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Yeah i agree. On it's own - compared to common mods most of us do (exhaust, tune, e85, etc) it's nothing specia really, but as a full weight STOCKER car (a fraction of the cost of comparable vehicles) if they are running 0~100km.hr in 3.04s then that is seriously impressive.

true. i guess we don't know how many attempts it took to nail it. somehow i think the jounro's will have trouble replicating it. anyway if it eventuates into real world results this is going to be great.

looks great. less is more.

Really? I would just get a tune on an 09 or above. it will feel faster than the new one easily.

0~100km/hr in 3.04 seconds, take that Porsche 997.2 At least they're no longer pretending launch control is just for snow and mud! I wonder if the aussie motoring press will now figure out how to use launch control?

Check out the times: http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results....11/2010.MOUN.P1 http://www.natsoft.com.au/cgi-bin/results....11/2010.MOUN.S4 Awesome. Nice work guys, great times from comfy road cars.

It's just not practical for road cars to have a cage, period. Sprints on cold tyres? What about 30 cars door to door battling for T1 on cold tyres. I dont buy that argument (that sprints are more dangerous). edit: btw that video was awesome.

Too true and i've seenthe photos of you up on two wheels to prove it. It's all about fun, mostly.

Exactly my point. It's about taking your road car to the track, albeit with track tyres, and thrashing the crap out of it. Next to nobody running regularly in NSW sprints has anything remotely close to what you would consider a sports sedan. I dont even know why they call it Type 4.

There are no issues with race cars in sprints. The big problem (apparently) is that sprint rules are tilted to include road cars, and some with quasi race cars would rather the rules more closely mimmick CAMS regs. I just think we're comparing apples and pumkins really. That's not to say we shouldnt debate safety - just not like this.

Arguing for more safety is like shooting fish in a barrel. As far as slicks go, some of those commenting in this thread KNOW there are R compounds out-performing some slicks now. It's a circular argument. The reality there is duplicitous/hidden agendas. the only sensible approach; if you want to RACE, get a real RACE car, and go RACE in a real RACE category. - you'll have all the rules under the sun to contend with, and thus (apparently) be happy forever.

Stuart, supersprints were invented for people who don't want to race, the category isnt about "racing" at all. It's built into the rules and enforced. Let's not try and push full CAMS regs onto our road cars. It's unfair and totally against the point of what that sport is about. Like i said, if you want real sports sedan racing, get a real sports sedan and go racing elsewhere. Type 4 in supersprints or other speed events isn't sports sedan racing, not by a long shot.\ i do wonder what's driving this recent benevolence towards speed event driver safety lately... seems to me a thinly veiled motivation to achieve something else. Just buy an R35 stuart, you will love it. And i'm sure you could make one go faster than just about anyone out there.

When you talk about cages, there is nobody RACING without one. Period. There is a clear line drawn right there, with no compromises as far as i have seen anyway. So within the realms of this question (about cages) it's a relevant point, and distinction made everywhere for good reason. Brings me to my second point addressing your question Stuart, if i want to piss about in a NON-RACE category primarily intended for road cars well i have to accept that CAMS rules aren't the be all and end all in that arena. They are guidelines with a thick overlay of compromise to deal with the fact that people drive these cars on the road every day. Well, some do. Anyway I believe anyone who wants to participate in a real CAMS Sports Sedan championship, with unadulterated CAMS rules, should... a) actually get a real sports sedan and b) go racing against real sports sedans in a c) real sports sedan championship. Simple.

Lowest common denominator is a wonderful thing and automagic rules make me laugh. Anyway who's racing at 300km/hr? i seriously doubt anyone would be allowed to race wthout a cage.

Blimey! who's "racing" uncaged cars, at 300km/hr no less?? what race category are you concerned/talking about Stuart.

those doors look awesome!

grip doesnt look too bad in the vid?

Nice work Mark. What tyres did you run?

Looks like a V-Spec to me. And those are not standard seats.

Just FYI, as above, out of all the Michelins i've tried, the S7's go off the quickest (they 'expired' after one day for me).

I have nothing against Holden cars, but that is STRANGE!

that's true. race seats for a car driven mostly on the street is a waste of time.

or get a sparco V seat for $450 (granted, not as sexy, but do the job, and ditch the weight) (I hear tose Spec-V seats ar something like $50k a pair)

They look great. But at 30kg each, the first thing you do if you are serious about lap times is ditch them.

Well done, congrats guys!!