Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Got out on the weekend to blow away the cobwebs since my crash and broken shoulder.

I'm off the pace a bit by 2.5seconds (normally 1m17s), but it felt good to be carving up the slower guys :P

Up front and "in the groove"

l_b3bd1188fa9617b50751b2ce84653c09.jpg

Passing a slower rider (and pulling a gap on the guy behind)

l_753a0bc4f0fb21e81016ada7e0d97873.jpg

Next turn

l_5e59056b657db391b9ddee27237eda92.jpg

Did I lose them? :D

l_7090e3f1bb6e69c6a4007ab7d1abdb60.jpg

Now for the slower guys again

l_d24cb8b8c63a6940a964d90e78d78ba0.jpg

It was funny because my GF was freaking out ... worried I'd crash and injure myself again! :P

She even imposed a rule: Crash and break any bones, and its no sex for a year! ;)

I'll blame her for my 2.5 second loss :rofl:

:P

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/223222-back-in-the-groove/
Share on other sites

Hello guys,

New to this forum, from a motorcycling background had a nasty crash at Oran Park.

Hurt my confidence alot :-(.

So i thought ill see how much fun a r32 GTR would be but nothing comes close to bikes the rush is just so unreal.

Love the R32 GTR great car, alot safer too.

Race bike NC30 VFR400 btw, great on track have a ball all the time.

pretty awesome stuff right there! bet it felt good to be blasting away in a controlled environment again! i take it the shoulder is 100% now? if so good to hear.

:P

It feels 100%. But I'm still out of racing for the rest of the year. Track days only for me :P

Feels fit and good, but wouldn't want to crash in any case

;)

So i thought ill see how much fun a r32 GTR would be but nothing comes close to bikes the rush is just so unreal.

Race bike NC30 VFR400 btw, great on track have a ball all the time.

I've raced an RS250 around the track (including Phillip Island) and track day with a VFR400 and they're lots of fun. Not as fast, but far much more fun! :D

Yeah, the rush of lapping the track on a bike is uncomparable to anything else ... maybe even sex ;)

how much did ur heart drop when she told ya that rule lol

I knew she was joking ... to a point. :P She was swell about it. Even encouraged me to get it out of my system. She was there where I crashed at the start of the year and broke my shoulder, and was there all the way through the rehab/physio, so she's been totally swell about it.

:P

BTW, the other guys in the pics above are on 1000ccs. Goes to show that a 600 is better suited to the Mallala circuit. Carries better entry and exit speed.

Edited by RubyRS4

I take it you were at Mallala on Monday? If so, did you check out Munro's street GTR on the track - he was pulling 1:17s - keeping up with Keir in his Lambo Gallardo :ermm: - unfortunately I was crook so didn't make it out there to watch. :geek::huh::cool:

I take it you were at Mallala on Monday? If so, did you check out Munro's street GTR on the track - he was pulling 1:17s - keeping up with Keir in his Lambo Gallardo :wacko: - unfortunately I was crook so didn't make it out there to watch. :):D:)

Nah Andrew, they never have Cars and Bikes out there on the same day, Bike prac was on Saturday before all the dwiptas.......

^^^ since when is that Darren? Last 2 times I took the S15 out for a public day they had 3 different sessions for 3 different vehicle classes. Don't they do that anymore?

Yeah they do, last time i went there was go karts, then the mini clubmans/formula 4's and then normal cars

^^^ since when is that Darren? Last 2 times I took the S15 out for a public day they had 3 different sessions for 3 different vehicle classes. Don't they do that anymore?

The S15....... Christ that going back........lol

Yeah they do, last time i went there was go karts, then the mini clubmans/formula 4's and then normal cars

They never have Cars/open wheelers AND Bikes on one day, because if a car comes off at the kink it will smash the airbags to bits.......

So on a Prac day it goes like this:

Go Karts

Open Wheelers / Clubmans

Tin Tops (CAMS holders)

Tin Tops (Day licence holders)

Unless you have a private prac day which is what i think was on that monday......... hence why the bikes were out on the Saturday during the day and drifters were out at night!!

thats awsome man! let us know when ya out again and we will come have a squizz!!

good stuff!

