Improved prod. race car

[IN 05 NT]

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[TA23 Racer]

Sorry Crownman we hijacked your thread. ST 141 Carona would be a good IPRA car Celica without the panel price, plenty of space,nice and wide,3sg turbo would get the old Rona going.
Get into the best and most diverse class in Australia

Cheers Dave.

[indigoid]

Dude did you see what happend! Poor driving, he did not use his head at all. I was clearly quicker than him and i gave him plenty of racing room. so why did he still want to try and go me into the first turn? and why was the clark of course wanting to disquallify him so badly and have been "watching" him all season. The only reason they didnt was because of a wrong report from the flagies. They wanted to take it to tribunal. And as far as my fellow competitors go if they are going to play like that then 08 is war. Im here to race not make mates.

Glad I'm not racing in your state, then. That's a really shitty attitude, especially if as mentioned the guy tried to apologise for his crappy driving and you did the worst thing possible in that situation. It doesn't help you, him or racing in general.

Club-level racing, and that's what IPRA is, doesn't need your kind of arrogant arseclown. Go race in some filthy bogan class like Brutes if you want to act like that

[strat]

I love how people can just make dumb ass comments without knowing the full story. indigoid have you been living under a rock! IP is full of arrogant arseclowns, I fit right in.
If it is club level or national it makes no difference, WE ARE RACING!!! If you want a social club go join a RSL.
As far as a corona is concerned it would be ok if you could get it under a 1000kg but i doubt it. The suspension geometry would be good but the weight would kill it. bp18t will kill me but Build a KE70 Crownman light good suss angle and if it dont work sell it to a drifter.

[Dirt Racer = KE30's]

Hey Fellas, just wondering who can help me. I am looking for a manifold from a 3K engine they tell me it has to come from maybe a KE20 but it has to have big ports as to suit that big port type head and also twin outlet. Its for a project that a mate is attempting

[indigoid]

Actually, I haven't been living under a rock. I've been to almost every IPRANSW event in the last 12 months (including the FoSC events), attended the driver's briefings and podium presentations, done pit crew work for a good friend, met and chatted to a lot of drivers and their entourages, and generally had a bloody good time. I wouldn't keep doing it (by the end of an event I'm utterly exhausted and usually take the Monday off work to recover!) if it wasn't fun and friendly.

What it boils down to is that we're not racing for sheep stations. What does it take to get this through your obviously thick skull?

[IN 05 NT]

90% of racers are there for fun,.... some are just failed production car drivers.

[strat]

I've been to almost every IPRANSW event

Whell that says it all right there!
I thought there was something wrong with you.

What it boils down to is that we're not racing for sheep stations.

I agree with you 100%, and thats why i was so pissed with the average effort of the spagma driver. He had no reason to mess up his or my race. we are not even in the same freekin class. Thats all there is to it.

[RONA]

As far as a corona is concerned it would be ok if you could get it under a 1000kg but i doubt it.

Weight is 1080kg stock, and theres plenty of shit to remove from there

[Dongaz]

I was just looking on the IPRA website and if you want something straight out already done and want to stick with Toyota, why not something like this:
http://www.techmasters.com.au/forum/...d0d4f1c69f95ca

[charged]

^^^^^ thats a sports sedan mate, but non the less they do make good IP cars the early rolla. I rekon the RT142 Rona is a good thing , decent track, lightweight and could fit some nice 16in wheels and big brakes to suit under it with minimal flaring, 3sgte,w and f series irs would be a good thing. A guy in NSW runs 1 with a 3s and he had to add ballast to get the required weight( he runs it as a L.M). if you build it as a EM no weight limit FTW.

[TA23 Racer]

I'm with charged the Rona, like I said before nice and cheap and plenty of engine bay to work with (OK not that great a looking car). For most of us IPRA is about affordabilty and U-Pull-it have plenty of them.

Cheers Dave

[mtp_69_i]

This has been a largely informative read. Thanks to those who linked IPRA info (rep). I've been contemplating building up my old RA40 for improved production racing, but all this info has really got me thinking. I'm going to have a decent read of the IPRA rules and work things out from there.

The corona sounds like a good one for sticking to Toyotas, though I'm not totally convinced about a north/south 3SGTE given it's a motor designed for fwd. Bluebird + mild SR20DET would also be interesting...

[indigoid]

ehhh, davel's fast 3SGTE-powered Mango should be all the proof you need that it is a viable option. not necessarily cheap, though

[charged]

The corona sounds like a good one for sticking to Toyotas, though I'm not totally convinced about a north/south 3SGTE given it's a motor designed for fwd.

Dave runs a dry sumped 3sgte, its a expensive way to go. My 2 nephews have campaigned 3sgte with mods to sump and some external return lines from the head to the sump and have had no problems with oil starvation. The 3sgte put out very competitive horsepower compared to the other 2litre turbos.

Bluebird + mild SR20DET would also be interesting...

The bluebird is a good thing also, cheap to buy, plenty of go faster gear for the SR, not sure about mild... the restricted motor needs plenty of boost at the lowest possible rpm to create plenty of torque, the HP party stops at about 6grand

heres a vid of the nephews car from this year, he dnf the race before came from rear of grid to 3rd place.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlfN73a-9Ws