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Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
Posts: 1696
Reg: 04-2006
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Gary, how does the "pro tour" differ from the "drift Australia" events we see on speedweek? I sat through the whole lot on Sunday hoping to see your car in action. |
Michael Brown
TryHard
Queensland
V8 UZZ31 Limited, Ralliart Magna, Holden Camira
Posts: 154
Reg: 07-2009
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Very Nice  |
Gary Snow
Tinkerer
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 75
Reg: 04-2008
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Drift Australia was the premier series until last year when they had money problems, this year they had only one event.Pro Tour is a new 10 event format that runs in QLD and NSW at the moment, with bigger plans and maybe TV next year. DA run a knock out system where as we run a points system so we get more runs per event, we also get to do demos and some V8 supercar rounds along with Nikkon GP and the Bathurst 12hr. |
Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
Posts: 1705
Reg: 04-2006
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Ahhh. Thanks for clearing that up. Good luck, hope you get the win. |
Aaron Casey
Goo Roo
nsw
'94 jzz30 gttl, 2 mini's one supercharged
Posts: 1491
Reg: 08-2005
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hey gary how have you gone with the series been watching the v8's and trying to see if they have put the drifting on but havent seen or heard anything?? |
Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
Posts: 1720
Reg: 04-2006
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Aaron Casey wrote on Sunday, October 25, 2009 - 02:42 pm:hey gary how have you gone with the series been watching the v8's and trying to see if they have put the drifting on but havent seen or heard anything??
+1
I recorded the whole lot so that if you were on the box I have captured it. I saw the Peer cars in the background but no demonic/demented Soarer. |
Aaron Casey
Goo Roo
nsw
'94 jzz30 gttl, 2 mini's one supercharged
Posts: 1495
Reg: 08-2005
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yeah all i saw was the peer car for a few seconds and them again for a few seconds in their adds.. very disappointed in the tv coverage lol |
Gary Snow
Tinkerer
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 77
Reg: 04-2008
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I would believe that TV is not very Drift friendly, just got back from the track after 4 days of drift demos and the Friday night Pro Tour grand final, but alas we came 2nd behind Leighton Fine in one of the Peer cars, we got done by one point in a rerun, sorry guys we'll try harder next time and yes we picked a new sponsor at the GP
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Aaron Casey
Goo Roo
nsw
'94 jzz30 gttl, 2 mini's one supercharged
Posts: 1496
Reg: 08-2005
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ahhh damn was sooooooo close gary!!! but thats really good considering you dont have a massive sponsor like the peer group do and big transporters and stuff lol
will you be running the soarer again next year? |
Gary Snow
Tinkerer
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 78
Reg: 04-2008
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Yeah mate will do it all again, the car is fully sorted now and of all the cars that I've had the Soarer is my favourite |
Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NSW
Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
Posts: 1722
Reg: 04-2006
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Is this your first year campaigning the Soarer? If so that is a very impressive result considering some of the "pedigree" cars you are up against.
Ummmm...
Can mongrel drift cars actually have a pedigree?  |
Gary Snow
Tinkerer
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 79
Reg: 04-2008
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Yes Ben first year out, surprisingly the Soarer is the easiest car I've ever set up for drift,but I won't tell you the secrets just yet.It's a lot harder to set a car up to go sideways properly. As for pedigree we all know that Soarers are all fat ass bit---s until they go to Weight Watchers  |
Aaron Casey
Goo Roo
nsw
'94 jzz30 gttl, 2 mini's one supercharged
Posts: 1502
Reg: 08-2005
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hahaha yeah id love to feel my car boosting with 300kg less lol
its a great achievement fora first year. so is the new sponsor a small or major? anything is better than nothing though if i had money id sponsor ya |
Gary Snow
Tinkerer
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 80
Reg: 04-2008
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Ha Ha thanks Aaron your a good man, just a small sponsor at the moment, but for next year we are going to push the sponsorship thing a bit harder. |
Gary Snow
Tinkerer
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 81
Reg: 04-2008
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The Soarer is featured in the latest High Performance Imports Mag. |
Aaron Casey
Goo Roo
nsw
'94 jzz30 gttl, 2 mini's one supercharged
Posts: 1532
Reg: 08-2005
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yes im reading that now well done!! i wanna get mine in there instead of hot fours lol |
Gary Snow
Tinkerer
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 82
Reg: 04-2008
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Yours would be a very hot 4 Aaron |
Aaron Casey
Goo Roo
nsw
'94 jzz30 gttl, 2 mini's one supercharged
Posts: 1533
Reg: 08-2005
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haha yes ill have to borrow some tv screens and stick leather to everything in the interior in some funky colour then should be perfect lol |
Gary Snow
Tinkerer
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 96
Reg: 04-2008
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Have just flipped the intercooler as the tyre was rubbing on the r/h cooler pipe,due the big lock we run,the advantage is that the pipes shorter and more direct now.Also a pic of my honda ute that I've just put 14x7.5's on along with some home made flares, 550cc of pure power.
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Scott Casey
TryHard
nsw
soarer v8
Posts: 356
Reg: 02-2008
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wow, long time no post 
not a bad job with the intercooler 
where is the pics of the turbo install on the van or  install |
Aaron Casey
Goo Roo
nsw
'94 jzz30 gttl, 2 mini's one supercharged
Posts: 1634
Reg: 08-2005
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haha nice did you notice much difference with the piping like that? i went to the predator kit and its piping in total is like 50cm but it has a massive cooler lol |
Gary Snow
Tinkerer
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 98
Reg: 04-2008
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Havn't tested it yet Aaron, will let you know how it goes. |
Aaron Casey
Goo Roo
nsw
'94 jzz30 gttl, 2 mini's one supercharged
Posts: 1804
Reg: 08-2005
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nplj7aFfMM&feature=player_embedded# |
Perry Morgan
Goo Roo
Qld
UZZ32 ( V8 )
Posts: 1783
Reg: 07-2005
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Hey Gary. I got a few pics of yours at the Gold Coast Gp. Coming around with, and then without the rear spoiler hehe.
