What'd you do to your car this week/weekend?

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:24 pm

na6*dori wrote:
Furai wrote:I raped my clutch and tested out the Torsen Diff on the weekend.

http://youtu.be/n7tNMFkoxaA
im guessing you did it in the opposite way u wrote it? tested torsen, now clutch is stuffed? lol mines heading towards the stuffed direction pretty soon haha

Nah did both at the same time

Well I actually thought it was stuffed and tried to change it before the day, but it handled it surprisingly well!

So I will be changing it when I get some time.

Euen · Post by **Euen** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 9:39 pm

Furai wrote:I raped my clutch and tested out the Torsen Diff on the weekend.

http://youtu.be/n7tNMFkoxaA

But you did well in the process. All that time down on the skid pan must have helped.

10th overall out of about 30 entries. Results here
http://www.sccnz.co.nz/assets/sm/upload ... .09.12.pdf

SLYDIT · Post by **SLYDIT** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:04 pm

WOW you guys got 10 runs for the day!

the organisers need to come down to tauranga and show them how to do it....so piss poor organised i am lucky to get 4 runs in a day...Late starting slow to stage the cars, one person changing the course etc etc. i have never been to such crapy run events as Motorsport BOP.

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:12 pm

Euen wrote:
Furai wrote:I raped my clutch and tested out the Torsen Diff on the weekend.

http://youtu.be/n7tNMFkoxaA
But you did well in the process. All that time down on the skid pan must have helped.

10th overall out of about 30 entries. Results here
http://www.sccnz.co.nz/assets/sm/upload ... .09.12.pdf

Dang you beat me! Haha nice job, Im not competitive

Next time I might try more speed less drift

Euen · Post by **Euen** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 10:16 pm

Furai wrote: Dang you beat me! Haha nice job, Im not competitive

Next time I might try more speed less drift

There wasn't much in it. Half a second over the best 5 runs.

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Mon Sep 24, 2012 11:22 pm

Euen wrote:
Furai wrote: Dang you beat me! Haha nice job, Im not competitive

Next time I might try more speed less drift
There wasn't much in it. Half a second over the best 5 runs.

I cant complain since most of the cars above me were modified beyond a Factory diff and shocks.

Was good fun though! Hopefully theres another soon!

Timmo · Post by **Timmo** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 10:21 am

Took my car around Taupo motorsport park with 'clubsub' Subaru club...First time at the track in this particular car and it went well, far more composed than my NA8 thanks to the Bilstein suspension, LSD and better body rigidity. Haven't looked at lap times yet but was getting to just under 160 on the back straight.

There were a few quick subies with semi/slicks and a couple of quick Hondas....there were also a few very slow subies (through the corners....holding me up

). A good day though.

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:09 pm

Timmo wrote:Took my car around Taupo motorsport park with 'clubsub' Subaru club...First time at the track in this particular car and it went well, far more composed than my NA8 thanks to the Bilstein suspension, LSD and better body rigidity. Haven't looked at lap times yet but was getting to just under 160 on the back straight.

There were a few quick subies with semi/slicks and a couple of quick Hondas....there were also a few very slow subies (through the corners....holding me up ). A good day though.

Sounds wicked, what sort of LSD have you got? Also what springs are you running?

Gotta love showing them whats what in the corners

Timmo · Post by **Timmo** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:01 pm

Furai wrote:
Timmo wrote:Took my car around Taupo motorsport park with 'clubsub' Subaru club...First time at the track in this particular car and it went well, far more composed than my NA8 thanks to the Bilstein suspension, LSD and better body rigidity. Haven't looked at lap times yet but was getting to just under 160 on the back straight.

There were a few quick subies with semi/slicks and a couple of quick Hondas....there were also a few very slow subies (through the corners....holding me up ). A good day though.
Sounds wicked, what sort of LSD have you got? Also what springs are you running?

