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Hello,

I have a '99 R34 GTT, its stock apart from coilovers and a pod filter at the moment. I had the joy of being able to have the track to myself and some friends the other day. While going around the track i was wondering, How far can i push the car before things will start going wrong?

Like holding it at high revs and sticking in turbo, and such how well do the stock engines hold up?

Cheers, Zac

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Fit a decent oil temperature and/or coolant temperature gauge. If the oil heads up to 120°C, it's time to call it off. If the coolant is up over 100°C, also time to call it off.

As long as the thing stays cool and you keep the oil filled up and the fuel tank above half full, you should be able to cane the engine for longer than you can handle before it will die.

Having said that, brakes and tyres usually go off on the track before anything else mechanical will suffer. Street pads don't handle continuous hard use.

Fit a decent oil temperature and/or coolant temperature gauge. If the oil heads up to 120°C, it's time to call it off. If the coolant is up over 100°C, also time to call it off.

As long as the thing stays cool and you keep the oil filled up and the fuel tank above half full, you should be able to cane the engine for longer than you can handle before it will die.

Having said that, brakes and tyres usually go off on the track before anything else mechanical will suffer. Street pads don't handle continuous hard use.

That's awesome, everything stayed really cool on the track. Although i wasn't going as hard as i could have been by the sounds of it.

I did notice my brakes weren't the greatest on the track, they're the next thing to replace on my list.

I've always been told about horror stories of pistons going through the block and such, and to be honest it scared the shit out of me. Next time i'll give it a tiny bit more then

That's awesome, everything stayed really cool on the track. Although i wasn't going as hard as i could have been by the sounds of it.

I did notice my brakes weren't the greatest on the track, they're the next thing to replace on my list.

I've always been told about horror stories of pistons going through the block and such, and to be honest it scared the shit out of me. Next time i'll give it a tiny bit more then

If your not limiter bashing there should be next to no chance of engine damage unless like has been said your hitting high oil or coolant temps.

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