Skylines racing at Bathurst

[CanberraR33]

I'd be up for it next year.

By the way:

Where can you get those bonnet tie downs?

Do you stick the blue arrow on the boot in a skyline or on the back window?

What sort of helmet?

[Duncan]

Great, we'd love to get a good skyline showing next year:D

Helmet - any AS approved helmet (they just have sticker on the bacK). Don't have to be full face but its a good idea

Blue arrow just points at the battery - some put it on boot, some on window.

My bonnet tie down was VERY high tech - piece of rope thru the bonnet lock and around the bumper. Most people use a strap from a bag of some sort. Can someone please invent a purpose built bonnet tie down strap?

The only difficult thing is an extinguisher, about $80, mine is mounted just below the rear, passenger side seat.

[Sinful]

Very Sorry for dragging up an old thread..but thought an old one is better then starting a new one

I am doing this hillclimb..is there any advice people can give me on the mountain?

Is it as scary as everyone say's it is? I want to go fast but think my nerves may get the better of me I dont want to hit a wall but dont want to puss foot it either..I guess it comes down to the fear factor?

What tyres has people used for this event??

I am think of going on Road tyres 18inch so have plenty of rubber on the road

Any Thoughts?

[Swiper the Fox]

we might bring our 2 cars up...dont need brakes to go up a hill do you?

[hrd-hr30]

Very Sorry for dragging up an old thread..but thought an old one is better then starting a new one

I am doing this hillclimb..is there any advice people can give me on the mountain?

Is it as scary as everyone say's it is? I want to go fast but think my nerves may get the better of me I dont want to hit a wall but dont want to puss foot it either..I guess it comes down to the fear factor?

What tyres has people used for this event??

I am think of going on Road tyres 18inch so have plenty of rubber on the road

Any Thoughts?

are you doing the Esses hillclimb or Mountain Straight?

I did the Esses in 2003. Its boring. you really only get 1 corner - the dipper. But you're going the wrong way. The rest of it it just an uphil drag. Can't remember what time I did there in my old Datto in '03

Mountain Straight on the other hand is awesome! My advice is don't do it if you're the kind of driver who notices things that you might hit instead of focussing on the point of the wall where it meets the ripple strip that marks the apex or exit point. On road tyres and trying to go fast over the top of Mt Panorama with blind corners and concrete walls everywhere is a recipie for disater for the inexperienced...

My stock R32 GTR on 225/50*16 RE55S ran 52seconds dead up Mountain Straight in 2005, which was good enough for 3rd outright that day

Edited July 23, 2008 by hrd-hr30

[Sinful]

I am doing the ESSES this time , which for my first time should be good. What tyres did you use for the ESSES?

I have driven around Bathurst on a normal day and sticking to the speed limit just to get a taste of it and that was an eye opener. Would definately like to try mountain straight after this one, should be ok cause I take it "easy" till I feel comfortable with the track, but in saying that Bathurst feels intimidating...

So mountain straight hill climb goes all the way around to Mcphillamy Park?

[hrd-hr30]

back then I had Hankook Z2000 semi slicks on the old 1800cc Datto 1200 - this is it coming up out of the dipper

I guess I was a bit harsh on the Esses, but the only real challenging part of it is the left-right through the dipper. You barely get up to speed for Forest elbow after the steep uphill start (well not in my old datto anyway!) and the rest of it is pretty straightforward. It definitely is interesting through the dipper though!

Mountain Straight goes from near the winery on Mountain Straight to just after Sulman Park, then they exit the cars into McPhillamy Park itself which is used as the pits. Its a great piece of road to drive at speed, but requires a fair bit of commitment to drive it fast with only 4 r 5 runs over the course of the day

Edited July 23, 2008 by hrd-hr30

[Swiper the Fox]

back then I had Hankook Z2000 semi slicks on the old 1800cc Datto 1200 - this is it coming up out of the dipper

Mountain Straight goes from near the winery on Mountain Straight to just after Sulman Park, then they exit the cars into McPhillamy Park itself which is used as the pits. Its a great piece of road to drive at speed, but requires a fair bit of commitment to drive it fast with only 4 r 5 runs over the course of the day

That looks more like the cutting than the dipper.

[hrd-hr30]

That looks more like the cutting than the dipper.

the cutting's a left hander for one thing! you really don't know your corners huh?

found my Datto's time from the Esses 2003: 32.51 seconds

[Swiper the Fox]

the cutting's a left hander for one thing! you really don't know your corners huh?

found my Datto's time from the Esses 2003: 32.51 seconds

hey...easy tiger...i wasn't having a go at you or correcting you...i just thought how funny it looked backwards...it makes it look like the car is coming up the hill from the cutting. Sorry if that upset you.

the constant jibes about me and corners is getting a little thin...i think i might just stick to drag racing.

Edited July 23, 2008 by DiRTgarage

[hrd-hr30]

nah, didn't upset me, just saw a chance to have a dig at a drag racer. the was supposed to show its just poking fun.

