47 replies to this topic

[enderwigginau]

Have someone take lots of pics Mark.

[Evan]

Sounds Great!

Well if Dave and Mark are gonna be there , i had better make sure the torana is ready.
Cant wait!

Ev.

[dattoman]

Read the thread bonehead

[Ice]

Read the thread bonehead

Classic love your work neil.G

[A9X]

Just got home,

No pics from me, hope someone took some.

Dave, Darren, Evan and Matt were all there, great to see and hear Evan's car going hard.

Had a great time but we cut it short. Same issue, oil up the dipstick tube .

Good times though. Happy enough for first time back in the saddle since Targa last August.

Datto - need help mate.

Times anyway
http://www.natsoft.c...05/2010.BARS.D1

Edited by A9X, 21 May 2010 - 01:49 AM.

[dattoman]

I forgot as usual

A reminder call would have helped... sigh...I've lost your # too Mark

I'm onto those gauges... just not paying $260 to buy them local

[Evan]

Good to finally see your hatch in the flesh Mark. Sounds awesum screaming arround the track, with some very impressive times!

Good old holde V8 oil issues.

Will hopfulyl get to the bottom of myne too in the next few weeks.

Ev.

[A9X]

Car sounded and looked good out there last nite mate

Didn't know you were there, should have said g'day

Datto, i stuck a comment on the shoutbox the day before, while you where yarning about US imports. I'll drop another card in. I'm happy to get the gauges if you tell me where.


Thanks Evan, wish there was more time to yarn.

[dattoman]

Atom Supply was where I got the last gauges
Dropped in there today to price check
At $281 each they can keep them

Revolution has the Longacre ones but they want $260 for them and they are a cabin mounted pair

http://www.longacreracing.com/catalog/item.asp?id=774&catid=18


If your OK with that... we can get those for testing... and remove after use
Still need to fabricate some plumbing to test direct of master cylinders

[A9X]

yep, i'm good with that.

lets do it

[dattoman]

You wanna go up there and get them ?
They have moved... they are now at 35 Welshpool Rd... same side as Rare Parts... in with Opposite Lock

Then we need to arrange a time for plumbing and being silly

[A9X]

done, i'll sort it

[ozyozyozy]

for the w.a. guys that know i had a go in targa south west, this is a bit of an overdue update. iv been very busy since event.
main thing we finished the event in one piece, a few cars managed to spread themselves across the road, certainaly not good for them.
only tool we had to use was a 10mm spanner due to a very big bump dislodged my fan mount. the rear of the car had a couple of inches of air under the tyres at about 170kmh, little bit of a worry.
a couple of the stages were very rough and very slippery in areas which caused traction issues while accelerating in 3rd gear.
good mix of stages, tight and twisty, long and open.
the long and open stages we were sitting on speeds between 170 and 225 for good 3 or more minutes, i have this on in car vid.
car ran awesome couldnt be happier, drove at our own pace we wouldnt have been the fastest and def not the slowest.
Of course found couple of little things id like to change for the future, but that wont happen in a rush.
sunday town stage in pemberton, i was told by an official i was in contention for the biggest start line burnout, there was alot of noise, alot of limiter haha, some nice black lines and bit of smoke inside the cab for good measure.
soon after burnout gearbox was popping out on 2nd gear. with only few more stages to run, i was short shifting into 3rd, good thing about v8`s you can do this not loose too much time.
iv since stripped the gearbox, couple of hurt parts but weekend not totally to blame just the nail in the coffin.
the end of the day i would prefer to break gearbox than roll car.

[dattoman]

Good work

I haven't heard from any of these other guys as to plans for T West... you going ?

[ozyozyozy]

spoke to mark, when at the dyno for dave. im going to help if needed.
with a month and a half to go thats at least 5 or 6 weeks before we need to worry bout it hahaha.
now daves engine is tuned going to push him hard to get out there, to at least some of the smaller events.

[A9X]

Might have to throw the BBQ on next weekend lads,

Can't fix the brake issue at this stage, so i may call for all hands on deck.

been to every state this month so far exept sa and tas. 6 weeks to targa and again we have had no seat time.

having a sad day and very tired

welby

:(

[ozyozyozy]

that sucks balls mark, especially no seat time.

[Evan]

Nice work Ozy at Targa! That sounds like a heap of fun.
Always a good weekend when you have no big issues with the car. Get the vids on youtube and post em up if you want. They would be great to see.

Mark. Gotta hate the travel some times. Especially when you don�t have enough time to work on the car. I hope things pick up for you and you get the car sorted in time.

Ev

[Evan]

6 months with the car off the road. Feels like forever.

thinking of hitting up No limits on January 27th.

Anyone keen?

Ev