The final driver entry list is 74! Quite impressive. The weather looks good, the final preparations are almost complete, and I did manage to get my engine back in (today)!
One last announcement - for all those concerned about good track commentary keeping them informed and up to date with the latest VW Warwick weekend goss and results, that has all been taken care of thanks to Dave Birchall volunteering to take the microphone!! Thanks Dave.
See you on the track (and don't forget your gate passes and Tappet Cover Racers).
Cheers
• AIRCOOLED VOLKSWAGEN
ALAN AGYIK - Cream 1954 Beetle 1916cc Type 1
BRENNDEN ALDER - Orange/white 1976 Kombi 2L Type 4
TROY ALDER - Red 1971 Fastback 2332cc Turbo
DAVE BECKER - Beige 1969 Beetle 2110cc Type 1
MATTHEW BERRY - Grey 1970 Beetle 2332cc Type 1
DAVID BUTLER - White 1960 Beetle 2715cc Pauter Aircooled
MATT STRONG - Black 1964 Beetle 2376cc Type 1
DAVID CARTER - White 1974 Beetle 1600cc Type 1
ANDREW CLARKE - Orange 1968 Beetle 1916cc Type 1
MARCUS CONNOLLY - White 1967 Beetle 1600c Type 1
VICKI CONNOLLY - White 1967 Beetle 1600c Type 1
FABION CORIO - Inch Pincher 1956 Chop Top 2386cc Type 1
CHRISTINE DALGLIESH - White ‘72 Fastback 1600cc Type 3
IAN DALGLIESH - White 1972 Fastback 1600cc Type 3
NICK ECONOMOU - White 1967 Beetle 2332cc Turbo
WAYNE FENECH - Black 1965 Beetle 2400cc Type 1
BEN FORD - Blue 1962 Beetle 2400cc Type 4
CAMERON FOSTER - Black 1962 Beetle 1300cc Type 1
JASON FROST - Black 1963 Beetle 1776cc Type 1
ROGER HANSON - Grey 1974 Beetle 2400cc Type 1
CT HANSEN - Silver 1956 Oval 1915cc Type 1
LOUISE HANSON - Green 1971 Beetle 1600cc Type 1
GORDON HILL - Blue 1959 Kombi 1776cc Type 1
DEAN HODGE - Black 1957 Beetle 2276cc Type 1
CHRIS HOLLAND - Green 1970 Beetle 2165cc Type 1
MICHAEL HOLMAN - Blue 1963 Beetle 1916cc Type 1
CRAIG HUGHES - Grey 1957 Beetle 2332cc Type 1
ROHAN KEYLOCK - Green 1967 Beetle 2543cc Turbo
ADAM KIRTON - Black 1958 Beetle 1916cc Type 1
TREVOR LUCKHURST - Green 1973 Beetle 1915cc Type 1
TRISH MAGNAY - Blue/white 1963 Beetle 1900cc Type 1
COLIN MAYMAN - Black 1971 Superbug 1916cc Type 1
ROSE MERRETT - Red 1956 Beetle 1915cc Type 1
STEPHEN NATOLI - Orange 1971 Superbug 2007cc Type 1
PETER PAGE - Yellow 1964 Beetle 2332cc Type 1
DAMIEN PELL - Green 1966 Beetle 1776cc Type 1
NEIL PENBOSS - Red/Silver ‘67 Beetle 2275cc Turbo T1
ROD PENROSE - Yellow/Purple ‘68 Beetle 2789cc Autocraft
WAYNE PENROSE - Orange ‘56 Beetle 1642cc S/C Type 1
ROD RICHARDSON - Black 1963 Beetle 2276cc Type 1
DAVID SCHARF - Green 1969 Beetle 1600cc Type 1
ANDREW SWANSON - Black/silver ‘60 Beetle 1641 Turbo
JOSHUA VAN DER TOGT - Blue/white ‘63 Beetle 1900cc T1
MICHAEL WALDRON - Orange/White ‘69 Beetle 2800cc Autocraft
BRAD WHITE - White “80s Themed’ RAD Bug 2110cc T1
• VW WATERCOOLED
ANDREW BAX - White 1976 MK1 3 door Golf 2 litre
RICKY BEGLEY - Cream 1977 MK1 Golf 1.6 litre
ANGILA GASKELL - White 1986 Jetta Mk2 1.8 litre
CHRISTOPHER McGAUGHEY - Cream 1976 MK1 Golf 2 litre
DAVID MIJATOVIC - Blue 2008 Golf GTi 2 litre turbo
SEBASTIAN NAJDER - 1995 SEAT 2 litre
JESSICA VAN DER TOGT - Black 2001 MK4 Golf 2 litre
• VW BODIED OTHER ENGINE
LINDSAY INCH - Yellow 1971 Beetle 4.4 litre V8
DAVID QUAMBY - Purple/White 1972 Kombi Subaru EJ22
ALAN ROBB - Green/White 1964 Beetle Electric
AARON ROBERTS - Black 1976 Kombi Mazda 20B Rotary
BARRY ROBERTS - Blue 1975 Kombi 2200cc Subaru
• VW SPECIAL
JOHN BARRETT - Blue 1972 Max FX Buggy 2200cc Type 1
GORDON BOATFIELD - Red 1975 Buggy 2000cc Toyota
GUNTER BOGHOLZ - Purple 1984 Manx 2400cc Type 1
CHRIS BOLTON - Gold 1989 Formula Vee 1200cc S/C Type 1
AARON HEUSTON - White/black 1971 Manx 1640cc Type 1
DIO KOLTAI - Rusty 1957 Renault Dauphine 1600cc Type 1
BARRY LORD - Blue 1960 Ascort 2276cc Type 1
COLIN PERCIVAL - White 1963 J&S Buggy 2000cc Type 1
IAN POYNTER - Blue 1964 Marlin Buggy 1968cc Type 1
DAVID RICHARDSON - Yellow 1967 Manx 1600cc Type 1
JEFFREY SABEL - Silver 1959 Ascort 2180cc Porsche
TONY STATHAM - Black 1970 Manx Buggy 1600cc Type 1
NADIA TOPPLER - Rusty 1957 Renault Dauphine 1600cc T1
GREG VAN ZELST - Black 1969 Squareback Datsun 1800cc
• VW TRIKE
SHANE ‘KIWI’ MOORBY - Blue 2003 OZ Trike 2300cc Type 1
COLLEEN VAN DER TOGT - Maroon ‘07 Phoenix PT1 2 litre Type 1
LEON VAN DER TOGT - Purple ‘08 Phoenix PT2 2400cc Twin Turbo
QUINTON WOOLMER - Blue 2001 Bon Trike 2276cc Type 1
vw54 ·
yep
VWMA Editor ·
After receiving a couple of colourful emails, please accept my apologies for not mentioning the real driving force behind the VVDS team - namely Dave Birchall and Leigh Harris........😂
vw54 ·
😵💫😢😠😘👍🤖🙄📝🤪😏🙂😊😍😉❓🤘❓😉😍😊😏🙂🤓😢😵💫😠🤪📝🙄🤖👍👍😠🤓🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂😍😉❓😍😍😍
bond ·
sounds awesome craig. well done.
nick
Dasdubber ·
So, will many others be burning the midnight oil to get their cars done for Warwick like me?
