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4th March 2016 - 11:37 AM
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alpharx7
Post #12043
program of events for the day. QUOTE The program for the day will be:
8am Gates open and driver registration starts 9am 10am Kustom Cuts - Cruise session 1 Cruise the Queensland Raceway track with the sweet smell of premix in the air and the hottest Rotors brapping around the circuit. You can load up your mates and family and show them what your passion is all about. 10am 10.30am Direct Clutch - General Practice Session 1 The Rotary racers get to hit the track and show us all how they fly around corners and test out their rides ahead of the racing season. Open to all entrants but to take part in the activity you will need long sleeves long pants and a helmet and no passengers. 10.30am 12pm Kustom Cuts - Cruise session 2 12-12.30 Lunch Get to the Pits Stop Cafι to grab and drink and some food before the afternoons activities get under way 12.30 1pm Direct Clutch - General Practice Session 2 The Rotary racers get to hit the track and show us all how they fly around corners and test out their rides ahead of the racing season. 1pm 2.30 pm Kustom Cuts - Cruise session 3 2.30pm 3.30pm Custom Cars by Clay - Off street Drag Racing Old School flag drop drag racing down the front straight 1/8th mile, open to all entrants must wear a helmet, Long pants, long sleeves and no passengers. The first 30min will be practice and the last 30mins will be an eliminator to see who has the fastest rotor on the day. Trophy for the winner 3.30pm 4pm Direct Clutch - General Practice Session 3 4pm 5.30pm Kustom Cuts - Cruise session 4 5.30 7.30 Custom Cars by Clay Burnout competition, time to put on the skid tyres and smoke out the burnout pad. We have 2 classes for the burnouts with a Naturally Aspirated Class and a Forced Induction class and there will be a trophy for each class. Open to all entrants must wear a helmet, Long pants, long sleeves and you can have 1 passenger but must be wearing all appropriate safety gear. $1000 cash for the winner of the N/A class and $1000 for the winner of the forced induction class 7pm 9pm Drag Photos - Roll Racing - The newest event to Queensland Raceway is Roll Racing, you line up on the inside front straight and we send the cars off 2 at a time, they roll around turn 6 at 40klms onto the front straight and when the light turns green you race down the front straight to the finish line, just like the drag racing but from a rolling start. 9pm Event ends please drive home safely and thanks for supporting the event! All entrants will be getting a email with all the details you need to know to make your day at Rotary Revival the best it can be. G |
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alpharx7
Post #12045
QUOTE 41 Ford Pickup "Mirage" 2016 Detroit Autorama Great Eight Winner ScottieDTV Published on Mar 3, 2016 The 1941 Ford Pickup custom "Mirage" from The 2016 Detroit Autorama.....This 2016 Great Eight winner was started over 7 yrs ago in Richard Broyles garage...He debut it at the 2016 Detroit Autorama....Mirage is a totally one off custom hard top convertible...Car....Pickup......Street Rod....Hot Rod...Kinda thing??....But it did start as a 1941 Ford Pickup....lol....You will just need to see it to believe it...Check it out!!!...For more coverage from The Detroit Autorama please visit www.scottiedtv.com The Coolest Cars On The Web!!! |
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alpharx7
Post #12046
QUOTE TT Malibu Rebuild OVERNIGHT - Lights Out 7!
