Congratulations to Tilbrook Auto & Dyno

[Sil8ty]

I heard today that a Tilbrook Auto tuned GTR Skyline was runner up in the Targa Tasmania, behind Jim Richards in his Porsche.....

A big WELL DONE and keep up the good work down there Mark and the boys and all involved.......

P.S. Nice Website too..

Tilbrooks Website

[Munro]

Well done guys. (they only just got it fixed in time, after the

hillclimb accident)

[PHAT 33]

Yes I would also like to say great result. Maybe next year you lot can put the skyline in 1st palce were it should be.

Keep up the good work Mark !

[hippy]

why does that guy win every year?? whats the sort of backing that he gets?? as compared to what the others get??

[Clint32]

Hippy he wins because he can drive very well(not saying some of the other cant). Jimmy races a V8 supercar twice a year and does it better than many of the other who do it all year, he has raced almost everything and has won in most.

[hippy]

bring out the 1000hp gtr i say

[Lavers]

Jim is an amazing driver, his caris supported by porsche australia and has the best local knowledge and experience of any of the competitors. he also has an amazing driver navigator set up with Barry Oliver.

But well done to the skyline an amazing effort, it looked extremelly well prepared and sounded amazing. had the chance to speak to steve and he sound like a top bloke. Lets hope for one better next year. munro how about u take down a gtr?

[Cubes]

So in short.

He's Good.

Clint... There's no reason you should be as good if you keep up carting etc...

EDIT: You did do carting didn't you ... I remember you saying something a while back

[Clint32]

yeah Joel i still race sometimes, at the moment im working with a mate helping him go faster as his mechanic.

[Sil8ty]

Was a good result only about 1 minute behind in overall time between first and second place.. Hope fully next year the Skyline will step up a position hey...

[GFXman]

Nice effort indeed! Congrats to the driver too - did well to be that close to Jim Richards; a VERY experienced driver. Gee he's only won Bathurst 6 times

He used to race the R32 GTR too, back when they were introduced into the Aussie touring car races... along with Mark Scaife.

Well done tilbrooks and co.

[Cubes]

Hows Jaff's car GFXman? I heard it a month or so ago with what sounded like it was idling at 1500rpm lumping over quite a bit.

Still can't beat the sound of a nice V8...

[GFXman]

yeah it goes damn hard best sounding commo ive heard

He's only had one dyno since the work, but clocked in about 260rwkw.

[hippy]

how do u get more power out of ls1's??

[GFXman]

with out just strapping on a blower, the usual engine mods - heads, cam, exhaust, computer etc etc

[hippy]

how much gain for the amount of $$??

[GFXman]

well i can't comment on the dollars, but i guess its about 80-100rwkw more than stock. Obviously that sort of engine work isn't cheap though.

[hippy]

well can u say its much more than modding a turbo or comparatively similar??

[GFXman]

hmm, I wouldn't know - i haven't done either - im no techy. Perhaps someone like Munro, Martin or whatshisname might be able to give you a good idea on comparisons.

[Cubes]

Hippy.. Ok for 260rwkw in a R33 what do you need.

Nice turbo ~2300. recond. BB (Fit your self)

fmic ~1400 (Fitted)

exhaust ~1500 (Fitted)

ECU ~1600 (Fit your self)

fuel pump & reg ~550 (Fitted)

tuning ~i don't know umm ~300

Thats approx. - $7650

I remember when I was going to work my VS 5.0ltr here is what I was quoted.

170rwkw - Bit of head and cam work $1500

190-210rwkw - Major cam and headwork with roller cam, roller lifters etc. $5000

230-250rwkw - Supercharger close to $8000

So it evens out. I then added up is fuel consumption, insurance etc.

I wasn't able to insure the car with the roller cam or supercharger.

I would have then had to do a major upgrade on the brakes as honestly on the VS the brakes are total crap. They just don't pull up.

At the end of the day if you can handle not having that awesome V8 sound the Turbo is a little more economical and pratical around the shops local etc..