Finally, after every possible hurdle to jump, I was slowly driving around last night.....with my mate Dave furiously working the keys on the laptop which didnt like staying on his knees.
All I have to say is......it whsitles and whooshes although you forget that for a second or two when the front wheels keep wanting to leave the ground!
I think I just heard a bug in the garage calling..
Matt馃槧:o馃槧:o馃槧馃榾
[Edited on 6/6/2005 by boof2332]
jvl054 路
Its a start Matt,the dark side is calling you馃槈馃槈JVLRacing
ricola 路
Congratulations Matt!
Rich
56astro 路
Get hold of a decent camera (not the one off ya phone!) and post some pics, Matt.
subaruboxer 路
Good to hear that you finally hit the road, I know how you feel. I hit the road for the first time three days ago.
Welcome to the club. It is worth all the effort.
VWCOOL 路
yeehaha! I might steer clear of cherrybrook shops
:duh
Jenny 路
Congratulations Matt!!!
I'm hoping 4 weeks long service leave will be enough to have the Suba-reka up and running.
vwtool 路
56astro wrote:Get hold of a decent camera (not the one off ya phone!) and post some pics, Matt.
vw car, vw engine, keeping it real...........what are u doing in the conversion section astroboy asking for veewrx conversion pictures, there seems to be too many of u "purists" hanging around in this section of the forum. Are u all secretly doing conversions in your garages or is the "man" doing them for u?
boof2332 路
Thanks all,
The exercise has made me a bit of an after market ecu wiring wiz. This happens when every possible thing that can go wrong does! So if any of you guys doing the same conversion need a hand with the wiring, to avoid the pain and suffering I have experienced, please call and I will be straight over.
I will take some pics with the digital camera, although I do not know how to reduce them to put on the forum.
Anyone popping by the area wants a quick lap round the block, its 50c a ride although you have to book......for more info see the Sydney Weekender website.:thumb
Matt
Jak Rizzo 路
LS1.351, he won't be bothering u .............
Doug Sweetman 路
Congrats Matt !
Now looking forwards to some good old WRX Beetle heads up racing at WSID eh !!
Che Castro 路
coool, good work
pics please!
boof2332 路
I drove around for about half an hour...looking for a little race, calling people on the phone to listen to the motor, and Rizzo calls to casually tell me about some Japanese car called a godzilla who doesnt like purple volkswagens. He then mentions seeing a new commodore smoke nearly all the gears up the main drag through Gosford, in one of the most impressive power displays he has seen , so he decides to pull up next to it....most people in Sydney give the nod of approval when their quick car gets beat....
Jak why do you just keep getting the finger out the window from embarrassed passengers?
Matt
1303Steve 路
Hi Boof
When your in your wifes car, work car or some shitbox the perfect sucker always pulls up next to you at the lights, just hang in there, theres a sucker born every minute when you drive a quick bug.
Steve
reub 路
Cool to hear Matt.....
I actually heard mine running about 6 weeks ago now....jeez, better pull my finger out :thumb
seagull 路
Good to see this post Matt made me 馃檪
seagull
Jak Rizzo 路
boof2332 wrote:I drove around for about half an hour...looking for a little race, calling people on the phone to listen to the motor, and Rizzo calls to casually tell me about some Japanese car called a godzilla who doesnt like purple volkswagens. He then mentions seeing a new commodore smoke nearly all the gears up the main drag through Gosford, in one of the most impressive power displays he has seen , so he decides to pull up next to it....most people in Sydney give the nod of approval when their quick car gets beat....
Jak why do you just keep getting the finger out the window from embarrassed passengers?
Matt
Maybe they don't like maltesers.............don't know why, they are lovely little cikkulatta balls........
boof2332 路
I will have to pull the motor out again soon and put the new clutch in that is sitting on the bench. The one at present is a stock Kombi clutch, and without the motor being tuned at all properly, the clutch is giving way on occasions.....splutters above 4000rpm....we were left without the 02 sensor the other night and still have not been able to tune it.
Matt
Alex Holzl 路
sounds like its all just about ready for the track!
alex
boof2332 路
There is a small ridge running across the entry to my street which shoots off at a 45degree.....
Warning: Do not accelerate hard in second gear over the ridge or the front wheels will leave the ground, only stopped by the sump scraping along the road resulting in a small tear!
I have the Kostya fight this morning at a mates, so I better put a little bead of weld along it and get it back together!
Matt
pete wood 路
you're using the standard sump aren't you?
Ricola did the same thing to his RSturbo powered 356 copy the first time he backed it our of the drive. 馃檨
Anthiron 路
i want pics!!!!:thumb
boof2332 路
Welded up the stock sump this morning just to take Jak for a spin. We are taking it off and making the short one tonight.
It does not need to be that short for the street...maybe an inch or so. The headers and filter are only that much shorter.
Jak took some pics and will post them when he gets some time.
ricola 路
Matt, please take some pics of the shortening process. I'll be doing this soon too!
Rich
speedster356 路
Can I here a Wednesday night calling at WSID?????馃槈 Wona come and kick some V8 butt?
Great work Matt:o
I'm doing a sump now for a friends charity bash car.
Even running like a dog it's still quicker than any vw engined beetle could ever be.
Jak
pete wood 路
Jak Rizzo wrote:Even running like a dog it's still quicker than any vw engined beetle could ever be.
Jak
That's exactly what I tried to tell your alter ego.
The sube side of the force is the future who ha ha ha [evil laugh]:vader
Jak Rizzo 路
No worries Pete, I knew who u were talking to. It's a classic example of being scared of what u know nothing about.
regards
Jak
pete wood 路
Jak Rizzo wrote:No worries Pete, I knew who u were talking to. It's a classic example of being scared of what u know nothing about.
regards
Jak
I'm sure he'd say the same, but it just goes to show he knows more than us....not! :P
boof2332 路
Now kids......anymore of that talk and they might suspend my post!
waltermitty 路
Heeey Matt your car is fantastic I love the look. what is is a Booflooker ? Those wheels no bumpers and the aeros with flat tails . Magnificent mate. MAGNIFICENT!
Mitchell
[Edited on 7-6-2005 by waltermitty]
Doug Sweetman 路
LOL a BoofLooker !!!!!
I'll chuckle at that one, but trust me I am laughing with you !
Must make you grin every time you step on the loud pedal !
Love the treatment at the front with the rad also.
71superbug 路
looking good mate. hope all goes well for ya.
Anthony
subaruboxer 路
Hi Matt,
really looking good. And it is different than any other.
72RSbug 路
very nice, love the air vents in the front
jvl054 路
Matt,the darkside is apon you:vader looks yeh! yeh!馃槈JVLRacing
Jak Rizzo 路
John, can u bring your trailer down, Matt needs to take his car to the dyno...........
Jak
jvl054 路
Jako skaiffe Rizzo, i can do that .When?:P:P:P JVLRacing