I'm freshening things up for doing the supersprints in 2005.

New front suspension,
New heads,
New cam,
New cooling,
And do you think I should put IDAs on? They do look sexy.

CYA CT

Sexy's the word. Very Nice.

Looking good CT, thats one sexy engine bay.

I think Jak's going to be alot harder to catch in 2005 Might have to fly up and see you guys race, sounds like you're both going to be going ALOT faster!

Looking good CT but it will depend on how bigga SET you have sitting on the seat.... between yr legs...

Yep Jacks opted for teh instant horsepower... ( not a bad way to go ) but looses the sprit of adventure,,,,

Hope to get out there n watch one session do u have a calender for the season ???

great to see the cars on the track

Hey CT,Bring it on looking and sounding good.JVLRacing

CT,

I'd love to hear those things at full roar down the straight! They would look the business with a Porsche Fan Shroud???

What sort of increase in HP would you get using IDA's

Cheers

Steve

Thanks for the nice comments.

I've had the IDAs sitting around for a while and I just want to try them.

I'll start with 44IDFs because they are already well set up and have nice new match ported manifolds that go with the new heads.

But once the engine is run-in I'll put the IDAs on as a straight back to back swap.

The 44s are running 36mm chokes and the IDAs have 37mm chokes so the main difference will come from the different carb design. Mind you the IDAs might not be that good for the track since they don't have much of a progression circuit and I think the float bowl spills with high cornering loads.

I won't have a hope in hell of keeping up with Jako in a straight line but I think I can continue to improve the car's corner speed.

But the best modification for next year will come in the form of a driving course. I just did a new tyre launch with some of the driver training instructors at the Holden Driving Centre in Norwell. Peter Bisley the chief driving instructor talked me around 2 laps of Darlington park (between Brisbane and the Gold Coast) and that was really interesting. I'm going to learn to drive again.

We're looking at doing Motokanas next year as well as supersprints. Personally I'd like to do Philip Island next year with one of the Victorian clubs. From what I've heard that's one of the top 10 things to do before you die.

CYA CT

Go for it CT we are all counting on you to keep it real.
Your car is such an ispiration to us, it will be interesting to see the differences between you & Jack.
Cheers Nige

Doesn't matter what I do with my car, CT will always pip me by tenths of a second, unless I undo his accelerator cable...........................

Jak

Well Skaife (Jako)is feeling the challenge after taking out this years VW challenge who dares challenge them ,loving the heat ,have fun and keep smiling.JVLRacing

Jak if you want a hand with thightening the claps on the intercooler pipes just give me a call.

How's the mean machine JVL?

CYA CT

Hey CT, The car is on the sick list and waiting for electrical computer surgery.Going slicks next year CT or not?JVLRacing

I just need u to syncronise the injection for me dude........

Jak

Nice CT.....now how we going to fit that 356 filter????:thumb
December is Bathurst speed weekend....going to be ready?
This is the fan shroud you need with that setup...it's a replica of a 356 4 cam. Made in Canada..

and heres an original 4 cam.........hmmmm nice:thumb

Lets just get the quad cam

Hey Jak does CT have BIGGER $@#%$%#$% on the track ???

I'll let CT answer that Dave.
Jak

CT

Looks great, one day I'm going to have to fly across the ditch to see all these cars / people and the action in person....

So what have you done to the front suspension? Just a freshen up or something really funky like double wishbones

Cheers
Jeremy

Hi Pete,

I will definately be making room for the Porsche 356 oil filter. However I will be modifying it to use as an oil breather. I'd like to have a chat with you about this. I'll need to put a couple of extra fittings in it.

The engine is being detailed again. I'm ditching all the aftermarket chrome crap and going for something that looks period - 356 style.

As for all the other things to do:

For the front end I have planned to get it real soft, add more negative camber and more suspension travel.

I'm getting rid of the aluminium dash panel with the autometer tacho and putting the original motometer dash back in.

