Jump to content
SAU Community

Poor Old Catalina Raceway

cul202

By cul202,
in New South Wales

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 46
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Posted Images

  • 3 years later...
Gunnar_11 Enthusiast

Gunnar_11

Posted
Posted
Going off google maps it looks like you can walk onto the track. I don't think you would get a car on there... I think they would have fixed that for obvious reasons :)

Yeah but I meant as in the best place to access it from; there's a few streets surrounding it

No plan to take the car there obviously but go for a walk through it or perhaps take the mountain bike there

CatsEyes Enthusiast

CatsEyes

Posted
Posted
Sorry to bump an old thread but how do you get to Catalina?

I know it's just off the Great Western Highway but is it near anything and going off the maps I can't see how you get down to the track. Curious to check it out - it looks awesome

It's very simple. It's just behind the swim complex in Katoomba. Just park in the carpark, and keep walking.

And yes, you can walk the whole length of the track. You could probably drive in if you could force the old gate, but that's probably not a wise idea.

It's a bit of a time-tunnel. Old start and finish lines, signage, old ads, etc etc.

Blue Mountains City Council would never re-open it. Cheap nasty little bastards don't even want to keep the civic pools open, and won't mow or maintain the sports ovals properly. So we can forget Catalina.

For what it's worth, it got its name from the old Catalina seaplane that used to live in the swimming-pool next door, in the years after WWII.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • TurboTapin
      RB25DET with solid lifters - which cams ?

      By TurboTapin · Posted

      Yea that's a fair assumption. I'm presuming they call them solid lifters as they have no moving parts like hydro lifters. 
    • TurboTapin
      Why am I hitting a power wall with my stroked RB25?

      By TurboTapin · Posted

      I believe you're confusing WMI with water injection. Looking at that graph, the 93aki+WMI car is making more power than C16 race gas. Boost juice, which is what I also run, is Snow Performances 50/50 premix. 
    • joshuaho96
      "Cheap" bolt on turbo on RB25DET NEO

      By joshuaho96 · Posted

      GCG is a good company, they're a major distributor for Garrett in Japan as well.
    • The Bogan
      NC MX5

      By The Bogan · Posted

      Nah, OEM washer bottle and brake fluid reservoirs are fine I don't know what it is with the plastic that Mazda used, some plastics, like the washer bottle and brake fluid res are fine, and still look new after 20 years use, where as the coolant expansion tank, and PS reservoir, that I replaced with new OEM items when I first got the car, turned yellow and started getting brittle a few years later If the dirty yellow stained plastics didn't trigger me there wouldn't be an issue, but they did, much like the battery bracket....... Meh As for going back to work full time to support car stuff, nope, why, because I own a Mazda NC MX5, not a Nissan R series Skyline 🤣
    • GTSBoy
      "Cheap" bolt on turbo on RB25DET NEO

      By GTSBoy · Posted

      I've never heard of CJ-motor, so can't advise you on them. I'd just go straight to GCG for a GCG highflow though. Seems no point to use a middleman. I'm somewhat surprised that the price on the CJ site is lower than the GCG retail price. Even though CJ would get a discount of some sort, you would hardly expect them to give up so much margin. Maybe the price is out of date? Having said that "I'd go to GCG"...when I did my highflow, I went to Hypergear. I did this https://hypergearturbos.com/product/rb25dethighflow/#tab-dyno-results with the R34 OP6 450HP profile. With the BB centre (extra $400) and intially with the standard boost actuator, but I eventually got him to send me the high pressure one when I got to the point of being able to actually use it. Ends up costing the same sort of money as the GCG highflow, but this is, of course, the turbo that I KNOW has a shorter length core and so moves the comp cover rearwards. The GCG apparently doesn't do that. My mechanic also swears by the GCG highflow, given that we have another turbo rebuilder who does something essentialy the same as theirs, using Garrett wheels. He says it stands up at really low revs and makes good power. I haven't pushed my HG highflow past ~240-250rwkW yet (should have a little more in it, but unclear how much) and it does have a fairly gentle boost ramp. OK, it's much better now that I have gotten my boost controller tuned up on it.  A lot of my earlier unhappiness was because I couldn't keep the wastegate flap as closed as it needed to be (including some mechanical issues). I'd still prefer it to boost up nearly as quickly as the stocker, and it certainly a bit slower than that. So maybe the GCG one is worth the first look (for you).
×
×
  • Create New...