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Such a lovely colour, perfect.
That looks stunning, easily the best colour.
Had a good look around an MY19 in Nissan yesterday and it a nice thing in pearlescent white. They had a brand new one £10k off (Think it was £77k), but whilst nice, that's still a lot. Only thing missing was apple carplay.
We could fit one into the fleet as although the dog can't fit in the boot, he could fit on the rear seats. A big plus as the R8 obviously can't accommodate him
*Goes off to look at used MY17*
Such a lovely colour, perfect.
Missed this thread initially, nice choice @NathWraith ! Love those wheels with the orange, really suits it
Looks like you had a great day at Donny, glad you didn't bin it!!!
Amazing pics. I assume to do track days you have to get special insurance for the day?
Aha yeah no really scary moments, I must be getting better...
Been about the same amount of time since I went to Donny too, think I'll take my new one over there this Summer. Hopefully @Gibbo will be taking the new Banana at some point!
tracks are all about brakes
Nath for a 2 tonne car its amazing how flat the GTR looks through the corners, really not bad considering the MY17's are actually softer to be better mannered on road.
Honestly, zero complaints on the handling front.
Car is set up near perfect for the job.
The Michelin 4S tyres are the next hing to look forward to as all feedback seems to say they are superior to the Dunlop GT600’s in every way.
May look into a more track orientated brake combo for the future but if anything, more track time is what I need!
Ceramics (stock calipers, regardless of what people try to sell you, on a GTR are more capable than you or I) if you can stretch to them, my only regret is I didnt get more use out of them before selling the GTR, but what mental stopping power they have.
Otherwise, the new Alcon kit matched up to the RS29 pads will put you through the windscreen they are so vicious.
Go for Sport 4 S tyres, ridiculously capable on a GTR, Cup2 tyres if youre willing to be a bit more sensible in the cold and wet. They also wont shatter your spine going over bumps and potholes.
If/when I get another GTR, I would do the following:
Stock:
Litchfield suspension
Litchfield handling kit
Alcon 410mm brake kit or ST carbon ceramics
Cup2 Tyres
When I wanted more power:
Shortbuild (rods) with efr 6758 turbos on stock manifold
Albins gearset
Someone I know is selling a full set of ST discs with alcon CCX calipers, could probably get you them for a good price if you were interested, maybe the £7-7.5k mark?
The mistake I made was going for more power before getting the car properly planted, it meant especially around places like donnington the backend was wanting to snap soon as you spool up. I drove one with litchos suspension and handling kit and it was night and day, even when they had more power than me, it was just able to put it down.
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Just watched your "oh **** moment". Sounds like you lifted off coming around the corner, id of bet money if you instead kept neutral throttle youd of made it. Key rule with GTR and exploiting the AWD is "Gas is grip" especially with soft suspension like a MY17.
Not looking to drop £7-10k on brakes just yet
Yeah pretty much, didn’t scrub off enough speed going into the corner with braking so lifted and then went wide.
Not looking to drop £7-10k on brakes just yet
Priority now is to see what this check engine light means. Into the dealer today for its second service.
I suspect the y pipe has thrown of what the ECU expects to see and so it was triggered, they can just clear it.
Or something got hot like a sensor and stopped reading correctly.
Generally if car runs fine, all is fine but they should always be checked as quick as possible, so your doing right thing.
Not bad, need to get that apex at old hairpin mate, your scrubbing a lot of speed off due to being wide, practice make perfect.
Shame yesterday was Ferrari day, I can't wait get back on there with M3.