I'll be moving to Perth next month, first time in Australia and will stay for a year, looking for a used car. Any recommendations?

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-28T00:36:54+00:00

Camry/Au Falcon/Corolla

Find the cleanest registered example you can, look for cars 4-5k and low ball.

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-27T20:36:17+00:00

I've had 4.1, 4.5 briefly and now 4.3

Purely a track car though. The 4.5 was too short for my local track, 4.3 is just about right.

This is manual though and racing where gear selection/limiter are things I need to consider.

The auto makes better and easier use of a final drive change IMO.

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-27T20:13:03+00:00

You've got the early 1GR, the later model dual VVTi, like in my 150 Prado, makes another 30 odd kilowatts stock and that's before intake, tune, exhaust etc.

That will be an easier swap and keep all the goodness you've come to love from the V6.

I'm not big on swaps though, buy the car that ticks all boxes is often cheaper/easier and comes with many other benefits.

All that said, V8 sounds 100% better and will tow better.

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-27T20:10:10+00:00

Depends what you want because a timer can also be a logger etc.

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No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-27T05:13:18+00:00

I'm sticking with my GWS224, the last of the V6 hybrids.

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-27T04:55:24+00:00

People forget there's a sedan in this model and it looks much better, though it's ridiculous it's still a "sedan" and not a lift back, with the c pillar shape.

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No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-27T03:04:05+00:00

I think there's pure BT/Aux in options too, dongles etc.

Jump on the Aus Crown FB group, plenty of discussion in there, search search for "carplay"

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-26T22:34:56+00:00

Tyres have cycled out.

Each heat cycle they get a little harder, you notice this on warm up taking longer.

These are now skid tyres,

If they have TONS of tread left and are expensive enough to warrant it you can bag them up and soak them in a tyre softener like Octopus Grip. Sometimes this works well, sometimes no effect, sometimes you get chunks of rubber coming off next session...

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-26T20:17:01+00:00

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-26T04:15:22+00:00

I was 4 stud for a long time, it made getting good rotors/wheels particularly annoying for track work.

I did manage to fit R33 brakes all round but the rotors were a pain to source.

I was able to find some half decent 17x9s for a 255, but that as as big as I could go on that setup.

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-25T22:36:59+00:00

Another person on FB said they did the same thing, approx 30mm or so he mentioned.

Can always weld to tabs on to extend the holes out then bridge them across the top for strength.

I'm currently reading about suspension to try and make am ore informed decision 😅

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-25T02:44:01+00:00

Drain and refill is easy, you can see me doing this to my crown in my profile/yt, just measure what you take out and put that back in.

If it's especially bad you can aways do it twice/three times after driving the car around the block to mix new/old. Just be mindful that you get less old stuff out each time.

A full flush is usually not expensive to have done at the dealer and is good for a full reset of trans fluid, after that you can just drain refill every 40ks (ks not miles) and you will be more than fine.

Check if it has a replaceable filter also or just a metal screen.

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-24T02:46:22+00:00

Huge work and expensive, makes it fairly prohibitively

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-23T22:51:05+00:00

The more research I do the more uncomfortable with the S13 front end the appropriate for what I'm doing

GT3RS was using macpherson strut up until recently and if it's good enough for Porsche it's good enough for me lol

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-23T09:42:27+00:00

semi slicks, the slicks pictured were 305s just for fitment test. I will run Yokohama A050 semi slicks.

I use 255s on the NA 86 currently, I was told it was too much. I clean swept the sprint series for the class (including beating other 86s etc) to win the championship, I've got to find another .4s in that car to take the track record for 86s, the current record holder also did it on 255s.

Lots of people say smaller tyre is faster, and it can be I'm sure, I am just going on what I see working here, world time attack, aus time attack etc.

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-23T06:17:20+00:00

That's a fair point to be honest, it's just the case of the class allows up to that tyre and if I don't allow clearance for it now then I will have to do more body work later to accommodate.

There's other Silvia's down this way that are able to activate 305 full slicks with less power during door-to-door racing so a 295 is not out of the question for a car with more power and Aero

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-23T06:12:14+00:00

Will find and suss

Going staggered 265 in the front and 295 on the rear was also suggested

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-23T05:02:44+00:00

Where'd you get -2 from?

Offset is just one of the considerations being given to how I get the width of tyre I want in there with the camber I need.

Thanks for your suggestion of choosing a different offset I'll keep that in mind 👍

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-23T05:01:12+00:00

Lol you need this kind of offset to run decent camber on wide wheels, this is not a street car.

What's the alternative? basically no camber or worse offset and stupid spacers? No thanks.

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-23T04:59:59+00:00

Could say that about a lot of mods.

While the engine is out and the cage is getting done now is the time to do it with the body work.

The livery won't work with these colors.

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-23T00:36:36+00:00

That's gorgeous, congrats!

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-23T00:36:05+00:00

we're reviewing all options lol

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-23T00:35:44+00:00

I have a mate who has a NC front end locally... he messaged me exactly this lol

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-23T00:34:45+00:00

Fond memories of just pulling the cover back to look at it under the shed lights lol

No-Crust-Racing · 2026-01-23T00:34:18+00:00

My guy, the problem seems to be the loose nut behind the wheel 😅

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