I'll be out there Sunday watching the racing. Its gunna hurt watching knowing I'm missing out :) No racing for me until next season.

I might be out on the track next on Saturday 19th July from 10.00am, depending upon the weather of course.

:)

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

    • Even more fun, leave all the ADAS stuff plugged in, but in different locations, hopefully avoid any codes!   And honestly, all these new cars with their weird electronics. Pull all the electronics out Duncan, and just shove an aftermarket ECU and if needed a trans controller in, along with a PDM. Make it run basic but race car styled!
    • To follow up a question from earlier too since I had the front bar off again (fking!) This is what is between the bumper and the drivers side wheel And this is the navigator side, only one thing but its a biggy! So basically....no putting coolers in the wheel arches without a lot of moving other stuff. Assuming I move to properly race prepping this car I'll take that job on and see how the computers respond to removing a whole bunch of ADAS modules
    • So I prepped the car for another track day on Wednesday (will be interesting to see coolant temps post flushing out and the larger reservoir, with a forecast of 3-14 being 20o cooler than last time I took it out). Couple of things to mention; since I am just driving the car and not taking a support vehicle, I took the rear seats out and just loaded the back up Team Trackday style. Look at all that space! To cover off removing the rear seat....it is weird (note the hybrid is probably different because it wouldn't have folding rear seats) Basically, you remove the lower seat base, very similar to a r series but it is a clip that pulls forward to release the base rather than it being bolted down. Easy Then, you need to remove the side section of the rear seat on each side. There is a 14mm head nut at the bottom of the side piece, the it slides upwards off a hook at the top to release; you also need to unhook the seatbelt from the loop at the top. Then the centre piece is weird. You need to release/fold the seats forward with the tab in the boot on each side From there, there are 2,x12mm headed bolts holding the rear of each seat to the folding bracket, under the trim between the rear seat and the boot (4x christmas tree clips there, they suck). The seat is out but you can see where the bolts attach to the bracket
    • As discussed in the previous post, the bushes in the 110 needed replacing. I took this opportunity to replace the castor bushes, the front lower control arm, lower the car and get the alignment dialled in with new tyres. I took it down to Alignment Motorsports on the GC to get this work done and also get more out of the Shockworks as I felt like I wasn't getting the full use out of them.  To cut a very long story short, it ended up being the case the passenger side castor arm wouldn't accept the brand new bush as the sleeve had worn badly enough to the point you could push the new bush in by hand and completely through. Trying a pair of TRD bushes didn't fix the issue either (I had originally gone with Hardrace bushes). We needed to urgently source another castor arm, and thankfully this was sourced and the guys at the shop worked on my car until 7pm on a Saturday to get everything done. The car rides a lot nicer now with the suspension dialled in properly. Lowered the car a little as well to suit the lower profile front tyres, and just bring the car down generally. Eternally thankful for the guys down at the shop to get the car sorted, we both pulled big favours from our contacts to get it done on the Saturday.  Also plugged in the new Stedi foglights into the S15, and even from a quick test in the garage I'm keen to see how they look out on the road. I had some concerns about the length of the LED body and whether it'd fit in the foglight housing but it's fine.  I've got a small window coming up next month where I'll likely get a little paint work done on the 110 to remove the rear wing, add a boot wing and roof wing, get the side skirt fixed up and colour match the little panel on the tail lights so that I can install some badges that I've kept in storage. I'm also tempted to put in a new pair of headlights on the 110.  Until then, here's some more pictures from Easter this year. 
    • I would put a fuel pressure gauge between the filter and the fuel rail, see if it's maintaining good fuel pressure at idle going up to the point when it stalls. Do you see any strange behavior in commanded fuel leading up to the point when it stalls? You might have to start going through the service manual and doing a long list of sensor tests if it's not the fuel system for whatever reason.
×
×
  • Create New...