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lol, doesnt have a bov so cant loose it Yeh its always the way you stuff 1 corner and there is someone there filming it haha.

Good to hear the car is getting there Tim and sounds like you will be pretty busy for the next few weeks. Some footage is up from Forbes

Yeh I was very releaved when I passed the timing marker on the last stage that's for sure its been a while since I've finished and was the first good result for the new car. Hopefully the cooling issue won't be too hard to fix longy just depends if it has done the head gasket or something worse. Will be round to lend a hand so hopefully you guys can get it back out there soon.

Cheers bb, Yeh when you hit the limited in 5th you really know your moving that's for sure, I was surprised just how stable the car was at those speeds though

Well am back from the Amsag Forbes Shire Rally on the weekend. It was a very well run event and the roads were extremely fast and smooth, it was definitely a shock to the system when you take off on the 1st stage and proceed to wind the car off the clock lol. It caught me out on the brakes department unfortunately and i had trouble all day with them overheating when i had to pull it up from over 180km/h + definitely not a good feeling. Apart from that though the car ran very well and strong all day with only 1 small off when i misjudged how tight a corner was and it was mainly because i should off changed the rear tyres as they were stuffed after stage 4 and me trying to get a few more kms out of them cost me some valuable time in the 3 stages after lunch. The day was made up of 8 stages 3 of which were over 40kms, Ben Barker in the BMW took the day followed by Schofield in the EVO 9. I ended up 8th and 2nd in my class which i am happy with as its the first event i have finished with the new suspension. There was a couple of crashes during the day with 1 off the Aussie Duct BDA Escorts hitting a tree and the Longs backing it into a tree as well. I will get some in car up to show the speed and conditions of the roads and i'll get the incar from the Longs crash as well..

Haha yeh i think power at this event will be important looking at what the roads will be like, lets jut hope it doesnt start snowing with the way the weather is at the moment lol.

Cruised with a White R33 GTST again this morning from Kenthurst through to Glenhaven road

That Sucks Dave, need any help fixing it let me know.

Yeh there should be a few cars i have not run against before being a joint round at this event, i'm looking forward to it.

Entries are now open for the Forbes Shire event run by Amsag, it is the 3rd round of the southern cross rally series and the second round of the 2wd rally master series. http://www.amsag.com.au/Forbes.php I'll be putting in my entry this week, anyone else going to be there?

Agree with Warps well said, there is a R30 skyline with an LS1 running at the moment in Amsag, it does go dam hard and will all that torque keeping rear tyres upto it will be the biggest struggle lol Wheels will certainly be an issue the rears will fit fine as i have 33 rear brakes in mine, its the front that has trouble. You can buy proper rally wheels that do have better clearance and i think they would fit but its going to require some checking so keep that in mind. If your going to run Amsag they do have some shire events that are very smooth and fast but some other events have plenty of jumps etc so it will be important to get some good suspension travel.

All good was half asleep as well lol

I Have Driven both, my old rally car used to have a locker but it was only a little Dato so in that car it was not as bad as it still retained good turn in anyway. In the Silvia it would be a definite no for me, i just dont think it would make the car very nice to drive, One thing to remember though in rallying is that over steer is better than under steer because that is how you set the car up for the corner so that all you need to do is get the power on and drive it out (rwd car anyway). An understeering rally car is a bad thing in my opinion and you would want a good hyd handbrake to help you get the arse around when it understeers. Most rally cars are set up with a high rear brake bias to really help with setting the car up for the corner. I am actually changing the rear brakes on my car now because i can not get enough braking in the rear. Running the 33 at Amsag is a good idea i would love to see it out there and if you set it up ok you would do better than you think.

+1 to that.

Haha yeh i try not to look at it lol Thats true and if your lucky the guys at the start may have some refreshments so you can relax whilst watching the rest of the field lol.

Spotted Alex this morning turning right at the end of Annangrove road.

Yep, the sump would not last long without it, when your commited to a corner and suddenly there is a big rock in the way most of the time you dont have room to go around it so you just got to go over it.

You get my PM?

Mine was the engine i preferred the lighter 4cylinder up front rather than the 6. Before i got the Silvia that was the 2 cars i was thinking of building. For me the S13 was the better option.

Thanks, Yeh thought i had done enough damage going through it once lol. Unfortunately the barbed wire was the real winner though, it did a nice job of adding pin stripes to the roof of the car. It is a great improvement with the MCA's im glad the car is finally starting to come together, i just need to finish some events and we should get a good result. It is a Turbo SR20, great little motor with enough power to get me into trouble haha.

I have never ran a steer tyre but I have not had issues with grip in the front. I don't see a problem with running them apart from them being a bit easier to puncture it seems but the guys that run them do swear by them as being worth it, I might need to give them a go on the Silvia

The R800's usually in a medium compound. Also Stage 2 is up.

lol Pic of an R31 that runs in amsag occasionally,

Well if they are set up well, then they do put in some good finishes, there is a civic in our series that runs in the top 10 pretty consistently but it has some nice bits in it.

That sucks, everyone ok? Some more photos