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2 days to go. Forum Battle will be on , rain ,shine or hail . =) dont forget the RTR pre-meet on Friday night at 6pm . Forums members who will be spectating on the day don't forget about your Forum Battle codes! (extra forums have been included on the site). This is how you guys can help your forums get all those extra needed points to take the win . FORUM BATTLE CODE: SKYLINES For todays update we have a H22a Civic and 4age AE71 Corolla entered . Billy's Ae71 may look like and unfinished, unpainted project, but pop open the bonnet or even stick your head under the car and its full of goodies with everything there to make it go sideways or put down a decent lap. See Billy's Ae71 at the Grip Shift Slide's show and shine section of Forum Battle. Normally found in the engine bay of a 4th gen Prelude. The conversion may be unorthodox, but for one third of the price of a k20 swap its a bang for buck swap. Running a 14.5 down the quarter with a stock H22A , Phouc's Civic has proven to give some turbo cars a run for their money. At Forum Battle , we'll be seeing the H22A Civic at full V-Tec in the Gymkhana event.

ARC JUST CAR INSURANCE Forum Battle Forum Battle administration for the Sunday 4th of March(show and shine activities) Calder Park Raceway Address Calder Fwy Keilor VIC 3036 Forum Battle registration show and shine Sunday the 4th Forum Battle Show & Shine Sunday 4th Please proceed to the credentials office at the front gateof Calder Park Raceway between 630am and 730am on the Sunday. All documentationand registration must be competed at the credentials office prior to enteringthe venue for show and shine. ARC Forum Battle registration at Calder Park credentialsoffice Sunday 630 am onwards Parking The Paddock/Service area or Pits for the Forum ChallengeCars will only allow for competition cars. All trailers must be parked at thesouth end of the Thunderdome. Any carson trailers must be at the circuit prior to 7:00am. Contact [email protected] or [email protected] or call Sean at 0432 884 177

3Days to go!!! check out the latest entries .... forthe full feature visit : http://forumbattle.com.au/ OR better yetcome do to Calder Park this weekend and see it in the flesh! Vicimports club member Micheal has entered his 1991 300zx Twin Turbo 5 speed manual and proudly representing VICimports Club in the Time Attack class (Special Thanks to Rod Kershaw). Whenasking Micheal what was done to his car, he laughs and says " the car is stock standard, I use it to takeelderly people to church, hahahah. At the very moment the car is still beingtuned and hopefully will be complete and ready for Forum Battle, so powerfigures are TBA. Majority of the work was done by myself and my dad". Somesaid that he was mad for selling up one of Sydney's most bad-ass, full ofattitude street driven EVO 8 for an S15 . BUT, as quickly as those comment weremade, they have been retracted and the haters have now become lovers. Takea look at the picture and its easy why you'd sell up! Full wide-body vertexridge kit, Custom midnight Purple, 20″ SSR, and making 385rwkw on 25psi. Yesplease we would like one too! Sergio tells us the modding won't and hasn't stopsince taking ownership, first being a Porsche brake upgrade ( currently underdevelopment) and most recently an RWB inspired front and side-skirt lips.

ForumBattle motorsport entries close at 1pm tomorrow - please ensure that you have completed your entry form to reserve a space a ForumBattle- click the link! http://forumbattle.com.au/entry/

Honda has demanded victory in this year's Bosch Australian Rally Championship. Honda Australia unveiled its two new Jazz rally cars at Bosch's headquarters in Melbourne yesterday, and lead driver Eli Evans admits the pressure will be on to perform. "I've been told this year, we must win," Evans told Speedcafe.com. "Honda said "What do we need to win?" and we said "a G2 car with the new regulations." "They gave us the new Honda Jazz, and so far so good. It feels fantastic. It feels like an improvement on the Honda Civic Type R." The cars will be driven by Evans and Mark Pedder and will make their debut at the inaugural Rally Calder next weekend. CLICK HERE for more on the new Jazz factory team. Forum battle also gets a special mention (@3:00) , its going to be an awesome weekend! Check out our latest Forum Battle competitors, with a heap more coming this week . The car is a 2005 Subaru Impreza RS. Micheal has owned it since the end of 2009 and bought it dead stock from Subaru docklands. Like most car nuts the modifying began almost instant, it went from pretty mildly tuned NA into a high revving, boxer pounding NA Impreza RS, as far Micheal knows, he reckons its the only NA Subaru modified to this level in Australia. Bought back in 2010 from Carizma motors in Sydney, Phuong's car made the trip back down to Victoria and has since stayed there as his first and only car. Being an apprentice mechanic with an apprentice wage and only wanting quality parts, means mods on his car are limited and can be slow at the best of times. He says "I know the car isn't perfect and still needs a lot of work, but I'm happy with the progress".

