Good Call John!!
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LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:Good Call John!!
😊if only i had that photgraphic evidence of you working in the engine bay Johnny 😉...........
hellbugged wrote:if only i had that photgraphic evidence of you working in the engine bay Johnny 😉...........
🙅😂4 more sleeps to go, or 5 if you get there saturday........wooohoooo
Or none if you not ready yet.
Its just like Christmas
Well, I thought I just had to do a few little things like replace the front oil cooler and check the clutch and accelerator cables.
That snowballed into making new copper lines front to rear with threaded fittings which I could supposedly, like a plumber, just solder together, Nope, the solder doesn't take to brass.
Then I pulled out 2 perfectly good cables and decided to rebuild the peddle box, none of which needed doing. God that clutch cable and peddle box work is frustrating and back breaking when you're in a 30 degree garage.
So I don't have any oil in the car, I'm flat out at work and supposed to be leaving for Tamworth on Thursday morning.
There, now I feel like part of the gang, or just a drama queen. It hardly rates a mention with Das's respray and Westi's engine rebuild. But then again they haven't seen how slow I work.
See you at Warwick, CT
esratrams
sounds spookily familiar CT...........
should be able to "silver solder" those fittings with a bit of flux........done it a few times.
i also like to use the 1/2 inch "hydraulic" style rubber lines, they're a little smaller on the o.d, more durable material and take a tighter radius turn better too
Hi Daimo,
I gave up the oxy bottles a while ago because the rental was ridiculous for the amount of times I'd actually use the things. I thought I'd simply solder with a butane torch, but I don't think it heats the brass fittings up enough.
I gave them to a korean bloke at an engineering place today who only knows one word of "engrish". He said okay and I said okay and hopefully the rest of the job is self-explanatory and the result is oil tight.
I'll have to do a 2 hour round trip to work on my car after a long day tomorrow, yay.
How are your preparations going?
CT
esratrams
Well Troy is gearing up to drive the car home from the dyno and pull engine out tomorrow in a bit of a marathon effort. reckons he could do in a day and a half easy. It is one very big jigsaw puzzle that has to go together one way.
as for me one stripped exhaust stud is giving me grief as we were so close to firing it up for the first time.
I can feel a few late nights/early mornings coming on......
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Just got the inside of the oval painted tonight. Bit of sleep and then need to get the outside shot tomorrow.....so for anyone going to warwick please don't look too closely at the paint on my oval and Brad's (blup58) beetle as they were both rush jobs - having a non operational booth and insufficient lighting doesn't help to stop the number of runs I've managed to achieve 🙂 blah blah, excuses excuses I know.
Brad is back down tomorrow night after work to try and get his engine ancillaries back on (Dave has upped the compression on his 2110 out of the ghia)...put the solid mounts in the stock gearbox in last night (anyone taking a spare swinger box by any chance as we have no idea if this one even has all the gears - big gamble!). Line lock went in the that bug when Brad was down yesterday along with new stainless fuel line. Fuel pump in tomorrow and then do a quick rewire (luckily not a street car that needs all those extra wires!). Then general reassembly like doors, windows etc etc on both bugs. I need to get the shroud etc onto Rod's 1916 which has kindly lent me (if I break it I'll fix it Rod!).
So like CT, I seem to be great at creating unnecessary work for myself (and Brad)...I guess a show/event like this provides a good impetus to get jobs done (like painting the oval) that I've been putting off for ages!
Al
fullnoise wrote:Hi Daimo,
How are your preparations going?
CT
yeah well, hardly repainting or engine rebuild (Al i think i officially hate you now
🤓), but like everyone, i've aimed to do twice the work for the hours available it even took two goes to get tappet cover seals oil tight
🤪........the "luxury" maintaince jobs and modifications (which were as grand as a 5 speed box and hydralic clutch install a week ago) have been put aside for now and it will be fine tuning in the pits. i swear i'm starting '09 preps as soon as i get home.............just happy i'll be on track this year after missing out by a week last year
it's 3am at the mo and i'm up looking after a "chucking" child...........oh joy!...........so preps might have started and ended with a tappet adjustment yesterday
😂........gotta love a daily driver!
if only we could all afford these thrills without having to work in between to pay for it all!
CT did you see the dyno day results ?................. i'm ready for the 99HP fat bug showdown this year
🤘
all good fun tho, any excuse to run around with the stinger barking for a couple of days, exited!
WITH LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO , THIS IS WHAT THE WPVW WORKSHOP LOOKED LIKE .
