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That's about what it will cost your first time at one of our motorkhanas too. In the case of the one coming up, it's $45 entry, plus $20 for a CAMS day licence (if you don't already have one), plus $35 for annual club membership ($100 total). But that's for a whole day, not just half a day like at Mt Cotton. You can upgrade your CAMS day license to an annual one for an extra $30 and then the motorkhanas only cost you what the entry fee is. We also hold grass motorkhanas (if you like sliding around a bit more) and the Entry fee for them is usually around $25-$35. Ladies and juniors (12 - 18 yrs) are encouraged to participate and get severely discounted entries fees as a result. As a side note, if anyone is insured with Shannon's, you get a nice discount for being a member of a CAMS affiliated club (which NDSCC is) and the discount is usually enough to cover the $35/yr for club membership. And for anyone that might be a little afraid that their car is not going to be competitive, I have scored outright places in the two most recent motorkhanas (one on grass, the other at the skidpan) in my 63 kw 1.3 litre Toyota Echo with stock engine and suspension. The club also has qualified driving instructors that are happy to sit in with you and give you some pointers if you so wish.

Out of curiosity, how much does Mt Cotton cost? We've heard it's something like $800 for half a day?

The car club that I am involved with has organised a motorkhana up at the Skidpan just south of Gympie on the above date. These are a fun day and you can be as serious or as casual as you like. Would anyone from here be interested in having a go? If so, let me know and I'll put up further details. Supp Regs - http://www.ndscc.asn.au/web_images/mkappregsnov09.pdf Entry Form - http://www.ndscc.asn.au/web_images/appentry.pdf You can jump on Youtube and search for "NDSCC motorkhana" or " NDSCC skidpan" and you will see the sort of stuff we do.

I apologise, my sick sense of humour did not come across as intended. I had stripped the car back and was in the process of putting it all back together, hence the easiest way for me was to replace the clutch while it was apart, then attach the gearbox to the motor and swing the whole lot in. You certainly wouldn't do it that way for a normal daily driven car. Mods? You could say that it has been given just a light tickle ;)

Mine was a piece of cake to do. You just have to remove the radiator, remove the upper radiator support panel, remove the AC condenser, and remove the engine :P.

Pretty much the same as any other front wheel drive. Budget for approx. $250 for a clutch kit (can be more or less depending on brand and type) and approx. 4-6 workshop hours, plus 3-4 litres of transmission fluid. They may also hit you up for new hub nuts ($5 each).

I just use a Scangauge, it tells you the temp and so much more.

If you got the 1.3 litre, you will always wish you had gotten the 1.5. Take this from someone with a 1.3 litre Echo that can't wait to swap the 1.5 litre motor into it.

I run a light bar with 4 x Lightforce 170's on it. (Small pic of my old rally car with spotties on.) I made the light bar and the harness so I can remove it from the rally car and bolt it straight onto the nudge bar on my Prado. I typical run 4 combo lenses as I find it gives a better spread of more even light. These have withstood about 5 rallies over the last 3 years (and numerous night trips on the front of the Prado) and have given no troubles what so ever, no blown bulbs either. These are going to be sold off soon to help fund for some custom Narva HID's in a fibre glass pod.

I think you might struggle with 7" wide rims. Guard clearance will also depend on tyre width and ride height of your car.