Aussie rally guy
Posted by buerckner
Andrew Buerckner Infallible Moderator Location: Canberra, Australia Join Date: 10/22/2011 Posts: 120 Rally Car: Daihatsu Charade GTti DOHC Turbo, and Mazda MX-5(miata) Turbo(bent) |
It was suggested that I introduce myself, and it seemed liek more fun than the rest of my plans for the afternoon.
Hi, I'm Andrew Buerckner I'm a Gemini and I like long walks on the beach...... Hang on that's not right. 
I'be been rallying since '04 started as a nav and service crew. I drive now and still regularly Nav/service offical etc I'm sure you know what it's like. I've now got 2 rallycars, one 1600cc FWD Charade which I built myself with help from mates see here for more details (I tried to attach a pic but i don't have any smaller than 256kb WTF?) http://www.bmsc.com.au/forums/bmsc-members-rides/25597-charade-4-door-rally-car.html essentially a light(ish) FWD car with a fairly mild 75kw ATW, LSD, quick powersteering and a very stiff chassis. Trying to sell it as I also own this MX-5 Turbo. really early video, and I've attached a pic of me over "The Mineshaft" in Canberra. It's a pretty famous bit of road and you really don't want to jump any higher than this, certainly a brown pants moment! roughly 180RWKW 6 speed, full spool, very nice suspension and it's not you're average escort/datsun/subi etc. Top fun to drive Last year(my first full season driving) I won State 2wd, State Clubman, State Novice driver. This year I rolled it at about ~150KPH (just under 100mph) and made a mess of it. Best part.... I didn't own it till after the first roll! 
Anyhoo that's a bit about me. |
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Andrew Buerckner Infallible Moderator Location: Canberra, Australia Join Date: 10/22/2011 Posts: 120 Rally Car: Daihatsu Charade GTti DOHC Turbo, and Mazda MX-5(miata) Turbo(bent) |
There you go. these are the pics used for the logbook. As for Rallying an MX-5 Yep no worries, our rules atate thet convertibles must be fitted with a hardtop other than that rules are the same as anything else. I've attached a pic with the roof off when it's in tarmac mode. They drive really well once you get them up off the deck to get some ground clearance. Small, handle well and have heaps of aftermarket bits for them. There is some strengthening needed but we've figured out most of those, and I haven't DNF'd appart from crashes
As for Volvo Rallying, maybe Spac will let me pull his 240 out of the shed for a play some time, but for me I'll still with the sleeper 144 turbo road car. |
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Andrew Buerckner Infallible Moderator Location: Canberra, Australia Join Date: 10/22/2011 Posts: 120 Rally Car: Daihatsu Charade GTti DOHC Turbo, and Mazda MX-5(miata) Turbo(bent) |
Don't worry neither did I! The cage did it's job and kept the roof off our heads, wasn't even stiff the next day. The car's stuffed and will need a pretty serious rebuild. Luckily my friend, and previous owner, is the cage builder on the paperwork(we build it together) so we can repair/replace the cage without needing a whole new logbook etc. Also got a spare shell in the shed too.... one does not go rallying without a spare shell now does one?
So this is what the car looks like now, gotta sell the charade so the wife will let me fix the MX-5 P.S the Fairlady would be a pretty cool first rallycar |
Wilson von Kessler Mod Moderator Location: Lookout Mountain, GA Join Date: 02/28/2006 Age: Possibly Wise Posts: 1,127 Rally Car: Colts are in Finland; now '87 325i, '89 325i |
Andrew Buerckner Infallible Moderator Location: Canberra, Australia Join Date: 10/22/2011 Posts: 120 Rally Car: Daihatsu Charade GTti DOHC Turbo, and Mazda MX-5(miata) Turbo(bent) |
Alex Staidle Infallible Moderator Location: Δx = ħ/2Δp Join Date: 08/21/2009 Age: Settling Down Posts: 1,719 Rally Car: Various Heaps |
John Vanlandingham Elite Moderator Location: Ford Asylum, Sleezattle, WA Join Date: 12/20/2005 Age: Fossilized Posts: 14,152 Rally Car: Saab 96 V4 |
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