Keeping up with the Rizzos

I'm freshening things up for doing the supersprints in 2005.

New front suspension,
New heads,
New cam,
New cooling,
And do you think I should put IDAs on? They do look sexy.

CYA CT

Sexy's the word. Very Nice.

Looking good CT, thats one sexy engine bay.

I think Jak's going to be alot harder to catch in 2005 😉 Might have to fly up and see you guys race, sounds like you're both going to be going ALOT faster! 😀

Looking good CT but it will depend on how bigga SET you have sitting on the seat.... between yr legs...

Yep Jacks opted for teh instant horsepower... ( not a bad way to go ) but looses the sprit of adventure,,,,

Hope to get out there n watch one session do u have a calender for the season ???

great to see the cars on the track

Hey CT,Bring it on looking and sounding good.JVLRacing

CT,

I'd love to hear those things at full roar down the straight! They would look the business with a Porsche Fan Shroud???

What sort of increase in HP would you get using IDA's

Cheers

Steve

Thanks for the nice comments.

I've had the IDAs sitting around for a while and I just want to try them.

I'll start with 44IDFs because they are already well set up and have nice new match ported manifolds that go with the new heads.

But once the engine is run-in I'll put the IDAs on as a straight back to back swap.

The 44s are running 36mm chokes and the IDAs have 37mm chokes so the main difference will come from the different carb design. Mind you the IDAs might not be that good for the track since they don't have much of a progression circuit and I think the float bowl spills with high cornering loads.

I won't have a hope in hell of keeping up with Jako in a straight line but I think I can continue to improve the car's corner speed.

But the best modification for next year will come in the form of a driving course. I just did a new tyre launch with some of the driver training instructors at the Holden Driving Centre in Norwell. Peter Bisley the chief driving instructor talked me around 2 laps of Darlington park (between Brisbane and the Gold Coast) and that was really interesting. I'm going to learn to drive again.

We're looking at doing Motokanas next year as well as supersprints. Personally I'd like to do Philip Island next year with one of the Victorian clubs. From what I've heard that's one of the top 10 things to do before you die.

CYA CT

Go for it CT we are all counting on you to keep it real.
Your car is such an ispiration to us, it will be interesting to see the differences between you & Jack.
Cheers Nige

Doesn't matter what I do with my car, CT will always pip me by tenths of a second, unless I undo his accelerator cable...........................

Jak

Well Skaife (Jako)is feeling the challenge after taking out this years VW challenge who dares challenge them ,loving the heat ,have fun and keep smiling.JVLRacing

Jak if you want a hand with thightening the claps on the intercooler pipes just give me a call.

How's the mean machine JVL?

CYA CT

Hey CT, The car is on the sick list and waiting for electrical computer surgery.Going slicks next year CT or not?JVLRacing

I just need u to syncronise the injection for me dude........

Jak

Nice CT.....now how we going to fit that 356 filter????:thumb
December is Bathurst speed weekend....going to be ready?
This is the fan shroud you need with that setup...it's a replica of a 356 4 cam. Made in Canada..

and heres an original 4 cam.........hmmmm nice:thumb

Lets just get the quad cam

Hey Jak does CT have BIGGER $@#%$%#$% on the track ???

I'll let CT answer that Dave.
Jak

CT

Looks great, one day I'm going to have to fly across the ditch to see all these cars / people and the action in person....

So what have you done to the front suspension? Just a freshen up or something really funky like double wishbones 😀

Cheers
Jeremy

Hi Pete,

I will definately be making room for the Porsche 356 oil filter. However I will be modifying it to use as an oil breather. I'd like to have a chat with you about this. I'll need to put a couple of extra fittings in it.

The engine is being detailed again. I'm ditching all the aftermarket chrome crap and going for something that looks period - 356 style.

As for all the other things to do:

For the front end I have planned to get it real soft, add more negative camber and more suspension travel.

I'm getting rid of the aluminium dash panel with the autometer tacho and putting the original motometer dash back in.

