Dunlop Targa kicks off this weekend
Discussion
Sunday - documentation/ carshow in the main street, Papakura from 10.00am, - shakedown stage (Ardmore Quarry Rd is our guess), frist car departs Papakura at 4.10pm. Best viewing from Jones Rd end or one of the side roads off the Hunua Rd
Monday - Cars depart Papakura at midday for Prologue 1 - Maioro (Waiuku), Lunch/ Servicing in Waiuku then Prologue 2 at the Pukekohe Track from 3.30pm.
Full details will be in NZ Classic Car (due out before the weekend).
If you do come out for a look see, come and say gidday - #768
Monday - Cars depart Papakura at midday for Prologue 1 - Maioro (Waiuku), Lunch/ Servicing in Waiuku then Prologue 2 at the Pukekohe Track from 3.30pm.
Full details will be in NZ Classic Car (due out before the weekend).
If you do come out for a look see, come and say gidday - #768
Were down in Timavegas tom til Mon, little sis getting married, so we are going to miss this sorry 
So far so good... survived the shakedown and two prologue stages. The Griff-Stag is going well and we are slowly learning how to drive it. It's a bit like having a tiger by the tail in the wet though!
The Targa proper starts tomorrow, and us Narva tour types have 7 closed stages to play with.. and its my turn behind the wheel again... Top fun!
The Targa proper starts tomorrow, and us Narva tour types have 7 closed stages to play with.. and its my turn behind the wheel again... Top fun!
iain a said:
So far so good... survived the shakedown and two prologue stages. The Griff-Stag is going well and we are slowly learning how to drive it. It's a bit like having a tiger by the tail in the wet though!
The Targa proper starts tomorrow, and us Narva tour types have 7 closed stages to play with.. and its my turn behind the wheel again... Top fun!
The Targa proper starts tomorrow, and us Narva tour types have 7 closed stages to play with.. and its my turn behind the wheel again... Top fun!
That's the red one TVRMPH?
Just checked results for up to end of day 2, George is currently sitting in 54th overall (out of 137) 
Leaderboard:
1 Joe McAndrew (Skyline GTR)
2 Emma Gilmour (STi spec C)
3 Ray Vandersee (Skelta G-Force)- small lightweight aussie sportscar, bit like a Radical or XTR2 but not so extreme
4 Clark Proctor (Ford Escort/Nissan) - Has an SR20DET in it iirc.
Leaderboard:
1 Joe McAndrew (Skyline GTR)
2 Emma Gilmour (STi spec C)
3 Ray Vandersee (Skelta G-Force)- small lightweight aussie sportscar, bit like a Radical or XTR2 but not so extreme
4 Clark Proctor (Ford Escort/Nissan) - Has an SR20DET in it iirc.
Edited by GravelBen on Thursday 26th October 02:29
Esprit said:
GravelBen said:
I guess if you're going nuts you may as well do it properly...Much like my friend who has a WRX wagon......
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With a 6.0L Chevrolet V8
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And a turbocharger about the same size as the engine in my liz!
Where did he put it? in the back?(though I guess the engine bay is nice and wide, even if not that long) and is it still AWD, or converted to RWD as well?thanks Kylie - what a total blast; 42nd overall and 2nd in class and all stages completed without any major drama's - yee-hah.
I think our service crew had more incidents that us; wastegate controller crapped out on the camper and had to be fixed in Palmy and got stuck twice and had to be towed out, once by the Police and the second time by another service crew and mis-calculated our fuel requirements on the last day - they didn't tell me the last fill for the last 2 stages was only 95octane until we had finished.
We caught up with iain.a who was doing the Tour in his TVR powered Stag and with Geoff and Blake in their Esprit V8 on sunday at Papakura before Shakedown - and before the rain came. After Shakedown, we made the call to change from 255/40's on the front to 225/45's so we had our newest/ sharpest tyres on the front and hopefully the narrower tyre would be less prone to aquaplaning than the half worn wide ones.
Prologue is where the seeding gets sorted - all the guessing finally gets tested and hopefully sorted for the competition proper. With only 30 sec start between cars, there is a degree of passing on the stages but if the seeding is way out, you end up having to slow to pass or be passed which doesn't help your overall time.
We nearly embarassed ourselves on Prologue 1 having to resort to a 3pt turn on one of the especially tight corners. Prologue 2 was about the wettest I've driven at Puke; just as we started, the rain became torrential and they temporarily suspended the start for any other competitors but we had to push on - the car was skipping a car width sideways through the puddles around Jennian - still, we managed to pass 4 cars and was only passed by Tony Rees in his 383 cube Monaro. For those that got out to Puke - Steve Millens Ford GT was sensational - the sound and the flames out the back through the rain.
The only mechanical issues we had were a low speed mis-fire on day 1 that we traced to a loose ignition lead and the crew found a 60mm crack in the front left front strut which necessitated us replacing both front struts at the end of day 3 - I'm really pleased we had a new set built even though we didn't get the chance to sort the bump and rebound settings, we had to do that on the stages during friday.
I'm sure Iain will have a few stories from the Tour (including some about Esprits) to contribute also - I'll put some more up later - better do a bit of work
I think our service crew had more incidents that us; wastegate controller crapped out on the camper and had to be fixed in Palmy and got stuck twice and had to be towed out, once by the Police and the second time by another service crew and mis-calculated our fuel requirements on the last day - they didn't tell me the last fill for the last 2 stages was only 95octane until we had finished.
We caught up with iain.a who was doing the Tour in his TVR powered Stag and with Geoff and Blake in their Esprit V8 on sunday at Papakura before Shakedown - and before the rain came. After Shakedown, we made the call to change from 255/40's on the front to 225/45's so we had our newest/ sharpest tyres on the front and hopefully the narrower tyre would be less prone to aquaplaning than the half worn wide ones.
Prologue is where the seeding gets sorted - all the guessing finally gets tested and hopefully sorted for the competition proper. With only 30 sec start between cars, there is a degree of passing on the stages but if the seeding is way out, you end up having to slow to pass or be passed which doesn't help your overall time.
We nearly embarassed ourselves on Prologue 1 having to resort to a 3pt turn on one of the especially tight corners. Prologue 2 was about the wettest I've driven at Puke; just as we started, the rain became torrential and they temporarily suspended the start for any other competitors but we had to push on - the car was skipping a car width sideways through the puddles around Jennian - still, we managed to pass 4 cars and was only passed by Tony Rees in his 383 cube Monaro. For those that got out to Puke - Steve Millens Ford GT was sensational - the sound and the flames out the back through the rain.
The only mechanical issues we had were a low speed mis-fire on day 1 that we traced to a loose ignition lead and the crew found a 60mm crack in the front left front strut which necessitated us replacing both front struts at the end of day 3 - I'm really pleased we had a new set built even though we didn't get the chance to sort the bump and rebound settings, we had to do that on the stages during friday.
I'm sure Iain will have a few stories from the Tour (including some about Esprits) to contribute also - I'll put some more up later - better do a bit of work
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