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Skidpan No.2 in the 56' - with pics now
pete wood - June 9th, 2014 at 04:49 PM

A bit of a write up and some video footage...

http://drivingnotpolishing.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/unexpected-motorsport.html 


modnrod - June 9th, 2014 at 10:18 PM

That's just gold I rekn!
Bloody good fun it looks too. Go get ém!
:tu:


h - June 9th, 2014 at 10:58 PM

jeebers


HappyDaze - June 10th, 2014 at 05:50 AM

A good way to sharpen up your driving skills.:tu:

You know you've pinched my 'line' ? [See my signature, below]. :lol:


pete wood - June 10th, 2014 at 10:35 AM

I reckon I did steal your line! Nice to know I'm not the only one who actually wants to drive em properly. :yes:

What you say about skills is 100% correct. If you can skid steer a car round a wet skidpan, you've got a much better chance of catching an issue on a wet road.


hellbugged - June 10th, 2014 at 07:24 PM

:tu: good to hear you're out there and enjoying some Motorsport Pete

Fix the front to rear rake and it will like a different car

Why so much tyre pressure?

Still on the narrowed beam?

What diff did you end up going with in the new box? (S.T)


pete wood - June 11th, 2014 at 03:54 PM

Got the results today. 20th outright out of 42 starters! 10th in class in the most popular class too. I'm pretty happy with that. :)

Hey Daimo,

Yeah, I need some proper front tyres and I think the narrowed beam has gotta go. I put 44psi in the rears to help get them sliding easier. It's an old trick for understeering cars. ;)

New trans is here ready to go in. Stockish AB late 1300 box with a superdiff and billet sidecovers. Not installing it before the new motor turns up. Got discs and new king/link pins to go in all at the same time. Should drive a LOT better when it's all done. ;)


pete wood - June 17th, 2014 at 07:20 PM

http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk127/stpeterscia/1956%20Oval%20window%20beetle/10348687_486132758184137_5593970259694757160_o_zps2597dfe5.jp
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http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk127/stpeterscia/1956%20Oval%20window%20beetle/10448399_486449858152427_4574717818541519287_o_zps887f92fc.jp
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http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk127/stpeterscia/1956%20Oval%20window%20beetle/10443046_486091221521624_6922255250250777707_o_zps34a0ace5.jp
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http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk127/stpeterscia/1956%20Oval%20window%20beetle/10369076_486448201485926_8199113106538167230_o_zps623aadad.jp
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http://i279.photobucket.com/albums/kk127/stpeterscia/1956%20Oval%20window%20beetle/10321758_486436378153775_4165879630112705788_o_zps192b59ec.jp
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These pics were taken by Sam, aka http://www.facebook.com/300CPO 

Click on the link to see some more of them.