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  • 2 weeks later...

Not a real lot of major work has been happening with Cheryl lately,,,just a lot of jobs that need doing before the interiors finished.

I've almost decided on wheels though,,,I'm thinking R32 GTR V-spec's. If they are good enough for a 4wd then they are good enough for me. I have a set here I'm minding so I fit them up and see what they look like.

I've pulled the pin on running at World Time Attack,,,I need a speed fix sooner so the Radical is going to get some work done on her and I'll be going hillclimbing again.

Seems there's no rush though as my tyres are still on the way from pommy land,,,Avon stuffed up the order apparently.

Early on in this thread someone thought I was crazy not spending my budget on the Radical,,,check these lap times out of Wakefield last weekend. Mines a 2000 Prosport,,,not the latest SR3. I'd be about a 1.01.

Qual:-

http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?17/04/2011.WAKE.Q3

Race 1:-

http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?17/04/2011.WAKE.R3

Race 2:-

http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?17/04/2011.WAKE.R11

Race 3:-

http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results.cgi?17/04/2011.WAKE.R19

Cheers

Neil.

  • 2 weeks later...

Oh Ya,,,mid field,,,wouldn't that be awsome great fun. Think I'd last 3 meeting tops before getting a second job to buy one of these.

http://www.my105.com/ListingDetails/tabid/65/p/3/k/West/id/1348/Default.aspx

http://www.westracecars.com.au/leasebuy/used-race-cars

which would be great for maybe 2 seasons and I'd still be packing shelves at Woolies every night.

But on a different note,,,I've changed my mind on wheels,,,I thought I was only allowed to go up an inch both ways from standard which would be 17 x 7.5 but a re-read of the rules see's me able to run 2 inches both ways so I'm now looking for 18 x 8.5.

After much searching I finally bought these Sparco belts. Not only because the dollar is great but you just can't buy them here at the moment.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200451877096&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

Still waiting on gauges to come out of England,,,they should be here in a week or two.

Thats it for now.

Cheers

Neil.

Neil - Shame you cant run 9" wide wheels, 33 GTR rims wouldve been the go.

There are plenty of good light 8.5" wide wheels around...just not 2nd hand

Also...if you are looking for bits and pieces JEGS in the US have some good sales on atm

Neil - Shame you cant run 9" wide wheels, 33 GTR rims wouldve been the go.

There are plenty of good light 8.5" wide wheels around...just not 2nd hand

Also...if you are looking for bits and pieces JEGS in the US have some good sales on atm

Yea I hear what you are saying Zebra-man but it's all good,,,given the power output I'm restricted to I think the 18's will be great. I'm just about finished with buying out of the states,,,I only need a dry sump pump now.

I received my gauges today,,,I must say stack make great gear,,,everything is included,,,funny the pressure senders are autometer and all connectors are water proof.

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I bought oil and water temp,,,oil and fuel pressure. That should do me nicely.

Cheers

Neil.

Two and a half pairs actually.

I seem to remember always thinking Kel's 350z wheels were as heavy as.

Troy weigh one for me will you.

Cheers

Neil.

they arent too bad but lots more than aftermarket jap rims - and the older touring 18's like im using are non staggered even offset

some specs available here :

http://www.350z-tech.com/wiki/index.php/Wheel_Specifications

what about evo wheels? pretty sure they are 18x8, you would just need a spacer to fix the homo offset they run

Oh wash your mouth out with soap Ben,,,that sounds absolutely disgusting.

Here's something that has turned out great,,,nothing to do with the car but it makes life in the garage easier. Rather cold tonight. $500 bucks well spent.

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I've seen this conversion done before,,,using rear shock mounts on the front,,,pretty easy really.

I removed the larger factory studs out of my standard front struts top hats and machined the heads down to fit in the HKS mounts using an electric drill as a lathe and a file in the vice. Next I drill out the holes with a 10.5mm drill and pressed the studs in using my vice. Worked a treat.

Before

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After

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Rather happy with my nights work.

Cheers

Neil.

yup... time to get that tatoo saying "i like men"

Got the number bitches of said tatoo shop.

I like my apple juice and I like it sweet.

I did heaps of very stupid little un-interesting jobs on the weekend,,,but this was a bit of fun. I've never played with carbon fibre before and after some hours of working out where I wanted my gauges,,,seems like I need to buy one more. Volts or Exhaust temp,,,I can't decide,,,but I did leave some room for switches and idiot lights.

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Cheers

Neil.

That is what I need to mount my gauges on - please text me where you sourced the carbon fibre sheet from.

How are you going with wheel selection?

I have a few sets for my car but 18 x 8 with a 30 offset seems to provide good clearance and fills the R33 guards well.

Good old Jap wheels are a lot lighter and stronger that some of the new options that are going around and still affordable. You also have to think about spares as well so multiple sets would be in order. I have stuck with the old favourites of SSR, Enkie, Buddy Club, Nismo and OZ Racing for my collection in keeping with the R33 becoming a classic and look better with rims from the same era.

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