Going racing and need some advice to break into the 10\'s.

2443TT · 2006-06-18T00:37:55+00:00

Hi everyone, Its been a while since i've been on the forum, but i'm back at last. I've been spending too much time playing with cars i guess... So, on the 22nd of July I will be attending a street meet drag racing event in townsville. I was intending on bringing my skyline GTS4 down to race, but i think the time has come to put my bug on the track and see what it can do. Basicly the car scene up here in Cairns are mostly V8's or imports. A few have asked what my car is capable of on the 1/4 but none believe it. Not that I have anything to prove to these guys, but it would be great to be able to shut them down once and for all. So, to that end I'd like to break the 10.99 1/4 mile time and get thrown off the track for not having a cage. I've got nearly a month to get things ready. Those that don't know my car or its specs they are as follows.. 2332 cc, TCS10 cam, ported CB comp eliminators (48x38), dual springs and titanium parts etc, air cooled.net HD alloy pushrods, scat light lifters, GT28-320 turbo with a 0.64 housing, 0.6 compressor, pwr 400hp intercooler, wolf ecu, 660cc injectors, cold air intake from the right rear window. The gearbox was built by hellbug and is a late model case with stock 1st,2nd and 4th ratios, 1.48 berg 3rd, welded 3rd and 4th, berg keys, forged forks and a 3.875 diff. Clutch is a 4 puck scat ceramic with 1700lb kennedy plate. Tyres are 205x40x17 falken ziex 512's. I've installed a custom 3 bar kaffar style traction brace. Rear shocks are koni adjustable rate absorbers, fronts are stock late model style. Rear suspension is lowered so the wheels sit vertical, the front is adjustable and sits about an inch lower than the rear. My plans so far for making it race ready is to strip out the interior, replace the remaining left and rear windows with plexiglass, and to fit a methanol injection system that will spray into the air intake above 5lb boost (more for engine detonation protection, though it will add some power. I'll be replacing my drivers side seat also, as last time I was out street tuning the seat was ripped off the seat rails when accelerating in 3rd. I want to do the pass on street tyres. I need some advice on the following...: Suspension setup.. What should i change the front shocks too, and what sort of ride height should I set the front up to. I have the largest castor shims I can fit in the front also. Rear suspension is adjustable. I imagine I set the dampner rates as soft as possible? Engine setup and tune. As i don't expect to rev the engine over 6000 I figure stock valve clearances would apply. I'm running NGK D9EA plugs with MSD ignition at the moment, and it fires cleanly thru the entire rev range. What else have I over looked? Any and all advice for all out racing would be appreciated. Cheers,

Great news Ian..... Sounds like the Skyline was loads of fun!... Just wait till the bug gets a run!.... Even if you dont get near to the expected times to start with, you will have loads of fun.... And you are right about the easy of driving a VW hard.... The drive line is very direct as you know and when set-up well, produce great starts that are hard to beat.... Few cars (or bikes for that matter) launch as well as a well balanced dub.... I look forward to hearing how you go..... Just try to control the 'red mist'!