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Re: AE86Trueno's 2005 Rally season end
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Tue, 06 December 2005 05:13
 
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Well i thought it was time for an update before we move the thread to the new forum for 2006,
After A bad Start it was a good end for once,
The last 3 months have been flat out with events,
First was the Shake down to the bthurst ARC rally, which went ok.
Then for the Big ARC Rally Bathurst which we finished 10th Clubman driver(non ARC crew) with the help of TheStitt and Wagonist servicing, we had a ball and it was a good experience.
Then there was a 3 week break to the last NSW rally championchip event of the year down at Canberra, After the high of finishing 10th at Bathurst i was pumped for another good result.
Didnt have a great start position starting car 59 but that was alright.
SS1 nice fast and flowing stage finding the limits nicly, but not over doing it, get to the end of the stage, 30th fastest 
and only a couple of seconds behind the class leader 10th fastest 2WD car out of a full field of 64,
SS2 Had a minor drama at the start and lost about 10 seconds trying to get the dahm thing into 1st gear  oops wont do that again, drove the rest of the stage smooth but dropped down to 34th due to my starting error.
SS3 Down comes the rain  at this point i think this is not going to be a fun day, It was a very tight and dangerous stage with shear cliff drops for most of the stage, and still raining, take it a little easy on the first half of the stage, and get some rhythm back when the rain eases up a little, , but with 5k/m to go i underestemate the sharpness of a tight right hander and go straight into ditch and get stuck  LSD is working over time with lots of forward and backward rocking of the car and we eventually break free, only a slightly bent bumper/grill/lights but nothing major until i start loosing power below 5000 RPM, which ment i only had 3000 usable rev range, get to the end of the stage and take a bigh sigh of relief.
There is still 1 stage to go before service, so i just stick at it, cant see anything obviously broken in the engine bay, so we head off to stage 4.
SS4 Rain gets a little heavier and a big uphill start dont help me on this stage, just drove as smooth as i could trying to not let the revs drop below 5, get to the end, in tact but still running 38th after our off track excursion.
SS5 is cancelled due to a tree falling on the road and too wet so we head back to the service park to wait for our next instructions, and a long neaded service.
still cand find out why the engine is playing up so we head to the last stage as all the other stages have been cancelled due to the torrential rain/hail/storms
SS7 repeat of SS4 just drove to the finish trying to not fall of the road as its now dark and very muddy, didnt do anything stupid and finished. 34 th At the end which is still respectable out of a field of 64, but would have been much higher after our off track excursion.
And that ends our 2005 season, car is going to get a new lick of paint, and and engine and diff rebuild for 2006, but at least its in 1 piece.
Ben.
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