So I've had my R35 nearly 4 weeks now...
Discussion
Nice
Regarding brake pads. Not that I have driven many high performance stoppers but I did drive a track preped Celica GT4 once. It had Carbotech pads on stock brakes, even from cold it gave me whiplash at parking speeds with just the lightest of touches of the pedal. The owner claimed zero fade on track and apparently the lasted really well and didn't create much dust. I made enquiries for a friend who kept on chewing through a set of pads in his Voyager every 6 weeks, big family, big car driven way too fast. They were around £200 for a set of custom pads iirc.
http://www.ctbrakes.com/
Regarding brake pads. Not that I have driven many high performance stoppers but I did drive a track preped Celica GT4 once. It had Carbotech pads on stock brakes, even from cold it gave me whiplash at parking speeds with just the lightest of touches of the pedal. The owner claimed zero fade on track and apparently the lasted really well and didn't create much dust. I made enquiries for a friend who kept on chewing through a set of pads in his Voyager every 6 weeks, big family, big car driven way too fast. They were around £200 for a set of custom pads iirc.
http://www.ctbrakes.com/
Loving life with the car
Had the custom map done by Ben @gtc so looking forward to having it rolling-roaded again soon to check it out now, and enjoying less black smoke
see this launch control video (tcs off) no longer a diesel gtr.. much!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1015206202717...
Couple more bits:
Carbon fibre front splitter, still waiting for other CF goodies to arrive but thought i's get this fitted, with the new pads, before a meet I was attending yesterday..
new front pads fitted, these are the olds:
the inside ones were much lower than the outside which you can only spot when on a ramp really, so lucky we spotted that
Had my first real good burn in the car this weekend
testing out the 4x4 offroad
argghhhhh gotta love these 'enthusiastic' driving meets... splitter was only fitted yesterday!!
..sooo worth it though
Had the custom map done by Ben @gtc so looking forward to having it rolling-roaded again soon to check it out now, and enjoying less black smoke
see this launch control video (tcs off) no longer a diesel gtr.. much!
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=1015206202717...
Couple more bits:
Carbon fibre front splitter, still waiting for other CF goodies to arrive but thought i's get this fitted, with the new pads, before a meet I was attending yesterday..
new front pads fitted, these are the olds:
the inside ones were much lower than the outside which you can only spot when on a ramp really, so lucky we spotted that
Had my first real good burn in the car this weekend
testing out the 4x4 offroad
argghhhhh gotta love these 'enthusiastic' driving meets... splitter was only fitted yesterday!!
..sooo worth it though
king stupidly big is that spoiler on the R33 in the middle at the rolling road day!!Update
Carbon grille
fitting it was fun..
had a track day at Castle combe so picked up this cheap thing to destroy
Can conclude my car is quicker than a 458
Last pic of this rear end, goodies coming.
Forge bov and changing from IDs to Asnus hoping to get soot levels better
Horn testing with some ones i had from old cars scrap bumpers etc, the oem gtr one is embarrassing
speaker testing in the doors, supply ok as tested with some b&o out an S5, speakers themselves blown, both door units!
fitting bov
fitting tailpipes, thought about leaving them tip-less
map tweak from Ben @ gtc with the new injectors
fitting new spoiler, how about de-spoiler?!
coat of good old hd wax for a car show
my14 at the show:
couple of mine:
was lucky enough to get chosen to take a young cancer victim out for a spin
forgot about the stuff in the boot though!!
Carbon grille
fitting it was fun..
had a track day at Castle combe so picked up this cheap thing to destroy
Can conclude my car is quicker than a 458
Last pic of this rear end, goodies coming.
Forge bov and changing from IDs to Asnus hoping to get soot levels better
Horn testing with some ones i had from old cars scrap bumpers etc, the oem gtr one is embarrassing
speaker testing in the doors, supply ok as tested with some b&o out an S5, speakers themselves blown, both door units!
fitting bov
fitting tailpipes, thought about leaving them tip-less
map tweak from Ben @ gtc with the new injectors
fitting new spoiler, how about de-spoiler?!
coat of good old hd wax for a car show
my14 at the show:
couple of mine:
was lucky enough to get chosen to take a young cancer victim out for a spin
forgot about the stuff in the boot though!!
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