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Originally posted by -Joel-

Now.. Wouldn't that be fun.. I wonder if private track hirings could be arranged. :P

i have been talking to the owner last time i went to the drift day about hiring the whole track myself:D , quite cheap actually. We can arrange a small group of people to hire it for pratice, and attend the next drift day;)

i keep asking for the price for the whole track, but maybe i am a kid, he don't think i can afford it.

what he told me was forget about weekend, go at weekday, which will be $20 a day!!! from morning to late, he will kick u out if he has go-kart race at the afternoon, but u still got the whole morning, which is more than enough.

steve, i have PM u his contact no. , give him a call about the information for hiring the whold track, hope we can have a SAU drift meeting soon :(

its amzing how much you guys all care bout your cars but you would be willing to put your car through such punishment

going for a drive through the hills is totally different to drifting on the track!!!

i get worried im gunna break something when i drop the clutch sometimes

anyone else have same opinion

or do i just sound like someones mum

erin

Erin, my mum is a rev head, but my old man....

I wouldnt push my car past its limits, and as long as you dont then you shouldnt have any problems.

Skylines are designed to be driven hard, not as a shopping trolley/commuter - have a bit of faith in the nissan engineers and watch the grin factor grow:D

Originally posted by skipppy

i get worried im gunna break something when i drop the clutch sometimes

I used to also be worried that I would break something when I drop the clutch etc... This was after owning a series of cars that would break when dropping the clutch.

I.e My old 250 Cortina that I done 6 manual gearbox's & engine mounts, I worked on roughly the second clutch pressure plate that I would blow so would the gearbox, then my VS Commodore where I done a diff, gearbox, engine mount and the rear irs chassic where the diff bolts on cracked and the arse end dropped on the ground. I owned the Cortina for close to 2 years and the Commodore for 9 months.

I've now owned the Skyline for around 2 years and nothing has broke. After many many flat changes a couple of burnouts and well a lot of hammering.. Nothing seems to break.

I am honestly more worried about hitting some thing in the hills than breaking something as I guess my confidence has grown in the car that it is tough. Something is bound to break but not any time soon, Unless I upgrade the clutch to a twin plate or the likes that will enable a 4th gear chirp.. ;) The current clutch has a bit of give so i guess that is why the drive line has stayed intact.

Mind you the car is starting to body roll a little on its stock suspension so shockers are in order.

yep the good ol' Single Rail..

I learnt how to rebuild it after the 2nd.. Sat there with a tub of grease sticking on the lay shafts needle roller bearings.

For a full rebuild it would cost $80 in parts.

To get some one to do it they wanted close to $500, and even then they probably wouldn't have done the layshaft bearings.

The layshaft bearings can be heard from the rattle of the gearbox when you are say in McDonalds riding the clutch a little and creeping forward. The Nissan box doesn't appear to have it however my Old VS Commodore box did before and after the rebuild. This is how I know he didn't rebuild it totally. For just over $1000 I wanted the layshaft bearings replaced.

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