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Update as per top post.
VW Portland 2008 - This weekend!!!
fullnoise Fahrvergnugen
964 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
I'm driving my oval from Sydney to Melbourne in one day. Then picking up a friend in Melbourne and taking 2 days to do the great ocean road and its pubs. Then 2 days racing in Portland hoping like hell nothing breaks and then driving back to Sydney. Am I nuts?
I changed the oil and checked the lash caps after driving to Warwick and back and thankfully all is fine. I didn't have the lashcap wear I had after the Dutton rally. Maybe because I broke in the new set the same way you run in a cam.
The car has its bling wheels on now. The overall diameter on the rear is larger so it will be even harder to get the car off the line due to the 3.0 first gear. The rubber is also street rubber rather than race rubber so its unlikely to be as sticky. But who cares. I'm only running 9s for the 8th.
The only threat to the event for my dac dac is a short track day at Eastern Creek Raceway 2 weeks before hand.
I had plans to try a bit more valve lift and compression. But cruising around and going to the beach in the oval was more appealing over Christmas. Except for the parking fine. But I sent a letter off today arguing that parking vouchers say they are "only valid if left face up on the dash"; and you can't do that in a beetle which has no horizontal surface on the dash.
New shocks, a brake check, brake fluid renewal and a tramp bar could be on the cards in the next few weeks so its not all feet up and waiting for the calendar to tick over.
Who is having a stress to get their car ready?
Will noise cancelling headphones reduce the noise of webers? Or are they just made to cancel out airplane noise?
CYA CT
I changed the oil and checked the lash caps after driving to Warwick and back and thankfully all is fine. I didn't have the lashcap wear I had after the Dutton rally. Maybe because I broke in the new set the same way you run in a cam.
The car has its bling wheels on now. The overall diameter on the rear is larger so it will be even harder to get the car off the line due to the 3.0 first gear. The rubber is also street rubber rather than race rubber so its unlikely to be as sticky. But who cares. I'm only running 9s for the 8th.
The only threat to the event for my dac dac is a short track day at Eastern Creek Raceway 2 weeks before hand.
I had plans to try a bit more valve lift and compression. But cruising around and going to the beach in the oval was more appealing over Christmas. Except for the parking fine. But I sent a letter off today arguing that parking vouchers say they are "only valid if left face up on the dash"; and you can't do that in a beetle which has no horizontal surface on the dash.
New shocks, a brake check, brake fluid renewal and a tramp bar could be on the cards in the next few weeks so its not all feet up and waiting for the calendar to tick over.
Who is having a stress to get their car ready?
Will noise cancelling headphones reduce the noise of webers? Or are they just made to cancel out airplane noise?
CYA CT
esratrams
VWFREAK VWFREAK
2,577 posts · joined May 2004 ·
Looks like I'll be missing out on this this one as well, bloody doctors still won't give me medical clearance to race.
Liability and insurance is a great thing.
Have a blast guys, hopefully I can still make the trip as a spectator.
Liability and insurance is a great thing.
Have a blast guys, hopefully I can still make the trip as a spectator.
dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome
5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·
Being that Portland s o much closer to sea level, I think performace will be better!fullnoise wrote:The car has its bling wheels on now. The overall diameter on the rear is larger so it will be even harder to get the car off the line due to the 3.0 first gear. The rubber is also street rubber rather than race rubber so its unlikely to be as sticky. But who cares. I'm only running 9s for the 8th.
CYA CT
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westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome
5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·
Portland is 45m above as opposed to Warwick being 480m!
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell
3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·
Your Mad , I hope you take some V drinks or red bull 😉
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car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲
fullnoise Fahrvergnugen
964 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
The '56 model won the RedX Round Australia trial back in their day. All my car has to do is drive from Sydney to Portland, down the strip a dozen or so times and drive back. It shouldn't be a big deal.
If you're not packing too much power they're not that fragile.
Are you coming down Ian? Bring the red injected bug and for god sake race it!
Regards CT
If you're not packing too much power they're not that fragile.
Are you coming down Ian? Bring the red injected bug and for god sake race it!
