Get your Rally On [Archive]

200MPH

09-07-2014, 07:36 AM

So, for wanna be rally types (like moi), the mid year rallysprint is coming up real fast. 20th July at the flanno-plex, where on a good day you can smell the bogan in the air. Not on this day however (I'm leaving the commode at home).

Morning - Rally rides session. If you know someone with a rally car who has entered, start pestering them for a ride now. Sold out.
Arvo - Rallysprint; also sold out. Spectating is good however.
All day - round of the state motorkhana championship.
All day - Polaris buggy rides. I should try get there in the morning and have a go this year. Looks like fun.

I'll be trying for 2WD honours, and no doubt failing again. New rear boots on the way, so that's my 'secret' weapon to beat Steve's Elise. Also my co-driver 2X044 (aka deadweight) has rather fortuitously got sick, hasn't been training and hence lost weight. Good man.

Entry list shows the usual gang of idiots have entered the rallysprint. B-Boy Butler will be there, even El Presidente will be there - get ready to bow and golf clap.

Fine weather guaranteed*.

(May or may not be entirely true. If not I'll suck, badly, or at least worse than usual.)

Jmoore

09-07-2014, 08:04 AM

I'll be trying for 2WD honours, and no doubt failing again. New rear boots on the way, so that's my 'secret' weapon to beat Steve's Elise.

Looking at the entry list, its going to be a pretty tough class.

Some very, very quick and competitive cars coming out - going to be a great day.

HotAe92

09-07-2014, 08:18 AM

First event driving, was navi last round and had an absolute ball.

Will be good to see how the little shopping trolley performs in its current form.

Come say gday if you see the 458 wannabe about.

monk_13

09-07-2014, 08:39 AM

Have entered the arvo session. Final run for the Z33 before it goes up for sale. In no way shooting for top spot, but fuck these events are great fun!

c.rusli

09-07-2014, 09:21 AM

I'm in to compete with 2wd and 2000 under.
look like another tough line up for me. :D

bring on day time rallying!

SlamDunk

09-07-2014, 03:40 PM

Plenty of rally spec 4WDs and big guns will be there too! Will be an awesome day! Can't wait!

Denver

09-07-2014, 08:22 PM

Not here for this one, I'll think of you all when as I reach for the lazors at tommorland NOT..

However I am home for some of the rounds of the next series, hopefully I can rattle your cage a bit Julian :D

Buckets

09-07-2014, 09:21 PM

Not here for this one, I'll think of you all when as I reach for the lazors at tommorland NOT...

Thread title is not get your gurn on. Fuck off with your rubbish talk old man :p

200MPH

10-07-2014, 11:29 AM

Yeah, paying out on Denver is too easy Buckets. I'll thank you not for giving me images in my mind I'd rather not have.

More importantly, when are you getting out there to challenge for 2WD supreme universal rally being honours? Get your Unicorn on!

Buckets

10-07-2014, 01:00 PM

Unicorn is being woken up again in the next few weeks as it's getting sent for paint.

After that who knows. I quite like the idea of it sat in it's corner not burning another huge hole in my bank account for a while.

As for challenging for any of the silverware that is not even on the radar for now. I'm sure the car could do it, the driver on the other hand is a talentless mong and doesn't quite have what it takes to tame the shitboxes bad habits yet.

Jmoore

15-07-2014, 07:26 AM

Sunday 20 July
Summary: Min 9 Max 18
Shower or two.
Perth area
Partly cloudy. Medium chance of showers, most likely during the morning. Winds westerly 25 to 40 km/h.

http://i.imgur.com/8KFAJSZ.gif

HotAe92

15-07-2014, 08:35 AM

Medium chance of showers, most likely during the morning.

Special thanks to the Targa guys for drying out the track :cool:

Brockas

15-07-2014, 10:01 AM

even El Presidente will be there - get ready to bow and golf clap.
LOL.

