Marks S12 Grand Prix

Thanks. It seems I need to fix the pictures.

Yesterday me and Jano went for a spin and took some pics of the silvia.

Something to hang the keys

Last friday I did a compression test with my friend Chris.

We already thought the FJ was not in a very good condition. And we were right.

The spark plugs seem to look fine. Only the spark from cylinder 1 is less black.

Soon we will test it on the dyno to see how many horses it has still left.

Last friday I had a Simons silencer and a small restricted pipe welded in. The smaller diameter piping should help against the noise. Piece of metal from 2.25 inch extended to 2.5 inch and had that welded in after the silencer.
It seems the Fj pulls better again, however that might just be a mental thing.

The exhaust noise is less now.

http://youtu.be/41hOoYs_zuw

And how it was without the silencer.
http://youtu.be/PU3pHXp3wfE

With the silencer I have to watch out with tresholds. Already scraped the silencer a couple of times. Only problem is that it cannot really be higher mounted. The original spot is not available because of the floor pan modification.

Soon mount the [lexicon]S14[/lexicon] front brakes and the car will be ready for the Nurmeet.

I think this is a good place to drop some Grand Prix and FJ goodness

Last weekend 12-14th of september I have been to the annual Nurmeet organised by SXCE.org (German silvia club). It was the most crowded one I have been to yet. Friday morning I installed the tent and at two we where already in Adenau enjoying a hamburger with fries at Bistro Cockpit (prev. Hannes). The atmosphere at Cockpit it not like it used to be but things change...

Friday evening we had a bbq and on saturday a tour through the Eiffel area. Very lovely environment. Sunday I did two laps on the ring. First lap it was foggy, very beautiful to see the ring in a different way.
Sunday evening around 9 I was back home. Exhausted but that needs to happen at such a weekender.

Some pics and other stuff.

At the Nurmeet.

I had a bit of a scary moment. They asked me to rev it so I did manually and the throttle cable came loose from the lever and it went full open.

Result is on the pictures above

Overview picture off the meet. It was really crowded. Lots of nice silvias.

At the camping place the Jugendheim

On sunday we went for the ring.

It was quite foggy

Some pics on the ring.

In three days I drove a total of 906 km's. And it was totally worth it!!

Some vids.

Partial first lap of the day. Gopro quit half way.
http://youtu.be/GSMbsSYU8-w
Later I was able to close the file with the gopro Sos function.

http://youtu.be/AdZjQ5cLcGE
Filmed on low quality on a budget cam. Found out later it was not filmed on the desired 1080p mode.

The weekend was awesome again. Next year I hope to go more times.

07 Juni 2015

Few
upgrades to the [lexicon]S12[/lexicon] Grand Prix, only mounted a solid steering rack made by
experimental engineering/ David Caroll. Off course the thread was worn because
of some rusty bolt. New thread, new oil and filter and that was it. I still
have the [lexicon]S14[/lexicon] 4 pot brakes that I should really install on the car, as should
the PU bushes from Energy suspension I still have collecting dust.

Not
many upgrades, but I have been cruising with the GP. With the Dutch SXOC I went
to Japfest at Zandvoort Circuit. I took a German friend from the sxce.org with
me and he had a great time.

Some awesome pics

The
next weekend was the weekend I was really looking forward to.

ROADTRIP!!!!

Just
like last year we decided to go to Japfest 1 Castle Combe in the UK. My buddy
Mike and I decided to go a day sooner so we had an extra day to chill at the
coast in the Torquay area at my mates Taz place. So we decided to leave really
early in the Thursday morning...........

To
get in a huge traffic jam at the E34 even before Antwerp. So we decided we went
a bit offroading leaving the highway and find ourselves another way.

As
to be expected there was a bit of rain. It was England off course!

Around
18h UK time we arrived at my friend Taz which I know from the NPOC. He lives
near Torquay at the English coast. Stunning environment, lovely roads and we
had great weather. What else can you wish for??? Right! Beers!! And we had a lot
off those.

And Full English

Saturdaymornings
early departure took us to Castle Combe. We did a premeet with the Primera OC
(NPOC). Did some tracktime which was great. I had bought 3 sessions. This year
it was devastating warm (well for UK standards that is ), so it was a 1000
times better than last year when it was raining cats and dogs. Unfortunately my
second sessions was over way to soon due to a red flag. 35
pounds for 5 minutes of driving time.. ouchhh.. expensive session. An EVO had his rear bumper in
flames and a honda decided to be a lawn mower. Plus there was an extensive
amount of debris on the track. I did found out it is a really fast track,
something you notice better when pushing harder on the track.

Spotted
some other S12’s on the paddock.

After
the event we drove to a hotel nearby Castle Combe. Decided to celebrate a good
weekender with a shitload of beers and steak. In the end I did drive 1800 km’s
that weekend and also the FJ20 decided to use 2 liters of oil.

And
a more recent picture of me and my mate Chris with his S13 SR20DET.

Planned
short term fun time with the [lexicon]S12[/lexicon] Grand Prix.

27 Juni Tracktime at Zandvoort
Circuit

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4th
and 5th of July to the Nordschleife / Nurburgring

16th
of August tracktime at Rockingham during Japfest 2

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If
its possible I would also like to go to Zolder Circuit for some laps. Not many
updates but the S12 is used for what it was built. Driving it with a big smile,
preferably on a track off choice.

And
a small video of me at Castle Combe to Finish off.

https://youtu.be/8yFbsTAGrkI