1320video Published on Mar 3, 2016 This is a real life example of what hard work, determination, and good friends is all about! These guys had no engine, no EFI, and no wiring in the car the night before their first pass in their twin turbo Malibu! Based on a Chevy Big Block V8, this Malibu is now sporting FuelTechs FT500 electronic fuel injection system running high 3 second 1/8th mile passes! WOW! Being a car with lots of history behind it, the crew was sure to get this race car done in time for Duck Xs Lights Out 7 at SGMP! This is one HELL of a story! |
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mark1414
Post #12047
QUOTE (BoostedVW @ Feb 29 2016, 06:52 PM)  Hi guys, I'm Joel, Shuffs son. This has been a bit hard to write but just wanted to let you know dad had a really serious stroke on Friday morn and died early this morn. He really felt part of a community on here and had a lot of time for you guys and considered you very close mates and he'd want me to let you know what happened. None of us knew it but looking back now the signs were there he had health problems leading up to this just we didnt realise how severe and the stubborn old bastard refused to go to the quack despite pushing from mum. 45 years of smoking had done its thing and one carotid artery was completely blocked and the other 70% blocked so it was a ticking time bomb, I'm just glad it happened while he was still in hospital recovering from his hip replacement and not at home where help might have been much longer to arrive. one of the frustrating parts about this was after living with the pain for so many years he only got to enjoy his new hip for 2 days before this happened. Anyway i just wanted to say thanks, you guys have no idea how much enjoyment dad got from here. I haven't been real active on boost for about 6 years now but he was always talking to me about it and loved to have a chat or share some car knowledge where he could. Thanks again guys Joel. Joel - so sorry for your loss. Shuffs was great value. Always had something interesting to say, seemly about every topic. He will be missed. |
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wolfman101
Post #12051
I doubt there will be one for available for a drive here before I leave. I am not IN LOVE with the styling, but the back and sides are good. The performance and features are there, but they sound a bit rubbish and are priced wrong. It has the advantage of being something I can just walk in and buy though, rather than something I'd have to import and comply (all the other candidates). |
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alpharx7
Post #12052
QUOTE (wolfman101 @ Mar 5 2016, 12:44 AM) I doubt there will be one for available for a drive here before I leave. I am not IN LOVE with the styling, but the back and sides are good. The performance and features are there, but they sound a bit rubbish and are priced wrong. It has the advantage of being something I can just walk in and buy though, rather than something I'd have to import and comply (all the other candidates). how difficult is it to import american cars to japan and get them complied in comparison to Oz? surely there'd already be people importing the corvette? but i'm guessing that there'd be a fairly substantial waiting list / length of time / lead in to it's arriving for delivery. |
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alpharx7
Post #12053
Caught up with a 'old friend' at the Rotary Revival at QR today - i've been trying to purchase a motor from him. After all the trouble that we've had in getting a compression test, he's like, this is the price take it or leave it, motors are getting hard to get rah rah rah. I ask him if he's going to attempt to try and get it running whilst it's still in the car, or get a compression test after its out, and he's nup. |
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alpharx7
Post #12055
straight away i thought of War of the Worlds where humans were blasted into ash........... the technology does exist. QUOTE Fastest And Safest Way To Remove Rust,Without Chemicals Or Abrasive Blasting Don Crane Published on Mar 24, 2015 Alliance Painting And Laser Ablation Ltd This is our new laser machine, removes rust, lead paint, coatings, no dust, no chemicals, no water, no secondary contaminants. |
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alpharx7
Post #12057
QUOTE 1934 Ford Coupe "Road Kill R" 2016 Detroit Autorama ScottieDTV Published on Mar 4, 2016 The 1934 Ford Coupe "Road Kill R" from The 2016 Detroit Autorama....Resurrected from a wrecked Camaro ZL1 is where it gets it's name....The Boys over at Xcentrick Autosports have done a very good job of merging the two Cars is away that you get a feeling of the Camaro...with the looks of the 1934 Ford.....Very cool Car...Check it out....For more coverage from Detroit Autorama please visit www.scottiedtv.com The Coolest Cars On The Web!! |
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alpharx7
Post #12060
QUOTE (getuted @ Mar 5 2016, 07:46 PM) Went to Rotary Revival for a few hours with a mate, must say it was a well run event and a decent turn out.. thanks Alpha for the heads ups about it np dude. it was a fun day. i left about 4pm after the street racers had finished, wasn't worried about hanging around to watch the last session/s and burnouts. |
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alpharx7
Post #12064
Keanu Reeves in training for his John Wick movie role....... QUOTE Video: Neo and John Wick Have Nothing On The Real Keanu's Shooting Skills Turns out Keanu Reeves' portrayal of Neo and John Wick were just him in real life! Watch Keanu absolutely destroy these targets with insane accuracy in this short shooting video. Pistols, shotguns, semi-automatics...it's honestly incredible! Watch this badass video below. |
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alpharx7
Post #12065
QUOTE Star Trek, early convention at Northglenn Mall 1976 ultimessence Published on Feb 10, 2013 one of the earliest Star Trek conventions occurred in 1976 at the Northgenn Mall in Denver Colorado in Fall of 1976. Only 7 years after the series ended, Star Trek already had a very strong cult following in the US and even abroad. There were small fan clubs popping up all over the world, so after a while it had such momentum that someone began organizing these gatherings into conventions... At homes, schools, malls, they eventually had to rent large convention halls to accommodate the throngs of devoted 'trekkies'. This one had Leonard Nimoy (Spock) and James Doohan (Scotty), so I had to bring my super 8 movie camera to the Mall to film it. I brought my old pal Terry McCoy as the on-camera reporter to interview the cults and play with the toys. The Northglenn Mall (The Mall of my adolescence) was only 8 years old at this point so it is fun to have this record of the old Mall before it got torn down 21 years later. |
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alpharx7
Post #12067
QUOTE (getuted @ Mar 6 2016, 07:42 AM) Opens, i had my P's before all the rules came in and restricted what you could drive. Ahh i feel old now haha so no restrictions then on motor size and ability to go turbo vs NA  the only problem you're going to have is finding a good vehicle to start from. you'd have seen that guy out there trying to get 3,500 for that s2 rx7, and the condition of it.  'sif he was ever going to get that.
