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fullnoise Fahrvergnugen

964 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#904868
Aren't GoPros excellent!

Here's a bit of in-car from my oval. The view gets interrupted briefly by a grey Superbug with some lunatic at the wheel about half way through 😉

http://youtu.be/yZlObCbizu4
esratrams

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#904877
I can appreciate the finer things, once you go struts you wont go back
well it would be better if you went forward instead of into the dirt
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#904888
Hi

Great footage guys, its good to see how other people attack each corner and what gears they are using.

David's bug runs a stock 3.88 1303 transmission, I found that 2nd was too low for last corner onto the main straight and 3rd was too high, coming out of that turn I was only doing 3,000 rpm so it was under where the motor makes power.

Sorry if I upset other K&L lovers but boofhead and I have regular talks about such things, you guys got caught in the crossfire, he's going to leave you guys soon and have 1/2 a Superbug, he just need to go all they way and get struts make his car complete.

Steve

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#904900
Who u calling a Boof head

yep it will have lovely Ball joints very soon and i wont hear those squeaking front coil spring from the struts

Hey SC i notice a bit of over steering during your run whats that from or dont i need to ask 😂😂😂
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#904913
Oversteer, I was trying to get heat in the tyres

Camo Custom Title Time!

1,936 posts · joined Oct 2007 ·

#904928
1303Steve wrote:Oversteer, I was trying to get heat in the tyres
I'm enjoying reading this thread and having a good laugh 😂😂😂

I think I even saw Rose check her makeup a few times in the rear vision mirror whilst driving flat out 😂😂😂

CT - your car's handling looks great from the inside video 👍👍👍

Kev
I thought rebuilding a VW would be cheap - Shit I was wrong, just don't let the wife know !!!!

Click here for my (slowy) modded 1961 Beetle build.

fullnoise Fahrvergnugen

964 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#904946
Jak Rizzo wrote:

heres my footage. The oil all over my windscreen is from some vintage dude in an old Oval on Dunlops. He was going hard for a single port engine though

I think I need to drive my car a bit harder, maybe go back to 2nd gear for the fishhook & coming onto the straight. I also have no idea why I insist on changing into 4th gear for a split second on the back straight.
Fun day though
To conserve fuel.

Gee you have the stereo up loud when you're driving.

CT
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dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#904957
CT's car is VERY fast considering the HP he has (not) got.
I am serious!
Check all the names on the results with less weight and more HP!
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#904958
Hi Jak

Great footage, your car seems to do it so easily.

Steve

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 ·

#904959
Steve did you mean to "Hi Jak" this thread?😁
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

cnfabo Custom Title Time!

1,353 posts · joined Apr 2008 ·

#904968
dangerous wrote:CT's car is VERY fast considering the HP he has (not) got.
I am serious!
Check all the names on the results with less weight and more HP!
yes and so are his wipers, what's the secret ct,lol.............

hypo-vw Australias 1st 10sec street beetle (Jan 2007) 10.49secs@132m

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#904987
really good footage Steve , CT & Jak , I thoroughly enjoyed watching it
Team

FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

hypo-vw Australias 1st 10sec street beetle (Jan 2007) 10.49secs@132m

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#904990
1303Steve wrote:Great footage guys, its good to see how other people attack each corner and what gears they are using.

David's bug runs a stock 3.88 1303 transmission

Steve
the transmission in my blue sports sedan also runs a 3.88 r&p - 1.125 top gear - 23.5" tyres . just checked on the gear ratio computer and I was going through the kink at the end of the main straight full noise @ 7000rpm doing 180kph . 👍
Team

FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#905022
dangerous wrote:CT's car is VERY fast considering the HP he has (not) got.
I am serious!
Check all the names on the results with less weight and more HP!
A very well sorted car, spot on race lines, and accurate almost easy driving style = fast times.

Cheers Col

fullnoise Fahrvergnugen

964 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#905106
It was good to see everyone else' videos.

Wayne, your sports sedan looks like a lot of fun. You really have to grab it by the neck and tell it whose boss!

Gearbox wise I now have a 3.88 R&P. It was a big change after having a 4.375 for years. I made the change mainly to suit freeway driving. But I was hoping to be able to use second gear at some race tracks to make driving more fun. With the 4.375 it was faster not to change into second coming on to the straight at wakefield park. The 3.88 R&P hurt the quarter mile times. At the VWMA Sydney drags I was crossing the line in third and only just managed a 14.9 where the car's quickest quarter is a 14.6 with the 4.375 R&P.

Thanks to Club Veedub and the officials for putting on the event. They sacrifice time so we can have fun 👍

Judging by the puddle of oil under the flywheel that was leaking out of my car when I put it back in the garage after the long drive back; I think it's time for a rebuild.

