Feb 5th - Mountains Cruise! THIS WEEKEND

[Nate]

ok guys these are the details : This weekend will be going river deep and mountain high ... ok maybe not river but it will be water all the same! :D

Where : Starting at The Gap, off to Mount Nebo, Down Glorious into Samford Village, out to Dayboro (via clear mountain of course) over Mount Mee, thru woodford, beerwah and ending at andys mums house!

When : 5th of Feb (does this suit everyone?)

Lunch : FUSH and CHUPS at the FUSH and CHUP shop ( other foods available for the non fishy lovers )

Meet-up Points

Southside massive! - Springwood Macca's leave 9am
Head straight up the freeway to brisbane, continue on to the riverside expressway and follow it to the end and take the hale street flyover exit. about 1 km up hale street jump in the very left hand lane and that will spit you out on waterworks road, follow that until you come across the big BP on the left hand side, about 10km from where you turned off hale street!

Northside AIII -

BP on waterworks road (just before the corner of PAYNE street) at 9:45 Leave at 10am sharp!
It is the second site on waterworks road from memory ... check your refidex before you leve to save confusion

What to bring - Car, fuel, camera, loads of drinks cause it will be stinking hot!, lunch money, CB

any hassles post or pm me!

see you all on SUNDAY!!

[twilightprotege]

yay for mum!

ps - i dont need an lsd ;)

[bourbon]

so we havin food at andys mums place?

im a lil confused

and ill rely on someone else takin pics for me :P my mums got the digi all the way up at whitsundays...unless if we wanna cruise up there :D

[twilightprotege]

lunch at the fish and chups shop 40m from my mum's place, then having it in the park opposite mum's place.

[bourbon]

ohhh sweet as then...is it alright if i have fish and chips, cause im not kiwi and i dont like fush and chups...i like chuppa chups though thatsthe closet thing to chups...haha 1 word is right

[Mad Mat]

don't worry bourbon i will b brinning my digi cammera on sunday so will a lot of other people so there should not be a lack of photo's and movies.

[bourbon]

YAY :D haha as long as we dont get footage of goin down the side of the mountain ill be very very happy!

[Nate]

yay for mum!

ps - i dont need an lsd ;)

no ... just new tyres!

[Ian]

I should be there

[SHANNON]

hey i would be intested in coming i would love to get out and meet some new people,and bring my stockie old bg with me

just wondering does any 1 have kids or bring kids to these things im a part time single daddy and just wonderign wheather or not ill pick kids up early from mothers house

[twilightprotege]

probably not the best for kiddies out cruises. we tend to drive a little, umm, spirited.

there will be some other slower cars on the day and ppl who dont want to drive fast so it'll prob be ok

[SHANNON]

hmmm ok then

[Red Frog]

yeah take the kids. after all, Nate will be there :p lol

[CRA23]

i will be their with pants on...

[twilightprotege]

i would hope so

[Nate]

hey i would be intested in coming i would love to get out and meet some new people,and bring my stockie old bg with me

just wondering does any 1 have kids or bring kids to these things im a part time single daddy and just wonderign wheather or not ill pick kids up early from mothers house

stock cars are more than welcome! Bringing kids on the cruise is completely your call and depends really on there age! as twilight said we do enjoy abit of spirited driving and it is all within a sense of reason ie we dont go around doing 200ks an hours down the back roads, but enjoy giving the car a bit of stick thru the corners. Some of us go to enjoy the drive, some of us go to enjoy the drive faster, but its not really a problem because there are stops all along the way where we regroup, stretch the legs (sometimes change underwear :p) and chat. If this doesnt sound like your thing or the sort of thing you want to bring the kids too but want to do something all the same why not meet us at caloundra for lunch and hour or so by the beach, and a much more relaxed drive down the highway as a group?

I want to be able to cater for as many people as possible cause thats what we are all about, getting everyone together for a few laughs, a bit of a feed, a bit of driving and checking out eachothers cars. let me know what you think cause we are always more than happy to add another member to the qld contingent

nate :)

[Nate]

i will be their with pants on...

i cant vouch for myself on that one :p

[twilightprotege]

the caloundra meet up is at calm water so kiddies can swim if you like too

nate's going to bring his floaties

[Red Frog]

....and his Huggies Little Swimmers

[SHANNON]

i will just come on my own ..look out for a blue bg with a dent in the left hand door

[Nate]

No leigh ... Im a big kid now ... The only people that will have to worry about accidents in there pants are my passengers :p and good to see you are coming along shannon ... Wear your Battle scars with pride! ;)

[MitchEG]

ill be dere, can a friend tag along in a wrx? its still a maybe, but hes on a propationary license anyway so he wont be showing off...and i reckon andy would give him a hard time even if he was!

[Nate]

yeppers

[marcs_sp20]

Ill meet all of ya's at the bp on waterworks rd with even more battle scars...

I ran into a magna last month and just yesterday a corolla decided that my back bumper bar needed a touch up on corro drive in brisbane.

Im really not having the best of luck with this car, but oh well.

Marc

[Mad Mat]

hey nate can i bring a mate along to. he drives a camrey but he thrashes the **** out of it so he could provid the entertanment.

[AstinaBoiV6]

aww wish i could come.... :( i got stuff on at the time... represent SPRINGWOOD MASSIVE :D next time im comin aight

[AS7INA]

Well have fun, but ill be pushing out a baby on the 5th... hehehe.. thinking of you guys though!
lol...

[Tublade]

I would come but i've just spent almost $900 after getting my car fixed. Damn getting a serviced these days are expensive.

[Nate]

fark man what did they do??

[Tublade]

They fixed a broken engine mount, new alternator, new fuel filter, fix my brakes, major sevrice, and a few little things. But at least now my car's running better again now.

[redrush]

i bet mine needs a massive service, being lazy isnt always so good

[Nate]

Ok guys! I am really sorry but due to circumstances beyond my control i wont be able to make the cruise on sunday. twiggy and ryan ... do you want to lead for me? you guys know the area pretty well?

:( :( :(

nate

[twilightprotege]

i dunno the clear mountain way, obviously know the nebo way ;)

[CRA23]

gees nate i told you to lay off the crack :D all it does is make u sick and get u in trouble :P

[twilightprotege]

here's the path :

http://www.nowwhereroute.com/travelmate/SmartTrip/mappage.aspx?fromTown=the+gap&toTown=clear+mountain&RouteType=FASTEST&ViaTown1=mount+nebo&ViaTown2= (need to select "the gap, qld, 4061")

then

http://www.nowwhereroute.com/travelmate/SmartTrip/mappage.aspx?fromTown=clear+mountain&toTown=caloundra&RouteType=SHORTEST&ViaTown1=woodford&ViaTown2=Beerwah (select "woodford, qld, 4514")

[mazmitch]

Gap NSW? i thought it was meet up at springwood and then another meet up at the gap (brisbane suburb)

[twilightprotege]

need to select "the gap, qld, 4061" as per instructions ;) :p

the gap is the final meeting point before taking off

[Nate]

ian will be able ot get you up clear mountain

heading east into samford vaillage turn left at the round about, follow that approx 3 ks to eatons crossing road, turn right, follow that for approx 7 ks until you see clear mountain road, turn left, follow clear mountain road to the end and turn right onto winn road, at the end of winn road turn right and that will take you to dayboroh/mt mee

[bourbon]

and why isnt nate coming :D hahah

[Mad Mat]

hey nate. man it is not going to be the same with out u there but we will still have some fun. so y aren't u coming?

[marcs_sp20]

Unfortunately i will not be attending the cruise this time either. I have a huge insurance excess bill to pay for in two weeks, probs with the exhaust and no money to fix any of it.

Will be on the next cruise hopefully.

Marc

p.s Ian, ill have to see if one of my mates wants to race ya in his supercharged evo-lookalike lancer, goes hella fast but u'll beat him. Was good meeting up with ya again at milton macca's last night.

[project.r.racing]

twiggy and ryan ... do you want to lead for me? you guys know the area pretty well?

fark i'm still trying to work out where the starting line is!!! i cant lead

ryan

[mazmitch]

Are we going to post pone or shorten the cruise i know its painful after how much work Nate has put into it.

[Ian]

Humm yeah, I know the clear mountain way, I can get everyone there, but whats going on with this cruise? Im still keen to go... I canned work for it....

[twilightprotege]

i'm still keen and a few others are as well. this cruise will still go ahead. i'll just take over.

we'll follow the route as i posted the links to before. i'm sure that's the way nate was thinking anyway.

[Nate]

i'm still keen and a few others are as well. this cruise will still go ahead. i'll just take over.

we'll follow the route as i posted the links to before. i'm sure that's the way nate was thinking anyway.

yep for sure ... twiggy is the original cruise master ;)

i am unable to attend beacuse i have no battery in my car and if i am going to be able to afford to replace it i have to work on sunday. the unfortunate side of being a tafe student :(

[bourbon]

ummm i might have one you could borrow :P haha...out of my mums kj laser, i pick her up sunday avo at like 5 so she wont notice its gone :P haha

[MitchEG]

do it man! like mat said, it wont be a proper AGT cruise without the Nate

[bourbon]

yeah i have to meet him as well :P haha...but yeh gotta meet you all...and ill be startin at SPRINGWOOD!

