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Sorry Teddy, going to have to pull out, last rally of the season that day. :)

Wooo sorry, I could never be THAT literate. A classic tale of a weekends woes. Mel: A touch of Bean in that you think??

MEDIA RELEASE CRAZY PETE RALLY TEAM MOURNS THE DEMISE OF "THE BEAST' Date: 17 October 2004 The NSW rally community was shocked to learn that Haggers' infamously reliable steed, affectionately known as "The Beast", made its last heart wrenching tail slide at Port Macquarie on Saturday, 16 October 2004 17.40 AEST. At the after party at Rally HQ, as a mark of respect, registered members of the Gemini Series respectfully stopped drinking their beers at 11.45 pm, although it was later claimed that this was only because the bar closed at that time. The Beast was no ordinary Gemini - it had pedigree. It was born in rally trim in 1996 and was steered to a Gemini Series victory in the hands of Ian (Mad Dog) Menzies who now runs a V8 Ford in ARC and QRC.. It had an eventful life but was never actually put on its lid either by Mad Dog or Haggers. In Haggers' hands the Beast had a near death experience at Bateman's Bay in 2000. The details are too sordid to divulge on this e-group (suffice it to say that the UN got involved because Haggers was alleged to have said that he wanted to do terrible things to small furry animals, or the person who did the tulip, whichever is more convenient), but the car lived thanks to the kiss of life from the Pope of Panel Beating, Peter Grindrod. The Pope breathed life into the Beast and there was a Second Coming. The Crazy Pete Rally Team has an altar to the Pope and there is regular prostration (mostly alcohol induced) before the Pope. (There is a corny Catholic line about kissing the Pope's ring, but I would never stoop to those depths when something so serious is at issue). So what happened? Haggers started the event with a new front end and it worked well in Stages 1 & 2. About 15 km into Stage 3 there is a Spectator Point (2) which is a downhill hairpin left. Byron Langslow, Haggers' criminally insane co-driver made the calls perfectly: "Haggers set the car up for the hairpin left and it was fine and then he seemed to be on the gas big time. My heart rate monitor went to 200." said Byron. Kevin Maxwell, of Kew, who has the biggest tilt tray in the southern hemisphere and who was at the speccy point commented as follows: "I thought, hello, he's on the gas pretty hard and there was a lot of noise further down the road but we lost sight of him" said Kevin, whose tilt tray proved invaluable later on. Neil Backbourn was poised a few kms down the road to catch Haggers "in flagrante" stage and could hear the engine revving its head off. As spectators later confirmed, the throttle was well and truly stuck and this led to the following train of events: 1. car goes into slop 2. Haggers tries to steer out of it 3. Road drops away 4. Car hits tree Haggers' side 5. Car hits boulders 6. Car experiences Newtonian Theory of Gravity 7. Car misses really BIG tree but hits moderately big tree 8. Car experiences economic equilibrium with gravity 9. Byron, who has been wired up with heart rate monitor and altimeter, noted that we had descended about 7-8 metres from the road and his heart rate hit about 200 (official statistics to be provided when Byron downloads the details). 10. Byron tells Haggers to kill the insane engine which had a mind of its own. 11. Haggers kills engine. 12. Byron inquires whether Haggers is OK:" I'm OK but how the f*** are we going to get out of here. There are open cut mines that aren't as deep as this. I guess this means we will be late for the after party. I must has p*ssed off the President of Bastards Incorporated again " said Haggers One of the really annoying things about rallying is mosquitoes. There are big ones at Port which will have a bit of a chew through a driving suit, so remember to pack the Aerogard. The visit to Port Macquarie Hospital cut into serious drinking time but the Crazy Pete Rally Team , aided and abetted by various Gemini Series reptiles (you know who you are), managed to bat on until 2 pm or so with the red wine. After a languorous breakfast of bacon and eggs and really good coffee, the tea, met Kevin Maxwell at Kew to retrieve the Beast. Now Kev has a 20,000kg winch capacity but even so his truck was moving about as it tried to pull the Beast loose and up onto the road, He did it though in record time and we were able to roll the Beast onto a trailer. There will be a combined Requiem/Exorcism for the Beast this coming weekend. Haggers will be reading a eulogy and burning the CAMS logbook while drinking appropriate levels of control fuel in accordance with the Regs. Invitations, wreaking with official "gravitas", will be emailed to a select group whose souls can resonate with Crown Lagers and the Beast as it starts another journey. ---ends ---- Written on the p*ss

Puctuation and spelling please, I'm unable to read Swahili.

