Abo Bob

Have you got an auto or manual? Keep us informed.

Do it, do it. If you want you can give me a yell when you are ready to start organising for a quick rundown on the things that worked and things that didn't. Allow 3 to 5 months to get it happening.

No he had a bayside blue R34 GTR

I wrote his number on a piece of paper I no longer have but I'll get it back

GCG highflow retail is $1950 SAU members get 10% off that. It basically is a GT30. If you go for for the Garrett version you will have to make some exhaust changes which may not cost heaps but wont be free. Is 7 inch wide all you can fit in the 31? You will most likely get understeer issues with the 7's and 9's but you may only care about straight line performance. I get it with 8's and 9's (225's and 265's - part of my issue). You can use a GTR regulator which will be cheaper but not adjustable. I thought S13 suspension went well in R31's? Well sorted suspension will help with grip.

No idea. Can you make me an offer so I don't have to decide? Be fair. Umm.. I would like to get the suspension changed this weekend but you know what happens sometimes...

I have the stock indicators. And no, they are not still installed on my car Not broken.

You might all not care but I don't know. I met a guy at the Show and shine who is wrecking a manual stagea. He seemed to think it was a rare thing so I'm just passing the info on.

And thank you Andrea. I think I'll take those awards from you and reappropriate them.

Thanks Merli - beat me to it. I think the thing that everyone won was the day itself. We got to hang around with a bunch of like minded people chatting about a subject we all enjoy and check out a bunch of other cars like our own. The prizes were bonuses.

Nothing wrong with constructive critisism. Yeah I've always disliked that kind of attitude. Not much we can do about it really. If you get 100 people in a room together there are bound to be a few that don't gel with you. I guess also some people come across different from the way they think they are portaying themselves. I often get the "You think you're so cool" comment but I don't think I'm cool at all. :shrugs: The carpark wasn't big enough. I think it was alright. Parking on grass makes the cars look a little bit lower which I like. The bogging and tyre tracks happened first thing in the morning. We should have kept the cars a little further from the creek area. Personally I find inside photos of the cars boring but next year we will have a rethink about venue just the same. Critisism accepted. We did give away a bunch of tshirts, stickers, and other things as well as a few minor prizes. We were conscious of lower quality cars, seeking to encourage them but perhaps didn't pay enough attention to the middle range. Cars like Rukus' R32 and Wilch's R33 were very nice but got nothing. TBH we had more stuff to give away but I spent so much time filling in the judging forms that I ran out of time. We've got ideas to improve in this area. We'll see what we can do for next year. Suitable venues are not too easy to find but suggestions are welcome. HPI were supposed to be there but I haven't confimed if they made it or not. Speed were keen - they covered last years event - but are now defunct. I'm sure that crash on the F3 kept a bunch of spectators away. No problems.

Bins full stop. And Paul, I was the only one of the Judges who knew your car and I didn't give it top marks. :D:D:D

There are still many people to sort out and post their pictures Mick. Some of us were organisers so there has been a shitload to do.

Cool. See you then sometime.

I know Merli already responded to this but I just wanted to add that the Judging process started at 8:30am and went right throught till about 4pm when we announced the winners. If we got the 40-50 cars we were hoping for it would have been done much earlier but obviously we need to streamline the process. Last year we thought that the judging wasn't structured enough so this year a lot of time was spent devising a way to make it consistant and fair. This resulted in a time factor blowout. There were 6 judges all up from Advan Performance, sponsors such as RaceBrakes, Auto-Motion and GCG Turbochargers as well as me. (That's why my 4 door R34 was not entered - AND WHERE ARE ALL THE COMMENTS ABOUT HOW CLEAN AND NICE IT LOOKED :D) Having this many Judges averages their individual preferences out to make things fairer. For example my points would have showed CYIFLY as best R34 GTR but not Best Exterior. On the flip side, I think almost all the judges would have agreed on the top 3 R33 GTST's but perhaps not their order. As for comments about bias. I personally was worried about marking cars I knew too low (due to over compensation) but found that the way the criteria was set up stopped this in practice. I compared engine bays to engine bays and so on. I doubt any of the other judges knew any of the winners cars before Sunday. We will be publishing the criterea and judging method as soon as we can so that you all know how we came to our conclusions. We tried to get this done before the show but ran out of time. Thanks for coming everyone. I appreciate the effort you all made. It made the last several months hard work seem like a walk in the park and believe me it wasn't. Adam. PS There will be a thread in the next week or so where you can order tshirts and jackets Stan.

Yeah thanks Mars. I'm with Duncan in that it wasn't my taste (you wouldn't have heard of most of the bands I listen to so don't take it personally) but that the crowd liked it so that was good.

Merli - you're in. NXTIME - most likely. Everyone. Time to send me your list of 2 pit crew and 3 spectators. Full names and don't forget to put your full name and user name in there too. Email it to me sarpi at punkass dot com

I don't think it's a completely stupid idea. Perhaps it could be done.

Tuning is most likely the issue. Should be able to get at least another 30rwkw from that.

Nice pics. Mind if I move this thread to NSW section so everyone can add to it?

I just realised which car was yours Rukus. That was very nice. 2nd only to 2GU UP in my books.

We can send you one.

I went on a saturday and there was hardly anyone there. Can't come this time although I'd love to.

It was. Thanks for Sponsoring best GTT Ed. (www.fueltank.com.au - the APX stuff for those curious.)

There's gotta be some photos of VNOM somewhere. That car was awesome. It was a show stopper without an engine bay redo, imagine what it would have done otherwise.