Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Wheel Alignment and first run of spring hopefully not the last

 indeed yes it was a bit busy a week or so ago. So got the GTR alignment all done, I thought it would be easy enough to do as it was done last year so everything should have been moveable but cars being cars there was always going to be one eh ? Anyhow, everything that could be adjusted from factory was indeed adjusted and then it was just down to testing it. 

Quick recap. Sometimes the car had a tendency to crab left under braking and while it wasn't causing big issues it certainly wasn't by design. So, new tyres fitted, alignment (re)done just testing required. 

As luck would have it a beautiful sunny day came along and like a child at the beach I just dove (drove??) straight in. Fabulous day, air con on, sunnies on RB26 singing away and on first drive everything was working just nicely. Bearing in mind this is the cars first proper run since being laid up for Winter, tyre fitting and alignment aside. Brakes seemed fine, engine seemed fine, TEINs rock solid but not clanking so I guess working ok. Anyhows, plooting along a favourite road of mine, going a lot further down the road than I thought I would be going I discovered they had over the winter re-laid a rather large section of road and now instead of resembling the moons surface the road is billiard table smooth. Ya dancer!

While driving south I passed an old style iron bridge and I've always thought that pictures with bridges and cars in them are just amazing. So on the homeward journey back I managed to grab a couple of snaps though obviously I still cannot take good pictures so here they are.














and from the other side



Saturday, March 01, 2025

New tyres fitted - GTR

 so the march towards getting the GTR ready for spring / summer progresses, not at the quickest pace but better than last year that's for sure. As it still has the stock 9x17inch wheels i plumbed for 255x40 same as fitted by previous owner but Michelin PS4 tyres and all four corners replaced. I would have gone 245x45 as per spec to get a slightly higher rolling radius to help the front splitter but remembering the MR2 and it's 245x45 on a 9inch width, it just looked a bit stretched and with our potholed roads we need all the rim protection going. 255x40 just looks nice on the rim so there it is. Next stop, alignment then see it if still tracks a bit under braking.