[mazmitch]

Im still keen for sure

[bourbon]

ok well nates chosen to work...i offered the battery but hes workin...

[Ian]

Nate

I got my old battery u can get around on. Its not farked, just a bit old. It needs a charge, but im sure we can work something out.

[project.r.racing]

i'm still keen, spoken to tim and gav, they are still keen also.

ryan

[bourbon]

Nate

I got my old battery u can get around on. Its not farked, just a bit old. It needs a charge, but im sure we can work something out.


nate said hes workin...so i guess he can buy a new battery :)

[Ian]

roffles I meant so he didnt have to buy a new one :P

Im sure theres better **** he can spend the money on. That battery has a good 6 months in it yet.

[bourbon]

ahhaha quick contact him and tell him :P haha

[Nate]

hey guys. cheers for the support guys (emails, pm's, txt's), i have been offered enough batteries to start my own power station! and i never knew i was so loved :p, but its cool, thebattery is just usable and i could get away with it for a cruise (maybe with the help of jumper cables! :p) but hte fact of the matter is work has asked me to work a 10 hour shift at time and a half tomorrow, they have been more than felxiable fitting in a roster that inconviences them so i can still work while i am at tafe. add to that i am $600 in debt to my parents from before xmas and i am trying to fund a motorsport career you take the cash when you can get it ;)

[AstinaBoiV6]

good luck with the cruise :D

[bourbon]

hey dudes...im gonna give this one a miss sorry...just got alot to do, didnt get enough time to do it today...but ill try my darn hardest to be at the cruise next week...damn full on house clean :( have bout 3 loads of dishes to do with no dishwasher...4loads of clothes washin...and also a wash for my car...haha its long over due...keep it safe boys and remember to have fun!

sorry to pull out

[chicaboo]

You missed out on a great cruise Nathan, and Nate... On the 3 twisties sections, I was able to keep up with Andy on 2 of them, he was obviously driving slow. We only had to stop about 6 times for Ian's overheating radiator. :p Andy and I painted the road nicely somewhere before Nebo too, that was fun! Was very very hot, but a good day after the early spit of rain.

Gav.

[bourbon]

ohhh damn sounds like i missed out on fun...next sunday i shall be on the cruise

[project.r.racing]

was a good cruise, nice to run somewhere different for once. the highlight of the day was the late lunch... fush n chups, they were choice bro, cheers for the idea andy.

ryan

[Ian]

Damnit Damnit Damnit...

The whole overheating radiator thing **** me off like you wouldnt believe. I was gona try and push it hard today, but the car didnt like it, and had to contend myself with keeping to the back of the cruise.

Oh well. New radiator within a week.... If it wasent for this damned flue id be able to sort alot more **** out. I gota get the aircon radiator out too, sort out my internal wiring, fit a turbo timer, buy a whole bunch of gauges and fit them, fit my CAI, and lots lots more.

Anyone know where I can buy gauges cheap? Id like a Oil Temp, Water Temp and Boost gauge.

Oh and what was that place every1 recomended for buying radiators?

[bourbon]

do you want a stock radiator? cuase if so i can prob get one

[Ian]

is it a stock auto BG radiator, or stock manual?

The auto is alot bigger, and thats what im chasing.

[project.r.racing]

i spoke to my roomate - he said the one you got should be fine... he suggested a radiator flush cos if may have **** in it from older/gtx engine that settled while sitting a auto wreckers...

anywayz, good cruise even with little problems along the way, a must do again.

ryan

[SHANNON]

good cruise guys

sorry had to drop off at lunch time got a phone call to goto work it was my day off but i had to go and keep the boss happy :D

[bourbon]

yeah ian...ill see what i can doo...if i can get one it will prob be a new radiator..but lettin you no the AUTO radiators have extra holes in them on the bottom...

[chicaboo]

They have extra holes for their built-in oil cooler for the auto gearbox. I seriously doubt an auto box would be better at cooling because some of the space is used for the oil cooling. UNLESS you use the oil cooler for your engine???

[mazmitch]

great cruise guys, i got home and had to rotate my tyres all that hard driving seriously detreded my fronts

[LordWorm]

Thought I best sign up...

Had a ball... only complaint was the stopping on narrow roads, when we had just passed perfectly servicable lookouts where I could have gotten some nice photos!!!


Anyway, cant wait to see the photos and vids of the trip.. was a nice run.. The twisties were great fun (mandy didn't like them much unfortunatly...)... cant wait to try once the superlows go on...

was fairly "spirited" the whole way... car got the cobwebs blown out... and I got to road test the response of the TB and intake mods (these work an absolute treat Twilight...can't thank you enough for helping out with them!!)

Spoke to SILVERBULLIT from the toyota club.. he had a good time but pulled out due to last nights curry disagreeing with the twisties... He'll be at the drag day in force...Expect to see you all there... NA Guys and Gals to help us get the trophy, FI people to give us some awesome burnouts and ultra fast runs to look at...and to support your NA brethren in their march to superiority over the toyota guys (looking increasingly likely now that northy's car is out of commission...)

[chicaboo]

great cruise guys, i got home and had to rotate my tyres all that hard driving seriously detreded my fronts :eek: You need YOUR tires rotated??? :eek: :p

[project.r.racing]

Good to see some new guys about and other non-astina cars also :) I feel like a newbie every cruise i do cos i hardly do any.

Ryan

[chicaboo]

We had a great time, I wish I could've shown off more to the Silver Sportivo, but he was unfortunately stuck behind me on the wet twisties section, and with 2 cactus tyres I wasnt willing to push too hard...

[LordWorm]

:eek: You need YOUR tires rotated??? :eek: :p
I should probably check mine out..

didnt HEAR any howling... but had the stereo cranked for the most part...

the second or third lot of twisties i was getting a bit of oversteer happening.... trying to keep up with you guys at the front was a full time job! i've never been so buggered after a drive in my life =)

[project.r.racing]

bugger huh? need more sleep and food in ya!!! if i didn't live up here i would've go home the same way :)

[chicaboo]

didnt HEAR any howling... but had the stereo cranked for the most part...My tyres generally don't make much noise, but today was the first time I hit the knifes edge and got them overheated, then they were noisy and kinda D1ish on the last set of twisties... :eek:

[twilightprotege]

yeah was a good day, as most of our cruises are.....

and i still got 300k's to the top half of the fuel tank :p :p :p

gav - get real tyres ;)

[chicaboo]

gav - get real tyres ;)Yeah I know, they grip nowhere near as good as Mitches Goodyear Eagle thingies, mine spin up too easy in comparison. I really want Toyo Proxes T1-S or whatever they are called now, but I'm worried they won't fit under the guards with those +38 rims... :mad: I'm considering a lightweight 16" replacement rims soon. Any suggestions anyone? Must be cheap and light, pref' with gold/bronze finish and machined lip.

Gav.

[MitchEG]

yah, fun cruise...nice burnouts you two...need to go back again and add to the collection. set off some bushfire alerts.

I wish i could've driven (not that i wouldve kept up) but yeah, car = leaking. I found out it is an engine mount so its no biggie.

looking forward to the next one.

[MitchEG]

i dunno if u could call what my tyes do "gripping" more like a squishy, howly, squealy suction cup that slowly lets go...

[chicaboo]

Well if they hang on at a higher level with some ground control I see nothing wrong with them. It's really hard to tell with our cars, as mine are quiet, but seem slipperier at higher speeds that yours don't have a chance to get to because it's not lowered yet.?! But your's seem grippier, but hell noisy though!

[twilightprotege]

t1-r's they are now...

gav, me thinks you need to call an importer of 2nd hand wheels ;) cheap!

[chicaboo]

Rota make some nice cheap knock-offs of Racing Hart and Ray's Engineering, and are still reasonably light, and kinda cheapish for what they are, but still on the exe side of things...

[MitchEG]

yah, and alot of them are rebadged as RJR (Bob Jane) wheels.

[twilightprotege]

anyone posted piccies yet?

[chicaboo]

I got no prob with that as long as they are near the weight of Ray's and RH...

[MitchEG]

i like VORK racing and RAV's engineering

[chicaboo]

Yeah, those are made by BSA, the cheap ****ty line from Enkei.

[Ian]

Humm.

Twas a good cruise indeed, as I said before, bitterly disapointed about the heat problems, I wanted to give thoes up front a run for their money...

Speaking of which, i got lots more to spend on my suspension before I go anywhere.

I still won in the Ian vs Gav drag tho :P

That was hella funny... Wounder what the bystanders musta thought, when they saw 4 astinas just flatten it off the lights?

[chicaboo]

You got me well and truely dude, get some ground control and driver skills going and you can run upfront if you're not silly about it, otherwise you be kissing the guardrail, or worse another car. I thought I did ok today, but I really held back on the wet stuff, I didn't feel too sure about that with 2 dodgey tyres.

[AstinaBoiV6]

when r the pics goin up?

