Silvia Club of NSW

Dont worry reaper, people here will never understand what an RB S14 is like. Fact is the SR would wheel spin with 175rwkw in third gear with the SR, now over 400rwkw is put down in 3rd gear WITH NO WHEEL SPIN!!!! So i fail to understand how that can be a bad thing

We dont care for circuit times, and even if we did, as long as my over powered S14 crosses the line before your under powered SR it still makes it quicker on the circuit doesnt it! Last i checked the stop watch stops at the start/finish line!!

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S14a - 11.2 at 121mph with a stock engine go the RB!!!!

no wheel spin in 3rd with an RB26??? i find that hard to believe

the weight of the engine is over the front wheels not the back

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believe what you see me type, the car uses more power with the RB26 in it than it did with an SR!!! Most people will not build a car, they throw an engine in a car. This is a car that has been built properly and has had the time spent on it to set it up properly.

Something people also need to remember with the extra weight is that a great deal of it is in the gearbox. The RB does not make an S chassis the piece of crap that most people think it does

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S14a - 11.2 at 121mph with a stock engine go the RB!!!!

i dont understand how you think the car will have more traction. when you have less more power and a little more weight NOT on the driving axle, you get LESS traction.

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I dont think, i know it has more traction. As i have said, this is a car that has had time spent on making it all work.

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S14a - 11.2 at 121mph with a stock engine go the RB!!!!

thats your problem

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I was beginning to think you were someone who had some grey matter between your ears, but after that comment you just proved to me your just like the rest!!!

Was going to say i am happy to take you for a ride in it but i have no reason to prove anything to you. Believe me or not, i know what the car does and thats all that matters.

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S14a - 11.2 at 121mph with a stock engine go the RB!!!!

im happy to not believe you. thanks for the option anyway!

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Do a 1:07 (or better) at Wakefield and you win.

What's the magic setup to get the extra traction Brad? soft rear suspension for weight transfer?

the 4wd gearbox is a LOT heavier than an FR gearbox,but an R33 box isn't so much heavier than an SR's 5 spd. and it's still in the front half of the car,not in the rear,offsetting the engine.

so you have ~80-odd kg of extra engine,10-15kg of extra gearbox,and what's in the back to balance that? a GTR diff is what,5kg heavier than an R200?

you've been working on that car for a LONG time. surely the setup has changed a LOT since the SR was in there. is it possible that your memory of how it was way back then is a little fuzzy?


Justin...

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not fuzzy at all mate, it was one of the very first observations we made about the car and it hasnt changed. Even since the rebuild and single turbo was put on, the traction is still there. Its just got a set of Bilsteins in it with some Kings, but it works. Dont know how, dont know why, its just a set we tried and it worked. I dont blame people for thinking i am lying, but as i said before, I know it works and thats all that matters.

cypher, as said previously, not bothered with lap times. All i care for is drag times, hence the reason we did what we did. Anthony from Maztech is confident that the car should run a mid 9 at round 140mph which is our aim. If only money grew on trees!

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S14a - 11.2 at 121mph with a stock engine go the RB!!!!

Its good that you admit that. At least you aren't banging on about how awesome the car would be as a circuit car if you took it to the track.

Big engine in light car is perfect for what you want to do with it.

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it has been built as a drag car, BUT, for thrashing around the street i havent found that there has been a huge change in the handling of the car, though i am no great circuit racer. I am sure it has changed the handling of the car, but to what extent i cannot say

Out of curiosity, what does the Autosport S15 lap Wakefield in? perfect example of what "should" be a well set up RB powered circuit car

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S14a - 11.2 at 121mph with a stock engine go the RB!!!!

I think that car is in the high 5's on slicks with whatever massive power he has

It is a cost-no-object workshop owned racecar, so can't really be used as an example in this case.

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beg to differ, i think anyone who is serious about racing a car will spend decent dollars on setting the car up properly and Greg's S5 shows that it can be done.

Whats "massive" power??

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S14a - 11.2 at 121mph with a stock engine go the RB!!!!