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Post by **Aus4wd** » Mon May 17, 2004 3:36 pm

GQ TROL wrote:Any word on how the Kiwi's Bruce Hughes and Blair Howden running a red single cab Toyota Hilux/Surf with a V8 are going??

Cheers
Mitch

Just found out they won the Prologue!

Post by JK » Mon May 17, 2004 4:02 pm

Keep the updates rolling in! :cool:

Post by **Hoonz** » Mon May 17, 2004 4:05 pm

How are the Townsville Lads goin in the KOWARI patrol?!?!?!?!

Post by JK » Mon May 17, 2004 4:07 pm

Spot the Toyota...

Post by **Aus4wd** » Mon May 17, 2004 4:10 pm

dogrooter wrote:Could you tell me how Bill Lyne in the SIME V8 GQ extra cab are going, and also Kym Bolton. Thanks.

Not sure how Bill is going, what colour is his GQ, Kym Bolton isn't doing as well as excepted yet, he may have done some damage because he rang me just before for another competitor's number for a parts run back into town.

Post by **Aus4wd** » Mon May 17, 2004 4:13 pm

Terrafirma wrote:How are the Townsville Lads goin in the KOWARI patrol?!?!?!?!

Once again, what colour is it?

Post by **Aus4wd** » Mon May 17, 2004 4:42 pm

Here's another pic of the top running cars, that's if you can work them out.

Post by **dogrooter** » Mon May 17, 2004 4:46 pm

Red & White with State Tyre Sales on the side. ST Sime Racing on the bonnett

Post by **Juzza** » Mon May 17, 2004 6:21 pm

Aus4wd wrote:
Terrafirma wrote:How are the Townsville Lads goin in the KOWARI patrol?!?!?!?!

Once again, what colour is it?

Yellow(?) GU with a lot of unburnt fuel following it apparently.

Post by **MYTTUF** » Mon May 17, 2004 7:12 pm

MORE INFO;

*So far we believe that no-one has pulled out
*Mick Hingerty broke shocker tower
*Colin Pond has steering issues with steer arm and tierod end
*Greg Scanlon suffering from fuel problems
*Hobbsy's ProComp XTerrains survived unscathed after the 65 waypoint Nite SS (Forgot how many we had last year)
*Kowari seems to look the goods but are struggling to get it happening
*Chunck hit a tree on Goat Run damaging door(carbon fibre), glass and pillar and will now have a dust issue.
*Bill Lyne seems to have some motor issues with it running on 7 cyl
*Mall Graham "loves his tight new box" and is doing well.
* The NZ team (is there more than 1?) are doing well

Don't hold me responsible for any mis-information. I will post more if I hear more.
Jonesy

Post by **Hoonz** » Mon May 17, 2004 7:14 pm

Juzza wrote:
Aus4wd wrote:
Terrafirma wrote:How are the Townsville Lads goin in the KOWARI patrol?!?!?!?!

Once again, what colour is it?

Yellow(?) GU with a lot of unburnt fuel following it apparently.

YEH THE YELLOW GU with the hella predators on the roof and the big yellow plastic boxes on the back ..... ?!?!?!?!

Post by **dogrooter** » Mon May 17, 2004 7:31 pm

Bill Lyne has fixed the motor problem, but is now back at silvercity with transfer case issues. The french team is also there with a bent axle housing. Hopefully Billy will be back into it tomorrow.

Post by **dogrooter** » Mon May 17, 2004 7:34 pm

Bill Lyne has fixed the motor problem, but is now back at silvercity with transfer case issues. The french team is also there with a bent axle housing. Hopefully Billy will be back into it tomorrow.

Post by **Drafty** » Mon May 17, 2004 7:36 pm

Aus4wd wrote:Top 5 after Saturday Night's dry creek stage was
1. Cass Jones - WA - 2m55s
2. Greg Scanlan - VIC - 3m03s
3. Dallas Rundle - VIC - 3m04s
4. Steve Lowe - VIC - 3m0?s
5. Darren Green - VIC - 3m07s

To give you an idea of the vehicles competing, in the Top 20 after Saturday night, there was only 1 Turbo diesel and that was Chunks running an enormous amount of power for a diesel, the rest are Turbo or Supercharged Petrols and V8's.

Sorry, didn't get prologue results, let at about 1:30pm yesterday arvo.

Does anyone else see a patern among all these cars.

2. Greg Scanlan - VIC - 3m03s
3. Dallas Rundle - VIC - 3m04s
4. Steve Lowe - VIC - 3m0?s
5. Darren Green - VIC - 3m07s

All run engines turbo charged by JPC.

Post by **MYTTUF** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:08 pm

MORE

*KOWARI goes BANANAS and doing well
*Steve Lowe drove sand wall at Denien
*Ron Hall bent steering arm at Denien in motorkhana & DNF

Post by **Thor** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:13 pm

anyone know how the vic jeepers are going?

Post by **MYTTUF** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:16 pm

More on who they are. Vehicle? color? ect?

Post by **Thor** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:20 pm

Max Baerlocher + Craig Cooper White Wrangler TJ

Post by **Hoonz** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:21 pm

Cheers for the kowari update! any pics?

Post by **Juzza** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:23 pm

Drafty wrote:
Aus4wd wrote:Top 5 after Saturday Night's dry creek stage was
1. Cass Jones - WA - 2m55s
2. Greg Scanlan - VIC - 3m03s
3. Dallas Rundle - VIC - 3m04s
4. Steve Lowe - VIC - 3m0?s
5. Darren Green - VIC - 3m07s

To give you an idea of the vehicles competing, in the Top 20 after Saturday night, there was only 1 Turbo diesel and that was Chunks running an enormous amount of power for a diesel, the rest are Turbo or Supercharged Petrols and V8's.

