Tarmac Rallying Perpetual Thread

[Marlin]

I was playing mate

Ahhh, doubtful.....

[sav man]

you'd be dissapointed if i didn't bite

if i finish the 2nd r33, there might be a 2 car manion team comming...one with for sale signes all over it.

[Marlin]

Catchy rang last night (you know he works at PI now), trying to convince me to go.... so yeah, now I'm an official maybe. LOL

[Duncan]

hmm what a strange co-incidence. my car's going to be down at phillip island the week after for the national supersprint

[sav man]

it's now 100% go, should be good. still don't know if dad an i are coming up. i hear there is a blue targa spec z-tune in victoria

[Snowman]

There is - but the driver doesn't have a CAMS National Racing licencse and CBF'd getting one in time!

[Roy]

Are you nutz Snowie, got get your licence and give the girl a punt. PI is your backyard!

[Targa Tom]

As if it isnt hard enough...

Following our success at Targa, an international Airline we have been courting for some time started talking about a 2010 involvement. Most will know we had corporate support for a few years from big B, but since 2008 have been paying the bills ourselves. I refered my Marketing contact to a couple of web sites, the Targa site and Tarmac mag.

Negotiations have since gone south "Greg, that mag mentioned your car may not have been legal" was my feedback.

I looked at a copy at the only agent that carries a copy of TM in L'ton. "Fargin Great"

"Not sure that is the type of profile we are looking to support" MM commented. "Whether it be true or totally off the mark - it is not a position we should put our selves in...

...any publicity is good??? and I should expect any better from a mag who's editor cannot read a results sheet??

But the loss of a rare potential sponsor would tend to dispell the publicity theory and make our chances to be at 2010 events less likely.

Dean - You was NOT 3rd quickest in Queenstown (even though the commitment in the 260 footage is impressive) and leaving out the fact that half the top ten got derived times makes your continued reference even funnier. And for the record - You was NOT the highest placed showroom spec car in the event! - thanks for your support though... the CarbonXtc ad in your mag looks great.

PI eh? I leave the country next week, and my GSR Evo IX is at the doctors. Will be watching with interest though - and good on Glenn Ridge for his push to get the show a run at the island.

TT984

Edited September 26, 2009 by Targa Tom

[Snowman]

Are you nutz Snowie, got get your licence and give the girl a punt. PI is your backyard!

Tell you what - you give me the $3K I'm going to need to do the event and I'll go and get the license. Plus you also have to act as the garantee to fix any issues that might occur like Tom had down in Tassie before TWP in Jan.

But then if you are going to give me $3K I'd rather put it towards doing Mt Buller over this anyways.

[Duncan]

very sad to hear that Greg, no-one needs that sot of challenge, support is hard enough to gain for these events.

Andrew I have the required license and will happily represent your sponsors....just hand over the keys.

[Snowman]

Dunc - dreaming....

So anyhoo - have we all looked at the new 2010 AASA Targa regs? The gulf between AASA and CAMS is now even wider!! The EMO boys are sure going to be happy again.

The biggest bummer for me is that most of the reasons I decided to build my car as a Z-Tune are now obsolete, so it seems I came into the sport 1 year too early! LOL

My delema now is to whether I continue one running the car as a Z Tune in Modern or go back to running it as a normal GT-R in Early Modern. Will have to give Stu a call and talk about the options for next year but there is no doubt the car will eventually go back to running in Early Modern at some stage. (so Stu expect a call sometime soon! LOL)

[Marlin]

I haven't read the new rules Snowy, will get to that, but how would you feel if you'd built a car to run Classic and then after one year you're out and put into Modern? It still irks me, and I don't think I'll go back to be honest (well, that's how I feel now). The goal posts constantly moving and all the whinging and bullshit and cock sucking that goes on behind the scenes is wearing thin, I'm thinking after 5 strait years and saying I'd never plan to miss a year, that maybe a break is in order for me.

