You know the metallic blue on the current XR8's. Now that is a nice colour....sort of similar to Nismo Blue, but a little more different I think.

I can only agree!

I actually went and checked his times, best lap at the August PIARC round was 1:49.55.

Now that is a fast time, in fact that second fastest time outright for the event.

If you've got a stocker that can break 2min, you would win best in class by around 12.5 seconds in the under 1600cc standard car class. The current fastest time is held by a Corolla SX 1.6L at 2:12.15

But with upgraded suspension and brakes you might be into modified car class, then you've got to beat 1:55.74

I'm still impressed with anyone who can run under 2min at the Island it is the respect time there, much like 1:30 at Sandown is deserving of respect.

Could even be a big end bearing known as the "death rattle", sometime you wont heart that rattle till the revs come up a bit and the piston starts smacking the #### out of the heads.

Whatever it is it doesn't bode well

So you are going to leave the oem struts in there, with the original brakes too?

What are you planning to do with the front end to account for all that weight?

What sort of gearbox are you planning?

Yeah it does go pretty hard, under 2min at the Island.

I think he won or was very close to winning his class, the thing sound sooo nasty on the track though, the absolute minimum of exhaust.

Here we go!

There is a guy who runs at Phillip Island who has done exactly that.

3.8L 1200, looks very tough too with enourmous flared guards.

I'll see if I can dig up a photo.

1200rallycar

I guess that would be me!

And the lap times were very suprising indeed. Running stiffer springs and lowering blocks on a stocker 120Y 1.2L motor I was running times in the 1:40's - the lowest I was clocked at was 1:42...but not sure on the accuracy. (all the times were done by mates in the pits).

Even so it meant the little 1200 was running a lot quicker than some of the 2L turbo rice out there.

It was all in the cornering speed, I could hold it flat off the back straight and just hang on, where most other cars had to brake at the 150m mark.

I could carry 140-150 through there, many other cars were pulling up to about 100 - 130.

Small world hey?