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Duncan & SK,

As promised i've spent a bit of time at the track, made some forced changes to the car and now have some questions about a particular handling trait i have with the car, and whether the GB will sort this out.

Changes include some birthday presents: front, rear and b-pilar braces. And some forced changes: new turbos.

Firstly compared to other cars I've owned I'm being extremely picky, but I find that in tight corners (ie hairpin onto straight at wakefield) from mid corner through to the exit I find the car rocking front to back with power down. I know it sounds odd but it hinders me really ripping it out of a corner. I didn't have any rear wheel slip and thus didn't notice any torque transfer to the front. The tyres (RE55s) really held up well.

Just wondering if a modified GB (aggressive setup for track) will remove this? Actually what is this problem caused by? Did the braces make it to stiff? Power delivery from the new huffers is up and corner entry speeds are up to.

Thanks for your help in advance,

Andrew

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Duncan & SK,

As promised i've spent a bit of time at the track, made some forced changes to the car and now have some questions about a particular handling trait i have with the car, and whether the GB will sort this out.

Changes include some birthday presents: front, rear and b-pilar braces. And some forced changes: new turbos.

Firstly compared to other cars I've owned I'm being extremely picky, but I find that in tight corners (ie hairpin onto straight at wakefield) from mid corner through to the exit I find the car rocking front to back with power down. I know it sounds odd but it hinders me really ripping it out of a corner. I didn't have any rear wheel slip and thus didn't notice any torque transfer to the front. The tyres (RE55s) really held up well.

Just wondering if a modified GB (aggressive setup for track) will remove this? Actually what is this problem caused by? Did the braces make it to stiff? Power delivery from the new huffers is up and corner entry speeds are up to.

Thanks for your help in advance,

Andrew

Hi Andrew, diagonal pitching is usually damper related, although insufficient anti roll makes it worse. I can guarantee you won't get either of those traits with the Group Buy kit installed.

:D cheers :)

Hi Andrew, diagonal pitching is usually damper related, although insufficient anti roll makes it worse. I can guarantee you won't get either of those traits with the Group Buy kit installed.

:whistling: cheers ;)

SK, great stuff.

Just wondering if there is anything I should get differently to the GB considering I want to set it up purely for track use. Oh are the rear Bilsteins in stock?

cheers,

Andrew

SK, great stuff.

Just wondering if there is anything I should get differently to the GB considering I want to set it up purely for track use. Oh are the rear Bilsteins in stock?

cheers,

Andrew

Im with padey, tarmac rally and Dutton rally use only.

can you give me a reccomendation.

Thank you

Dominic

SK, great stuff.

Just wondering if there is anything I should get differently to the GB considering I want to set it up purely for track use. Oh are the rear Bilsteins in stock?

cheers,

Andrew

Hi Andrew, you may want to consider the Eibach springs and Bilstein coil over conversion, cost is around $900 more. With that option I can choose the spring rates specifically for you, Eibach have coils in 25lbs/inch increments. Best to take this to PM from here.

Like this;

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:P cheers :(

Im with padey, tarmac rally and Dutton rally use only.

can you give me a reccomendation.

Thank you

Dominic

Hi Dominic, refer above, Eibach springs and the Bilstein coil over conversion. That way we can choose the spring rates to suite. Let me know (via PM) the car specification and the tyres you are using and we can go from there.

:P cheers :(

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Hi guys, my inbox is filling up faster than I can respond to the PM’s. I usually get 30 to 40 PM’s a day. With the current delay in delivery, that has increased to 40 to 50 per day and I just can’t keep up with that sort of volume. Particularly as some of the more technical PM’s take 10 to 15 minutes each to reply to and my available time has decreased dramatically for reasons which will become obvious shortly.

I feel that I need to “broadcast” a Group Buy update until I can clear the backlog of PM’s. Here is the current situation;

1. A little back ground first. As you may be aware Redranger and Whiteline merged a couple of months ago. The first step was a merger of Sales, Marketing and Distribution functions and Whiteline’s Minto premises were simply not large enough to accommodate this. So the premises adjacent to Redranger at Somersby were acquired and that was utilised for the larger, merged entity. Some people have taken this as a sign that Redranger “took over” Whiteline, when that is in fact not the case, it is a true merger.

The Whiteline manufacturing premises at Minto remain. More news on that shortly.

2. How this affects the Group Buys. Many of the products that I specified for the Group Buy Kits are unique, it is what makes the kits “work” better than any other Skyline suspension update. This uniqueness has been possible because of my knowledge of the systems within Whiteline (plus Bilstein, of course). The Redranger merger has disrupted that system and the “unique” (to the Group Buy) parts have not been flowing through as they had previously.

3. The good news. I have been working 14 hours a day, every day, for the last week, including yesterday (Saturday) helping to clear that backlog of orders. As a result, all of the Group Buy orders should be delivered this week. At this point I can’t tell you what day your individual order will be delivered. But as they flow through the system I will inform you of the con note numbers as soon as they are issued (the normal system).

In conclusion, I know you probably don’t care about the reasons, you just want your stuff and that is totally understandable. But I felt I had to give some background and let you know that I am working on clearing the backlog (personally as it happens) so that we can return to our previous prompt responses. Please hang off on the PM’s, I promise you that I haven’t skipped off to Brazil with your money. That your stuff will be delivered very shortly.

:) Cheers :(

Had been hearing rumors of this merger definitly is true then,

So is there still the possibility of NEW group buys or is this one no longer available due to new/different management

Would like to get in on this if still available

Had been hearing rumors of this merger definitly is true then,

So is there still the possibility of NEW group buys or is this one no longer available due to new/different management

Would like to get in on this if still available

They merger doesn't affect the Group Buy, it is done via Jamex who are Redranger reseller. The only issue was the delay in supply, which is now overcome, with 10 kits being delivered this week.

:blink: cheers :huh:

Hi Gary,

I currently have nismo s tune coilovers

Will the kit provide everything to bolt up and replace the nismos?

thought i remember there being a problem with the strut tops? but cant find anything about it.

Cheers,

matt.

In the same boat Matt31 from what Sydneykid told me

"The kits are designed to be used with the standard strut tops, I have a few sets of fronts, but no rears. You can pick them up from the import wreckers or on the 'for sale" forum."

Don't think its going to be a huge issue and if you wanna sell your Nismo bits you will get a better price if they are complete anyway know whatImean

Hope that helped

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