I've also figured out a stealth stereo install that can be removed for racing and doesn't require a single hole to be drilled in the body.

Engine-wise I've got a Webcam and some mini D-port heads from DRD racing in the US.

But most exciting of all - the car is going to get a bath and perhaps a polish. I haven't washed it since before the Porsche Club Weekend Of The Year in july where we drove throught Snow, did a hillclimb and a supersprint.

Racing should be fun next year. There will certainly be a lot of variety with Jak's WRX powered street car (It's looks awesome -Jak you should be an engineer), JVLs Oval supertourer, Paul's L-bug which could be powered by anything at this stage, Dieter's car which may have a 2.7 in it and Alex's oval which will may even be putting out 140+ at the wheels by then. Peter McLeod (as per the start of this email) will also be racing with us with either his WRX powered speedster or jet powered push bike. I think there may also be a couple of others joining us.

The events are not that competitive to be quite honest. They are more of a celebration of modified beetles and actually trying out all the modifications that we spend hours doing. It's all about improving your lap times each year and watching the speedo go back around to zero while you're only in third still.

This is from the latest issue of GT Purely Porsche. Maybe we could find some of those air cleaners for your webbers as well?
Jak

Yeah that's kinda like what I want to do. I'll have to mount the filter to the left to keep room for the centre-pull throttle linkage. I'd rather paint the filter in orange like one I've seen on here recently. Say no to chrome is my new engine bay philosophy (How ridiculous does that sound?). I even bought a black ignition coil.

Thanks for the picture Jak.

CYA CT

Thanks Jeremy,

Jack is a hell of a steerer and really knows his car. I've regularly sat on his arse watching him hold his car right on the limits of adhesion. It looks like his car is only gripping on 3 wheels and you can see is front wheel steering and counter steering right on the ragged edge.

I want to get some more speed out of my driving style yet, hopefully, keep a safety margin so I don't put my oval into the wall. I always crap myself when the car goes unintentionally sideways. I've had some heart stopping moments. Even now with the car's handling being "not so evil" I had an excursion on to the dirt at Wakefield park and I also had a big sideways moment mid corner coming on to the straight at Oran park.

BTW you understand what I'm doing. I'm trying to keep the car stock looking and "old school" in it's moderate modifications.

CYA CT

Hey CT, looks sweet....your IDA's could be the goods in a straight line, but out of the corners, they may bog a little, but that said, the GT40's used to some success at a little race called Le MANS!!!! Sprints are so much fun ain't they....I do more of the autokana thing here in Perth, but pushing my bug around Wannaroo is always a blast and we have some other sprint days here and there.....A bit safer than hillclimbs though....Those things scare me these days, but maybe I'm just getting old! Sounds like a 'taste' upgrade is in the works with your car too.

Well done, oldschool and minimal is so nice to see....All those billet and chrome cars just don't do it for me....And what about those 'Carrera' kits!!!!

But I digress....

What lisences are you guys required to have?

To race in superspints all you ned is a Level 2S CAMs Licence. To qualify you need to be able to fill out a form and post an envelope.

Your car needs to no obvious signs of wear so it will pass scruitineering. Special items are as follows:
A secure battery
Secondary bonnet srap (boot in aircooled vws)
Second trottle springs
Tow hooks front and rear (new rule I haven't done that yet)
Up to date fire extinguisher mounted with a steel bracket.

Personally you need:
Aust Standards Approved helmet
Wrist to anckle clothing and shoes that are not synthetic (ie not flamable)
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BTW check out my new purchase.

Very nice, thats cool i have all of teh above, just thought u might need to go to a level 3 lisence as the pics show you guys racing pretty close together. We are noramlly well seperated when i have done any longer track racing.

Jack and I wait for each other and try to stay close for fun. We never pass unless waved through by the other person. The Porsche club don't seem to mind because we don't do anything stupid. I wouldn't trust too many people to race that close.

Our cars have always been really close and I hope we don't lose the fun with Jak's conversion. But there's other fun to be had do doubt.

CYA CT