Andrews got normal street tyres lol...hehehe they are performance but they arent 032'sor 048's

As good as Andrews car is (as I have been lucky enough to drive it) an AWD would always be faster on a damp track. Having done a fair bit of work with GTR's..as I owned one for 4 years and am about to debut our improved production R32 GTR in 4 weeks, I love them!! For fun value, you would have Andrews 1200 hands down as it is one of those very rare cars that gets me excited when I drive it.

Saying that, if I had the $$ I would buy both Harrys and Andrews cars

Everybody get lost as I am calling Harry

yeah I knew you were joking mate. And I don't want to give the GTR away

It's definitely harder to work on - the engine bay is pretty full like most modern cars, but its been very reliable. the only issues I've had were a TPS, a CV boot, and a leaking rear subframe bush at Bathurst 2005 just after I bought it.

The engine is basically standard, with standard ceramic turbos and standard boost. Only engine mods I know of are those it came with:
Mines ECU
Bee*R powerbuilder BOV's
3.5" HKS SuperDragger exhaust
HKS pod filters

it goes better than most mild GTRs and handles very well - got that the 3rd outright at Bathurst Mountain Straight Hillclimb against those more powerful GTR's that beat me the day before on Conrod. And its faster than alot of heavily worked STi's and Evo's at Mt Cotton. Its also beaten some of the top 5 Dutton guys in the QLD Challenge rally when I was only on the Federal 595s against their semi slicks. And that was before the suspension tweaks I did at the start of the year with the adjustable upper arms in the front, offset bushes in the rear upper arms, alloy subframe alignment kit, more aggressive geometry and the wider wheels.

I'm not sure the clutch is anything fancy. When I was test driving them, this one felt like it took a bit more pedal effort and was more positive than the others, but I doubt there's anything flash behind the stock engine.

Anyway, have a think about it - I'm pretty keen on the idea even though I'd miss out on the extra cash that would have been useful.

Hey Bozman you must lurk on 1200.com quite a lot dont seem to miss out on too much
Ahh well I fixed the two loose turbo flange nuts that came loose after sand trap at oran park well more like mud trap.(have captive nuts now.)
The main reason id like a gtr is that can be driven normally around and occasional track day to have a bit of fun. I dont get to use the 1200 anywhere as much as id like.I could rego it but I need my license plus country roads would be very harsh on the suspension.

Hey Andy, I do understand what you are saying. The GTR's are awesome to drive on and off the road. I suppose you will just have to put the thinking cap on as you currently own the fastest track 1200 in Australia and I love watching the jaws drop on peoples faces when you blow by in it Stick a set of slicks on your 1200 and it would do a 1.05 at wakefield..how many cars can do that?? The fastest road GTR I have seen at wakefield is the BERRY car and it is a weapon. It did a 1.04 at wakefield but how much have they spent on it??

the GTR is awesome on the open road. Country drives are pretty much all I use it for. I've been toying with the idea of selling it for a while, but every time I drove it I just couldn't bring myself to advertise it...

I forgot one thing - I've got a car trailer and can deliver the car as far as Sydney for the cost of fuel for the return trip.

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ah, the Newman/Berry GTR.. that thing has been wiping the floor at all the street sprints up here for the last year. Seriously fast car.

For comparison he runs low 55s at QR Sprint track, I've only been there once on Federal 595SS and ran 1:01.5 (I was trying to win the street tyre class...) I would expect a solid 49, maybe a high 48 on semis.

At Mt Cotton, he's only been there a couple of times and runs low 45s I think. I know the place like the back of my hand, which is a big advantage, but only took the GTR there twice with a best 46.2 (that was on the Bridgestone semis). There's no doubt the Berry GTR can go a sec or two quicker there with more track knowledge.

Ran against the Berry/ Newman GTR at the sprints on the weekend in the 1200 Supercharged /turbo coupe , I ended up beating Russel Newmans best time in the GTR for the weekend but Mark went another 2 seconds quicker than me ,that car has so much grip and goes so hard off the line ,, its hard to make up the all wheel drive advantage from a standing start over 1 lap , Our 1200 was the 2nd car outright behind the Berry/ Newman GTR followed by 3 more GTRS and John Siddins in his Z car . Was talking to Russ and they were talking about talking the GTR to Japan to do a few car Rallys there .

I ran against the BERRY GTR a couple of months ago in the AutoSalon track battle at Wakefield and finished 2nd as well. I was running my friends Turbo Lotus Exige.
Hey the supercharged 1200 sounds awesome

I realise we are getting a little off topic from Harrys lovely GTR but...Have either of you boys run at Morgan Park?? We are intending on bringing 2 or 3 GTR's up for the IPRA Nationals in september and any tips on track knowledge would be much appreciated

sorry to go off topic...but hey bozman, i noticed a good lil pic of u poseing with two japanise girls in the latest hot4s(july07)... shame about running out of fuel, so close...