CYA CT
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JVLRacing Custom Title Time!

1,100 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#905194
colin wrote:
dangerous wrote:CT's car is VERY fast considering the HP he has (not) got.
I am serious!
Check all the names on the results with less weight and more HP!
A very well sorted car, spot on race lines, and accurate almost easy driving style = fast times.

Cheers Col
agree 110 percent... ct ur car is cornering really nicely to

fullnoise Fahrvergnugen

964 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#905246
JVLRacing wrote:
colin wrote:
dangerous wrote:CT's car is VERY fast considering the HP he has (not) got.
I am serious!
Check all the names on the results with less weight and more HP!
A very well sorted car, spot on race lines, and accurate almost easy driving style = fast times.

Cheers Col
agree 110 percent... ct ur car is cornering really nicely to

Thanks JVL. I love the way the car handles. It's not sophisticated. It only has T3 rear springs, tiny swaybars, off-th-shelf bilstein shocks and a pretty straight wheel alignment with very little neg camber.

The most influential mods are:
1. Drop spindles (not the soft CB ones) which keep the front-end soft so it transfers weight to the front and makes the tyres work. It turns-in super aggressively. Look how early I can get on the gas.
2. The drop spindles widen the front track slightly.
3. The small 195/50R16 Yokohama ADVAN A050s lower the car and also grip really well. But because they're round shouldered they're really forgiving. I keep them narrow and use the softest compound possible (G/S) because the car is so light and under-powered it's hard to get the tyres up to the 60 degrees required to make them work. The tyres are now 3 years old and aren't even half worn and are still capable of PB times even in the cold like the VW Nationals.

I bought big springs, big swaybars, got the arms bent for more camber.... but that stuff sits in the cupboard.

My 2 cents on the handling.

CYA CT
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cnfabo Custom Title Time!

1,353 posts · joined Apr 2008 ·

#905267
fullnoise wrote:
JVLRacing wrote:
colin wrote:
dangerous wrote:CT's car is VERY fast considering the HP he has (not) got.
I am serious!
Check all the names on the results with less weight and more HP!
A very well sorted car, spot on race lines, and accurate almost easy driving style = fast times.

Cheers Col
agree 110 percent... ct ur car is cornering really nicely to

Thanks JVL. I love the way the car handles. It's not sophisticated. It only has T3 rear springs, tiny swaybars, off-th-shelf bilstein shocks and a pretty straight wheel alignment with very little neg camber.

The most influential mods are:
1. Drop spindles (not the soft CB ones) which keep the front-end soft so it transfers weight to the front and makes the tyres work. It turns-in super aggressively. Look how early I can get on the gas.
2. The drop spindles widen the front track slightly.
3. The small 195/50R16 Yokohama ADVAN A050s lower the car and also grip really well. But because they're round shouldered they're really forgiving. I keep them narrow and use the softest compound possible (G/S) because the car is so light and under-powered it's hard to get the tyres up to the 60 degrees required to make them work. The tyres are now 3 years old and aren't even half worn and are still capable of PB times even in the cold like the VW Nationals.

I bought big springs, big swaybars, got the arms bent for more camber.... but that stuff sits in the cupboard.

My 2 cents on the handling.

CYA CT
who makes the spindles ct??

fullnoise Fahrvergnugen

964 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#905270
Custom Bugs and Buses made my drop spindles.

Mike used to have a process where he'd take 2 standard VW spindles and make 1 dropped spindle.

I tried the CB Performance ones briefly but the steering arms are too weak for this application (better not say anymore).

CT
esratrams

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#905306
I tried the CB Performance ones briefly but the steering arms are too weak for this application
CT i think you have been looking at the wrong ones not CB Performance

CB are the best quality around

did you have welding done on your spindles ???
I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true


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http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603


http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 ·

#905363
fullnoise wrote:It was good to see everyone else' videos.

Wayne, your sports sedan looks like a lot of fun. You really have to grab it by the neck and tell it whose boss!

Gearbox wise I now have a 3.88 R&P. It was a big change after having a 4.375 for years. I made the change mainly to suit freeway driving. But I was hoping to be able to use second gear at some race tracks to make driving more fun. With the 4.375 it was faster not to change into second coming on to the straight at wakefield park. The 3.88 R&P hurt the quarter mile times. At the VWMA Sydney drags I was crossing the line in third and only just managed a 14.9 where the car's quickest quarter is a 14.6 with the 4.375 R&P.

Thanks to Club Veedub and the officials for putting on the event. They sacrifice time so we can have fun 👍

Judging by the puddle of oil under the flywheel that was leaking out of my car when I put it back in the garage after the long drive back; I think it's time for a rebuild.

CYA CT
Hey CT i,ve had a rethink of my rethink,😂 that gb311 is all yours if you want to use it.

Cheers Col