BugIn Easter08 Oran Park Lap Dash +

fullnoise · 2007-10-05T00:05:15+00:00

Hi All, Normally us Sydney folk go to the VW Nationals at Easter. It always clashes with the BugIn. This year the Nationals will be held on 25th May. So the BugIn looks very exciting. Especially the events on Easter Saturday 22nd March at Oran Park. There's a Motorkhana on the skid pan. These are heaps of fun. There's also a lap dash on the Oran Park North circuit. That's the figure 8 using the part of the circut with the Yokohama bridge. There's also a Khanacross on the figre 8 dirt circuit. If that's not too rough I'll probably give that a go too. Oran Park will close in 2008 or 2009 so this may be the last opportunity to drive on this famous historic circuit before it becomes a housing development. The same thing happened to Amaroo Park raceway in Sydney's north west. The VW Nationals had a lap dash there but I didn't have my car finished and have always regretted not driving around the circuit that I spent my childhood at watching the racing. So Circuit Racers and Hill Climbers come along and make this the roundy-roundy racing version of the fantastic turnout at the Warwick drags. We should be able to get: Rudi's sports sedan Jak & Paul's WRX beetles 2 Vforce beetles Col Maymans new hillclimb superbug from Tamworth Heath and Christine's hillclimb beetle from the Newcastle area Greg Wards Hillclimb car Maybe Paul Zanellos white beetle can come out of retirement Vintage Veedubs Tarmac Rally car Something from the Debasi squadron Dave Sidery from Qld Who else? Bring it on! For further details go to www.nationalbugin.org.au

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 28 Oct 2007, 5:07 pm

#618546

Win the Lotto????

I'm just good at saving 😂

silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 28 Oct 2007, 8:55 pm

#618589

Craig Torrens wrote:Win the Lotto????

I'm just good at saving 😂

cant lose money buying the right ones either!

Keeping it real !

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 28 Oct 2007, 9:08 pm

#618595

[/quote]......it doesnt have a 1916 in it Craig😂 [/quote]

Maybe it doesn't have a 1916, but it could within an hour 😉

Pay your debts, CxxT

dutchy Slammed & Awesome Dubber

76 posts · joined Oct 2005 · 28 Oct 2007, 10:32 pm

#618616

Hey JVL will you be there,it willl be good to catch up & check out your machine,maybe Holzlys car will be going too.

JVLRacing Custom Title Time!

1,100 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 29 Oct 2007, 10:42 am

#618651

dutchy wrote:Hey JVL will you be there,it willl be good to catch up & check out your machine,maybe Holzlys car will be going too.

....... Likewise dutchy😎 lots of new stuff is happening!

frogman Casual Dubber

38 posts · joined Apr 2007 · 29 Oct 2007, 7:50 pm

#618719

Here's a link to the web page

http://nationalbugin.org.au/bug-in_nepean_valley_2008_calendar.pdf

Pretty sure you will be able to get CAMS licences on the day, & 1 day memberships to NVCC if you're not in a CAMS club.
Should be a good weekend.

Special Air Service Chief "Gunna"

1,769 posts · joined Oct 2004 · 30 Oct 2007, 7:59 pm

#618862

Originally posted by fullnoise[/i

Do you have video footage of you scaring the daylights out of the presenter in your beetle? I'd love to see it on YouTube?

CT

Yeah that was Gold alright.

Calling all NSW Mid North Coast Veedubbers

Click Below

Mid North Coast VW

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 30 Oct 2007, 10:33 pm

#618893

The 'gold' one was the one that didn't make it to air.................it was full of the word F##K 😀

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 31 Oct 2007, 3:20 pm

#618959

VWCOOL wrote:And if all goes to plan, one - maybe two! - from me, too who wants to "buy" a drive 😎

What are the terms and conditions of the drive?

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 31 Oct 2007, 3:22 pm

#618960

hypo-vw wrote:Team WPVW will be there in force with 3 fully prepared cars and a 4th in the pipeline .
The WPVW hillclimb sports sedan is up and running once again after sitting in the corner of the shed for the last 3 years collecting dust .
Looking forward to another wonderful VW event .

You're putting one together for me too? Thats mighty gentlemanly of you. Seems like everyone wants me to drive for them.... 🤓

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 7 Nov 2007, 7:33 am

#619924

i'd be up for this...understeering all the way round.🙄

I need a 2S lisence right?

do we need proper ROPS or just a single roll over hoop?

"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/

frogman Casual Dubber

38 posts · joined Apr 2007 · 7 Nov 2007, 8:58 pm

#620023

pete wood wrote:i'd be up for this...understeering all the way round.🙄

I need a 2S lisence right?

do we need proper ROPS or just a single roll over hoop?