I will start stripping down the oval tomorrow for a quick repaint (had a bit of leftover paint so thought I'd give it a quick lick). Rod has kindly loaned me his 1916 that was in the chop last year for me to use this time around...so that has to go in after the respray, fortunately nothing else major for the oval as everything else works (hopefully!).
Pending time I am going to try and put together something a little different that should give everyone a laugh if it gets finished in time....will be super low budget but time may be against me! If it doesn't get done I'll throw up some pics if I conceed defeat, but for now I'll be having a few late nights in the next three weeks!
Al
Anyone else?
hellbugged ·
yeah Al, me too as usual🙅............either a new gearbox strapped to the 1776, along with Craigy bars, line locker and usual pre road trip maintainence or finish the hellVWrx fire damages,re-spray,find trailer and tow vehicle........can't wait!
vw54 ·
good to see you there Damio
LOWBUG ·
Mmmmm should be some nice surprises, be nice to be their this year, last year I was driving a wheelchair
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
i have one very dirty and neglected bus with no engine... yet. hopefully this weekend it will all be together and in the car. then check the brakes and start on the rest of the car......
dangerous ·
Well the excitement is building rapidly for this event.
I am entered, and engine is back together with a little more compression.
Still building the 1/8 mile tranny....among other things.
Gearing is set to do 8540 at 100mph.
westi ·
were's the volks porn pic's dave
dangerous ·
Only tranny porn.
Engine porn pics were up last month.
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
I have entered so no turning back now!!
Craig do you have a preliminary competitors list??
Dasdubber ·
Here is my oval as of tonight - just started the prep for a quickie respray....luckily no major problems to fix and I will be just prepping the existing paint rather than going back to bare metal (will do that one day!). After paint i need to get Rod's 1916 in there....and try to finish another bug which we'll hopefully debut at Warwick if the planets and stars align for us (ie. if time doesn't beat us!). Lots of late nights ahead 🙂
Al
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
you're a machine Al!!!!!!
don't spose you'll have time to give my bus a quick coat of paint!! there's a lot missing since it was last on the road!!
VWMA Editor ·
I'll post the weekend before when I'm compiling the final list for the race director - saves doing it twice. Yesterdays count was 42 entries!
There is only one week left for entry to VW Warwick. This is also the mad rush week, so don't leave it too late if you intend on competing this year.
Dasdubber ·
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:don't spose you'll have time to give my bus a quick coat of paint!!
That's a negative Ghost Rider, the pattern is full.
Would love to mate, but will be struggling to get everything else done in time unfortunately 🙂
matberry ·
Entered today.....should be a good turn out.
Who's ready already?
fullnoise ·
Nice one Alan "Just a quick resparay!"
What's the colour code?
I just need to replace an the front oil cooler, a cluch cable (just in case), a couple of oil lines the usual tappet adjustment and oil change.
A few months ago I had grand plans of IDAs, T-bars instead of bumpers and a bit of cal-look stuff but that flew out the window with the time.
See you all there.
CT
1303Steve ·
Hi
I just entered my daily driver 1303, my sons going to be doing the driving, they asked for an elapsed time on the entry from, I said a solar eclipse, but them again a slow time is sometimes useful in bracket racing.
Steve
VWMA Editor ·
Update first post.
Stanley ·
shocking news....don't do that Craig.
I had visions of it being cancelled like what almost happened last year with the horse flue.
matberry ·
Know how you feel Stanley. Do I go to the shed or is the event......?
No such catastrophe, thank heavens, it's down to the shed then...
h ·
VWMA Editor wrote:After receiving a couple of colourful emails, please accept my apologies for not mentioning the real driving force behind the VVDS team - namely Dave Birchall and Leigh Harris........😂
yep that team runs on pure alcohol.. 😂
rose ·
matberry wrote:Entered today.....should be a good turn out.
Who's ready already?
Me is ready, bring it on.
matberry ·
Glad someone is ready. Lookin good Rose.
Didnt know our driving suit had to match helmet and car !
rose ·
matberry wrote:Glad someone is ready. Lookin good Rose.
Didnt know our driving suit had to match helmet and car !
It's a girl thing everything has to be colour co-ordinated I even have the red lippy to match. Thinking about even going out to look for some red leather joggers to match as well. At least I'll look good even if I don't do good times 😂😂
JVLRacing ·
rose wrote:
matberry wrote:Entered today.....should be a good turn out.
Who's ready already?
Me is ready, bring it on.
OMG!😍you look😎 ....goodluck Rose😊
Dak-A-Tak ·
Great to see you racing this year rose ! and in an aircooled bug !
Does anyone know if Wayne Penrose is coming up this year . Really hope so ,that oval is one tuff car .
What about the SA guys , what numbers ( who's coming )
68AutoBug ·
Well
I heard that RED cars go Faster...
Red helmets and clothes even faster
Now add RED gloves and RED Shoes
and You won't even have to turn up Rose..
You'll beat them anyway.... lol
The winner IS... RED ROSE....😎😎
Lee
ian.mezz ·
Yes Rose from Rose Racing the VW Warwick drags poster girl, She even has the red car, like in the advertising😂😂
rose wrote:
matberry wrote:Entered today.....should be a good turn out.
Who's ready already?
Me is ready, bring it on.
VWMA Editor ·
I'll post the full list next weekend, but Wayne is bringing three cars - the oval, the hillclimb and the Vee.
Other good news - Chris Holland has made a full recovery from a nasty illness and will be racing his bug.
