Autocross

Hi,

If anyone else is interested, there will be an Autocross run by IWMAC (Ipswich West Moreton Auto Club) on the dirt circuit at Willowbank on Sunday the 20th. I'll be entering in a 68 beetle. (It's a retired ex Endeavour rally car, now only driven on Sundays!)

Beetles are pretty competitive on this track.

Cool.
I'd love to participate in an event here, unfortunately car not ready, but let us know when your next there. Good luck for the 20th.

There is usually an autocross or sprint each month at Willowbank. They are typically on the Sunday nearest the middle of the month.

Had a good time at the IWMAC Autocross today. With fewer entrants than usual, everyone had 7 runs of 2 laps each.

Unfortunately the roller under my accelerator pedal got (in the closed position) on my 3rd session, and that pretty much took me out of the hunt for trophies. I did a quick fix at the track, but did not have full throttle for the rest of the day. Missing a couple of horses did not really matter as there was not a lot of grip today. The worst part was the pedal position and feel was different after the fix, so had to re-learn how much I could flex my right ankle through the sweepers.

Apart from the throttle pedal issue the beetle ran well and got me to and from the event without drama, so I can't complain. I did a little over 35km of racing all up.

Highlight of the day was catching up with a celica GT4 and getting a re-run. Lowlight of the day was discovering that the SD card in the camera was full, so I didn't get footage of it.

Well done, always good to drive home in the race car!

I admit that I get a real kick out of taking it to the "Trailer Queens".
Historic rego for the beetle is about the same cost as rego for a trailer.
It probably helps the reliability by arriving with everything warmed up.

I'd just like to remind everyone about the IWMAC Autocross under lights at Willowbank (beside Queensland Raceway) on this Saturday Night. Entries need to be in by Wednesday to get the reduced entry fee.

Thanks. One day

The day/night Autocross/sprint was excellent. There were 43 cars competing, including my 68 Beetle and a Baja powered by Toyota twincam 2 litre. I finished up 16th outright and 7th in class. I had a clear handling advantage over the Baja which easily overcame any difference in power - give credit to the flat 4 engine for that.
Looking at the class results, I was fast enough for second in the up to 1600 class (won by a late 80's Civic), second in the 2 to 3 litre class (won by a well sorted first generation RX7), or first in the over 3 litre class (won by a Datsun Turbo ahead of a few Commodores). There are lots of well sorted cars in the 1600 to 2 litre class.

As a sprint event, only the best runs on each track counted. I knew I had some decent times in my earlier runs, so i drove may last stint at twelve tenths. I was going well until the approach to the second last corner when I was carrying too much speed. I ran wide and must have bumped my sump on a half buried tyre. It was just enough to dislodge my home made sump extension. The oil light came on as I crossed the finish line. Perfect timing! No serious damage. I re-fitted the sump and put some oil in and drove it home without a problem.

Hi

Any vidoes or photos?

Steve

Unfortunately my Camera was not very successful under lights.
There are some photos on IWMAC's website.

The last IWMAC autocross for 2009 is on this Sunday at Willowbank.
I've sent my entry in.

Cheers

I just bought a Datto 1600 that competes at the Autocross (white with yellow stripes, rollcage all the usual stuff) Pick it up in the morning then bringing it home for a once over before an autocross at Hirst Glenn (20 min past Gatton) on the 5/6 December.

We will be running the Datto and an offroad racer (dub powered) next year at both the locations - so you shall have some company.

I am too lazy to change the suspension on Herb not to mention polishing it afterwards.

Cheers

Peter

It will be good to have another Voksy at the events. The track is quite smooth lately, so Herb 's suspension would probably be quite suitable. Some of the fastest cars are dedicated hillclimbers. I think I know the Datto you are getting. We should be fairly evenly matched. I will tease you however for driving a "trailer queen"!

I had an unlucky run with the water truck at the last event, so i ended up 21st out of 44 cars. I beat the Baja with the toyota engine though, and would have been fast enough to get a trophy if my engine was over 2000CC.

Third fastest car outright was a first generation Civic of all things. That is a properly built hillclimb/Rally car with a thoroughly tuned 1400CC and good suspension and tyres. The driver sure knew how to use it too.

Could you post details of the Hirst Glenn event. I might be able to swing by for a look.

