Ev's - R32 Gtr - Targa/sprint/hill Climb Build

[355GTS]

round 1 here we come!!!!!!!

[gtr jet]

Looking forward to giving you a run at the Island even though I don't think I stand a chance haha.

[355GTS]

Ha ha

I have tipped so much into the car I dont think I will be game to get out of third gear......

Looking forward to meeting everyone from SaU

See ya tommorrow.

[LotusGTR]

All the best for tomorrow Ev

[gtr jet]

Sorry to see the car at the end of the day . Keep us posted as to what you end up doing with it.

Thanks so much for all the help by the way. Absolute life saver!

[paulR32gtr]

Damn that doesn't sound good

[GTXR34]

Hey mate

Was nice meeting you on sat! Wish the day ended differently though.

I tried to find u to see if u needed a hand getting the car back home but couldnt find u at all. Hope everything will get sorted quickly! Btw now u can try out the intake headlight.

Hopefully u'll get it down to the next round!

Cheers

Herb

[acsplit]

Was good to meet you Ev,

Sorry to see it at the end of the day, but was good to see you were enjoying yourself

[355GTS]

last lap at PI and a little off at honda.....into the tyres.....

[RBN1]

sorry to see that.

Hows the damage underneath?

last lap at PI and a little off at honda.....into the tyres.....

[paulR32gtr]

Argh not what you want. No consolation but at first glance doesn't look too bad.

Chin up and good luck with the fix up.

I was planning on being there on the weekend but didn't get a chance to sort my alignment out - bit unstable under brakes, think it might be toe'd in at the moment. Last place I wanted to be unstable under brakes was T1 PI.

[Leroy Peterson]

damn looked like it was running well all day. Tyres had enough?

[355GTS]

underneath was ok. tyres were not much good after 4 laps.

the package was running sweet all day. shame about the driver!!!

[355GTS]

turn 1 under brakes & unstable.....??? no thanks....

[355GTS]

[355GTS]

[LotusGTR]

Aw shite Ev, that's no good. You're a braver man than I sharing those photos on SAU. Good on you though. Hope the repairs are not too painful.

[355GTS]

Not to worry. I had fun doing it at least.

We will fix it and move on.

I need a new rolling shell. Does anyone have one ready to go!!!

[LotusGTR]

Well since you seem at peace with events, got any footage of the 'event'? Sorry, no rolling shell...

[r32gtrdrc]

Hey Ev.....I really DO KNOW how it feels....

Step 1 = Pick your chassis/panel dude very very very carefully before you resign yourself to starting again from scratch...

Yes your toy looks like it has been "beaten up" but from the photo's it look repairable....remember its a race car and not a "show car"

We hit a concrete wall at more than 160kph..and the concrete barrier didnt move a bit...the cage then absorbed the impact and formed the banana shape.

ie:

The cage moved approx 100mm inboard on the drivers side which broke my ribs on the right hand side in the process... the gearbox tunnel had a very visual 30mm twist in it, the left hand near quater panel had a huge "woof" in it ( even though there was no impact on the left hand side), the intercooler had a huge "twist" in .etc etc etc, I had no other option than to start again... it really was a basket case.

You saw the damage on the trailer when you were over here.... once the alluminium panels and plastic bits were removed it was clear that there was nothing to work with that was straight... hence the long hard road i have been on for the last 20 months or so ( and not to mention the commercial impact...which we wont...) lucky my lovely wife accepts that I have always had an addiction/obsession with GTR's.. ...

to the nearly completed new car below..

Still another few months to go..

Again, if you clearly have no other choice than to start again then do it....however if you dont HAVE TO ,then work with what you have if at all possible cob..

cheers!