For the Skid Pan Motorkhana, you will need:
CAMS L2NS Lic.
Be at least 12 years old,(L2NSJ Lic. availabe for juniors)
& have a seat belt. If you are in an open car (no windscreen) you will also need a helmet & goggles/visor.

For the Dirt Circuit, you will need:
CAMS L2NS Lic.
Be at least 14 years old(if previously done a motorkhana)Fire extunguisher, Seat belt, Helmet, Drivers of open cars will also need long sleeves & long pants.

For the North Cct., you will need:
CAMS L2S Lic.
Be at least 14 years old,(L2SJ Lic)
Fire extinguisher, Seat belt, Helmet, Everyone needs to wear long sleeves & long pants, a Blue Battery triangle.

I will have to look up the CAMS manual about ROPS & Harness belts rules, cant remember off the top of my head... Will post up asap.

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 8 Nov 2007, 8:01 am

#620074

If the car is road registered you dont need any ROP. If you do have it, when you are sitting in the car your helmet cant be higher than the rollover bar. You cant be excluded for not having a rollbar. You can be excluded for having a rollbar 1/2" too short.

frogman Casual Dubber

38 posts · joined Apr 2007 · 11 Nov 2007, 9:53 pm

#620537

ROPS... Roll Over Protection Structures info:
as per schedule J in CAMS Manual. www.cams.com.au

Whilst not compulsory for road registered & closed cars,
Open cars with only an unsupported/non braced roll bar (hoop) and any part of a 3 point seat belt attached to it will not pass scrutiny.

So basically if you only have a hoop roll bar you won't pass scrutineering.
If you have an approved ROPS, you need an approved harness. 3 point belts not allowed with ROPS.

fullnoise Fahrvergnugen

964 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 21 Nov 2007, 1:07 pm

#621640

Time to think about preparing my car.

New shocks are in order. The old konis are not as smooth as they used to be. They're 10 years old which is a bit of a sin because they should really be replaced about every 3 years to be kept at their best. There's no point having good tyres if you don't have good shocks to work with them.

I suspect the valves in the head are short because there's not much room to coil bind at .460 thou lift. So I'm going to whip the heads off and compare the length with some borrowed ones. Hopefully then I can swap the 1.1 rocker arms with 1.25 arms.

I should have the shorter manifolds on this weekend for testing down the 1/4 mile.

I've just joined the VW Club of NSW as my CAMS affiliated Club and renewed my CAMS licence which somehow got lost in the post.

I think an ARDC day at Eastern Creek will be on the cards in Jan or Feb next year to test the shocks back to back, try the big swaybar if the smaller rear springs have reduced the turn-in and to try some tyre pressure theories.

I'm sure there are others going to a lot more effort. Who is doing what? Where are your cars up to?

My to do list is mainly an excuse to pull stuff apart.

CYA CT

esratrams

Cam Custom Title Time!

1,535 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 21 Nov 2007, 1:54 pm

#621645

fullnoise wrote:is doing what? Where are your cars up to?
CYA CT

Got my IRS/Balljoint chassis finished (in regards to being all painted up, etc...) for the Ghia
Sorted some good SAAS seats on CAMS approved sliders
KONI reds (altho, sort of in the same boat as yours, CT)

Now all I have to do is the body: Finish rust repairs, bare metal, prep & respray.
Retrim and fit the interior, redo the chrome... Oh and then got to figure out a motor, brakes wheels and tires 😉

Should be do-able buy Easter, yeah? 😂

BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 21 Nov 2007, 3:47 pm

#621654

Mines nearly all sorted ready for some autocross and hill climb shake downs ever xmas and early next year.

jsut got to do battery pull cable.
Reset seat posistion (needs some custom brackets)
get body worked tidied up
check all the front bushes and replace if required
wheel alingment
Bleed brakes and see if i can get some better pads

plus the usual service, clean out, degrease, fit harness, check semi's are all good.

And if i have time and money
New ignition
LSD
Rear brake upgrade
adjustable front strut tops

So not really that much to do........

I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!

Sides Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined May 2007 · 22 Nov 2007, 8:24 am

#621748

Right now I think I'd have to wash Jezebel... and maybe put some fuel in....

🙂

... BUT that's no fun though, so like CT I've planned some things for across the Dec-Jan break in events:
- stiffer springs up front
- 944T brakes all round (picked up the last few bits I needed on the weekend)
- pull engine and check everything
- possibly a Quaife
- finally get the engine lid the same colour as the rest of the car
- reset all the suspension heights (again)
- wheel align and dyno
- add some go-fast stickers !!!

