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Cars going to be rooted or your tyres? ← Just a general comment. ← Jase, what tyres and brake pad are you running? I'm sourcing DS2500 pads for the Brembo's and Toyo 888 tyres to use at the next sprint event. ← Jase, I'm running the Ferodo DS2500 pads on th efront only, stock on rear. They performed real well at the last event but you will need to change them out after as they squeel really bad on the street. I'm using Bridgestne RE55 R specs, 265 rear and 245 front.

Cars going to be rooted or your tyres? ← Just a general comment.

I'm in. Gees my cars going to be ro*ted come December. Track day 18th and 30th of Nov, then 7th of Dec.

I was there sliding round with the rest of them.

This thread is a fantastic example of the aftermarket industry having no idea what they are selling. I've looked into the advantages of different slot designs as I will be upgrading the rotors on the P to cope with its new life on the circuit. This is what I've found or been told. 1. Brembo produce slotted rotors in a number of different combinations but always require the outermost edge of the slot to hit the pad first. This scrapes the gasses/dust out of the caliper zone and lets it exit towards the centre of the wheel instead of glogging the caliper area with dust, which can cause an excessive build up of heat in racing applications. Backing this up is the way the Brembo disks are fitted on the latest FPV range. It is as stated. 2. AP Racing produce rotors with straight and curved slots, both are required to be fitted as per the Brembo direction. 3. I rang DBA as I'm looking to use their 5000 series fronts and they told me they must be fitted as per the Brembo description. I understand this is now in contradiction to what they have told others. 4. A well known brake shop here in Perth who do a lot with the Porsche Cup racers also gave me the same description as the Brembo item. They did say however that the noise associated with running the Brembo setup could be annoying, so alot of shops fitted them round the other way so that the 'wank factor' shopper didn't come back complaining of the noise. He did say that the difference in braking performance on the street would be minimal if not undetectable, however at the track the rotors would suffer, especially if the internal veins were directional as is the case in most 'high performance' rotors. Some of the rotor producers only chasing the street market he said produced a unidirectional vein design and this mean the swapping could be done easily to suit the customer and another positive was the stock level needed to be held by the supplier. Look back at the earlier HSV's with the slotted rotors, they had the same rotor on both sides of the car, on one the slots faced forwards and on the other they faced backwards. This certainly backs up the 'stock level' theory. My 2c, Hope it helps.

I had this fix done a few months ago. Seems to have worked as it hasn't returned.

How much $ ← $1130 landed in WA. It went in today, but I'll let Adrian tell that story. All I can say is I'm glad we did the 5spd before we did my 6spd, because Oh Boy what a difference in weight. We dam sure would have been paying some other sucker to put it in if we knew first. Nearly blew my poopa valve.

I refused a G220 Fairlane from the same dealership when they tried to deliver it damaged. They had no drama's with me refusing the sale, the dealer principle and the salesman were horrified at the condition they tried to deliver it to me in. I was real impressed with the hassle free service that I went back after getting purchasing the substitute statesman to buy my GT-P. It also got severely damaged during the delivery process but it wasn't the dealers fault. It rolled off the transporter at FPV onto its roof. Oops. Hence they made me a new one. Refuse the car and order another one. If they give you any trouble I'm $440/hr.

It looks so pretty...seems a waste to have to cover it up

The difference between the two adjustments is quite pronounced with the V8, can't comment on the 6. The stiffer setting is too responsive for the street. You find the car moving with ever undultion in the road.

Hi Ninka Yeah I thought so too, but they said the IRS/ control blade suspension didn't like a stiff bar. Something to do with the angle of the dangle and how the suspension setup itself didn't have a lot of weight in it to counter the increased force. The theory beats me but I do know that one of the track guys in the east pulled his bar off because he didn't like the way it effected the steering. I might try one one day.

I have the 30mm adjustable on the P and it's great. Whiteline and two other suspension shops warned against upgrading the rear from the 19mm bar to the 22mm. The BA/BF has the tendency to lift the inside tyre whilst cornering and this could lead to a nasty accident if it caught you out in the wet. They said it was best to leave it for the track.

Seems like there are plenty who would like to get involved in more track events but they either dont get enough warning to smooth things over at work or are short of cash at the time etc. What I was proposing we do is get some numbers together and form a circuit 'club' of sorts, the members pay a membership fee and we pre book a number of events over the duration of the year at Barbegallo, AHG and the Motorplex. The membership fee would provide the funds to book the track and would mean those people wouldn't have to fork out as much come race day. Space permitting, externals could be allowed to participate but this would be at a premium rate. It would also make it more worthwhile for those who wish to modify their car in a particular fashion I.e. track or drag as they would have a prescribed number of events they could look forward to over the year. It could always be run like the Dutton Rally, with points being awarded at individual events and the totalled at the Christmas Windup for the prize of SMOTY. If it were popular enough we may even be able to get some local suppliers to sponsor some annual prizes.

Not me is seems. I just get DENIED!!