paulR32gtr

Congrats on the times guys. 44.4 Ant!! You were on better tyres this time?

Cheers mate much appreciated. Might have a spot a bit closer to home but will let you know. You said you always wanted to keep each racecar you built . . . new deal - you build and develop them, sell them to me, I crash them and bring you back the shell for your museum

Yes definitely . . . seats with wings and Hans devices are on the shopping list before our next event.

Haha driver induced understeer of fail, it's how all the cool kids do it Well yeah could be a repair job and a front cut as Woo suggests. The metal guy we used on my 32 shell is a wizard - no doubt he would be able to get it straight again just depends on dollars. Once I get it back in Melbourne and up on stands I can get him to have a look.

Unfortunately my do it once, do it properly philosophy seems to apply to crashing as well! Will get some other opinions but things look to have shifted too much for a repair. I don't want to risk ending up with a compromised result. Would be looking for a no accident, high km full car, maybe import one as race/rally and sell off the bits I don't need. The front left suspension tower has shifted down a fair bit after taking the initial impact. You can see the bend in the strut brace and ABS lines. Engine seems to have escaped unscathed minus the little fire that only looks to have taken out some wiring next to the turbos, no interference with the fan / balancer area. The radiator might even be ok. Roof is buckled above drivers seat, through to the windscreen frame. Rear left quarter has also dropped and the wheel is shoved backwards so the subframe is probably a mess as well. One weird thing, can't see it here, but the passenger side floor checker plate is folded right over where it runs next to the transmission tunnel . . . transmission tunnel looks ok though - interested to see what the hell happened to cause that. Not a hint of a bend or crack from the cage.

Thanking our lucky stars the embankment was there - would not have been much fun heading off into the trees. No sticker on it as far as I noticed. The cage doesn't have a scratch on it - have asked Meridian their thoughts on salvaging bits of it.

Little movie we rolled together last weekend, approx production cost ~$45k http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pE41qhQ-iFg Those with a weak stomach may wish to look away now.

Troy . . .

Certainly is - after the first stage on day one we both looked at each other and went "THAT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!". Found our calling if I can keep a lid on it! Kat is well and truly hooked - little weapon on the notes too. Congrats to everyone else that competed. Met so many great people on the way that make it such a great thing to be involved in.

Definitely - will do. Should be heading up to Mansfield this weekend will take some good shots and forward them through to Brenton.

Cheers Blaise. Yeah might be a little while coming but we will get back out there - a little wiser! True that. The cabin shape remained pretty much fully intact . . . would post a photo but it will hurt too many people I think.

Home now, short one beast of a tarmac rally R34 I feel the need to apologise to Snowy for the time, effort and dollars put into building what up until yesterday was simply an amazing machine to drive around those roads. It all makes sense out there - it just ran so bloody well. Day one we started off slowly and only really found our feet after lunch. Were pretty organised with fuel loads which, not that we realised, had translated to some good times. Were surprised to see us settle at 5th EM once we finished our run up Buller. Didn't look at times all day really which was my downfall for day two. Day two we weren't as organised with fuel loads, had it full to start the day off. We were pretty slow through Jamieson and Big River after which we filled up again from our Jerry's just to make life easy against what I originally planned. Skyline 1 we were pretty slow as well as expected. We should have run lighter and used race fuels a bit more to get us through. We cut 10 seconds off for Skyline 2 and I burned off a lot more in transport so we could go quick through Eildon and back to the finish. Unfortunately against all quality advice from Capt. Fathom I was getting a little obsessed with results, and was seeing red. We were smashing Eildon up to the point where Kat called a 5R > 3 (1-6 notes) and I was just overheated, I didn't really register the > 3 and thought I was still in the 5 bit until it was too late. Don't have the video yet but around the 3 I *think* we dropped the nose into the ditch and hit the embankment, did at least a 180 (could have been 540) and rolled a few times, I hit my head and blacked out and came to drivers side down. Adrenaline kicked in, managed to shove the passenger door open and push Kat up and out then climb out. Some other very nice people arrived and helped to slow traffic and with fire extinguishers. Had a seat as the FIV's arrived, felt alright for a while but once the Ambos got there I started blacking out again. Have a pretty decent lump on my head and badly bruised ribs - Kat was feeling fine bar some whip lash. Kat was dropped at Alexandra hospital and I got airlifted to Royal Melbourne for CT, x-ray and ultra sounds. They had me on bloody spinal precautions so I spent the last 18 odd hours on my back waiting for them to sign off that I was ok. No broken bones between either off us just a bit sore, the safety setup worked wonders - the Doctors were all gobsmacked. So need to work out what to do with the wreck, we are both keen to track down another shell and build it up to the same setup. Just need to find somewhere we can strip it. Sad times indeed.

Appreciate the concern guys! Just checked out of hospital will give a run down soon

Kat and I are there with bells on. Heading up Wednesday arvo in first rally over preparedness. Will no doubt catch you there Wooster!

Licence for 12 years. 1. 1986 Pulsar ET 2. 1984 Pulsar ET 3. 1989 R32 GTR 4. 2001 Evo 7 5. 2003 Rodeo iTD 6. 1999 R34 GTR NA = Never Avingone - Turbo short of a car. Roger?

Its the dorian - taped on real good like!

A couple from Sandown. Still doesn't really feel like *my* car but hey I ain't changing it cos it goes well even with a tard like me behind the wheel!

Dammit I am going to miss this completely now Had to move THC recce to the same weekend . . . . NNNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!

I have my entry in for 2012 as well - so thats two of us! Going to be hard though, work is always busy around that time so not sure how we are going to fit enough decent recce in.

Sau-Vic should buy this car

Yeah we noticed that! Helped ourselves to a nice cool drink. Either John or Russ grabbed it... think there was a fuel container there as well - was that yours?

Yeah sounds like MAF sensor problems to me. Need to get your hands on some good Z32 units to test.

They only did street & tuner outright, street & tuner 2wd and 4wd trophies in the end I believe. Was really looking forward to my *by default* tuner GTR trophy haha

Good tip thanks Russ to keep left on the big bump there, was much less harsh than further to the inside. That corner was barrels of fun with my soft suspension.

No good - what happened??