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...did you not see the photo's of marks motor with the intake plenum off? It had to be removed to drain out the water, then clean out the residue before attempting to start the motor! The CAI did a good job of filling the entire lower section of the plenum with water. ← Yes, but what I'm meaning is that hydrolock did not occur ( The Engine did not blow in this most extreme case ). I and Kcorro know of a Golf R32 that did have it's $32k engine replaced ( Insurance ) due to being in a minor flood in Melbourne. People have previously raised the question about driving in rain or hitting puddles with a CAI, this to me has shown that your engine should be pretty safe driving through rain with a CAI. ← The reason the car didn't hydrolock is because fuel in brisbane these days is water'd down so much the car couldn't tell the difference between petrol and water.. it just thought it was an even lower octane hehehe...

heya just thought i'd drop those photos of shao's car here - i put them on the other thread that's kinda dead on the event's section... so here you can see them.

Oops Shao reminded me I totally forgot to post his pics taken by the guy in the red shirt.. here they are (let me know if u want me to scratch the license plate numbers but i think everyone knows you anyway... :)

I took them off already, maybe we should now delete every instance of the name of his car to avoid search engines finding it? the word starting with L... Also i got some of the shots from the red shirt dude, but only of mine and shao's cars.. i give u his details later to talk to him on PM if you want (at work now)

I meant that most Mazda drivers that have never heard/seen/lift usually are amazed and awed by it's potential. I know my stock one makes them wonder whats in it when I hit lift right next to their open passenger window... Yeah, it was my red one there as support vehicle, and it stayed parked because there was som much stuff in the car, and my wife wouldn't give me the money to race.....(damn women!!!) Next trackday, I may have to bring her along so she can bring her ute for storage so the rocket can play :P :P :P It was nothing harsh dude, just the usual Toyota-to-other manufacturer comments... :D ← no worries dude. yeah it's a bit of $ i almost didn't go for it.. shao, i looked at the corolla when i was buying my car, but the magazines times and that made it hard for me at the time to justify going for that when i was left wondering what the hell happenned with all the horsepower.. glad everyone had a ball tho - except rolla who had to clean his brother's car.. and the lotus guy. I have some pro shots of shao's car i'll post tonight - from the guy with the red shirt sitting in the hairpin corner. Oh and the golf did look stock standard, nice job :) actually one of the best examples of it i've seen if i were to buy one second hand. I was talking to the girl (Michelle?) about the new GTI.. now that looks like a weapon!

mm guess not... i have my handfull of [irrelevant] excuses for being "slow" at the day as well. Just spent close to $2k in wheels + tyres, so i really didn't push them as i noticed after a couple of laps that the track would eat them away quicker than if possums had it for breakfast. Same with the brakes, having just serviced the car unfortunately my budget doesn't include replacement pads/tyres that last me one afternoon - i really wish they did. With a tiptronic box there isn't much engine break as the computer only does what is "safe" in terms of downshifts.. but i still reckon the GTI on paper doesn't look any faster than the mazda 3 or the astra - which i was onboard as a passenger and we 1) cought up to the golf, 2) passed it like it was parked 3) took half a lap from it - all within the 4 laps interval, of which we did only 3 full throtle as it's just a fun thing and we don't wanna reck our cars, so my mate took the last 2 laps easy.. Unless you got some extra boost on the golf, it won't really go very far as you can measure against the sportivos - or the astra, or the mazda or anything else on the track that day.

That's the 2.0L mazda tho.. the 2.3 has a different valve system as far as i know. Nothing compares to the VTEC or BMW's system tho... By the way, what does the Sportivo rev up to? And does the normal corolla have this system? I looked at the sportivo but couldn't understand where the power goes when stepped on.. i read it has 141kw or close to 200hp and yet is still in the 8 second bracket for 0-100km/h according to magazines.. :| Is it the gear ratio that's done for high speed / fuel economy or something?

I meant the clip of the toyota going snorkling..

Glad to hear the car is ok, as we were glad to see you in 1 piece on Saturday (I'm the Mazda 3 guy). Since you are able to have a laugh of it now, you do need to know that eventually you will be going around the entire internet in one of those sites that have funny/blooper videos right? :P

Hi, i'm "the mazda 3 guy". What exactly do you mean with the comments above? i'm not even familiar with the term "lift" dunno whether you mean something good or bad. Anyway, don't remember seeing any red corolla's there other than the one everyone else put theri spare tyres in and stayed park for some reason.. Regardless of your modest opinion, I had a great time, the car went great, and after the track day I drove 500km to NSW without any dramas. Overtook the Golf GTI and Jaguar S-Type, got overtaken by Shao's corolla & WRX only.. so I don't think it was the wrong car for the track as it behaved so well, with nice feedback, great grip and speed... sorry if it wasn't a corolla, though I'd have thought it would have been more interesting for you to have a mix of cars like the WRX, Mazda 3, Mazda mx-5, those drifters whatever they were, Jaguar, etc.. Hope you don't mind explaying your comments as they don't read too good from where I stand. Thanks,