2 Lap hillclimb in August - who's in?

[airocobra]

My times where crap , but I had heaps of fun !!! ( Good times and uber fun never seem to go together ? ). But what is a real mystery to me is why do I get such horrendous tyre wear ???????????????

[1JZ-Rolla]

Turning those tyres into hexagons hey Bob So you must be a lead-foot on both pedals hey

[JustenGT8]

Justen are your rear dampers still on full soft?

I can imagine 10kg rears on a mcpherson strut would struggle to be compliant on that surface

Yeah full soft....hard to believe they could get any stiffer?

Getting a pair of 8's sent out and I might delete the rear sway bar entirely

[1JZ-Rolla]

Yep.... the valving in those things is near on rediculous. Anything other than softest in mine has the ass end skipping all over the place, and my teeth trying to exit..... and that's with only 8kg springs on a double wishbone setup, so the spring rates are nowhere near as "active" at the wheels as yours.

Can you just disconnect the links on your swaybar to test the result before removal? I guess with a stiff chassis, the front anti-roll bar actually does a lot to level the whole car front and rear.

[sloth]

He does take a good photo - but appears he has no love for my pile.

Next time I'm there I promise I'll get some! Feel free to come up and remind me

My photos from previous Hill Climbs are here: http://craigtregear.smugmug.com/Cars/SDMA-Hill-Climb
And there's some on my old photo site here:

Is this your one Toddski? http://www.photos.tregearit.com/main.php?g2_itemId=5464
(I remember there being two, one with the black bonnet, one without, can never remember which is yours)

[JustenGT8]

Yep.... the valving in those things is near on rediculous. Anything other than softest in mine has the ass end skipping all over the place, and my teeth trying to exit..... and that's with only 8kg springs on a double wishbone setup, so the spring rates are nowhere near as "active" at the wheels as yours.

Can you just disconnect the links on your swaybar to test the result before removal? I guess with a stiff chassis, the front anti-roll bar actually does a lot to level the whole car front and rear.

Yeah I can just disconnect to test. Cable tie it outta the way is the plan.

[suby4130]

That could of had something to do with it Todd.
At least I was nice and toasty. I did work it out after you pointed it out.
I do really enjoy going around twice.
There is obviously no suby love from the photographer either.

[anastasios]

Yea you can see from photos how much later Bob is on the brakes than me, i need to get some balls!

Hey bob, what is your experience with oil catch can setups? do you have one atm?

[Toddski]

Next time I'm there I promise I'll get some! Feel free to come up and remind me

My photos from previous Hill Climbs are here: http://craigtregear.smugmug.com/Cars/SDMA-Hill-Climb
And there's some on my old photo site here:

Is this your one Toddski? http://www.photos.tregearit.com/main.php?g2_itemId=5464
(I remember there being two, one with the black bonnet, one without, can never remember which is yours)

I did see you there, just didn't get around to saying hello, so will make sure I do so next time (think Bart? was there taking photos too but I was being a bit antisocial replying to msgs - I'm somewhat easily distracted).

Yes, that's mine. Easy way to remember mine is it looks like all the front panels have been replaced because some moron ran it into a tree...which is what happened. Shame the moron is also the current owner...

And Justen - no way you are running full soft as there is no way any part of the GT8 could be soft.

[JustenGT8]

Except maybe the driver Todd

[JoJo]

Fixing my car's problems, ready to try to tackle the goat track again...





Oh, and yes Phil, drifters do buy the odd BRAND NEW parts.... lol

[1JZ-Rolla]

Haha nice one Joe. Pretty new parts will do the trick hopefully. What's the spring rate?

[JoJo]

8kg fronts, same as the Goldie.....

[airocobra]

Mate impressive bits , if they work as well as they look then then NISSOTA will be able to finally go round corners !!!!!!! Every time I think of what I saw as you drove back into the pits with the front end behaving like a Harlem Globe Trotter basket ball I piss myself laughing . Probably not so funny from where you were sitting though .

[JoJo]

the fact that I quit after 3 runs, shows just how funny I thought it was....

Yeah Bob, the parts are good (spent almost $2.5K this week) I like to do things right, the first time... These parts should now last for years......

I found a few more 'dodgys' while fitting all this, so now, I know the whole car, and it's not just a car I have bought..... I have pulled alot of stuff off the car, and checked everything!!!!!!!!


I just finished fitting the Clutch and gearbox back up, and I have fitted the coilovers too. I also replaced the gearbox output oil seal....
I've got heaps done today...

I just have to sort out the diff situation now....