freakmotor Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 A while ago I saw a pic of Chris with supposedly a green ke-20 he was rallying. {ie log booked/CAMS etc} Confirm? Deny? Is this a sign? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwarf Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 (edited) Comfirmed. Sort of. It was actually a KE25 with 2/3TG. He ran it for about a year. Now owned by a guy on the gold coast. Seen at club events occasionally. Has some serious stick. *edit* I think I have a picture of it somewhere, I'll see if I can find it. Edited June 11, 2008 by Redwarf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwarf Posted June 11, 2008 Report Share Posted June 11, 2008 That would be this car here: http://public.fotki.com/fookseung/automoti...2/02290046.html (Photo by Fook. :lolcry:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakmotor Posted June 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 Hey, thanks for that! Clearly not a '20 with those rear guards. Homologation seems to be the difficulty with running 2t/3t combos in a ke20, but I'd be willing to guess that it'd be W W W W WAY {Sorry, did I stutter???} more fun than my little 3k plans. BTW, saw the listings for homologation that were posted a while ago, but I'm wondering if there is anywhere handy to find the full papers for a '73 ke20? I'm really keen on plugging away at my current shell, although my other three spare shells are 71's. Plenty of interior to part out as well, because rally/rollcage etc deletes the need for most interior. Not sure how much call there is for it, but I won't need it so it is just a case of finding the time to remove it then a reimburse for postage. I'm not in it for the money/rarity like some, I'm in it for the pure fun of chucking it around at SPEED! I'll have to do one of those profiles at some point, but racing/work plus a wife and four young kids mean that it's more of a time poverty situation then anything else. If the truth be told I'd have those homologation papers by now too, but I'm just to slack to spend the time. Oh crap, seems like my laziness will inevitably lead to a distinct lack of popularity, with such a precedence set at time with people not reading/searching the FAQ'S! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwarf Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 (edited) I've competed against the new owner of that car on more than one occasion, and I can tell you that my 3K powered 25 has accounted for it on each occasion. It's not what you've got, it's what you do with it. You don't really need the homologation papers for your 20. The only reason i have them is to prove that my 35 (and now my 25) came with a 2TG. What you need to do is go to the CAMS.com.au website, and look in the CAMS manual for the events that you want to drive in. That will give you a much better direction to travel in. For rallying, most things on a car that age are free, with the exception of engine block. If your building something, remember to ask lots of questions, and make sure something complies before you do it. :lolcry: Edited June 12, 2008 by Redwarf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gslrallysport Posted June 12, 2008 Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 and make sure something complies before you do it. :dance: Meh, over rated! Just fit the biggest wing on the back of it you can! :lolcry: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakmotor Posted June 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2008 "You don't really need the homologation papers for your 20. The only reason i have them is to prove that my 35 (and now my 25) came with a 2TG. What you need to do is go to the CAMS.com.au website, and look in the CAMS manual for the events that you want to drive in. That will give you a much better direction to travel in. For rallying, most things on a car that age are free, with the exception of engine block." HI Redwarf! Thanks so much for all of your help. It's great to get a reply as occasionally I've posted up some stuff and I guess it's just too boring or no one knows me and there is not always a response. {Which of course is completely understandable, just disappointing....} I'm not even sure if there are any more Rollaclub members in Townsville, if there are I haven't met then as yet, being new and all. As far as papers go, the last steward I talked to was the cheif scrutineer at the Mt Stuart Tarmac Rally, and he said I'd need them for any tarmac rally stuff I did. Yes, the block is the main restriction plus a limit to what capacity it can be increased to, hense my ridiculous efforts with the 3k/Norton Commando pistons etc. As you are probably well aware "Free" is a word that is a bit nebulous sometimes. I'm planning to run the full rally next year after navigating for the last two. Last year we blew our motor on run 4 out of 6, this year we placed third after finishing all 8 runs. It poured rain half way through the day this year, which was exciting/scary! If anyone is interested, it's one of the cheaper tarmac rallies around, there are some incar sequences on utube, some from the rally and some from the hillclimbs. The hill climb is 1.2k and runs four times yearly. NO cage required, and a level 2s licence. Hoping next year to increase to about 2.2k's Rally is 7.46k's. The bottom 2.4 k's of the hill is very smooth "hotmix" bitumen, last 5ish k's is very rough old bitumen. For the rally it's a national rally licence, full cams logbook, ie cage etc. Top speed {for the quick cars} in excess of 200km/hr over the crest beside the SOS point around halfway up. The series 5 rx7 I navigate in was doing aroud 165 last year there, but this year was well clocked off!! {Clock is japanese so only reads to 180} NICE!!!!! Anyone interested can also check out http://groups.msn.com.au/TwinCitiesAutosportsClub So I'm pretty sure that papers are somewhere. Any ideas? Once again thatnks heaps for your help. It's surprising that the world's most sold car is still a bit of a mytery up here in the rally circles. Plenty of knockers saying things like "What do you want to waste your time on that thing for, get an Escort, or a datto..." etc. Would have to agree with you that it's not what you have, it's what you do with it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redwarf Posted June 13, 2008 Report Share Posted June 13, 2008 A bloke called Ian Oglevie runs a datto 1200 in rallies up that way and is ballistic fast. Still A-series motor, too. Almost did the last QRC round that TCAC ran a few years back, but sadly cancelled due lack of numbers. My 3K was out to about 1360cc's. We could have bunged it out to just over 1400, but that would have stuck me up a class. (Although it now has a 2TG) You'll find the tarmac regs on the CAMS site. As far as the homologaion papers go, I think the scrut is being a bit over the top. All you need to prove is that the engine came with the car, and the factory manual can do that for you. It's also a recognised document, and perfectly legal to present for compliance. There's a couple of Corolla's down this way competeing in rallys, but most of them (including both my cars) are 2TG powered. It does need to be said though, that I ran my 25 for about 15 years with a 3K, and was reasonably competitive in most thngs it did. Cheers, Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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