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Had an awesome time! racing at night really ads a new perspective, i love and i think we should do it more often!

i was stoked with the 1.13.5 i ran with my little stock s2000.

now im just pumped for when i get the GTR back on the road! :)

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i was in group 6.

sorry to here about your brake dramas, calder is always pretty hard on them.

did anyone else think that the guy in the black BMW M3 with the load exhaust was a complete wanker? he past me on the freeway on the way home after the event, and it was like he was still on the track! he was driving at full noise, ducking and diving between the traffic. im sorry, but ive got no time in the world for idiots like that! what a looser!

(just my 2c...)

yeah Roy it's back to stock now.. I've sold a lot of parts but kept a few bits for my next track toy... but it's a shame just when the car was all sorted for punching out some quick times I split an oil cooler hose and dumped half my sump oil around philip island.. after that I just had enough and made the decision to sell everything. I'm working on a new project which will be a lot of fun when it's finished later this year :cool:

wow, i know you had a run bad luck with the car, but i cant belive that you can let something as minor as that get to you so much that you sell off the car! you had a real good thing going there. but at the end of the day its your decision and i respect that.

its good to hear youve got another project on the cards. dare i ask, whats the new project? :cool:

bye the way, has anyone got pics from last night? i noticed there were a couple of people on different corners with cameras.

had a great time, luckily no dramas with the car apart from some tired tyres. would have liked to get a few more sessions in but otherwise well organised event.

hanging to check out the night pics.. u keep stalking that forum john hehe :cool:

Had a ball!! :cheers:

Thanks to everyone involved with running the event - considering the amount of entries we were never going to get the amount of track time that I've become used to, but it was run very well.

After not doing an event at Calder for ages it was good to see that some money had actually been spent at the place. I was hoping for a lap time in the 1min 5sec bracket but with the traffic and cobwebs I could only manage a PB of 1:06.02. Considering that was at night I have no doubt that a 1.05 is possible in my car. Sorry to hear about peoples mechanical/electrical issues and I hope that it was nothing too serious.

Hopefully someone with a camera there managed that elusive shot of a black car with glowing brake rotors :D

yeah Roy it's back to stock now.. I've sold a lot of parts but kept a few bits for my next track toy... but it's a shame just when the car was all sorted for punching out some quick times I split an oil cooler hose and dumped half my sump oil around philip island.. after that I just had enough and made the decision to sell everything. I'm working on a new project which will be a lot of fun when it's finished later this year :D

New project...have you gone homo with a GTR? :cheers:

Had an awesome time! racing at night really ads a new perspective, i love and i think we should do it more often!

i was stoked with the 1.13.5 i ran with my little stock s2000.

now im just pumped for when i get the GTR back on the road! :D

I absolutely LOVE the induction noise from those little 2lts. I was flagging at teh end of the front straight in the arvo, and on downshift throttle blips I was in heaven, not to mention between turns 1 and 2 where you were royally up it at one stage. Sounds fantastic @9k rpm :cheers:

Yeah was good fun, my best of a 1:10 was with (what I hope) dodgy coil packs,

started loosing power up high b4 I jsut started missing on heavy acceleration.

oh well new ones here tomorrow, bang em in and see how that goes.

Never seen so many cameras at one track tho.

Other than the mechanical issues. I ahve to say was not overly impressed with the grouping for the night.

granted not many people ahve had a chance to run Calder b4 to give a time estimate, but when there is 20+ sec difference in lap times within a group on a 60sec ish track, made it very hard to put in a clean lap.

that said, I ahve unfinsihed buiness with this track now!

I absolutely LOVE the induction noise from those little 2lts. I was flagging at teh end of the front straight in the arvo, and on downshift throttle blips I was in heaven, not to mention between turns 1 and 2 where you were royally up it at one stage. Sounds fantastic @9k rpm :cheers:

Im glad i could entertain you, i must admit the old Vtec doesnt sound too bad in full song.

i was having a bit of trouble with oversteer throughout the day/night. the back was stepping out constantley! :D

Had an awesome time! racing at night really ads a new perspective, i love and i think we should do it more often!

i was stoked with the 1.13.5 i ran with my little stock s2000.

now im just pumped for when i get the GTR back on the road! :)

Hey mate, I was running in your group and was really impressed with the S2000, was bloody quick for a stock car!

richo, how do you fall under standard RWD? I'm, intrigued! :huh:

the car is standard as per sau vic rules.

engine, inj, fuel pump are stock. turbo is highflow, only coz the damn thing blew at winton. running street tyres.

vssc is allowing r-comp for standard class... :)

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