Ben's R32 Gtst Build

[zac the muss]

that is one sexy RB20

[sav man]

horay, the engine is back in.

[sav man]

The car got moved on the weekend to start the Targa prep.

I took it for a test run today to get reliability testing km into it. revalving of the rear shocks feels good, it should give much more confidence at speed on rough roads.

Hopefully we should get some testing time at Symmons this weekend

[sweefu]

Hey mate,

What sort of spring rates do you use? I am very lost with suspension for Tarmac Rally.

Cheers,

Anthony.

[sav man]

450 lb/in in the front, and 300lb/in in the rear.

[sav man]

Well it's been a busy past couple of weeks.

I decided to bypass the heater core to eliminate the possibility of slip heater hoses, I followed some advice on setting up how the coolent lines run from a local bloke who races a RB25. We have since found out that the coolent flows differently between a 25 and a 20, cause I over heated the engine and poped a head gasket. Luckily the head was still within the factory tolerances, so I only needed to replace the head gasket.

We got a good test day in on Saterday with 70 or so laps of Baskerville, the car is consistently lapping about 0.7 secs quicker a lap then last year.

[paulR32gtr]

What was the difference? I have looped the outlet / inlet underneath the back of the inlet manifold on my 26, but you have me a little paranoid now!

[sav man]

well it appears on a 25 you don't need to loop the rear outlet, into the front inlet, so I just blocked the rear outlet. I have now looped the rear outlet into the front inlet.

The car with the 25 I copied the idea from is a very successful circuit car, and has done heaps of race km with the rear outlet blocked

[posty14]

Congratulations! Great result at Targa.

[Gav]

Ben

Your inbox is full. I want to ask a question on the wiring for your ABS conversion.

Cheers

Gav

[sav man]

inbox is cleared out

[Gts-t]

Just read the whole thread mate, love the color scheme and some great driving in the vids. Doing those targa roads looks like a dream come true.

[sav man]

I've been pretty lazy since Targa. I had the car out to a club day at Symmons Plains a couple of weeks after Targa, and dropped my pb down to 59.8. Since then the car has been sitting. But it will be back out for a hillclimb at the end of October.

Some pics from Targa this year:

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Edited October 11, 2013 by sav man

[sav man]

I ran the Legerwood Lane hillclimb a couple of weeks ago. The car hadn't moved in 6 months, so I have it a birthday and changed it's oil and gave it a new battery.

[zac the muss]

Good to see the car back at it. Have you guys considered running an Neo RB20 head with the bigger ports, solid lifters, vvt etc..?

[sav man]

I think the big inlet ports would make i laggier down low, and I wouldn't be able to run VCT in targa. I did have a good look at it, but I don't think it would be worth it.

I had the car out again last weekend, and I took over 1 second of my PB at Symmons Plains

Footage of me playing with a GT3 RS, and setting my new PB:

Edited November 28, 2013 by sav man

[nk7]

Love it... love it...Took me a while to realise these were watermarks on them photos and not just you drawing angry man smiley faces ontop of the cars...

[Roy]

Nice vid. Is your speedo cable scaled right? If so damn that thing pulls like a train!

[sav man]

speedo is done via GPS

[Roy]

SO....what is this I hear of a trip to Phillip Island? Any vids or updates on the lil bus?