I've also figured out a stealth stereo install that can be removed for racing and doesn't require a single hole to be drilled in the body.

Engine-wise I've got a Webcam and some mini D-port heads from DRD racing in the US.

But most exciting of all - the car is going to get a bath and perhaps a polish. I haven't washed it since before the Porsche Club Weekend Of The Year in july where we drove throught Snow, did a hillclimb and a supersprint.

Racing should be fun next year. There will certainly be a lot of variety with Jak's WRX powered street car (It's looks awesome -Jak you should be an engineer), JVLs Oval supertourer, Paul's L-bug which could be powered by anything at this stage, Dieter's car which may have a 2.7 in it and Alex's oval which will may even be putting out 140+ at the wheels by then. Peter McLeod (as per the start of this email) will also be racing with us with either his WRX powered speedster or jet powered push bike. I think there may also be a couple of others joining us.

The events are not that competitive to be quite honest. They are more of a celebration of modified beetles and actually trying out all the modifications that we spend hours doing. It's all about improving your lap times each year and watching the speedo go back around to zero while you're only in third still.

This is from the latest issue of GT Purely Porsche. Maybe we could find some of those air cleaners for your webbers as well?
Jak

Yeah that's kinda like what I want to do. I'll have to mount the filter to the left to keep room for the centre-pull throttle linkage. I'd rather paint the filter in orange like one I've seen on here recently. Say no to chrome is my new engine bay philosophy (How ridiculous does that sound?). I even bought a black ignition coil.

Thanks for the picture Jak.

CYA CT

fullnoise wrote:I won't have a hope in hell of keeping up with Jako in a straight line but I think I can continue to improve the car's corner speed.

But the best modification for next year will come in the form of a driving course.
CYA CT

So you'll just need to go looking for the tight, twisty tracks 🙂

I'd say you'll have a distinct advantage over Jak in Motokanas, especially after the driver training.

I watched a fellow take his wrx around the same course he'd just driven in his stock 1302 beetle (motokana) and he wasn't any quicker. Was a heap more exciting to watch though as he over cooked the corners and reularly locked the brakes!!

You car is really inspiring CT, very much an old skool racer with a few hidden tricks and a lot of careful though gone in to its set up.

Good luck

Cheers
Jeremy

Thanks Jeremy,

Jack is a hell of a steerer and really knows his car. I've regularly sat on his arse watching him hold his car right on the limits of adhesion. It looks like his car is only gripping on 3 wheels and you can see is front wheel steering and counter steering right on the ragged edge.

I want to get some more speed out of my driving style yet, hopefully, keep a safety margin so I don't put my oval into the wall. I always crap myself when the car goes unintentionally sideways. I've had some heart stopping moments. Even now with the car's handling being "not so evil" I had an excursion on to the dirt at Wakefield park and I also had a big sideways moment mid corner coming on to the straight at Oran park.

BTW you understand what I'm doing. I'm trying to keep the car stock looking and "old school" in it's moderate modifications.

CYA CT

fullnoise wrote:Jack is a hell of a steerer and really knows his car. I've regularly sat on his arse watching him hold his car right on the limits of adhesion. It looks like his car is only gripping on 3 wheels and you can see is front wheel steering and counter steering right on the ragged edge.

CYA CT

CT

Jak sent me the DVD of you guys racing, and I agree Jak is very talented when it comes to keeping the car on the track- the in car part of that DVD has some hair raising moments!

I did a basic race skills driver training a month or so ago, its all about consistancy. Didn't seem to help when I went go karting though, I still approached the corners badly and with a different line every lap!!!!

Cheers
Jeremy

fullnoise wrote:It's all about improving your lap times each year and watching the speedo go back around to zero while you're only in third still.

reading that gave me goosebumps......:duh

i can't wait till my car's race ready!!! gonna be a while though.

good stuff!!

kai

What lisences are you guys required to have?

