Swill
02-05-07, 03:40 PM
V8 VK Rally Car
I bought the ex Doug Briscoe Commodore from Queensland in 2003. It had been through a few hands before I got a look at it and wasn’t in the best ever condition having done about 60 odd rally’s. I few up in the morning first thing paid the money, filled the car full of spares and then drove it home. A 23 hour trip all up, with it breaking down 9 times between Campbelltown and the ACT due to an over heating holley fuel pump.
After fixing it up a bit, I did the first rally in it about 6 months later (The Dell 04) ended coming 5th, made the ABC news for losing it at the spectator point in grand style. Since then I’ve done a few different rally’s in it, Starmart, Minidulla, BRM, a rally sprint and lent it out to a few mates to compete when I had something else on.
It’s a pretty interesting car to drive, sort of like sitting in a big couch with a roll cage and 400hp. It sort of stops ok for 1440kg, sort of steers ok if you steer it with the back and not the front, but the main thing it sort of goes ok. It powers up hill real good and in private testing beat a road going evo 6 up to about 180km/h…. by about half a guard. It pulled consistent low 1.14 around Wakefield with serious fuel surge problems and rally suspension, which I’m pretty happy with all things considered.
Things have been a bit slow in the last 18 months. Since the 05 Alpine, I pulled the group A Getrag out for a look and it had pretty badly pitted 2nd & 3rd gears. Looked into it a bit and it turns out it’s got a 5 gear Hollinger set in it. After doing the sums and considering that I didn’t like the shift pattern all that much, I decided to throw a little bit more cash at it and replace it with a 4 speed Jerico from a NASCAR. After driving with it, im pretty happy that I did. It’s great to drive and should handle the new power with out any hassles. (Getrag for sale if anyone wants it)
The new power is coming about since the old motor cried enough at the last lap of the day at Wakefield Park. The old motor made 180rwkw at autotech in Canberra and was pretty good for what it was. The new one should be in the car in a month or 2 and will hopefully go a bit better, with improved heads, more compression, another 1.3L in capacity
All in preparation for the 07 Alpine.
Other things on the wish list are:
Proper 8 throttle body fuel injection
Straighten the diff
New adjustable front end
A Diet 1440kg is a porker
Airconditioning
A new shell if I get keen
A shed
I bought the ex Doug Briscoe Commodore from Queensland in 2003. It had been through a few hands before I got a look at it and wasn’t in the best ever condition having done about 60 odd rally’s. I few up in the morning first thing paid the money, filled the car full of spares and then drove it home. A 23 hour trip all up, with it breaking down 9 times between Campbelltown and the ACT due to an over heating holley fuel pump.
After fixing it up a bit, I did the first rally in it about 6 months later (The Dell 04) ended coming 5th, made the ABC news for losing it at the spectator point in grand style. Since then I’ve done a few different rally’s in it, Starmart, Minidulla, BRM, a rally sprint and lent it out to a few mates to compete when I had something else on.
It’s a pretty interesting car to drive, sort of like sitting in a big couch with a roll cage and 400hp. It sort of stops ok for 1440kg, sort of steers ok if you steer it with the back and not the front, but the main thing it sort of goes ok. It powers up hill real good and in private testing beat a road going evo 6 up to about 180km/h…. by about half a guard. It pulled consistent low 1.14 around Wakefield with serious fuel surge problems and rally suspension, which I’m pretty happy with all things considered.
Things have been a bit slow in the last 18 months. Since the 05 Alpine, I pulled the group A Getrag out for a look and it had pretty badly pitted 2nd & 3rd gears. Looked into it a bit and it turns out it’s got a 5 gear Hollinger set in it. After doing the sums and considering that I didn’t like the shift pattern all that much, I decided to throw a little bit more cash at it and replace it with a 4 speed Jerico from a NASCAR. After driving with it, im pretty happy that I did. It’s great to drive and should handle the new power with out any hassles. (Getrag for sale if anyone wants it)
The new power is coming about since the old motor cried enough at the last lap of the day at Wakefield Park. The old motor made 180rwkw at autotech in Canberra and was pretty good for what it was. The new one should be in the car in a month or 2 and will hopefully go a bit better, with improved heads, more compression, another 1.3L in capacity
All in preparation for the 07 Alpine.
Other things on the wish list are:
Proper 8 throttle body fuel injection
Straighten the diff
New adjustable front end
A Diet 1440kg is a porker
Airconditioning
A new shell if I get keen
A shed