[project.r.racing]

You got me well and truely dude, get some ground control and driver skills going and you can run upfront if you're not silly about it, otherwise you be kissing the guardrail, or worse another car. I thought I did ok today, but I really held back on the wet stuff, I didn't feel too sure about that with 2 dodgey tyres.

Ian - yeah what gav said... remember srpings and sway bar.
Gav- put those ****ty tyres on the back and start drifting :) no more excuses!

Ryan

[project.r.racing]

:mad: I'm considering a lightweight 16" replacement rims soon. Any suggestions anyone? Must be cheap and light, pref' with gold/bronze finish and machined lip.

why only go 16s gav? and whats with the colour combo? gold/bronze on grey, have you really thought this though? are you on drugs? hehe.

suggestion - 17x7.5 +43 offset sava intensa 215/45zr17s high level of laterial grip, low noise, long life, german made + quality, not too pricey.

i'll be going back to these tyres when the current ones are done, i have sava intensas on my old 17s, i loved them...

Ryan

[chicaboo]

Yeah I know what you mean Ryan, but I've not seen this combo before, the bronze might be ****ty, but I think a nice gold would be ok. Otherwise I would consider plain alloy with machined lip.

I was looking at sizes on Miata.net last night, and I would consider 205/40/17(x7) methinks. I've had probs aquaplaining before, and the bigger tyre for the 7.5" rim throws out my tyre height too much anyway.

Well, 16s or 17s, not too fussed, I'm just a tightarse...
Gav.

[twilightprotege]

17's = Slower.

[QuicKSilveR]

So is anyone coming out next week-end?

[Nate]

i had to miss out on my own bloody cruise, so you know i will be on this one ryan :p

[twilightprotege]

post PIIIIIICCCCSSSSSSS

[project.r.racing]

Yeah I know what you mean Ryan, but I've not seen this combo before, the bronze might be ****ty, but I think a nice gold would be ok. Otherwise I would consider plain alloy with machined lip.

I was looking at sizes on Miata.net last night, and I would consider 205/40/17(x7) methinks. I've had probs aquaplaining before, and the bigger tyre for the 7.5" rim throws out my tyre height too much anyway.

Gav.

205/40 on 17s, no can do unless you wanna spend big $$$, then you might as well gone the fidderent combo. forgewt the bronze idea but i've also seen matt gold with machined rims and grey cars like yours, that looks horn, (stolen from Pr1mo!) or wheel colours like mine (black + machined lip) also look awesome on grey cars. :)

Ryan

P.S. where are the pics peoples? did anyone take any?

[Mad Mat]

i will. i just cant find a web site to use to upload them on to the thread. any ideas.

[project.r.racing]

So is anyone coming out next week-end? driftios on at willowbank! wanna drive by there instead?

Ryan

[project.r.racing]

i will. i just cant find a web site to use to upload them on to the thread. any ideas.

it is unfortunate but you cannot just post pics on this site, pretty lame but the powers to be have made it that way. ask nate, gav, pete or andy. they're been hanging around here long enough to know.

Ryan

[twilightprotege]

imageshack

[project.r.racing]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e189/deejayryry/jayspic.jpg

only one i got, jay did it on tims camera, they took heaps, i'd ask them

[chicaboo]

205/40 on 17s, no can do unless you wanna spend big $$$, then you might as well gone the fidderent combo. forgewt the bronze idea but i've also seen matt gold with machined rims and grey cars like yours, that looks horn, (stolen from Pr1mo!) or wheel colours like mine (black + machined lip) also look awesome on grey cars. :)I can get the Toyo Proxes T1-R in 205/40/17, but I don't know about price vs availability compared to the other sizes? Yep, a subdued gold, with the bling coming mainly from the machined lip, that's the sort of look I would like. A bright gold might be too much at one time? A black or uber dark grey would prolly do aswell, easier to get too...

I want piccies also!

[twilightprotege]

pic bump!

[project.r.racing]

another pic bump, hehe

[AstinaBoiV6]

common when r the pics gona b up n redy to see ?? :p

[chicaboo]

Our budding photographers might actually work through the day...?

[Ian]

havent read the rest of the thread, but www.photobucket.com is really good I find, it doesent put any annoying adds on your images and even gives you copy/paste code so you can whack em on forums v. easily

[project.r.racing]

http://i39.photobucket.com/albums/e189/deejayryry/jayspic.jpg

only one i got, jay did it on tims camera, they took heaps, i'd ask them

^look up, photobucket^

[boostedbatman]

Pics would be nice but I made sure to take enough Mental images from the day
But yeah some hrd copy would be nice Timmster
Another mental image : Andys Brakes stomping into corners at Nebo got my knees all wobbly with joy
Thank GOODNESS I have a set as well but no damn rotors to pin them on yet, need bigger wheels me thinks
Hello Rays.... :rolleyes:

It was good to see some new faces and well.............................
Um nice to see some old..........................
Faces as well
Great to see Team Grey growing by the minute
Maybe a bit more inclusion next time from all those nervous and shy peoples
Apart from that It Was Fun To Come Along And Talk SMACK

Ryan I promise not to leave the BA Supercar in parts forever
Timster It was great to see another sporting the JIC team

[LordWorm]

Any word on the extra pics? got a hunch someone snapped my car several times down nebo!


in related news - both front tires have serious scrubbing on the insides..musta been caning it a bit harder than I thought...

Oh well...cactus tires means I get my toyos sooner :cool:

[mazmitch]

Alrigty i have some picies, i added them into my msn space and they are in their own gallery (found it easier to add then on here or on Astina GT). Feel free to right click and save.

If they dont come up automaticly just use the drop down on the top left and change the AGT & OMC CRUISE Gallery



http://spaces.msn.com/moviemitch/photos/?_c02_owner=1

[MitchEG]

nice pics mitch...too bad my red member couldnt be in them :D

[AstinaBoiV6]

looked like a fun cruise.. thats a nice lookin turbo BG u got there ian :D

[Ian]

why thankee sir

[project.r.racing]

awesome pics - there's even one of me picking my nose in the background hehehe

[Ian]

awww but theres not enough pics of my car!

More photos! Now! NOW~~~!!~


please?

[mazmitch]

lol ian thats cause you were over heating all the time if i wanted pics of a steam cooker i would of taken pics of cooking equipment, nah its all good im sure there was laods more pics taken

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http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/1539/phot00511yy.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phot00511yy.jpg)

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/999/phot00034xc.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phot00034xc.jpg)

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/5820/phot00522wg.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phot00522wg.jpg)

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/7697/phot00539oe.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phot00539oe.jpg)

http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/9346/phot00566hb.th.jpg (http://img222.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phot00566hb.jpg)

http://img133.imageshack.us/img133/4153/phot00557lp.th.jpg (http://img133.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phot00557lp.jpg)

[89sp1.8]

there ya go..some pics i got,not the best but u get the idea.

theres ur pic for ya ian :)

[boostedbatman]

Nice pics there I especially like the one where I am propping up Tims bonnet
Makes me feel like I had a car t :D here on the day too

[boostedbatman]

I was just wondering what these 2 cars have in common
http://tk.files.storage.msn.com/x1pVnZjdBBvj2KcGwnI2HDZ6m-Fd-QBxplIg-mW7fYid2Lbmd3qx_yQKcH7ffNe0pws2IOlxDYvGvVvCr1feard ROH-TSlIJb-OwAsxNeQibFD3tnNJjhny4NVZB_WABbLZrSi7dQCsgwI
http://pic18.picturetrail.com/VOL885/3181817/6488579/119636660.jpg

[CRA23]

:D i wonder what it could be

[bourbon]

hahaha well i dont no...i noticed they are both opposite sides :p

[project.r.racing]

both there wheels are too small haha :) i noticed that

[boostedbatman]

We dont all need big rubbers Mr mungus

[bourbon]

ry haha dont start with toooooo small...im on 14" mags :p hahaha sleeper style...althoughmy car isnt really a sleeper...well it does sleep alot

[boostedbatman]

Maybe its the swaybar ;)
Maybe its the Front Caster kit :)
Maybe its the Camber bolts :cool:
Maybe its the strut brace :rolleyes:
Maybe its a :confused: uummm
Ryan are you going to steal it/them while I sleep :eek:

[project.r.racing]

Maybe its the swaybar ;)
Maybe its the Front Caster kit :)
Maybe its the Camber bolts :cool:
Maybe its the strut brace :rolleyes:
Maybe its a :confused: uummm
Ryan are you going to steal it/them while I sleep :eek:

i could do with a swaybar :)hehe, dont fall asleep tonight Pete :)

[boostedbatman]

I never sleep
I am the dark knight

[project.r.racing]

I probably couldn't get in there anywayz, there is some much **** on the floor that i'd trip and kill myself in the dark... i dont have night eyes!

[AstinaBoiV6]

wow thats crazy.. i thought they were on hydraulics then a photochop n then that it was floating.. heheh nice 1

[boostedbatman]

But there is still 1 important factor not yet been factored in.............
What could it be :confused:

I probably couldn't get in there anywayz, there is some much **** on the floor that i'd trip and kill myself in the dark... i dont have night eyes!
Ouch,Gearbox..stumble..bang...%$#$..Head... trip*^!* Conrod,.,.slice..Piston..,//..Camshafts..Thud.,,,4 pots.................WOOF
EEk Dog

[Nate]

... slam, wack, fall, ahh comfy race seat!

