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Location: Castle Hill, Sydney
Registered: February 2004
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Location: NSW, East Coast
Registered: July 2003
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Location: sydney
Registered: July 2004
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Tue, 21 September 2004 01:42

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omg i love galston gorge
me and my mates used to meet up about once a week for a to race through there
heres a word of advice if u want to thrash through the gorge u gotta do it AT NIGHT ONLY prefferably after 12 so u can see the headlights coming around the corner alos go on a wednesday or tuesday they seem to be best nites
anyways i hope u can get the stain outa ur pants
oh and i know im a fruit loop of a driver but yeah wot can u do
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Location: Epping, Sydney
Registered: April 2003
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Tue, 21 September 2004 02:04

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hehe hey Jesse.. yeah a good place to stack it the ol' gorge 
hey you know my mate James Kinene yeah?
anyway I reckon everyone has a stack or near-miss in them and it's always good to get it our of your system and live to tell
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Location: Baulko Hillo
Registered: April 2004
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Tue, 21 September 2004 03:38

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'The Gorge' kicks ass...... But yeah, I will only go near that place very late at night due to the above reason of being able to see headlights.
Speaking of near misses, I almost had a shit-thy-pants moment on that other well known road in the same area when I came around a bend to be confronted by 3 cars having a little touge of their own.....
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Location: Castle Hill, Sydney
Registered: February 2004
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Location: Castle Hill, Sydney
Registered: February 2004
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Tue, 21 September 2004 06:50

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and how do all you gorge guys take the hairpins... it really shits me having to drop to 1st for some of them, ive tried sliding round em but without a lsd, that only works in the wet!
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Location: Epping, Sydney
Registered: April 2003
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Tue, 21 September 2004 06:53

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yeah known james like forever from church, he's a total champion... lol, yeah 'cause we were there the other day and he was like "yeah I know this guy jesse with like a T-18 or something..."
and I was like, AH HA!
well being FWD with LSD I just plant it mate My handbrake needs adjusting before I can use it properly though.
I really want to do one of those proper driving schools.. or some motor/kahana cross things to get my experience up
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Location: Castle Hill, Sydney
Registered: February 2004
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Tue, 21 September 2004 06:58

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yeah i've done a few khancrosses it helps out a lot!
but i've found a night at castle hill showground to be just as educating
and with the hairpins my handbrake is awesome (skyline R31 rear discs) but i've only ever used it coming down hill through the hairpins in the wet, worked well but i dont know about in the dry? worth a try!
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I supported Toymods
Location: sydney.au
Registered: August 2002
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Tue, 21 September 2004 12:10

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AE86slut wrote on Tue, 21 September 2004 13:38 | 'The Gorge' kicks ass...... But yeah, I will only go near that place very late at night due to the above reason of being able to see headlights.
Speaking of near misses, I almost had a shit-thy-pants moment on that other well known road in the same area when I came around a bend to be confronted by 3 cars having a little touge of their own.....
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the day i get my car.
its on.
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I Supported Toymods
Location: Wollongong, NSW
Registered: December 2003
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Tue, 21 September 2004 13:35

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Haven't been up that way in a long time! Gave it a good go in my old AE82, brake fade almost landed me in the boot of a VT But it was worth it, hearing the ST182 punter behind me shout "F**K IT!" into the CB. He got sick of the hairpins and started using the handbrake
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Location: Baulko Hillo
Registered: April 2004
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Wed, 22 September 2004 01:16

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ae86drift wrote on Tue, 21 September 2004 22:10 |
AE86slut wrote on Tue, 21 September 2004 13:38 | 'The Gorge' kicks ass...... But yeah, I will only go near that place very late at night due to the above reason of being able to see headlights.
Speaking of near misses, I almost had a shit-thy-pants moment on that other well known road in the same area when I came around a bend to be confronted by 3 cars having a little touge of their own.....
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the day i get my car.
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I say we go all out and drive to the gorge through Dural, come out at Hornsby and then continue up 'The Old Road'.....
As for the hairpins, coming down is good practise for pre-apex handbrake application. And yeah, some of them just have to be taken in 1st, but most can be taken in 2nd, but I tend to get bogged down a little..... Can't wait for that 4.5 or 4.7 ring gear!!!
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Location: Castle Hill, Sydney
Registered: February 2004
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Wed, 22 September 2004 05:35

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sounds like a plan
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Location: Adelaide
Registered: January 2004
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I supported Toymods
Location: Sutho/Hills NSW
Registered: September 2002
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Wed, 22 September 2004 12:13

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my experience was coming home from work going to my gf's and a truck got stuck round a bend, morons over size think they can go down there
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Location: Baulko Hillo
Registered: April 2004
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Thu, 23 September 2004 01:34

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Arch wrote on Wed, 22 September 2004 21:22 | so you guys DO have hills roads over there...
<little kids voice> Our Gorge road is BETTER than Your Gorge road
hahaha
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Yeah.... Shame I didn't get to take you for a fang. Dunno why I always seem to be the only one who wants to go for a drive!
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Location: Castle Hill, Sydney
Registered: February 2004
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Thu, 23 September 2004 03:21

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ima lways keen for a hoon!
but NONE of my friends seem to ever want to, or even have a car!
gotta meet a few more toymodders!
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Location: Adelaide
Registered: January 2004
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Fri, 24 September 2004 12:28

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all you sydney guys are too far apart from each others
adelaide is better coz we are all so close together, u can really feel the LOVE
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Location: sydney
Registered: July 2004
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Fri, 24 September 2004 12:56

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just on those corners in a rwd i like to come in real wide hard on the brakes and heal toe so u keep the revs up then reef into the corner deep and put the foot down
but i dunno im really bad at explaining stuff like this cos i just do it and dont think to much about it
but remember not to deep on those hair pins cos the road at the apex is almost like a wall it like drops off so it helps if ur car aint too long
so basically the stratagy for going down those hair pins is alot of swearing and shitting ur pants whilst at the same time having tremendous fun
basically all i can say is figure it out for ur self
wot ever u feel is comfortable is the best option for u but a front wheel drive is better for those corners cos of handbrake
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Location: Adelaide
Registered: January 2004
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Fri, 24 September 2004 13:34

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pfft front wheel drive is always inferior, no matter what corner
oh, and rwd cars have handbrakes too
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Location: Campbelltown
Registered: November 2003
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Re: galston gorge experience
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Sun, 03 October 2004 05:33

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yes but when you have power driving through the wheels it not always great to pull the handbrake and lock the wheels. it may not be good for the longveity of the drive train. Also you don't need a hadbarke to slide it out just a smidgen of powaz.
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Location: Perth
Registered: September 2004
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