Damien's first run in traffic on old slicks (1:15 seconds......BLOODY TRAFFIC!).....was just glad to make boost after crossing the start line.........that was an improvement over last year already 😂
Paul's first run EVER in the car, on the old slicks........equaling his times in his race beetle last year (1:12 seconds)
Damien on good tyres........(1:10.70 sec)
Paul on the good ones.....no trust in brakes at this point, ....... runs 1.11sec here
hellbugged wrote:.......hello again to the new and old faces who had a look at the consatant wheel nut tensioning, brake bleeding and tyre changing in the pit box........Dave S, sti Dave and the boss lady, Birchal, Wayne, Boris, Rod, Steve M..... Craig and Paul for the top photos.....Stevie Nat, Jak, Guy H.......even ledgend Shimmo stopped by to offer encouragement and support......i love the comeradery the scene has.......i'm sure there were others too........THANX
sti dave?
Boss lady?
i sound like a diseased freak with a manager 😂
ill let her know the new title, sure she will get a laugh from it, and i should get... 😘
mate i was wondering what you were up to watching us bleed brakes for a loooong time........very patient!
worked out who the boss was when a clearly audible voice said "If you don't introduce yourself soon, I'll.........?"
don't know why but i put 2 and TOO together and knew instantly it was STIDUB 😎..........glad you stopped by, always nice to bounce ideas of others.......say hello to the boss for me 😂
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
Craig Torrens wrote:You need to buy a new Tacho.............that one has blacked out 😂😉
well placed photoshop spot........can't give away too much 🤪
.......nah wish it was there, but hey, it wouldn't have mattered if not one other person was there or knew about it, just stoked the car is finally heading in the right direction........it's been years!!!
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
hellbugged wrote:.......hello again to the new and old faces who had a look at the consatant wheel nut tensioning, brake bleeding and tyre changing in the pit box........Dave S, sti Dave and the boss lady, Birchal, Wayne, Boris, Rod, Steve M..... Craig and Paul for the top photos.....Stevie Nat, Jak, Guy H.......even ledgend Shimmo stopped by to offer encouragement and support......i love the comeradery the scene has.......i'm sure there were others too........THANX
sti dave?
Boss lady?
i sound like a diseased freak with a manager 😂
ill let her know the new title, sure she will get a laugh from it, and i should get... 😘
mate i was wondering what you were up to watching us bleed brakes for a loooong time........very patient!
worked out who the boss was when a clearly audible voice said "If you don't introduce yourself soon, I'll.........?"
don't know why but i put 2 and TOO together and knew instantly it was STIDUB 😎..........glad you stopped by, always nice to bounce ideas of others.......say hello to the boss for me 😂
😂😂😂 just know i dont like being interupted when im doing something important, not about to poke my nose in when someone else is busy either, the woman on the other hand... patience isnt her strong point 😂 besides if your brakes were better i would of been able to introduce myself the first time!
HOPEFULLY ill at least have mine bolted together & you can have a look at valla 👍
Volkswagen Drivers Club of Queensland - member 🙂
STIDUB - yep its still a work in progress
Vwdcq club car racing/ and crashing while my bug isn't finished.
okay rear calipers were seized, but got it sorted.......
3 of the 4 trailing arm pivot bush's were completely absent and now replaced with nylothane. needless to say its looking much more controlled in the rear now
some front ducts done and loaded ready for Valla..........packed the wets 🙅
........Seriously tho, unlike the "norm" for us, we've actually been chipping away for a few weeks.
BIG wheels have some radial slicks opposed to the old ply style ones. This should work better with the amount of camber the car is running. They bit fatter too at 265 fronts and 290 out the back......pitty they not brand new, but have enough life in them to test the theory. All the tyres are being coated with slick softening treatment "GRIP" at the moment, as per usual
New kombi master cylinder has helped feel on the pedal heaps. It's 21mm bore over the old 19. Bit of fiddling with new hard lines and lengthening of pushrod to get it in. New race fluid of course (easy task with a vacumn bleeder 😍)
Rear needed some new bearings both sides.
Back together okay....and swapped out the standard falcon line to braided teflon after this pic was taken.
....Gotroundtoit with the NACA ducts for rear brakes. Front ones come in through the now removed indicator holes.0
Got side tracked talking about how we'd rather be fitting the oxyboxer that's waiting VERY patiently.....
Charged the battery, serviced the air cleaner, primed the fuel up to pressure with the pumps, turned over till it had oil pressure with the freshly changed oil.........added the fuse to the injector relay..........AND BAMM, first go she fired back to life tonight. Pretty unbelievable really 🥷
Soooo that's the usual chasing ya tail maintainence done. Jeffs enjoying himself and making up a fresh air box to seal the aircleaner away from the engine bay and I've been tracking people down to help knock up some "elements" for the already done uprights of the rear wing.