[boostedbatman]

Ahhh its right at the front I was just sitting on it watching the world go by as I drank a can of bourbon :D

[AstinaBoiV6]

u drank bourbon... omg u drank our fellow member.. how can you live withyourself :p

hehe hey Ian.. can i make love to your car??? hahah or atleast get a ride in it sum time :D

[bourbon]

bhahaha i look away from this thread for 10mins and there talkin bout drinkin me...should i be scared???

[AstinaBoiV6]

yes run while you still can Batman has a thirst for bourbon :p

[bourbon]

haha well ive beatin batman in a dance off once before, im sure i can do it again... :D

[Ian]

....Wow... Dancing and drinking each other... Im not going to touch that with a 10 ft poll.

As to my car... sure... my passanger seat is allways open every cruise, inc the one this weekend, tho u will have 2 b fast.

[Ian]

hey can I get larger version of the images? particually the two of my car? Im trying to build a sig :P

[89sp1.8]

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8189/phot00475va.th.jpg (http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phot00475va.jpg)

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/6991/phot00446tz.th.jpg (http://img152.imageshack.us/my.php?image=phot00446tz.jpg)

hopefully this should be bigger

[chicaboo]

WTF happened to his drivers door?

[Ian]

i had a disaggreement with a ute about 8 months back.

[LordWorm]

There were more photos than this! someone was taking photos in front of me all day long!

someones gotta have a decent shot of my car, surely :\

[chicaboo]

How about a decent shot of the 2 Go Go Gadget smoke screens???

[LordWorm]

How about a decent shot of the 2 Go Go Gadget smoke screens???
You guys were miles ahead when you did that weren't you? the stivo didnt have a camera on board and he would been the only guy in range to take snaps :P

By the way, it took about 5mins for the smell of burning rubber to get out of my air con!

[89sp1.8]

yeh madmatt has some pics and so do like 2 or 3 others,

[89sp1.8]

by the way excellent smoke screen,really couldnt see the car in front lol

[chicaboo]

I only wish I could see the lines left on the road after all that! The creative zig-zaggy ones were courtessy of your's truely! :D
I don't think Silver Stivo appreciated Andy setting that trend either... :eek:

[LordWorm]

I only wish I could see the lines left on the road after all that! The creative zig-zaggy ones were courtessy of your's truely! :D
I don't think Silver Stivo appreciated Andy setting that trend either... :eek:
Dont think he had a problem with the tread marks... he just wasnt keen on joining in :)

i woulda helped out, but i dont have enough grunt to smoke up... (10m really patchy chirped up burn out is the best i have ever managed, and no smoke :\)

There were alot of things he didnt appriciate...doing burn outs wasnt one of them :P

[chicaboo]

No fuzz, read that he was peaved by some peeps, I wondered if Andy and I having some fun and going ape**** through the Mt Mee twisties had anything to do with that? If so, lucky he turned off before us 2 got to the twisties near Caloundra! That was some spirited driving.

[MitchEG]

yah, he had a go on ozmazda about the driving of a few ppl...i thought the burnouts were good fun!

lordworm, if u wanna help out, put your handbrake on next time!

[chicaboo]

Yeah, you don't need it on much, it just helps to stop the car accellerating away too much before they get so hot they turn into black glass...

[Ian]

I was directly up your asses when you put down teh smoke screen

I was considering adding some myself, but im not sure the car would of liked it very much, and I like my gearbox.

//edit check out the sig, man!

[bourbon]

ahah ian

and another HAHAHA cause the sigs the same old strechted out one...unless if your talkin bout chicas

[twilightprotege]

yeah i hate it when my car runs badly and lots of smoke comes out the exhaust ;)

[chicaboo]

I was directly up your asses when you put down teh smoke screen
I was considering adding some myself, but im not sure the car would of liked it very much, and I like my gearbox.I'm glad you didn't, I like the rear bumper on my car... :p

[LordWorm]

No fuzz, read that he was peaved by some peeps, I wondered if Andy and I having some fun and going ape**** through the Mt Mee twisties had anything to do with that? If so, lucky he turned off before us 2 got to the twisties near Caloundra! That was some spirited driving.
well seeing as i saw him disappear infront of me at nebo, i dont think the spirited driving had him worried (he had some bad curry the night before though apparently..maybe his guts gave up??)..but he was nearly hit a few times in a few places we stopped (narrow bits..) and was worried by one or 2 of the youngins on the cruise :P

he had a good time tho he says... and is looking forward to the drag day (and with northy's stivo's engine blown to smitherines, he may well be the only serious competition we have now ;) )

edit: if things goto plan over the next couple of weeks, i may be crusing with superlows and CF boot next time ;) least then someone will have something perdy belonging to me to take photos of :D

[project.r.racing]

gav - your sig is horn, hehe, mad me laugh

[project.r.racing]

I'm glad you didn't, I like the rear bumper on my car... :p

remember the near ryry custom job i did awhile back? ian might to a better job huh gav?

[chicaboo]

Actually speaking of custom rear ends on cars, on reflection I commented to my passenger several times how the Stivo was breaking rather late and up my clacker on a few occasions! I don't know if that was because he had someone giving him the same treatment and he needed the reduced buffer to stop safely? Or perhaps the abrupt stop would upset the tummy? Whatever, but it's expected that I almost run into the back of Nate on every cruise, and surprising (to me!?) that I was in a position to do the same to Twiggy this time around...

Ryan: The new sig is courtessy of our friend Dan "Indian elephants have the smaller ears" Rupewrhect...

[LordWorm]

Actually speaking of custom rear ends on cars, on reflection I commented to my passenger several times how the Stivo was breaking rather late and up my clacker on a few occasions! I don't know if that was because he had someone giving him the same treatment and he needed the reduced buffer to stop safely? Or perhaps the abrupt stop would upset the tummy? Whatever, but it's expected that I almost run into the back of Nate on every cruise, and surprising (to me!?) that I was in a position to do the same to Twiggy this time around...

Ryan: The new sig is courtessy of our friend Dan "Indian elephants have the samller ears" Rupewrhect...
i dont know if he would have deliberatly been up your date... prob uprated engine, with no uprated braking gear?
or maybe he just likes travelling close?

He was much quicker than I expected...and those stivos dont look half bad... hrmmm

[twilightprotege]

i was no where near my limits going down the range before caloundra....

you can never judge on the speed of the car unless you know they are pushing it as hard as they can. the toyota could have had brake fade? or could be just telling gav to get a move along?

[chicaboo]

Yeah his car went great in the wet (I had to be careful with two bald tyres...), but I was too busy to look for him on the dry section when he was around, so I dunno where he was on that occasion. Going off what I've been told, they should outhandle our cars with some suspension mods...

[chicaboo]

i was no where near my limits going down the range before caloundra....

you can never judge on the speed of the car unless you know they are pushing it as hard as they can. the toyota could have had brake fade? or could be just telling gav to get a move along?Thought you were driving like a granny, my tyres went past their limit on the twisties before Caloundra though... Dunno why you were doing a go-slow on such nice roads? :confused:
When the Stivo was coming up hard behind me I was backing off to suit what you were doing when I caught up to you, not really any hurrying along to be done on those occasions...

[CRA23]

i was up his arse most of nebo prolly why he was braking late but every time i was up his arse he was right behind you gav...

[twilightprotege]

the slightly damn conditions was the most fun!

[twilightprotege]

go slow because my tyres arent so great anymore too. almost on the wear indicators and also they've done some 25000k's i think

[CRA23]

i got 45000 out my kumhos till i wore the insides of then down to the belt :D ive done just over 10000 on the goodyears and they are about half way, i cont wait till i need new tyres!!!

[chicaboo]

Yeah, I ordered a new tyre today to replace the shreaded one, but I should prolly order 2 more, but I want to just get through the other 3 at the same time so I can get a complete new set with new wheels... My tyres have been around since the Photoshoot cruise 09/2004, they've done some big km's by now I expect.

[LordWorm]

Twilight: off topic here...but where do i start looking for prebent pipe for home made exhaust?...been googling all night and ... well.. i think i'm a bit of a tard when it comes to these things :P

maybe i should ask exhaust places?? :P

edit: oh and took your advice... loads of nail polish remover, hot water, soap, fishing line and 2 razor blades later, i removed all the salters badges, the RACQ inspection sticker, the window tint advertisment stickers and the "YOU MUST SERVICE ME AT THIS PLACE IN 3 WEEKS OR ELSE" sticker...

i swear the glue they use would survive a blast from 3kilos of C4...

[bourbon]

at work we normally use turps to remove stickers...so im guessin that might of worked as well...

[Nate]

Whatever, but it's expected that I almost run into the back of Nate on every cruise, and surprising (to me!?) that I was in a position to do the same to Twiggy this time around...


yeah but i gotta drive careful, always got precious cargo on board :p... gav anytime you want to chase me over nebo you are more than welcome :p

oh and as far as tyres go kuhmo KU31's are the ****, gettinga set in the coming months, $130 a pop for 195/50/15's ;) (super good deals at hornibrook motorsport) ... you heard it here first

[Ian]

fkn ****box maxxis.

