Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Yesterday at Willowbank Raceway Mark Jacobsen piloted the R32 further into the record books with a 8.271 @ 171 MPH to set a new record, narrowly beat the old Croydon Racing mark of 8.273. The pass was done "off the trailer" at the meet and he tells me that with further suspension improvements and a little more power the car should be capable of a high 7 sec pass.

congrats to Mark and his team for the awesome result.

thanks guys . we are very happy we ran that pass about 2 in the arvo was quite hot and had a fair bit of wheel spin off the line....

our other passes one run bogged of the line and ran 8.4 at 169.98 with a 1.47 60ft at 5.30 in the arvo with better air .

then our final run was at 7.30pm but we crossed the centre line in 2nd gear so aborted the run.... just need to get the rear suspension sorted and it will be great..

cheers, mark

well done. makes me happy to see people still doing serious development with the ol' R32. Maybe you can have that elusive 7 in time for the R32s 20th birthday? :nyaanyaa:

well done. makes me happy to see people still doing serious development with the ol' R32. Maybe you can have that elusive 7 in time for the R32s 20th birthday? :nyaanyaa:

The other, slower, aborted passes were more telling of the car's potential and I reckon it'll be sooner rather than later that the car sees teens, oh's and then high sevens.

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


  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Thanks for doing that Duncan! Makes you a good person in my books. We don't get kangaroos or wombats here. But we have bats and it's similar. AFAIK it's often the mums with a baby attached that get hit because they drop lower when starting from a tree. If you hit an animal, check on it. https://www.ifaw.org/au/resources/wildlife-rescue-app An app to get the closest wildlife rescue contact.
    • My dream is also to have a proper hoist, but I don't think it will ever happen. My quickjack is probably as close as I'll ever get, it really is very good though. 
    • Yeah we keep on in the dailies, it is pretty poor how many animals get hit and the driver leaves without checking....have saved a couple of little ones over the years. Bit of a gruesome job though, pouches generally need to be cut open because they are so tight and often the joey doesn't realise mum is gone so they are still locked onto the teat. I checked the modules in front of the DS wheel where an oil cooler should go.... There is the radar unit - that can go for race use) One of the 2 HX water pumps, the silver cylinder. That needs to be kept but might be able to be relocated But the bad news, the big computer mounted vertically in front of the wheel (blocking any potential air exit) is the electric steering computer. That is required until/unless i do a hydraulic steering conversion, and in CAD based modern car design it is not like I can just pop a big unit like that somewhere else (plus the loom would be too short anywhere else too). So, the passenger side is OK to clear out (just use a smaller washer reservoir, potentially elsewhere), but the DS no beuno
    • Well, all the best with the new camry It was interesting to hear about the UK process, it is generally a lot more streamlined here with a shipping agent looking after all the import side (noting the exact final price can still be a surprise.....) and I've used a few different brokers on the japan (or US) side, and never had any trouble with any of them....luck of the draw I guess. You mentioned you didn't get the auction sheet (understandable since you bought it from a dealer, not auction), but I always try and get hold of that because they are pretty thorough. I've imported 2x R grade vehicles over the years and both were fine, repairs in Japan are pretty thorough compared to here in Oz.
    • BTW I measured the jack I have, it is 70mm at the saddle but you only have about 700 until it returns to 150mm high at the cylinder so it is good but no magic bullet.
×
×
  • Create New...