PM sent mate

That's easy squiggs. I'll bring Steve's details in with me tomorrow and PM you. They do look good hey.

This is a great shot......I like it, I want to blow it up and put it on my wall!!!

L18,

Where you talking about doing the Coastal Challenge (Tarmac Rally) a while ago?

Then again I may be thinking of someone else.

I am also interested in the front spoiler, where do i obtain one?

A mate of mine here in Brisbane makes them, and can arrange frieght. I kinda forgot to bring his contact details in for squiggs, so I'll try to remember tomorrow and send them to you too TRB018.

who_your_datty,
I don't think this one here is high res enough to blow up, but the photo was taken by Geoff from Bathurst Light Car Club last year. He offers A4 and A3 size prints from his site http://geoff2795.tripod.com/MotorSport/.

Abyss,
it might have been me, or maybe Craig (NoPsi). Coastal Classic was run a few weeks ago in conjunction with the QLD ARC round. I didn't enter it, but I've got my entry in for the QLD Challenge coming up on July 24. Some good closed road sections in that one at Towoomba, Gatton, and Wivenhoe Dam, as well as other venues like the Ipswich Autocross track. Should be a great event, and some of the stages even have prizes up for grabs from the Stage Sponsors - Silverstone Tyres's QLD Distributor The Z Car Workshop is providing a set of Silerstone tyres as a prize for example! I'll be having a big go on that one... but there will be stiff competition from some of the experienced forest rally crews & cars as well as some highly modified road car WRXs

L18,

I did the Coastal Challenge and it was a hoot. Not in the ute though.

I will also be doing the Qld Challenge so if I see you there I will come and say hello. It sounds like a lot of fun but some of those WRX's are pretty hard to beat.

I did it last year and it was good but they didn't have the sponsorship they have this year.

vera nice.
Every shot I see of this car impresses me dude.

Drivers of big old slugs (like myself) dream of the day when our mount will handle like a 1200..
Congrats again !!

tsillay, maybe that's cause I only post the good shots

I don't think there's much drift happening here from what I remember - it was pretty well hooked up and accellerating at this point. The track down there was so wide and smooth, and once the sun came out and wind died down a bit, the track really came on with some temp in it. I had a smile on the dial all weekend...still do in fact, especially with comments like these. Thanks everyone

The rear end is a little unorthodox. I have a locker, and the best way I've found to overcome the understeer they induce is to run softer rear springs and a fairly heavy rear bar to keep the overall spring rate up. My theory is that the heavier bar unloads the inside rear wheel as you turn in, which effectively eliminates the locker effect and the understeer. The when you get on the gas, the softer springs allow it to squat and get good drive to both rear wheels. The softer springs are also an advantage for launches, which is important for the short standing start events I do.

I switched back to the standard 17mm front bar with the rear bar set hard just before Bathurst. also revised the front geometry slightly - just toe and caster settings at a test day at Morgan Park 2 weeks before this event.

The plates are QLD Special concessional registration for limited use. Any car over 30yr old is eligible for Classic rego. You just have to be a member of a properly constituted car club and supply a letter from the clubs dating officer (I think this is a legacy of their Street Rod rules) specifying the age of the vehicle. You can drive the car anytime within a 15km radius of the primary garage location, to and from places of repair, and to any club event. It's only $150 per year saving about $300! Keeping it registered keeps my options open for tarmac special stage rallies in future.