1303Steve ·
Hey Rose
Nice suit, I was going to ask if you had matching undies, but after the pictures that Ian posted a while ago, I realised that you don't wear any undies.
Steve
rose ·
1303Steve wrote:Hey Rose
Nice suit, I was going to ask if you had matching undies, but after the pictures that Ian posted a while ago, I realised that you don't wear any undies.
Steve
You is cheeky boy. By the way I do have a few pairs of red g stringers.😂😂
Sorry for hijacking post back to drag racing now boys.
LOWBUG ·
Hey Rose I thought women want it to last longer, it could be over in about 10 secs.
Dasdubber ·
fullnoise wrote:Nice one Alan "Just a quick resparay!"
What's the colour code?
L620 - I am going direct gloss in this instance for time constraints (ie. single stage 2 pack) rather than base/clear. First coat of high build primer tonight, will need some repairs/rub down/reprime/resand before colour goes on!
rose ·
LOWBUG wrote:Hey Rose I thought women want it to last longer, it could be over in about 10 secs.
If I get 10's I'll be stoked. I think maybe 11's.
VWMA Editor ·
Update first post
Stanley ·
For those travelling from Brisbane via the Cunningham remember the airshow is on at Amberley.
There are already signs up along the Cunningham advising of arterial road closures and expected delays, plus there are road works on route as well. The Airshow gates open at 8.00 am so expect delays early. There is talk of 60,000 people attending.
matberry ·
Wow Stanley. 60 000 people coming to the vw drags? Craig must have done a big advertising push !
STIDUB ·
was justabout to let everyone know about the airshow at amberley on the same weekend, seems stanley beat me to it, should be good fun all the same though 🙂
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
It is a great airshow!!! Went to one a few years ago and it was awesome. F111's doing low altitude fly bys was my fav of the day. the noise then the heat and pressure from the engines on occasions was something else.
punchbuggyracer ·
You can always tell when someone has been to an air show cause their burnt under their chin and on the front of the neck!
Stanley ·
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:It is a great airshow!!! Went to one a few years ago and it was awesome. F111's doing low altitude fly bys was my fav of the day. the noise then the heat and pressure from the engines on occasions was something else.
If it wasn't for the fact I see it everyday I might have had a harder time making a choice.
Dasdubber ·
Big cheers to Brad for hanging around at work till around 2am last night to lend a hand.....good news is his "mystery bug" that will debut at Warwick is now painted. Now time to pull the front beam to weld in adjusters then reassemble the whole thing, quickly go through the brakes etc etc.....hopefully I'll get the final repairs done to my oval tonight and get it in the last coat of high build primer ready for its rub tomorrow and then paint!
Big cheers to my lovely wife for letting me spend so much time at work leading up to warwick 😘
westi ·
when i saw that there was a cheer's to brad for working until 2 am.i thought that was the norm.i hope he wasn't payed overtime.lol.
it must be the name i bet he is a legend.
the only way to thank your wife is to send flowers a tap on the sholder is what got you in trouble last time.it happened to me twice.lol.
love your work,can't wait to see what you have done in the flesh.
blup58 ·
No probs Al - it was worth it!!!!!
The drive home was a struggle and my insides are struggling from the 4th cup of coffe already today - but it was worth it.........as no doubt everyone will soon agree....
Break for today at work - pack the car with engine bits and bobs - back to Al's tomorrow for another full day....
Burn outs Saturday afternoon????????
Brad
Dasdubber ·
blup58 wrote:Burn outs Saturday afternoon????????
Maybe sunday arvo (if the unknown stock gearbox holds up to the abuse!)....luckily the culdesac at the end of the industrial estate street is the perfect testing ground 🙂
VWMA Editor ·
Update first post.
LOWBUG ·
Whats the cut off, how big could this be. Pitty we don't have this event in Sydney with such a great track to race on.
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Warwick is a great track and the place has a really good atmosphere. Plus a great attendance!!
Dasdubber ·
The things we do for drag racing hey! Another 2am finish but at least the oval has had its final body work done and into its last coat of primer. I can't wait for warwick! (looking forward to some sleep once its over though) 😉
66deluxe ·
The third drag weekend and i still don't have a car ready man i am bummed, next year will be different.
matberry ·
Plenty of shed time for most by the sounds.
I've just got confirmation, arival 8.00 am Fri, Bris International Airport, from my international crew flying over specially for this event. 👍 Must have car loaded and depart around 6 am .
Who else is arriving Friday?
hellbugged ·
yeah we are suopposedly arriving on Friday...........need to make a start in the shed first tho🙅
matberry ·
START ??????
Man get to it.
dangerous ·
66deluxe wrote:The third drag weekend and i still don't have a car ready man i am bummed, next year will be different.
but you DO have a car Damo!
How are you getting to the track !?
A helicopter?!
Water cooled?
Kombi?
Just run what you brung.
Dont be afraid!
I am ready to run, just need fresh lubricants and wheely bars fitted.
I will be there bright and early Saturday Morning.
hellbugged ·
matberry wrote:START ??????
Man get to it.
yeah, plans of grandure have faded away with lack of time...........so it's just valves, oil change, grease and fix the clutch tube which broke last night.
will be interesting packing all my spares plus three days camping gear for two people into the beetle!!!.that will take a day in itself i think!
yes Dave..........run what ya brung for me again!!
JVLRacing ·
hellbugged wrote:
matberry wrote:START ??????
Man get to it.
yeah, plans of grandure have faded away with lack of time...........so it's just valves, oil change, grease and fix the clutch tube which broke last night.
will be interesting packing all my spares plus three days camping gear for two people into the beetle!!!.that will take a day in itself i think!
yes Dave..........run what ya brung for me again!!
dont forget your firehose as well damo😂
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Good Call John!!
JVLRacing ·
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:Good Call John!!
😊
hellbugged ·
if only i had that photgraphic evidence of you working in the engine bay Johnny 😉...........
JVLRacing ·
hellbugged wrote:if only i had that photgraphic evidence of you working in the engine bay Johnny 😉...........
🙅😂
LOWBUG ·
4 more sleeps to go, or 5 if you get there saturday........wooohoooo
Or none if you not ready yet.
Its just like Christmas
fullnoise ·
Well, I thought I just had to do a few little things like replace the front oil cooler and check the clutch and accelerator cables.
That snowballed into making new copper lines front to rear with threaded fittings which I could supposedly, like a plumber, just solder together, Nope, the solder doesn't take to brass.
