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Hey guys...

Just wondering if there is a company out there (in Vic) that help setup your car's suspension and overall for circuit racing...

I have done a few Calder practice days, but I still cant get it right, and I know the car has a lot more to give...

I'm running Tein Mono Flex, adj sways, few set of different spring sets, adjustable arms...

Unfortunatly I am not consistant enough (lap times) nor expereinced enough to fine tune it.

I the past with my old basic/cheap set up I could do 10-15 laps within 1-2 seconds of eachother... Now I am all over the place..

I've tried Centerline, who gave me a starting point but, I need more help...

Any recommendations...

Roy Grand Master

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What times are you doing? Calder isnt really a good test track. Are you going quicker? Your times being all over the place could be the fact that you have better corner speeds and you are not getting too mcuh heat into the tyres so after a few laps your grip is going??????????

If you have tried Centreline then i would be sticking with them, or there i always Racepace who build the states quickest GTRs and also Tru Track.

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What times are you doing? Calder isnt really a good test track. Are you going quicker? Your times being all over the place could be the fact that you have better corner speeds and you are not getting too mcuh heat into the tyres so after a few laps your grip is going??????????

If you have tried Centreline then i would be sticking with them, or there i always Racepace who build the states quickest GTRs and also Tru Track.

The reason why I do my testing at calder is its close and cheap (practice session days)

I raced the car a few years ago and had it running 99.9% of its capacity, very consistant ... beautifully...

I then had the car "modified" substantially including adjustable suspension... etc....

The car handles like a pig... I am fighting it all the way around the track ...

The problem is when someone asks me what is it doing wrong... my response is alway "dont know, but it sucks"

when I used to race it, its was sweat, now its a battle and a chor

_Ryan_ Grand Master

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What times are you doing? Calder isnt really a good test track. Are you going quicker? Your times being all over the place could be the fact that you have better corner speeds and you are not getting too mcuh heat into the tyres so after a few laps your grip is going??????????

If you have tried Centreline then i would be sticking with them, or there i always Racepace who build the states quickest GTRs and also Tru Track.

TruTrack is just around the corner from my work, and my mono-flex needs the spring perchs and the damper adjusted, alignment and rideheight is already done.... would they have a base line kinda setting that they would go too that I could work from? or am I best off with Racepace?

What coilovers are you running?

Roy Grand Master

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I am running custom revlaved and springed Teins from Racepace. I had an alignment at Tru Track around March and the brief drive i had was good. But i have not tracked it with their wheel alignment, But Tru-Track have done plenty of the alignment on SAU track goers cars. I will know later this year when i get home and start punting the thing again

They have GTRs doing 60-62 seond laps at Calder so they ovbiously handle well. When my car was at Tru Track they said to me they liked the custom Teins that come out of Racepace

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