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My understanding is that the Porshes can use the larger wheels and arches due to being homolgated under group 4 regs, as is the 240Z homolated the wider wheels and flairs under group 4 in there papers. I can't find anywhere where it says Porsches can and Datsuns can not?? Both Mk1 and Mk2 Escorts run the wide flairs and big tyres under the same rules, so why not a Zed? Mate, I understand the people you are talking to are no fool's and would run the larger tyres if they could, In fact I have a huge respect for Siddens and the stage times/results he gets, but can not understand why they can't run the flairs and 16 by 10's?? I've been involved with Rally Tas as a competitor or offical for the last 20 years, Was the zero car in this years Targa, Triple 9 car for Targa wrest point this year and acted on the service crews on many of the top classic teams over the years.

Sorry Mate, I'm really going to have to correct you on the above....The R35 was a red hot favorite to win the event, in fact after the Skylines win in Rally Tasmania, the second place Lambo owners purchased a new R35, which arived before Targa and the third place Evo crew had been pricing them up ready for 2010! At the welcome party, the talk was of not would it win, but by how much. The winning car of the Quinn's had electrical problems during the event, yet still won at a canter, doing as they pleased as the other more fancied crews crashed off trying to keep up. As for the S30's, your mate Siddens makes a very good account of himself!! the top running Porsches cost around $150,000 to build and run in the very 'open' ruled C3 class and I'm sure a 240Z built to this standard and using the C3 rules to the full would give them a run for there money. Hodgo Tasmania.