I came across this new BAC Mono single seater car which is made and is also street legal in the UK. Wow I’d be keen to get my hands on one of these if funding permitted. Very cool! =)

I kept having issues with the gauges I’d bought because in the daytime you could hardly see them. The oil pressure gauge being near useless cause you couldn’t look at it while driving. So I shelled out for a defi link unit and 60mm boost gauge. This let me set parameters which if anything goes outside of it sets an alarm going. Also you can record several minutes of replay and record your peak values. The alarm and peak values are very handy. Especially when setting up your boost controller or flat out on the track. You can concentrate on driving and know you dont have to check any temps unless it screams at you.

The sensor kits I got were oil temp, speed, revs, oil pressure and water temp.

Got a new carbon stereo surround. Highly doubtful its any lighter than the standard Item but it looks way cooler =)

I also imported a smart camber gauge to help us do our own alignments on the run.

There has been some recent activity on Suzuki-sans Blog. I for one cant wait to hear his car lapping Eastern Creek in anger again!

That looks like one insane VE head?! =)

Head over and check out his blog here its always worth a look.

World time attack 2010 came around I had my car in the NSCC club display not that I really though it was show car worthy but we got a good club deal and it was a nice close place to park and it fitted in with the JDM theme. A car that really changed my perception of what a 180SX could and should be was Wanyes 180. This thing had some serious styling and is hell fast. I was and still are blown away by the attention to detail on both this and later his brothers car, serious dedication.

Had had the NSCC day the weekend before. This was the first superlap with all the international cars. Was an awesome event!

A short clip I took of Wanyes car at WTAC2010. Clean on a whole new level.

Before the upcoming NSCC day I ditched the old rotors which came with the brakes and fitted some new stoptech slotted two piece curved vein fronts and dba4000 slotted rears. The car also got treated to a reconditioning of the steering rack (it had developed some play) and some new upgraded tein rods/rod ends. I also shelled out for a new set of the whiteline ball joints. These worked much better and are sealed OEM style so should last alot longer too. I also ordered some new track rims while I was at it.

I finally shelled out for some bigger cams and valve springs I picked them up in a kit for a decent price. Andrew came around and I helped him with the install. We had to rig up the air compressor to hold the valves up while we had the retainers out. Worked a treat though. I wish I had of installed the cam gear aswell though because the timing on the greddy cams seems to be slightly out and cost me more bottom end power than they really should have.

I also got my hands on some corner weight scales and learned how to use them. I could feel the difference afterwards as well the car felt much better with just the driver in it.

Bought some new dunlop direzzas which I hated. Would never buy these again. =/

The biggest thing was getting some avs track wheels doing a dogey spray can job on them and fitting up a set of brand new 235/45/17 RE55S tyres. These were unreal to drive on compared to anything else I’d driven on. The grip levels were amazing and I really punished the R33GTST brakes I had on the front. Managed to boil the fluid by the end of the first track day. =) The DS2500 pads I had in were not really up to the task either giving me some shudder later on. The colour was pretty damn bright. There was an equal amount of lovers and haters

Random skidpan image. I cant really remember where this slots in so here it stays

The C’s short shifter was sold and replaced with a standard Item. It was much nicer to shift with on the track with the standard Item even with the throw being much larger the other was just too short. (imho)

I think most people know already that Eastern Creek Raceway is undergoing a major upgrade at the moment. Due to be finished in mid June if construction runs as scheduled. I came across these handy layout maps while browsing the interwebs. What do you think? I’m particularly looking forward to driving the full GP circuit as well as the South.

Eastern Creek GP Circuit

Eastern Creek North Circuit

Eastern Creek South Circuit

Updates should be made here on the official ECIR Website.

Boxhead the owner of the SXDS14 has spent some time putting together this very handy setup flow chart.

For a full size version and a look at other stuff going on visit his blog here.

New new track rims I’d bought finally arrived. 17×9+22 RPF01′s at only 7.2kg per rim they’re a very light and well priced option. I fitted up the RE55′s for the upcoming track day. I also got my rocker cover powder coated. I’d actually bought another one and got it done so I could just swap it over and not have to leave the car with nothing on it for a week. It came out really nicely I’d actually not seen any other cars with this at the time. There are quiet afew SR20 covers I’ve seen around with this now. =)

I also ordered an S15 OEM oil cap. These are lighter than all the other aftermarket ones and dont tighten up when the rocker cover gets hot or cold like I’ve had with the stock S13 oil cap and some of the aftermarket ones.

Ended up having to run almost 3 degrees neg in the rear not to scrub.

Used some red nissan gasket goo and fitted a new rocker cover gasket before we put it on.

The writing had the powder coating shaved off leaving the fresh alloy. Makes it look brand new imo. Pity about the rest of the engine bay

I bought new washers for the rocker cover aswell. These ended up being some stupidly expensive price well over $100 from nissan. I wouldn’t have ordered them had I realised. But they did look nice anyhow.

Purchased a new Cusco strut brace to replace the old one which was looking rather dated and cruddy. Also the older bar was just one round section between the towers. This flat tube in theory should provide slightly more rigidity. Probably never tell the difference though. =)

The car was becoming more and more track orientated so I decided to strip out the interior and sound deadening as the start of a reasonably comprehensive weight loss scheme. =)

After pulling out the seat I had to laugh at the 3x stereo cables installed in the car. It looked like it’d been done afew times and knowone had ever bothered to pull out the old wiring they’d just started again.

There were some more again under the carpet.

Plenty of dry ice works waaaaaaay better than using it sparingly.

It came up quite well after some solvent and elbow grease. It didnt take long to get used to the extra noise.

The aircon system was also pulled out. Saving me approx 20kg and creating much better airflow to the radiator.

The end result of these items netted me this total weight without much fuel in the car. It was a start but still needs to loose alot more weight!