ANDRA answers your questions!!!!!

[Racin Jason]

WOW WHAT A RESPONSE :wavey:

Sorry about the late reply to all your great and important questions. I have been hangin out up in QLD at the Powercruise, you know doing some commentary and hitting cane toads with golf clubs!!

I must say it was a good event, loads of tuff Skylines, and I had a ride in Theo's weapon.....hooooollllyyyy sssshhhhhiiiitttt I think i'm in love!! with the car!!!

Back to the questions;

1 - 2rismo asked about ANDRA events and a calendar. We are currently working on a series of events that will cater for all of Australia's racing needs, please be patient, because as you can imagine it's not just a case of this race here and that race there. I have a lot of stakeholders and people with huge monetary interests to cater for, but the end result will be worth the wait.

Our Sport Compact website is in development, and we have the lads from Fullboost.com on the case. Stay tuned as it will cater for all your needs.

2 - funkymonkey asks about VIC tracks, club affiliation, and a weird itching problem! Good questions Monk! The VIC track thing stems from a long standing issue ANDRA and the Bob Jane organsisation are working through together.

You can race at a few other Vic tracks, and I know they hold ANDRA 'test and tune' days at Heathcote raceway. As for official Sport Compact events, we will need to wait until the issues between the two parties are resolved. Stay tuned!

Club affiliation is something ANDRA gets behind 100%, we have some great incentives...send me some contact postal details so I may send you the relevant info.

Your itching problem is one I won't touch...sorry :blah:

3 - Buster didn't ask a question, but for the record any car running quicker than 10.99 needs a cage (details at www.andra.com.au) and faster than 130mph and it time to get a parachute (which would look wicked on a streetcar!)

4 - DeanJSL asked about the ELF fuel compliance. ANDRA has a homologated fuel list to maintain parity and fair racing ethics amongst the competitiors. We offer a very easy testing proceedure to the fuel manufacturers, and encourage their involovement through low costs, and quick turn arounds on their submitted new fuels.

Recently ELF requested it's 'MOTO 124' fuel to be tested. The samples were delivered less than one week before the Sydney Jambo, and they have since been give the ALL CLEAR from us here at ANDRA. OFFICIALLY ELF MOTO 124 IS APPROVED FOR US!!

Thank you all for your questions, I really appreciate a bunch of car nuts getting together and delivering themselves in such a proffesional manner. I will be working with owners of all manner of vehicles to help develop the ANDRA Sport Compact rules into something we will all enjoy. I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO CATER FOR THE SKYLINE OWNERS OF AUSTRALIA. You can quote me on that one!!

cheers for now

Jason O'Halloran

ANDRA SPort Compact Director

[2rismo]

I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO CATER FOR THE SKYLINE OWNERS OF AUSTRALIA. You can quote me on that one!!

Oh we will !!

Thanks for the response, mate. Make sure you keep us in the loop.

Adrian

[Munro]

What is happening with weight breaks/engine capacity etc.

For example - how would a Skyline weighing 3000lbs & running a 183 ci engine

fit into the class (thats of course if it's ever ready!!!- the car - not the class)

Will there be a penalty for running slicks/ methanol.

are treaded ET 'street' tyres still classified as street tyres even though they are

crossplies & not radials?

As there are still relatively few 'pro' style GTRs will there be a 'heads up' style bracket

until there are enough similarly setup cars that can run on a national index?

I know it's still early days, but as much information as possible would be great.

[Munro]

Anyone???

[DoughBoy]

Please, allow me to boldly step up to the plate...

As you may have noticed ANDRA's sport compact rulebook is word-for-word taken from the NHRA's sport compact rulebook. Except we deleted the pictures. So, until our beloved forefathers in America decide what they are going to do with the rules, we will not do anything.

Caustic enough reply?

Edit: Hey it looks like they are acutally basing the weight on perceived performanc e of vehicles instead of cubic wangs...

http://www.nhrasportcompact.com/2004/rules.../revisions.html

[2rismo]

Bueller?

