Stranglehold Broken

[fangsport]

...................and a victory for Toyota.

http://www.otagorally.net/home/index.ph ... 8&Itemid=1

i believe it is only the second time a non escort has won after Pasi Hagstrom won in a Porsche

[Lloyd]

And didn't look bad doing it either

[fangsport]

was gonna head down for the Oamaru stages, but was a wee bit ill, so stayed in bed. gutted i missed it now.

[Mr Revhead]

I thought I saw a Sillycar briefly on a clip I saw!

[blindnz]

Yeah there was a celica running to. Not sure what happened day 2. Was In The top 10

[Mr Revhead]

Yeah there was a celica running to. Not sure what happened day 2. Was In The top 10

Spot who hasn't read the thread properly

[fangsport]

............and before someone has a crack at me, yes, i believe a Toyota has won before, but dosn't count when it was a reskinned BDA.
........... and yes, i am aware that Mr Ayson utilises FJ20 power in his escort.



....................... by the way, did i mention that a Toyota won ??? first International rally victory for how many longtimes ?????

[blindnz]

Yeah there was a celica running to. Not sure what happened day 2. Was In The top 10

Spot who hasn't read the thread properly

Haha complete fail. I meant there was another Celica running to and a couple of car rollers

[Burning Angel]

the celica was very impressive to watch, it looks like he was 7th overall too

[Leon]

That car looks slightly odd looking for some reason ... has he got the wheelarches cut away much more so than in period, or is there something else visually odd about that Tomota? Maybe he's running with the wheelbase stretched to the max (front struts leaning forward, rear struts leaning back).

[furrowed brow]

[TTEETT]

Would be interesting to hear a bit more about the car, AFAIK the car is a Factory TTE built rally car from Europe.

Very cool!

[ae82 gt 4 us]

I have seen a collection of his personal photo's of this machine, I can assure you there ain't that much left standard in it shape,size mod's are extreme.
Seriously modified by Bates motorsport.

[Boost_4_Life]

it must be a bit of a "stretch" on the classic rules? I imgaine it would be running something like MCA shocks etc? Thats the catch, the "classics" are probably faster now than they ever were!

[Leon]

With modern tyres, suspension, ecu's, etc etc, everything is faster now than it was then

[fangsport]

Would be interesting to hear a bit more about the car, AFAIK the car is a Factory TTE built rally car from Europe.

Very cool!

sorry, a TTE replica :
http://www.toyota.com.au/news/bates-ret ... elica-ra40


i do feel cheated, i didn't realise he was using G1 3SGE on carbs, unless that is only Aussie spec.

[Boost_4_Life]

dog box too, nice..

[TRD Man]

The car is beautifully engineered from the ground up in Neal's Melbourne workshop and was a treat to watch.

To answer your questions Leon, the factory cars ran a range of flares. Most of the Grp4 cars had a 'deeper' side than these you see here (as you've spotted) but some were just the same. Neal has simply chosen the most practical spec for his application, which also just happen to be the most attractive.
The car, as I understand it, is pretty close to an exact replica so wheelbase is likely factory spec.

Joe, the 3SGE is permitted within the Aussie Championship classic rules. It would have been permitted under our rules also, had I continued with the build of our similar car, as we had prepared a submission justifying it's use which I'm confident would have been adopted.
So you needn't feel cheated.


PS .... a Corolla with a BDA is still a Corolla.

[fangsport]

PS .... a Corolla with a BDA is still a Corolla.

wash your mouth out, it's a dirty hybrid, not unlike the rotary version Dunko used.

[TRD Man]

Accept your view of the sewer pump powered version but the installation of a BDA can only be an improvement.

[rollaholic]

dont reckon you can justify one swap and bag another.

would take a rotor over a BDA any day, and im not really a rotary fan. but have to respect their potential