G'day guys,

Just thought I'd report in about my weekend up at shepparton at the DECA driver training for the skylines Australia motorkhana. My car has been pretty competitive in the past finishing as high as 3rd outright so I thought I'd be even more competitive this time going back with a handbrake for the first time as well as a rollcage.

How wrong I was! As always I ended up in a massive rush at the end of last week getting everything ready in time to the point where I got the rollcage bolted in, tested the new hydraulic handbrake a couple of times and then set off.

Long story short, the first time I pulled the handbrake in anger I bent the mechanism I had rigged up rendering the handbrake useless for the rest of the day. With the rollcage and stiffer chassis, the swaybars were so far out of whack that I nearly rolled the car ON FLAT GROUND on the skidpan (see video)
here

Nonetheless it was still a blast and I ended up finishing 10th out of 50 outright and 4th 2wd which i was wrapped with in the end.

Here is some more videos and pics

cheers

Video

video 2

Yikes!

go back to sloppy chasis lol

I pulled out the rear swaybar and pretty much fixed the problem. Turns out the rear swaybar was way too stiff once the chassis stopped flexing so much. It was weird, I'd turn it in and it would lean but also pitch in towards the front end because the rear was so rigid. The other factor was that there is just so much grip on that skid pan when it's warm and there is a bit of rubber down.

Soooo, anyone want to buy a rear swaybar? Worked ok with a standard chassis! Easy installation

looks like a heap of fun, ive gotta get out there!

good results!
that datto has balls.

Email me info price and pics on the sway bar, I am interested! looks like GREAT fun!

i might, pm me your number and we can talk ;)