Donnies 94 skyline R33 Diary
05-29-2010, 09:17 PM
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The day started wet but quickly dried. This was shake down day to see if my setup was good enough to slide. The day started out ****ty because the car was pretty much driving itself. With the help of a buddy, I noticed that my Throttle Body (TB) was still sticking mechanically and it was not a PFC (Power FC) issue. After taking the TB apart at the track, I notice that a bit of RTV forced its way around the opening of the TB mouth causing the TB plate was getting caught on it delaying the release. After fixing that issue.. the car was splendid. I was super happy with the response of the turbo and my tuning ability. The air/fuel ratio's were on point and I can actually increase timing in certain areas as my knock was minimum.
This was my first time sliding since March 6 2010 due to the fight on terror. after about a few laps and getting use to the new setup things were normal. Toward the end of the day, half track opened up into full track. At that point I set my eyes on doing the wall all the way down. Half track I can do all day... however I am currently 0 for 2 on attempts at full track wall sliding. I can't believe I cleared Ebisu circuits jump/wall and screwed up here lol..... part of the game. Ill re-grope and come back stronger. Looks like im going to miss D1SL which is tomorrow and MSC on June 5th.. unless the guy sells me his car quickly.
As you will see from the video, I broke through the wall, at that point I could have stopped drifting.. I tried to use the momentum of the wall to set up for the rest of the straight away sadly my tires didn't not respond....... it seemed cool in my mind.. but didn't work out that way as I went right for the tractor tire and dirt hill that was luckily very moist from rain. On lookers say that I hit the tractor tire knocking it out of the ground with my driver side, did a 180deg spin in the air 1 foot above the hill and land on it. I was calm the hold time and I knew this car was done on impact as I was in 3rd gear approaching the wall. My engine was still running strong on top of the hill.. and I had zero leaks so I was happy with that portion.
One of the spectators that came with me drove an N/A 5speed R33 (black with burgundy front bumper in video). I asked him straight out 10 min after the wreck "how much" he replied $1300, I said "sold" and we shook hands. The transaction will go down this week.
Now I gotta look at the FSM's and see whats really different electrical wise from the NA RB to the Turbo RB.. much of which don't apply because I'm not using any of the stock electricals besides the vitals.
I highly recommend putting a cage in your drift car. I know most do but some don't. This bolt in cage that I spent 250 dollars on saved my right foot from being broken or damaged. The sidewall of the car is against the gas pedal and was stopped by the front right leg of the bolt-in cage.
pictures and video...
This was my first time sliding since March 6 2010 due to the fight on terror. after about a few laps and getting use to the new setup things were normal. Toward the end of the day, half track opened up into full track. At that point I set my eyes on doing the wall all the way down. Half track I can do all day... however I am currently 0 for 2 on attempts at full track wall sliding. I can't believe I cleared Ebisu circuits jump/wall and screwed up here lol..... part of the game. Ill re-grope and come back stronger. Looks like im going to miss D1SL which is tomorrow and MSC on June 5th.. unless the guy sells me his car quickly.
As you will see from the video, I broke through the wall, at that point I could have stopped drifting.. I tried to use the momentum of the wall to set up for the rest of the straight away sadly my tires didn't not respond....... it seemed cool in my mind.. but didn't work out that way as I went right for the tractor tire and dirt hill that was luckily very moist from rain. On lookers say that I hit the tractor tire knocking it out of the ground with my driver side, did a 180deg spin in the air 1 foot above the hill and land on it. I was calm the hold time and I knew this car was done on impact as I was in 3rd gear approaching the wall. My engine was still running strong on top of the hill.. and I had zero leaks so I was happy with that portion.
One of the spectators that came with me drove an N/A 5speed R33 (black with burgundy front bumper in video). I asked him straight out 10 min after the wreck "how much" he replied $1300, I said "sold" and we shook hands. The transaction will go down this week.
Now I gotta look at the FSM's and see whats really different electrical wise from the NA RB to the Turbo RB.. much of which don't apply because I'm not using any of the stock electricals besides the vitals.
I highly recommend putting a cage in your drift car. I know most do but some don't. This bolt in cage that I spent 250 dollars on saved my right foot from being broken or damaged. The sidewall of the car is against the gas pedal and was stopped by the front right leg of the bolt-in cage.
pictures and video...
