Craig
I thought you'd be taking the EVO for a spin! Or are you completely retired now?
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CP
BeetleJuice Officially Full-On Dubber
350 posts · joined Sep 2006 ·
FringeDweller
Hillclimb (Kempsey) Mt Cooperabung 18/19 April
Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
EVO is a tad slow 😂............maybe after it gets the 270kw upgrade 😀
bigrudi Wolfsburg Wizard
401 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·
better get the driver up grade first craig cya Rudi
Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
that voids the warranty 😉
hellbugged 48's and straight cuts
5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·
vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?
2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·
Thanks for the pics Daimo!!
A few looking nice and loose coming out of what looks to be almost a hairpin? Good to see so many vw's all lined up.
Any results to show?
A few looking nice and loose coming out of what looks to be almost a hairpin? Good to see so many vw's all lined up.
Any results to show?
hellbugged 48's and straight cuts
5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·
competition tight as usual..........rain on and off, and i left before the last runs, so who knows........
good to meet and see Greg Ward out again, Glenn was having a ball........Ben/Cookie & Christene/Heaths beetles were flying as usual!!!........
been a while since i've stood in the crowd and listened to peoples talk about "mad" beetles and their amazment at how fast they go and well sorted their handling is........unsuspecting onlookers are truely amazed........ it made me very proud of our little cars and the effort we all put into them.
for the record.......on one of the damp runs, a 4WD skyline was only 2 seconds ahead of the beetles that were banging off the rev limiters for lack of traction, EVERY time they were opened full throttle.......HOW GOOD IS THAT!!
spectating sucks!..........vids loading!
good to meet and see Greg Ward out again, Glenn was having a ball........Ben/Cookie & Christene/Heaths beetles were flying as usual!!!........
been a while since i've stood in the crowd and listened to peoples talk about "mad" beetles and their amazment at how fast they go and well sorted their handling is........unsuspecting onlookers are truely amazed........ it made me very proud of our little cars and the effort we all put into them.
for the record.......on one of the damp runs, a 4WD skyline was only 2 seconds ahead of the beetles that were banging off the rev limiters for lack of traction, EVERY time they were opened full throttle.......HOW GOOD IS THAT!!
spectating sucks!..........vids loading!
Volksaddict Wolfsburg Wizard
533 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·
..yeah thanks for the pics..must get out of the shed more ..this was just down the road and i spent the day fiddling with door locks and rubbers !!!
Cheers&Beers
Ray V
Ray V
hellbugged 48's and straight cuts
5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·
yeah Ray, you'll have to come to Grafton in a couple of months........
Ben Durie through the hairpin..........
Christene Cambell pushing hard as usual.........
Cookie through the hairpin........
Glenn Torrens off the line.......
Greg Ward dusts off the hides at the start line........
Ben leaves the start .......
Heath off the start line........
MORE VIDS LOADING
Ben Durie through the hairpin..........
Christene Cambell pushing hard as usual.........
Cookie through the hairpin........
Glenn Torrens off the line.......
Greg Ward dusts off the hides at the start line........
Ben leaves the start .......
Heath off the start line........
MORE VIDS LOADING
fullnoise Fahrvergnugen
964 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
Great sounding, fast looking cars.
Well done boys.
CT
Well done boys.
CT
esratrams
hellbugged 48's and straight cuts
5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·
yes CT, they are very very fast, smooth too.........mmmmmm EFI
Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
How can you legally have Historic Rego when the car has EFI ??
I'm with you Damo..........I hate being a spectator !
I'm with you Damo..........I hate being a spectator !
hellbugged 48's and straight cuts
5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·
picky picky Craig........probably only run the good motor on the weekends i'd expect........😏
and don't worry, i've got some footage of Gregs car in angry mode loading........was nice to finally meet him, nice bloke having a ball.
you must be mad to have stopped Craig🤪
and don't worry, i've got some footage of Gregs car in angry mode loading........was nice to finally meet him, nice bloke having a ball.
you must be mad to have stopped Craig🤪
Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
I cant see the footage anyway 🥲.......I'm banned from youtube 😵💫 !!
hellbugged 48's and straight cuts
5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·
Heath pushing hard to and through the hairpin.....