[Sinful]

the cutting's a left hander for one thing! you really don't know your corners huh?

found my Datto's time from the Esses 2003: 32.51 seconds

Far out, those sorts of times..I guess it is only a quick session!

The datto looks awesome,was that the one you were going to sell? It will definately be weird going up the track backwards, can you get a bit light/airborn thru the dipper??

Dirtgarge have you driven any of the track's?

[Swiper the Fox]

Far out, those sorts of times..I guess it is only a quick session!

The datto looks awesome,was that the one you were going to sell? It will definately be weird going up the track backwards, can you get a bit light/airborn thru the dipper??

Dirtgarge have you driven any of the track's?

not Bathurst...ive done many laps at Oran and EC...many more than ive done drag passes (35 drag passes in total), but people only know my drag exploits so i am labeled a drag racer.

would like to unleash 900hp at the tyres down conrod at Bathurst in the drag car though, it would look a little odd to see a GTR going down there with a parachute attached.

Edited July 23, 2008 by DiRTgarage

[BezerkR32]

lol, you would probably have to pull it before the chase.

not Bathurst...ive done many laps at Oran and EC...many more than ive done drag passes (35 drag passes in total), but people only know my drag exploits so i am labeled a drag racer.

would like to unleash 900hp at the tyres down conrod at Bathurst in the drag car though, it would look a little odd to see a GTR going down there with a parachute attached.

[Abo Bob]

I went to the speed weekend, which is what the first post was referring to, last year. Awesome fun, social day out but not much track time. Still, it's cheap and you get the social aspect. It's the first weekend in December every year.

Re the sprint down conrod, I just hit 200km/h before and through the kink (is that the chase?) with a good launch.

Tyres, I used were semis. You can do a burnout just before you take off and when you drive down to line up you do those weaving, deliberate understeers to warm up the fronts. It does work but it's not great so I didn't totally trust the tyres until halfway through. Streeters would be just like on the road except it's a nice smooth surface. You'll be fine.

[hrd-hr30]

Far out, those sorts of times..I guess it is only a quick session!

The datto looks awesome,was that the one you were going to sell? It will definately be weird going up the track backwards, can you get a bit light/airborn thru the dipper??

Dirtgarge have you driven any of the track's?

yeah its alll over pretty quick because its such a straight hillclimb. It's a different Datto to the one I have now and was going to sell, but they both have the same flares so they look pretty similar. The old Datto back then just had a junker L16 motor I threw together with some L18 bits I had under the bench and only had 116bhp at the wheels, and the Esses really is a horsepower test so more powerful cars will do it alot quicker. That Datto could barely accellerate after the dipper in 3rd gear! poor old thing...

it does get a little bit light as you crest the dipper if you're going hard. Its a bit daunting though - when you turn in all you can see is a wall of road in front of you and a green concrete barrier beyond that

Edited July 23, 2008 by hrd-hr30

[Marlin]

the constant jibes about me and corners is getting a little thin...i think i might just stick to drag racing.

Nooooooo!!!!!!! Don't worry about the fun poking mate, Harry's a stirrer ! Though unfortunatley at times competetive circuit racing can degrade into trash talk similar to that horrible drag racing

Must be something to do with cars being on track at the same time and being timed. lol

That's half the reason i like rallying, because there's no trash talk (well, minimal) because not everyone has exactly the same conditions on their run through the stage, so therefore they can't really know why you were quicker or slower.

The old saying "water off a duck's back" springs to mind my friend, just get it out there and have some fun Fun is the operative word

[Marlin]

haha, Harry, I remember doing the mountain backwards in the 2004 east Coast Targa, was sure an eye opener compared to running the "normal" direction! It seemed the walls were closer and not really setup for any run-off in that direction. I remember we had a massive moment coming out of the fast left (whats it called?) coming onto mountain straight. Big camber change (we were running it blind, no sighting) shot us out onto the grass and shadowed the wall for about 30 metres. lol, change of dacks required.

[Swiper the Fox]

Nooooooo!!!!!!! Don't worry about the fun poking mate, Harry's a stirrer ! Though unfortunatley at times competetive circuit racing can degrade into trash talk similar to that horrible drag racing

Must be something to do with cars being on track at the same time and being timed. lol

That's half the reason i like rallying, because there's no trash talk (well, minimal) because not everyone has exactly the same conditions on their run through the stage, so therefore they can't really know why you were quicker or slower.

The old saying "water off a duck's back" springs to mind my friend, just get it out there and have some fun Fun is the operative word

Cheers Ben, sometimes i wish Stacey never took the car drag racing (she started drags so ill blame her). I don't actually like drag racing that much and find it a bit boring. But we have had remarkable success doing it, so i guess people assume we have been doing it for a long time. Its like Ant West once said "i don't actually like racing Grand Prix bikes, i only do it cause im good at it".

[hrd-hr30]

I guess I got that impression because you kept saying Superlap was your first event and how good your time was for a first time and so on...l. how were we to know you're actually more experienced at circuit events than drags? sorry if the little jibe about corners offended you, I also got the impression you were a bit thicker skinned than that. I'd hate to be responsible for you "sticking to drag racing" when you don't even like it.

Harry