HEY HEY!! I know an acronym that someone else doesn't!!! :) U/S: Unserviceable.

I'm going, but I don't know if I'm trailering yet. Passenger seat is U/S in the blue car at the moment.... Datgirl 's going in Redatto (as seen on tv :))

Meguires no 23 yellow wax. Dear as poison but keeps the car looking good. Both Datgirl and myself use it on the rally cars, and they always come up a million dollars.

Or this?

Does this help?

*Shameless sponser plug* Work out roughly what you want, then go and talk to Brian at Pedders in Geebung. 431 Newman Road. Veeeeeery helpful. As used by Dwarves, Datgirls and Fooks.

Ring Repco, or your local parts supplier. I also know there are some on e-bay. You will probably want a GT40R if it's for an early Corolla.

A thermo fan is worth about 2-3hp at peak revs. *mutter mutter unscrew..... YOINK!* Having said that, mine dies in the arse with 600w of lights, and an 85 amp alternator... :)

That's big dollars he's chasing, and they're only 40's. They'd be a good buy for $600, $800 max.

They go hard. My sister had Webers on her 4AG KE55, and the thing really yodels. I believe it's injected know, although I think she's put the Quaife box in it. Webers aren't a wierd idea for that engine, trust me.... oh, and you have decent noise to go with it, too! :)

The A-series were a great motor, Datsun's answer to the K motor. You can really get those things to go......

Nope. No fitty Corolla-y. Made for Datsun A-series motor, 120Y 1200, Sunny. etc. For education purposes, this is a different family motor than the one in Datgirl's car, they were the L-series motor, 1600, 180B, 200B, Stanza etc.

The supp regs you're talking about are for the BSCC one held on November7th. The HSCCQ one on the 17 th is $35 entry, with a $5 discount if you enter early. I know which one I'm going to.

Any bigger K motor will basically bolt in. 5 speed should basically bolt in, although a little cutting of the tunnel might be in order. Felix, our resident KE10 guru might be better for that one. Try doing a search on google.com or in here on both the above topics. We've said it once, we've said it a million times, google.com is your friend.... ;)

I'll have a look on my car and see what they've done......

I'm assuming the blue car should have one of these??

It's funny really, because I always run higher in the front on dirt than in the back. I started at 32 all round and ended up at 32/28, which seemed to work okay...... Teddy: Gotta love the monster truck ;)

Caution? Nahhhhh!!!!! Its always a good day when you learn something.... Sorry if I gave you a bum steer on the tyres., but honestly, that usually worked for me.... ;)

Well.... wasn't that just a fat day! Didn't start off too good, snapping a stub axle of the trailer after I loaded it on Saturday night. As a southern associate of mine would say, I was paid a visit by Barstards Inc. Quick phone call to the legendary Wayno: "Course you can borrow my trailer!" and an hour later, we're back in business. The day dawned bright, Teddy and Xany fronted at the Chateau de Dwarf at Oh My God o'clock, and were off to Parklands, stopping at Yatala for the manditory Rally Breakfast. Guys, dead set, the next one of these they have, I want to see everyone who has a CAMS license out there, because it was the most fun I've had sitting down for ages. tracks were good, if a little muddy, and everyone was having a hoot. Fook looked to be enjoying himself, I didn't get to see much of him, due to him being the car in front of me for most of the day. I think he spent most of the day battling with Peter S in the Escort. Speaking of Escorts, there were a couple of really nice ones there, and they had STICK! I love the sound of Webers. I had a good day, Blue car has heaps of stick, handled reasonably, and stopped competently. I ended up getting hosed by a geriatric in a Honda Civic. Okay, I suppose Henry has been doing this for literally as long as I've been alive, and he is a damn good pedaller, in a really nice bit of kit. All credit to him as he also came 3rd outright as well. Came home, hosed it down, we're good to go for another day! ;) Cheers R

You're right Teddy, should be a good day. I get to be in Fook's class again! The only other person I know going is Peter S in the Escort. Fook, do you know of anyone else? R

I have Bruce's phone number, too, if you still need it....