Then I pulled out 2 perfectly good cables and decided to rebuild the peddle box, none of which needed doing. God that clutch cable and peddle box work is frustrating and back breaking when you're in a 30 degree garage.
So I don't have any oil in the car, I'm flat out at work and supposed to be leaving for Tamworth on Thursday morning.
There, now I feel like part of the gang, or just a drama queen. It hardly rates a mention with Das's respray and Westi's engine rebuild. But then again they haven't seen how slow I work.
See you at Warwick, CT
hellbugged ·
sounds spookily familiar CT...........
should be able to "silver solder" those fittings with a bit of flux........done it a few times.
i also like to use the 1/2 inch "hydraulic" style rubber lines, they're a little smaller on the o.d, more durable material and take a tighter radius turn better too
fullnoise ·
Hi Daimo,
I gave up the oxy bottles a while ago because the rental was ridiculous for the amount of times I'd actually use the things. I thought I'd simply solder with a butane torch, but I don't think it heats the brass fittings up enough.
I gave them to a korean bloke at an engineering place today who only knows one word of "engrish". He said okay and I said okay and hopefully the rest of the job is self-explanatory and the result is oil tight.
I'll have to do a 2 hour round trip to work on my car after a long day tomorrow, yay.
How are your preparations going?
CT
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Well Troy is gearing up to drive the car home from the dyno and pull engine out tomorrow in a bit of a marathon effort. reckons he could do in a day and a half easy. It is one very big jigsaw puzzle that has to go together one way.
as for me one stripped exhaust stud is giving me grief as we were so close to firing it up for the first time.
I can feel a few late nights/early mornings coming on......
Dasdubber ·
Just got the inside of the oval painted tonight. Bit of sleep and then need to get the outside shot tomorrow.....so for anyone going to warwick please don't look too closely at the paint on my oval and Brad's (blup58) beetle as they were both rush jobs - having a non operational booth and insufficient lighting doesn't help to stop the number of runs I've managed to achieve 🙂 blah blah, excuses excuses I know.
Brad is back down tomorrow night after work to try and get his engine ancillaries back on (Dave has upped the compression on his 2110 out of the ghia)...put the solid mounts in the stock gearbox in last night (anyone taking a spare swinger box by any chance as we have no idea if this one even has all the gears - big gamble!). Line lock went in the that bug when Brad was down yesterday along with new stainless fuel line. Fuel pump in tomorrow and then do a quick rewire (luckily not a street car that needs all those extra wires!). Then general reassembly like doors, windows etc etc on both bugs. I need to get the shroud etc onto Rod's 1916 which has kindly lent me (if I break it I'll fix it Rod!).
So like CT, I seem to be great at creating unnecessary work for myself (and Brad)...I guess a show/event like this provides a good impetus to get jobs done (like painting the oval) that I've been putting off for ages!
Al
hellbugged ·
fullnoise wrote:Hi Daimo,
How are your preparations going?
CT
yeah well, hardly repainting or engine rebuild (Al i think i officially hate you now🤓), but like everyone, i've aimed to do twice the work for the hours available it even took two goes to get tappet cover seals oil tight 🤪........the "luxury" maintaince jobs and modifications (which were as grand as a 5 speed box and hydralic clutch install a week ago) have been put aside for now and it will be fine tuning in the pits. i swear i'm starting '09 preps as soon as i get home.............just happy i'll be on track this year after missing out by a week last year
it's 3am at the mo and i'm up looking after a "chucking" child...........oh joy!...........so preps might have started and ended with a tappet adjustment yesterday😂........gotta love a daily driver!
if only we could all afford these thrills without having to work in between to pay for it all!
CT did you see the dyno day results ?................. i'm ready for the 99HP fat bug showdown this year🤘
all good fun tho, any excuse to run around with the stinger barking for a couple of days, exited!
hypo-vw ·
WITH LESS THAN A WEEK TO GO , THIS IS WHAT THE WPVW WORKSHOP LOOKED LIKE .
FORTUNATELY ALL 3 OF OUR CARS WERE RUN ON SUNDAY NIGHT . 2 ARE READY TO GO AND STILL HAVING A FEW ISSUES WITH THE SUPERCHARGED METHANOL ENGINE IN THE OVAL .
hypo-vw ·
MORE PICS OF THE WPVW WORKSHOP
reub ·
hypo-vw wrote:MORE PICS OF THE WPVW WORKSHOP
HELL YEAH!!! Looks great Wayne!
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
Bit of the ol big blower action now eh??
2.5 Type 4 for the Vee?? that would be good to see Wayne.
Have you got the big donk back in the sports sedan??
dangerous ·
That is a big blower Wayne!
Let me know if you need jet sizes.
fullnoise ·
After Wayne's effort I'm no longer going to complain about creating work for myself!
I'm sure it wasn't simply a case of whip the turbo off and bolt the blower on before the tea gets cold.
I'm looking forward to Warwick even more now.
BTW the Korean welder did a brilliant job attaching the brass fittings to the copper pipe. He knows another two words of english "thirty" "dollar". I wish others were so easy to deal with!
Regards CT
hypo-vw ·
THE WPVW SPORTS SEDAN HAS HAD THE FRONT END REPAIRED FROM THE MINOR ALTERCATION AT VALLA WITH THE TYRE WALL . THE FRONT GUARDS AND BUMPER HAVE ALL BEEN REPAIRED AND PAINTED AND FITTED TONIGHT .
HOWEVER , THE NEWLY REPAIRED FRONT END NEARLY BECAME UNREPAIRED WHEN YOUNG BEN THE APPRENTICE AT WPVW TOOK THE SPORTS SEDAN FOR A QUICK SQUIRT AND FOUND HIMSELF VERY SIDEWAYS WHEN IT TURNED THE TYRES IN 3RD GEAR . TO HIS CREDIT HE GOT OFF IT REALLY QUICK AND CONTROLLED THE CAR BEAUTIFULLY . I DO BELIEVE THAT A QUICK CHANGE OF UNDERWEAR WAS IN ORDER FOR HIM.....
hypo-vw ·
THE PROBLEMS WITH THE SUPERCHARGED ENGINE IN THE OVAL HAVE BEEN SORTED AND IT IS ALSO READY TO GO TO WARRICK .
IT LOOKS QUITE SPECTACULAR TO SEE 4 LARGE BLUE METHANOL FLAMES COMING FROM THE PIPES AS IT ACCELERATES DOWN THE STREET .