Here is the link :

http://www.aarg.org.au/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=3&MMN_position=6:6

If you have a look at the YouTube link you will get an idea of the track, I dont know the driver of the RX2, just found the link



and I dont mind being a trailer queen, those days of having to nurse a car home finished about 20 years ago. If it was closer to home i would drive, but not that far with a locked diff.

If you do pop along make sure to say gidday.

Cheers

Peter

I took the family for drive to Hirst Glen on Sunday morning and saw a bit of action.
It looks like a rather exciting, if bumpy track.
One Starion had an incident and ended up parked on his roof.
I might have to think carefully about suspension set up before trying this track.

Looking forward to next season!

First round of the 2010 IWMAC Autocross series is on this Sunday at Willowbank.
I'll be running the 68 Beetle, same as last year.

Hope to see a few of you there!

I'll get there one day to race ya, be looking foward to it.

Good luck this weekend.

Graeme,

Send me an email at dcrossley@golder.co.id about the semis. They are yours to use if you want them.

Cheers

Drew

Thanks Drew, much appreciated.
I'll contact you on Monday.

Another excellent event.
I managed to win the trophy for class C (2000CC to 3000CC). This year I've decided to run as a 2056CC.
In my class was a BMW 325i (E30 series) with roll cage and semi-slick tyres and a Nissan 300ZX (the curvy shape from 2 models ago).
I haven't seen all the times listed but I don't think there was much in it between me and the BMW. I saw the Nissan travelling sideways across the finishing line a couple of times, so I was pretty confident of beating him overall.

The beetle ran better than ever. I replaced the Bosch blue coil with a stock coil from my old, long gone 76 Golf. That seemed to cure the intermittent misfire I've had around 5000rpm in the past.

There were 42 cars running on the day. Typically we got a run every 45 minutes or so. There were 6 runs of 2 laps for the day. That was made up of 4 laps in the forward direction and 2 in the reverse direction.

The next event will be a sprint in 4 weeks time. I can't wait

Congrats on the win Snap, well done. Sounds like a real fun day with plenty of track time.

You have to get some action pics or even better some video, show us what this track is like and how your winning style shapes up 🙂.

I didn't take any pics or video myself, but there are some videos attached to the IWMAC website showing some events from last year.

Sounds like A fun day out. I will have to see if there are any on in early june.

Ps do you want the rest of the golf to go with the coil?

Most events are the middle Sunday of the month, but you might be lucky.

I'll have to decline on getting the Golf back. My wife would kill me if I got another car while the 1303 is in the shed half assembled.

I'd be curious to compare times against the old Golf. The Beetle is definitely more exciting (or scarier if you are of a sane disposition) though.

Cheers.

Hey Snap,,, great to catch up with you at the autocross,,,& yeah it was a top day, you did really well, good on ya man!!!

I had a little slow trip around on the first 2x runs, just "feeling-out" my buggy, & the new tyres were weired for a while,,, very goo-y sidewalls & wasn`t used to the amount of flex they gave me,,, but after the 3rd run i was starting to get the hang of it :-)

I did have a couple of issues with the gearing (final-drive ratio) was simply way too tall geared so i was having to spin the wheels a fair bit to get it off the mark at the start, (otherwise it was just stall) & was only needing 2nd gear for the whole track, so i`ve bought a smaller front sproket & having that fitted before the next meeting

I also couldn`t do my "Left-foot-braking" technique as my steering column was in the way & the brake peddle was too high & too far to the right for my left leg,,,so i`ve already modified the brake peddle pad to make it easy for my left foot to reach it now :-)

3rd , 4th & 5th runs i was posting 3rd fastest times Outright :-) just behind the 2x Mitsubishi EVOs so i was pretty happy with that, first time, straight out of the box

nothing broke, all went well really & had an absolute ball :-)

Video here if anyones interested-->

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-mwAYsytWo

see you at the net one Snap & good to see you got rid of that pesky miss in the ignition

Read on the IWMAC website 'no offroad tyres'....WTF . I plan to race my Baja somewhere....eventually.
What top speed do you see on that track, maybe I can use other rubber for the event.

yeah, by that they mean "Rally" type agressive chunky pattern tyres,,, i ran my Kombi there once a while ago & they weren`t too concerned about the tyres , but they`re not really an aggressive rally/off road tyre, so they let me through
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the idea with that rule was to """TRY""" to keep the classes fairly even & fair... with little or no advantage from tyre choice,,, & also so the track doesn`t get chewed up--> the main reason

but now that there is quite a lot of good sticky road-legal tyres getting around (R-Spec) they have relaxed somewhat & they have approved the speedway tyres , but still no rally or aggressive chunky tread "off-road" type tyres allowed

i was just pinning 100mph at the end of the front straight :-) But i honestly doubt many others (if any) were doing that speed :-)

My Beetle only barely sees 100km/h on this track, of course the speedo comes off the front wheel, so no wheelspin included.
The front drive cars which lap in similar times to me reach around 125 km/h, but a fair bit of that would be wheelspin.
The "4wd turbo nutters" can nudge 160 apparently.

