Question For Time Attack (track Day) People

[r_speedfreak_r]

hey i just think its great to know theres girls drifting skylines out there

[jmac]

H.I.C.A.S. = Help I Can't Actually Steer!

It was one of the first things I got rid of on my R34, you'd turn in and a moment later the arse would sorta feel like it "fell over". I found it very unnerving. Throwing the Sydneykid Whiteline kit in and getting rid of the HICAS was one of the best things I did.

There is a thread on here about installing GTRGeoff's lock bar, and there was also an article in High Performance Imports magazine a while ago about removing the hydraulic system from R32s.

[Squishy]

H.I.C.A.S. = Help I Can't Actually Steer!

bahahahahaa i'll pay that!!

Edited October 8, 2006 by RB_turbo_bitch

[maccattack]

The main thing on the track with HICAS is that with the rear end steering you tend to get a sort of "numb" feeling from the back of the car. When you are cornering hard, you tend to "feel" the back end of the car through your seat. You can tell when the back wheels (usually) are starting to slide. When HICAS engages, you tend to loose that feeling. If not completely, it certainly deadens the feeling. It is not that it makes it any harder to steer, you simply lose touch with the road.

[ZENNON]

thanks guys!!! after having driven the car for about a month now and experiencing the things you guys are talking about I think I will remove it...

now the only question is whats the difference between Sydneykid's Whiteline kit and GTRGeoff's lock bar...

I think I understand the lockbar but what is this Whiteline kit you are talking about?

[R33S2]

The whiteline kit is a suspension upgrade, bushes, shocks, springs and swaybars, it will improve handling but I dont think it has anything to do with Hicas.

[NickR33]

The only time I can feel HICAS actually doing anything is just after you turn in to a fast corner, doesn't have to be a sweeper just any fast, wide corner.... just after you brake and turn in, the rear of the car feels like it is just about to snap out on you... after a little while you learn to ignore this 'sensation' and just attack the corner... its just for a fraction of a second that the rear feels a little light... worse thing you can do is correct for the slide you think is about to come...

The whiteline kit is as R33S2 describes and I would be looking at this before you worry about cancelling HICAS...

swaybars, springs/shocks, camber adjustment bushes, pineapples made a HUGE difference to the handling of my car... in comparison HICAS doesn't bother me