Regards CT
esratrams
Dak-A-Tak Volksie Pete
1,381 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
That sounds good ,Dave ( good air ) . Working hard on everything ( trailer ,race car ,tow car ).
We are just bring one car down to race ,for this one .Rod's cars are getting some work done ( 48ida - gearbox ,hellbug- body work )
Just over 2000klm's for us to come down ,then another big tow home ,so I need Rod as co-driver.
We will be down there on the thursday and at track on Friday for some testing .
Looking very forward to this one !!!!
We are just bring one car down to race ,for this one .Rod's cars are getting some work done ( 48ida - gearbox ,hellbug- body work )
Just over 2000klm's for us to come down ,then another big tow home ,so I need Rod as co-driver.
We will be down there on the thursday and at track on Friday for some testing .
Looking very forward to this one !!!!
VWMA Editor Custom Title Time!
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5 weeks to the event and 4 weeks to pre-entry deadline.
westi what the
1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 ·
i will bring out the shitter,it should be fun.
down sharon.
HGFS Wolfsburg Wizard
531 posts · joined Feb 2005 ·
I'm bringing my wife & kids in the work car....dangerous wrote:SO!
Who is bringing what?
And what sort of times would you like to run?
Hoping to run a 6 hour time on the way there from Adelaide if the kids don't ask for too many stops....
Sorry just had to 😂. Looking forward to going there just as a spectator, haven't been to a dedicated VW drag event before. Won't be able to participate for a few years yet.
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1958 Beetle drag car project
1959 Beetle project I need to sell one day
1969 Squareback
ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell
3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·
nope we unable to go CT , to hard to work out the logistics for a four day weekend from Newcastle NSW 🤪
we will be going back to Warwick this year again😂.
cu ian
we will be going back to Warwick this year again😂.
cu ian
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car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲
fullnoise Fahrvergnugen
964 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
Hey Ian, Split the driving. You drive down to Melbourne and pick Rose up from the airport. Then you can fly back and Rose can drive back.
The trouble is you'd have to argue over which car to take. The red oval has my vote.
I'd driving Sydney to Melbourne on Thursday 😎 then to Portland on Friday 🙅 And then back to Melbourne on Sunday 🤓 and then finally back to Sydney on Monday 🤪: if anyone cares to join me.
Hey Dangerous, are you coming? With the altitude difference you could almost roll from Warwick!
CYA CT
The trouble is you'd have to argue over which car to take. The red oval has my vote.
I'd driving Sydney to Melbourne on Thursday 😎 then to Portland on Friday 🙅 And then back to Melbourne on Sunday 🤓 and then finally back to Sydney on Monday 🤪: if anyone cares to join me.
Hey Dangerous, are you coming? With the altitude difference you could almost roll from Warwick!
CYA CT
esratrams
ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell
3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 ·
do you want to pick up rose from air port 😂
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car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲
dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome
5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·
I'd like to come CT, but not this year.
...although if we are picking up Rose from the airport....
(sorry Ian, could not resist...that is some fine woman)
...although if we are picking up Rose from the airport....
(sorry Ian, could not resist...that is some fine woman)
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
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come on dave you are the flag flyer get your arse down to where the mexicans live!
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fullnoise Fahrvergnugen
964 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
Gee, these Melbourne people aren't very excitable. I’ve hardly heard a peep out of any of them. Are any of them coming to Portland?
I’m sure the Adelaide boys will be there with their super fast and impeccably presented old-school cars.
There will also be some quick Queenslanders and some serious Sydney drag racers.
I guess if none of the Melbournians have been to Warwick they don’t know what all the fuss is about. They don’t know what they’ve been missing for the past 2 years.
All I can say is C’MON GUYS Warwick is a blast. It’s a Veedub hit that takes a good 6 months to come down from. Portland will rock.
Does anyone know what the camping facilities are like? Do you need more than two fold-up chairs to go camping?
I’m not much of a camper and I don’t want to sleep in my car. Roll bars aren’t that ergonomic.
CYA CT
I’m sure the Adelaide boys will be there with their super fast and impeccably presented old-school cars.
There will also be some quick Queenslanders and some serious Sydney drag racers.
