Tarmac Rallying Perpetual Thread

[marinetowing]

Given that he's broke, and couldn't really afford the tyre's that were on the car, i don't recon there's any truth in that at all..

i'll bet my left nut on Eddie being on the up and up, the guy is a freak behind the wheel...

i'll tell you a story about Eddie going to help Vandenberg do a tyre test at baskerville one day, Jamie had done 2 40 lap run's on 2 different sets of tyre's, and couldn't

get any more from his Evo 9, Eddie jump's in the thing, having never driven the car, on 40 lap old tyre's and ripped over a second off him...!!!!!!!!

I HATE POOR LOSERS......

Agreed Burgz

I entered the Highclere hillclimb a couple of months ago, Eddie put it over me by nearly 2 seconds- most of which I attributed to it being his local stomping ground. Come TWP and Dover reverse (which is my home town and I like to think I know the road rather well) Eddie proceeds to tear 3 seconds of my run....so much for my local knowledge theory He drove the wheels off that thing, any rumours of cheating etc are unfounded garbage and as Burgz said, from sore losers.

[Darkside]

Given that he's broke, and couldn't really afford the tyre's that were on the car, i don't recon there's any truth in that at all..

i'll bet my left nut on Eddie being on the up and up, the guy is a freak behind the wheel...

i'll tell you a story about Eddie going to help Vandenberg do a tyre test at baskerville one day, Jamie had done 2 40 lap run's on 2 different sets of tyre's, and couldn't

get any more from his Evo 9, Eddie jump's in the thing, having never driven the car, on 40 lap old tyre's and ripped over a second off him...!!!!!!!!

I HATE POOR LOSERS......

Agreed. Pretty dissapointing that shit gets flung and often the receiver is unaware of it and has no chance to defend him/herself. Seems it doesnt take more than a few people to whisper the same "story" for it to then become fact. These cars dont drive themselves. OK, evos do but......

[poolheaters]

The video is up again with George's approval apparently. Looks like a scary ride..

Great to see the crew of the Suby (I presume) first on the scene!

[Darkside]

^^^ Yep. Thats one scary crash. Wont be showing that to the missus. She hates water..... Testament to the quality fo the safety gear that they walk away. Apparently one of the 2 cars in the drink didnt have head restraint seats and HANS devices resulting in some neck injury. Personally woudlnt race without them.

[Roy]

Wah, wah, wah...head restraints , HANS ?!?! Harden up and get a titanium upgrade

I am concerned that Snowie suggested i get a HANS device. Not sure what he has planned this weekend

[Marlin]

I spent a week sitting in the car with Eddie doing 999 duty last year, so it came as no suprise to me that he did extremely well. He's fast!

And I do hate it when rumors start and undermine a great result..... Besides, my opinion has always been, the car is only 20 or 30 percent of any result.

[Darkside]

And I do hate it when rumors start and undermine a great result..... Besides, my opinion has always been, the car is only 20 or 30 percent of any result.

Well said Woo. Far too much emphasis put on the car and its outright power and straight line speed when considering the results achieved. Reckon a good steerer, good codriver, good notes and thorough recci along with a reliable well setup easy to manage car will net better results than sonething with a stroker and a few extra killerwasps.

[R31Nismoid]

I am concerned that Snowie suggested i get a HANS device. Not sure what he has planned this weekend

Not even a HANS will save you from the punishment you'll be enduring...

[Marlin]

^^^^ Spoken like a true Emo stroker million killerwasp cheater

[Darkside]

Spot on there too Woo. Once you have all the other boxes ticked, then the cheater killerwasps come into play. Fark the corners, its all about holding it flat in the straight bits.

[Snowman]

I am concerned that Snowie suggested i get a HANS device. Not sure what he has planned this weekend

LOL - I said that because the helmet you will be wearing has HANS posts attached so you may as well use one if you can get your hands on one!