Sorry, didn't get prologue results, let at about 1:30pm yesterday arvo.

Does anyone else see a patern among all these cars.

2. Greg Scanlan - VIC - 3m03s
3. Dallas Rundle - VIC - 3m04s
4. Steve Lowe - VIC - 3m0?s
5. Darren Green - VIC - 3m07s

All run engines turbo charged by JPC.

Is Lowee running turbos on the V8 now or does he still have that roller-turbo shorty??
Didn't know Dallas's was turboed either?

Post by **Juzza** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:25 pm

MYTTUF wrote:MORE

*KOWARI goes BANANAS and doing well
*Steve Lowe drove sand wall at Denien
*Ron Hall bent steering arm at Denien in motorkhana & DNF

Hall brothers in the red GQ still?

Post by **MissDrew** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:27 pm

Juzza wrote:
Drafty wrote:
Aus4wd wrote:Top 5 after Saturday Night's dry creek stage was
1. Cass Jones - WA - 2m55s
2. Greg Scanlan - VIC - 3m03s
3. Dallas Rundle - VIC - 3m04s
4. Steve Lowe - VIC - 3m0?s
5. Darren Green - VIC - 3m07s

To give you an idea of the vehicles competing, in the Top 20 after Saturday night, there was only 1 Turbo diesel and that was Chunks running an enormous amount of power for a diesel, the rest are Turbo or Supercharged Petrols and V8's.

Sorry, didn't get prologue results, let at about 1:30pm yesterday arvo.

Does anyone else see a patern among all these cars.

2. Greg Scanlan - VIC - 3m03s
3. Dallas Rundle - VIC - 3m04s
4. Steve Lowe - VIC - 3m0?s
5. Darren Green - VIC - 3m07s

All run engines turbo charged by JPC.

Is Lowee running turbos on the V8 now or does he still have that roller-turbo shorty??
Didn't know Dallas's was turboed either?

No he is running his tray back but has taken it off gas and put fuel injection on it. Spent something like $5000 just on the fuel system. (can`t remember exact figures but I know it was lots)

Post by **MYTTUF** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:33 pm

MORE

*No idea about Vic Jeepers Sorry
*Pictures You gotta be jocking!!!
*Lowie is back in his GQ Tray/Ute with definately petrol Unsure if V8
*Ron Hall has Dave Hickman along side in a Red GQ Wagon that's body is good from far but far from good, today.

Post by **Hoonz** » Mon May 17, 2004 8:37 pm

MYTTUF wrote:MORE

*No idea about Vic Jeepers Sorry
*Pictures You gotta be jocking!!!
*Lowie is back in his GQ Tray/Ute with definately petrol Unsure if V8
*Ron Hall has Dave Hickman along side in a Red GQ Wagon that's body is good from far but far from good, today.

no im not jocking :finger:

Post by **vn15** » Mon May 17, 2004 9:59 pm

Does anyone knows of the performancemods done to Chunks red GU,is it
propaneinjection :?:

Just curious.

Post by **MYTTUF** » Mon May 17, 2004 10:18 pm

Chuncks GU has everything thats BIG.
*Big Turboed Diesel with big bits and is giving the petrols a good run for their money
*Big modified himount winch with extended drum and modified motor
*Lite weight panels, think kevlar/carbon fibre
*All the usual comp mods you can have on a GU
*And most importantly a BIG UNIT Co-Driver in Big Pete to help him go the right way.

Post by **MUSS** » Mon May 17, 2004 11:40 pm

MYTTUF..... there a a sh1t load of NTH QLD lads up here all barrickin for TEAM KOWARI..... :armsup:

MATT AND CAM :armsup:

mate thanks for keepin us updated and a couple of pics we all really appreciate it :armsup:

keep it up

so do you have an idea where TEAM KOWARI is placed in the field?
sounds like they are windin out that bling bling new motor more and more :armsup:

KEEP UP THE UP DATES MATE

Post by **GQ TROL** » Tue May 18, 2004 5:58 am

* The NZ team (is there more than 1?) are doing well

There is only one NZ team competing, but a few of the boys went over to support Bruce and Blair, so there's probably a few kiwis making some noise!

Cheers
Mitch

Post by **MYTTUF** » Tue May 18, 2004 7:33 am

The format of the event makes it hard to tell how you are placing on a daily basis as you end up in a group of about 15 teams. You can compare how you're going with your group but have only "hear say" as to how other groups are going and that is only when you bump into them. It's designed so that groups don't mingle, except at Silver City 4WD in Broken Hill and maybe Fuel stops at Packsaddle, that you may catch up with someone else and it too hard to compare notes as others don't remember. The idea is to be consistant with your times, have no DNF's and be there at the end.
If your mates can navigate and recover efficiently and keep it all together they may be there at the end, but there will be some tuff competition out there to keep them pushing their KOWARI truck to the limit!
GooD Luck to them
I will keep you updated as soon as I hear more.

Post by **Aus4wd** » Tue May 18, 2004 9:11 am

I have a few update from Group A, Kym Bolton broke a CV, but they have replaced with a GQ one instead???
Darren and Sandy busted a front panhard rod on the gorge run and also pushed the radaitor into the supercharger. They then fixed all that and went on the get the fastest time on the winch wall for the day at Pollamacca.

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