FORTUNATELY ALL 3 OF OUR CARS WERE RUN ON SUNDAY NIGHT . 2 ARE READY TO GO AND STILL HAVING A FEW ISSUES WITH THE SUPERCHARGED METHANOL ENGINE IN THE OVAL .
Team
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)
MORE PICS OF THE WPVW WORKSHOP
Team
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)
hypo-vw wrote:MORE PICS OF THE WPVW WORKSHOP
HELL YEAH!!! Looks great Wayne!
Reub
Bit of the ol big blower action now eh??
2.5 Type 4 for the Vee?? that would be good to see Wayne.
Have you got the big donk back in the sports sedan??
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That is a big blower Wayne!
Let me know if you need jet sizes.
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
After Wayne's effort I'm no longer going to complain about creating work for myself!
I'm sure it wasn't simply a case of whip the turbo off and bolt the blower on before the tea gets cold.
I'm looking forward to Warwick even more now.
BTW the Korean welder did a brilliant job attaching the brass fittings to the copper pipe. He knows another two words of english "thirty" "dollar". I wish others were so easy to deal with!
Regards CT
esratrams
THE WPVW SPORTS SEDAN HAS HAD THE FRONT END REPAIRED FROM THE MINOR ALTERCATION AT VALLA WITH THE TYRE WALL . THE FRONT GUARDS AND BUMPER HAVE ALL BEEN REPAIRED AND PAINTED AND FITTED TONIGHT .
HOWEVER , THE NEWLY REPAIRED FRONT END NEARLY BECAME UNREPAIRED WHEN YOUNG BEN THE APPRENTICE AT WPVW TOOK THE SPORTS SEDAN FOR A QUICK SQUIRT AND FOUND HIMSELF VERY SIDEWAYS WHEN IT TURNED THE TYRES IN 3RD GEAR . TO HIS CREDIT HE GOT OFF IT REALLY QUICK AND CONTROLLED THE CAR BEAUTIFULLY . I DO BELIEVE THAT A QUICK CHANGE OF UNDERWEAR WAS IN ORDER FOR HIM.....
Team
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)
THE PROBLEMS WITH THE SUPERCHARGED ENGINE IN THE OVAL HAVE BEEN SORTED AND IT IS ALSO READY TO GO TO WARRICK .
IT LOOKS QUITE SPECTACULAR TO SEE 4 LARGE BLUE METHANOL FLAMES COMING FROM THE PIPES AS IT ACCELERATES DOWN THE STREET .
LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE A TOP FUELER . . . . .AND IT ALL FITS UNDER THE ENGINE LID .
A FEW QUICK SQUIRTS SEEN THE ENGINE TURNING TO 8400RPM AND FEELING STRONG . THIS ENGINE IS JUST 1642cc .. . . . .
Team
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)
Wow Wayne - can't wait to see the oval run again!
My oval is finally into paint....now just have to get it back together (may still be piecing it together when it comes off the trailer at warwick!)
Al
Brad's "mystery project" will debut at Warwick. It was started on Sep10 and has been good fun. Brad was down till arond 1am again tonight to get the fuel pump in, remaining fuel line, seat, guages etc....still lots to go and gearbox is and unknown so could be our sticking point if it is no good....may have to find and take a spare to warwick just in case!
you guys are crazy LOL
love your work!!
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I'll swap a couple of late nights on the tools for this flu that has developed over the last couple of days.....😢
you guys are unbelieveable
big day here too.........i re-oiled my aircleaners😂
hellbugged wrote:you guys are unbelieveable
big day here too.........i re-oiled my aircleaners😂
yeah me have a big day to, have to spray some tyre shine on my tyres to make them look pretty. .
can't wait to hear that oval Wayne.
clutch should be ready this arvo for Troy's Fastback. then he plans on getting all back in the car tonight and possibly running. If not a very big day tomorrow.
i need to check out my brakes, take car for a drive to make sure everything works then clean it up a bit and remove all the writing off the windows in the dust from all my smart ass mates lol
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Come in Craig ? like to see the entry list please . Motor in today then many little jobs but all should be sweet !
Bring it on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mate came good for is helmet , Thanks alot punchbuggyracer !
Dak-A-Tak wrote:Come in Craig ? like to see the entry list please
me too
me three lol
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LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:i need to check out my brakes, take car for a drive to make sure everything works then clean it up a bit and remove all the writing off the windows in the dust from all my smart ass mates lol
Be good to see "Tea Pot Racing Team" in action soon!
😂westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
