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Any chance that you can reinstate your pics Peter?

2;34 is pretty realistic going on actual S30 performances last year, I can't imagine playing it with a gamepad though. To a non nerd the PS4 is a riddle to navigate particularly regarding set ups, whatever, at the worst it provides track familiarisation.

How did you go with this Brabham? I'm after something around 3.00:1 for a R200 which seems impossible but no harm asking.

Well c'mon, what's your best time? Hi Chook aka Lurch

Where are they posted?

See what the system requirements are on PC lol, crazy. I'll stick with the Playstation for the moment.

That's the sequence Cozza and that's how it's designed to operate. The switching is yet to be sorted but I have a kit that shifts the Glide electrically so that's a good start, the GV shifts electrically too. Only catch is that the GV is not supposed to be used for engine braking, at this stage I don't know how much engine braking the Glide will give so it's all a bit of an unknown right now. But in any case the project is going to have big brakes so engine braking will not be relied on for outright retardation although engine braking alone can be useful in certain situations of course. Oh and that coupling you mentioned, machined from one lump of steel, cool eh.

Just one ratio, it's about .75 which is fine for mine. Yeh the coupling is splined both ends and is blanked off in the middle to keep it in place, I was thinking about drilling a small hole through the blanking off piece to aid lubrication of the splines but that's probably overkill? The bloke in Warwick who does some of my work will get the Glide done by a specialist, he's a racer with lots of experience with autos and knows what's needed. One thing I hadn't realised until now was that this setup is going to help weight distribution as well as being a much lighter setup than the 4L90E in the 280ZX, the overdrive unit itself will end up a third way down the transmission tunnel. Nice short tailshaft too which is always good.

Another parcel received, another few thousand $. This is the Gear Vendors overdrive kit for the intended two speed Powerglide, it's mechanical not hydraulic so can go behind a manual box too, it effectively doubles the number of gears of the main transmission. The next thing to be done is to send it to the chosen Powerglide builder so that it can all be assembled together as one unit. Then it has to be worked out how to shift in all gears with a single electric switching sequential lever. Anyway, pic.

Yes, gave the Nankangs their first run at Morgan Park but the skippys wanted to join in the fun so that slowed things down a bit. First impression was, they are interesting. Around the sharper corners the fronts squealed when push so a bit more throttle got the back out a bit and it felt quite good. I don't usually drive like that and am not anticipating hanging the back out around Bathurst's fast corners but you never know. David's got the Golden Arrow well under control and he looks hungry so who is going to step up for the challenge against the Defending Champion?

So there you go, don't get tyres that get sticky when hot. Now, which is the best of the rest?

The S30 has classical lines which can be brought out by using the right colour which is certainly not white.

I'm going PC too, suspect that there are more tuning options than with PS 4.

Early Commodore stub axle nut fitted my Z31.

Found a race with the 240Z in it, rubbish circuit. Anyone want to buy a as new PS 4 Pro with a Project Cars 2 disc? I'm changing to PC as already have a you beaut graphics card.

Matt Ryeland may be able to help.

Both door openings have been double spot welded so she is now ready to be caged which should be done this month. Meanwhile there are wheel clearance problems at the front, who was the smarty who said 18 x 10" wheels were the go for the front, eh. See the pics, the black brace behind the wheel is the culprit, not by much but enough, The rim inside clears the spring by 10mm, nice.

The longer wheelbase may help around the more open circuits like Phillip Island.

That would be interesting to drive.

My S30 is one big dead zone lol, low speed understeer, high speed oversteer. This must be why I got out of S30's hehe.

In any condition providing it has the plates with 3 holes that bolt to the top of the struts which are all that's really needed, makes posting a lot easier. PM would work.

Looks like the Bathurst lap time for this Z are around 2:40 which seems reasonable, the suspension is adjustable and the limits seem fair eg caster could not be adjusted past 5 degrees which is S30 realistic. But at the default settings it's pretty weird to 'drive', the steering in particular. Apparently the steering can be tweaked, it will probably take me a day to work it out though, more complicated than with a real car lol.

Are the tinted ones faster hmd?

Just strip the engine and refresh it seeing that the rest of the car is so nice, it may not need a rebore and new pistons, just a light hone and new rings and bearings. Depends what the car is going to be used for of course.

No, mainly because I can't spot the mistake.