1week to go and Forum Battle competitor enteries are flowing in . check out thecompetition . For the full story be sure to check out :http://forumbattle.com.au/ Alabor of an unplanned build, Issac started with a turbo and clutch upgrade andlike most ended up with a full re-build. 100% built and not bought. Issac has spent his fair share of late nightsunder the car… brakes, suspension and power, Issac has got it all covered, "Ibuilt this car with the intention of driving it hard, not hardparkd despite itlooking pretty" . Keep an eye out for "Snowball" at Winton at the Vicdriftevents. At Forum Battle, Issac and "Snowball" will be under the Gripshiftslidetent along with the other S15(s) Featurephoto : SAU competitor Chris's R34 GTR SAUfirst round of entries were impressive to say the least, and for second round,they haven't disappointed. Alsoattending for team SAU will be a rare R31 GTS-R , one of Australia's cleaneston display. SAU have done a fantastic job of lining up some great cars.. It isgoing to be a RIPPER event. Featurecar: Renee's S15 Thirdbig team to enter Forum Battle is MelbS15 , they have confirmed 12 cars. Witheveryone of them being a quality built car. Expect more of this at ForumBattle.

Founded in August 2011 by Grant Salter and Gwyn Morgan, Grip Shift Slide was hatched during lasts years visit to World Time Attack Challenge in Sydney, sitting in their hotel room, looking at a bunch of expensive camera gear, flight tickets and rental cars… They asked themselves ”why are we doing this?” the answer, give the Victorian scene what it needs; support and exposure. Grip Shift Slide have confirmed 20 cars for Forum Battle, each unique in their own special way. For full feature on team Grip Shift Slide visit our Forum Battle website (Here) or like our facebook page to stay up to date with the latest news (Here).

Good news guys, we have organised a single day CAMS licence. The CAMS licence will be available for $70 and can be bought on the day. It includes car club membership and CAMS licence through the MG Club Vic. This weeks Competitor update sees more entrants into the Street Class. Steve Reed from OZMPS has entered his Mazda MPS 3 turbo. This is one quick front wheel drive which regularly competes in the ADVAN Neova Cup. Steve is no slouch behind the wheel and is always looking to improve, recently taking out an award at the recent ADVAN Neova Cup night for quickest in his category. Representing Pulsar Group of Australia (PGA) is Gareth. Gareth has been busy preparing this Pulsar for a CA18DET conversion however he is not sure it will be ready for Forum Battle. We'll find out on the day whether Gareth will represent Pulsar.org in his completed CA conversion or the the original 18LE with 350,000K’s on the clock. Another PGA entrant is Brad and his VZR Pulsar. This VZR N1 V2 is a limited edition light weight Race spec version from factory. While only 200 were meant to be made due to the price only 36 have been recorded that Brad and pulsar.org.au knows of so far. From the factory the race spec Pulsar gets R33 GTR seats, light weigh Enkei wheels and the most powerful naturally aspirated 1.6L engine ever produced. To finish of PGA's latest bunch of entrants is Steve and his SSS track weapon. Steve’s Pulsar may look fairly standard, because that's exactly the way he likes it, “I love the look of peoples faces when I scream past them on the straight of Sandown and Phillip Island.” The Pulsar has a GTi-R conversion with forged rods and pistons as well as a few other goodies which results in 235kw at the wheels! Steve will be representing Pulsar.org in the Rally and Time Attack. Pedro representing Euro Revolution has managed to get his hands on a very hot hatch for Forum Battle. This ex GPT production race car was originally part of a factory VW team. These cars were very quick back in 2005 GPT era even with the limited modifications allowed back in that series. Boosted Falcon is home to Australia's quickest NA I6 Falcon. Scott’s project car is constantly under going more modifications to shave seconds of his drag times. Scott's aim is to get his 230rwkw EA Falcon it into the low 12′s without the help of boost or laughing gas. Scott will be representing Boosted Falcon in the 1/4 mile drag and hoping to get further into the low 12′s. Another loyal user representing Boosted Falcon and 90's Falcons in general is Pat. Pat’s 1994 ED Fairmont Ghia, has seen its fair share of ups and downs. The Falcon was originally a present from his older brother and was riddled with problems but Pat grew to love it. This is its second engine conversion and with a new turbo set up Pat was getting 270RWKWs but Pat is aiming higher and hopes to get a retune before Forum Battle. Rounding up the current Boosted Falcon team is Pete and his GLi Wagon. Pete will be strutting his stuff in the Show'n'shine on the Sunday. The Wagon's mods include a shaved rear wiper and wiper nozzle to give it a clean look as well as an NF Fairlane velour interior with chrome highlights to the inside. Outside now has a Fairmont front, EL Fairmont door moulds, NF Fairlane chrome window moulds and clear repeaters. The rear quirky window Venetians blinds came with car, and Pete has never had the need to take them off. Wheels vary as Pete changes his mind a lot, currently its sitting on standard steelies until he settles on something else he likes. Representing Opel Oz is Adam and his Astra van which was imported as it was never sold in Australia. Adam believes it to be one of only two in Australia. It is still stock at this point as the car still needs to have a roadworthy inspection because it was imported from England and therefore does not have a compliance plate. Adam will be doing a road trip to his first show'n'shine at Calder Park. Look out for the Astra van at Forum Battle! For Team Fullboost is Andrew who will be competing in 2 events (Rally and Time attack category). Andrew's R34 GTR earns the Godzilla status with a list of mods goes on forever (which can be seen HERE). As for experience, Andrew has raced in F3, Forumla Ford, Formula Vee, saloon cars, hill climbed since he was 14, and drifted in the Red Rock Noodle Bar ute. To read the full articles on any of the cars featured above or any previously featured cars visit: forumbattle.com.au Make sure to enter our Facebook competition: Forum Battle Facebook page Simply "Like" our page and tell us on our wall which prize you would like to WIN! Major Prize A ride in a rally car at Calder Park Minor Prize 2x Free entry for the Show'n'shine 2x Mothers Bucket deal 4x Free Forum Battle Single day

