Ben's R32 Gtst Build

[sav man]

Well I killed another engine, but still finished 5th (was 2nd at the time)

here are some stages

Paloona 2nd fastest EM car

Plimsoll fastest EM car

Edited April 24, 2012 by sav man

[zebra]

Car sounds great Ben

Shame about another engine lost

any idea what caused it to drop a valve?

oh and I bet you loved rounding up a Porsche

[sav man]

I'll have to pull it down, but i'm guessing the valvle didn't close properly for what ever reason, and it gas axed the side out of it. We checked plugs, injectors, and ignitor on the side of the road.

We rounded that GT2 up 2 stages in a row!! There will be more stages uploaded soon.

[Roy]

So sorry to see you have the hiccup towards the end. Absolutely flying up to that point. Still an amazing result. Congrats!

[sav man]

time for another stage, Rinadeena where we were second fastest in em

Edited April 25, 2012 by sav man

[richzx]

I wondered what happened! I saw you were 3rd going into the last day and then finished 5th. Time for a 2jz?

[Roy]

Rinadeena looks like an amazing stage...absolutely hammering! Suspension looks planted. OK, time to start flogging your spec Penskes to the rest of us

[sav man]

I wondered what happened! I saw you were 3rd going into the last day and then finished 5th. Time for a 2jz?

It was 2nd, and no shitty Toyota engine is going in my car. I've done a different thing each time from the bottom up, so now i'm at the top, the next engine will be fine.

Rinadeena looks like an amazing stage...absolutely hammering! Suspension looks planted. OK, time to start flogging your spec Penskes to the rest of us

I did almost poo my pants at 10:25 when the car jumped sideways. If you want some I can put you onto my tuner, he organised all the valving. still learning a lot about setting them up, but being able to adjust hi and low speeds separatly makes a big diference in changing conditions. Any good shock can have my valving applied Penske/ohlins (sweedsh)/mca/proflex.... But it's probably cheaper to get the Penske's out of the states, and revalve them here

[DJRIFT]

Rinadeena looks like an amazing stage...absolutely hammering! Suspension looks planted. OK, time to start flogging your spec Penskes to the rest of us

the bloke that done the specks on the shocks is about to do the same thing to a old set of jap ohlins that i got ahold of. they only have one twiddle valve but he said he will get them close enough.

this year ben adjusted the shocks at least every other stage and the car got faster by the end of each day and once it rained he new what way to go with them. it would take a few club days to dial these in perfect so its not a set and forget part. just for anyone elce thinking they mite like to spend the money. beauty of a bilstein is you cant adjust it. haha.

[zebra]

What are the Penske's like $$$ wise?

Would love a real good set of Shocks one day

[sav man]

Depending on the exchange rate, and who you get to make the top mounts and modify the lower mounts. Between 5-10k, I got lucky that the exchange rate came good when it did.

[sav man]

another stage, Roseberry fastest EM car

[sav man]

moar stages! The Sideling in the wet.

[PHaT MR30]

Starting to sound like a 300zx, 5 days... Engine out Lol! I won't touch it next year, promise!

PS where is the adjustment on the Penske's??? The KW we ran were easy to adjust on the front, but UBER gay on the rear.. especially on the side of the road between stages

[sav man]

c'mon a 300zx need a engine out every stage.

The penske's are upside down (shaft at the bottom), and the remote canisters are under the boot and bonnet (high and low speed bump), so the bump is super easy. Rebound is on the bottom of the shock, and required laying on the ground. But I didn't change the rebound very often.

[sav man]

Well I've found the problem with the engine. I snapped the exhaust cam, so the last 3 valves were doing nothing

[zebra]

Ouch!

Much damage to the rest of the motor? Or swap in new cam an go?

[sav man]

not sure yet, got to pull it all down and see if any fine particlies from the cam casting have been through the engine, and to see if a valve and piston have had a party

[TiTAN]

thats not good, hopefully its just a case of replacing the cam and off you go again. did the cam snap with any of the valves held open?

[Duncan]

haha well you were damn luck it was running at all.

I'd be pulling, checking and cleaning the head. When I snapped a cam it f**ked the tunnel as well and it needed to be machined straight again. Also, you will have aluminium everywhere including the sump.