We'll be there finishing off our old r-comps before the new set go on for Targa :)

tinto

15-07-2014, 10:20 AM

That's a big day - any fees for spectator entry?

c.rusli

15-07-2014, 11:12 AM

Free entry as far as I know

LostInTheWoods

15-07-2014, 02:17 PM

Am entered, will bring the evo down, hopefully not hit anything solid. Spent the morning at barbagallo last week. Rustier than I remember!

SlamDunk

15-07-2014, 04:44 PM

82 entries with 18 EVOs and 18 WRXs.

200MPH

18-07-2014, 09:34 AM

Entry start order is up on the website. Looks like it's been seeded based on expected times. Looks nasty at the pointy end. Gonna need a few of the grown-ups to have issues for us to match last years results!

Not that it matters - showers and thunderstorms possible will wipe out any chance we had. New back tyres fitted yesterday at least, but NT01's are not a wet friendly looking thing so far as tread (lack of) goes. Neverminding aquaplaning, any dampness and I can't use the power advantage I rely on. Oh well, should be fun/scary.

ALEX.

18-07-2014, 12:16 PM

I'll be along to watch but pulled my entry the other day for a couple reasons. Unfortunately Chris's targa car is still in getting a 4th gear fix up, so I can't co-drive for him either.
I'll just have to watch the slip 'n' slide from the sidelines this time..
I hope the weather's decent though!

Sensible

18-07-2014, 03:00 PM

Come out in the motorkhana Alex

Steve has a broken hand and damaged tendon from his off in Albany Julian so there is one spot

200MPH

18-07-2014, 07:38 PM

That's bad news about Steve. I knew his hand got hurt when he went off, but didn't realise it ended up so serious. Plus he had to drive back to perth in his car that Monday from Albany. Harder man than I...plus he still knocked me off by a few 10's too!
I should bring the daily if its pouring all Sunday. Has new tyres all round and will probably be faster if soaking wet...nah. That's loser talk right there.

Sensible

18-07-2014, 08:10 PM

He didn't think it was that bad either, after a few weeks and the pain hadn't gone away he went and got a MRI which showed the damage
I saw him last Sunday and he had only just got a split on it

I think both Dad and Gary have been seeded on reputation as there is no way they should be that high in the order in the Wrx

Lonewolf

18-07-2014, 09:44 PM

cant see any spectator spots marked on the maps - wheres good vantage points?
May try and get down in the arvo

SlamDunk

18-07-2014, 10:18 PM

cant see any spectator spots marked on the maps - wheres good vantage points?
May try and get down in the arvo

On top of the bridge.

Sensible

19-07-2014, 02:14 PM

Severe weather warning for tomorrow with high winds and rain

Not much fun to be had in those conditions

HotAe92

19-07-2014, 04:47 PM

Current forecast as at 6pm:

"Cloudy. Scattered showers. Isolated thunderstorms clearing in the morning. Damaging winds possible early in the morning. Winds northwest to northeasterly 15 to 25 km/h tending northwest to southwesterly 25 to 35 km/h before dawn then tending southwesterly early in the morning."

Still keeping the fingers crossed.

200MPH

20-07-2014, 06:05 PM

Great day. Perfect weather and a quality field to find your own marker to try beat. Heaps of Tarmac rally cars to see in the morning, but was a bit late to catch much action. Alex wins nav whore award by far from what I saw. And he was/is good with that I'm sure!

New NT01 rear boots were great, and car ran well every run. Hats off to Steve, who finished 3rd outright again in his Elise! We pushed hard, but he was gapping us by 1.5 sec by his last run. We managed 5th, which is realistically better than we expected.

And the sound plus silliness of McRae in the 0 car was something else. Gotta get me a ride with him! Who do I have to sleep with? Don't let it be Alex...

monk_13

20-07-2014, 06:39 PM

Car sounded awesome as usual Julian!

An awesome mix of cars out, weather was awesome, and the drift shenanigans of the escort was awesome.

Had an awesome last event in the Z33. Finished up with a 2.35.8 and zero issues. All back of the bus n shit place wise, but 18th in class & 46th overall which I am more than happy with. Bring on the new car and hopefully being a little more competitive.

