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WSID 6/10, pb for brown 62!
pete wood - October 6th, 2004 at 11:13 PM

The only dub there, but an awesome one.
Runs an old 2332.
Congrats guys :cool:
12.4 @ 103mph

pete wood - October 6th, 2004 at 11:14 PM

sorry the pic is so blurry, still getting used to the camera.

here's another...

pete wood - October 6th, 2004 at 11:15 PM

and the donk...

HotRodMatt - October 7th, 2004 at 07:59 AM

Go the Smiths!

I bet you could hear Macca yelling from Perth!

BiX - October 7th, 2004 at 11:44 AM

is that one from the jamboree

pete wood - October 7th, 2004 at 02:49 PM

nope, from last night at Eastern Creek.

12.99 was his best at the jamboree I think.

Craig Torrens - October 8th, 2004 at 01:54 PM

excellent result............is it street registered ?

BUS 23Q - October 8th, 2004 at 05:36 PM

sore u their, got to say that was the best looken car their, and awsome how u blew a few guys off

LOWBUG - October 8th, 2004 at 08:53 PM

No Craig they just went to all the trouble of putting on the plates and a rego sticker to fool people and be the only beetle out there, Who cares if it is or it isn't, it did a low 12 and look how simple the engine bay is, theres only a big fat disy and a pair of 48's.

You guy's have been going round in circles too long.

OvalGlen - October 9th, 2004 at 02:34 AM

I was impressed when he ran 12.8 secs first run.
Then he just kept getting better and better.
I reckon the cool air helped.
Did you notice that Nice looking Porsche 911
(silver with wings)
that was there.?
Wouldnt he be embarressed to compare to the
little old Beetle.The 911 only got 12.9 secs best
from memory. (109 mph).
-
Hope we see some more VW's out there.!
Morgan had a BALL.!

pete wood - October 9th, 2004 at 09:32 AM

yeah the 911 was there, but I think he was running 12s too, sounded awesome,
but no burn-out, sook:o

shiftyvw - October 10th, 2004 at 07:22 AM

nice but i reckon it needs a bit of gas:thumb

[Edited on 9-10-2004 by shiftyvw]

Dak-A-Tak - October 10th, 2004 at 08:57 PM

Good-one guys!!!!!!! More track time and Hard work starting to pay off. Looking good for next years VW nationals ( old school rules). Maybe time to look at those top gear ratios,fellows. Get on and join cal-look.com and register for top-20.

Craig Paton - October 13th, 2004 at 08:04 PM

Congrats to the Smiths!!
Another IDA powered streeter!

Love the Webers!!!!!!!!!!!


:bounce



Cheers Craig

pete wood - October 14th, 2004 at 07:14 AM

what is the obsession with webers?

wouldn't properly tuned EFI be much better?

I know from speaking to these guys that the only reason they are using the IDAs is that the engine came tuned with them and EFI would be more dollars.

speedster356 - October 14th, 2004 at 08:45 AM

They ran a 12.5? last night with a 30+? deg air temp.
And thanks guys for lending me some tools after I broke a throttle cable.:thumb

[Edited on 13-10-2004 by speedster356]

Craig Paton - October 14th, 2004 at 09:55 AM

Hi Pete

Your right, a well set up EFI would be better than the IDA's.
However the webers are extremely easy to change venturies, jets and tune at the track. Also easy to dismantle and clean.
And besides it's an old school thing !!!!! ;)

There's also the cost difference between the two.
I bought my IDA's new from Manx Buggies in 1986 from memory for $495.00 [complete kit : manifolds, linkages etc]

Horses for courses, don't you think ?

Craig

restocal - October 14th, 2004 at 01:46 PM

What's the obcession with webers?

They're like aircooled vws: they're vintage, cool, temperamental, they resond to love and they set us apart from the modern junk.

Then there is the sound.. A well tuned weber is butter than any ICE!

pete wood - October 14th, 2004 at 05:55 PM

Speedster;
wow, that's quick for such a hot night, the track must have been nice and sticky, yeah!

Quote:
Originally posted by restocal
What's the obcession with webers?

They're like aircooled vws: they're vintage, cool, temperamental, they resond to love and they set us apart from the modern junk.

Then there is the sound.. A well tuned weber is better than any ICE!


yeah yeah, I can do without the temperamental, besides monster IDA throttle bodies should sound just the same, only work better,

BTW, EFI is not ICE! :mad: Just cause you like aircooled pushrod motors, theres no need to diss all technology.

Consider this restocal, imagine a car that looks totally retro, only it has every modern go fast technology, now you have my ultimate oldschool car.
:cool:
that is the sort of car that really puts ricers to shame, that is, by beating them at their own game.

However, I can see what Craig is saying about changing bits in situ.

still a good data logger and should enable you to be far more accurate with programmable EFI, still in the end it's just $$$, it just comes down to, how fast do you want to spend...right? :o

OvalGlen - October 14th, 2004 at 06:13 PM

yes, there were 3
Vw's there last night (13-10-04)
I hope Speedster doesnt mind me grouping his
Lovely 356 in with the Brown Morgan/Macca
Beetle and the Iron Cross Stu. Beetle.
-
Gee it was good to See.
Just a shame that it was so Hot.
it did get down to 27 deg at 10PM.
Some dudes there in not so Modified
Street cars that handled the heat better
got like 13 Runs, needless to say the no.s
were down.
But generally things are Hotting up for VW
Drag racing in Sydney.!......:thumb

restocal - October 15th, 2004 at 08:21 AM

Mr Wood,

There is an art to tuning webers.

There is no art in tuning by cheque book.

I have a modern car and it's boring. That's why I like the classic things like webers and aircooled vws.

But, like you said, each to their own.

I agree with the stock looking vw blowing away the ricer concept.

Full credit to that brown beetle. I only wish they'd paint the bonnet for that cal look rather than the rat-cal-look.

pete wood - October 15th, 2004 at 03:17 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by restocal
Mr Wood,

There is an art to tuning webers.

There is no art in tuning by cheque book.

I have a modern car and it's boring. That's why I like the classic things like webers and aircooled vws.

But, like you said, each to their own.

I agree with the stock looking vw blowing away the ricer concept.

Full credit to that brown beetle. I only wish they'd paint the bonnet for that cal look rather than the rat-cal-look.


Sorry if i offended you restocal, didn't mean to, i just got a bit excited thats all. I agree with everything you said. Particularly about tuning webers and chequebooks.

Most modern cars are bland.

I spose i just have an issue with technophile V8 meatheads, if you know what I mean. The sort of people who say anything without pushrods and carbs and not made in the Usa is a waste of time. Now obviously vee dubbers don't fit that mould but you can see my point.

I also, know that aussies have a knack of taking things others put in the too hard basket and making them world beaters. EFI is one of those things. In the early 90's Australia had at least 3 different aftermarket ECUs on the market long before the yanks had even considered it. In many ways they are still catching up.

I'll get off my hobby horse now, sorry ;)

BTW the bonnet and the bootlid are getting painted, although i though it looked kinda tough as is.

P.s. looked at ya profile, nice birthday, always worked well for me, although you are 5 years wiser than me.

Jak Rizzo - October 19th, 2004 at 07:22 PM

way cool, go the stroke!

OvalGlen - October 26th, 2004 at 07:06 PM

thanks for posting that one Jak.
What a top Shot.