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| posted on April 10th, 2005 at 06:56 PM |
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Compac-a-tack
Racers post your results here.....I heard some personal bests were run!
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on April 10th, 2005 at 07:13 PM |
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It was great you should have been there?
times were set, engines were broken and finals were almost won
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Alex Holzl
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| posted on April 10th, 2005 at 07:26 PM |
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engines were broken???
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| posted on April 10th, 2005 at 07:37 PM |
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Yes It was a good day for me, ran a best of 12.89 @104.6 mph, but also split and oil cooler on the 2nd run which required replacing.
Big Thankyou to Mike from Custom Bugs and Busses for going back to the work shop and getting me one, and delivering it to the track. and Henry for
helping me change it.
Here are some pics.
In the staging lanes.
1st run against a rotary Mazda, Beetle was much faster off the line but at the end it so close I couldn't tell who got to the line 1st,
repairing the split cooler.
Macca Smith's brown Beetle, had some fun races with Macca in Qualifing, but he had a problems in the top end of the track.
The pits, trying to get things back together before qualifying finnishes.
The busness end of Macca's car.
The end of the day, and still in one piece!!.
The best time slip,
Thanks to Ray Box and Lex Cowley for doing a great event, look forward to the next, lets get a few more VW's there.
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A.k.a.: Dave Butler Muffin Man
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| posted on April 10th, 2005 at 08:01 PM |
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Dave, what gear ratios are you running with the new tyres, also weight of car, & how did your jetting go?
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on April 10th, 2005 at 08:32 PM |
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good work dave must be more left in it with that big mph
are you happy with the tyres
adam
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| posted on April 10th, 2005 at 08:41 PM |
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Dave, car weighed 1850lb with me, Gear box is a 3.88 R&P with stock 1st and 2nd and 1.58 3rd and 1.21 top.
Jetting made a lot of difference in the top end, I will play a bit more with some 42mm vents
Adam, ran 20psi in the tyres, (still have stock axles) 1.7 60ft is better than the old radials, they grip nice. and my 60's were similar to Macca's
who was running slicks with 20psi.
[Edited on 10-4-2005 by Dave Becker]
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| posted on April 10th, 2005 at 09:05 PM |
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Congrats Dave.
I also heard the LMS car did a 10 flat with a mix that was still quite fat.
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| posted on April 10th, 2005 at 09:07 PM |
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Wasn't quite a 10 flat more a 10.03 at 135 mhr but who's splitting hairs, it was just good to see it hold together
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| posted on April 11th, 2005 at 10:32 AM |
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10.03 is ten flat in my books.
Great effort everyone !!
Nice to see that a homebuilt motor with 2nd hand parts can still be competitive eh Dave ? (of course, it was put together by a guru though.....)
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| posted on April 11th, 2005 at 06:25 PM |
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I dont know of any vw motors at the drags that arnt home built with second hand parts!
BTW will someone please sponsor macca some paint for his bonnet? |
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