Hey CT, looks sweet....your IDA's could be the goods in a straight line, but out of the corners, they may bog a little, but that said, the GT40's used to some success at a little race called Le MANS!!!! Sprints are so much fun ain't they....I do more of the autokana thing here in Perth, but pushing my bug around Wannaroo is always a blast and we have some other sprint days here and there.....A bit safer than hillclimbs though....Those things scare me these days, but maybe I'm just getting old! Sounds like a 'taste' upgrade is in the works with your car too.

Well done, oldschool and minimal is so nice to see....All those billet and chrome cars just don't do it for me....And what about those 'Carrera' kits!!!!

But I digress....

To race in superspints all you ned is a Level 2S CAMs Licence. To qualify you need to be able to fill out a form and post an envelope.

Your car needs to no obvious signs of wear so it will pass scruitineering. Special items are as follows:
A secure battery
Secondary bonnet srap (boot in aircooled vws)
Second trottle springs
Tow hooks front and rear (new rule I haven't done that yet)
Up to date fire extinguisher mounted with a steel bracket.

Personally you need:
Aust Standards Approved helmet
Wrist to anckle clothing and shoes that are not synthetic (ie not flamable)
Testicles

BTW check out my new purchase.

Very nice, thats cool i have all of teh above, just thought u might need to go to a level 3 lisence as the pics show you guys racing pretty close together. We are noramlly well seperated when i have done any longer track racing.

Jack and I wait for each other and try to stay close for fun. We never pass unless waved through by the other person. The Porsche club don't seem to mind because we don't do anything stupid. I wouldn't trust too many people to race that close.

Our cars have always been really close and I hope we don't lose the fun with Jak's conversion. But there's other fun to be had do doubt.

CYA CT

Hey CT. Looks great!

Whats the new oval shell for hey?

This oval is just for backup in case I write off the silver one.

Mind you I could get inspired.

CYA CT

CT...I understand how your thinking....I have been in the same frame of mind for years! I ave a sweet 60 sitting in the shed, that I have keeped for just the same reason. Well I haven't written off the car yet, it has just started to rust away! The body never was perfectly straight anyway, so the next project after the SVX conversion will be....Total rebuild of the bug, but maybe with the EJ20T transplant. I have to keep up with my brothers EJ20T powered notch after all!!!

I have loved your oval from a far (WA actually!) for some time, keep it up and keep going around those Porsches!!

Thanks Simon,

The '54 may end up a bog stock resto. Like yours it is probably a better body than the one on my restored car.

I'm looking forward to doing some supersprints next year because I didn't get enough runs this year. I broke a rocker clip at Oran Park which did a little damage to a valve tip. That took me out of the last two sprints DOH.

CYA CT

Aint that a bitch...I hate it when a normally reliable fun car does go down, it's just such a bummer. Keep at it CT, I'll be watching!!!

Hey CT,

If you do not mind me asking...how much was the oval....I am looking for one to paint and change to my pan...the now white, once green aero has a little more cancer than I would have persisted with..not major, but there!

Matt

How much was the '54? The same as your DRD heads.

The poor thing is living outside until I can find somebody to buy a 1970 lancia fulvia sport with a zagato body.

For you it would be a hard decision to cut something that straight and rust free up to put a Suby donk in it.

If you do it just don't tell any purists.

I'll probably restore the '54 eventually and keep it the unexciting beige colour it was originally painted in.

Why don't you look for a '76 or an L bug?

Are you going to change your ID to boofEJ20?

Regards CT

Hi Matt

Theres a cheap 73 L bug on the Club VeeDub 4 sales.

Steve

Is this car the sweet oval with the porsche wheels and the yokahama stickers on the doors?

Gibbo wrote:Is this car the sweet oval with the porsche wheels and the yokahama stickers on the doors?

And the V force stickers .:thumb

This is my other oval.

It only has 3 stickers on it: one Yokohama sticker on the windscreen (because I work for Yokohama) and other two stickers are small NSW Porsche Club stickers on each rear side window because this is the club I belong to.

Craig, if you're not going to say anything nice don't say anything at all.

Regards CT

I haven't driven this thing since September.

