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One of Australia's most accomplished drivers will return to competition in the Toyota Rally of South Australia on August 5-7, driving an ex-works Toyota Corolla.

Local hero Ed Ordynski will celebrate a historic milestone in the event, marking 30 years since he first competed in the Australian Rally Championship.

The Toyota drive will bookend the milestone because the 50 year-old's maiden ARC start in 1975 was in this same event driving a Toyota Corolla he had bought for $200 as a university student.

His Toyota Rally SA mount next week is the Group N Corolla that Neal Bates drove last season and is now owned by privateer Martin Lintott, who has been forced to miss this round due to business commitments.

Long-time rival Bates, the boss of Toyota Team Racing, worked with Toyota to put Ordynski and regular co-driver Iain Stewart into the Lincorp Corolla.

"I thought I was going to miss this milestone, which would have been a shame, but it turns out that Neal has been trying to make this happen for some time - without me even knowing it," said Ordynski.

"It's very special that people who have been rivals for years have gone to the trouble to make this happen and it really fires you up."

Ordynski, who won the national title in 1990, has been sitting on the sidelines since ending his long-standing association with Mitsubishi six months ago, but is eager to again tackle an event that he won just two years ago and in which he finished third last year.

Toyota Australia motor sport manager Phil Galway said that Ordynski's return to the cockpit would generate additional interest in Toyota Rally SA, which last year attracted a record crowd.

"Ed has a very high profile in South Australia in particular and having him competing again is great for the championship, especially as it is his 30th anniversary event," said Phil Galway.

"It will also be interesting to get his feedback on the Group N Corolla because one of his strengths over the years has been his technical ability."

Ordynski has the best international record of any Australian rally driver, having eight times beaten the best Group N drivers in the world to win the class in Rally Australia, a round of the World Rally Championship. He also won Group N in the New Zealand WRC event in 1994.

In Australia, Ordynski has been Australian Group N Rally Champion four times and rose to national prominence in 1995 when he won the Round Australia Trial driving a Holden Commodore.

Ordynski will test the Lincorp Corolla for the first time in official pre-event testing next Tuesday.

"There is no pressure on us for this event because there are no expectations, but I feel super enthusiastic and excited. It's a big challenge and that's part of the appeal," he said.

"The goal throughout my career has always been to win the rally, but this championship is just so tough that you can't just jump in and expect to win, so our real goal would just be to get into the top 10. I think that would be a great result."

Possibly, but don't forget there's going to be a huge discrepancy in dyno readings due to shoddy calibration, differences in modes etc. My one dyno run to date indicated 107kw atw, which with a flywheel estimate of 145kw (+CAI) equates to drivetrain loss of about 26%.

It's not hard to see how an inaccurate dyno might indicate greater loss. Eg. a reading of 101.5 kw would suggest 30% loss, and is only 5% different to the 'actual' output. The trouble is, without an engine dyno and chassis dyno comparison under controlled conditions, you would never be able to work out actual drivetrain loss.

Phew, how about we compromise on 25% for FWD (or at least that seems about right for the Sportivo).

The usual tips for extracting more NA power apply:

-less restrictive intake

-better flowing exhaust (although this may often sacrifice low end torque for high end power)

-advanced timing (with reprogrammed ECU or piggy back computer)

$500 isn't going to get you too far though...

Oooooooh! Is Sads in lurve?

Got my car sometime in Jan 04 - I'll go for the record of least washes, which to my mind is three times by hand and say 6 times by gurney at the place down the road = 9 washes in 18 months. :)

I think I also hold the records for:

-oldest Silver Sportivo driver on the forum (33 years 9 months), kick_ass has a blue one

-only person to have a TRD oil filter fitted

-only Sportivo driver in SA to ever go on a cruise and exceed the speed limit

Probably more obscure records too but I'll have to think about them.

Chompies as indicated on the mazda forum u would expect 75& to 85% at best to make it out to ur wheels.... i.e. 86kw to 97kw so anything in that range would be acceptable any higher and id question the readouts.

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Bill, I think the bare minimum drivetrain loss on a FWD is in the order of 30% and on 4wd's around 40% or more. Maybe in exceptional cases the loss is only 25%, so the BEST you could expect would be 86kW stock. Although technically, that car was dynoed with a K&N panel filter which may have even given him a few kW atw. Any more than this is questionable, IMHO.

PS. Sucked in SP23 owners, looks like Mazda ownz joo!!

Pffft. Looks like someone made those numbers up and banged together a 3 second Excel graph. What are the units?

All engines are different anyway, so having 6000rpm as the best shiftpoint is a compromise across all 2zz-ge's.

I'll go for the most number of times the CAI has been removed to re-fit the stock airbox: 6

sik

No probs dude. Always happy to spread the lift-love.

And besides, I'm hoping for a ride in your beast when it's boosted :D

intel

PS. did you get the lambda/AFR graph as well? That may indicate whether your ECU was playing with the fuel ratio at the point where the torque dips slightly.

Also, you can tell which gear the run was performed in by checking which of your gears matches the indicated 4.116 ratio (actually scrap that, as 4.116 will be the gear ratio x the final drive ratio)...

Ben,

I'm disappointed you didn't get near the 195kw of the SSS with the SR20DET :) :)

As Silvabullit said, the hub dyno will read differently compared to a drum dyno as there is no wheel slip and different rotational mass once you've removed the front wheels. But - if you continue to use the Jaustech dyno after your planned power ups then it should provide a valid comparison.

exactly...

wound

Can the forum whores get a little badge under their avatar?? Something with their woredom status like Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum might be nice.

Actually, scrap that. Whay are we making it sound like spamming the forum is a good thing. These people should be ashamed and made accountable for their ******house posting. :) :)

I've always found it to be less than 8 secs long.... :D :D

Here you go Craig - I promise to join as soon as I get my tax refund, ok...?

I'm 33. I think I'm the oldest Sportivo owner on here since Peekay moved on.... :(

Dude, maybe we should pool our resources and make a profit in the Buy/Sell section....

Lowering your car, having larger overall diameter wheels etc all affect your revs and road speed. 

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Zee,

I'm interested to know why you think lowering alone would affect acceleration...

And notice that most of the dudes are older corporate types...

It would be all 16 year olds if it was an Aussie site.

Our box should be fine - the supercharged Lotus Exige 240R uses the same box (with shorter ratios) producing 240hp.

Sorry, haven't bought any of that gear, just a CAI and front strut brace (both TRD). From memory, they cost me $480 + $170 + postage. Oh, I did get a TRD oil filter for about $30 too.