The big track (Dirt Sprint) is 14th of next month,,, can`t wait for that one :-)

Thanks guy's. Much what I expected. When I get it together I want to come and play, and with the box I'm running, I realy need 31" rubber to get the gearing anywhere near sane. Even then 100km/h is 3500rpm and 160km/h flat out as this engine is a low reving torque munger, so she's pegged at 6000rpm MAX. Tyres I own now are pretty slick boring tread pattern so I think they'd pass, but my choice will be BFG mud terains....a bit on the chunky side for the track I'd think.
Time will tell. Lots to do first but hoping sooner rather than later. 🙂

I'll be there too. Generally they set the cones a little wider for the dirt sprints and since only the best runs count you can be a bit more aggressive/brave/reckless.

I run a standard single sideplate box. With 195-50-15 tyres (Bob Jane T Mart specials) my revs range between 3500 and 5000rpm over most of the lap if I leave it in 3rd. When the track is at its best I might see 5500rpm.

Snap Crackle Bang wrote:I run a standard single sideplate box. With 195-50-15 tyres (Bob Jane T Mart specials) my revs range between 3500 and 5000rpm over most of the lap if I leave it in 3rd. When the track is at its best I might see 5500rpm.

hee hee,,, I`m up around the 11,000 rpms mark :-)

hangin for another fangin :-)

Reminder.
Get your entry in for this Sunday's Sprint.👍

Damn ,,, it`s cancelled,,, too wet

:-(

Another Willowbank Autocross booked in for the 18th of April,,, be there or be square :-)

I`m going to try for the fastest time of the day

testing the buggy out at Dad`s race track tomorow,,, & i have the helmet camera sorted now,,, i was pushing the wrong buttons last time :-(

i`ll post the vids from tomorow up on youtube & then get all your arses out to Willowbank on the 18th ok???

I was 3rd fastest official time of the day again last meeting,,, but the first lap was an absolute blinder (sooooo totally fastest time of the day) ,,, But,,, they canned it cause they reckon they missed the times for half the runners so they classified it as a practice run instead or re-running the ones who missed their time & so official timing started on run number 2 :-(

Dirt Sprint comming up 16th May,,, I`m soooo gonna be there :-)

Oh ,,, & i`m in the process of making the thing 4x4 now :-) stay tuned for some "SERIOUS" fast "traction- Action" in the next few months :-) :-) :-)

My Beetle will never forgive me if I miss 2 in a row, so I'll be there.

Excellent event once again.
The 2000CC to 3000CC class is getting more competitive. Fastest in my class was a very special early 70's corolla. This thing looks stock, but has a 4A-GZE with the supercharger replaced by a BIG turbo. The dyno sheet says 246hp at the rear wheels. Also in my class were some MR2's, 3 series Bimmers, a hillclimb modded mazda rx7 and a datto 1600 stretched to 2.2litres. I was definitely pleased with my third place trophy.

This was a sprint meeting where the best time from each pair of runs counted for the final results. There was a seventh run just for the fun of it.

We tried a new reverse direction track layout. A few of the normal kinks were adjusted to become proper corners. In theory this was to slow the cars down for safety, but it meant there were now at least 5 places where you could scare yourself each lap.

I'll let TheMiniMan tell you who won overall.

Cheers

hee hee,,, yeah thanks Snap

well.....

I won !!!!!

