Jump to content
SAU Community

Gsr Evo Track Day 9th March Read This!

ax53b70p25

By ax53b70p25,
in South Australia

 Share

Recommended Posts

  • Replies 66
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Top Posters In This Topic

Popular Days

Posted Images

Deluxe Grand Master

Deluxe

Posted
Posted

Our teammate has the IPRA lap record at Mallala in a 808 with a BP18T, thats right a 1.8ltr time is a 1:15!! we did a 1:18 in our IPRA car RA40 Celica with a 3SGTE and that was in our first year with a fresh car, this year looking for at least a 1:16!!

BTW you might need to look else where to get 50+ people out there!! Wont be 50 people on here wanting to hit up the track!!

ax53b70p25 Experienced

ax53b70p25

Posted
  • Author
Posted

yeah surely we should get at least 40 ppl interested in a track day, i have about 10 ppl keen on a track day, not all have skylines but we need someone with enough time and patience to organise it CORRECTLY, also we are going to need the funds up front to book the day, so if ppl cancel bad luck you lose your dough. during the week would be cheaper approx $3500 instead of weekend rates $5000 i'll put my hand up to help organise it but in going to need a couple of guys dedicated enough to help out. also we should book when it is a lot cooler, i can ring clem smith and find out some dates that the track is free, Also we would have to separate into two groups 4wd and rwd. this is just testing the water im not promising anything lets see how really keen ppl are! any volunteers????

KISIN Veteran

KISIN

Posted
Posted
yeah surely we should get at least 40 ppl interested in a track day, i have about 10 ppl keen on a track day, not all have skylines but we need someone with enough time and patience to organise it CORRECTLY, also we are going to need the funds up front to book the day, so if ppl cancel bad luck you lose your dough. during the week would be cheaper approx $3500 instead of weekend rates $5000 i'll put my hand up to help organise it but in going to need a couple of guys dedicated enough to help out. also we should book when it is a lot cooler, i can ring clem smith and find out some dates that the track is free, Also we would have to separate into two groups 4wd and rwd. this is just testing the water im not promising anything lets see how really keen ppl are! any volunteers????
Its all good and well people saying yea i want to come but when it comes to the crunch people always back out,

thats one thing that shits me about sau

Get a decent deposit upfront, and do what was said above, that way im sure a lot less people will much around.

Sinful Grand Master

Sinful

Posted
Posted

There not hard to organise..I would think about asking other clubs to join you on this day if you cant find enough SAU members that want to hit up the track??

But what is it about SA peeps that they dont like Track days??

Is it cause its so new, never done it so dont want to try it?

Is it because you think your car isnt set up enough?

Is it because you think you will break it?

I had all this stuff running through my head and I have a GTR so the big myth that they die and the massive rebuild cost did loom over me...But seriously once you try it and you are hooked I know I am and its the best fun and great satisfaction to get your times down!!

I have seen people take anything out there and drive/race it around doesnt have to have the works done to it...

It is also a great way to find out what your car does actually need or want..I found out I need better suspension and still need to add sway bars, I dont need more power cause got loads and I dont even think my GTR is baffled but all I do is over fill the oil a litre and half and out onto the Track I go....

I would hope that most of you would at least give it a go once, get out onto the track and try it out..

P.s all this Track work does help you out on the road driving as you learn more about your car and you as a driver..

Sinful Grand Master

Sinful

Posted
Posted
Our teammate has the IPRA lap record at Mallala in a 808 with a BP18T, thats right a 1.8ltr time is a 1:15!! we did a 1:18 in our IPRA car RA40 Celica with a 3SGTE and that was in our first year with a fresh car, this year looking for at least a 1:16!!

BTW you might need to look else where to get 50+ people out there!! Wont be 50 people on here wanting to hit up the track!!

Far out Deluxe thats great!! :whistling:

What do supercars do around Mallala?

SLED Grand Master

SLED

Posted
Posted
There not hard to organise..I would think about asking other clubs to join you on this day if you cant find enough SAU members that want to hit up the track??

But what is it about SA peeps that they dont like Track days??

Might be an unrelated issue but right now, living in SA is like living in the sweaty jungles of middle Africa with no end in sight....good recipe for car melt down.

Be interesting to see if peeps responses and attitudes change if and when the colder weather arrives.

Sinful Grand Master

Sinful

Posted
Posted
Might be an unrelated issue but right now, living in SA is like living in the sweaty jungles of middle Africa with no end in sight....good recipe for car melt down.

Be interesting to see if peeps responses and attitudes change if and when the colder weather arrives.

