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    Tarmac Rallying Perpetual Thread

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    Tim, saw the photo of the wire up job on the exhaust, reminded me of a gravel rally bodge job, good to see that it worked. Looked like an aftermarket extractor type manifold? All the gravel guys running these are changing them every few events as they just don't seem to be able to handle the heat and punishment that a standard cast manifold can?

    cheers

    paul

    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.

    MoFixed!

    The best part of the MMSports events is that we don't have to spend a fortune floating the car/trailer over the ditch...oh and the fact that rally HQ was at a pub and Washo insisted everyone was there on Saturday night for, erm, dinner. Yeah dinner! HA :cheers:

    Dinner/Fish Heads/Beer/Beer/Beer/Pitman/Simsy/JD all make it a good night. Was there a rally on?

    Tarmac Rallying Perpetual Thread

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    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

    Tarmac Rallying Perpetual Thread

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    Posted

    So Lake Mountain this weekend and I doubt we will have any shortage of runs as the entry list (although non existent) is only around 15 or so.

    Timmy, I know you and The Danny are going to be there, does anyone know of anyone else?

    Evo is getting tuned this arvo and barring any major catastrophes we will lob into Buxton mid afternoon on Friday.

    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!

    Tarmac Rallying Perpetual Thread

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    Posted

    No good mate. But it took me 3 rallies to iron out the bugs and get the set-up right when I built the white one. Track laps just don't replicate rally conditions.

    Also - you changed the shocks right? I reckon Chris sets them up too soft for Rally as he sets them up how HE likes them for a track/DECA. I had to take Tim Hendy's for a drive and tell Chris what needed changing on his one when it was built as he had the same no confidence issues - it was a little loose on high speed lift off's for example which was no good for fast rally times. Tim's car is pretty sweet now - not sure what happened on Day 1 but he was ticking the boxes on Sunday that's for sure.

    Let me know if you want me to have a look at it with you.

    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!

    Good Tow Cars?

    in Motorsport

    Posted

    I dare say that's something to do with it Timmay.

    I also recall Capt Fathom's Q7 engine (3.0l TDi) exploding spectacularly while towing his car to Lonnie from Devonport..... still under warranty thankfully.

    Was Bourkey driving it though??? Lol :ph34r:

    Good Tow Cars?

    in Motorsport

    Posted

    I'd like to know how/why, considering that under the skin they're effectively the same vehicle.

    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?

    2013 V8 Supercar Series

    in Motorsport

    Posted

    I am not fussed whether they are running production based engines. I think in reality they would prefer to run production based engines as these days both make great late model all alloy powerhouses. But the respective SVO and Chev engines now have enough development in them its probably a financial thing that they keep them.

    I am looking forward to car of the future...should mean plenty of cool brake setups, Hollingers etc find their way into club cars :)

    Or do you mean into your parts clearout thread?

    Formula One 2012

    in Motorsport

    Posted

    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.

    Tarmac Rallying Perpetual Thread

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    Posted

    So, importing a late model left hook Porsche from Europe specifically for tarmac rallying and planned to be on rally rego or even Tassie "special interest" rego..... IS LUXURY CAR TAX payable?

    Can't seem to get a definative answer on this yet? Anyone here got knowledge?

    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.

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