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bug eyed Commited Dubber

73 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#71773
skewy

i didn't time 1st laps id they didn't stop
every one did 2nd lap at full throttle so i timed a flying lap for the drivers.

i'm not saying that the times are perfect but there are consistent

whatnow Custom Title Time!

1,000 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#71923
my vote for the best spin (that i saw anyway) goes to tony draper (in the white 68 with the brown engine lid) for his snap spin on the straight late on sat afternoon.
my vote for the most entertaining to watch... it's a toss up between the golf (when the welsh guy was driving) and the honda S600 (that car was so nice).

KruizinKombi Seriously Obsessed Cyber Dubber

3,493 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#71924
Definitely the Honda, I've got a nice spin on digital video. It's just a pity that it wasn't a VW.

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Kruizin Kol

whatnow Custom Title Time!

1,000 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#71926
i love the fact that it is street reg'd. the way the back end headed for the outside of the corner every time he stepped on the power. crazy.

amazer kombi pilot

3,187 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#72791
I'm feeling very unloved. Any times and pics for me? That video colin?
Chris.... kombi pilot, oval dreamer... finisher #26971 2005 city to surf

whatnow Custom Title Time!

1,000 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#73014
don't worry amazer we were watching.
your car is such a sleeper. it must be fun to go hunting in (if you are so inclined)(not that i would condone any kind of exhibitions of speed on public road)

Cam Custom Title Time!

1,535 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#73223
:bounce More, more, more 😎

What was shoved up the nose of that honda?

Cam Custom Title Time!

1,535 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#73224
Oh, also could I bribe any Melbourne people for copies of videos? 😀

bug eyed Commited Dubber

73 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#73589
supercharged 2L
i think nissan moter

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

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#73601
Fiat motor.


Cam Custom Title Time!

1,535 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#73765
okay... So it's a modern 2L supercharged fiat motor then. Coolies.

Am still interested in a copy of any videos around. I'll be up in Sydney at the end of the month too if anyone from there has a video of the racing they would'nt mind copying?

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

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#100022
bug eyed wrote:i took times
unofficial hand timed sat sun
combined fastest
lap1 total
gumley 49.3 1.37.9
gumley 51.3 1.39.5
gumley 52.7 1.43.1
Pobjoy 52.5 1.43.9
Pobjoy 53.1 1.45.4
Penrose 56.4 1.49.9
Penrose 57.5 1.51.5
durie ow 57.5 1.52.0
durie ow 58.1 1.52.4
Penrose 57.5 1.53.2
durie ow 57.7 1.53.5
durie bug 57.4 1.53.8
durie ow 59.1 1.54.2
Penrose 58.9 1.55.0
durie bug 58.8 1.56.2
durie bug 59.0 1.56.4
durie bug 1.00.7 1.56.6
durie ow 1.00.1 1.57.1
hellwrx 59.0 1.57.4
torrens 1.06.1 1.58.2
hellwrx 1.03.0 1.59.3
hellwrx 59.6 1.59.4
Yella 1.00.0 1.59.6
Yella 59.9 1.59.9

1st or last, what a "fun" day for all involved.:thumb
torrens 1.58.2min - 1.06.1= 52.1sec for 1 lap


WOW, now I know why I beat Ben Durie's car in Hillclimbs !!!

Really no comparison, go the 1916cc 😀😀

[Edited on 17-2-2004 by Craig Torrens]


VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#100166
By those times (unofficial, of course, but as can be seen, bugeye seemed to be surprisingly consistent with the sometimes difficult task of timing), Ben did a quickest of 56.6 vs Craig's 52.1
Pay your debts, CxxT

56astro Custom Title Time!