I guess it could be down to that..But I have done a Track day in Feb in about 30degree heat and my car was ok..as long as your not out there for too long and have a good few cool down laps, should be ok :D

But I do understand your point and I know what SA heat is like and I do prefer the dry heat to this humidity we get over here :whistling:

mad34 Experienced

mad34

Posted
Posted

I would be be keen for an SAU trackday and i dont even have a skyline.

The only thing with having alot of ppl out there is for insurance purposes i am pretty sure it has to be a cams sanctioned event. Which would require a Cams affiliated club to organise it

Then you have got all the BS that goes with a cams event Eg. officials to organise groups on the day etc flaggies, ambo's, fireies and IDIOT CAMS COURSE CLERKS!

Perhaps if we cant get 50 due to restriction on having to run an actual 'event'. It would be worthwhile even if we can get a max of 20-25 out there for an untimed prac day it would only be 200ish for a hell of a lot of track time.

ax53b70p25 Experienced

ax53b70p25

Posted
  • Author
Posted

yeah even 20-25 on a weekday would be dooable, for heaps of track time and no cockhead officials. maybe we can do a time attack and whoever gets the fastest provable time gets bragging rights!!!!! mallala time attack!!!!! bring it on!!!

ax53b70p25 Experienced

ax53b70p25

Posted
  • Author
Posted

, I dont need more power cause got loads and I dont even think my GTR is baffled but all I do is over fill the oil a litre and half and out onto the Track I go....

dude just a friendly warning Do Not Ever overfill your oil as it causes your pistons to slap the excess oil in the sump which can cause the rods to be stressed and will ultimately be the first cause of rod failure.

ax53b70p25 Experienced

ax53b70p25

Posted
  • Author
Posted

we either get someone to time (dodgy) or we get a couple of timers and share them when youre not on the track you should loan a timer to some one else? i have one i would loan to someone else when i wasnt on the track, or you can get one from summit racing for $299!

D_Stirls Veteran

D_Stirls

Posted
Posted

i think you will find the officials will be there regardless of when you go. I'm pretty sure they come with the track as they are a part of CAMS and they are who is covering the insurance which is most of what you pay

Sinful Grand Master

Sinful

Posted
Posted
I would be be keen for an SAU trackday and i dont even have a skyline.

The only thing with having alot of ppl out there is for insurance purposes i am pretty sure it has to be a cams sanctioned event. Which would require a Cams affiliated club to organise it

Then you have got all the BS that goes with a cams event Eg. officials to organise groups on the day etc flaggies, ambo's, fireies and IDIOT CAMS COURSE CLERKS!

Perhaps if we cant get 50 due to restriction on having to run an actual 'event'. It would be worthwhile even if we can get a max of 20-25 out there for an untimed prac day it would only be 200ish for a hell of a lot of track time.

There is a new place that is like cams now called AASA and there licences are cheaper and more friendly...I would say put on a "Driver Training" Day at Mallala...Not offical timed and if its "driver training" can have passengers.. http://www.australianautosportalliance.com/aasa/

Maybe even look into getting a offical place to do this day for you?? http://www.sacentral.sa.gov.au/site/page.c...a=2&c=41932

This is NSW but so you can understand what I mean : http://www.ianluff.com.au/

, I dont need more power cause got loads and I dont even think my GTR is baffled but all I do is over fill the oil a litre and half and out onto the Track I go....

dude just a friendly warning Do Not Ever overfill your oil as it causes your pistons to slap the excess oil in the sump which can cause the rods to be stressed and will ultimately be the first cause of rod failure.

I'm afriad you are wrong! It's fine and does no harm at all.

My awesome mechanic/boyfriend has assured me of this and all of the GTR's I know here that are not baffled do it also, even for a cruise sometimes depending on roads we are going on!

No oil near the pick up is the Killer!

