Who's keen to enter Bathurst 12hr?

[Cal]

edo's type R makes sense

Not eligible.

Cal.

[260BC]

Turn off the ESP. They're a nicely balanced car without it.

No doubt the 350Z could be developed to be quick, assuming the chassis is up to it, but that would take some time and $. Problem with all those sorts of 'sports coupes' is they are burdened with comfort crap which involves not just extra weight.

[oxy]

Looks like we've found ourselves a driver

[Cal]

Is that the Stig?

Cal.

[Cal]

Problem with all those sorts of 'sports coupes' is they are burdened with comfort crap which involves not just extra weight.

I see that as an advantage when you are stripping the thing. Like 928 Porkers, go real good when you pull all the shit out.

Cal.

[|555|]

I can fill the tank in my Z, put on the track spec rubber, drive to the track, turn off traction control, go have an absolute blast on the track, then go home. The car is quite competitive as is. The only issues is you sometimes have tooo much fun and start hanging the tail out and doing drift spec versus grip spec. That's $0 spent on mods too (cept rubber).

What gives?

[Cal]

What gives?

Dunno, maybe lap times?

Cal.

[The Pupat]

Is that the Stig?

Cal.

Nah but I reckon the bloke with the gay race suit on the chair in the back in eyeing off the bloke in the yellow's arse like he's a hot gay man.

[COS61AE86RACER]

Rx3ip

Nothings free in this word mate, I guess you must have got the wrong impression when we were speaking about the event.

All up to do the 12hr @ Sepang cost me 7k, that included paying for my portion of the seat, flying over twice (once to test the car) & (once for 12hr), Accommodation & a bit of spending coin.

Looking forward to the 07 MME Bill, should be our time to shine this year I think mate :w:

If anybody out there has a 12hr Bathurst drive on offer for reasonable money (around 3k) PM me so we can have a chat

Later
Chris O

[260BC]

Dunno, maybe lap times?

Cal.

<adopting serious Edo type persona> Yeh its not about fun its about lap times :knock:

[Cal]

Nah but I reckon the bloke with the gay race suit on the chair in the back in eyeing off the bloke in the yellow's arse like he's a hot gay man.

Heard he likes Geminis too.

Cal.

[Nafe]

If anybody out there has a 12hr Bathurst drive on offer for reasonable money (around 3k) PM me so we can have a chat

Later
Chris O

Allowing for the 9k entry fee, with 3 drivers in the team, you expect to be able to race purely paying your part of the entry? Unless you're a big name who can use your rep to bring in sponsors for the team, I'd be saying

[CT]

A Lotus Trophy Exige or Elise is FAR from a GT3 spec machine. Those cars were barely modded at all compared to something in 2F. Also the Lotus class is a separate class altogether like the Eco-Hybrid/Diesel class.

Cayman is outside the price limit for race.

RX7 is eligible as it meets the criteria for having run in Performance and Production in the last 5 years - but you need dispensation to run it and it must conform to 3E (which Performance Cars do not).

Nafe, I was referring to Porsche 911 GT3 cars not FIA GT3 spec machines. Secondly, a sports car is a sports car, ie a category 2 car. The race is not for category 2 cars - so how did they wangle 3E spec for a fuckin Lotus. I bet poor old Mr Chapman rolled over at that one. The price limit is utter BS too as it's common knowledge that "production cars" are some of the dearest to build as you've got to hide everything!

My CAMs manual says that Category 1 = open wheelers, cat 2 = sports car and cat 3 = sedans. A lotus ain't a sedan. So how these fucktards got it approved as a "sports sedan" good luck to them. It is inconsistent, that's all. Otherwise, they could also run class 2 cars but the a porsche would turn up and spank them - just like the RX7 did in the old days. And we all know they don't want that.

[Nafe]

The price limit is on the initial purchase price of the car, not on how much you spend to build it. Price ceiling rules out GT3s and Caymans.

Mazda RX7s seem to run just fine in Category 3E and 3J, so there's your strict Category class theory out the window, unless somehow RX7s are sedans? RX7s have been running in 3 for donkeys years so it's not an inconsistency factor with the organisers either.
The Lotus cars will be run to 3E specification and subject to weight limits. So fuckin' what if it wasn't originally 3E? The organisers threw a lifeline to the guys who got fucked by Pickett, and added another class to the race.

With all the negativity around you'd think the 12 Hour was a BAD idea. Maybe we just shouldn't race at all then? Where's the benefit in that?

[edo]

No doubt the 350Z could be developed to be quick, assuming the chassis is up to it, but that would take some time and $. Problem with all those sorts of 'sports coupes' is they are burdened with comfort crap which involves not just extra weight.

This is production car racing, there are minimum weights for each car, & minimum ride heights, & rev & boost limits. Its a parity formula, so your point about extra weight is total crap

555, youre doing sprints...& the standard of driving at sprints is generally much lower than that in races.