Show Me Your Race Car Trailers

[2BNVS]

my uncle just finished welding me up a custom trailer for mine, its at the sprayers atm so ill get pics soon... basically just a flat open tray not enclosed, 5.5m long bout 30cm overall wider than the car, dropping suspension for when unloading/loading, 4 elec brakes, 4m mesh steel ramps ( i didnt wanna keep takin the front bar off everytime so very gradual angle, aluminium checker floor on the outside runs with easy access mesh in the middle incase need to get under it, 14" ford rims oh and of course the old trusty winch lol

ben...

[Neil]

oh and of course the old trusty winch lol

ben...

Which is also is an interesting question,,,the Winch. Good call Ben,,,what do you guy's use for a winch,,,I use 2 cheap crap Aldi winches,,,one to lift the tail-gate and one if I bend the car and ever have to winch up the left-overs. Cheap shit at $80 bucks each but so far they have been slow but great,,,.

Neil.

[Beer Baron]

i'm not sure if you guys saw mark and russ's new trailer when they were down for superlap but it's the daddy. fully enclosed, has TV and fridge, toolbox, and fully lockable and alarmed! very nice tailgate that doubles as the ramp and it rides very low and has a winch for car and to close the tailgate. the only downside I can see is that it's probably worth double my car! It's pretty cool though, like a poor mans V8SC Pantech...

Russ, pics mate! it's my dream trailer! lol.

[N1GTR]

This thing would be awesome; http://www.featherlitetrailers.com.au/trailer.aspx?ID=23

There's a company that does them slightly different with a small living area (bed, sink, fridge etc)

[Beer Baron]

lol. that is a bit over the top. for starters you need a beast that can take a goose neck, so basically an F150, F250 etc.

something like this probably more up our alley. and looks quite nice.

http://www.featherlitetrailers.com.au/trailer.aspx?ID=24

[tacker]

Far to embarassed to show my 900$ afternoon built trailer, still it only has to do a 12km round trip to the track so it does what it was made for.

But now have another idea for new thread.

[N1GTR]

Yeah with those gooseneck ones the car needed to tow it would be worth a whole new motor for the race car

[Duncan]

haha here is the raceworx death trailer. one and the same that pete drifted on the way to that fateful calder meeting. Its been to melbourne, brisbane, and around nsw god knows how many times. And its has towed rolled, smashed and broken cars so many times I can't count.

it came 2nd hand with 2 bent axles, 2 rotted wooden ramps and 4 retreaded car tyres. all 4 tyres blew over thefirst 12 months we had it.

about $2k in axles, tyres, brakes later it now tows fine (although neil would never admit it ). Best feature is the electric brakes they are much smoother than cable drums run off the towball.

Neil's new trailer is a work of art, especially for his purpose (light, open sports car). But no its not an appropriate design to tow a heavy closed car like a skyline. Our trailer is 500kg + 1500kg car....would hate to see how heavy a enclosed one like the one you described would be richard.

In fact, if you are going to go that heavy that you need a specific tow car I think you are better off with a transporter. At least I can use my tow car for towing, taking kids to the park, daily drivign and track days. that would not be the case with the F250 truck you would need for a trailer that size.

BTW re winch our big one from supercheap has been fine, including dragging "non-rolling" skylines. I think the light/cheap supercheap winches are too small for a skyline.

Paul - what did yours look like, I see a lot of trailers at the various meets, I can keep an eye out? And its too late now, but Shannons will insure car trailers at a very reasonable price

[Duncan]

heh that photo brings back memories....I blew my first motor that day *sniff*. and the race car looks a bit different now (so does the trailer for that matter)

[Neil]

Just so everybody knows,,,I hate the raceworx trailer,,,,there is nothing I actually like about it and if I had my way I'd take a plasma cutter to it and the world would be a better place. I will never forget the epic ride home from Wakefield. All I wanted to do is drink piss and relax,,,not a bloody chance,,,wheel gone,,,studs broken,,,I did laugh when a stud and nut decided to find a new home in the drain though,,,Duncan didn't!!!!.

I do like the car sitting on it though. R32 GTR's are a bloody great looking car!!!.

Neil.

[Merli]

This is perfect... Pity they are an American company

http://www.prfauto.com/24challengerracerspecial.html

[giant]

some nice trailers on here, i always like looking at trailer setups too.

and yeah r32's are the shit!! always will be

here is our trailer we bought earlier this year, will need some mods thought to fit the r34 in it as the wheel track is a bit wide( maybe ramping up over the inner guards.

[Roy]

That trailer is nicer then the place i am living in over here in India

[Beer Baron]

don't bother modding the trailer russ. just give it to me for my 32. that thing fits a 32 in perfectly. and it's got aircon! lol, you pansy.

[phunky_monkey]

Wow, that trailer is pimping!

[giant]

panzy ... ...you wont be saying that when your in it having a drink!! with aircon on! & yeah it does fit r32's perfectly, just not gay ones that dont run from inner Sydney! LOL

thanks guys it is a good trailer, the nissan navara knows when it's towing it though, haha

the trailer is alloy framed though so helps a bit.

[Beer Baron]

panzy ... ...you wont be saying that when your in it having a drink!! with aircon on! & yeah it does fit r32's perfectly, just not gay ones that dont run from inner Sydney! LOL

thanks guys it is a good trailer, the nissan navara knows when it's towing it though, haha

the trailer is alloy framed though so helps a bit.

lol, you've got me there mate. nothing like a fridge to keep the beer cold and aircon to keep me cold. do what we did with spencers navara STR. we just wound up the boost and chipped the ecu. made some good gains and the extra torque is nice when towing something heavy. but man they can burn the diesel with a big load on... actually you guys have a petrol one don't you?

maybe just trade the navara in on a hummer. not the new pussy ones though. one of the old proper hard core ones.

like that:

[Beer Baron]

yep petrol engine v6, it's quite good on fuel actually we are geetting about 300klm out of 150 litre tank! lol

seriously though we just hard the car uni chipped and it's picked up about 20% in fuel economy and much better throttle response, air/fuel was 10:1 previously

yep even modding the tow cars is worthwhile. we loved the navara with more boost and the chipped ecu. does great little chirpies now.. lol.

nice fuel economy too....

[giant]

yep petrol engine v6, it's quite good on fuel actually we are geetting about 300klm out of 150 litre tank! lol

seriously though we just hard the car uni chipped and it's picked up about 20% in fuel economy and much better throttle response, air/fuel was 10:1 previously

[giant]

i dont want to be on the side of the road all the time fixing up some american piece of shit!! haha