ESPECIALLY since we will literally be rolling this car off the dyno and onto the start line - so I won't have a chance to find out if Chris has broken the secret R35 ABS button or not until we are out among the tree's - and we saw during recce that some of those tree's trunks up there were wider than the car! LOL

[Marlin]

Spot on there too Woo. Once you have all the other boxes ticked, then the cheater killerwasps come into play. Fark the corners, its all about holding it flat in the straight bits.

Yep, glorified drag racing, that's all tarmac rallying is.....

[Darkside]

ESPECIALLY since we will literally be rolling this car off the dyno and onto the start line - so I won't have a chance to find out if Chris has broken the secret R35 ABS button or not until we are out among the tree's - and we saw during recce that some of those tree's trunks up there were wider than the car! LOL

Snowy, are you not listening to any of the info offered above Still, as team last m,inute you have had some epic results.

And Bris, I always rated you as super hardcore. You are now about 1 step below Chuck Norris. Your inbuilt HANS device is epic.

[R31Nismoid]

so I won't have a chance to find out if Chris has broken the secret R35 ABS button or not until we are out among the tree's - and we saw during recce that some of those tree's trunks up there were wider than the car! LOL

[PHaT MR30]

I spent a week sitting in the car with Eddie doing 999 duty last year, so it came as no suprise to me that he did extremely well. He's fast!

And I do hate it when rumors start and undermine a great result..... Besides, my opinion has always been, the car is only 20 or 30 percent of any result.

Remember 2008 in the 34, we were surrounded in the line up at the start of each stage by evo's. Several of which were later found to have stroker motors and all the illegal bits under the sun. Where were they in the results though? no where... instead of perhaps coming 37th they came 34th. The same year Steve Glenney won in a legit 9.

All comes to driver ability.. Seem to recall another team that didn't do half bad in 2009 in an alleged RB30DET power 32.... Id love to see the look on those haters faces when you stripped the engine down!

Eddie can seriously drive, I have seen him in his Escort on the gravel, times being mixed with more 4wd machinery than 2wd.

[Darkside]

I heard a mumble after prolgue (said clearly loud enough for me to hear) "...well they will be pulling that one down at the end...". I begged them to test the stroke at the finish line and the scruit looked at the threatening skies and was like "....oorrr mate, it looks like rain...She'll be right..." I guess if nobody ponies up the protest money, or makes noises that they are goign to protest eh Snowy?, then its all good.

[Snowman]

Ah - I had the wrong bits and was done for them. I've moved on

Although it's amuzing because before entering Mt Baw Baw I rang PW and told him I'd like to enter the event but had been building the car to Octagons regs rather than theirs (which are now quiet a ways part and I wonder if this is one of the reasons for their poor attendance). Anyways - when I told him my car would be illegal in a number of spots according to his rules he basically laughed and said they didn't care what people ran.

I'm not entirely sure that a free for all is the best ways forwards but it would be nice if we had a national set of regs that everyone used and that were all actually enforced.

[Darkside]

Certainly hurts the guys in the west running to CAMS regs. I expect those partiuclar regs will start to look much more like the Octagon regs soon enough. Certainly makes sense to have some consistency and really it will have to be a case of follow Octagons lead as they have the jewel in the tarmac rally crown.

[Marlin]

Remember 2008 in the 34, we were surrounded in the line up at the start of each stage by evo's. Several of which were later found to have stroker motors and all the illegal bits under the sun. Where were they in the results though? no where... instead of perhaps coming 37th they came 34th. The same year Steve Glenney won in a legit 9.

All comes to driver ability.. Seem to recall another team that didn't do half bad in 2009 in an alleged RB30DET power 32.... Id love to see the look on those haters faces when you stripped the engine down!

Eddie can seriously drive, I have seen him in his Escort on the gravel, times being mixed with more 4wd machinery than 2wd.

Oh I remember alright, and I thank my lucky stars that I had the forethought to equipe the engine mounts with wing nuts so we could do a quick swap out in the middle of the night.

[sav man]

didn't yt already have a quick release engine in the r34?