Superlap Timeattack Is Ago!

[Roy]

Not according to Superlap Website, or maybe error. I see Bill Nabin did a 1 21.37 in rotory something.

Says on the site.

Fastest Rotary – Mohammed Khan – RX-7

Oops, i didnt see the street class. Well, good luck to him. We may hang shit on him, but none of us set him straight, the organisers didnt set him straight and it was probably his first event. So i am sure he will have learnt...well here is to hoping anyway

[TommO]

Ordered photos of the GTR crashing... poor bugger, this thing had been awesome to watch all day long!!

If the owner doesn't want these posted, please tell me and i'll remove them. I read they want them posted though, so let me know if this isn't the case.

I've got the sequence of the Evo crashing too (mate using my camera happened to catch it!)... I'll post them up if someone wants.

[Angus Smart]

Oucccchhhhhhhhhhhhhh, that would probably be me, i banned myself from oran park!

[TommO]

Yeah it's a nasty corner. I sat there all day because pretty much every car would get rather sideways into it or through it Most cars had some massive oversteer there.. most guys learnt by midday to sit a gear higher than common sense said, but we loved the guys that didn't haha

BIGRED... well that car sounded AWESOME Had us all guessing what motor was in it.. I forgot that I'd watched the movies of it tons of times on youtube

R34 that did a couple of drift laps at the end.. champion!! We'd been seeing you in "pain" all day trying to keep the thing straight!!

UAS 300ZX... at the end of the day you really started getting into it and it was great to watch. That thing is running a shit load of power :) Loved it

EVOs... you were boring to watch, it reminded me why I sold my Evo haha

All the other cars were great too... plenty of highlights in my mind!! I've posted up a few photos of the cars I know are off here... truth be told a mate borrowed my camera for the day as I was feeling lazy. They're not the best photos but I figure no one will say "no" to photos

[BezerkR32]

From what i understood on the superlap website, correct me if im wrong but diddnt you have to have factory engine fitted to run in the sprint class and anything goes in the open class? im only curious as i figured i would have to run my car in the opens. but this is new to me so i could have miss-understood.

quote As a different topic for debate - I'm REALLY suprised no one has had a whinge about making rules requiring cars to run at least OEM manufacturer engines (i.e. Nissans must run a Nissan Engine - etc). What is to stop some of the crazy light weight kit cars coming in and just making a mockery of this event?

(I personally don't care but I could see some of the supporting workshops getting upset if this isn't watched surely?)

Edited July 8, 2008 by BezerkR32

[2rismo]

As long as they don't let any LS1 powered, yellow R32's in Stu it'll be all good.

[hrd-hr30]

Yeah it's a nasty corner. I sat there all day because pretty much every car would get rather sideways into it or through it Most cars had some massive oversteer there.. most guys learnt by midday to sit a gear higher than common sense said, but we loved the guys that didn't haha

All the other cars were great too... plenty of highlights in my mind!! I've posted up a few photos of the cars I know are off here... truth be told a mate borrowed my camera for the day as I was feeling lazy. They're not the best photos but I figure no one will say "no" to photos

thanks for throwing a photo of my slow barge in there Michael.

I didn't go a gear higher in that corner - figured I was never going to be fast anyway in that boat so why be slow and smooth? Thought I'd at least try not to bore everyone too much.

[Bozman1]

In car footage Superlap Clubclass winners - Boston/Elias Honda S2000.

[Marlin]

Looks like lots of fun

Love the preztel-double-shuffle @ 4:42

[BezerkR32]

Thats awesome, deffinately kept busy. im going to do a few laps in my kart before taking that on in the skyline.

Tell me thats not a hundred times more fun than drag racing.

In car footage Superlap Clubclass winners - Boston/Elias Honda S2000.

[Boosted Zed]

Thats awesome, deffinately kept busy. im going to do a few laps in my kart before taking that on in the skyline.

Tell me thats not a hundred times more fun than drag racing.

Nice Bozman and I learnt a lot from watching you on the day and seeing pics like below and watching in car vid. Cutting Suttons and dog leg and hoping last bit of the ripple strip or kerb coming onto the straight, prob good for half a second?

Getting that dogleg ripple strip in the middle fo the car is key thouhg as half doing it would chop the inside of rim and tyres I would think? Seeing and knowing and then doing is something else though.

Cutting ripple strips

Some good pics on LS1 forum would you believe.

LS1 Superlap thread.

Edited July 9, 2008 by Boosted Zed

[archie01]

In car footage Superlap Clubclass winners - Boston/Elias Honda S2000.

Great steering.

Thoroughly enjoyed watching it.

Thanks for posting it up.

I missed out big time. Will have to come up with the Vic boys next time round.

[Boosted Zed]

Hey BLitz were you out on Sat as did not see you?

Yes VQ38 project went on hold with the fire above our old shop then the big move build new shop and big job and need more time and money to do. Will do hopefully next year.

Tommo zed was actually down on power due to new suspension set up and rear springs being too hard and oversteering so much. We put race fuel in and turned up timing about half what we could have and car went slower. It would have been around 380rwkw on the boost button. So softer springs in rear and a few other changes we found we need to front end, such as less neg camber, and probably another second in according to Bozman.

BTW what suspension and tyres was the S2000 running??

Tyre warming contest

Edited July 9, 2008 by Boosted Zed

[Bozman1]

The S2000's suspension was bought in Japan and installed by Elias years ago when the car was first built. As far I know it has never been touched or played with since taking all of the bits out of the boxes and installing it all on the car.

I think some people just play with cars too much and get lost with a setup.

Standard S2000's are shocking to drive. Even though they have a 50/50 weight balance, they have a very short wheel base and are just so snappy in a slide.

I am pretty sure we were running Toyo's or Falkens.

BTW JP I think you can change the OP GP time in your sig

Edited July 9, 2008 by Bozman1

[Peddler]

did i say i want a Honda S2000 turbo ?

[Boosted Zed]

did i say i want a Honda S2000 turbo ?

Yep they seem a good thing although have weak drive shafts and other issues. She was strong on the day, for sure. The alloy light weight engine is also way back in the engine bay. I wonder what time it would do on R compound tyres and a bit of weight out of it?

Boz I just changed sig.

[Bozman1]

This one will never break drive shafts

[Adz]

There seems to be some good footage up

http://au.youtube.com/results?search_query..._type=&aq=f

[Boosted Zed]

This one will never break drive shafts

Hmm is that a wish or a positve thought in hope or non standard?

Re set up I have been lost numerous time, getting closer to the mark though after testing with pyro and driving the car and seeing how it goes with new suspesnion set up. I have read lots of books on race suspenion, spoke to lots of race engineers and utilised a few. Also had some good advice from Ben from Race Pace in Melbourne and Sydney Kid, also Graham from Fulcrum suspension, race drivers such as John Web and then Bozman drives it and confirms too hard springs in rear which I was aware of and ordered softer ones but could not get in time.

Edited July 9, 2008 by Boosted Zed

[Aaron34]

There seems to be some good footage up

http://au.youtube.com/results?search_query..._type=&aq=f

Those concrete patches on the inside of the kerbs are way too nasty for my R34. The rims and shocks would be in agony.

Super quick little beast though. Love the way it hooks up..