1,772 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#100201
Yeah, BUT ....
Ben Durie wrote:Craig and Greg were not that quik even with the slicks on the back of both cars.
regards

Ben
:puke

VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
35MPG on 101.3kPa

amazer kombi pilot

3,187 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#100226
Why do some people have to be such shit stirrers. This had been dead for nearly 2 months.
Chris.... kombi pilot, oval dreamer... finisher #26971 2005 city to surf

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#100269
56astro wrote:Yeah, BUT ....
Ben Durie wrote:Craig and Greg were not that quik even with the slicks on the back of both cars.
regards

Ben
:puke
yeah, funny ay!
Pay your debts, CxxT

Peter Leonard Moderator Volatile

1,456 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#100271
it's back now... BWAHAHAHHAAHAHAA
let sleeping dubs lie

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

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#100305
amazer wrote:Why do some people have to be such shit stirrers. This had been dead for nearly 2 months.
Not dead, just sleeping. 😀😀

Yawn😀


VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#100381
who's stirring?
Pay your debts, CxxT

Peter Leonard Moderator Volatile

1,456 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#119570
look! proof my streetcar was abused and can slide for up to two minutes 😀
let sleeping dubs lie

Peter Leonard Moderator Volatile

1,456 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#119572
the 1916cc area... greg must have been on the track 😀 look at all the purdy 1916s 😀
and there's a pic of some slob having a cig between runs 😉
let sleeping dubs lie

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

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#119637
What a fun event, several months ago now though.😀

Yawn,back to my trophy filled office😀 :kiss

P.S. I didn't realise Stan's 1916 was more than 4 1/2sec in front of that other open wheeler that's fantastic, congrats:thumb to "Stan" the man

The other open wheeler did sound very under powered though.🙁



[Edited on 17-2-2004 by Craig Torrens]


VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#119712
Oooops... I must have made a mistake...Shock, horror... I was simply drawing conclusions from the times posted... I didn't realise I was bagging yours - or anybody else's - engines, but after your comment: "hate to harp on it but Craig and Greg were not that quik even with the slicks on the back of both cars" I easily worked out that from the times shown here, Craig's Pobjoy-powered 1916cc Beetle, with a 'flying' (second lap) time of 52.1 seconds was faster than you did on the day. And I don't recall any Greg or Craig using slicks, not that it matters.
I might go and hang my head in shame at my alleged mortal error for about three nanoseconds and then have a beer and a laugh with Craig in his trophy-filled office...:thumb

Oh yeah - welcome to a very exclusive VW Club with the purchase of a Country Buggy! I'll race you to completion! Given that I've done about 6 hours' work on mine in the last year, that's one race you CAN win...
Pay your debts, CxxT

bug eyed Commited Dubber

73 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#119748
i took the times with 2 hand held stopwatches.

i did not adjust the times, or knowingly make any errors.

clearly craig's time is questionable, and much faster than his others i will attempt to find all times and post

VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#119826
Ben, I hope you don't mean 'unloaded' as in 'sold'? What sort of shape/condition is it in? There's another CB up around Lake Mac that I've seen, too
:bounce
Pay your debts, CxxT

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

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#119850
bug eyed wrote:i took the times with 2 hand held stopwatches.

i did not adjust the times, or knowingly make any errors.

clearly craig's time is questionable, and much faster than his others i will attempt to find all times and post
Post all the times you want, as far as I'm concerned it was all untimed, a day for show and fun, not competition. If I was quickest great:thumb If I was the slowest great:thumb


BiX Veteran Volks Folk

2,499 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#119901
r we all forgeting the reason for events like valla and others, so all people who like vw's can some together and if they like racing have some FUN competition.

If stuff like the L bug post, this post and the 1916 post continue and the seriousness of the racing etc at valla continue these events will die.

everybody is here to have FUN. with some ppl spoiling it.

bug eyed Commited Dubber

73 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#119906
Craig,
No one, nor I every said it was offical, i didn't take times to proclaim a winner, or losers, or for that matter the best engine builder, raleigh is hardly the best track to judge power output.

i took them so the drivers could get a benchmark of their own times, seeing that the organisiors were banned from timing.

Nobody saw much of other peoples results until sunday night at the dinner.

I don't think either of you (ben and craig) are winning any converts with the bilious repartee you go on with. I think you both have powerful well built engines, stick them on the same dyno the same day if you want wanking rights, how you judge longetivity may pose more problems.

everybody can have a preference or favorite, or just happily run our 13&15&16 hundreds and be just as happy as having one of SP's 1915 or a stroked lump in the back.

Why should that preference lead to abuse or ridicule ??