[AstinaBoiV6]

haha nice sig ian.. looking good.. u just had to include the word "turbo" didnt u :D

[boostedbatman]

haha nice sig ian.. looking good.. u just had to include the word "turbo" didnt u :D
Just in case there is someone on these boards who may have missed that one :rolleyes:

Hey Ian : I have the worlds only Hardtop Type 27R :p

[Ian]

hey batman: My car runs :P

Or at least it will by this afternoon.

[boostedbatman]

Enjoy it while you can pretty boy ;)
For you are now at the top of my Drags KILL LIST
And just to think of it ... you will also be the first turbo car to be flogged by an all motor astina
I recommend you get in all the practice you can and up the mods a bit so that you stand some sort of chance but at the end of the day I will have these stickers on the car just for you on the day
Front windscreen: GOT BOOST??
Rear window: NOT ****!NG LIKELY!!

But I will say to you that its not all bad as there are plenty of high reputation competitors on my list including GTRs and Supras and Rexxies and S13-->15s even the EVOs and the unlucky bogan headed v8 brigades

So enjoy basking in the sunshine for now as my shopping list is getting smaller by the week and before you know it you will be staring at my distant diminishing arse

But I have just one thing to say to your comments and that is:
shes dead jim (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5905)
fuel pump power supply (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5902)
Car wont start (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5658)
Lots of little issues (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5691)
Before that
Tick Tick - Boom (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5481)
And the finale
Engine is dead (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5502)

additional accessory posts
*sigh* shes dead jim (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4951)
dear god NO! (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4582)

Looks a bit like we all have our problems hey?? :rolleyes: :D
But all in jest I look forward to cruising the burbs with you and hopefully by then we both get to live a drama free driving life
Its been fun messing with you
But I am serious about the "better pull your pants up racerboy quotes" cos the Bat is a coming to punish all soon

[QuicKSilveR]

The Orange Jelly Bean will be waiting on the line.

[Nate]

told? :p :p :p

[boostedbatman]

Sweet as I have wanted to go toe to toe with you before but alas we never had the pleasure

[Nate]

Sweet as I have wanted to go toe to toe with you before but alas we never had the pleasure

im affraid pete will probably win, his navigator will be rowing from the passengers seat :p

[boostedbatman]

Oh yes I now oficially have a Navigator for the Queensland Challenge this year

[chicaboo]

What's funnier is that my car used to be able to keep up with 10WKH's green TX3 from 100-140, would be cool to see how it goes against kiddos new BPT on the highway, but I'm not expecting much from my car until I have 100+ ATW...

[SILVABULLIT]

i was no where near my limits going down the range before caloundra....

you can never judge on the speed of the car unless you know they are pushing it as hard as they can. the toyota could have had brake fade? or could be just telling gav to get a move along?


Hey boys just thought I'd join up so I can post up a few things.

Firstly when you stop on a cruise find somewhere appropriate with heaps of room. I was watching my mirrors closely expecting a red Astina climbing into my boot but luckily it didn't happen. Pity the last cars who were stuck out on the middle of the road. :( Cruise was good but to me felt a little more like a sunday drive with my wife in the car. I certainly wasn't pushing my car hard at all and would have only engaged lift prolly 4 odd times. Conditions were a little wet in spots but didn't worry me in the slightest as I know the limits of my car and could have pushed it a lot harder safely.

I wasn't fussed about you guys doing burnouts(they're your tyres :) ) but the passing over double lines was a bit stupid not to mention dangerous.(you know who you are :( )If you are going to go slow on a cruise and have somebody faster behind pull of safely and let them through. Thanks to the guy in the blue Astina who did this :) As for keeping up with you Chicaboo that wasn't hard. I kept letting you get away so I could have a bit of a hard run that's why I dropped back and was then braking hard up behind you on occasions as I was going a lot quicker and also just putting a bit of a gap to the cars behind.

Sorry that I didn't continue on the cruise but the ol' stomach wasn't up to scratch and decided to head for home. Would have been nice to have a good hard run for some distance to see how your Mazda's compare to the Sportivo handling and power wise but maybe next time. We'll through out an invite to you next time we do a run over Nebo/Glorious... at night!!It's much better and no traffic :)

Cheers Silvabullit. :)

[Ian]

Enjoy it while you can pretty boy ;)
For you are now at the top of my Drags KILL LIST
And just to think of it ... you will also be the first turbo car to be flogged by an all motor astina
I recommend you get in all the practice you can and up the mods a bit so that you stand some sort of chance but at the end of the day I will have these stickers on the car just for you on the day
Front windscreen: GOT BOOST??
Rear window: NOT ****!NG LIKELY!!

But I will say to you that its not all bad as there are plenty of high reputation competitors on my list including GTRs and Supras and Rexxies and S13-->15s even the EVOs and the unlucky bogan headed v8 brigades

So enjoy basking in the sunshine for now as my shopping list is getting smaller by the week and before you know it you will be staring at my distant diminishing arse

But I have just one thing to say to your comments and that is:
shes dead jim (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5905)
fuel pump power supply (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5902)
Car wont start (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5658)
Lots of little issues (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5691)
Before that
Tick Tick - Boom (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5481)
And the finale
Engine is dead (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5502)

additional accessory posts
*sigh* shes dead jim (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4951)
dear god NO! (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4582)

Looks a bit like we all have our problems hey?? :rolleyes: :D
But all in jest I look forward to cruising the burbs with you and hopefully by then we both get to live a drama free driving life
Its been fun messing with you
But I am serious about the "better pull your pants up racerboy quotes" cos the Bat is a coming to punish all soon

shes dead jim (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5905) - Old NA Engine. Fixed.
fuel pump power supply (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5902) - Not so much a problem as a non-optimum solution. Fixed anyway.
Car wont start (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5658) - See fuel pump power supply. This was part of the conversion process and therefore not a result of a on-road breakdown. Fixed.
Lots of little issues (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5691) - Again, part of the conversion process, and not on-road problems. Fixed.
Before that
Tick Tick - Boom (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5481) - Old NA engine. Replaced, therefore, Fixed.
And the finale
Engine is dead (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5502) - Old NA engine. Replaced, therefore, Fixed.

additional accessory posts
*sigh* shes dead jim (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4951) This ones older then the hills, and again, predated my turbo engine. However, this was -fixed- at the time and is irrelivant as it is now -replaced
dear god NO! (http://www.astinagt.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4582) Clutch master cylinder... Man were getting petty now arent we? Oh btw.... -fixed.


The Batmobile as she used to be and now she hangs from a chain in the garage
fixed?

Oh yes, and its all in jest ;)

But dont give if you cant get.... Personally I dont see where this came from... It wasent me who pointed out the word turbo in my sig but astinaboiv6. But there you go.

ps. so basically... your having a go at me for posting with problems that at the time I didnt know how to fix and was asking thoes who did... Forgive me if im wrong, but isent one of the primary points of this forum to help people out with their astinas?

[Ian]

Hey boys just thought I'd join up so I can post up a few things.

Firstly when you stop on a cruise find somewhere appropriate with heaps of room. I was watching my mirrors closely expecting a red Astina climbing into my boot but luckily it didn't happen. Pity the last cars who were stuck out on the middle of the road. :( Cruise was good but to me felt a little more like a sunday drive with my wife in the car. I certainly wasn't pushing my car hard at all and would have only engaged lift prolly 4 odd times. Conditions were a little wet in spots but didn't worry me in the slightest as I know the limits of my car and could have pushed it a lot harder safely.

I wasn't fussed about you guys doing burnouts(they're your tyres :) ) but the passing over double lines was a bit stupid not to mention dangerous.(you know who you are :( )If you are going to go slow on a cruise and have somebody faster behind pull of safely and let them through. Thanks to the guy in the blue Astina who did this :) As for keeping up with you Chicaboo that wasn't hard. I kept letting you get away so I could have a bit of a hard run that's why I dropped back and was then braking hard up behind you on occasions as I was going a lot quicker and also just putting a bit of a gap to the cars behind.

Sorry that I didn't continue on the cruise but the ol' stomach wasn't up to scratch and decided to head for home. Would have been nice to have a good hard run for some distance to see how your Mazda's compare to the Sportivo handling and power wise but maybe next time. We'll through out an invite to you next time we do a run over Nebo/Glorious... at night!!It's much better and no traffic :)

Cheers Silvabullit. :)

Ill see you at the drag nights. Personally I think you have balls comming on here and saying "im faster then all of you" when actually your not. Theres a reason the cruise was slowish. There were road traction issues up nebo... remember? The whole "wet roads = death" Thing?

As to getting overtaken? Yeah, I did overtake you. But it was on broken line, not double, and I had plenty of room. Additionally, I heard your farty as$ exhaust comming a mile off when you did a rather dangerous overtaking of me later on in the day, right before you headed home..... Hipocritical?