Greg has a loose on the wet patch.........
VWCOOL having fun in the budget racer.......
Cookie hammers away from the start line.......
Greg has a loose on the wet patch.........
VWCOOL having fun in the budget racer.......
Cookie hammers away from the start line.......
vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?
2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·
Well done on the vids Daimo.
It makes the heart race to hear some very quick little beetles ... Very loose on the hairpin for most, looks like a difficult corner to push hard on without overdoing it.
It makes the heart race to hear some very quick little beetles ... Very loose on the hairpin for most, looks like a difficult corner to push hard on without overdoing it.
hellbugged 48's and straight cuts
5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·
Christene leaving the line hard.........
Ben and Heath enjoying the drying start line.........
Ben and Heath enjoying the drying start line.........
Heath Casual Dubber
20 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
Great footage Daimo
The vids certainly tell the story for the majority of the day.
Marcus you are right it hairpin is very slippery. Its also very difficult to gudge, when wet, what you'll get away with. Mid corner is hot mix and the entry and exit are a river gravel set in tar. The road surface when wet could be alikened to an exposed aggregate driveway.........Water seeps out of the surrounding tyres after rain.
Before the run where Ben, Greg and myself find some opposite lock we all convinced ourselves or each other that it was dry enough to have a good go.........mmmmmm a little optimistic.........nothing ventured nothing gained.
Its a great track.......much quicker than it looks on the vid........my data logging has peak speed before the hairpin at 148kms.......the track is a bypassed section of Pacific Highway and it still has all its caracter.........about a 100 bumps and nearly equal number of tar patches........everyone shakes there head at the insinity of the place for there first visit..........having said all that its a blast to hoon up
For the record the placings changed every run.......the final outcome was Cooky,Myself,Christine,Ben,Greg then Glen......... I don't have the final times in front of me but I think there was as little as seven 1/100's of a second between Ben,Christine and Myself.
Heath
The vids certainly tell the story for the majority of the day.
Marcus you are right it hairpin is very slippery. Its also very difficult to gudge, when wet, what you'll get away with. Mid corner is hot mix and the entry and exit are a river gravel set in tar. The road surface when wet could be alikened to an exposed aggregate driveway.........Water seeps out of the surrounding tyres after rain.
Before the run where Ben, Greg and myself find some opposite lock we all convinced ourselves or each other that it was dry enough to have a good go.........mmmmmm a little optimistic.........nothing ventured nothing gained.
Its a great track.......much quicker than it looks on the vid........my data logging has peak speed before the hairpin at 148kms.......the track is a bypassed section of Pacific Highway and it still has all its caracter.........about a 100 bumps and nearly equal number of tar patches........everyone shakes there head at the insinity of the place for there first visit..........having said all that its a blast to hoon up
For the record the placings changed every run.......the final outcome was Cooky,Myself,Christine,Ben,Greg then Glen......... I don't have the final times in front of me but I think there was as little as seven 1/100's of a second between Ben,Christine and Myself.
Heath
Heath Casual Dubber
20 posts · joined Oct 2008 ·
After watching Christines start I know why Ben and I Bogged it......The girl left so much rubber....we must have had twice the grip available
Who said beetles won't lay rubber?????? 😀
Who said beetles won't lay rubber?????? 😀
VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome
5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·
yeah wow that was so much fun in the 'Wrecker Racer' - especially as I had less problems this time than I did at Bathurst. As Heath said, it is a tricky bastard of a track with mixtures all over the place and the rain flurries we suffered on Sunday made each run a lottery for all of us. Great camera work Damo - I look better on your vid than I thought I did(n't) on the day 🙂
Pay your debts, CxxT
hellbugged 48's and straight cuts
5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·
no worries guys, thanx for the spectacle........oh and the waves to my bub on her first trip to a race meet, made the missus feel welcome too..........we all enjoyed the day out in our beetle very much.
