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[BMGTZ]

skids on dirt huh?   well i happen to know where you could get a gsr rolling shell....

 

4g64 rwd...

[DOUGMO]

all that extra weight George!!!!!!!

 

 

 

it would be worth looking into front and rear tie ins to the strut towers for sure, makes a huge difference, as you point out though George, it would pay to check the repercussions before you start welding extra bars in.

 

Shayne don't you have bars up to the front strut towers already?

[Geo&Kez]

all that extra weight George!!!!!!!

I know mate! The whole time I was bolting extra bits of metal on, I could just see you cringing!

I hope benefit outweighs cost.

@ Brian, given how badly cams seems hell bent on destroying dirt rally in Australia, I will be lucky to be allowed to compete in a stock Prius...... More on that towards the end of the year.

[ENGINR]

Shayne don't you have bars up to the front strut towers already?

 

Nope.

[jasevo3rs]

Sincere good luck with Targa West George.... Will be great to see an 'old' evo out there again after I killed my little 3 back in 2010 after getting too carried away on one of the Toodyay stages.

Hoping to get out and spectate so I'll take some happy snaps and post up.

Main thing have fun and give it to some of them pink badged scoobydoo's.

[Geo&Kez]

Sincere good luck with Targa West George.... Will be great to see an 'old' evo out there again after I killed my little 3 back in 2010 after getting too carried away on one of the Toodyay stages.

Hoping to get out and spectate so I'll take some happy snaps and post up.

Main thing have fun and give it to some of them pink badged scoobydoo's.

 

Cheers Jason, appreciate the encouragement

 

We were hoping it was going to be a 'show up and get a trophy' given we were the only ones in Rookie competition.......... but now I see Mark G is bringing his monsta HP EVO VII !!! That'll be a car from rookie class giving the top five a nudge I reckon, he should do really well.

 

I think we'll just find a nice rhythm and enjoy the ride, should be a great experience.

[Geo&Kez]

Did our final recce on the weekend. Nearly broke the wifes' pos Honda.
 
Kangaroos would have to be among the dumbest animals on the planet.

 

 

[jack be nimble]

The evo would have got the first one.

[BMGTZ]

whack an m249 with a pouch out the window.....roo steaks

[DOUGMO]

going well George, sitting in second in rookie at the end of yesterday

well done!!!

[Geo&Kez]

Wow! What a fucking awesome weekend! We managed to pull off the "Steven Bradbury" from hell. Came home Sunday night with a 1st in rookie competition. We were beaten by the winner of rookie challenge on time but in class we were gifted the win by being the only ones to finish!



The first day on Saturday was excellent. It took us a few stages to find a good rhythm and when we did times started coming down to ones we felt comfortable with, although we certainly weren't troubling any of the big guys. The car was running perfectly, I had taken the boost down 19psi for some added protection for the driveline to ensure we preserved the clutch an box over the 2 days. 155km of special stages and nearly 400km liaison is going to find any weaknesses in the car.

By the end of Saturday we were doing times equal to the guys in modern competition placing between 20 - 25th. Well happy with that, much better than we had anticipated. It was our first run on these roads, our first time with our own notes written from scratch, and the longest competitive stages we have ever undertaken. With a start time of 7.30, and not getting to parc until about 8pm, we slept real well Saturday night.

Sunday morning had us at a town stage from hell. Malaga special stage was a 12.6km street race that was going to destroy brakes, tyres and suspension. Our first run was mint, got stuck right in and had a ball. Our time was really good, and we decided we could do better, that's when it started going pear shaped.

On the first run I ran out of brakes about 9km's in to stage. I keep this in the back of mind for the second run. During service we bled the fronts to get rid of the cooked fluid and lined up for run two. About half way in there is a long straight that sees you up to about 180km/h before a hard brake for the chicane, then another good squirt before a turn right. I boiled the brakes into the chicane and then for the turn right, I didn't give myself enough room and ran out of talent to recover. SMACK! Curbed it something cruel.









Managed to smashed the left shock top, oil cooler and a rim. Limped to a spot before we emptied the sump and took a seat to watch the rest of the cars enjoying themselves. When we were able to get the crew in, some well executed magic had us heading to the last city stage within about 40mins and still in the race. We looped the the oil cooler lines, put on the spare set of soft rubber and tidied up a few other bits. Through all that we dropped a few spots down in our category.

Then, that's when we started getting gifted. Malaga took its toll on one of the rookies we were racing, and while we were very carefully rolling around the last three sprint stages making sure the strut didn't end up coming out the bonnet, the guy leading rookies in his nuclear powered VII ended up stuffing it into a barrier on the second last stage. We couldn't believe it, we limped our steaming wreck over the line for the win.

Never stop trying until there is nothing left to try for.

I'll get some vids and shit up later on.

[DOUGMO]

well done mate, just proves the old saying

"to finish first, first you must finish"

[BMGTZ]

Fookin ell baby....

 

Nice work Bubba!

 

great to see you finished mate and ....the damage is pretty easy to repair.

[Geo&Kez]

Thanks fellas. Got about a week of post rally blues now. Then the strip down.

Some vid of Bullsbrook short.

[jack be nimble]

Lucky those fender bars where in. Or you would have lifted the whole chassis rail on that side.

Noice work, congrats.
Is the trophy going 'straight to the pool room'

[Geo&Kez]

Bolted the fucker in the pool room Jack. Won't be many of them coming our way ever.

Another video, curb surfing in Malaga. This is my fuck up that nearly put us out.

[Geo&Kez]

And this is the guy that should have won the rookies. Awesome driver and an awesome car.

[BMGTZ]

who was that at 1.36 george?

 

 

long and the short of it was HE didnt you did. 

If I didnt end up with a few gift wins in my time rallying threre was no way I would have a state champion trophy....that is motorsport. 

Edited by BMGTZ, 22 August 2014 - 01:03 PM.

[Geo&Kez]

Yep, that was me getting done for dinner. Was the perfect line if I was carrying about 30-40km/hr more car speed. Mark was about 1 minute per 6km faster than us throughout the whole rally and was setting fastest times on about 7 stages outright. No doubt he's an awesome steerer in a spastically fast car, was a great sight to see him blasting past.

Win,lose or draw. Will be doing that again for sure. Just loading up the first Malaga stage to tube now. Most fun 8 minutes in a car I've ever had.

Edited by Geo&Kez, 22 August 2014 - 02:28 PM.

[Geo&Kez]

This is Malaga without a stuff up. Best fun behind the wheel I've ever had, bar none.

 

http://youtu.be/vTAMzXyc2cg