:-)

Beat everyone :-) :-) :-)

I actually couldn`t believe it really cause ive been in Byron surfing for 3 weeks & just popped back to have a spin,,, didn`t really intend to do anything fancy,,, just wanted a fang, so i just "drove-around",,, ended up 1st place outright & giggled all the way home like a little school girl :-)

anyways,,, enough about me at the autocross, now onto more important things--->

Today i ran at the Mt Cootha Hillclimb & was running 2nd place outright for most of the day,,, very wet tho,,, so i packed in all up after 2 runs & just watched,,, still holding my 2nd place time till 2 or 3 oclock-ish,,,then the track dried out so a couple of other cars pipped me & i couldn`t be bothered walking all that way back to the pits & unload everything to have one more run,,, so i`m 4th atm,,,
( at least i was when i left)

Hope it`s sunny tomorow so i can put some power to the ground

very fast track boys & girls, Very fast indeed,,, bring your brown undies if you want to race :-)

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Well done Snap and Minihead, very well done to both of you... and good luck tomorrow at Mt Cootha Matt. Enjoy.

Thanks Matty

The Cootha Hill-climb was awsome,,, great track,,, VERY VERY FAST!!!!!!!!!

I was running 2nd outright for most of saturday, but i didn`t bother to do the last run cause the rain just shit me (& most people) right off,,, but the dam thing dried up in the arvo & so i got knocked back to 5th outright... I tried a new set of American Racerdirt speedway tyres, (only cause i had them & i didn`t want to wreck my Hoosier dirt tyres on the bitumen) but they were sooooo little & skinny & were actually quite hard & i was literally spinning the wheels all the way up, & all the way down the hill so they were just total crap really

i was also having some rather major issues with the right rear brake locking up for some reason,,,, Not very funny i can tell you,,, going into & through the chicanes with one hand on the wheel & the other winding the bias valve knob back a few turns is pretty dam scarey i can tell you :-) especially down the back section,,, down hill & 5th gear at about 100+mph locking the right rear tyre makes for some rather interesting facial shapes , that`s for sure :-) wish i had a video camera pointing at my eye balls :-)

then sunday morn came along & the skys were clear so i cranked up the right peddle a bit more & took 5 secs straight off my saturday time,,, that put me in 3rd outright for most of the morning,,, But yet again i got bumped back to 5th, & then back to 7th as the day progressed,,, 2nd run came along & i still couldn`t get any traction... & was still having dramas with that right rear brake locking problem scaring the be-jesus out of me

so i stuck my 8-inch wide Hoosier dirt speedway tyres (the ones i use at the autocross) on the front for the last run & they were heaps better & i could give it full throttle up the hill,,, MUCH MUCH BETTER-ER :-) ---> but the rear brake locking thing got me again on the first chicane, swung me around & i bumped the fence,,, Busted the radiator a bit, & made it leak so i dropped out

didn`t have another radiator so i pulled out of the top ten shoot-out

So i ended up in 7th outright, just in front of Jim Richards 🙂 ,,, Just a bit behind 3 of the fastest hill-climb specials in the country,,, Allan McConnell in his 300hp areo packaged rocket ship open wheeler,,,, Darren Duffield & Warwick Hutchinson (Both 340hp turbo charged 13B Rotory open wheelers),,,, Bill Norman with his bike powered areo packaged hill-climb special (he won this event last year),,, & then 2x "Rage" single seater 180hp Bike powered Buggys imported from England at $40K a pop & VERY VERY Quick INDEED!!! ,

so i was pretty choofed with that being my first run there,,, only 2x VERY wet runs ones & 3x dry ones (Correction/edit--> well only 2x dry runs sunday actually,,, the third one didn`t see me past the first turn)

so... with only 130hp,,, Front wheel drive,,, No Areo package at all ,,, & on """Dirt""" tyres :-) I`m stoked !!!!!!!! :-)

next year (if they let me run again) i`ll take some decent proper tarmac slicks

& i`ve just now sorted out the reason for the rear brake locking-up issue,,, the dam right rear wheel cyl locating roll-pin had gone missing & so the wheel cyl was cocking about, flogging around on the backing plate :-( Probably lost it at the last auto-cross 2 weeks ago)

NO wonder winding the rear bias vale off didn`t seem to do anything :-(

MT Cotton,,, Grafton,,, Noosa,,, & other hill-climb tracks are in my sights now,,, i don`t expect to win outright anywhere but i`ll give it a dam good shot once i get a bit more feel for this buggy,,, & start setting things up a bit... we really havn`t touched it since it was built apart from zipping up the F/D ratio,,, so there`s plenty of things to play with & sort out yet :-)

i`m pretty sure we surprised the shit out of a pile of people with this thing, going on the comments i received all day long seems that most people hadn`t given any thought to a front wheel drive car being anywhere near top ten at a hill-climb,,, especially on dirt tyres :-),,, so it was a bit of an awakening for lots of people :-)

