PHaT MR30

Been around since 2011, I seem to recall Targa 2011 was their first event, the wet miserable year and they ended up in the ditch at the hairpin on Moriarty Day 1.

The Team Legacy dudes were running at THC near us and were bloody quick, was having fuel pump issues though which might explain the 2 sec/Km. Car is well sorted.

Yeh, bush mechanics! It was a cheap nasty Kmac manifold and it had done 7 rallies and already been repaired somewhere else. So was well over due for replacement. Been doing some research on other options there. Dinner/Fish Heads/Beer/Beer/Beer/Pitman/Simsy/JD all make it a good night. Was there a rally on?

This event seemed to be pretty hard on cars! From the sounds of it Dan & Sammy's problem was a fuel pump on the blink which finally leaned it out enough to say goodbye to a couple of pistons. I was really impressed with Dan's times for his first rally, straight off the bat he was quick and consistent all weekend. I was puzzled when I saw a stage time for them, but hadn't seen them come to the service park. Then an utterly bad feeling when they were both walking up to the stop point. Hopefully it can be fixed for reasonable $$ and you will be back for more. Danny and I had a good weekend even if it was a bit trying at times. Picked the car up on Friday, drove to Marysville and jumped in the car, straight away something was not right, it felt like it had no power! After mucking around with the maps, we ended up loading an old map which was really only meant for short track hill climbs. But it worked. Saturday morning stages, went well till about the 4th where we lost the clutch. Completed the stage in 4th gear, luckily they called a lunch break so we could inspect it. Turned out the metal line into the slave cylinder had snapped off. With some help from the boys at TMR they managed to flare the line and get us back going. No further problems for the day and we kept getting quicker. Sunday morning, we hit hard while the road was still cool, posting our fastest time of the weekend which was a 4:36. the following two runs were just as good and in the mid 37's. We then noticed the exhaust was slightly louder, leaking from somewhere. Didn't let it bother us, except that on 4th run off the line an electrical fault which plagued us at High Country showed up again and in the same breath the exhaust manifold cracked quite badly. So with no power/boost/anything we crawled up the mountain, around a minute and a half slower than previously. What to do? The manifold had cracked and opened up like a big valve. TMR to the rescue again! It was a bandage solution, but for the time we had to fix it in and limited resources it woudl have to do. I did the sums and we had enough of a gap to 3rd place that if we could limp it up there we could still finish 2nd outright and 2nd in the championship. So with fire extinguishers at the ready we started our final run up the mountain. It was quite hilarious, so slow and at times I had to keep telling danny to keep his speed up cos I didn't think we were going to make it in time! But we did it! So now the car gets a good rest and a big birthday for next year so we can continue competing in the ATRC, but our main focus will be a red hot crack at Targa. here are a couple of vids for your viewing pleasure Barrel Hit http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arAUmkCPBl4&hd=1 Fastest Time http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWUYZy-wrZo&hd=1

Good stuff Nick, I look forward to see you in which ever car you decide to run. I will be in the Blue Evo IX

Yeh entry list is pretty low, but don't know of any others going. I fly in about 10am so we should be up there after lunch... Only so much recce you can do on a 10km stretch. So no doubt we will see you at the Buxton Hotel for a bevvy or 2!

How much is PowerPlus? I know of someone that was once bitten twice shy, but is looking to get back on the E85 bandwagon

Yeh we passed Tim Hendy on Tolmie? i think and it wasn't sounding healthy, he got it to the lunch service and wasn't really looking to hard at it so must have just been a cooler pipe or something? We had a reasonably good run on Saturday, I don't think we could have gone much quicker. I got Wooster-itus Saturday night and proceeded to be very sick on Sunday till about lunch time. We had a few electrical issues in the morning too, causing us to miss a few stages. We were happy with the times after lunch and glad to finish the event. Oh and it was good to meet Paul and Ekaterina finally too!

Any links to pics or results? The driver I compete with in Tarmac rallies was up there in a Blue Evo 9. Love to see some more of it.

They now have better GPS antenna's which mount externally.

generally speaking the best place is in the centre of the roof as it then uses the roof as a big 'dish'

Free Mowing? Sold!

Was Bourkey driving it though??? Lol

Exactly, Although I have heard lots more about tailshaft, driveline etc, turbo and electrical problems with the ToeRag's, but that probably just because they are more common?

Or do you mean into your parts clearout thread?

I reckon its gonna be heaps more interesting with more than two manufacturer's. I just wish Ford and Holden would put a production based engine in their COTF. Parity is supposed to be parity.

Sorry Dan I have a rule, I don't buy Green Appletini's... For anyone!

Pray they don't have the hosts of Ten's Breakfast show on again...

Yep I'll be there!

May as well just scrap grid penalties and make it a lucky dip draw for where you are on the grid for the race. But then again the wealthier/smarter teams might find a way to exploit that to guarantee pole.

Its easy for him to say that sitting at his desk with nothing more than a pen and paper to worry about.

Further to that, if its a left hooker, it wouldn't really be road registerable would it? So it wouldn't be eligible for LCT? Would CAMS be able to help you? Maybe talk to your State Club and Development Officer?

Keith Johnstone has just bought a 996 GT3 for a rally car and bought it from the UK or somewhere, don't know if it was already caged or what. Maybe if you can get in contact with him or Pete Nunn they might be able to shed some light.

Weren't some dudes importing them from the States cheap and having the engine/trans removed and shipped separately to avoid something like this? Sorry can't help on your actual question, its a very open for debate question though.

BTW Woo, I hope we can still do a rally again one day...