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Day Of The Drags 2011. VWs welcome. 26 & 27 March. Sydney Dragway

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HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

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Flame out the back... not too bad.




Flame out the front... not too good.

rose doin it for d girls

2,036 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·

#833028
awesome pics

warb gimme some butter im on a roll.....

1,983 posts · joined May 2003 ·

#833136
HotRodMatt wrote:Flame out the back... not too bad.




Flame out the front... not too good.
haha.. nice one...

warb gimme some butter im on a roll.....

1,983 posts · joined May 2003 ·

#833137
take a ride in the roo shooter (the bus above) -

Edit - higher res vid..

VWMA Editor Custom Title Time!

1,086 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#833164
First 1/4 mile event for me and it was a buzz. Learning a car and track for the first time at a major meet wasn't exactly easy, but Rod has his car well sorted so this made the learning curve softer.

Results:

• 1st round win and my best time for the day with a 12.23@110.66mph against a 11.75 sec Torana. My reaction time of .092 against his .329 made the difference at the line.

In the second round the car developed a mis-fire and was just pipped at the post by a Cortina on Nitrous, who eventually went through to the finals.

Thanks to Rod for letting me drive his car, and to Matt for the time and effort organising such a big event. Mmmm...a VWMA quarter mile weekend?

warb gimme some butter im on a roll.....

1,983 posts · joined May 2003 ·

#833168
another on-board vid, 720p .. speedo is MPH.. takes you right back to the pit area..

modnrod Fahrvergnugen

978 posts · joined Mar 2011 ·

#833183
That has to be the coolest damn Kombi in the world! Love the gear whine at the end......

Hehehehe!!! Just the best......

flattop Learner Dubber

13 posts · joined Mar 2011 ·

#833196
Looks like every one had fun..

Wayne
Still playing with toys after all these years....😎

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#833200
👍👍👍👍

The Rooshooter bus ran a 14.4 I believe 👍👍
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HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

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Dak-A-Tak Volksie Pete

1,381 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#833342
Fantastic pics Matt , What car dropped there conrods out into there nappy bag ?
How did Wayne Penrose go ? bit quiet .

rose doin it for d girls

2,036 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·

#833369
he did a good burnout past the tree, But it sounded like his clutch was slipping each gear change 🥲, I will up load vid tonight.
Dak-A-Tak wrote:Fantastic pics Matt , What car dropped there conrods out into there nappy bag ?
How did Wayne Penrose go ? bit quiet .

HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#833402
Dak-A-Tak wrote:Fantastic pics Matt , What car dropped there conrods out into there nappy bag ?
How did Wayne Penrose go ? bit quiet .
Not sure about big engine blows... Burgo did have one let go in the Plymouth Fury gasser, but that was just a neat little hole.

Wayne did a strong burnout, but by half track it had a lot of smoke. I've heard the clutch got fried. He's probably busy pulling and replacing it for this weekend.



Good news. DOTD 2012 confirmed for 10-11 March 2012.

rose doin it for d girls

2,036 posts · joined Dec 2004 ·

#833940
More video's uploaded on youtube today of all different cars & VW'S













hypo-vw Australias 1st 10sec street beetle (Jan 2007) 10.49secs@132m

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 ·

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HotRodMatt wrote:
Dak-A-Tak wrote:How did Wayne Penrose go ? bit quiet .

Wayne did a strong burnout, but by half track it had a lot of smoke. I've heard the clutch got fried.
pulled the engine from the oval on the tuesday night and stripped it right down , finish at 2am . Found the cam and lifters had been having a difference of opinion . Metal all through engine .
Crank linish on Wednesday and wash all parts up for reassembly on Wednesday night , finish at 2-30am .
reassemble bottom end thursday night with all new bearings , new cam , new camfollowers , new oil pump etc , finish at 1-30am .
Friday have piston ring-lands machined and assemble top-end , finish 6pm . NEVER work on a friday night , that is reserved for my Louise .
Saturday morning fit rocker gear and pushrod tubes , adjust tappets and close engine . Fit turbo system and injection , finished by midday . lunch with Louise . Saturday afternoon fit flywheel and clutch assembly , fit engine back into oval and run engine . Test drive up and down street at 7pm and pack tow vehicle for racing next day , finish 10-30pm . Dinner at Louise place at 11-30pm .
Sunday 5am start , off to DOTD 2011 . Scrutineer oval and all OK . first run , strong burnout and the oval has developed much more power than ever before.... launch from line with heaps of clutch slip , 2nd gear heaps of clutch slip . I back off in 2nd and clutch grips , stand on the throttle and it slips again , 3rd gear heaps of clutch slip and then a great loss of power and smoke .
My thoughts are that we dynoed the oval weeks ago with 15psi boost when the cam lift was very low . Now that the valves are opening fully at .550" lift the boost pressure has risen and not enough fuel has been injected to compensate . I think the engine has run lean in the top-end and may have suffered piston damage .
Before running the oval again I will strip the engine right down and inspect all parts for wear or damage , and then prepare it for its next run with a much better clutch set-up .

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)