LOOKS AND SOUNDS LIKE A TOP FUELER . . . . .AND IT ALL FITS UNDER THE ENGINE LID .
A FEW QUICK SQUIRTS SEEN THE ENGINE TURNING TO 8400RPM AND FEELING STRONG . THIS ENGINE IS JUST 1642cc .. . . . .
Dasdubber ·
Wow Wayne - can't wait to see the oval run again!
My oval is finally into paint....now just have to get it back together (may still be piecing it together when it comes off the trailer at warwick!)
Al
Dasdubber ·
Brad's "mystery project" will debut at Warwick. It was started on Sep10 and has been good fun. Brad was down till arond 1am again tonight to get the fuel pump in, remaining fuel line, seat, guages etc....still lots to go and gearbox is and unknown so could be our sticking point if it is no good....may have to find and take a spare to warwick just in case!
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
you guys are crazy LOL
love your work!!
Stanley ·
I'll swap a couple of late nights on the tools for this flu that has developed over the last couple of days.....😢
hellbugged ·
you guys are unbelieveable
big day here too.........i re-oiled my aircleaners😂
rose ·
hellbugged wrote:you guys are unbelieveable
big day here too.........i re-oiled my aircleaners😂
yeah me have a big day to, have to spray some tyre shine on my tyres to make them look pretty. .
can't wait to hear that oval Wayne.
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
clutch should be ready this arvo for Troy's Fastback. then he plans on getting all back in the car tonight and possibly running. If not a very big day tomorrow.
i need to check out my brakes, take car for a drive to make sure everything works then clean it up a bit and remove all the writing off the windows in the dust from all my smart ass mates lol
Dak-A-Tak ·
Come in Craig ? like to see the entry list please . Motor in today then many little jobs but all should be sweet !
Bring it on !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mate came good for is helmet , Thanks alot punchbuggyracer !
Stanley ·
Dak-A-Tak wrote:Come in Craig ? like to see the entry list please
me too
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
me three lol
dangerous ·
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:i need to check out my brakes, take car for a drive to make sure everything works then clean it up a bit and remove all the writing off the windows in the dust from all my smart ass mates lol
Be good to see "Tea Pot Racing Team" in action soon!😂
punchbuggyracer ·
First time I've been useful to you!
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
dangerous wrote:
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE wrote:i need to check out my brakes, take car for a drive to make sure everything works then clean it up a bit and remove all the writing off the windows in the dust from all my smart ass mates lol
Be good to see "Tea Pot Racing Team" in action soon!😂
Oil lines neatly mounted down the side of the car. Next question. Tappet adjustment. Next question. Tools & emergency spares packed. Next question. Eski and camping gear sorted. Next question.
I'm planning to hit the freeway about 12:00 tomorrow for Tammworth, after I baygon the tow bar. That'll be my test drive.
A couple of bottles of beer says Das's oval doesn't make it. I'm not being negative I just think he deserves a couple of beers if it does.
CYA CT
fullnoise ·
Oh, and I'm up for Daimo's 99HP, Fuchs wheel challenge.
VWMA Editor ·
Update First Post.
VWMA Editor ·
• AIRCOOLED VOLKSWAGEN
ALAN AGYIK - Cream 1954 Beetle 1916cc Type 1
BRENNDEN ALDER - Orange/white 1976 Kombi 2L Type 4
TROY ALDER - Red 1971 Fastback 2332cc Turbo
DAVE BECKER - Beige 1969 Beetle 2110cc Type 1
MATTHEW BERRY - Grey 1970 Beetle 2332cc Type 1
DAVID BUTLER - White 1960 Beetle 2715cc Pauter Aircooled
MATT STRONG - Black 1964 Beetle 2376cc Type 1
DAVID CARTER - White 1974 Beetle 1600cc Type 1
ANDREW CLARKE - Orange 1968 Beetle 1916cc Type 1
MARCUS CONNOLLY - White 1967 Beetle 1600c Type 1
VICKI CONNOLLY - White 1967 Beetle 1600c Type 1
FABION CORIO - Inch Pincher 1956 Chop Top 2386cc Type 1
CHRISTINE DALGLIESH - White ‘72 Fastback 1600cc Type 3
IAN DALGLIESH - White 1972 Fastback 1600cc Type 3
NICK ECONOMOU - White 1967 Beetle 2332cc Turbo
WAYNE FENECH - Black 1965 Beetle 2400cc Type 1
BEN FORD - Blue 1962 Beetle 2400cc Type 4
CAMERON FOSTER - Black 1962 Beetle 1300cc Type 1
JASON FROST - Black 1963 Beetle 1776cc Type 1
ROGER HANSON - Grey 1974 Beetle 2400cc Type 1
CT HANSEN - Silver 1956 Oval 1915cc Type 1
LOUISE HANSON - Green 1971 Beetle 1600cc Type 1
GORDON HILL - Blue 1959 Kombi 1776cc Type 1
DEAN HODGE - Black 1957 Beetle 2276cc Type 1
CHRIS HOLLAND - Green 1970 Beetle 2165cc Type 1
MICHAEL HOLMAN - Blue 1963 Beetle 1916cc Type 1
CRAIG HUGHES - Grey 1957 Beetle 2332cc Type 1
ROHAN KEYLOCK - Green 1967 Beetle 2543cc Turbo
ADAM KIRTON - Black 1958 Beetle 1916cc Type 1
TREVOR LUCKHURST - Green 1973 Beetle 1915cc Type 1
TRISH MAGNAY - Blue/white 1963 Beetle 1900cc Type 1
COLIN MAYMAN - Black 1971 Superbug 1916cc Type 1
ROSE MERRETT - Red 1956 Beetle 1915cc Type 1
STEPHEN NATOLI - Orange 1971 Superbug 2007cc Type 1
PETER PAGE - Yellow 1964 Beetle 2332cc Type 1
DAMIEN PELL - Green 1966 Beetle 1776cc Type 1
NEIL PENBOSS - Red/Silver ‘67 Beetle 2275cc Turbo T1
ROD PENROSE - Yellow/Purple ‘68 Beetle 2789cc Autocraft
WAYNE PENROSE - Orange ‘56 Beetle 1642cc S/C Type 1
ROD RICHARDSON - Black 1963 Beetle 2276cc Type 1
DAVID SCHARF - Green 1969 Beetle 1600cc Type 1
ANDREW SWANSON - Black/silver ‘60 Beetle 1641 Turbo
