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Miniman in 'Race' magazine
BiX - March 5th, 2014 at 08:40 PM

There is a good article in race magazine about mini mans buggy. Ugly yet effective is how it's described.

The mag is a good read too.

Cheers

Drew

TheMiniMan - March 10th, 2014 at 12:34 PM

where? what mag?
i`m famous :-)

BiX - March 10th, 2014 at 01:11 PM

http://racemagazine.com.au/ 

great local magazine, focusing on the technical side of club/state level motorsport.

very good read, includes good coverage of hill climb and Improved Production.

BiX - March 10th, 2014 at 01:16 PM

Glen Torrens also gets a mention in another article, about challenging a Porsche in the 1000m drag race.

TheMiniMan - March 10th, 2014 at 01:46 PM

just went & bought a copy, . what a great mag!!!
Big Thanks to Neil Roshier, well written & great pics
But as soon as i work out a decent reverse gear , i will do motorkhanas :-)

BiX - March 11th, 2014 at 08:57 AM

I have been reading it for about 3 years, they have some good high end articles (the Merc SLR GT3 Car) plus club level stuff like your buggy.

High recomend it to any club level racer.

A few years ago, they did how to build a LSD for a motorcylce engined car (full step by step), plus articles on aero and composites.

Drew

TheMiniMan - March 11th, 2014 at 09:51 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by BiX

A few years ago, they did how to build a LSD for a motorcylce engined car (full step by step), plus articles on aero and composites.

Drew


now that article i could certainly use :-)

cnfabo - March 11th, 2014 at 10:26 PM

Nice work mini man,loved the read..I'd be stocked to get my car featured in the mag...

Fabo

TheMiniMan - March 19th, 2014 at 11:07 AM

Thanks Fabo, yeah i`m a little Choofed to say the least, Neil did a great job making it look even better than it is really :-)

My poor results at the Mt Cotton AHC that day were reflective of a shredded diff (among other things) so after that meeting we took it out & stuck a Quaife diff in there & ran 10th outright at Noosa hillclimb the following weekend,,, & altho it was much better i still think a tighter Plate type LSD may be the go, just have to get around to fitting one up to the beast

some bigger front wheels/tyres would certainly help too, maybe 13"x10" slicks would be better suited

& maybe a turbo & 4x4 system would be even better :-)
cheers everyone & i know it`s not VW but i`m glad there`s not too many people sh!tting on me/it about that point,,, i`m getting my kombi Ute going again shortly so at least it will be transported to & from the race tracks again with a VeeDub :-)

pete wood - March 26th, 2014 at 06:15 PM

Called once, emailed twice... trying to get some info on a subscription but no cigar... :(