I`m just a little bit more than tickled at this point :-)
Cheers
Matt

Matt

I saw you run on the Sunday.
Was just up around the first corner so hadn't caught up with the fact that you broke it.
The front tyres were just about trying to pull themselves off the rim with all the work you had them doing. 🙂

Those rage buggys were crazy ... particularly one of the drivers ... almost as mad as you
Look forward to trying to catch up with you at one of the events.
cheers
Marcus

Matt, well done dude, sounds like you were flying 🙂.

Had a call today from a mate of yours that was on official duties on the weekend, Guy Vicker..., he wanted me to promise to have a dub to campaign for next years event....also said that he wants to show you a thing or two in the waves......Crazy.

Hey Thanks Marcus, it was a great weekend, & yeah the tyres we ran were just crap, no grip & pulling under the rim real bad, we tried more air but they were still doing it,,, then we changed tyres & fronts were great but the backs felt like they were covered in grease

Matty Guy is lovely, altho he did get me in trouble on sunday arv,,, he told me to do a burn-out before the start line so i did,,, the starting official wasn`t very happy with me, :-) i wondered why no-one was doing it all weekend
& yes you really should build a quick hillclimb/autocross buggy mate,,, you are going to love it... just DO IT!!!!!!!!

I went out to Mt Cotton Hill-climb today, Was hoping to sneak a run (or 2) in but they said no log book,,, no run

Sooo,,, i had my pre-log-book scrutineering session,,, only have a couple of little things to change & they`re happy , so i should have it logged in the next week or 2 & ready to run the next meeting there or maybe Noosa hill-climb

Grafton Hill-climb is on next weekend but i dion`t think i`ll be ready,,, & then there`s another Autocross the weekend after that,,,, i`ll definately be at that one tho :-)

Hangin for another fangin :-)

This sunday ,,, Who`s comming???

Matty B,,, you keen for a look-see?

Robbo (my rally Navigator) is running my buggy this time too, so the poor thing will be really working hard :-)

I'll be there!

Prolly not for me.....unless there's nothing else to do, would love to see it Matt, but more fun to have a pedal in something, I'll get there eventually.....reckon the 2.9 will go ok 🙂.

Well Matty,,, this run is Robbos turn to have a speed in my buggy,,, but maybe next meeting you can,,, That is if you`re interested in attempting to grab traction from the opposite end of the car than you`re used to

:-)

But bring your Brown Corduroy pants :-) :-) :-)

TheMiniMan wrote:Well Matty,,, this run is Robbos turn to have a speed in my buggy,,, but maybe next meeting you can,,, That is if you`re interested in attempting to grab traction from the opposite end of the car than you`re used to

:-)

But bring your Brown Corduroy pants :-) :-) :-)

I'm looking for some corduroy pants tomorrow 🙂 Noisey AND brown 😂.

onboard Videos from the top of the roll bar of the buggy up on you-tube now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvZwL3gr1UE

more comming soon

I only came 2nd outright today,,, the track turned into a bitumen highway after lunch & my Hoosier-daddys didn`t like it one bit

I`ll try to find some Yoko AO48Rs or something like that to fit after lunch next meeting

there is 2x small off-road type buggys comming soon,,, both are "apparently" 230hp Hyabusa powered , rear eng, rear drive things,,, this will be interesting as they (the organisers) are saying that they may make a "Buggy" class if more turn up

I feel like I was the one with an unfair advantage for a change. The track took a longer time than usual to dry out in the cooler weather, so the first 3 runs were on a slippery track that didn't suit semi-slick tyres. Since I'm running on road tyres I was consistently quicker than the rally prepped E30 BMW325 which was my only competition in the 2000cc to 3000cc class.
Next IWMAC event is a sprint on the 25th of July. Will the 2.9 be ready by then Mat?

Yeah Matty-B,,, get your finger out fella :-)

This Video of a much later run after lunch in the opposite direction

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgT0elKmm9M

It`s like a main road out there

Looks mad mate 👍👍

this is my very first run of the day,,, straight out of the box fast is the way to attack this track cause all the times add together , but you just drop your worst lap,,, so a decent fast pace early with no mistakes can save you if you have a mad wild slow run later, or even if you hit a witches hat latter then you can drop that run

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGN1le9AwCI

check out all the EVOs & WrX`s everywhere,,, they got nothing on this little red wagon :-) ah ok,,, correction--> yellow buggy :-)

Who`s comming along this sunday???