Additionally, nebo is not a place to be going "omfgbbq I wana be the fastest get out of my road!". Its a place where everyone drives at their own pace, a pace their confident is within their abilities and their car's abilities. For you to come on here and insult people for doing that is, actually, I believe quite dangerous, as your encouraging people to push it too hard up there. One night, you will be comming home up nebo after a hard run up, and there will be some tosser round a blind corner in a ****box commonwhore or somesuch whos pushing his car way too hard and is all over your side of the road. Right before you collect him, I hope you recall just why people should take nebo at their own pace.

[LordWorm]

Ill see you at the drag nights. Personally I think you have balls comming on here and saying "im faster then all of you" when actually your not. Theres a reason the cruise was slowish. There were road traction issues up nebo... remember? The whole "wet roads = death" Thing?


if he races you..

turbo cars being ineligbale for awards given its an NA night (but you can show up, its a free country..come cheer on the NA boys)...he might think its a waste of time??? given that he'd be more after seeing if his car can hold its own against some of the NA beasts we've got...and with a limited number of passes might not get a chance to take on the turbos...

And he's not silly... he'd expect to be beaten if you can drive a decent race... you've got boost...most other people there wont...

The 4 or 5 of us in the front group didnt have traction issues :P

I think we can do without the S*** stirring with this drag night too. We put it to rest long before AGT was invited by twillight to come on board. Lets do this in the spirit of healthy competition and cross forum interaction....not as an exersize in who has the biggest ..... engine.

THere were a couple of times where i thought you were going to collect me... it wasnt really that fun.. and i can sort of see where SILVABULLIT is coming from. Would have been nice for him to hang around and chase andy and gav through the last lot of twisties..but his guts gave up so you cant hold that against him...If you are talking about driving outside your limits...i personally feel you were driving beyond the limitations of your vehicle, and i put forth your car overheating, cutting some grass and what not as evidence. But i'm not putting crap on you..and neither was SILVABULLIT.. i think he was just saying to have a bit of a think about stuff...be safer...

I've spoken with Andy after hte drive and he agreed that the stops were not in the best places.... we didnt get away till late..

[Ian]

The overheating was due to a faulty radiator. The grass was due to me choping a U turn, not from comming off the road.

I dont believe I was putting the car past its limits.

And I seem to recall a silver sportivo zipping past me on the right at least once.

As to the whole turbo vs NA thing...

Theres no reason why a NA car cant beat a turbo car. Ask pete. I dont see what the problem is... a turbocharger is just another preformance mod. its not like there cars are stock, and its not like they their greatly outpowered. The sportivo puts out how many KW at the fly stock? Im only putting out 139 at the fly.... Its not that much.

[chicaboo]

As for keeping up with you Chicaboo that wasn't hard. I kept letting you get away so I could have a bit of a hard run that's why I dropped back and was then braking hard up behind you on occasions as I was going a lot quicker and also just putting a bit of a gap to the cars behind.Hi mate, sorry for holding you up at Samford, but there was no way on Earth I was going to push it on those patchy wet roads, not only do I have a committment to me and my passenger, but the guys behind me. Andy was still in visual the whole time, and I was still driving enthusiastically for the conditions. Another reason to maintane a gap around Glorious and Samford is the number of stones that get flicked up on the ****ty roads there, I'm wise to that now since a few have come my way.

It's a pitty your tummy was a rumbling, because Andy and I gave it a good go through Mt Mee and particulary (for me anyhow) through Caloundra. It was some great driving after we got away from the wet roads later on, not to mention a nice lunch by the beach.

I look forward to you and your 'rolla mates coming on future cruises, I used to own a 4AFE myself. :p I mentioned to Ian on the day he shouldn't try to run up the front because his handling wasn't up to scratch. Let's hope when his car is up to scratch, he is too!

Perhaps one last thing to remember on a cruise too is when you're a guest you need to consider the regulars. Team grey always drives up the front in this order: Twilightprotege, BoostedBatman, Nate, Chicaboo, then whatever goes. Please don't think this rude, but I wouldn't invite myself up the front on a 'rolla cruise without asking one of the 'rolla guys if it's cool to break in first. Don't worry about my comments on your braking, just at times I had to brake because the guy infront of me needed to, and me not knowing your car or your familiararity with the wet roads, my passenger and I didn't know what to think. :eek:

Mind you I am no type of authority on AGT, so anything I say can be dissmissed accordingly. I just like keep with traditions and have a fun day only pushing it 8/10ths incase there is more than me on the road to consider on the day. And as it was on last weeks cruise, early in the piece there was much to be mindfull of.

PS: I passed a whole bunch of yas after we stopped in that carpark so I didn't get stuck behind the real slow pokes! :p

Cheers,
Gav.

[SILVABULLIT]

The overheating was due to a faulty radiator. The grass was due to me choping a U turn, not from comming off the road.

I dont believe I was putting the car past its limits.

And I seem to recall a silver sportivo zipping past me on the right at least once.

As to the whole turbo vs NA thing...

Theres no reason why a NA car cant beat a turbo car. Ask pete. I dont see what the problem is... a turbocharger is just another preformance mod. its not like there cars are stock, and its not like they their greatly outpowered. The sportivo puts out how many KW at the fly stock? Im only putting out 139 at the fly.... Its not that much.


I chose to pass you on an overtaking lane. Is that illegal? You were in the left lane and I was in the right. I can't see a problem with that apart from for some reason you didn't like me accelerating past you around a corner. After that I didn't see you pushing me after that so maybe my car handles better? After all i'm running lower profile tyres of a very good quality and have a good suspension set up.My car handled the corner with ease without endangering you or anybody else.I also do know those roads very well hence my ability to go at a quick pace and staying on my own side of the road.

As for the drags if you want to run me you can; If I beat you great and if you beat me good for you. But remembering that my car isn't overly modified(cat back exhaust and CAI) so if it makes you feel invincible then I'm happy for you. I just hope your car makes it to the meet without overheating it too much.

Gav.... no worries mate. I wasn't sure how fast you guys were gonna go hence my backing off then coming up on you quickly sometimes. I would've liked to have stayed and done the other bit of the cruise but wasn't keen on having to clean Indian off my leather seats :D As for your rules of cruising perhaps you should have made it known before we left so everbody knew. If I offended my apologies just on TOCAU cruises we have a leader then the faster(more spirited drivers!!) usually go next then back to the slower drivers. We then stop at a good parking point and wait for them to catch up.That way everyone picks their own pace and aren't holding faster people up which more often than not is the cause of accidents.We would be more than happy for you guys to attend one of our cruises when we next have one and I'll be sure to post up some details of when where.

Till then stay safe, be cool and don't overheat :p

[LordWorm]

The overheating was due to a faulty radiator. The grass was due to me choping a U turn, not from comming off the road.

I dont believe I was putting the car past its limits.

And I seem to recall a silver sportivo zipping past me on the right at least once.

As to the whole turbo vs NA thing...

Theres no reason why a NA car cant beat a turbo car. Ask pete. I dont see what the problem is... a turbocharger is just another preformance mod. its not like there cars are stock, and its not like they their greatly outpowered. The sportivo puts out how many KW at the fly stock? Im only putting out 139 at the fly.... Its not that much.
Just another performance mod that adds to vehicle performance more than any NA mod I know of will... The point of the NA only thing is that NOONE with an NA car is going to be running 12s from either side on the day....and some guys with big boost would be able to. The awards (with the acception of the final shootout, which will be DYO, and 3 drivers selected by the team captains...) are not handycapped. So if we let the turbos in, they would clean up in just about everything you'd think....Also none of the QLD toyota guys are running boost of any sort and it would just not be cricket to let loose with big boost. If you were to beat SILVABULLIT, or anyone, it'd be said you did so because you had a huge advantage with boost, if this was the case or not. I'm sure you wouldnt want to win a race and then be accused of it being because of a mod and not because of your ability.

Myself and Buddha from the toyota forums came up with the idea, and in the very first minute of talking it out, we said no boost. This is something that isnt going to be budged on. Not for this drag night at least. Maybe if we do it in the future, and get enough interest, and are able to get enough cars to have categories, we'll have a boosted award...but at this stage the answer is going to be no..

HAVING SAID THAT .. you are welcome to show up. You are welcome to race ANYONE who will go up against you...you are welcome to come to the bbq and give me money for sausages, you are welcome to cheer on the mazdas.... and if you are consistant enough, and Mazda team captain (still undecided....prob andy) recons you have what it takes, and the toyota team captain (northy, not running because his stivo exploded...) agrees to allow a boosted car into the dyo shootout, you can have a go at helping us win the perpetual trophy...

[LordWorm]

Team grey always drives up the front in this order: Twilightprotege, BoostedBatman, Nate, Chicaboo, then whatever goes.
My car is as black as the inside of a cow, but can i join anyway? :P
haha

edit: forgot this bit

Steve_666 has done up our prizes!!
now we just need to sort the trophy out for the winning team on the drag night :)

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/3655/toyota6vx.jpg
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/2938/mazda9xw.jpg

[chicaboo]

Silver: No rules man, like I said it's more tradition. But the other peeps I mentioned are of a quick pedigree in anycase.