😵‍💫

VWDCQ vice pres & web dude - vwdcqinc.org.au
Join a car club - get car peeps

My toys
'70 Hillclimb Bug 'Jezebel' w/- Haltech EFI - http://bit.ly/VwTNtQ
'60 KG Coupe - resto kinda started
01 New Beetle - gf's car, but I turn the spanners

Cam Custom Title Time!

1,535 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 28 Nov 2007, 9:38 pm

#622715

Sides wrote:...
- add some go-fast stickers !!!

😵‍💫

The oh so important ingredient 😎

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 29 Nov 2007, 6:11 am

#622749

amazeer wrote:
VWCOOL wrote:And if all goes to plan, one - maybe two! - from me, too who wants to "buy" a drive 😎
What are the terms and conditions of the drive?

Dunno - do you reckon it's an idea that could work?!

Pay your debts, CxxT

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 27 Dec 2007, 4:54 pm

#625969

this still all happening? when do we sign up?

"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/

fullnoise Fahrvergnugen

964 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 31 Dec 2007, 2:29 pm

#626437

I'll be emailing these gents at the end of the week to get the sup regs and entry forms

Lap Dash, Show n Shine and Swap Meet enquiries.
Rick Feruglio
Ph. 0418 639 207
email feruglio@bigpond.com

MotorKhana, Khanacross and Trade enquiries .
Scott Harper
Ph. 0419 550 500
Email: sporting@nvcc.com.au

I'm really looking forward to doing this event. The good thing about a lap dash is that it is short so the hillclimbers can join in without worrying about overheating unlike multi-lap supersprints.

I haven't been on a track since May and I'm itching to do some laps.

Mind you it is fun taking the beetle to the beach. It turns a lot of heads now the polished Fuchs are back on it and it has a nose-down stance aka Cal-Look.

CYA CT

esratrams

frogman Casual Dubber

38 posts · joined Apr 2007 · 25 Jan 2008, 8:09 pm

#629686

2008 Supp Regs have been released by CAMS.

Entry forms available soon!

JVLRacing Custom Title Time!

1,100 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 25 Jan 2008, 9:52 pm

#629707

Sides wrote:Right now I think I'd have to wash Jezebel... and maybe put some fuel in....

🙂

... BUT that's no fun though, so like CT I've planned some things for across the Dec-Jan break in events:
- stiffer springs up front
- 944T brakes all round (picked up the last few bits I needed on the weekend)
- pull engine and check everything
- possibly a Quaife
- finally get the engine lid the same colour as the rest of the car
- reset all the suspension heights (again)
- wheel align and dyno
- add some go-fast stickers !!!

😵‍💫

Ad a very nice box as well!😎

bat69 There is no status

791 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 28 Jan 2008, 12:16 pm

#629984

Whats happening with your Sports Sedan JVL? I saw you advertised this as well..

White Knuckle Racing Team [/i]
"Drive it like dirt"

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 28 Jan 2008, 2:53 pm

#629998

bat69 wrote:Whats happening with your Sports Sedan JVL? I saw you advertised this as well..

it's off the market😎

oh, and i hope to have enough time to get to "bug-in" too.
are the forms out yet?

bat69 There is no status

791 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 28 Jan 2008, 4:19 pm

#630010

Looks like it is getting a bit of attention. But with no engine & box how is he going to race it. Its a bit hard to push a race car around the track and set any sort of a time. 😂

White Knuckle Racing Team [/i]
"Drive it like dirt"

frogman Casual Dubber

38 posts · joined Apr 2007 · 31 Jan 2008, 3:23 pm

#630483

Could every one who intends on entering in ANY of the Bug-In activities please go to the web site, down load the itinerary and send in your registration form, (if you havn't already of course)

As you can imagine, running 3 motorsport events at once plus all the other activities requires alot of planing & paperwork.

PRE REGISTERING is the ONLY way to go!

Although it will be availale on the day, we would also greatly appreciate it if all mororsport entrants could get regionaly scruitineered the week before the event.
CAMS car club membership will be available on the day, but again, if you need a CAMS Licence, best be organising it now.
The more technical/pen pushing stuff we all do now, the more fun we can have on the day!!

P.S. Reservered 'Bug-In' accomodation at the H.Q. is almost booked out too..

www.nationalbugin.org.au

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 31 Jan 2008, 3:59 pm

#630494

Right, just emailed the contacts. Now all I have to do is get the car working 🙄

"stoopid is stronger than axles"
http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/

amazeer Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,029 posts · joined Nov 2005 · 31 Jan 2008, 5:08 pm

#630501

Hey frogman, have you applied for the permit yet? Last year hillclimb permits were getting approved in 2 days. This year we're harnessing synergies with the new you beaut centralised system and it took over 3 weeks. Just a heads up, just in case. You're probably heaps more organised than I am and dont need this advise though 🙂