i forgot to take paper and a pen with me to record 510s, but i recall seeing about 10-12 examples. mostly from NSW. most seen were turbo charged.
being a fan of the original 510, my favourite at the event was a tan sedan with widened stock wheels and caps and rear venitian & a cooler behind the grill of course. this car was for sale.
big, big event. must go again next year. the highlight for me was the 'summernats masters' burnouts on friday. i didn't go on sunday.
Duncan.
From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: OT: The Nats and summer travelling Date: 11 Jan 2004 09:49:38 +1100
Yeah, I left there with revitalised interest in getting an RB in the z. It was crazy the kind of power levels that were being produced, 400hp+ was not uncommon.
On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 23:06, Mark wrote:
> Geezus 600hp+...but he paid a pretty price for that it sounds. Thanks
> for the update, I should not be satisfied then with my paltry 180HP
> ATW!!
>
> Mark.
>
> On Saturday, January 10, 2004, at 08:24 PM, Bob wrote:
>
> > Hi Mark,
> >
> > I went to the nats today. There were a couple of 4s there, but as you
> > would expect mostly 8s. Spend most of the day in the dyno room, a
> > Bluebird with an FJ20 pulled 617hp (or 612? not sure) at the rears on
> > his second run, but then dies when it idled down. When it cooled down
> > the motor wouldnt turn over and the sparkplugs wouldnt come out -
> > sounds
> > major! While I was in the room I saw 2 1600s hit the dyno, the lowest
> > figure I saw from a 4 was ~380hp, all FJs. During that time there were
> > only a handful of 8s that beat those sort of figures. Didnt really stop
> > the "shitbox 4 cylinder" and "stupid little buzzbox" comments.
> >
> > On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 00:25, Mark wrote:
> >> Just got back from a little summer drivin' up the NSW mid-North Coast
> >> from Canberra to Coffs Harbour and back again - 2,098 kms all up
> >> (little too ambitious for my Datto so the trip was in my wife's car!)
> >> Can't say i saw too many Dattos about other than a 200b or two and
> >> nice
> >> Z at Coffs Hbr. Made sure to leave the pacific hwy for some scenic
> >> detours (Forster, Great Lakes, Crescent head, Nambucca Heads and then
> >> the Port Macquarie -> Ocean rd via Laurieton on the return)
> >> Passed some Nats entrants on trailers today on their way down the Hume
> >> to Nats. I haven't been for some years but am curious as to what level
> >> of 4cyl take part as I expect V8 dominate?
> >>
> >> Mark.JT
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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