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Factors that may affect how heavy the steering is in a Zed; Lots of Castor Scrub Radius Too much Toe-In Ball Joint condition Strut top bearing condition Tyre pressure Tyre width and profile Steering Rack condition Steering arm length (if they are shorter than OEM ones) Could be one or a combination of a few of these. A car with a steering rack and no power steering is always going to be 'relatively' heavy but it shouldn't be a struggle to drive it.

Not a Zed, not even a Datsun/Nissan, but a PB for me. Wakefield Park - 1m 07.47s Mazda RX-7 (FD) - OEM twin turbos, 11PSI Boost, coilovers, and secondhand Dunlop slicks. 36281_904bdd0334e861d2fcdd08907769ec9b17cfab21.pdf

FD RX-7

Chassis – ‘73 240Z Engine – Standard L28, Round Top SU-style Carburettors, Points Ignition, Standard Cam, etc (from factory when new the carby L28 had ~100kW at the flywheel) so this one probably has about 80kW at the wheels at best... Brakes – Standard - Solid Discs on the front and Drums on the rear Suspension – King Springs (Low), new shocks Tyres – Very second-hand 14" semi-slicks Phillip Island - 2m04.5s

2013 Datsun Nationals Super Sprint Phillip Island Car 14 First of all, sorry I didnt really get a chance to catch-up with any of the guys from these forums. By the time we travelled the 9 hours form Canberra, did doco, got the car off the trailer, got some food sorted, it was time to get some sleep. My only complaint was all the people standing around talking and therefore taking up space for people that had just arrived from interstate and needed somewhere to park their car/van/trailer/etc. at the Ramada. Now I understand why people say Phillip Island is such a great track, having never raced there before I got a bit of a shock at just how FAST and smooth the track is! The familiarisation run was a real eye-opener (scared the sh*t out of myself and I wasnt even trying to go fast)! I had to try to work out the following for 12 turns in just three laps; Braking points Turn-in points Corner entry speeds Clipping points Exit points (especially for corners where there was an important braking area afterwards) Had a ball though!! By the end of the day I managed a 2m04.5s lap which gave me 6th out of 21 in my class according to the Natsoft times (and in my view one or two of those probably should have been in the race classes). For my first ever visit to PI in a car with standard brakes (solid discs and drums), standard engine (~80kW atw), open diff, standard gearbox, etc., Im pretty happy with that. I also learned about the Cape Barren geese on Phillip Island, apparently the sound of very loud race cars doesnt stop them wandering on to the track and standing on the apex of a high speed corner!! If I wasnt scaring myself enough, the geese were trying to help! Pictue here with the inside rear almost in the air! http://www.sdpics.com/cgi-bin/e-store/index.cgi?action=view&link=8000~Motor_Sport/9000~Cars/05~Car_Club_Track_Days/9903~30_March_2013_-_NISSAN_DATSUN_NATIONALS/2~Group_4&image=A64H2528.jpg&img=80&tt= The organisers did a FANTASTIC job, however there are a few little areas for improvement IMO; Not once did my armband get checked and Not once, in pit lane, did the car get checked for the appropriate group coloured dot or scrutineering sticker So really, anyone with a Datsun/Nissan and a number on the side could have driven out onto the track.

Can't get much in 14" And the few that you can are either narrow or medium to hard compound. Although I'm sure all you guys run much bigger wheels than 14".

I had a go a 'start point' wheel alignment here; http://www.viczcar.com/forum/index.php/topic,7422.0.html

These might fit??? http://www.maddat.com.au/products/LCA1600.htm Down the bottom http://www.maddat.com.au/suspension-parts.php

I know - I'm not an idiot. I said "Race Style". So youre saying a PMC L-series with individual throttle bodes (Webers, injection, whatever), electronic ignition, big cam, heavily modified, with 300hp+ should be in the same group as a ~100hp from factory (points ignition, Twin SU style, stock engine) L-series? If so, that's fine. I just want to be sure what people think is the interpretation of this is...

How are people interpretting this? Even if you don't have a roll cage, I would have thought anyone running a non-Lseries engine or a race style L-series (PMC engine for example) would have to be in the 'Race cars' catagory?

http://www.camsmanual.com.au/pdf/10_gen_req/GQ11_Schedule_J_2013-5.pdf Section 11 (Page 7) Most places like Revolution RaceGear should sell it. http://www.revolutionracegear.com.au/index.php?PSO=245&PSID=360078001&PSV=Primary&EGPUID=103710

Sorry guys I won't be able to make it this time. I'll be attending the biggest and fastest car show in Australia, the 2013 Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix!

Mick, I have never actually stayed near Wakefield (Canberra is only 1 hour from Wakefield Park), but I would have thought any reasonable hotel in the middle of Goulburn (5-10 minutes from Wakefield Park) would be fine... That way even if you don't like the beer at that pub it should only be stumbling distance to a few others. Not sure I've been much help, sorry.

I don't know the Group S Prod. Sport rules so that doesn't help me... Top work! Yep, stock L-series engine (incl. stock camshaft, SU copies, no big bore big stroke stuff, points ignition, etc) Standard gearbox Standard open diff Road legal tyres Standard brakes (solid discs on the front, drums on the rear). I'm just trying to work out what time I should be aiming for as a first timer to PI...