Duncan

amazing turnout...this was the first 1/3 of the cruise filling the carpark at the halfway house.... then we had to scramble when the 2nd 1/3 of the cruise arrived...

511.20 raised for RSPCA today, thanks everyone!

omg its the garlic bread scammer!

btw Dave the gate sounded great up through the cuttings

about 70 cars from Kel's count....I'm sure someone can post a photo from the park at the end there were cars everywhere. thanks everyone for keeping it sensible, afaik the singleton hwy patrol made no money from us today RSPCA on the other hand did, at least $600. And some great committment from the travellers today....I thought the coasties and gong-ers had done well. Then I met the guys from Newcastle...Canberra....and the winners up from Wagga Wagga for the cruise

haha I think taking spare is a good idea....no e85 in singo (98 only just arrived!)

see y'all there!

well....since this is in a discussion forum and is therefore not just an ad..... I totally disagree with the detailed research behind your statement and the conclusion you draw. Yes I have seen some rims break at race tracks over the years, but they have almost always been of an obviously compromised design (eg very thin spoke and big offset). The rim in the photo above is screwed. I am 99% sure that the tyre lost it's seal and deflated when the accident happened if it really was 160klm/h, and I guarantee the control arms were bent or broken preventing the car from driving off anyway. The rims on this car are a cast wheel in a similar style to ray's: http://www.hgeconsulting.com.au/targa04.wmv. The rear rim was damaged in the same sort of location as the one above. Yes it cracked not bended, and yes the tyre delated. But obviously the car was not about to drive anywhere after a crash like that. The other 3 rims went onto another 4 years of racing, plus another 2 targa tasmanias without incident. All 3 rims (plus their new mate) then fell down a cliff at Targa 07 rolling 6 time on the way down. Although most of the control arms were bent all 4 wheels survived. I have run the same style of cast rim on my race car for 5 years (and bought them second hand so god knows what had been done to them before I got them). In this time we have had offs from the track, including at 180 in turn 1 at eastern creek, banged wheels with other cars, and had an off at targa at over 140 into the scenery when the castor rod broke. These cast wheels did not fail due to any of these incidents and I am still using them today. In my previous racing the whole field of single make cars run local cast rims from "speedy". I never saw a wheel failure on any of them despite extremely hard use over ripple strips, offs, into other cars etc. I did see whole hubs shear off cars (right Mark lol!) but never a wheel failure. I use a set of the same design wheels in a larger size on my race car, and the BSM GTR (NSW Production car champs, NSW IPRA champs, Aus IPRA champs) run the same wheels. Finally...bent wheels are a real problem. Once a wheel is bent it should be discarded due to the damage to the strength of the wheel, but an owner might be tempted to just put up with it if they paid $2k a rim instead of $1k a set. Cast rims are not dangerous, and forged rims are not safe. It comes down to the design of the wheel, and how hard you are going to hit it.

everyone that has them! full tank of fuel too, its a long push!

where are you? I have a set with tops in usual condition for age. I assume you are rebuilding to drag spec?

lol get em onto youtube! sharing is caring!

Don't forget to bring a full tank of fuel to the meet up! Its about 200klm up there let alone back so sort it out first. We won't be waiting for late arrivals who have to leave again to get fuel See y'all at 9.30 tomorrow!

you should think yourself lucky that is all that "the stoners" left behind look forward to seeing the place

BTW...weather looks good for cruising: Morning - sydney: Saturday Chance afternoon shower/thunderstorm. City: Min: 17 Max: 26 West: Min: 15 Max: 31 Arvo - singleton: Isolated afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Moderate southwest to southeast winds, turning northeast later in the day. don't worry about the groups, we've just found that when you have more than 20 or 30 cars together you end up with a mobile traffic jam....100 would be a nightmare so we are just going to have groups leave a couple of minutes apart.

Entrants list for the targa race (24 cars): Greg Garwood Porsche RS GT3 Les Walkden Subaru STI Spec "C" Mark Seamons HSV GTO Simon Gillett Subaru WRX STI Kerry Luck Nissan Skyline R32 GTST Andrew Lawson Nissan 200SXR Ray Hislop Ford BF Falcon David Gilliver Ferrari 308 GTB Kelvin Maxfield Nissan HR31 Coupe Duncan Handley Nissan Skyline R32 GTR N1 V Spec II Jason Dann Mazda RX7 S6 SP Jeffrey Keyte Mitsubishi Lancer EVO 9 RS Leigh Finlayson Mitsubishi Makinen Evo 6.5 Shane Bond Datsun 240Z James Atkinson/Dean Lillie Holden GTS Mark Grima Mitsubishi Lancer Evo 7 Dane Smith Nissan Silvia S14 Layton Barker Holden SS Ute Dean Coutts Volkswagen Golf GTI Mark Connolly Mitsubishi Evo 9 RS Mathew Burns Holden VY Club Sport Robbie Maher Mazda RX7 Peter O'Keefe Torana SLR 5000 Craig Dean Ford Mustang Saleen

Hey Dean - I see what you mean, but we have had lots of discussions (read "fights"!) among the committee about classes already. Bottom line is we want to avoid have too many categories so we have tried to keep to groups which will have reasonable numbers of entrants. The vast majority of cars in the club are r32, r33 and r34 skylines so they got 2 categories each. From there were amalgamated a number of potential categories R30 + R31, V35 + v36 and all pre R30 (about 4 different models). But in any case, for almost all of us, the SnS is about taking part, not taking home the glass trophy!

poor navara has been sulking all night. Nugget doesn't even know it's been left out yet because it sleeps in a metal box....

Dennis...you are a brave man driving anywhere tyres that you don't trust for a cruise in the wet! Join the club and buy some of the discounted federal 595s, they are good and cheap!

wtf?!? don't even joke

z...entered! super march....entered! race car....entered! stagea/taxi....entered!

thread with entry details is over here: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/Sh...es-t292951.html

Great news, we are now accepting entries to the 2009 Show and Shine. Details of the show and discussion are over here if you want further information: http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/20...ne-t292797.html The last show had over 100 entrants, but the new location, feature cars and sponsor stalls mean this will be much bigger again! While the show is designed to feature skylines, we will be accepting entries for any nissans or show cars that would like to take part - with the demise of Autosalon we expect this to be 2009's biggest import car show. Your car does not need to be special or over the top (although it's very welcome if it is!), what we really want is heaps of examples of the cars we all love, from rough to show quality! How to enter Fill in the attached form (xls or pdf) and either: Option 1: Fax it to 02 8915 1645, and send payment of $10 to: Account Name: Skylines Australia NSW BSB: 082-356 Account Number: 54-639-3766 Remember to add your name as a reference! Option 2: Fill in the form, and send with a cheque or money order for $10 made out to Skylines Australia NSW to: Skylines Australia NSW PO Box 119, Pymble NSW 2073 Option 3: Fill in the form, and hand to a club executive with cash payment of $10 (putty road, thursday cruise, random in the street etc) Come along and celebrate Godzilla's birthday, its going to be huge! Entrants be there from 8am. If you live near by and feel like helping us out we will be there from 6am so come whenever you can. No more cars will be allowed in after 9:45 for prepaid people. Anyone who pays on the day must do so before 9am or you wont be entered. sns_09_entry.xls sns_09_entry.pdf

hmm....none of you clowns are on the entry list for the phillip island race. you guys afraid to drive without someone to tell you where to go?

OK no more lunch deposits thanks! There might be spots at the pub but the people who have paid are guaranteed a seat.

haha watch out Brian, everyone can play the new tyres game good to see the car went well on its first real run.....and that the headlights were pointing in the right general direction