WTD- Paddock and/ or gravel road!

Brick · Post by **Brick** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 4:36 pm

So what has anyone got?

Need somwhere to test and practice. Im sure some sort of payment can be made

stephandandy · Post by **stephandandy** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:24 pm

To test and practice for what exactly? I live out on a dairy farm and theres plenty off paddocks and shingle roads around here.

Brick · Post by **Brick** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 5:35 pm

Rally car

new set up and all. Also need to teach someone how to drive manual properly and how to corner etc

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:51 pm

farm roads are awesome for that!
good luck

just make sure you clear it of animals and have block cars in place.....
meeting a tractor whilst in the middle of a "3 left tightens" is not fun!!!

Brick · Post by **Brick** » Fri Feb 08, 2008 6:53 pm

Mr Revhead wrote:meeting a tractor whilst in the middle of a "3 left tightens" is not fun!!!

we had one similar to that, was a sprint, came flying around corner at 110-120kph (blind corner) and a man was standing there on the road

he had gone into a ditch backwards but he was f**ken lucky not to be taken out

stephandandy · Post by **stephandandy** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:20 am

Lol ok. Theres a good bit of a shingle track just outside of dunsandel plenty of turns and noone uses it well except us:P at least i've never seen anyone down there. Plus the road leading out of it is all shingle til almost rolleston, very little traffic. All sealed roads near the are have low-to-none traffic so if your teaching someone to drive a manual itd be perfect.

Do you still have the supercharger and intercooler from the gtz? Would i be able to have a look, i've been looking for another intercooler but all the engines (except one) i've looked at are set up different to mine. Thanks.

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:23 am

i think hes also after an area to do some proper testing in a rally car.

stephandandy · Post by **stephandandy** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:27 am

I'll ask the farm owner if he'd let you use a paddock, all the cows are up near my house so the back end of the farm isnt being used at the moment. Maybe ask a sheep farmer for a paddock? That way theres no issues of hitting hydrants and troughs in the paddocks hehe.

Brick · Post by **Brick** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:28 am

yea you can have a look. PM me and we can sort something out

Yea if it was a public road it would have to be closed :lol:

steal a few road cones and block it

stephandandy · Post by **stephandandy** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:36 am

Lol road cones are no issue at all :wink:

Well the selwyn river track isnt used and could be easily made to look like its shut off using road cones, most people arent game to go through cause some shingle can be a bit deep but if a levin with 5 people in it doing 95km can make it through and only belly once you should be fine :lol:

Brick · Post by **Brick** » Sat Feb 09, 2008 9:47 am

might have to check it out

Kender · Post by **Kender** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:38 am

If you're testing a full-on rally car, I'd stay away from public roads at all costs. You won't have property insurance and the permission of all the homeowners you'll be passing. Motorsport NZ will consider you to be "bringing the sport into disrepute", you'll have your motorsport license revoked as well as being fined.

So in summary, if you can't find a paddock, stay home and watch motorsport on tv :lol:

fangsport · Post by **fangsport** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:14 am

Kender wrote:If you're testing a full-on rally car, I'd stay away from public roads at all costs. You won't have property insurance and the permission of all the homeowners you'll be passing. Motorsport NZ will consider you to be "bringing the sport into disrepute", you'll have your motorsport license revoked as well as being fined.

So in summary, if you can't find a paddock, stay home and watch motorsport on tv

in saying that, i know of a couple of areas that guys test on that are 'paper' roads, and ask the farmer to man one end, whilst a crew member mans the other with radio contact.

i have been plotting a couple of stages for our upcoming rally recently, and have stumbled across some very good farm roads, some of which i intend using for sprints. with the ever increasing road closure/event costs, gaining access to private venues is a way of future proofing events.

Corey, if you are still looking for a venue in about 6 weeks, give me a holler as i will be looking to do some testing once the car is back together.

furthermore, we are holding an autocross next weekend near Pleasant Point if you are keen.

Post by **Mr Revhead** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 8:51 am

yeah when i was doing the crewing gig we used farm roads.
block car and a chase car. then take the famer for a spin and all is good

Brick · Post by **Brick** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:31 pm

fangsport wrote:Corey, if you are still looking for a venue in about 6 weeks, give me a holler as i will be looking to do some testing once the car is back together.

March 15 there is a sprint but thats at cust and 16th there is one at rakaia, will your car be done by then?

fangsport wrote:furthermore, we are holding an autocross next weekend near Pleasant Point if you are keen.

what sort of autocross? grass or seal? i still have to get gearbox out and stripped and back in before i drive it anywhere, manage to break the inner cv and a piece is still missing

so dont wanna risk breaking it :lol:

Brick · Post by **Brick** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 12:32 pm

Mr Revhead wrote:yeah when i was doing the crewing gig we used farm roads.
block car and a chase car. then take the famer for a spin and all is good

that sounds like the way to do it, its just finding a place thats the hard bit

crispy'86 · Post by **crispy'86** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:49 pm

you could always do your testing at the autocrosses coming up. Sefton on 19th that's next weekend,

Brick · Post by **Brick** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:55 pm

its the weekend after, its the 24th. But the thing about autocrosses is its no where near like a sprint to really test what i need to. I need to be at least 3rd gear

fangsport · Post by **fangsport** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:05 pm

won't be trailering that far for testing, i now know of some good private farm roads i may use once i have done initial testing on Levels.

next weekend is grass, and will update tomorrow as we have had to change paddocks.

Brick · Post by **Brick** » Sun Feb 10, 2008 4:11 pm

are the courses very open or tight and twisty? itll also depends on if gearbox is back in by then and some people pay up some money