JOSHUA VAN DER TOGT - Blue/white ‘63 Beetle 1900cc T1
MICHAEL WALDRON - Orange/White ‘69 Beetle 2800cc Autocraft
BRAD WHITE - White “80s Themed’ RAD Bug 2110cc T1
• VW WATERCOOLED
ANDREW BAX - White 1976 MK1 3 door Golf 2 litre
RICKY BEGLEY - Cream 1977 MK1 Golf 1.6 litre
ANGILA GASKELL - White 1986 Jetta Mk2 1.8 litre
CHRISTOPHER McGAUGHEY - Cream 1976 MK1 Golf 2 litre
DAVID MIJATOVIC - Blue 2008 Golf GTi 2 litre turbo
SEBASTIAN NAJDER - 1995 SEAT 2 litre
JESSICA VAN DER TOGT - Black 2001 MK4 Golf 2 litre
• VW BODIED OTHER ENGINE
LINDSAY INCH - Yellow 1971 Beetle 4.4 litre V8
DAVID QUAMBY - Purple/White 1972 Kombi Subaru EJ22
ALAN ROBB - Green/White 1964 Beetle Electric
AARON ROBERTS - Black 1976 Kombi Mazda 20B Rotary
BARRY ROBERTS - Blue 1975 Kombi 2200cc Subaru
• VW SPECIAL
JOHN BARRETT - Blue 1972 Max FX Buggy 2200cc Type 1
GORDON BOATFIELD - Red 1975 Buggy 2000cc Toyota
GUNTER BOGHOLZ - Purple 1984 Manx 2400cc Type 1
CHRIS BOLTON - Gold 1989 Formula Vee 1200cc S/C Type 1
AARON HEUSTON - White/black 1971 Manx 1640cc Type 1
DIO KOLTAI - Rusty 1957 Renault Dauphine 1600cc Type 1
BARRY LORD - Blue 1960 Ascort 2276cc Type 1
COLIN PERCIVAL - White 1963 J&S Buggy 2000cc Type 1
IAN POYNTER - Blue 1964 Marlin Buggy 1968cc Type 1
DAVID RICHARDSON - Yellow 1967 Manx 1600cc Type 1
JEFFREY SABEL - Silver 1959 Ascort 2180cc Porsche
TONY STATHAM - Black 1970 Manx Buggy 1600cc Type 1
NADIA TOPPLER - Rusty 1957 Renault Dauphine 1600cc T1
GREG VAN ZELST - Black 1969 Squareback Datsun 1800cc
• VW TRIKE
SHANE ‘KIWI’ MOORBY - Blue 2003 OZ Trike 2300cc Type 1
COLLEEN VAN DER TOGT - Maroon ‘07 Phoenix PT1 2 litre Type 1
LEON VAN DER TOGT - Purple ‘08 Phoenix PT2 2400cc Twin Turbo
QUINTON WOOLMER - Blue 2001 Bon Trike 2276cc Type 1
matberry ·
Great list of entrants, gonna be a good time.
The hillbilly horsepower racing team is ready and loaded on the trailer, after wheel alignment today and for dyno tune tomorrow, Warwick Friday.😀
hellbugged ·
shiney new wheels hey matt!........get those slicks?
muffler WTF?
dang, i've still done nuffin........when is this event?
matberry ·
No slicks unfortunately.
Last year slicks worked quite well, but 60,s were still slower than I'd like. Found a bit more power this year, so dont know how these old radials will cut it, but I cant wait to give it a good go, afterall, has to be softer for the tranny.
matberry ·
And the Muff is only for first dyno pull, then wake the town!
68AutoBug ·
matberry wrote:No slicks unfortunately.
Last year slicks worked quite well, but 60,s were still slower than I'd like. Found a bit more power this year, so dont know how these old radials will cut it, but I cant wait to give it a good go, afterall, has to be softer for the tranny.
I read where radials are worse for the gearbox
no spinning ... just traction..??
Lee
HotRodMatt ·
68AutoBug wrote:
matberry wrote:No slicks unfortunately.
Last year slicks worked quite well, but 60,s were still slower than I'd like. Found a bit more power this year, so dont know how these old radials will cut it, but I cant wait to give it a good go, afterall, has to be softer for the tranny.
I read where radials are worse for the gearbox
no spinning ... just traction..??
Lee
What Lee?
And slicks don't provide even more traction?
Dasdubber ·
fullnoise wrote:A couple of bottles of beer says Das's oval doesn't make it. I'm not being negative I just think he deserves a couple of beers if it does.
I'm feeling thirsty already CT 😂
I may still be putting it together come saturday morning at the track (as per last year when I ran in my type IV engine after a rebuild at the track with the help of buggy brad and co. after the started shat itself).....nonetheless it will be there!
Al
dangerous ·
68AutoBug wrote:
matberry wrote:No slicks unfortunately.
Last year slicks worked quite well, but 60,s were still slower than I'd like. Found a bit more power this year, so dont know how these old radials will cut it, but I cant wait to give it a good go, afterall, has to be softer for the tranny.
I read where radials are worse for the gearbox
no spinning ... just traction..??
Lee
Hi Lee,
some times a radial can be a problem if the drivetrain mountings are inadequate.
The wheel spin that a radial may have,
can cause a lot of vibration and "hop".
This intermittent traction and grip cycle can shock the trans to failure , even in a low power situation.
The only other problem with radials is, if only one wheel spins off the line, or in a burnout.
This can cause damage to the spider gear shafts and thrust plates that retain the side gears.
As long as the engine and trans are mounted firmly,
a radial can work well, by allowing some spin off the line,
which eases the load on the trans.
dangerous ·
I was speaking with aaron and his 20B powered Kombi now has 570 hp at the wheels from 3500 rpm right up to 9500.
This is only about 10 more than last years peak numbr,
but at low rpm it is "hundreds" more.
It is going to be fun to watch now he has the quaiffe diff to replace the weak ZF clutches that failed last year.
Stanley ·
lookin' good Matt. There's still time to brush some flames on.
With this flu I've got I had just enough energy to put the final touch on my car....the Warwick 2008 sticker.
see you all Saturday
11CAB ·
68AutoBug wrote:
matberry wrote:No slicks unfortunately.
Last year slicks worked quite well, but 60,s were still slower than I'd like. Found a bit more power this year, so dont know how these old radials will cut it, but I cant wait to give it a good go, afterall, has to be softer for the tranny.