LW: Put yourself where you like in the queue and decide for yourself if you feel comfortable there.

Like I said earlier, I'm no authority of any consideration, my ramblings don't mean anybody but me in most cases.

Happy fanging,
Gav.

[LordWorm]

Silver: No rules man, like I said it's more tradition. But the other peeps I mentioned are of a quick pedigree in anycase.

LW: Put yourself where you like in the queue and decide for yourself if you feel comfortable there.

Like I said earlier, I'm no authority of any consideration, my ramblings don't mean anybody but me in most cases.

Happy fanging,
Gav.
I'll wait till andy gets back to me about the header mod.... and i get the handling uprated :P

[chicaboo]

No reason you can't run infront of me with those mods, Kurt has the same mods as me in his SP20 and he makes 89kW ATW compared to my 84kW ATW. Your sedan should outhandle my hatch too. I carry an extra passenger with me all the time, then I have the towbar aswell, you've got me lined up easy I say!

[LordWorm]

No reason you can't run infront of me with those mods, Kurt has the same mods as me in his SP20 and he makes 89kW ATW compared to my 84kW ATW. Your sedan should outhandle my hatch too. I carry an extra passenger with me all the time, then I have the towbar aswell, you've got me lined up easy I say!
Yeh
its just a cash thing... to get the parts i want (i think andy is gunna help me out by building my exhaust..but i still gotta buy the bits)

and then there is andy sending me links at work every 5mins, adding to the cool things i want to buy .. (CF boot, CF bonnet, flywheels, bodykits...)
:P

but yes, exhaust and lowering are happening soon...seeing as i missed the GB on the boot...

intake is taken care of for now...prob wont put CAI in now until i can afford the bonnet i want (so i can run a cold air short ram setup....)

[twilightprotege]

dont forget link to a better paying job ;)

again, sorry for the not so great stopping areas on the drives. i took over this cruise at the last second (damn you nate, damn you hehehehe)

[LordWorm]

dont forget link to a better paying job ;)

again, sorry for the not so great stopping areas on the drives. i took over this cruise at the last second (damn you nate, damn you hehehehe)
haha yeah

:)

but then i'll need a better paying job to get all them cool bits!! The way i figure, its gotta be good for the company...they wont have to upgrade the email server for the idiotic amount of traffic that gets sent between our 2 buildings..hahaha

[SILVABULLIT]

Yeh
its just a cash thing... to get the parts i want (i think andy is gunna help me out by building my exhaust..but i still gotta buy the bits)

and then there is andy sending me links at work every 5mins, adding to the cool things i want to buy .. (CF boot, CF bonnet, flywheels, bodykits...)
:P

but yes, exhaust and lowering are happening soon...seeing as i missed the GB on the boot...

intake is taken care of for now...prob wont put CAI in now until i can afford the bonnet i want (so i can run a cold air short ram setup....)


Lordworm try CES racing at Meadowbrook(Loganlea) for quality exhaust work as this is where the cat back system for the Sportivo was desgined and manufactured. On a stock Sportivo it gains 9kw at the wheels which is pretty good and also increases the low to mid range torque too. Trevor is the man to talk to on 3200 2333. :)

[LordWorm]

Lordworm try CES racing at Meadowbrook(Loganlea) for quality exhaust work as this is where the cat back system for the Sportivo was desgined and manufactured. On a stock Sportivo it gains 9kw at the wheels which is pretty good and also increases the low to mid range torque too. Trevor is the man to talk to on 3200 2333. :)
I shall give him a bell..if only to try and source exhaust componants.. Twilight is going to hopefully weld the thing up for me, following extensive mods to the pacemaker header's merge point etc... not even 100% sure what this entails yet :) but no doubt i'll need a new cat, resonators and prebent pipe...so i'll add it to the list of phone numbers i have and give him a bell...

Thanks man... good to see you helping my sp20 get some respectable power :)

[SILVABULLIT]

No probs mate. I know he has done a few SP23's and a couple of 6's I've seen there in one of my regular visits to his workshop. :)

[boostedbatman]

Just another performance mod that adds to vehicle performance more than any NA mod I know of will... The point of the NA only thing is that NOONE with an NA car is going to be running 12s from either side on the day
:rolleyes: Maybe not THIS day :rolleyes:

[boostedbatman]

The Batmobile as she used to be and now she hangs from a chain in the garage

fixed?
Is that all you got!!!
It has never been a case of FIXED or NOT you simpleton
The car was taken from the road in working order (thought I would make that easy for you to see and read) for the SOLE PURPOSE of creating the worlds first 300+whp NA Drag and Targa attack Astina.
Which for your information is going quite nicely
I chose to park the car the car didn't choose to park me.
The other reason besides the $20k plus build cost, is to replace EVERY possibly worn part on the car to ensure I dont suffer from Ian-isitis
Oh and thats right the things I am doing have NEVER been done before so therefore I HAVE to not only "design" but also manufacture the parts for this car all without an engineering degree.
I personally dont see this as a negative..... do you??

[Mad Mat]

hey guys sorry about the lateness of the post but i ran out of internet downloads and i just got it back so here u go.

http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/Mad_Mat/feb%20cruise/DSC02284.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/Mad_Mat/feb%20cruise/DSC02283.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/Mad_Mat/feb%20cruise/DSC02282.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/Mad_Mat/feb%20cruise/DSC02276.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/Mad_Mat/feb%20cruise/DSC02275.jpg
http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d123/Mad_Mat/feb%20cruise/DSC02274.jpg

[89sp1.8]

hey nice pics matt good work.come up nice.

hey batman looking forward to seeing ur beast run the quarter when all finished,i think its great that sum1 is going all out on a car that u never see gone all-out on.

hehe this thread has turned a bit nasty with all the s#*% hanging goin on...:P
but freedom of speech i guess and an interesting read at that lol
love a bit of competition just dont get too serious guys,all in good fun :)

[89sp1.8]

oh yeh i thought the cruise went fine actually,no complaints. yeh we pulled over in some tight spots n that,and there was alot of spirted driving and over-taking but over all i think it was pretty damn good.

also cheers to twiggy for taking over the cruise,nice work :)

[Ian]

Is that all you got!!!
It has never been a case of FIXED or NOT you simpleton
The car was taken from the road in working order (thought I would make that easy for you to see and read) for the SOLE PURPOSE of creating the worlds first 300+whp NA Drag and Targa attack Astina.
Which for your information is going quite nicely
I chose to park the car the car didn't choose to park me.
The other reason besides the $20k plus build cost, is to replace EVERY possibly worn part on the car to ensure I dont suffer from Ian-isitis
Oh and thats right the things I am doing have NEVER been done before so therefore I HAVE to not only "design" but also manufacture the parts for this car all without an engineering degree.
I personally dont see this as a negative..... do you??

Read my pm. This has to stop.

//edit:
on second thought...

Ya know what? Before all this, I never, ever said anything about you or your car, infact, I would even tell mates about it when they asked what the fastest astina id heard of was. Yet you have launched this "i must beat Ian" thing. Why? In the process you have insulted me, my car and my achievements.

Then, when I hit back, you act like youve done nothing wrong.

Why?

Oh, and for the record, im not a simpleton. So watch your mouth.

[boostedbatman]

Mate....apologies all round
I never meant to really tick you off but seeing that things have gone that far...I am truely sorry.
I am a bit touchy when it comes to my car because as I said "I made the decision to pull it from the road" so that I had no choice to complete the project first.
You dont realise how difficult it is to go on cruise after cruise and various drag meets and the like knowing nothing other than the fact that you long to drive your car once more
I spent no less than 2 years researching and investigating the internet and the world of contacts that I have in order to consider this as a go'er.
I have copped a lot from other forums about this idea as they are all so quick and opinionated to TELL you that it cant be done. I am going to show them otherwise
Sure it would've been cheaper and quicker had I followed the crowd in the world of the KL and opted to turbo or supercharge* (*was the original intention) but I have always had a need to be just that bit different.
There are only a few cars in the kl-v6 world who have taken the time to push their engine past 220whp which is a shame when you think about the fact that this engine (well the ZE anyway) began its life with 200hp at the crank. There are also only 2 in the world I have been able to find that managed 280whp and I was disappointed by what they had done as I believed there to be soo much more development left inside this engine but the world of KL based forums are all to eager to deem you an "idiot" as "thats just not possible you..."
Once again Australia will slap their bare behinds!
Again I apologise that you just happened to be the 'straw' that broke the camels back.

I do think of you as a nice young man and wish you all the successes with your car and truely hope that in time you will sort all of your gremlins and have a wonderful SPT weapon in which to play daily.

I could sit here and justify reasons more and or give any other idea as to why we bingled but at the end of it all I tell you now its over...
Once again Ian youre a good bloke and please feel free to bombard me with any insightor problematic circumstances that you may have and I will endeavour to assist you
Cheers bud
Pete (from his corner)

[boostedbatman]

This is the toughest all motor probe..........
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/7509/probe22jt.jpg
http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/2858/probe46ur.jpg
So far this is as good as an all motor KL gets


Nice piccies there Matt, I see there was a spot in the carpark left for the ghost of Batman ;) I will do my best to fill it soon
And Ian there's a great pic of the SPT for you too :)

[project.r.racing]

haha, looks like my 1st car when i got my license. it didn't have enough power so i upgraded to another car.