Saint_23

20-07-2014, 07:41 PM

HotAe92

20-07-2014, 08:20 PM

Had a good day out for my first foray in motorsport. No A-class driver and no class-winning car, but probably the most fun I've had behind the wheel to date. Some brilliant cars and drivers out once again.

Here's my fastest run from the day.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4bXU0sL3s4&feature=youtu.be

c.rusli

21-07-2014, 07:34 AM

Had a Blast! we come 2nd in Class, The other Black Civic is just way too fast for us to catch.
10 Sec different on every single run....

Best run of the day 2:33.07. and has been consistent for the next couple of runs.

Well, we know what to improves on to catch that car.

MGR

21-07-2014, 11:30 AM

Our tyres were shagged so I'm glad the rain stayed away. This course layout really needs some e-brake assistance but the last time I did that in competition I blew up just about every mechanical piece between the fly wheel and tyres, and emptied the entire contents of my gearbox in the process - cancelling the stage for all those following.

Excellent times from Steve's Lotus and Julian's GT40 as usual. Amazing work from the 2WDs.

Here's our 4th run with a 2:11.32

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200MPH

21-07-2014, 11:44 AM

Aaargh. I just saw some of my footage and then looked at yours Mark. I may have to take up a hobby more my speed, like knitting. That video is just insane! Well done. Pity the competition had their Targa West spec setups on and you were off on your own for speed. Didn't look like the lack of competition slowed you down in any case.

HotAE92 - ah, so you had the virginial white ST! Looks like fun, saw it run a couple of times, good stuff. Gutsy trying a rallysprint as your first motorsport event! At least it was a daylight one, which helps.

C.rusli - yeah, dunno about catching that other civic. It was off tap. But still, gotta aim for something I guess. I can't work out how to get 1.5 seconds I need, let alone 10...

MGR

21-07-2014, 11:59 AM

I can't work out how to get 1.5 seconds I need, let alone 10...

Supercharger.

http://media.giphy.com/media/jxqSgd1TtHu4U/giphy.gif

c.rusli

21-07-2014, 12:01 PM

C.rusli - yeah, dunno about catching that other civic. It was off tap. But still, gotta aim for something I guess. I can't work out how to get 1.5 seconds I need, let alone 10...

Similar packaged but He had more advantages in Final drives, more bolt on power (cams, Intake manifold, Throttle body) and A050's
while ours is just a stock Motor and box with RS3 Hankooks.

5.1 ratio gear would make a huge pick up in accelerations and use all the 6 speed gears.
with standard 4.9 ratio we only just managed to get to 5th at back straight.

Also Watching from in car footage, tyres is the biggest issue we have as we lost lots of times in corner speed entry and exits (wheel spins power out).

On plus side is that we have our self a benchmark where we can head to and try to see if we can match up on the full event in few months :D

MGR

21-07-2014, 12:26 PM

Was there anybody taking video footage that wasn't on-board?

Tonnes of onboard video available but not much external stuff.

Jmoore

21-07-2014, 02:40 PM

Was there anybody taking video footage that wasn't on-board?

Tonnes of onboard video available but not much external stuff.

There was heaps and heaps of video cameras and flashes going off yesterday, I don't think anyone is doing any compilations though.

The photographer standing in the middle of the gravel uphill section ... balls of steel.

MGR

21-07-2014, 03:46 PM

There was heaps and heaps of video cameras and flashes going off yesterday, I don't think anyone is doing any compilations though.

Shame. There's probably tonnes of SD card footage that never sees the light of day.

I reckon photographers would have more chance selling quality video footage than still photos.

SlamDunk

21-07-2014, 04:30 PM

I might just put up my #3 run just for fun, coz this was my last run BEFORE I drove into the fence in #4 run. So, nothing to be proud of. :(
slightly damaged one of the RC-T4 i just got from Mark not long ago...

http://youtu.be/_zfqIB7WNDE

HotAe92

21-07-2014, 09:25 PM

That Civic was off-tap. Was behind me in start order and nearly caught me every time around.