For those wondering about what the Gymkhana layout looks like. The video features Dan Day using Steve Glenney's STI Spec-C. Test out your hand braking skills!

Ever wanted to know what it feels like to be strapped into the bucket seat of a rally car, while be thrown side ways into corner, at full noise? Forum battle is giving one lucky person shot gun in a ARC Rally car at Calder Park, other prizes include: x2 free entry for show and shine x2 mothers bucket deal x4 free forum battle single day passes Competition closes: 16/FEB/2012 To enter, visit the Forum Battle facebook page: CLICK HERE, hit the “like” button and tell us on our wall what prize you would like to Win. (Mods if you feel this post is inappropriate please delete)

ForumBattle information pack - please read! Can a forum enter more than 2 cars per discipline? Yes! A forum can enter more than two cars per racing discipline. The top two points scoring entrants will go towards your forums overall points tally. Can I enter multiple events? Due to popular demand Forum Battle will be opening the flood gates, and allowing competitors to enter multiple disciplines, every competitor will also automatically gain VIP access and be entered into the show shine event.. Points gained in these events will also go to your Forums total point score. PRIZES,PRIZES,PRIZES. Winning is always sweeter when you get to take home a trophy and prizes. But what if you could take a big chunk of the 20K prize pool? We say if you’ve got the car to do the job, don’t hold back. And for those of us lucky enough to have sponsors helping us out, this is a great opportunity to send some love back to the sponsors and get great coverage+ reach for all those important potential customers. Forum Battle will have multiple car bloggers, photographers and video bloggers all making the trip to Calder Park to cover Forum Battle. Time Attack and the Lap Dash Cars Time Attack and/or the Lap Dash Below is the timetable for any cars that are involved in the Time Attack and/or The Lap Dash Motorkhana Below is the timetable for any cars that are involved in the Motorkhana only Note Entrants in this group may register at the earlier time if required 400m Sprint only Cars Below is the timetable for any cars that are involved in the 400m Sprint only Note Entrants in this group may register at one of the earlier times if required Trailer Parking The Paddock/Service area or Pits for the Forum Challenge Cars will only allow for competition cars. All trailers must be parked at the south end of the Thunderdome. Any cars on trailers must be at the circuit prior to 7:00am and will not be able to be removed until 10pm Crew A maximum of 2 Crew per car can be registered as per the official entry form for $10 each per day and will be allowed access within the competition car prior to public gates open time. Note – this is 2 crew members per car NOT per discipline. CAMS Licence We are working organising a single day licence with CAMS now so stay tuned… CAMS Sup Regs Supplementary Regs: http://www.rally.com.au/images/stories/Forum_Regs_SR_030112.pdf

Aero is free as long as its safe, weight reduction is free Why have 'Street' and 'Pro' if there is noclear distinction?!?-Street is for street registered cars, Pro allows none registered vehicles toenter the competition.

You guys are on the ball.. We only posted new sup regs 2 hours ago. Hoping this clears up the confusion from the last sup regs. I saw some seriously quick cars at SAU Nationals keen to see you guys out on the track again a) Pro class- for both street registered and none street registered cars. Engines and gearbox’s are free. Suspension pick up points must be in as per the manufactures design. Slicks are not permitted. b) Street Class- for street registered cars only. The vehicle must retain the original engine and gearbox configuration. Suspension pick up points must be in as per the manufactures design. Street legal tyres are only permitted. Both Pro and Street Class will then comprise of 3 sub classes; Fastest FWD, RWD and 4WD vehicles Complete updated Sup Regs can be found here: http://www.forumbattle.com.au/regulations For ticket information or to purchase: Click Here Make sure to enter your forums unique code when ordering tickets as this will add additional points to your forums score total. For any additional information or if you have any questions please email us: [email protected]