Adrian

[Racin Jason]

Sorry guys the boys at Ausrotary.com and the current promoters conference in Adeliade has kept me busier than a 14 yearold school boy a slack of playboys :headspin:

Munro - what exactly have you done to your car .....is it a tube chassis power son of rajab or is it a street orientated missile? More info needed!!

And for the record I actually had a teacher called Mr Rooney at high school! I used to tell him I had a Rotweiler that liked to hump teachers legs....he used to fail me alot.

Jason O'Halloran

ANDRA Sport Compact Director

[2rismo]

I think Munro's car is a stock NA R32 GTS

Adrian

[Duncan]

or a 9 second street R34...one or the other?

[Munro]

HA Ha. No, it has not had any chassis mods, but it does have an ANDRA inspected rollcage & the related safety equipment to run under 10.99

Has run 9.4 @ 153 bout a year ago & has been under development since then.

Wont be ready for a couple of months, but while we are finishing it off it would be good to know what to do in relation to weight/cubic inch.

These cars are very hard to run on a dial in, but on an index at least we can run under without an immediate penalty.

The GTR was street registered & driven on the steet on occasion when it ran 9.4

Now it has a filled block, methanol pump, dry sump, & has been relagated to drag use only.

[hawks]

what about tail shaft loops? is a 180 deg sufficient, or do i need a 360 deg loop?

for 11 sec quarters or there abouts.

cheers, mark.

[Racin Jason]

ok here goes with some answers:

If you are running 'Dot' approved tyres, no chassis mods and are street based you head for the Sport RWD class. If you are running slicks, chassis mods and no exhaust then Sport Mod is your category.

Methanol is can be used in Sport RWD and Sport Mod, but slick tyres can only be used in Sport Mod - the more race orientated car class.

Tyres are classed two ways - 'DOT' street tyres or slicks. Your choice as to what you run, but the slicks are not allowed in Sport RWD.

Heads up will stay until the sport demands it heads in a direction to 'DYO', indexing etc.

Hope this has helped you work out where you fit in.

Jason O'Halloran

ANDRA Sport Compact Director

[Racin Jason]

oh and go for the 360 deg tail shaft loop just to be safe.

Additional info can be downloaded from www.andra.com.au

follow the technical setion to get to the Sport Compact stuff....it's all there in black and white!

Cheers

Jason O'Halloran

ANDRA Sport Compact Director

[2rismo]

Sport RWD class.

And for the 4WD guys? (girls)

Adrian

[Guest two.06l]

And for the 4WD guys?  (girls)

Adrian

thanks for thinking of me adrian

[DoughBoy]

The Sport RWD class is inappropriately named as it allows 4WD cars as well. I think it's a case of directly copying the rules from the NHRA, then realising it left GT-R, WRX etc. owners out in the cold and just tacking on the "4WD allowed" bit into the class.

Of course, I could be jumping to conclusions here, I tend to think that 4WD is more of a hindrance than a benefit under 10 second times, and as such could compete with 2WD cars.

If you want to argue about traction, check out Adrian's street car 60 foot time.

[2rismo]

With all the GTR's and WRX's running slower than 10.00 that i've seen lately pulling 1.7's and 1.8's, i'm not too concerned about 4WD's and therefore have no problem racing them. The class is inadequately named though.

Adrian

[BU5TER]

yep the RWD part sucks, its very unfair to them

[Racin Jason]

4WD vehicles are not required to run tail shaft loops - this is standard practice at all ANDRA tracks.

The name is directly from the NHRA, and I am in the process of either renaming the class or potentially developing a new street class designated for the 4WD weapons here in Australia.........and New Zealand!

The US hasn't got the amount of 4WD's that we have so we can forgive them for the poor name choice......but fear not I am on the case. Please forward any name suggestions for the class to my email address [email protected] ...I'd be interested to know what you guys come up with.

cheers for now

Jason O'Halloran

ANDRA Sport Compact Director

[funkymonkey]

just name them what they are... 4WD Pro Class, RWD Pro Class, 4WD Street Class, RWD Street Class.

age old rule of KISS - keep it simple stupid you'll avoid confusion and the titles will explain themselves.

Also I assume someone eligible for the Street Class can also compete in the Pro Class as long as they have a rollcage and the extra CAMS requirements that go with pro racing?