I read where radials are worse for the gearbox
no spinning ... just traction..??
Lee
Well these radials provided plenty of traction......😂
LOWBUG ·
gee do you think weight might have somthing to do with it, while your going up your noy really going forward.
11CAB ·
Thats why this year he has Wheelie long wheelie bars.....😂
hypo-vw ·
WE ARE CURRENTLY SITTING IN A MOTEL AT GLEN INNES HAVING A FEW WILD TURKEYS AND REFLECTING ON THE DAYS EVENTS .
WISH WE COULD SAY WE HAD A GREAT TRIP SO FAR AFTER ALL OF OUR PREPARATION , BUT NOT SO ...
DADS TOYOTA LEXCEN DECIDED TO BREAK DOWN ON ME WITHOUT WARNING AT EAST MAITLAND . THE CAUSE WAS THE EFI FUEL PUMP FAILED ..... A 2 HOUR DELAY BUT WE WERE BACK ON THE ROAD THANKS TO THE EFFORTS OF THE LOCAL REPCO DEALER . A NEW FUEL PUMP AND FUEL PUMP RELAY .
SHORTLY AFTER CHRIS GETS A BROKEN WINDSCREEN IN HIS TOYOTA UTE .......
WHAT DO YOU DO ? .... JUST KEEP SMILING AND ENJOY THE REST OF THE TRIP
SEE YOU TOMORROW AT WARRICK ...........
matberry ·
My trailer is loaded again after a good morning at the local dyno shop, and happy to say a few more hp found (well two actually).
Safe journey everyone
Matt
dangerous ·
Just got back from Das' shop.
The oval is still getting assembled, but should make it.
Looks great in new colours.
Plus Rod's "mule" 1915 thrasher engine.
bRAD's "80's Rad-Bug" is all but done.
2110 was upgraded with FK87 and 10.5 comp.
Should wake that sucker up!
Not sure how long the original 1500 tranny will last though.
But it is going to be fun!!
Midlife crisis ·
I hope everyone has a safe trip to Warrick and home.
See you all there.
Marc
vwfastback ·
I'm flying in on Sunday morning to Brisbane and driving up. Anyone doing similar and needing a lift let me know.
Video camera is charged and ready.
James C.
Dasdubber ·
Wow what a crazy time, I just finished work - started at 9am thursday morning (after finishing at 2am that morning), and worked straight through to just after 12 tonight....bloody 36 odd hours straight. The "RAD BUG" is done and oval just needs windows to go in and some tuning but otherwise the hard work was worth it as both Brad and I can drive something again this year and have a few grudge races!
Dasdubber ·
Oh yeah, massive thanks to dangerous for the assistance in what is a busy time for him, as well as my brother in law Pat who rewired the RAD BUG (pity the sign writing wasn't ready in time!).
AL
OZ Towdster ·
Well my year is only getting worse , first i miss Valla to get my Cruiser on the road so i have a reliable work truck and bugger me if not a week before Warwick the bloody old girl decides that the crank would like to escape , so here i am still at home again doing an engine rebuild.................should of bought a kombi ute i suppose.
Anyway , just been speaking with 11Cab who's up there amongst it and he informs me that it is turning out to be another great event .
Gordo usually known for his big wheelies has fritted wheelie bars this year which resulted in one run of 2 chattered CV"s , which as far as graham knows is the biggest breakage to report.
Our Partner in CVD Dave " DYNO " Avenell is having a great run with his Injected 2442cc Supa Sports Buggy with plenty of wins against fellow buggy nut Pommy John Barrett in his Max FX.
Sorry people thats about all i can tell you but thats how it is this hour at Warwick Raceway .
Till futher reports come to hand Oz Towdster signs out
hypo-vw ·
BEN THE APPRENTICE AT WPVW HAS HAD 12 PASSES IN THE SPORTS SEDAN . QUICKEST BEING 7.98 SECS .
CHRIS IN THE FORMULA VEE 1200 HAS HAD 16 PASSES . QUICKEST BEING 10.35 SECS .
I HAVE HAD 1 PASS IN THE SUPERCHARGED 1642 OVAL AT 8.8 SECS AND A HEAD CAME LOOSE . I THEN JUMPED INTO THE SPORTS SEDAN FOR 2 ADDITIONAL PASSES WITH THE QUICKEST BEING 7.81 SECS . ON THAT RUN I LINED UP AGAINST BROTHER ROD IN HIS DRAG BUG BUT HE COULD ONLY MANAGE AN 8.1 SEC PASS . THE POWER OF THE TYPE-4 WAS TOO MUCH FOR RODS AUTOCRAFT . LOL .
DAVE BUTLER HAS RUN 7.2 SECS
AARON IN THE 20B TURBO KOMBI HAS DONE THE BIGGEST WHEELSTAND I HAVE EVER SEEN A KOMBI DO AND FINISHED WITH A 6.8 SEC PASS
PETER PAGE HAS RUN 7.5 SEC IN 'DAK A TAK '
MIKE WALDRON IN THE LMS BUG HAS RUN 6.6 SECS
JUNKA HAS RUN 7.6 SECS
FABION IN THE AUSSIE INCH PINCHER HAS RUN 7.6SECS WITH A NICE WHEELIE
TROY HAS RUN 7.9 SECS IN THE TURBO FASTBACK
THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF QUALITY CARS AND LOW TIMES AT WARWICK THIS YEAR .....
Craig Torrens ·
thanks for the updates Wayne👍
13BVW ·
Damn I can't be there again this year- last year family ilness then this year the sister inlaw is in hospital.
Good luck guys I'm off to the hospital
Aaron GO THE ROTORS hope someone has vids
dangerous wrote:It is Mike Kristens new tube framed Ghia.
this boy has come along way!!!!! is this the bloke from Penrith?
Dasdubber ·
What a great weekend - will give some more input when I recover a bit of sleep! Congrats to Dave for his win, along with all other winners of the different classes.....and well done to Craig/volunteers/organisers for such a great event. Also well done to competitors for supporting the event!
Not such a great weekend for me as the oval made it there but didn't make it down the strip - dizzy probs on saturday (was intermittently jumping out of the drive slot), then siezed Rod's engine on the start line of first run this morning (sorry Rod - didn't even to give a caining before braking it which was disappointing!).