Now it's coming back together wtih a new front beam with adjusters from CBB and drop spindles from CB performance.

In this shot I'm figuring out where to set the bump stops so that the tyres don't hit the guards at full suspension compression.

My last set up was bottoming out the balljoints which is bad. I'm glad I pulled it apart. It won't happen this time with the drop spindles as the suspension geometry stays close to standard.

The biggest challenge is makeing the extra negative camber and extra offset all fit snugly without fouling the shock tower or guards.

CYA CT

Nice shed CT! I'm soooooo jealous!

What rubber U running on that....I know they must be Yokies, but what is the name of'em? And sizes too please.....I'm looking to upgrade my hoops soon, and I'm open to suggestions!

By the way, is that beam narrowed also? If so, by how much?
I have an IRS/BJ pan, I might fix up for my '60 rebuild, which means I'll problably sell the '64 (SWINGER/LP) as a go'er, to finance the project...
Seems like a logical thing to do. Start afresh, instead of mod what you go......

Oh where will it end? :o

With all the money in the engine bay, why don't you go for EFI with a custom race map and electronic ignition? It'd give more performance than the IDAs, and probably use less fuel (although that's hardly the point in racing 🙂

Nice looking car - very neat.

Andrew

Damn it, I was checking off the things I need to get into racing and fell short on the last item of what I personally need...

Nice going guys. Even someone like me that isn't into that scene can still appreciate the hard work, long hours, and a passion and love for your VW's, in any aspect. Keep it up lads, and more power to ya.

[Edited on 1-1-2005 by BenettonVW]

Hi Humpty,

I'll try and give you an anser as to why I've chosen the tyres and front beam that I have. I've got a feeling it will be long though.

The tyres I've chosen are 195/50R16 Yokohama A048 LTS tyres. The LTS stands for Lotus because they are an original equipment tyre for the front of the new Lotus Elise Exige. The code A048 is for the tread pattern which matches our new A048 R spec tyres.

The trouble is 195 is still a wide tyre for the size and weight of the car. It's hard to get R spec tyres up to the required operating temperature in the short supersprint format.

Sizes for R spec tyres such as 195/60R15 no longer exist in the Yokohama range. My only choices were as follows:
195/55R15 which is too small and illegal.
205/50R16 or 205/55R16 or 205/60R15 all these are too wide which means they would be even more difficult to heat up and difficult to fit under the standard guards. Not only that but I'm starting to understand a new problem. Most tyres are too heavy in their construction for a beetle. They are designed for a much heavier car and the sidewalls are too stiff.

The tyres I chose are constructed as a road and race tyre. They have a low load rating because they are designed for a car with a similar weight to the beetle. The aren't quite as sticky as a R spec tyre because the compound is road oriented and they not as aggressive in their construction as an R spec tyre.

I haven't had the front beam narrowed because I want the handling characteristic of a wide track. It's just the combination of parts that I use that allow the tyres to fit under the guards. That and a fair bit of negative camber which, the tyres tell me, that I need on the front.

CYA CT

Hey CT had a ride in the Rizzomobile yesterday and you are going to need a come to God button to keep up with him on the straights. Jak quaintly calls it "happy healthy horsepower". Sell him a set of Dunlop Auquajets and tell him they are the ducks guts for racing!

Brendan
🙂

Hey Boys,I think both boys are going to have different cars with attitude.Jako of course more hps but arse end will handle alot different then what he is use to,Ct a little more handling and some more hps will keep him updated.All the hps is not the cure,without the good tyres and handling.Both boys have been busy just love the work they have done .JVLRacing:P:P

fullnoise wrote:This oval is just for backup in case I write off the silver one.

Mind you I could get inspired.

CYA CT

you're meant to have a split window bug as a back up shell 😀

fullnoise wrote:Hi Humpty,

I'll try and give you an anser as to why I've chosen the tyres and front beam that I have. I've got a feeling it will be long though.

The tyres I've chosen are 195/50R16 Yokohama A048 LTS tyres. The LTS stands for Lotus because they are an original equipment tyre for the front of the new Lotus Elise Exige. The code A048 is for the tread pattern which matches our new A048 R spec tyres.

