9-11 March VHRR Phillip Island Classic

Post by **shanec86** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 1:50 pm

This might be of some interest to people. I went down there on the 11th and took some pics. some absolutly crazy cars there.

Ferrari 156/85 1500cc V6 turbo. see's upwards of 5bar!

the george fury's Dr30, the Group A HR31's, GIO R32 GTR, F5000's.....

i couldnt get over some of the LeMan's cars either

Panda_ET · Post by **Panda_ET** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:29 pm

I take it the nissan engine shot is from a HR31? looks like a Rb20det(rockers looks like the nics version eeeewwwww)...lol wtf is with the afm mounted on the strut tower. man gibson manifold are a work of art but damn they are long runners

Post by **shanec86** » Tue Mar 13, 2007 7:19 pm

Yea its the RB20DET-R of one of the hr31's

The CAMS regs stated that the group A cars must be fitted with the factory electronic sensors for the engine....It didnt say it had to work, hence why it is stuck to the strut tower. The rules were fairly loose in some respects and very much open to interpretaion. Many racing teams of the era used this to advantage, Gibson Motorsport included.

BennyET · Post by **BennyET** » Wed Mar 14, 2007 9:33 am

shanec86 wrote:Yea its the RB20DET-R of one of the hr31's

The CAMS regs stated that the group A cars must be fitted with the factory electronic sensors for the engine....It didnt say it had to work, hence why it is stuck to the strut tower. The rules were fairly loose in some respects and very much open to interpretaion. Many racing teams of the era used this to advantage, Gibson Motorsport included.

that be some funny shit then

Panda_ET · Post by **Panda_ET** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:21 pm

lol gibsons seriously bent the rules like 'Using the engine bay fire extinguisher' on the Z18et's cooler while on bathurst

Post by **tassuperkart** » Sat Mar 17, 2007 6:54 pm

I have a very interesting M8 that lives just down the road here.
He has worked as engineer and pit manager for nearly every top line Group C touring car team known to man.
Fill him with piss and sit back and enjoy the show!!!!!

Some of the shenanigans that went on in those days has to be seen to be believed.
Including the hand fabricated IRS arse end in the DR30's! and oversize pistons in a lot of the V8's on one bank since the scrutineers only ever measured one side of the engine.
OMG hes' a seriously interesting dude to chat to!!!!
He calls me "digital man" bwaaahahahahahahah!

Looking at those images brought out a warm and fuzzy feeling in me untill I clocked the Talbot straight six engine which almost brought me to tears!!
Damn, look at the engineering (sighs) they dun make them like that anymore.................
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