hi guys
after cracking one of my front rotors on Wednesday at the sprints I pondered the idea of ditching my poverty spec single piston nissan brakes and upgrading to some R33 GTST ones which I can pick up a set discs pads callipers etc for under $400
I figured it was going to cost me close to $400 to get a pair of new rotors to replace the one that cracked
Spec wise my poverty spec front discs are 296 x24
R33 GTST front discs are 296 x 30
So the discs are pretty much the same size just thicker which should handel more heat + 4 pots are always better than 1!
I have no idea if this is going to be a simple plug and play job or if its going to be a total pain in the ass
I also dont know about the rears as from what I remember when it came to my 180sx there was something strange about how the handbrake worked which made it a pain in the ass to hook them up. Dont know if the V35 is going to be any different
The other thing that I am concerned about is will QLD transport allow me to put on older brakes on a newer car even though they are better than the ones that my car came with?