hey all, who from on here is going to the Volksfest and what cars are you bringing. I will be taking the notch, and dave ( will be there in the 61 )
i was also thinking of having the people that are on here met up some where and then cruise down there all in a group, what do you think?
by the way what do you think of this combination
nbturbo ·
Me and I like it.
matt ·
When is it on????
dragbug ·
28-30th of this month.
Show is the sunday.30th.
Bill Daws ·
I'll be there - we're flying in on Friday night and staying across the road from Wigley oval.
Where do we meet for the Saturday cruise ?
Bill
nbturbo ·
Bill,a 737 will be a bit too wide to cruise to the show in.
steve-89 ·
hahaha, that is so true gary.
steve
netvampire ·
Hope to be getting my old girl up and running for that as well..😂
reub ·
I won't be there this year but aim to be next year...
Turbo54 ·
Moving house that day, sucks... might get down for a while. See how i go.
Wold be good to catch up, i haven't been out for a while.
T54
YIOughta ·
Love the stance - what are they 16" wheels
vwfastback ·
Not this year.
Was geared up to race at the annual drags there, but have recently found out they are no longer part of the Adelaide volksfest. Maybe the VW club of SA will look in to hosting that now.
A pity, they were great fun and the track is a good one.
mattie ·
ill b there in something? havent got a car sorted yet! aaron?? we need to sort something out even if i get it done on the sat night i dont care! i wanna cruise rego or no rego!
Resto64 ·
c u there
hey is that dads car
looks great and where are the brms
mattie ·
yeah its dads car mate havent heard from u in a while! it heaps higher now but eh so lo we couldnt move it and it still had the jack jammed under the front apron! and the brms are on the notch see members rides!
vwtyp2 ·
I'll bring the Oval down.
steve-89 ·
sounds good, hope we get a really good turn out this year.
steve
Resto64 ·
yer i'll bring the beast
dragbug ·
Whoa!
Where did that one come from?
Lets baja it!
vwtyp2 ·
the ride height is about right for a Baja. 😁
Resto64 ·
i would love to do that pleaz boys
got it as a run about till the split is done
steve-89 ·
hey all you boys, leave that ride alone, we should not baja it, we should slam it!!!!!!!!!
vwtyp2 ·
no way!!
lift it up and put some big ass tyres under it.
mattie ·
is anyone else goin?, and what cars are goin to be there?
mattie
57 Chook Shed ·
Yeah, slam the Mother Fuffer!!
dragbug ·
Another masterpiece from photochookshedshop.
I say bring it round,Crank the 9" grinder,raise it,some big balloon desert duelies,
The Baja Bitch!
Or we could slam it on BRM's............just for something DIFFERENT!
mattie ·
mmmm brms! u luv it aaron bought that car mate hopefull get it sunday!
steve-89 ·
anyone from adelaide no much about wiring,
need to get the indicators and the brake lights working for the day.
can anyone help me.
steve
57 Chook Shed ·
What do you need them for Steve?? It`s got a motor hasn`t it?!!!!
steve-89 ·
yeah, but i dont wont it to get defected on its first outing.
steve
vwtyp2 ·
don't worry about it.
I haven't got brake lights or indicators either. :thumb
steve-89 ·
i am definetly not listening to you guys if i do that then my dad would go bonkas.
steve
vwtyp2 ·
if it doesn't make it go faster, you don't need it.
Resto64 ·
want to slam the 73 but got to work out the strut buz and find out more about putting golf struts in ????
[ Edited on 21-10-2005 by Resto 64 ]
vwtyp2 ·
pull the struts out.
cut 100mm off the springs.
whack them back in.
Resto64 ·
but i want it on the floor dan
will this do it???
vwtyp2 ·
pull the struts out, and leave them out. 🤓
Resto64 ·
went out side to measure and 100mm would be great
you think i could cut 100mm out of them and it would work
if so i am doing it tommorrow
woooo hoooo
57 Chook Shed ·
Nah, to drop it 100mm you would cut say one or two coils off the springs. IF you can cut the springs that is (it depends on how they sit in the struts, I`m not sure, never worked on a super but I know you can on some cars).
It`s all to do with spring rates etc. For example, cutting one 100mm in length off the springs would probably drop the car something crazy like 250mm!!
You cannot just leave the strut inserts out though as they attach the struts to the strut mounts in the body!!!
My mate has got a full Kerscher (not sure how to spell that) set up on his `79 Kab, he knows his shit so I`ll see if he can give some pointers.
Gra.
Resto64 ·
cool see what we can do
i think the struts are the way to go
57 Chook Shed ·
Here`s my mate Matt`s Kab.
Goin to Bug Jam in it next year!!!
Gra.
57 Chook Shed ·
It`s a sweet car with Porsche Big Red disc brakes all round.
He`s building a 2.4L Type 4 motor for it at the moment. He`s got a degree in automotive engineering and really knows his shit, the stock 1600FI motor that is in there is hooked up to his laptop!
Gra.
vwtyp2 ·
see what generic aftermarket springs you can get with the same psi rating, just shorter.
then they'll have flat ends on them and won't jump out of the struts.
vwtyp2 ·
hey, isn't the show usually the 1st sunday of November?
mattie ·
yeah usually, but its not this year mate.
mattie
HGFS ·
Resto 64 wrote:went out side to measure and 100mm would be great
you think i could cut 100mm out of them and it would work
if so i am doing it tommorrow
woooo hoooo
Hey paul, I did that with our super back about 10 years ago so the memory is a bit fuzzy, too many sleepless nights since then. Anyway I think I cut 2 coils off first & I thought it was pretty low. Went out to my first club meeting for the "Lowdown Buggers" (remember them??) and the general reaction was not bad, be good if it was lowered.
So I figured stuff it, pulled the struts out again & cut ANOTHER 2 coils off...:thumb Nice & low, not ground scraping but low enough. Who needs suspension travel?? The only pics I've got aren't digital, and I dont have a scanner hooked up so I can't show you much.
Bit dodgy I guess but it worked & I didn't have any problems, dunno if I'd recommend it with legality etc. Don't even need a spring compressor when you've cut 4 coils off!!
Cheers
Greg
steve-89 ·
just do it paul!.
steve
debiasi4 ·
dont forget the cruz on friday night starts at 6pm on plane tree drive- not sure where it is going
hpefully get to see dave occoners new oval at the show, its very impressive
the following weekend on sat night a few of us are going to run at the drags come out if you are want to run there is even $1500 prize money in the bracket racing - you dont have to be fast just run on your dial in
i am not sure what you mean about rigged show, the best car wins , you even got a trophy once arron
adam
vwfastback ·
Adam,
Now you tell me you are having drags! arrrgghh.
I am glad, but it's too late to organise time off to get there.