Having said that, I absolutely love the mates, the challenge and the driving, I just dislike the bullshit.

Greg, I think you've been handed a bad deal there mate, I haven't seen exactly what you're speaking of but it sounds sucky.

I know you pain, as previously stated I had a sponsor eating from my hand, but TT effectively killed it for me. Moving my potential front running Classic into Modern sucked, once the rich blokes wake up and run Porsche turbos in early modern the game is up.

I'm thinking of going circuit racing.

[Snowman]

You know Ben that's why I found the idea of Showroom so appealing. There seems to be less bullshit (although Greg is trying to disprove this it seems). I just wish there was a good non-EMO option out there as I just don't like them. LOL I'd love it if they raised the price range to the same as the Bathurt 12hr so then at least there IS some other good options. You'd get more entry's that way.

But these new rules really make building a good Early Modern car damn easy (so it won't be a 996TT cake-walk anymore) and that class will dominate the entry numbers in the years ahead - so I hope the organisers look at appropriately giving that class some more recognision and coverage in the future.

[Marlin]

I'm sure EMod will get more coverage mate.

Appo and I have always said Showroom has potential to be an awesome class. He and I ran that STi back in 2005, back before the Showroom class was well advertised. Back then very few mods could be done, in fact our car had literally NO mods apart from safety, not even an ecutek flash, no aftermarket suspension etc, and really, that's how I'd like to see it now. In my opinion this could actually bring manufacturer improvements, much like circuit racing or rallying USED to.

No suspension mods, no exhaust mods, and a KNOWLEDGABLE official or two dedicated to poilicing Showroom. The bullshit Greg is going through aint on, and if there was dedicated officials to police the rules then there would be no question over Greg's car, because any rumours could be dispelled there and then, on the spot.

I don't see how it's so difficult to believe for some people that Greg could do so well. After all, quite alot of mods are elligible in Showroom now, and Greg came wagt, 9th I think? Appo and I came 14th outright in '05 in that bog stock Bug-Eye that weighed over 1800kg with us in it! lol

[sav man]

I studies the regs Friday afternoon. I think they are pretty good, sidepipe FTW!!! untill it gets mangled. I see that Ben boot has been banned, as it's stipulated that bonnet and boot must keep the oem hinges and mecanims...lucky i hadn't cut my boot up yet.

anyone else think the e85 is expensive as shit?

[PHaT MR30]

Hey flamin mongrel im up for a Gold Trophy, Id be EMO'd if i didn't get it... lol!

Seriously though, I dunno what to do... can't afford to keep doing it ourselves though

[Marlin]

Hey flamin mongrel im up for a Gold Trophy, Id be EMO'd if i didn't get it... lol!

Seriously though, I dunno what to do... can't afford to keep doing it ourselves though

Shit, you are too! lol, judging by this year though you reckon I'm the man to get you through? LOLOL

I'm up for Platimum, but aren'y we still elligible if we miss a year or two?

[Marlin]

I studies the regs Friday afternoon. I think they are pretty good, sidepipe FTW!!! untill it gets mangled. I see that Ben boot has been banned, as it's stipulated that bonnet and boot must keep the oem hinges and mecanims...lucky i hadn't cut my boot up yet.

anyone else think the e85 is expensive as shit?

Yeah, obviously someone had a fkn whinge about it. LAME.

And introducing E85, well, yeah, 4+ buck a litre fuel again, wonderful.

[Snowman]

The bigger worry about the E85 is if they are going to have filling points at the end of every stage. Because cars eat that stuff like nothing else!

Lucky injectors are free as I know the EVO's on E85 all have to run 1000cc injectors minimum! Don't know how bad GT-R's are but I do know I have enough issues with fuel consumption with normal 98RON to make E85 not even an option! LOL

[sav man]

would a gtr make it through 55k arrowsmith? i think we burn about 1-1.5 l a km. so 30% less economy, with a 65l tank...dosn't look very good.