Silvia Club of NSW

Hi crew

I am pretty new on this forum, but thought I would say hi. I have bought my first Silvia

Looking at coming out and having a play at skidpan and tracks when I get time to. Usually I am instructing at most of the days, as that is what I do for a job. I am also a full time driver in the Toyota Hilux Heroes team.

I have been driving plenty of other peoples, or car manufactures cars over the years in motorsport, superlap and other events. I thought that this is a good way to come and have some fun away from some of the serious stuff that I do.

I already know quite a few of the crew on here, and look forward to catching up with the rest of you

The car is an X Type 180SX with an SR20T powerplant. Will be looking for plenty of advice at making the car steer,stop and go on a budget

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John Boston
http://john@trackschool.com.au
Team ISUZU D-MAX Driver
http://www.trackschool.com.au
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Ahhh John Boston, the man himself

I saw you at the NRMA Fleet day the other day

Welcome!

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Nice to see you on here John Boston. I remember getting some driving tips from you last year at the Circuit Club Oran Park GP track day in my S15 Silvia.

Welcome John, we've arrived at the right place for all your Silvia/180SX info, goodluck with the buildup.

We've met on occasion at a couple of Autosport days, you gave some pointers/passengered to Rhianna in the dark green S14 at an Oran Park skidpan. Welcome and cheers again, Grant.

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hey Bozman,

i also met you at a Circuit Club track day. you were heaps busy that day, so i didnt get you to go shotgun in my car, but you did give me some pointers for the entry to turns 1 and 2 at Wakefield. thanks for that!

Welcome, and see you around

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Sweet choice in car brother Get some pictures up would love to see it and the other cars you drive!

excellent choice in fun car

We can't give you the usual advice of improving the driver before worrying about the car though

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The Engine Whisperer - fixer of things

Hi boz,

Welcome to the forum.

Any details on the car?

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meh

Welcome John!

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That's what she said

Ah you also work with Mick Ryan

My work does all the stickers on the rally school cars

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Welcome Bozman and glad you didn't go the skyline boat.
I can see some lap times and ego's being broken for a relative std s chasis car.

Matt

Anybody who's ego gets broken by being beaten by a driver like Bozzo has serious issues (regardless of what he is driving)

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Bozman!!!

John its Iain with the Blue S13 Silvia from your Driver Training Day in May 09

We were talkin alot about you getting one for track work... and look whats happened I actually have a vid when i forgot to turn off my camera of you sticking your head around my car LOL

Good choice mate!!!!! You will love it! Now let us know when the shake down sessions are so we can come bug you for thoughts / setups !!!

You will get plenty of advise from the pro's out there, as we discussed my car is on a very tight budget with very minimal mods listed below.... good little package, capable of decent times, perhaps a good starting platform for a budget setup!?

SR20
GT28r
Step 1 cams
Z32
Pod
FMIC
Oil Cooler
PFC
Profec B II
Turbo back exhaust
Nismo 550cc
Wahlbro pump
Tein Superstreets
5 stud conversion
Swaybar


Ando

Hi Ando and the rest of the crew

Thanks for the welcome guys, really appreciated. Looking forward to having a play with this thing to see what it is capable of. At least I can now drive my own Superlap car as well lol

Very keen on the mods list that is needed to make this thing go faster. Already organising more suspension mods.....keen on what people think is the best value for money brake mods. Yes it still has 4 stud atm

Have been reading through threads full of good info. There are quite a few different types of brake conversions.

Already looking at how much weight I can get out of this thing

Keen to get it out as it is and see what sort of lap time it will do, and then watch how the mods will change the times.

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John Boston
http://john@trackschool.com.au
Team ISUZU D-MAX Driver
http://www.trackschool.com.au
MOTOR, WHEELS & V8 ACTION Magazine Test Driver

The best value brake upgrade in my opinion is a set of r33 4 pots on the front with some decent pads. redrill the rotors to suit 4 stud or get some new blanks and have them drilled and mod the banjos/remove the olive from the caliper and they bolt on.

I like project mu HC+ pads which i ran in the skyline. A few others here run them as well. The NA nugget has SBS carbon ceramics as it doesn't need the higher temp rating as the brakes don't do as much work.

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meh