The trouble is 195 is still a wide tyre for the size and weight of the car. It's hard to get R spec tyres up to the required operating temperature in the short supersprint format.

Sizes for R spec tyres such as 195/60R15 no longer exist in the Yokohama range. My only choices were as follows:
195/55R15 which is too small and illegal.
205/50R16 or 205/55R16 or 205/60R15 all these are too wide which means they would be even more difficult to heat up and difficult to fit under the standard guards. Not only that but I'm starting to understand a new problem. Most tyres are too heavy in their construction for a beetle. They are designed for a much heavier car and the sidewalls are too stiff.

The tyres I chose are constructed as a road and race tyre. They have a low load rating because they are designed for a car with a similar weight to the beetle. The aren't quite as sticky as a R spec tyre because the compound is road oriented and they not as aggressive in their construction as an R spec tyre.

I haven't had the front beam narrowed because I want the handling characteristic of a wide track. It's just the combination of parts that I use that allow the tyres to fit under the guards. That and a fair bit of negative camber which, the tyres tell me, that I need on the front.

CYA CT

i am using the A048R tyres on the oval on 6" x 15" rims 195 55 R15 medium compound rear and 195 50 R15 SuperSoft compound on the front. the tyres have a E3 marking on them, if you cant get them i can always bring a pair over when i come to sydney in july 2005 🙂

Hi Jimby,

How's your oval going. Have you converted it from a drag car to a circuit racer yet?

That doesn't solve the overall diameter issues.
My 195/50R16s are only 601mm.
Legally I need 615-645mm (15mm either size of 630 the standard OD)

The 195/55R15s are only 595mm.

Cheers for that CT....The more I think about it, the more it looks like the way to go.
This of course is a long terma for me as Uni starts soon.....Yes I'm what is called a 'mature (?) aged student'! Family, mortgage, uni, work, 2 street VW's and a ECHO....Man I need another 2 of me to get the projects done!

Maybe I should ditch the street car/race car thing and get that FV going for the next sprint/autokhana season instead.....Imaging that with my 110hp 1776! Might be an EZR project!

Keep it up, I'll just be watching from a far!

fullnoise wrote:Hi Jimby,

How's your oval going. Have you converted it from a drag car to a circuit racer yet?

That doesn't solve the overall diameter issues.
My 195/50R16s are only 601mm.
Legally I need 615-645mm (15mm either size of 630 the standard OD)

The 195/55R15s are only 595mm.

the oval is slowly being modded and i havn't re-joined the VWDRC and ive booked my ARDS test (£370for a race licence) and sent off for membership of the race series
www.semsec.org.uk

i got the UK yokohama motorsport 2005 catalogue last weekend at the autosport show, geres the page with the sizes available over here


🙂

[Edited on 22-1-2005 by jimby]

[Edited on 22-1-2005 by jimby]

So much for keeping up with the Rizzos!

Jak can do a Subaru WRX conversion faster than I can rebuild a beetle engine.

The engine is back together. It's the first one I've built.

I started it up and ran in the cam on Monday night and it sounded real sweet (Well to me at least. Not the neighbours!). Hopefully I'll drive it soon.

If it truly is heads that make the power this will prove it.

CYA CT

Hey Fullnoise, heads is definitely where the power is! Next time the heads are off get some chamber unshrouding done & a flow test will show improvements...even though comp ratio will be lower.

YehYEH it is all about head work the breather of all engines you will do alright CT looking forward to doing some racing this year with yar.JVLRacing

Hopefully I'll get my times down with the improvements I've made.

1. More camber at the front
2. More castor for high speed stability
3. Softer front end to heat up the tyres provide more weight shift on to the front for better turn in.
4 More horsepower from the heads & cam
5. Better driving after learning a few techniques from the Holden Driver Training school.
6. Better clutch.

The goal is for 1:15 @ Wakefield Park, 0:53 @ Oran Park Sth and sub 2 minutes at Eastern Creek.

