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310kg John? wow, that's heavy isn't it (in absolute terms). How does that compare to an RB26? And I hear you re extra engine hangin out in the breeze. I've always wanted to either SR an R32 gts (yes, I'm sick), or VQ a GTR.

Yeah.... lose some weight ya fat hump!

Those were the "good ole days"! lol - would have been a huge challenge for the crew. None of the drivers miss it I'm sure, and there's enough silly/nieve spectators and/or officials that let people and themselves stand is stupid spots. Witness Targa Tas '06, Mini into crowd at the Domain. Not good. http://www.drive.com.au/Editorial/ArticleD...=11563&vf=1

Oh the humanity!

Oh, and here's the result! After we towed it out we drove to the finish, only suffered a dented front gaurd. The tree fern was holding the car up from falling over quite literally a 30ft 75 degree slope onto rocks which when I disembarked went for a slide down......... Nice. Yes I got dirty. Thanks Chrisso for the fail pics

Here's some of "our" 34 GTR from Rally Burniw 2006. Appo steerin, me navvin. Thanks to the organisers for the pics. It was a very grotty rally, velly velly velly slippy. We were lookin great for 3rd outright until we crashed out about 3 klms from the end of the very last stage We had spun twice previously, the road was SO cold and we just couldn't get heat into the rubber. Sadly the car was sold last week and has gone to WA Not really the most exciting of pics but it might help revive the thread coz I love it .

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Didn't they have one in the studio though guys?

Yeh you're right, slip of the brain there! lol Sorry Dunc. On that suspension breakage, what broke? A 33 GTR broke a Nismo upper arm on day 2 this year and the other arm was halfway through breaking.

I don't blame TG spreading their review over two, or even three episodes. The interest in the GTR is massive worldwide, and is a sure-fire way to have everyone watching each episode it features. The advertising execs will be rolling in cash

I can't wait to see it If I had my time again I would have built it tarmac spec! Will be awesome. Giant, I'll stop hijacking your thread now.... I got a little emotional......

I've heard it's coming together well..... but it was entered in TT this year but a no-show? whats the scoop Stu?

Yeah Giant be careful, I sold mine about 3 years ago (that I built from scratch, bare shell), and not a day goes by where I don't wish it was still in my garage.

Yeah Snowy, I'm with you, it's rotten...................

Gee Roy, you worry too much Plenty of guys have gone into it and never so much as dented a car after years. It's all about controlling the red mist and keeping a margin of error. Let the top 10 guys go and risk life and limb (and car), as most of them are either mega-rich or well sponsored. Snowy has a level head and is more than capable of running his 34 at 8 tenths or so and getting a result. Going in with the right attitude is the key, but of course mistakes can and do happen, witness Duncan's really bad luck. Eeeek!

Gee that's quick Russman! I'm feeling all inadequate now!

Yes I remember when tyres were open and I totally agree, it WAS rubbish. Control tyre made it much more interesting. Roy, I'm only saying plan to lose the V8's because I believe that's what the greater public will expect in future as it becomes less socially acceptable to race such cars. I know it's rediculous, but the public perception is they use too much resources and therefore it'll be harder in future to attract mainstream sponsors to the V8's. As I say above, I see the V6's to be a kind of stepping stone toward a smaller, lighter, 4 cylinder class. Heck, they could be powered by recycled newspaper for all I care, I'm just saying that's where it should be heading re public perception and sponsorship.

Thats kinda what I'm saying, let the V8's run their natural course and die out, meanwhile a V6 class is developing. Once the V8's are dead, the V6 class becomes the "fast class", and introduce the 4 cylinder class to run beside them. Eventually, phase out the 6 cylinders and run only the fours, with cheap Nascar style chassis etc...... It's like a natural progression of phasing out the big bangers within a fixed timeline, so that big banger teams can at least budget for "the end".

Oh, and it's a round of the ARC now........ so if I get there Simon and Sue Evans better be on the ball lol

Yup yup How are ya Benny?

I've put a solid 5 minutes into thinking about this over the weekend and I'll float my idea.... 1. Keep the current V8's running around for say, five to seven years. My gut tells me that any longer than that just won't be viable nor will it be socially acceptable (or at least appear that way re V8's and fuel etc... dah dah dah) 2. In the meantime, introduce an additional class to run beside the V8's. I'm suggesting a silhoette formula based on Blueprint, utilising all the current running gear of Hollinger and 9" diff, but with a capacity limit of 3.5 litres, rev limit of 8,500, and six cylinders. Weight limit to be set during development but heavy enough (or light enough for that matter) to be 1 second per lap slower than the V8's. I could see the possibility of a few manufacturers joining in. 3. When the V8 is eventually killed off, introduce a 4 cylinder class, using a similar formula to make them that little bit slower than the V6's, and maybe some cheaper/lighter running gear to keep the costs down. I reckon, and please don't mega-flame me because I haven't really thought that much about it, that this could, and i stress could make the racing cheaper and more inline with what current thinking is in the marketplace. Adopting something like this will see a natural progression to lighter/smaller engined cars (and some visual variety), and can see the possibility of it morphing, by say, 2015 onwards, into basically a 4 cylinder version of Nascar where the cars are relatively cheap to build, repair, and importantly, make look different from eachother. Oh, and NO WINGS.

Ok good stuff guys! I'm considering doing the "Tasmanian Tarmac Challenge" in October if I can get the new car sorted out, Mt Buller if funds/time allow, and really aiming towards Targa Tasmania again next year in April. Rally Tasmania in February is always a great warmup for Targa Tasmania, but I just can't afford to do them all, time or money wise Makes me think actually, I better get on a diet so the poor lil' RB20 can drag me up the hills. Nah, easier to get co-driver whore Timmay to drop down to a sparrow-like 55kg I reckon.

As the title asks........ what are you (or at least working toward) doing? Hopefully none of this; And hopefully this gets some juices flowing (thanks to whoever took the pic)