I guess if none of the Melbournians have been to Warwick they don’t know what all the fuss is about. They don’t know what they’ve been missing for the past 2 years.
All I can say is C’MON GUYS Warwick is a blast. It’s a Veedub hit that takes a good 6 months to come down from. Portland will rock.
Does anyone know what the camping facilities are like? Do you need more than two fold-up chairs to go camping?
I’m not much of a camper and I don’t want to sleep in my car. Roll bars aren’t that ergonomic.
CYA CT
esratrams
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Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus
5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
I'm really bummed I can't make it this year due to finances - tried to work the numbers but with a bub coming along soon and the impending drop down to one income, this was an unfortunate sacrifice - D'OH!
Nonetheless I'll be at warwick later in the year and will be down to Portland next year ready to race, hopefully all you guys have a blast - I know I am 'high' after warwick for quite some time, so I'm sure you'll get a similar experience!
Best of luck for everyone's preparations.
Al
Nonetheless I'll be at warwick later in the year and will be down to Portland next year ready to race, hopefully all you guys have a blast - I know I am 'high' after warwick for quite some time, so I'm sure you'll get a similar experience!
Best of luck for everyone's preparations.
Al
debiasi4 Officially Full-On Dubber
283 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·
my car is already to roll got a couple of extra horse power out of it so hopefully should be a bit quicker plenty of adelaide guys have been working hard to get cars ready we are all really looking forward to it
adam
adam
dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome
5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·
Spill the beans dude!debiasi4 wrote:got a couple of extra horse power out of it
I don't think "a couple".....🙅
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
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hypo-vw Australias 1st 10sec street beetle (Jan 2007) 10.49secs@132m
2,151 posts · joined May 2004 ·
thought I might just throw in another pic showing some of our preparations for Portland 2008 .
Not only did both my turbo oval and sports sedan need full transmission rebuilds and clutches , but also the tow car ( my 77 dualcab ute ) needs new heads finally after years of high temperature abuse through towing .
will post further pics soon .
Not only did both my turbo oval and sports sedan need full transmission rebuilds and clutches , but also the tow car ( my 77 dualcab ute ) needs new heads finally after years of high temperature abuse through towing .
will post further pics soon .
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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)
FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)
fullnoise Fahrvergnugen
964 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
It's only 1,315 kilometers to Portland!
I'll probably see you on the road somewhere; unless of course you sell everything ebay!
Good luck with the late night spannering.
CT
I'll probably see you on the road somewhere; unless of course you sell everything ebay!
Good luck with the late night spannering.
CT
esratrams
Dak-A-Tak Volksie Pete
1,381 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
Late nights and rain up here in Brisbane , then it's 2,025 kilometers to Portland ( looks cold on week-end ).
Wednesday morning leave for us (Rod , I ) .Hope to have a little play at Fridays night test & tune at track (Portland )
Wednesday morning leave for us (Rod , I ) .Hope to have a little play at Fridays night test & tune at track (Portland )
fullnoise Fahrvergnugen
964 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
Hi Peter,
If it rains I'll just come over and drool on that lovely fresh-looking car of yours. Especially if its under a dry tent.
I'm sure a bright yellow oval against a bright orange oval will be a sight to see in Portland!
I'm looking forward to the road trip and the clock is ticking so slowly!
CT
If it rains I'll just come over and drool on that lovely fresh-looking car of yours. Especially if its under a dry tent.
I'm sure a bright yellow oval against a bright orange oval will be a sight to see in Portland!
I'm looking forward to the road trip and the clock is ticking so slowly!
CT
esratrams
VWMA Editor Custom Title Time!
1,086 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·
Who's crazy idea was this anyway.....?
I leave Wednesday morning early and meet up with the Sydney convoy sometime Thursday morning. We're hoping to be at the track Friday lunch.
Car and trailer were finished yesterday. Trailer decided to play up and blow fuses and pretend it was a Christmas tree. The joy!
See you at the track.
I leave Wednesday morning early and meet up with the Sydney convoy sometime Thursday morning. We're hoping to be at the track Friday lunch.
Car and trailer were finished yesterday. Trailer decided to play up and blow fuses and pretend it was a Christmas tree. The joy!
See you at the track.