Anyone???

it`s the BIG track this time,,,, very very fast :-) :-) ;-)

Nah....but my car is getting closer.......look out, I'll get there one day !

Did you come up to the Noosa hill climb last week end, if not...why not? 🙂

Nah,,, i wanted to,,, but still no slicks :-(

need slicks

need money for slicks

but need money for Kombi gearbox repair first,,.

then we need money for slicks

slicks are nice

i love slicks

i want slicks

Whaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!! I want slicks i want slicks i want slicks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:-)

If i had slicks,,, then wild horses couldn`t drag me off the track at Raliegh next week,,, nor another hillclimb/street/circuit/autocross track as far away as my kombi can carry my buggy (until the gearbox breaks again)

:-)

Did you say, you need some slicks ??????? 🙂

I will pop in for a looky, I am taking the endeavour rally car out to Moogerah on the trailer (which goes straight past the track) and then heading up to the historics at Morgan Park- I will pop in and say hi.

Good luck

Peter

I'm entered. My Beetle is a former Endeavour rally car from the 90's.
It shouldn't be too hard to recognise!

next meeting 15th of August

Change of calendar - The meeting will be on the 22nd.
I'll be there if I can figure out why the Beetle is running on three cylinders.

On a sad note, Allen Ransome, who has been the scrutineer and also a competitor at these events since long before my time, passed away a few days ago. I always liked Allen. He was always good for an interesting conversation and a bit of helpful advice. He was also pretty quick in that old Mini of his.
My condolences to his family and those who knew him.

That is sad. I remember Alan was one of the first people to intdroduce himself at the first event I did there. One of the many nice people at the club/events that was always willing to lend a hand. I still remember chasing down his mini on day, i was next car after him and my goal was to catch him before the finish... it wasn't easy!

Next event 17 April.....put it in your calander !!!

Hey all,,, i got my new Injected R1 donk today, it won`t be ready for a little while as i`m going to creat/make a sump baffle for it,,, re-set the cam timing & then of course we are still to sort a wiring loom & fuel pump & return lines etc

but, it`s here, lookin pretty, & raring to go :-)

So ya gonna make the 17th???

Nah, it won`t be ready by then, i might come out for a look tho

Kombi has broken gearbox (again) so i`ll be in the suzuki hatch,,, should i enter it then ??? :-) ;-) :-)

I'll let you know if I get the car ready.

my new R1 donk is pretty different to the old one (only by about 9 years) :-)

so,,, we have a little bit more work to fit the thing than i originally intended

I might come out to the autocross this weekend for a look as Beck might run her Prelude :-)

I plan to go and help out for the day. The L Bug is presently a rolling shell only and I've pulled the engine out of the rally beetle, so I won't be competing.
Hope to see you there.

Sorry guy's ...false alarm for me, have to be the May event, my wife has booked some culture for me instead and car really not ready yet.....👎👎

What day is the autocross on ? Sat or Sun..

Might bring the Datto out for a trot, as my Subie powered buggy is still a fair way from completion.

Peter

Ooops just read further up the post and obviously the 17th

My new buggy motor is now mounted, all i need to do now is wire all the injection computer in, (wires bloody everywhere) fit up all the high pressure fuel system, swirl-pot & return line etc, (more bloody stuffing around & more weight) set-up the cam timing (these R1 cam chains stretch in about 5000ks so we re-set them to where they`re supposed to be) , make up & fit the sump baffle plate... (stop the thing loosing oil pressure on hard corners & accel),,, make up the new exhaust system, (great here we go again with another pile of spaghetti pipes all over the place) & then bung all the other crap back on like alloy shielding, front nudge bar, radiator, the new dash etc etc etc,,,, & then we`ll be racing again

sounds easy don`t it ???

:-)

getting there,,,, just a few more wires,,, a bit more of a play with the fuel system,,, & i`m making a new set of extractors for the old girl

then hope like sh!t that it actually runs :-)

Edit--> oh & IWMAC has banned my tyres, so i`ll be trying to sort some yoko 175x50x13 A048R specs as soon as i can afford them :-(