We got Brad's "RAD BUG" (a tribute to the 80's!) there though which was cool considering it looked like this around 3 weeks ago and 95% of work was done after hours
Best pass was 9.1 wiht lots of wheel hop and spin, should be in the 8's on the 1/8 next time around. Thanks to Dave for all his help with the 2110 engine.
Troy's beast in the background - was great to see it run 8.60's without any probs!
So many highlights, so tired....well done again to everyone who attended/raced/organised etc!
Al
dangerous ·
Try this conversion to estimate your possible 1/4 mile ET and speed.
This event step up again . Wow what a week-end ,good to see many mates again and thanks to all inter staters that traveled up ( a few just missed out with work or cars not ready ) .I know how you guys will be feeling , that you could not atend this year .Next year bigger and faster !!
Well at first I would like to thank !Rod Richardson ,Dangerous , Craig Hughs , Marrcus , Tom , Rob ,My wife Lisa , and many more ! Big THANKS to Henry Spicak for sorting out my butterfly issue with my ida's and a oil leak behide my degree pulley .
I'm very happy with my car, as each run was getting quicker and I was starting to feel more comfortable each pass .
Best run 7.35et at 91.45 mph with 1.56 sixty foot with alittle wheelstand .I broke-out twice in elliminations but I just wanted to run into the 7.30's zone .
It was so much fun racing vw mates ,Dave ,Rod, Brad ,Wayne ,Mike at this year event .
Brad and crew thanks for free entertainment all week-end and I wore my PINK shirt with pride after I red lighted against Brad in qualify ( but i kick his butt )
Will post pics up at my website soon .
13BVW ·
11cab videos don't want to work for me🙁
But the pics from everyone look awsome
wouldv'e prefered to be up there, the Ghia looks fantastic and when is Aaron doing the 1/4 in the kombi
11CAB ·
Yeah not sure why, so I'm putting them up on YouTube
13BVW ·
Sweet cheers
fullnoise ·
Well done Craig, your helpers and all the officials. The event was well run and full on fun from Friday to the last thing Sunday.
VW Warwick goes from great to greater each year. In my mind the efforts of the competitors lifted the event up a few pegs this year. Here's why this event stood out from Portland and the 2 previous Warwicks;
1. More high quality purpose-built drag cars running 6 and 7 second passes. They're not only great to watch but to look at in the pits, due to the engineering skill, creativity and attention to detail they display.
2. Very few breakages. The cars are more reliable and there are less oil-downs and more racing. There was 469 passes on Saturday afternoon!
3. The cars are not only more reliable they're faster. The cars run down the strip stronger and with cleaner revving engines. There was less coughing and spluttering; particularly from a certain VWMA rat drag car! I think some of the street cars were getting into the 8s.
4. The more the merrier. There were lots of people, most of whom know each other, or have known each other for years and its a very friendly atmostphere.
The oval sounded as sweet on the way into Sydney as it did on the way out of it. It ran the same 9.7s @ 70 MPH it has for the past 2 years. The 2.1 60ft times make the times a little leisurely because I can't bring myself to do a burnout.
The only trouble was a noisy fan which was solved by the combined hangover wisdom Leigh, Boris & Larry.
Bring on 2009, 2010.......!
CYA CT
HotRodMatt ·
fullnoise wrote:There was 469 passes on Saturday afternoon!
No wonder my back and thighs don't want to work today!
Seriously great event. Great track, great cars, great people, some great entertainment....
Can't wait for next year!
LIFE IN THE LOW LANE ·
CT your car is the envy of many not for it's looks but for it's reliability. Top marks from me that's for sure!!
fullnoise ·
Thanks Brenden. What times were you pulling in the bus with your healthy sounding high mileage engine?
STOCK ·
WHAT A TOP WEEKEND
HAD A BLAST
GREAT JOB CRAIG,
JUNKA RAN PRETTY WELL FOR ITS FIRST
OUTING , EXCEPT WE COULDNT GET HER TO LAST FOR
ONE MORE LOWSEY PASS , OH WELL , WE'LL
GET YA NEXT YEAR DAVE😁😁
HANGING OUT WITH ALL YOU QLD BOYS WAS GREAT FUN
ITS GREAT TO BE WITH A BUNCH OF FRIENDS
WILLING TO HELP EACH OTHER OUT, WITHOUT A LOAD OF BULLSHIT
OH YEH & PETE YOU ONLY CROSSED THE LINE FIRST
CAUSE YOU GOT A HEAD START 😂😂😂 😂😂
colin ·
A big thumbs up from me, what a great weekend.
Started with a leisurly cruise up the New England from Tamworth with CT and his awesome oval man that car gets some looks.
Met Larry and Simon at the track on Friday, drinks and lots of laughs.
Saturday car went well then fouled plugs late in day. A quick plug change before we ran out of light. (thanks Larry )
Sunday car went like a dream all day,
Dialed in a 8.80
Run 1, 8.97 @ 78mph
Run 2, 8.84 @ 78mph
Run 3, 8.81 @ 77mph
Run 4, 8.75 @ 78mph
Dialed in 8.75 for the final as the car was now really on song.
Final, 8.77 @ 73mph (lifted as not to break out) took the win.
What a great finish to a awesome weekend ,thanks to all for a memorable time. See you next year.
Cheers Col
fullnoise ·
Congratulations on the win Col.
We almost had 2 roundy roundy racers in the final! The field was huge. Craig said it would be split into ET1 and ET2 next year, which is a good idea.
Your car sounds great (without the stinger).
It was interesting that the car could run beautifully in one run and then crap in the next, then foul the plugs with all that MSD firepower.
You might have to give your battery a bit of thought next year because the MSD sucks juice and the small pulley doesn't let the generator spin up enough to put it back in. I think some solar panels on the roof would do the trick. Your car's black, nobody would notice.
CYA CT
oldskl60 ·
What a weekend... sensational!!
Again congratulations to Craig and his team! I read on another thread that "vw drag racing is going off" - which I believe is largely due to Craig and his endeavours with this event (plus the magazine and Portland), as I for one am hoping not to be sitting on the sideline next year.
oldskl60 ·
Couple more pics
oldskl60 ·
and more
oldskl60 ·
Last one... when I get a spare couple hours I will slap together my footage
STOCK ·
COOL PICS OLDSKL60
CANT WAIT FOR YOUR FOTAGE
😵💫
Dak-A-Tak ·
Wow Tom ! when did you get time . Rods wheelie was up,up but not away ( forward ) . I think i'm pulling those torsion out and change some things .
I agree again , that was the best week-end ever !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!