I don't know about Oran Park GP because I've never really had a good run there.

It's amazing how the other racers have developed their cars in the off season. It's great because we all seem to like developing our cars as much if not more than actually racing them.

All the cars are different and that's probably typical of car modifiers.

Rudis car has seen a number of engine combinations and is definately pushing the boundaries of stock stroke beetle engines. He's also made suspension changes. Have a look how low his car is at the rear. It must work though because he's the guy to catch.

Deiter's car will now have more horsepower from an interesting and well engineered engine (with dry sump system).

Jak's car is part WRX as we know.

Paul's car is morphing into a WRX too but is unlikely to make the track this year.

What's JVL been up to?

CYA CT

Hey CT,mate sounds like you have rebuilt the car,isnt motorracing fun! Iam still making up my mind on a couple of good deals with computers and electrical work.EMS have come to the party with a air craft sparky to do the work but my gut feeling tells me to go Motec.Working on a carbon bonnet and Lexan door windows to stop the draft entering the car.Hopefully to make 3 Porsche meetings this year with some reliability.JVLRacing

Well the car is up and running again. The engine feels quite different, like it's grown an extra testicle. It also wants to rev but I won't let it because I'm still running it in.

I've just got a wheel alignment from a bloke who apparently knows his stuff. Now I will be confident enough to give the car a blast in third and see how the new engine feels.

Here's a pic with black Fuchs.

CYA CT

An extra testicle ? Really ? 🙂 lol

You must be itching to let it loose eh ?

Looking the goods as always. Have you rejetted the carbs or anything yet ? I assume it will see some dyno time maybe too ?

Would love to be able to justify the time and money. Maybe one day.

CT

Oval is looking extra sweet, especially with the Fuchs. Great work.

Make sure you guys get some good video this year so I can see what your up to 😉

Good luck with the racing... perhaps aim for those really tight tracks so Jak doesn't have time to "get on it"!

Cheers
Jeremy

CT, Love the black fuchs..stealth look.

I want to be out there for next months meet. JVL, have been working on a few carbon fibre bits myself, I am making some mx5 boot lids for a mate and I was going to do my deck lid as well.

Matt

CT,the hard work is paying of ,the wheels has given the car a raceyyyyy look and deffently more presentation (CTTander:P) Matt,looking forward to meeting you one day,good to hear you are doing carbon fibre work as well.JVLRacing

CT, have you given it a good blast yet.

interested to see the results with the new heads and cam combo.

Yes it will be interesting to see the results, especially now that u have an engine that been built with attention to detail, to think that u didn't just spend thousands & thousands of dollars on it either.
Are u going to use a pulley & fan belt when u dyno it CT so that u get some real dyno figures?
I'll book the dyno for u.
regards
Jak

I'll be running the engine in at Oran Park on Sunday. I hope the combo works well but I pray my spanner skills are up to the task. It's the first engine I've built.

I'll also be coming to terms with the new suspension set up.

The wheel alignment guy thinks the car is really well balanced. He had scales so I got him to weigh the car at each wheel.

A shade under 40% of the weight on the front wheels.

Left front corner + right rear corner 49.9%
Right front corner + left rear corner 50.1%

I don't know why they measure it that way.

It's a pity I have to sit in it and bugger up the good weight distribution (Don't post that I should've sat in the car to have it done).

Alignment wise the car has 3 degrees neg camber all around. The toe is almost straight because I'm trying to tune the components before using the w/a specs. Castor is 6 degrees at the front. That's 2 castor wedges behind the bottom beam.

As I said I don't know how this combo will go until I drive it on Sunday.

PS I doubt I'll be keeping up with the Rizzo.

CYA CT

Hi CT

You can download software to help you setup your corner weights here http://www.chuckbunnell.com/kart/soft/wjacker.zip

Where is this wonderful man with a set of scales?

Steve

fullnoise wrote:As I said I don't know how this combo will go until I drive it on Sunday.

