GTR Owners Read This!!

[rb26dett]

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...ead.php?t=43555

I have said it many times before...do not even contemplate taking your GTR onto the track if it doesn't have a proper baffle in it. People in this thread have punched a hole in their blocks or spun bearings.

It is not a very expensive thing to do but will save your engine. If you want to do a track day in your GTR, please do up your sump first. Oil cooler is necessary, but will not stop your oil from surging.

[Squizz]

Damn.

[ferni]

Sorry if this is a dumb question,

What is a baffle kit? what does it do?

I'm guessing something to do with stopping oil getting splashed around to places it shouldn't and causing the sump to run dry?

[Squizz]

Basically they are little flaps that stop the oil pushing to one side of the sump under heavy g's.

[predator]

GTR's are "track ready from factory" my ass...

[Squizz]

They are Nebo ready and that's what really counts...

[Genesis®]

yes... listen to the beef man

[SmoothLine]

Expensive track day... ouch.

[jlnewton]

Yes, The R won't be seeing any real action till it has new sump with baffles, large capacity oil pump, oil cooler, bigger radiator, oil restrictors, enlarged oil return galleries and catch-can. So by about the year 2010 I think I should be ready.

[maccattack]

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/sh...ead.php?t=43555

It is not a very expensive thing to do but will save your engine.

Apparently the engine has to come out to take the sump off. Does anyone know what it is worth to fit baffles??

[Genesis®]

Yes, The R won't be seeing any real action till it has new sump with baffles, large capacity oil pump, oil cooler, bigger radiator, oil restrictors, enlarged oil return galleries and catch-can.   So by about the year 2010 I think I should be ready.

you forgotten exhaust, dump pipe. new turbos, big FMIC, 6 pots brakes, etc ,etc

[knore]

Supposedly it only happens when you constantly take it over 7000rpm

But on a track, that would happen a fair bit.

How expensive is a trust sump/baffle rb26dett? did you fit yours yourself?

[Squizz]

Blah blah blah Nebo.

On a side note, I will be fitting baffles and a cooler.

[rb26dett]

To baffle your sump i think it costs around 200-300 done by the mechanic i use. You might find someone to do it for cheaper.

My Trust sump set up was cheap, but that's because I'm a dodgy Asian. I did not do the sump myself as I do not have an engine hoist nor do I have an angle grinder and a welder. Alternatively, you can buy a ready made JUN sump (not the parts to baffle the sump) for about 3 times what I paid for the Trust item.

I have said it many times, engine revs or how many laps are not important. How hard you turn is the important factor. QR has 3 right hand turns alone after the main straight, consider how much the oil would have moved to the left. Then think of the starved engine being revved to pull the car through turn 3 and bang you have a hole in your block.

So far, my mechanic has handed out accurate and invaluable advice to me, although it doesn't come cheap, although his advice regarding the sump was:

"Some people have gotten away without a sump for a couple of track days, but it's a $10k risk you are taking. If you're unlucky, your engine will blow by turn 2."

[rb26dett]

I don't know where people got the impression that GTRs are track ready from factory. They're far from it. They're a road going homologation of a race car, except the N1s or the special edition GTRs.

You have no idea how many times I thought I have prepared my car for the track only to be told this this this needs to be changed first. Not a cheap hobby nor car to choose for the track.

On a side note, Sydneykid has explained why the GTRs experience higher oil temps, i.e. 2 turbos and mainly because the front diff runs through the sump.

[maccattack]

To baffle your sump i think it costs around 200-300 done by the mechanic i use.

Hey rb26dett, who is your mechanic? $200-300 sounds bloody cheap. I NEED to get mine done ASAP and am currently trying to get some pricing.

Thanks

[NA_R33]

wouldnt a really hard run over nebo be similar to a track though?? thats what i would of thought.....

Jay: ne sign of the seats??

[NA_R33]

hey Tze on the GTR do u need to pull the engine out to get the sump off??

[kryz]

but that's because I'm a dodgy Asian.

hahahahahahaha word

[Eug]

Rocky beef is proper man beef!

this is dodgy... and kinda suss too.