[boostedbatman]

haha, looks like my 1st car when i got my license. it didn't have enough power so i upgraded to another car.
And I thought this was your first
http://www.molestedcars.com/paint/021.jpg

[Ian]

thats okey mate :P Its all good.

I honestly hope you can get your car running soon so I have some backup... If I get beaten I know who to get on the horn to!

And :O OMG look at that thing... Thats fkn crazy.

http://www.molestedcars.com/paint/021.jpg
What a beast. Where can I get one?

[boostedbatman]

What a beast. Where can I get one?
Redcliffe :D

[Ian]

Nice....

Reckon they will give it to me for $10?

Man one day everyone has to get together and go down and pitch in 40 bucks each or something and buy a 200 dollar car. Tow / Drive it to a padok somewhere and just bush bash the hell out of it. 10 mins each until it breaks! Then roll it down a cliff or something.

If we got a large enough following we could buy 3 ****b()x's and have a
race...

[Mad Mat]

nice idea man :s. i recon we should have our own destruction derby with some **** cars. like on the mischef 3000 dvd with the jag's in the padok. :p

[project.r.racing]

there's a jag out the front of petes place, we'll start there hehehehe

[boostedbatman]

I will move it when I get around to it
And then I will run you down Ryan with the badge hitting you in the nu..

P.S. The Jaguar on the bonnet actaully has really sharp teeth :eek:

[Nate]

nominate being in the jag! its built like a brick **** house

[bourbon]

boostedbatman im with you...ive always wanted to have a different ride...like my next car is gonna be a SW20 MR2...and lookin at possibly puttin a soarer twin turbo in to it...i no alot of people will laugh at me and say it cant be done like they have with you :p but hey some of us have to show what can be done!

[chicaboo]

Meh, 4AGZE with aftermarket screws at 12psi rules!

[bourbon]

hhaha yeah but see thats the SAME OLD CONVERSION everyone does...i no it does have a lot of power cause a guy in germany has done it...but the thing is difference...and maybe if i have a small turbo and a large turbo i can get more boost at all revs...

[SILVABULLIT]

A Greddy supercharger kit on a 2zzge in a MR2 would be the goodies needed to be quick. For the uneducated the 2zz is what comes in the Sportivo and the Celica. MMM supercharged and a redline of 8500rpm in a MR2..... :cool:

[LordWorm]

*sigh* if only we could boost SP20s without spending $15k hardening the engine.....

[bourbon]

ohh ill be joinin the toyota forums soon and start talkin to more people bout these toyota motors and so on :p :D so youll see me around there sooon sometime

[Ian]

Ya know, theres alot to be said for doing the *same old* conversion everyone does.

Its quick, realitivly painless, works, and parts and knowledge are readily availible.

[bourbon]

but see its us people who do the different that get a lot more of the looks and the AHHHHS of OHH LOOK WHAT HE/SHE DONE TO THE CAR... we do it then others start to do it...and the MR2 is a project car...ill still have the astina while MR2 is bein built and that will be a weekend car :p

where does the knowledge of conversions come from??? its from someone who gave it a shot one day and done it...and more people do it and it gets alot more well known...

[LordWorm]

Ya know, theres alot to be said for doing the *same old* conversion everyone does.

Its quick, realitivly painless, works, and parts and knowledge are readily availible.
You are right...standing on the shoulders of giants..its how improvements are made..

Especially if you are not mechanically savvy... do what other people have done, and then shoot for the stars over and above that...evolution, not revolution..thats the way i see it anyway...

[boostedbatman]

Ya know, theres alot to be said for doing the *same old* conversion everyone does.

Its quick, realitivly painless, works, and parts and knowledge are readily availible.
Thats true in all aspects
Although
Id still love to put the KF-ZE 2.0v6
into the BG
170hp@7000rpm goodness...........................yummy

[twilightprotege]

blah! why do what everyone else does??? in the end it's just what everyone else does.

[Ian]

cause we can? :P

[chicaboo]

I was sorta doing my own thing, and then someone copied me... I spose there's nothing outstanding about mine mechanically, other than most CBF trying with the 1.8 BJ...

[LordWorm]

blah! why do what everyone else does??? in the end it's just what everyone else does.
My car will probably evolve mechanically along the same lines as yours (with subtle differences like 2.25 in exhaust instead of 2.5, short ram intake with cold air box sealed to bonnet scoop if i can ever afford the evo CF bonnet, etc...)

At least until I learn enough..and get enough dough to swap the engine out with the 2.3 from the SP23...and go huge boost :P (*dreams...*)

[twilightprotege]

yeah it's all about difference, personalising your car.

gav you're still doing your own thing. you are too greg, you're just learning from my experience. the only thing that's likely to be the same is the whiteline sway bars.

[LordWorm]

yeah it's all about difference, personalising your car.

gav you're still doing your own thing. you are too greg, you're just learning from my experience. the only thing that's likely to be the same is the whiteline sway bars.
and the UDP, and hte cam profiles, and the EMS .. etc
:P

my car will be more pimped up bling than yours tho...i appriciate a bit of rice..wonder how much those gull wing door conversions would cost??? .... i kid, of course

[twilightprotege]

oh yeah, didnt think of udp, but the cam profiles will prob be slightly different again and the ems you'd prob go for the newer MT

[chicaboo]

gav you're still doing your own thing. you are too greg, you're just learning from my experience. the only thing that's likely to be the same is the whiteline sway bars.Hmmm, I still learn things the hard way unfortunately (exhaust, MT, exhaust, oil cooler, exhaust...). I'll have to ask Pete to help me with my interior paint soon, I think I can do my own vinyl work though?

Gav.

[twilightprotege]

mt's not a problem - you just didnt stick it out and work it out! nor taken the time to go back to it! my car wasnt running properly for a week remember?

oil cooler isnt either - mine leaked and i'm not sure why, so i took it off because i was heading to sydney for drag warz only a few days later. doesnt mean yours will leak. i just decided to leave it off and use it on the crx. i bought the cooler kit before i decided to buy the crx and the astina was going to be racing more

[LordWorm]

Hmmm, I still learn things the hard way unfortunately (exhaust, MT, exhaust, oil cooler, exhaust...). I'll have to ask Pete to help me with my interior paint soon, I think I can do my own vinyl work though?

Gav.
ever gunna reinstall the MT? if not are you interested in selling it somewhere down the track?

Twilight: cams....slightly different as in bigger again? oh please say yes..nothing will **** the other half off more then overly lumpy cams!

[twilightprotege]

the mt should be a straight plug in since it's set up the same as the 2L.

the exhaust cam will be the same, the intake i'd like to go slightly more lift, but keep the duration the same. try and get a little bit more air velocity happening

[chicaboo]

mt's not a problem - you just didnt stick it out and work it out! nor taken the time to go back to it! my car wasnt running properly for a week remember?

oil cooler isnt either - mine leaked and i'm not sure why, so i took it off because i was heading to sydney for drag warz only a few days later. doesnt mean yours will leak. i just decided to leave it off and use it on the crx. i bought the cooler kit before i decided to buy the crx and the astina was going to be racing more
You don't drive your car in heavy traffic daily, you have the option of public transport. This is why the MT was a massive problem for me, I need my car reliably working everyday except for the odd wednesday. Not discussing that on here again after this, just remember that Anton's car spent many hours at Chiptorque with no positive result (and his wasn't as bad as mine). Not very encouraging for me, so the MT is the last thing on my to-do list.

Yeah oil cooler is ok, I can use that on the racing buggy when I get it. But when your's leaked I thought I'd shelve it until you worked your's out. :p

I'm thinking of trying out the JayCar fuel puter after I have the last perf mods in the car. If I can get it to work I will see what a GOOD dyno tune with it can do. :) After that time I will wonder about what to do with the MT. ;)

[LordWorm]

the mt should be a straight plug in since it's set up the same as the 2L.

the exhaust cam will be the same, the intake i'd like to go slightly more lift, but keep the duration the same. try and get a little bit more air velocity happening
the relentless pursuit of 130kW+ at the wheels :P

[chicaboo]

I can see you getting 110kW+ doing almost what Andrew did. But I think the last 20kW will be a real challenge.

[LordWorm]

I can see you getting 110kW+ doing almost what Andrew did. But I think the last 20kW will be a real challenge.
yeh, doing what andrew did with 2.25in exhaust and a few other fun bits..from what i've heard about the header mod, i could POTENTIALLY get 100kW with exhaust and intake alone (but this is theoretical and remains to be seen...)

the last 20kW will be taken care of with ITBs and higher comp pistons.. and an 8000RPM redline

[chicaboo]

Do you mean the dual runner intake? Yeah, just look at the kick when my VICS comes on in my dyno. Now imagine that with proper runners and not just runners to nowhere, noners...? :p 8000rpm? Nasty, Ouch!

[Ian]

Well as for me, I just installed a f00ly sik boost gauge.

20 KW atw bro!....:D