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

    • MBS206
      Mistakes were made, my R34 Story

      By MBS206 · Posted

      All I hear is ROADTRIP!
    • sunsetR33
      Unpeeling the Orange

      By sunsetR33 · Posted

      Update 3: Hi all It's been a while. Quite a lot of things happened in the meantime, among other things the car is (almost) back together and ready to be started again. Things that I fixed or changed: Full turbo removal, fitting back the OEM turbo oil hardlines. Had to do quite a bit of research and parts shopping to get every last piece that I need and make it work with the GT2860 turbos, but it does work and is not hard to do. Proves that the previous owner(s) just did not want to. While I was there I set the preload for the wastegates to 0,9bar to hopefully make it easier for the tuner to hit the 370hp I need for the legal inspections that will follow later on. Boost can always go up if necessary. Fitted a AN10 line from the catch can to the intake hose to make the catchcan and hopefully the cam covers a slight vacuum to have less restrictive oil returns from the head and not have mud build up as harshly in the lines and catch can. Removed the entire front interior just shy of the dashboard itself to clean up some of the absolutely horrendous wiring, (hopefully) fix the bumpy tacho and put in LED bulbs while I was there. Also put in bulbs where there was none before, like the airbag one. I also used that chance to remove the LED rpm gauge on the steering column, which was also wired in absolute horror show fashion. Moved the 4in1 Prosport gauge from sitting in front of the OEM oil pressure gauge to the center console vents, I used a 3D printed vent piece to hold that gauge there. The HKB steering wheel boss was likely on incorrectly as I sometimes noticed the indicator reset being uneven for left vs. right. In the meantime also installed an airbag delete resistor, as one should. Installed Cube Speed premium short shifter. Feels pretty nice, hope it'll work great too when I actually get to drive. Also put on a fancy Dragon Ball shift knob, cause why not. My buddy was kind enough to weld the rust hole in the back, it was basically rusted through in the lowermost corner of the passenger side trunk area where the wheel arch, trunk panel and rear quarter all meet. Obviously there is still a lot of crustiness in various areas but as long as it's not rusted out I'll just treat and isolate the corrosion and pretend it's not there. Also had to put down a new ground wire for the rear subframe as the original one was BARELY there. Probably a bit controversial depending on who you ask about this... but I ended up just covering the crack in the side of the engine block, the one above the oil feed, with JB Weld. I used a generous amount and roughed up the whole area with a Dremel before, so I hope this will hold the coolant where it should be for the foreseeable future. Did a cam cover gasket job as the half moons were a bit leaky, and there too one could see the people who worked on this car before me were absolute tools. The same half moons were probably used like 3 times without even cleaning the old RTV off. Dremeled out the inside of the flange where the turbine housing mates onto the exhaust manifolds so the diameter matches, as the OEM exhaust manifolds are even narrower than the turbine housings as we all know. Even if this doesn't do much, I had them out anyways, so can't harm. Ideally one would port-match both the turbo and the manifold to the gasket size but I really didn't feel up to disassembling the turbine housings. Wrapped turbo outlet dumps in heat wrap band. Will do the frontpipe again as well as now the oil leak which promted me to tear apart half the engine in the first place is hopefully fixed. Fitted an ATI super damper to get rid of the worn old harmonic balancer. Surely one of the easiest and most worth to do mods. But torquing that ARP bolt to spec was a bitch without being able to lock the flywheel. Did some minor adjustments in the ECU tables to change some things I didn't like, like the launch control that was ALWAYS active. Treated rusty spots and surface corrosion on places I could get to and on many spots under the car, not pretty or ideal but good enough for now. Removed the N1 rear spats and the carbon surrounding for the tailpipe to put them back on with new adhesive as the old one was lifting in many spots, not pretty. Took out the passenger rear lamp housing... what do you know. Amateur work screwed me again here as they were glued in hard and removing it took a lot of force, so I broke one of the housing bolts off. And when removing the adhesive from the chassis the paint came right off too. Thankfully all the damaged area won't be visible later, but whoever did the very limited bodywork on this car needs to have their limbs chopped off piece by piece.   Quite a list if I do say so myself, but a lot of time was spent just discovering new shit that is wrong with the car and finding a solution or parts to fix it. My last problem that I now have the headache of dealing with is that the exhaust studs on the turbo outlets are M10x1.25 threaded, but the previous owner already put on regular M10 nuts so the threads are... weird. I only found this out the hard way. So now I will just try if I can in any way fit the front pipe regardless, if not I'll have to redo the studs with the turbos installed. Lesson learned for the future: Redo ALL studs you put your hands on, especially if they are old and the previous owners were inept maniacs. Thanks for reading if you did, will update when the engine runs again. Hope nothing breaks or leaks and I can do a test drive.
    • Kapr
      What brakes on R34 GTT(Europe)

      By Kapr · Posted

      No those pads are DBA too  but they have colors too. I look at the and imo the green "street" are the best.
    • wizlb
      Who has a Infiniti Q60, Q50 (V37)?

      By wizlb · Posted

      I’m not sure what happened I told them about sonic tunes free OTS tune and the next the I know .. I was booted..   To funny 
    • Kinkstaah
      Starting again

      By Kinkstaah · Posted

      Yea - I mean I've seen my fuel pump which is decades old and uh, while I'm not saying this with real knowledge... but I sure get the ick at using anything in the fuel system that produced the state of that pump. Many years ago I went through multiple pumps (and strainers) before I dropped the tank to clean it out with extreme violence. I'm talking the car would do maybe 50km before coming to a halt, which resulted in me cleaning out the filter with some brake cleaner and going on my way. None of my stuff ever looked like what came out of your fuel tank. I don't think I'd be happy with it unless every single component was replaced (or at least checked/cleaned/confirmed to be clean here).
×
×
  • Create New...