Merli's R32 Track Bitch

[djr81]

Just to be clear, I don't have the old HKS ETS units that have been around for donkeys years... I have the HKS Kansai unit.

You're correct though, it doesn't allow me to choose the curve of signal alteration like the Ruzic one does... It's hard-coded into the unit with the only control being a gain/potentiometer knob...

I'll see how it goes, I would be more convinced by the Ruzic product if I were able to customise the curve, instead of using what are essentially pre-defined curves. How do I know that I wouldn't end up using the same application curve that the HKS Kansai unit gives me?!?!

Well that begs the question: What curve does the HKS unit give? The Ruzic one will do a straight line adjustment to the lateral accelerometer output as one of the settings.

[evil_weevil]

At this stage, I don't think I'll have it done by May 5 :)

not with that attitude!

(plus its may 2nd )

[Merli]

Well that begs the question: What curve does the HKS unit give? The Ruzic one will do a straight line adjustment to the lateral accelerometer output as one of the settings.

I don't think we'll ever know, without reverse engineering the bloody thing! I'm willing to lend my unit to anyone who wants to do data logging and analyse it

The sparse documentation that comes with the unit didn't go into any kind of detail... It basically said that it takes adjusts the front torque according to cornering (read: lateral signal) g-forces during accelleration (read: longitudinal signal)...

So it works on exactly the same principle as the Ruzic (and every other ATESSA controller out there), but it has a fixed application curve. Actually, for all we know, this HKS Kansai unit may alter the shape of the curve depending on the gain setting!

Anyway, I guess since I already have it, and I've already installed it, I'll give it a go... If I don't like the way it brings on front torque, then I'll look to jump ship

[Merli]

not with that attitude!

(plus its may 2nd )

Oh wow!!!! If it was May 5, I would have had it done FOR SURE!!!! But since it's on May 2nd, it won't even be CLOSE to being ready

[dazmo]

Top quality job there mate. A little of a shame to start with such a clean example as quality R32GTR's are pretty thin on the ground among the sea of rough/average ones.

I love to see a car built to this standard as it doesnt take that much extra effort to turn something good into something exceptional. I can only think of a few cars i know of that fall into this catagory Giants old R32GTR and the new R34GTR, Sam Markovs R32GTR, the BMS R32GTR, your car and hopefully people would rate my own car in this company as well. I should have an update on my build thread very soon by the way

I cant understand when you see so many cars at tracks that have good pace put are really rough why not just put in the extra effort for the amount that it costs to build a car of this caliber I cant for the life of me understand the "thats good enough" metality a lot of people seem to have. Keep up the good work mate.

[Risking]

Top quality job there mate. A little of a shame to start with such a clean example as quality R32GTR's are pretty thin on the ground among the sea of rough/average ones.

I love to see a car built to this standard as it doesnt take that much extra effort to turn something good into something exceptional. I can only think of a few cars i know of that fall into this catagory Giants old R32GTR and the new R34GTR, Sam Markovs R32GTR, the BMS R32GTR, your car and hopefully people would rate my own car in this company as well. I should have an update on my build thread very soon by the way

I cant understand when you see so many cars at tracks that have good pace put are really rough why not just put in the extra effort for the amount that it costs to build a car of this caliber I cant for the life of me understand the "thats good enough" metality a lot of people seem to have. Keep up the good work mate.

I do agree. I was at Oran park today and there was a few very rough sport sedans out practicing. They were so rough around the edges I was not interested in looking until I seen them go.

Very small outlays could make them so much nicer cars.

[fatz]

awsome car

cant wait to hose it at the track in my r31

[Neil]

I do agree. I was at Oran park today and there was a few very rough sport sedans out practicing. They were so rough around the edges I was not interested in looking until I seen them go.

Very small outlays could make them so much nicer cars.

Yea I have agree also,,,my old sporty was always clean and tidy. Some peeps have no respect for their cars.

Andrew's will rival Mr Marcov's beautiful R32,,,no doubt.

I love your attitude and your insatiable quest for perfection mate.

Are you going to put in a false drivers side aluminium floor so you don't damage the paint and keep your little toes cooler?.

We need to do it to Duncan's car as well.

Neil.

[Merli]

Thanks for the comments guys

dazmo - Yeah, I hear ya.... Although I call it my little track bitch, it's a lot more than that to me.

fatz - Perhaps when you learn to keep the stupid thing pointed in the right direction and stop with all the ful sik sideways malarkey, we can talk

Neil - Yeah, I need to work some kind of false floor in there... I need to weld in another seat rail for the passenger side, so I'll figure this out at the same time. Interested to see what solution you come up to keep Duncy Dinosaur's toes cool!

[fatz]

yea baby

[zloki]

I was actually looking at buying that exact car back in 06 >.<

nice work so far

[Merli]

A few more update pics

Windscreen had to come out to weld the cage in... Time for it to get glued into place...

[Merli]

Some new parts to get installed!

First up, lets have a look at the intercooler pipes.

As you may recall, I had the front bar off... That's because I tried to install the ARC cooler, but ran into problems trying to get the stock rubber cooler hoses to fit over the ARC end tanks.

I ended up with something a little like this:

Note to self: Masking tape isn't a good substitute for hose clamps.

[Merli]

Anyway... I dropped by the local parts haven (read: Just Jap) and picked up some cheep cheep chinese intercooler pipes!

Nice huh?

Here's a close up of one of them:

Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.... Wait a minute. WTF?!?!

No biggie. Nothing a little judicious dremel action won't fix!

Word of caution for any other owners of these Cooling Pro cast alloy products: CLEAN THEM BEFORE INSTALLING ONTO YOUR CAR!!!

I attacked all four pipes with degreaser, wash with water, turps, wash with water, metho, wash with water... Scrubbing the hell out of them at each step. The amount of loose casting granules and powder that came out was RIDICULOUS.

I'm very glad that none of that bad stuff got sucked into my engine

Anyway, after cleaning, all was good... These chinese parts are GREAT value

[Merli]

Anyway, after making sure the pipes were clean of all casting junk, we're all good to go!

Some top notch murray clamps courtesy from John and Tim @ Unique Autosports... Notice the two grooves on the inside of the clamps? They concentrate the clamping pressure into two distinct ridges along the silicone hoses, which makes for a much much stronger clamping pressure as opposed to flat hose clamps.

The design also guarantees uniform clamping, and no pinching along any part of the clamp.

Just Jap intercooler pipes + UAS hose clamps = car that starts and idles again

[inthisglass]

this was a mint car when Ross had it as his street car

looks like its going to be one fun track toy!

[N1GTR]

Andrew would you mind taking a picture showing us the offset of the rims compared to the guards?

Want to see how far they are from the guards. Also, how close the tyre is to rubbing on the guard

[phunky_monkey]

Looking good mate.

The dags in those 'cooler pipes were a bit rich. Always pays to check I guess! Nice hose clamps too, nothing worse than pipes blowing off.

[Merli]

Andrew would you mind taking a picture showing us the offset of the rims compared to the guards?

Want to see how far they are from the guards. Also, how close the tyre is to rubbing on the guard

Ummm... They stick out from the guards mate

There was no way that 18x10 +12 was EVER going to fit under those guards.

They stick out about 1cm, but I knew they would.... I'll get the suspension on there, set the camber and see how much panel beating I need to do to make them fit. Hopefully some brutal guard rolling will suffice...

[Rhys9]

Man that's looking clean still!!!

What suspension are you running??

Rhys