Glenn and Greg off the line with another thrown in to show why the beetles had the crowd amped........
yeah Glenn, it surprised me too how well the wrecker ran.......heard a couple of kids saying here's my favourite when you were running down the hill to the start.........certainly made me think about what had to be done to mine to get it out of the carpark and into the starters line up
Glenn and Greg off the line with another thrown in to show why the beetles had the crowd amped........
yeah Glenn, it surprised me too how well the wrecker ran.......heard a couple of kids saying here's my favourite when you were running down the hill to the start.........certainly made me think about what had to be done to mine to get it out of the carpark and into the starters line up
Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
And its great to see he is still driving the VW to the events as well.............talk about great performance and reliability!hellbugged wrote:good to meet and see Greg Ward out again
Come on Daimo you know you want to race the beast again.........and with the 5 speed gearbox it would be perfect in hillclimb 😎
reub VWRX is gone...
2,054 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·
Awesome vids.... thanks Damo! 👍
Reub
beetleboyjeff Custom Title Time!
1,790 posts · joined Feb 2009 ·
A lot of the crowd near me were very impressed with how hard the bugs ran, especially compared to a lot of the other vehicles. Several people who knew me reckoned it sounded like my bug comming - it does have a 1916 an extractors, but - I wish.
Well done to all.
Well done to all.
From your ole' mate Jeff
Jak Rizzo Insano Dub Head
837 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·
I love Ben Duries Car, it's allways been one of my all time favourite Aussie Beetles. The stance, that red & white paint job & the old school bathurst globes look fantastic. Thank god he finally painted the fluro front bumper red!
Can someone that see's him regularly ask him to come to the Nationals sprint, it would be great to hear it in full flight down the back straight. Top sounding beetle!
regards
Jak
Can someone that see's him regularly ask him to come to the Nationals sprint, it would be great to hear it in full flight down the back straight. Top sounding beetle!
regards
Jak
hellbugged 48's and straight cuts
5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·
me too....Jak Rizzo wrote:I love Ben Duries Car
Can someone that see's him regularly ask him to come to the Nationals sprint, it would be great to hear it in full flight down the back straight. Top sounding beetle!
regards
Jak
....yeah, i've been working on him and Heath to come out to the super sprint........
forry2000 Seriously Crusin Dubber
162 posts · joined Jun 2007 ·
Craig
Under the eligibility criteria for an historic vehicle , as long as carburetion is as originally supplied OR available as an option, then there is no problem.
To my knowledge, EFI was provided as an alternative on some later beetles.
Under the eligibility criteria for an historic vehicle , as long as carburetion is as originally supplied OR available as an option, then there is no problem.
To my knowledge, EFI was provided as an alternative on some later beetles.
Craig Torrens wrote:How can you legally have Historic Rego when the car has EFI ??
I'm with you Damo..........I hate being a spectator !
Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·
LOL..........Cheers Forry2000, you nearly convinced (cough, cough) me with that one.......not !forry2000 wrote:Craig
Under the eligibility criteria for an historic vehicle , as long as carburetion is as originally supplied OR available as an option, then there is no problem.
To my knowledge, EFI was provided as an alternative on some later beetles.
Craig Torrens wrote:How can you legally have Historic Rego when the car has EFI ??
I'm with you Damo..........I hate being a spectator !
I didn't realise the latest Haltech computer and twin throttle bodies were an option back in the late 60's early 70's 😂😂
forry2000 Seriously Crusin Dubber
162 posts · joined Jun 2007 ·
Strangely enough Craig, I don't make the rules.
up to the individual how they perceive that information.
LOL..........Cheers Forry2000, you convinced (cough, cough) me with that one ! [/quote]
up to the individual how they perceive that information.
[/quote]Craig Torrens wrote:How can you legally have Historic Rego when the car has EFI ??
I'm with you Damo..........I hate being a spectator !
LOL..........Cheers Forry2000, you convinced (cough, cough) me with that one ! [/quote]
Sides Veteran Volks Folk
2,220 posts · joined May 2007 ·
Talk about awesome footage there Daimo !!!
I didn't even know Kempsey was on, otherwise would have made the run down to take a look see - looks like a really interesting track. Unfortunately have had my head in the sand busy with work after a few weeks off...
I didn't even know Kempsey was on, otherwise would have made the run down to take a look see - looks like a really interesting track. Unfortunately have had my head in the sand busy with work after a few weeks off...
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