HotAE92 - ah, so you had the virginial white ST! Looks like fun, saw it run a couple of times, good stuff. Gutsy trying a rallysprint as your first motorsport event! At least it was a daylight one, which helps.

Cheers Julian. Yeah it was an eye opener and was having to take it a little easy seeing as it's the other-halfs car. Think I will have to eventually get a designated bunky race car - especially when I pull a rookie move like this on the 2nd run. Consider the virgin 'broken in'.

http://youtu.be/FzUzQ24BTvc

200MPH

21-07-2014, 09:29 PM

Yet another boring in-car video. Bring on some external footage! Well I do have some from on top of my roof if that counts as external, another looking down an intake trumpet (cool to see the throttle plate moving, injector pulsing and some stand-off happening) and another looking at us two getting shook up in the cockpit. But this one is as good as any, thanks to 2X044 for the gopro, count-in and ballast efforts on the day.

http://youtu.be/EPG1ExwLS9U

200MPH

21-07-2014, 09:48 PM

[QUOTE=HotAe92;1206371]That Civic was off-tap. Was behind me in start order and nearly caught me every time around.

Cheers Julian. Yeah it was an eye opener and was having to take it a little easy seeing as it's the other-halfs car. Think I will have to eventually get a designated bunky race car - especially when I pull a rookie move like this on the 2nd run. Consider the virgin 'broken in'.

QUOTE]

Yeow. Some adult themes and coarse language going on there! Hopefully no damage done - go straight if it's just cones I guess. Hey, your co-driver Ayrton. Think I know him. Works as EEA? Small world...

LostInTheWoods

22-07-2014, 09:33 AM

I had my first run in the evo on the weekend. Probably the best fun I have ever had in a car. Took it pretty easy to start to build some confidence in the car, and not wanting to hit anything. Dropped something like 5 seconds in my second run and another 3 in my third. Turns out the car handles like an absolute pile of shit. A combination of an open front diff (Torsen not working at all), and ACD ECU tripping out, it was literally like driving a bad FWD car, corner speed was woeful, and exit I had to wait until I had the wheels straight to get on the gas, any steering input and it just blazes the inside front. Worst evo I've ever been in!

Car is going into the shop now to get much stiffer rear springs, front LSD fitted and reflashing the ACD Ecu. Fingers crossed that makes the car driveable!

c.rusli

22-07-2014, 11:25 AM

In car footage

Excuse the camera angle, we didn't bring the extension leg on the day.

http://youtu.be/qeHl0XGnY_o

ignore the shift light, set up to early and didn't have time to adjust it. It flash in at 7500 but we goes up to 9000.

Sack

22-07-2014, 12:15 PM

Yeow. Some adult themes and coarse language going on there! Hopefully no damage done - go straight if it's just cones I guess. Hey, your co-driver Ayrton. Think I know him. Works as EEA? Small world...

Yeah Ayrton is co driver, has his own engineering business. Him, jayden and myself are all best mates from high school so either one of them will be co driving for me when I enter the next one.

LostInTheWoods

22-07-2014, 12:51 PM

I broke my gopro mount, when i arrived, so stuck a replay on the dash for the last run, its on the piss and is mostly viewing the dash, but better than nothing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ajhJokKJdM&list=UUSne8-rA4YJcuPsVVlfH-pQ

Jmoore

22-07-2014, 01:05 PM

Steve Metlitzky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebhOGySDk58

wurt durr furk

that car MOVES!

HotAe92

22-07-2014, 05:34 PM

Yeow. Some adult themes and coarse language going on there! Hopefully no damage done - go straight if it's just cones I guess. Hey, your co-driver Ayrton. Think I know him. Works as EEA? Small world...

Yeah sorry about that, forgot to warn on the language. Was cursing at the thought of castration upon the girlfriend seeing the front bar in pieces. Thankfully though, no damage to report apart from a couple of minor scratches underneath the lip. Going in for an alignment and check of the front end and wheels for buckling.

As Sack said, yeah Ayrton is co-driving, seems to know a few people in the motorsport world. Think he is keen to get back out in the STi for the next round of sprints.