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I don't need tyre shops... when are yours ready to be finished?

B-man... whiteline kit and locker worked a treat... speak to power play.. they can get you one I'm sure... think it was around $400 for the diff, then fitting!

Great day guys, I really enjoyed it :rant:

Thanks to Pete and Aaron for holding the day, and Chris for hooking me up with dorifto tyres!!

Eliminated in the first round of the drift comp though, what's the deal with that!!! Maybe everyone was just amazed the torrie didn't spin out - I saw him in my rearview mirror and thought "wow nicely held!". :)

Guys,

I have about 1.5 hours of raw footage + incar from Dan's camera. I will be working on getting this together in an edited version ready for the next monthly dinner.

I will start a thread when its ready, should be great as I got some great footage from the end of the bridge :headspin:

Nice... I just remembered I forgot to get a copy of Pete's FD1 DVD yesterday, are there any spares?

I've got an hour of incar footage from my camera so I might post a short clip or two - or I can give you some DV files for the DVD Mal (if any of it looks decent!!)

you want pics? :rant:

600 coming at you, I might try and sort by car first.

Also thanks to Benm heaps of video to rip as well.

Great day out guys, its a shame there weren't a few more competitors tho

and I even won my first drift comp...all be it with a busted rear tyre!!!

That last lap was a classic. I was trying to get as close as possible to make it look good, your tyre was sparking like an angle grinder, I'm pissing myself laughing, your father-in-law's saying "Watch out, his tyre's almost had it!" and I see you look back at me as I'm coming at your driver's door. :looney:

Top fun and well organised. It was great that we got heaps of track time, and still had plenty of time to watch or change tyres between runs.

Bring on...

FDD3!

now stop giving me sh1t dan, here's some pics.

We've taken plenty so everyone that competed should be in here somewhere

http://www.hgeconsulting.com.au/20040501/2...2-200405011.htm

May take a while to upload.....and still have the vid to work on to...

That last lap was a classic. I was trying to get as close as possible to make it look good, your tyre was sparking like an angle grinder, I'm pissing myself laughing, your father-in-law's saying "Watch out, his tyre's almost had it!" and I see you look back at me as I'm coming at your driver's door. :looney:

Top fun and well organised. It was great that we got heaps of track time, and still had plenty of time to watch or change tyres between runs.

Bring on...

FDD3!

Bloody oath... was so funny, I'm drifting through the last coner thinking that 180 must be there somewhere... I'm in like second gear at about 2.5 3 thousand RPM TOTALLY SIDEWAYS cause there was just NO grip! :bahaha: But I couldn't give up... Top Driving to by the way, I wasn't worried about you hitting me at all, and especially top effort seeing as that car is stock! :)

Oh and how good was the trophy!!! I'll post up a pick soon, just modifying it a little! :)

Great day and have to concur... When is FDD3?




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