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Some in car from Stage 1 Little moment we had just after lunch, just got caught out a little early on in the stage when i was supposed to be taking it a little easier to just hold the lead i had.

Thread Revival What's everyone been up to so far this year on the dirt? I just completed my first event for the year at the Amsag Sunny Corner Rally. I managed to get 1st Outright which is my first win. The car performed flawlessly all day, Even when sweeping the roads in the morning i was surprised how well the car stuck to the road. It was a fair bit rougher this year from all the rain but stages 3 and 6 were the highlight, they were fast smooth and flowing which suited the Silvia perfectly. Couple of photos thanks to Geoff Benson.

Very nice

Depending on the date i would be in on this.

Great cruise, can't believe how lucky we were with the weather. Only took a couple of photos Didn't attempt the Ferry crossing but cruised back towards Pit town on Wisemans Ferry Road and had an awesome run. Not sure who was in the Black 34 that followed us but i hope you weren't too confused when we pulled into the Pit Towns sports club for lunch, it is a bit in the middle of no where lol.

Im in Cya guys there

Any updates?

So whats everyones plans for 2012? Here is some footage of my last event at the Sunny Corner Rally.

Spotted MADGTS this morning on Abbott Road

I know what you mean its hard to compare unless you organise a test day and try a few different setups to see how they feel. It would be great to be able to have a day trying different tyres but i know that will never happen, the only other tyres ive ever had a chance to run was some Michellins and i found them pretty good but you can't get them anymore so i'll stick with the Khumo's.

Couple more photos,

Nice one Tim, Good to see the car went well for you guys. I had the same problem with Tyres all day as well by the end of the 1st stage they were already pretty worn and by the time i finished the 3rd stage i could see steel belting on the rears lol, luckily i had a service straight after. I was running the Khumo Mediums but i think ill stick to the hards on the rear just to get some life out of them. How do you compare the Pirelli's to the Khumo's? i have heard good things about the Pirelli Tyres but i've never tried them.

Had a great run at the Amsag Sunny Corner Rally on the weekend, we got our best result yet and no drama's all weekend which is always good to finish of the year with. We managed 2nd outright and 1st RWD, the stages had a good mix of tight technical corners but with some nice flowing ones as well which is always better for the Silvia. below is some photos from the event.

Saw a nice silver R34 GTT with GTR rear wing on sunnyholt road this morning.

Make sure you let us know how you go, and post up some pics. I am having a run next weekend at Sunny corner run by amsag, will be the last rally for me this year.

Spotted Dave on Gilba Road this afternoon.

Spotted a Red C34 on Gilba Road driving past my work this afternoon, also your passenger side brake light is out.

I had a run 2 weeks ago at the Amsag Cowra rally, this event has a mix of both fast shire roads and more technical stages in the forest. I was running a different co driver for this event plus new brakes and diff so it was start of easy and see how we go. Just as we were starting to work well and i was trusting the calls i managed to damage the oil cooler cutting a corner and it put us out for the rest of the day. Luckily i noticed the low oil pressure and shut it down before any damage was done. We bi passed the oil cooler and filled it back up with oil ready for the Sunday stages which are all fast shire roads. With nothing to loose i pushed pretty hard and we managed to win all but 1 of the stages which was when we blew an intercooler pipe a couple of km's from the end. Here is a couple of the stages, the first has some tar sections as well which i always enjoy though not much fun pushing hard on rally tyres.

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Nice one Tim, let us know how you guys get on. I am hoping to go up and watch but i have a event on the week after so i'll most likely be too busy getting the car ready, hopefully that wont be the case though.

Spotted a purple R33 GTR this morning on sunnyholt rd and a silver R34 GTT with black rims

Another way you can get rid of it if your after a fairly easy fix is what i did. i just used a 2nd hand carbon bonnet and fitted it into the hole left by the sunroof. You can make it out in the photo.

Looking good

Very nice, feel free to keep us updated with plenty of photos. What events are you planning on running the car in? And to what spec will you be building the engine/driveline?

lol that does sound like a good effort. The noise you hear is just the air rushing back threw because it has nowhere to go but back out the air filter, it was worse than normal because of the extra boost it was running on that event. 1:08 in a better effort on this corner Tim, i find it pretty good considering the power it just comes down to good suspension and a good tune with a nice torque curve. You will always struggle with wheelspin but if you do these things and keep the tyres up to it they are a great car on dirt. the S14 would be a good choice and you would have plenty of fun in it.