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I supported Toymods
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entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Fri, 12 August 2005 01:03
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Evening all,
asking for a guy at my work,
would it be possible to enter a AE86 (or some other two door corolla) in targa.
also, he wants to use a 2 litre engine, even though i told him a 4AGE would provide ample power in modded form. i guess a BEAMS 3SGE would be pretty cool.
answers appreciated, as i might get to drive it!
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ballarat
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April 2003
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Fri, 12 August 2005 01:38
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anyone feel free to correct me on this, but my understanding was that if you were to enter and older (classic) car that it has to be in kind-of factory trim, plus all the saftey gear that is.
i guess would have to find out exactly what the different classes allow
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Rosanna, Melb
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June 2002
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Fri, 12 August 2005 01:47
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My understanding (somewhat limited perhaps), is this.
If you want to enter Targa Tas then you must satisfy one of
A: Have a good chance of winning it (experienced and talented driver in a fast car)
B: Are driving a classic car. As in one that will go down in history and is very close to factory (Apparently the only Dat 1600 racing recently was a rare 2door)
C: Have a huge pile of cash
So in my opinion, unless your friend is driving a mint JDM Levin stuffed with the needed safety gear then he is going to be struggling.
Hen
PS, a pretty big pile of cash is needed whatever the case.
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Campbelltown
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November 2003
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Fri, 12 August 2005 01:52
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ahh tis one of my dreams to compete in targa someday. But yeah they have very strict guidelines for entry, may be better off still building the car but doing different dutton rally events, thye let anything run and its a lot cheaper than targa, still not cheap but not uber expensive. 
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Brisbane
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February 2003
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I supported Toymods
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melbourne
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June 2002
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Fri, 12 August 2005 02:02
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He has done targa before, in an escort, didnt do to badly from memory (ie finished)
i think the issue will need to be tackled from the targa angle, rather than the toyota angle.
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Hobart, Tasmania
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January 2005
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Rosanna, Melb
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June 2002
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Fri, 12 August 2005 03:46
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That is a great article. Maybe my views were a bit harsh.
It would be great fun to do. Now where's my 2000GT...
Hen
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On Probation
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Hobart
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December 2004
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Fri, 12 August 2005 03:49
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there are a few cars in targa which are not factory spec at all... there was an N13 with a CA18 turbo it depends which class u go in... the thing with most targa cars is they are all mostly sports cars anyway... Sierra cosworths, GTR's, GTiR's, porsche i think u get a good idea! did see a gun metal JZA80 TT and god wat a boat that was!
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Sydney
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October 2004
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Fri, 12 August 2005 06:56
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*Snip*| Henn wrote on Fri, 12 August 2005 11:47 |
C: Have a huge pile of cash
PS, a pretty big pile of cash is needed whatever the case.
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Very true, i worked with a guy that entered in a 928 an he said you would need a minimum of $13k to go down there an do it.
Regards,
Shane
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Colac, Victoria
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May 2002
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Batemans Bay, NSW
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February 2005
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Fri, 12 August 2005 09:58
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what about the new 'East coast Targa' ..... I think this event has just been, although not sure...
next year would be a good place to start.
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1st street on the right
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November 2002
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Fri, 12 August 2005 10:02
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You can buy a pre prepared 206 (I think) puegeot for around 25K ready to race for targa in one class. but if you want to race outright you'd better have Packers cheque book when you consider who you're up against.
Start in east coast classic and classic adelaide and try the clasic car club in sydney, they have numerous events no only for classic cars but in good spirit of competition.
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Launceston
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March 2005
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Fri, 12 August 2005 15:26
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you can compete or not compete but still enter...
its called the touring class, this year there was a convertable celica in the tour group so i dont see why a sprinte cant get in. now cmon, no safety gear, realativly cheap (compared to competing) looks the way, and i think their desprate for entrants.
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sydney
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Fri, 12 August 2005 16:29
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go and enter, you'll just be drifting your ass throughout tasmania.. hehe
there was a s15 looked like a full drift car that entered; he was pretty slow but majority of his time was doing drifts and showing off to the crowd haha
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Sydney
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May 2003
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Fri, 12 August 2005 18:05
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targa is the porsche boys club
unless you own one your considered an outsider sicne the event is ran by the porsche club to begin with...
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Outer Sth East burbs, VIC
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July 2004
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Sat, 13 August 2005 01:37
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Enter Rally of Tasmania, its bitumen still, runs many of the same roads as targa does i believe and a much more sane entry fee.
Cheers
Shtock
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Brisbane
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February 2003
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Sat, 13 August 2005 11:30
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is the RoT a state or australian rally championship? ARC rallys seem to have rigourous scrutineering so you spend up big on preparation anyway?
but - hey it would be fun to do a road race - tho towing home to Qld the most-likely outcome would be a bit expensive. How many badly-bent rally cars get left behind in tassie after the Targa and RoT ?
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Outer Sth East burbs, VIC
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July 2004
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Re: entering AE86 in Targa tasmania
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Sun, 14 August 2005 00:40
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Wasnt talking about RoT as in the ARC. This is a stand alone event i believe.
Dont know the full details, just remember hearing about it before.
I know that the dude in the R34 and jim richards did it last year
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