Russman

Bris! i heard about your sighting lap! How did the tyres hang in there for the drive home? Adz. Land cruiser drifting was tops! As always great to meet more new people and catch up with friends. I had a great time.

Yeah Maccas breakfast

How bout 6? We've done that lots of times before and we get there with plenty of time. meet at 5:45 for 6 leave. Thanks to those who offered by I have a driver now. See ya there!

Yeah mate I am. only 23 days now. Plus I get to drive this saturday at DECA. Can't wait.

you'll get over it.

Yeah unfortunately it all comes down to putting on a show for the tester. I think we should have driver training days as standard and base it on that. Not checking if know how to drive round the block.

How many of you guys drive up there on your RE55s? How much wear?

Haha that's right. low speed corners aren't easy to do smooth.

Not long now. 26 days to go!

Every 13 and 14 year old will want those stickers!

Sorry should have mentioned. I'm in Doncaster East. Cool thanks mate. That would be great. Still a heads up at this stage. Waiting to hear back from my mate.

Hey everyone. It's still 27 days till I get my licence back and still not sure if my mate will be able to drive my car up for me. I need to go up saturday morning and be back for a bucks night saturday night too. Anyone here who is a good driver that could drive my car up and back for me? Car has a tricky clutch and spool diff that takes a bit to get used to but isn't too hard. Can you help? thanks.

Yeah ok. In my head I still think that a 225 on a 7in rim will have the same contact area as a 225 on a 8in rim when the car is standing still. Even comparing a 205 to a 225 on the same rim, they have almost the same rolling radius and circumference so there is not much change in front to back contact patch. Maybe this small amount is what they are refering to. Ahh who cares. Wider tyres are better almost all the time. haha...

I don't get this. Sorry to get all technical but it's been done already. I read the the wheel and tyre bible. pretty good info. So what they're saying is that the contact patch on the road is determined by the weight of the car and tyre pressures already and if you get wider tyres then the contact patch front to back is less because it has more left to right. Sure but why do race cars have wide tyres then. Don't wide tyres still give more grip?

Looks like its gunna pop off the bead just sitting there!

Calder freeway. Thats all you need to know.

Nope... Working in Hamilton tuesday and wednesday. Great. See you at DECA then.

Huh? Am I missing something? skinny tyre=less surface contact, fat tyre=more surface contact?

I might actually be able to come finally. Anyone going from eastern suburbs that could give me a lift. I live in Doncaster East and don't get my licence back till mid sep. Russ

I have them and I work for a power company. Every second monday... Best thing ever!

I've also had the same thing with dunlop and bridgestone 235/45/17's being quite different on my 9in rim. The Bridgys look stretched and the dunlop sat square. I like the look of it and the less sidewall flex.

Hi As per PM. Medium please and money comes tomorrow when I'm back in australia. Can't wait. India is a crazy place! Russ

FREE?

Are you copying me? haha. If you put that exhaust on your car will look exactly the same as mine besides the front bar!

I know of about 3 people that would go if it wasn't so hard to get in. They basically said ahh.. it's too hard. I also have mates who would join SAU Vic if they knew they could get a spot. I think we would get the numbers but yeah there would be HEAPS more work involved. We'd need to start paying the organisers wages.