PS I doubt I'll be keeping up with the Rizzo.

CYA CT

I bet a dozen pastizzi's that u are still quicker, if not, u can make a formal protest that I'm using an aftermarket alloy crankcase.
Jak

You're a naughty boy Mr Rizzo. Go and sit in the corner.

CYA CT

Jako skaiffe Rizzo vs CTtander in action at Oran Pk22 May be there for mate agaisnt mate:P:P.Are you both going to the drags gentlemen as well?JVLRacing:P

We're planning to go to the drags and watch. The problem with WISID is that you have to go such a long way to get to a nice hairpin bend that you're not allowed to speed around any way. JVL and I got in trouble for that last year.

CYA CT

can I come out of the corner now?:thumb

It was more exciting then the drags itself,Luv that hairpin:PJVLRacing

2.7 dry sump IDA's sunday... (cough) did u hear somethin? 😎

It sounds like my old motor(never been used) with a carbon fibre Porsche fan housing😉😉JVLRacing

thats the one! very angry motor! so far it has seen a lap of mortlake on slicks in the rain soo goin for some run in runs in the following nights.

No Jak....you need a little more time to think about what you have done!

If I get the new fuel pump in the next 4 days and I get the brake lights working, I might let the animal explore its new surroundings for the first time with a trip to oran park.

My engine is feeling a bit small all of a sudden. Maybe it's the cold weather.

CYA CT

boof2332 wrote:No Jak....you need a little more time to think about what you have done!

If I get the new fuel pump in the next 4 days and I get the brake lights working, I might let the animal explore its new surroundings for the first time with a trip to oran park.

Hey! u didn't send me there!

& u don't need brake lights, no-one , & I mean no-one will be near u..........

We now have a new fuel pump!

Jak, can you speak up a little, I can hardly hear you from the corner.....nice comment though!

Hey! I'm out of the corner dude, u can't hear me cause your so high up!

Where did Craigs post go?

Now Mr skaiffe cut it out you are making me jealous.:PJVLRacing

Yep I'll be on the sidelines at Oran Park. I tried to do a late entry yesterday but it's a full field. I'll turn up anyway just in case I can fill in for a cancellation.

I'd normally enter earlier but I wasn't sure the car was going to be ready. Mind you I still haven't had a chance to see how the new set up feels without being stuck in traffic.

Either way the car will get a run on the weekend.

Bugger!

Yes you can come out of the corner Mr Rizzo, but only if you behave yourself.

[Edited on 19-5-2005 by fullnoise]

Why does he need to opologies to me ???:jesus

Nothing Jako has made reference to in his comments has any connection with me :kiss.....................if he thinks it does, well then it just proves he has no idea.:kiss

I come out of the corner & Craig starts kissing me,:puke can I go back to the corner now?

You're just so little and cute Jako...............so kissable😉

if only I was into roll on deoderants..............

I'm into roll on deodorants....although I am not little and cute like Jak, pretty much the opposite!

Shit I was over there with you guys . I would come and play :cry

It was a beautiful day at Oran Park today. I didn't keep up with the Rizzos. I didn't even race. But I did drive the beetle out to the track and it went really well.

The engine is definately deeper sounding. It has more torque. It also seems very willing to rev. It seems really happy with the jets I've thrown at it but I'll have to do some plug checks and maybe have one or two runs on a dyno.

The suspension seems good. The front is lower than before and the steering is a fair bit heavier with the extra castor.

Jaks car looked great on the track. It's a jet down the straight. On one lap he overtook a 914/6 and a 911. The 911 driver did everything he could not to let Jak pass. Jak also kept his boot planted and had to brake late on the inside of the track, off the racing line, somehow he pulled the car up and continued to pull away. He was moved from group 10 to 7 and then to 5 when people were realising how quick the vw is.

Next race is at Wakefiled on the 24th of June. I'll get my entry in early this time.

CYA CT

It looked great with a twin turbo 996 only slowly gaining on him...even when he did, it was only the porsches legs on the straight that made the real difference.