Gotta love showing them whats what in the corners

All standard kit on the NB RS....so the mazda torsen LSD and factory RS Bilsteins.....very controllable (even a slide at about 110-120 km

around turn 4 over the slight crest)

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Tue Sep 25, 2012 9:58 pm

Just finished removing the sludge that I'm pretty sure has been sitting in the gearbox turret since the car was first built... Then flushed it out a few times to get as much of it out as I could and wow. Silky smooth gear changes

Oh and an oil change which was less than fun. Hate trying to swap the oil filter. Made sure to put the oil cap back on tightly after my last accident left oil all through the engine bay

WideOpenThrottle · Post by **WideOpenThrottle** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:19 am

Angreal wrote:Just finished removing the sludge that I'm pretty sure has been sitting in the gearbox turret since the car was first built... Then flushed it out a few times to get as much of it out as I could and wow. Silky smooth gear changes

Oh and an oil change which was less than fun. Hate trying to swap the oil filter. Made sure to put the oil cap back on tightly after my last accident left oil all through the engine bay

You need to fit an oil filter relocation kit...mine is now in behind the front spoiler,left front wheel & two seconds and its changed!

chris · Post by **chris** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:35 am

Painted the lip!

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:48 am

WideOpenThrottle wrote:
Angreal wrote:Just finished removing the sludge that I'm pretty sure has been sitting in the gearbox turret since the car was first built... Then flushed it out a few times to get as much of it out as I could and wow. Silky smooth gear changes

Oh and an oil change which was less than fun. Hate trying to swap the oil filter. Made sure to put the oil cap back on tightly after my last accident left oil all through the engine bay
You need to fit an oil filter relocation kit...mine is now in behind the front spoiler,left front wheel & two seconds and its changed!

That looks very promising but isn't so high up on the priority list atm. Might install one next year though

Furai · Post by **Furai** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 1:51 pm

Euen wrote: But you did well in the process. All that time down on the skid pan must have helped.

10th overall out of about 30 entries. Results here
http://www.sccnz.co.nz/assets/sm/upload ... .09.12.pdf

I just had a real good look over the times, I would have done okay if it wasn't for course 3. I got scared throwing it into reverse.

You did really well to tie with that LGR thing, exact same time.

I will have to join the club and do more of these once I get a rollbar!

Euen · Post by **Euen** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:03 pm

Next event is the autcross at Ardmore on Labour Day. I think you will need a bar for that though.

Donovan · Post by **Donovan** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:22 pm

Euen wrote:Next event is the autcross at Ardmore on Labour Day. I think you will need a bar for that though.

Can anyone come along to this, or is it just for members?

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:27 pm

Might be keen for that one I guess. Haven't got anything lined up on my calendar except perhaps the Coastal Classic...

Angreal · Post by **Angreal** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:29 pm

Donovan wrote:
Euen wrote:Next event is the autcross at Ardmore on Labour Day. I think you will need a bar for that though.
Can anyone come along to this, or is it just for members?

Well if you're competing then I guess I'll pass

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 5:39 pm

Picked up my hardtop.

WP_000125 by Jarred McLachlan, on Flickr

siren676 · Post by **siren676** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:14 pm

Niiice, what sort of condition is it in?

last_resort14 · Post by **last_resort14** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:36 pm

Snapfrozen wrote:Picked up my hardtop.

WP_000125 by Jarred McLachlan, on Flickr

Ah ,the joys of white wheels and brakedust.

last_resort14 · Post by **last_resort14** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 6:52 pm

Snapfrozen wrote:Picked up my hardtop.

WP_000125 by Jarred McLachlan, on Flickr

Ah ,the joys of white wheels and brakedust.

Snapfrozen · Post by **Snapfrozen** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:04 pm

Yep, thats about 200km's of driving max

Hard top is great, 1 small chip about half of a 10c coin on the side on the outside of the seal side of the top, and the paint under the rear window is average. I'm estimating about 30-50 bucks worth of materials to fix

CordedBowl · Post by **CordedBowl** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 7:29 pm

chris wrote:

Painted the lip!

I love painted lips! Was it hard to do, and what'd ya need to stop the paint from cracking

?

Euen · Post by **Euen** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 8:15 pm

Donovan wrote:
Euen wrote:Next event is the autcross at Ardmore on Labour Day. I think you will need a bar for that though.
Can anyone come along to this, or is it just for members?

Must be a member of a MSNZ affiliated club, but you don't have to have a comp license.

Regs aren't up on the website yet.

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