Was good to head over to the pit area and see it close up. Surprised to see the wood trim left it. Drifting with class |
Aaron Casey
Goo Roo
nsw
'94 jzz30 gttl, 2 mini's one supercharged
Posts: 2016
Reg: 08-2005
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hey gary hear soarer came first in tamworth on the weekend but there is a driver changeover or something?? with eugene arendsen driving? what car is josh running now? |
Gary Snow
TryHard
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 110
Reg: 04-2008
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Geez mate that was quick, yeah new driver this year Eugene is driving as Josh didn't like our new sponsor ( Slide Condoms ) he's running a S15. Yes we won at Tamworth, good way to start the series,new plan this year all or nothing.
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Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NT
Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
Posts: 2033
Reg: 04-2006
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Nice start to the year. Well done. |
Aaron Casey
Goo Roo
nsw
'94 jzz30 gttl, 2 mini's one supercharged
Posts: 2017
Reg: 08-2005
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ah ok cool any pics of josh's s15? are you going to have tokage decals on that aswell?
hopefully the whole team can dominate this year. interesting to see the celica going pretty good in the series too. |
Gary Snow
TryHard
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 111
Reg: 04-2008
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Thanks guys, Josh has his own sponsorship this year,he's going to Wakefield as well so we can all catch up. |
Gary Snow
TryHard
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 113
Reg: 04-2008
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have done some more mods, as you can see a scoop that the front bar slides into to maximise are flow to the rad and intercooler, have altered the sides on the rear wing which should make the car kick sideways quicker at speed, and have modded the the rear traction arm mounts to level with the car on the ground in the quest for more mechanical traction, last meeting we went up a tyre size to 255/40 x 17 which helped a lot, just after traction that's not so tyre sensitive, will let you know if it works.
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Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NT
Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
Posts: 2063
Reg: 04-2006
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Curious about the suspension mods and any gains you find. |
Gary Snow
TryHard
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 115
Reg: 04-2008
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Hope to testing before the next event (24th), our new driver is ex. Drift Australia and is now a stunt driver at Movie World and the suspension whizz who set up all the EVO's for the show swears it will work so nothing too lose, can always take it back to where it was. |
Aaron Casey
Goo Roo
nsw
'94 jzz30 gttl, 2 mini's one supercharged
Posts: 2051
Reg: 08-2005
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sweet be interesting to see how it goes. |
Gary Snow
TryHard
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 117
Reg: 04-2008
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Came 2nd at Parklands by one point to our old driver Josh, but we are well ahead on the championship points, the altered rear arms made a huge difference a lot more drive off the line and driving sideways with the same tyres and alignment we ran at Tamworth, the mod is well worth the trouble.We will be at Eastern Creek on the Sat.drifting for the Time attack meeting and at Wakefield Park on the Sun. for the Pro Tour round 3. |
Aaron Casey
Goo Roo
nsw
'94 jzz30 gttl, 2 mini's one supercharged
Posts: 2081
Reg: 08-2005
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close then if only one point! least with the constant high finishes you have that large points gap incase one round you have a bad run or problems. |
Gary Snow
TryHard
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 118
Reg: 04-2008
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How true early days yet. |
Ben Lipman
Goo Roo
NT
Soarer TT manual, plus TT track car
Posts: 2093
Reg: 04-2006
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Well done. I have seen a few Soarers popping up around the motor sport scene lately. There was another Soarer drifting in south QLD recently I saw, and then there was an insane V8TT thing over in perth on 1HD coverage of the drags. |
Gary Snow
TryHard
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 119
Reg: 04-2008
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There is a Blue TT drifting in our series, big HP but the set up isn't quite right, it's a smoke machine but has no drive. |
Spencer Cameron
TryHard
NSW
JZZ30 (converted Manual)
Posts: 149
Reg: 04-2008
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ya know, someone could probably create a bolt on kit for that traction rod mod.. Just a thought.. |
Gary Snow
TryHard
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 120
Reg: 04-2008
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It could be done but the whole thing is welded in and plated at the front due to the extra load on the stock mount. I have templates for what I have done, which would have to be adjusted slightly depending on the ride height.The only reason I left the top bolt in was just in case it didn't work. |
Spencer Cameron
TryHard
NSW
JZZ30 (converted Manual)
Posts: 150
Reg: 04-2008
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are you still able to remove the cradle? |
Gary Snow
TryHard
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 122
Reg: 04-2008
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yes the new front traction arms from the mount are bolted in. |
Tim Ross
Goo Roo
Qld
1J + GT35-82R
Posts: 1857
Reg: 09-2007
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Gary Snow wrote on Thursday, April 08, 2010 - 08:01 pm:
Thats not Matty Taylor is it? |
Gary Snow
TryHard
Queensland
Soarer TT
Posts: 125
Reg: 04-2008
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?????? |
Tim Ross
Goo Roo
Qld
1J + GT35-82R
Posts: 1859
Reg: 09-2007
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sorry mate, this pissweak forum software strikes again... you click quote and the fcuking thing doesnt do it.
you said: our new driver is ex. Drift Australia and is now a stunt driver at Movie World
I'm asking if his name is Matt Taylor? |
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