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NSW Hillclimb Champs Round 3-4 Bathurst. , now engine diagnosis.

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colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#899202
The weekend of the 5th and 6th will see Glen and myself racing at the very special place we call Bathurst.
Saturday the 5th will be the 3rd round being the Esses and Sunday the 6th will be the 4th round Mountain Straight.
After a good check over and clean all appeared well after Cooperabung Hillclimb, i changed the engine oil and checked tappet clearances.
After Larry kindly highlighted my poor execution of sticker application i couldn,t sleep until i replaced the crooked sticker.😂😂😂

Cheers Col

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gordysbeetle Seriously Crusin Dubber

125 posts · joined Jun 2011 ·

#899228
see ya up there

bat69 There is no status

791 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#900263
Spoke to the boys tonight. Colin managed to win the class, some 1.5 seconds ahead of the next competitor. Ironically 2nd was the same Dato which beat Col at Kempsey. The temp was -3 this morning and the track was freeeeeeezzzzzin cold all day and little slippy they tell me. Glen was 4th in class and gettin use to some more HP under the hood. Tommorrow sees them head over to the other side of the Mt and do Mt Straight. Australia's fastest hillclimb. Good luck boys.
White Knuckle Racing Team [/i]
"Drive it like dirt"

vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?

2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#900513
Great result Col!
Put up some video when you are ready 🙂

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#900597
Will post a race report with pics and vids in the coming days when time permits, car was very doughy.
Need to do a quick check of easy probs but intial thoughts are i have a flat cam.🙁

Cheers Col

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#901023
After a very very cold night camping on the Mountain the sun shined brightly on saturday for Round 3 of the NSW Hillclimb Championship held on the Esses track.
The cold overnight temps and cool but fine day meant the track was at best warm.
Improved Production 1601-2000cc class was again a hard fought class with 2 datto,s and Glen and myself racing hard all day.
My car felt sluggish and off the pace all day and i drove the wheels of it to post a time .3 seconds slower than last year. Fortunately it was good enough for a class win, allthough i knew something was not right with the motor.
Glen relished the extra hp in his rebuilt Stan pobjoy rocket and improved all day to post a pb time, good one mate.

Final times were,

1st in class Col 30.39
2nd Adrian 31.34
3rd Aaron 31.48
4th Glen 33.01

Sunday saw us move to the daunting Mountain Straight track for round 4.
This is a very fast track and again my little black beetle was feeling sick, i tried real hard to keep up with the Datto boys but by now i reckon the cam was a broom stick.

Final times were,

Aaron 1st in class 54.24
Adrian 2nd 56.18
Col 3rd 57.12
Glen 4th 58.67 another pb.

I now will do a check of my valve lift this weekend but i,m 99% sure my new cam is flat. If this is correct i will pull the engine over the next couple of months and Larry and i will talk about next years plans for it.
It will be hard not competing for the rest of the year but thats racing.
I will post up pics and vids soon.

Cheers Col

JVLRacing Custom Title Time!

1,100 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#901027
nice stuff guys....😎...Glenn with a pb real impressive😎

vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?

2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#901042
Thanks for the report Col.
Sad to hear if you have had the setback you expect to find.

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#901063


My second run of the Esses track.

Cheers Col

Jak Rizzo Insano Dub Head

837 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#901100
colin wrote:Our campsite

Col
Don't they have porta loo's in bathurst?

bigrudi Wolfsburg Wizard

401 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#901111
Good work guys come on Col just pull it out split the case bung in a new cam and ur going again cheers Rudi

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#901114
bigrudi wrote:Good work guys come on Col just pull it out split the case bung in a new cam and ur going again cheers Rudi
x2

Thanks for the report Col, and well done to all the Volksie dudes.
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

Jak Rizzo Insano Dub Head

837 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#901146
bigrudi wrote:Good work guys come on Col just pull it out split the case bung in a new cam and ur going again cheers Rudi
yeh Col,

Rudi does this whilst eating breakfast......

bigrudi Wolfsburg Wizard

401 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#901165
Gday Col give me a call your pms arent working have an angry 1998 sitting in the garage that needs the cobwebs blown out of itcheers Rudi 0418442953

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#901187


Glen racing on Sunday


Cheers Col

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#901203


Sunday racing on the Mountain Straight track.

Cheers Col

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#901230
bigrudi wrote:Gday Col give me a call your pms arent working have an angry 1998 sitting in the garage that needs the cobwebs blown out of itcheers Rudi 0418442953
Thanks for the very generous offer Rudi but i must decline.
I would never forgive myself if i hurt your motor. Checked easy things the other night like full throttle and dizzy being loose but unfortunatly all is good.
I,d love to just throw another cam in but Larry and i talked and we decided to use the extra time to shout the motor some new pistons and barrels.
If the championship was on the line i,d carry the thing up a hill on my back, but it,s not.
Hopefully i can gather up enough cash to get the parts so i can run an event or two later in the year, family and mortgage payments take priority over toys.😂
Glen has kindly offered to double enter with me in his car for the Tamworth round on the 8th of July. I,ll probably take up his offer but i must remember it would be rude to go faster than him.😂😂😂

Cheers Col

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

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#901234
Have you run that combination at Bathurst before ?

It sounds good in the vids, so its hard to believe the cam is going flat.


bigrudi Wolfsburg Wizard

401 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#901426
Col you wont hurt the little sucker this thing was running 320 atw in turbo mode.as they say if it dies it dies no dramas, offer still there cheers Rudi

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 ·

#901431
Sounds like the Volksie commaradery is alive and well. Nice 👍
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#901436
Craig Torrens wrote:Have you run that combination at Bathurst before ?

It sounds good in the vids, so its hard to believe the cam is going flat.
It,s a new cam for this year, Bathurst was only the second event with it. If it,s not the cam then something else is not right, and if the cam is good then it,s coming out and the old faithfull will see another hillclimb or two.

Cheers Col

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#901566
Popped the rocker covers off and dropped the oil this arvo and guess what?
Grey sludge on the sump plate, bummer.
Will pull the engine out tomorrow and the plan is to come down in 2 weeks to drop engine to Larry and then go to Goulburn and watch some VW hooning.
Looks like the old faithfull cam will go back in with some new pistons and barrels😎

Cheers Col

fullnoise Fahrvergnugen

964 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#901598
Bummer Col. You can have my engine after the nationals. Put your heads and carbs on it. I'll have other priorities :-) CT
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