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Kim

I took my car to the track before I had it registered and although it never actually overheated, I did end up with a lot of coolant escaping. I had run the car at road speed and had no problem, but the extra push on the track was enough to highlight some issues. Like Merv has just suggested, my radiator cap was not functioning correctly and rather than releasing excess coolant to the overflow, it was just releasing it!! This fixed, the next problem I had is that the overflow tank I have is simply too small (approx 1L) for the track. I reckon at least double that would be necessary. When I get around to replacing this, I will also put an overflow/relief cap on it as well so any extra coolant can be directed somewhere.

I also fitted a camber kit to the R32 rear and while previously I could get no better that about 2 degrees of negative camber, I can now adjust between +2 and -5 degrees. I got my kit from a supplier on the Gold Coast for around $400. That included both of the upper arms (replacing just the camber arm is not advisable for the amount of adjustment I wanted). The supplier suggested that the ones on eBay for much cheaper are indeed much cheaper. I cannot offer any details as to a great suspension setup - I am still playing around with that - but the camber kit certainly provides adjustability where I had little previously.

Cheers

Geof