The way he dismisses wanting to turn up the boost, even just a touch, is killing me. 10 or 12 pounds and the 914/6 and 911 would have been wondering what that blurr was that flew past them, not that they didnt anyway!

Nice to meet you finally C.T. and co.

Matt

CT, you used to run 15" cookie cutters didnt you? I was wondering if you had any gain/loss in turning circle when you went to 16" fuchs or did it make no difference at all? My tyres rub on the front of the trailing arms and I thought the extra inch in diameter might just push the widest part of the tyre outwards enough to gain back a "bees dick" of steering lock. Or I might just be on some seriously good drugs. Oh yeah I've currently got cookies and looking at 16" fuchs or similar.
Cheers
SAS

Any times from the weekend?

Congrats Jako.

Times.

I got to the track around 11:00. I had a pee around 11:05. It took me about 10 minutes to walk from the pits to the final turn coming on to the straight.

Jak was somewhere in the 54s as was Deiter. Still waiting for somebody to crack into the 53s. I don't think there was as much rubber on the track as last year.

I'm sure you would've looked on Natsoft by now Craig.

Wheels.

I used to use 195/60R15 Yokohama A008R mounted on 15 x 6 standard rims, then 15 x 7 replica Fuchs and then on 15 x 6 cookie cutters. These have an overall diameter of around 615mm and about 15 - 20 mm smaller than a standard tyre.

Now I use 195/50R16 Yokohama A048 Lotus tyres with an OD of about 600mm. That means the diameter is actually smaller and the car is lower to the ground.

Now that I use drop spindles I do have some clearance issues with the fronts. I'm not sure how I'm going to tackle that yet but there are a couple of options: bump stops on the shocks, more neg camber, machine 5mm off the wheels, shave part of the tyres...

CYA CT

Thanks CT, so the drop spindles add to the track width? About how much?
Cheers
SAS

Not sure how much track they add. But I used to use 5mm spacers with 2 1/4 neg camber with the same wheels and had no clearance issues. Now I have no spacers and 3 degrees neg and I have clearance issues.

Mind you I the shock bump stops may have limited the travel on the previous combo even though I cut them back a bit.

Regards CT

Thanks CT, didn't think to look at Natsoft !!

Great times for the class.


Paul Shacklady PRB Clubman 0:46.3410
2 229 Brenden Read Clubman 0:47.1310
3 291 Greg Read Clubman 0:48.4690
4 361 Aaron Zerefos Mitsubishi Evo '02 0:50.8850
5 170 Robert Hackett MX5 0:51.9520
6 172 Frank Hutchinson MX5 0:52.8450
7 90 Simon Webster Nissan Pulsar SSS 0:53.2540
8 71 Liam Wild WRX 0:54.2026
9 136 Steven Mawson Audi S3 0:54.2470
10 106 Jak Rizzo VW Superbug 2.0 turbo 0:54.8410
11 471 Edward Schulz MX5 0:55.2570 12 179 Paul Cassimaty Ford Laser 0:57.3560
13 33 Edwin Ip Renault Clio 0:57.5490
14 47 Tony Norman Peugeot 0:57.7160

Would love to own a clubman:thumb

sell yer magna

hehehehe.......................clubman doesn't have AWD though.

Magna does!

:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb and the ski/snow board season starts soon!

Huh?

Followed Jak up the old road on Sunday and I thinks we will still be able to race closely on the track until his boost comes on. It was fun following Jak around the bends. I noticed two things. 1. A swirl of air seems to come out from under his car when he stomps on the throttle and then changes gear. It looks like a helicopter landing on a wet helipad. 2. Sparks when he hit a big bump.

I'm stoked with my car. I threw some bigger jets in the carbs and the engine has got more lively. It pulls much more strongly from 3000 rpm just as I planned. The front end grip also feels very good but I'm going to have to go to the gym and pump a bit of iron to get used to the heavy steering.

I can't wait for the next race at Wakefield park.

Thanks for posting the times Craig.

Good luck at the Grafton Hillclimb.

CYA CT