Marlin

You were there Roy.... you saw it didn't you?

Everything you read in mags about them is pretty true. They ok, one dimensional, but ok. I wonder how the suspension and steering bushes are coping 5 years on though. f**k BMW out of warranty. f**k all Euro actually. And f**k gutless Lexus IS200 too! Lol, making friends aren't I Have you mentioned a budget somewhere I haven't seen? I'd probably buy the best XR6 Turbo my budget would buy. Service and repair costs will easily outweigh any perceived lack of fuel efficiency.

Where is he located mate?

Serious farkin drugs. And OCD

Actually now you say it I remember that from the last time I installed one. I swear I'm losing my mind sometimes!

Gee thanks Greg, and yeah it came today mate. That's a good idea, run another on the other side wire run ready to plug in I guess?! I think we rooted it at Mt Stuart, we didn't need the Ttrip do didn't notice it was broke til now.

Yeah took me a while to find (from memory) a 107+ load rated 22" tyre for my tow car.

Yeah I remember ready it was to protect the drivetrain from warranty claims. Lowest common demoninator users......

Bumpasaurusrex!

Harry's right, a good tow car is typically something that outweighs what it is that it's towing. Still leaves a slight question hanging over the XTrail imo. Torque and weight is what you want, torque (at low revs) is especially important when what you're towing has some serious windage, such as a van.

Thanks Pete, ordered and on its way

Wheel

Its worth noting that the old faithful Terratrip is, contrary to what it looks like, very light. I actually broke my Terratrip probe, does anyone know the best place to buy a new one?

yep, that's pretty much how we found Garwood, SOS flashed as we went by so we slammed the anchors, to only then see the member of the public casually holding their SOS board nearby.

No. They were installed in each vehicle at Targa this year as a tester. They are Tassie designed, and WRC is apparently also looking closely at their implementation.

It was Rallysafe's first test, so considering that I think it was awesome. It has many more features that can be rolled out as they're tested, can even direct you through transport stages

IMO, an accurate distance meter is still worthwhile, for times when you come across a car and need to report an acurate distance into the stage for that, or if you have hazards reported on stage, especially if there's multiple hazards. Yes, I know most of us write them onto the notes using the note's distance graduations as a guide when they're reported at the start line, but it's still nice to have an accurate distance to confirm.

Going forward I think rallysafe will replace terratrips etc..... I'd hold off on purchasing one until later, just in case Octagon says we're all using Rallysafe "fully featured".

^^^^^^ this

Depends how hard you drive em u guess

Indeed! A mate has a D40 V6 Navara, and it's quite a bit worse than my Hemi V8 powered Jeep towing a similar load, and has a LOT less power/torque.

There's no special requirement over a hard driven track day car, just build and tune the car with the fact that it needs to keep going without fail for 5 and a half days of competition. So, the biggest issue is the RB26, you must keep them cool, we've found they last much longer if they run cool, 78-80 degrees, and yes, keep the power to around a genuine 330AWKW. All the obvious oil control issues need to be taken care of too. Coils are also a constant concern, fresh ones help alleviate any concerns. Chassis wise, make sure your wheel bearings are good, brake knock off is a serios consideration on rough roads with big rotors, and springs behind the caliper pistons are required to help eliminate it. Otherwise as you know the driveltrain is strong. A solid sump gaurd is also something I'd recommend.

Greg Garwood is looking for a good tarmac prepped R32 GTR if anyone knows of one? Yes, I've told him about Jurgenson's and I'm sure he'll follow that up. - edit - Drew doesn't wish to sell now.

I don't have much of a tramlining issue.

The same Nismo options that allows you to run GTR body parts allows the wheel size. That's why we were able to run 17x8 when the rule was +1.