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  1. Thought I might chuck my 2 cents worth in.

    I like the towcar/trailer way of doing it. It means you don't have to fill the car up with all your gear.

    Lets face it,,, older GTR's are not the most reliable thing (or for that matter any racecar/track car) and driving to somewhere close like eastern creek

    and breaking something can turn into a real hassle on a Sunday afternoon at 4.00pm.

    Personally I see nothing wrong with buying a 2nd hand trailer. We bought our new one in 2004 cost just over 4 grand and it has never let us down.

    Having said that it will be for sale soon and whoever buys it is going to get a bloody great trailer.

    Racewerx trailer was a piece of shit to start with and no amount of money is going to make it great. It is dubed the "Death Trailer" for good reason.

    The tow vehicle does come with issues if you buy the wrong car. Late model IRS utes are a joke. Everybody I have spoken to curses themselves as the rear end never stops sagging.

    One guy uses a ba ute,,,tows a Mini on a single axle trailer and he lives at the dealership getting the rear end fixed all the time. It has even rubbed the bottom of the mudflaps.

    Which ever way you jump you NEED insurance. Car and trailer or just the rally rego car.

    Have fun.

    Neil.

    what does the rally insurance cover? whats the cost like? and is it like road car insurance where people pay more or less depending on their age?

  2. Hey guys,

    Im planning on getting a hydraulic handbrake installed on my 33 which will be driven on the street weekly & drifted/circuited on the track probably every month.

    Just wondering if anyone has been pulled over by police running a hydraulic handbrake... Im guessing they are illegal...

    Has anyone done a setup where they have both the standard cable handbrake & hydraulic so its still legal??

    Any info/advice would be nice.

    get this into ya! it might help ya!

    http://secretdrift.ipbhost.com/index.php?showtopic=17443

    he says he has the same setup in his r33 but with the cable brake still attatched for street.

  3. Hows it going guys, just wondering if i should buy a little run around and "work" on my car gradually.....like throughout this whole year? as it is unregistered already which will allow me to add parts as sooner or later as i can.

    im leaning towards the adding parts and just using the run around to get to work and keep the line as low on k's as i can....its in the 87's and really would like to keep it as long as possible. saying that what would be the best we to upkeep the line. Like take the battery out drain the oil/petrol so not to rust as it will be sitting like this for a while if i go this way?

    Also will it be easy/hard for me to get a blue slip if i do the following:

    Intercooler

    Splitfire Coils

    Emanage Ultimate

    In tank fuel pump

    Split front/Dump

    3 inch hi flow cat

    As these are the mods i would be aiming for the year

    dont let the car run out of rego if your planning on resurecting it a year l8r. unless you are going to go and get an engineers cert for the mods. and if u are going to have it engineered u might as well book the car for an emissions test at least a month b4 u are planning on re-registering it (because they usually have a months wait give or take for the car to be able to be seen by them).

    ive been thru this and so have many others that have had their car run 3 months past rego expiry.

    reasons for this:-

    * mechanics want a completely stock car to go over when the car needs a blue slip. its kind of like having the car freshly imported and having to have it complianced. it needs to b completly stock.

  4. man, some good replys. thats given me some good ideas. i hear u gary re: the 4wd is needed in muddy situations. im still looking arround though. the ordfay sounds like the best option so far.

    it seems as though the 2.6 petrol mazda bravo wont cut the mustard without some extra heavy duty work done to the rear end. not to mention load bareing tyres. found out it was easy enough to go out and buy a 2.5 tonne tow bar and assembly 2nd hand easily enough for the bravo though.

    i was being told by a hard to understand serbian fellow at work today that the lpg systems on cars need to have checkups regularly. he says that once a year isnt good enough and that most people dont even do it that often. he's an ex taxi driver. he said that their cars were inspected on a 3 month basis. i dont know how true that story is re: road cars.

    how often do AU fords need a rebuild? id expect them to go to 500,000klm no probs with regular oil changes and being treated right. all of the ones in my price range are at the 200,000klm mark.

  5. im just curious duncan is your navara 3 tonne capable?

    here are the specs for towing capacity from drive.com

    1986 model

    Make NISSAN

    Family NAVARA

    DUAL CAB P/UP rwd

    Towing Capacity 1000kg

    Make NISSAN

    Family NAVARA

    Model Variant ST 4x4

    DUAL CAB P/UP

    Towing Capacity 1000kg

    4x4 in 2.5l has a tow capacity of 1500kg

  6. the patrol is a bit of a guzzler id imagine. got decent torque for the kw. but all diesels are like that.

    Make NISSAN

    Family PATROL

    Model Variant Ti 4x4

    Car Series

    Year 1991

    Doors and Body Style 4D WAGON

    Engine Size 4.2litres (4169 cc)

    Fuel System DIESEL

    Cylinders D6

    Driven Wheels 4WD

    Std Transmission 5M4x4

    Optional Transmission 4A4x4 opt

    Standard Features Air Conditioning, Central Locking, Limited Slip Differential, Power Mirrors, Power Steering, Power Windows, Radio Cassette

    Optional Features

    (Features offered when new and not necessarily on this car.)

    Dealer Options

    No Cost Options

    Bore and Stroke 96x96mm

    Power 85KW

    Torque 264Nm

    Weight to Power Ratio 25.41 : 1kg/kW

    Front Brakes DV

    Rear Brakes DV

    Wheel Dimension 10Rx15

    Turning Circle 13.4m

    Compression Ratio 22.7

    Final Ratio 3.9

    Tank Capacity 95litres

    Exterior Length 4810mm

    Exterior Width 1930mm

    Exterior Height 1995mm

    Front Track 1580mm

    Rear Track 1585mm

    Wheel Base 2970mm

    Front Suspension RiA; 3-link coil springs with leading arms panhard

    Rear Suspension RiA; 5-link coil springs panhard rod telescopic sh

    Kerb Weight 2160kg

    Ground Clearance 235mm

    Seating Capacity 7

    Highway Fuel Consumption 0 (lt/100km)

    City Fuel Consumption 0 (lt/100km)

    Towing Capacity 2500kg

    Release Date 01/12/1989

    Discontinued Date 31/01/1992

    New Price (standard) 42198

    Average Kms 0

    Model Run

    VIN Location Rear Driver Side Chassis

    Country of Origin JAPAN

  7. oh the navara has 320000klm and is still going as well as it ever did lol

    gold. thats what i wanted to hear.it does the job. a bit slow on the freeways though. but like u said it can be forgiven for it's cheap running costs.

    whats the furthest youve taken it with the race car on the back?

  8. Id be looking at the falcon too Craig.

    The 6 cyl is pretty torquey! :/

    If you going one of the other ones, I'd look at a deiseal model

    And when you say a silvia....whats happening with the 33 mate!?!?

    im going to sell it in the not to distant future mate. it's costing me a fortune to run it everyday with high 98ron petrol prices, insureance, reg. and giving it the regular oil changes etc. the silvia will be is lighter as standard. and should have a fun ammount of power. and be cheaper to maintain.

  9. i think you have to havea pretty full on drift car before companys like tein will start to sponsor u.

    comp results and i guess just being out there and showing that u can actually drift are the biggest ways of becoming noticed.

    M2C..

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