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Re: Who's going to the Classic Adelaide rally ???	Sat, 19 November 2005 11:06

one day to go - were still running - didnt run yesterday - the escort completely and utterly destroyed a set of extractors - spent all day before the street party helping getting a new exhaust running ! Prologue was fun , first day was going great guns, we were learning quickly abut how to do stuff properly , and getting a feel for the car ......... then ..... 1 km from end of the last stage on the gorge - BANG!!!! clatter clatter clatter - extractors had split open in about 5 places , though , we later found out that they were old , and a shit brand - and had no hope of keeping together ( they were on the escort when it was purchased ) So yeah - new set of extractors in - and the rest of the system done and were running - car sounds stinking hot - but underneath mechanicallyits basically stock which is great - gets lots of looks ( thanks to MiDAS MAGILL - Dean and john , and shaun at advance headers, holden hill for keeping the shop open, and getting out eary to start on the car ) had an absolute ball last night at the gouger street party - We had at least 30 - 40 people come up to us in one way or another saying they had either owned , raced , wanted , or had a escort JUST LIKE THAT in the family - just shows how popular they are , which is ironic - seeing the little red thing was getting more looks then the 250 grand ferrari parked next to it at the first teabreak - we stopped at an oval near some primary school - had a line up of abut 20 kids climbing in and ut of the escort looking at it and sitting behind the wheel and so on - so they had a ball too - and we didnt mind em having a look - there was nothing they could hurt Caught up with the mee's - sorry about stopping you in the street - the bloody phone kept on dying on me and went mad - but thats all good now , saw chris ( takai ) and his GF , and BJ last night ( hoped you liked the rice mate ) - bachy , steve , woulda been good to catch up but theres always next time one more day to go - we just have to keep the escort on the tyres and out of the trees , and weve seemed to have picked up a clutch issue so we hope that doesnt die tomorrow but if so - so be it otherwise it will complete an absolute ball of a week If you have the chance - give it a run , so far though weve found its certainly not cheap and cheerful , especially if you dont have a budget/support crew like the big boys , but if you have something stront and reliable , and keep your driving to say , 90 % and take time to prepare for the scary stuff , it all seems pretty safe , and you dont need a porsche or a ferrari to do it on that for what was asked - they are pretty pick on what cars go in so yeah - its best to ask the organisers on what may or may not be allowed ( ie a Gt4 cant go in , i know this for a fact, but maybe a early Te levin or a86 trueno/levin , or mint ma61 might be able to slip thru ( eds one would be ideal for this sort of event ), hey they let a r32 skyline in i cant see why a turbo A supra for example culdnt ! ) Safety gear wise - for us ( thorobred touring ) you dont need much more than fire extinguishers , triangles , etc etc and helmets , but if you can afford proper race seats - do so - harnesses , and a cage - all definates IMHO - especially if the car involved has power .. Weve also invested in a terratrip computer and coms setup - and single layer suits just for a little more safety and coms ease our escorts Stock as a rock car for the clutch , exhaust, padid racing pads up front , and a set of pedders struts , but were finding its lacking in quite a few areas , like handling - needs better springs , swaybars and bushes , gearing - 2nd is too high - third too low ( diff could help this too ) and i find it really hard to keep seated in place , not in the door or the drivers lap, so seats and harnesses would be really good most of these bits are going on the Perana though - that will be made up to be something a lot faster scaryier and ballsier hope that informs enough for now - as im buggered and need sleep for tomorrow [Report message to a moderator]

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