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getuted
Post #12070
Yeh but they dont come up for sale all that often. Iv seen afew that had work done to them but they want quite alot for them.. a near stockish 1 would be ok. We have a series 4 or 5 sitting at work with alot of work done to it, its a stat writeoff but the running gear would be fine |
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alpharx7
Post #12071
video footage is in the link QUOTE Lucas Browne has become the first Australian heavyweight boxing world champion
AUSTRALIA has its first world heavyweight boxing champion with Sydneys Lucas Browne scoring a 10th-round stoppage of WBA regular champion Ruslan Chagaev in Grozny, Chechnya. Sydneysider Browne showed enormous heart, coming back from a disastrous sixth round in which he was cut and knocked down by the southpaw from Uzbekistan in his second title defence. The 36-year-old former MMA fighter and bouncer somehow survived the last 30 seconds of the round despite being wobbled a couple of times. The Australian dug deep and landed several right uppercuts in the seventh, in a stirring comeback and took the round. Chagaev, 37, regained his composure and probably shaded the next two rounds, but Browne sent shockwaves through the division in the tenth. He caught Chagaev with a crunching right to the head inside the last minute of the round, depositing the champion on the canvas. Sensing an opportunity to finish the fight there and then, Browne capitalised on his opportunity, landing several more right hand shots to the head before experienced South African referee Stanley Christodoulou stopped the fight. |
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alpharx7
Post #12072
QUOTE (getuted @ Mar 6 2016, 11:43 AM) Yeh but they dont come up for sale all that often. Iv seen afew that had work done to them but they want quite alot for them.. a near stockish 1 would be ok. We have a series 4 or 5 sitting at work with alot of work done to it, its a stat writeoff but the running gear would be fine there's a pulled apart 323 for sale on Fb rotoriouz atm for $2,500 personally i wouldn't touch somethings that in pieces if i didn't have prior experience with that make and model. it's the problem though with anything that's popular with young people who modify cars / and those makes and models. it's just hard to find something clean and in good condition. a good clean factory original s2-3 rx7 will fetch 8k all day long now. price goes up for the rx badge  i'll get mark osgood / kustom kuts to make me some rx626 badges and start with a cheaper piston model mazda lol
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wolfman101
Post #12073
Alf, pretty easy. You can drive lhd or rhd in Japan, and there are no particular taxes leveled on imports. You have to pay the same purchase taxes and compliance fees that a local dealer would pay before putting the car on sale though, so you're effectively being taxed twice (when you buy in USA, when you register in Japan. On a 100k (US) car like the Vette, you are looking at maybe an extra 25k all up to get it there, and on the road. For a 130k car (the others I'm looking at) that's maybe 35-40k. Still always works out cheaper than buying locally. They sell Vettes domestically, in Japan, LHD out of the dealers. They are around 200k. |
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alpharx7
Post #12075
QUOTE (wolfman101 @ Mar 6 2016, 12:31 PM) Alf, pretty easy. You can drive lhd or rhd in Japan, and there are no particular taxes leveled on imports. You have to pay the same purchase taxes and compliance fees that a local dealer would pay before putting the car on sale though, so you're effectively being taxed twice (when you buy in USA, when you register in Japan. On a 100k (US) car like the Vette, you are looking at maybe an extra 25k all up to get it there, and on the road. For a 130k car (the others I'm looking at) that's maybe 35-40k. Still always works out cheaper than buying locally. They sell Vettes domestically, in Japan, LHD out of the dealers. They are around 200k. With a 70k or so premium to buy from a 'local' dealership, i'm surprised that there's anyone that would support a local supplier and not go directly to the source in America like yourself. That 70k difference would pay for a plane ticket to go the States and test drive a lot of different cars.
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