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DAMN man Brent - 53.17 is MOVING!!!!! Shane rocked a 1:06.46 which beat his friend who co-drove his car who had a 1:08.04 Mark beat the escort in his 240k with a 1:05.21 I'll need to do some calc's BUT that will give Brent the OS championship and I think class d overall. I think I've lost my class c to Stacey in the fiat. But I'll work all that out tomorrow.

No ideA - I did get some photos and videos of everyone so I'll post them up over the next couple days.

Alan is epically fast - I heard he was a former n rally champ also... Also that his course record is a 49 second run...

I LOVE ROAD RACING!!!! Heheh soo much fun watching!!! Well maybe... To be honest would have rather raced, but shit happens... You guys looked good today and everyone improved massively! Brent you looked fast! And I've got a video of what looks to be you pitching it in sideways into te dipper! Found my time from 2011 and it was 57.55...

I will be! I'm getting a lift with you...

New engine being fitted?

As I said man - get it fixed and I'll pick you up from the airport and drive you down!

Points are best 4 out of 5.... So maybe??? But yeah sweet! Looking forward to coming down and taking pics also

Shane I'll bring my go pro down and we can stick it in your car if you want. I dot think anyone is going to let me steal their car for the day - haha

Nice write up man! It's always fun hearing things from another's perspective. You sort the gear selection issues?

Nice! Yeah - stupid trapdoor and not being about to beat Brent on another road course... Wonder if I could get Rob to bring his 205 down and dual share with me...

Shane - i'm still keen to come down, if it's only to get photos and talk shit and watch you try and over take Max in the OS Championship, and to watch Brent take the overall leadership and the first ever Fiat Car Club - Oldschool Devision - Tarmac Championship Title!

Brent - when can we expect your blog update? I enjoy reading them.

Who said anything about sleeping on a couch??? you sleep in passengers seat of your van while i drive the van to the race... As much as i owe you for towing the 205 back home, there are somethings i will not do... I'm not that kinda girl guy...

Max - I'm not racing, so if you want me to pick you up from the airport and you can sleep on the way down to hiwi while i drive the escort down i can if you like... Go to the doc, get some sleeping pills and sleep on the flight home, then come back and see if you can go faster than Shane... You sort out that knock?

From Facebook: Campbell Robertson: Yes they will be, hopefully this weekend. I had some issues getting them in the spread sheet correctly. No problems with which time belonged to who, another great job by Mark Rogers of Marktime, more about changes in the spread sheet.

Mine is screwed. Won't be running for 18 months or so I think. Hope the business is going well.

Voldo - sounds good! I am definantly going EW it's just a matter of when i have the money to do it. I"m not going to invest in the XU's as they are hard to get and getting old. also http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=148425 - Solid lifter info... and some information re head drains....

I was running 8 ltrs in mine...

Got any photos of your design? The only 100% sure way to get rid of it is to dry sump it.

Voldo, it's not just the head thats the issue, the oil return paths are very small on the side of the block. It's really a combination of things vs just one thing. A few guys have put scavenging pumps on the head to assist. The hydro lifters on the XU are rock solid upto 7500rpm after that you can get lifter float with them. The bottom end factory is good for 8000rpm all day long... There is a LOT of threads on the 205 GTI drivers site about the oil issues and what to do to reduce the effect of what is basically a design flaw. You can see the improvements with the XU10 vs the XU9 blocks for the oil returns. The cam followers are 2 different sizes on the EW10J4(RS) / EW12J4 heads: - EW10J4 (140PS) 1997cc, 85mm bore and 88mm stroke, 45mm big ends, 212.5mm block height, 33mm inlet and 29mm exhaust, 28.4mm cam followers - EW10J4S (180PS) 1997cc, 85mm bore and 88mm stroke, 45mm big ends, 212.5mm block height, 35mm inlet and 31mm exhaust valves, 30mm cam followers, variable cam phasing control - EW12J4 2231cc, 86mm bore and 96mm stroke, 50mm big ends, 221.5mm block height, 35mm inlet and 31mm exhaust valves, 28.4mm cam followers, variable cam phasing control Have a read of the link i posted for Brad about the EW series - it really is just a much better engine overall vs the XU series, which is why i'm going to move to it. Let alone the fact the XU9's are getting old, hard to find, and expensive... Have a look at these threads: https://www.google.co.nz/search?client=opera&q=oil+drain+head+site:205gtidrivers.com&sourceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest

Yeah i'm just paranoid of damaging others... Hows everyone's prep for Hiwi going?

nah if i'm going to go through the hassle of a non-Mi motor then i'll go the EW, the more i read the more i am convinced its the right move...

Brad - have a read of the http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=135735 - btw Sandy is a professional race engine builder in the UK.

The engine isn't any taller just it sits at a different angle, the oil control might actually be better because of this as there is potentially more oil in the sump as the sump itself can be more equal in length front to back while maintaining flat bottom. I'm not aware of any 306's that have done hamptons on semis but with there improvements I would expect to see any failures unless they where on semis and stiffened suspension wise... It's very unlikely they will fail on road tyres...