VH Grp 3 - Targa Tasmania

[genoccaj]

Just got back from competing in Targa Tasmania in my VH SS Grp 3, all in all for our first attempt it went pretty well. The first 3 days we had a pretty good run but on the last touring stage back to Launceston the centre CV joint between the two tailshafts decided to die. So after trying to source parts at 8pm Friday night we had the car fixed by 9pm.

The next day we did 1.5 stages before the harmonic balancer decided to fly appart and shear off the pulley on the front of it, which in turn hit the radiator fan and alternator fan. After getting parts and fixing the car we drove to Strauhn to start the final leg on Sunday.

On the final day the car was running great again until half way through the 3rd and longest stage of Targa Tasmania the centre CV joint decided to pack it in again (it was brand new). We then had to limp the car the last 150km to Hobart so that we could at least drive across the finish line. Needless to say driving through the center of Hobart with the CV joint stuffed and making alot of noise wasnt one of our finest moments!

I have uploaded some of the incar footage to youtube and will endevour to do the rest in the coming weeks. Enjoy!

D1 - S1
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D1 - S1

D1 - S2
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D1 - S2

D1 - S3
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D1 - S3

D1 - S4
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D1 - S4

D1 - S6
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D1 - S6

D1 - S7
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D1 - S7

D1 - S8
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D1 - S8

D2 - S1
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D2 - S1

D2 - S2
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D2 - S2

D2 - S3
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D2 - S3

D2 - S4
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D2 - S4

[soop]

Nice dude. Wish i had been able to watch it.

Where abouts are you from normally?

[genoccaj]

Far North Queensland, where the rain never stops!!

[ari666]

so wish i could get my shit together and do that one day. good on ya for getting out there mate

how much did it cost ya roughly?

[88GreenVN]

I enjoyed that - thanks for posting it up. The old VH simply sounds fantastic

[genoccaj]

so wish i could get my shit together and do that one day. good on ya for getting out there mate

how much did it cost ya roughly?

Without the car, at a rough estimate the whole week would cost around $25,000 but that is including the entry fee, accommodation, hire car, support crew, meals and breakdowns.

[soop]

Jesus, not a cheap week.
I'd give it ago, but not for that kinda scratch lol.

[genoccaj]

you could most likely do it for alot less, the standard entry fee is about $7,500 and then from there if you dont have any support crew and stay in budget accommodation then you could probably get away with around $10k. The $25k is including all the meals and accomm of the 2 support crew, plus flights and getting the car there.

[ari666]

ima have to reaaaaalllly start saving then

wonder if i could write off the tax as "company promotion" hmmm, then take a mustang down


*highly unlikely*

[genoccaj]

If you have your company logos on the car then everything associated with it I have been told can be written off to tax, as far as the car goes!

[Jonno]

dad used to do some the work on a charger that did it
wish i could go one day but

[Jonno]

good wright up too btw

[VHRickster]

Wow....love your work
I am extremly impressed and extremly jealous!
Last time i drove an SS in that fashion it cost me about $15000.....but lets just they wern't entry fees

[Darren_L]

love the footage, sound and video quality is excellent - love the telemetry too - car sounds tough!
shame about the mechanical failures, you don't hear too often about the driveshaft CV's failing like that

hope all the bottoming out on the road wasn't as bad as it sounds!
Really good to see a VH out there. Do you have any video footage of the car from the outside ?

Looks like there was rather challenging roads, good to see you brought her home in one piece, that is an achievement in itself at Targa!

[genoccaj]

was just the exhaust flanges on the ground, the car has been lowered quite a bit!!

Here are a few vids of the car when we took it for its first test run:

YouTube - VH SS Group III Commodore backing off trailer

YouTube - VH SS Group III Brock Commodore coming down the straight

[genoccaj]

will post some pics later this week of the car in action

[TY318]

very nice shame about the cost tho i would if i had the money but thats what ill be up in dandy hills for

[Sabbath']

very nice shame about the cost tho i would if i had the money but thats what ill be up in dandy hills for

You cant compare thrashing your 202 around the dandies to driving a 308 in a race event. Fail.

[88GreenVN]

I'm sucribed to this thread - fantastic car and great video's - keep em comming

[RazzaCaine]

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm that sounds amazing. i want my motor to sound that good!

[genoccaj]

I have been busily uploading on the weekend and have put up some more vids for your enjoyment:

D2 - S5
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D2 - S5

D2 - S7
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D2 - S7

D2 - S8
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D2 - S8

D2 - S6
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D2 - S6

D3 - S1
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D3 - S1

D3 - S2
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D3 - S2

D3 - S3
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D3 - S3

D3 - S4
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D3 - S4

D3 - S6
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D3 - S6

D3 - S7
YouTube - Targa 2011 - D3 - S7

[ari666]

Thanks!!!!!

[genoccaj]

Here are the images of the car in action, nice photos and you can really see just how low the car is!! (there are quite a few so sorry for the slow load!)

[50LTRv8]

Thats just awesome, well done

[RazzaCaine]

very nice mate, very nice