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 BeetleJuice
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| posted on June 9th, 2008 at 06:42 PM |
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| Quote: | Craig WILL be racing
this year.
If not in the red car, he has other VW products that need to support the event.
Unless he has broken legs or some other reasonable excuse that can be arranged.
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I'll definitely be racing this year...Still a maybe for Warwick though.
It just depends on my Golf Tournament schedule!
I'm even putting on the rego sticker next week!
That'll be the 1st time in 9 years that my bug has had a current rego sticker on the windscreen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| posted on June 9th, 2008 at 08:14 PM |
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Haven't got a copy of the splits but as I recall it your record first split was 11.8 mine 12.5, this was certainly one of our better for the day.
The new record and recored run for Natan 51.51, my best run 51.62 and Christine's 53.34. Christine was a little frustrated by having 2 of her latter
runs in pooring rain where you could have run around the track faster if you could manage to stand up on the beginning section.
I came in fairly hot and didn't find the corner to have the grip levels I expected. Due to the camera angle it doesn't look that bad but the only
thing keeping me from looping right around is the favourable camber, but this drops away as you progress through the corner, so despite my best
efforts I had to get off the gas to get the car back under me. I think there may even be a quick left foot stab of the brake peddle. Then flat on the
accelerator no fanning of the clutch. I have got a tall first gear but it would have been a bloddy big rev to shift back. The straights are second to
third.
Nathan I don't no about sounding better but it certainly is louder. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Congrats again, I'm looking forward to many more events split by bugger all.
Damo your onto it, we currently have issues with getting power to the ground, primarily on tight tracks such as this. We have recenlty increased the
torque and power and like most things you do, this created another problems. Having a track thats a little greasey essentuates this problem. We had
similar issues whem we changed from 60 to 50 series tyres. I do though have some changes in mind to overcome this.
Heath
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| posted on June 9th, 2008 at 08:27 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by POZOOM
....... I had to get off the gas to get the car back under me. I think there may even be a quick left foot stab of the brake peddle. Then flat on the
accelerator no fanning of the clutch. I have got a tall first gear but it would have been a bloddy big rev to shift back. The straights are second to
third......
Heath
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YAY!! i thought so. (as i said it was easier to tell trackside) Mabe dropped a wheel onto the painted edge or mud from where i stood?
yes overpowering. i had a ball at the rain soaked oran park with the 1776.......the hellVWrx notch scared the life out of me in the wet at Raleigh
tho........uncontrolable power , or horses for courses 
very impressive power there Heath,
Nice to speak to both you, Christene and Nathan THANX........as usual i reccomend everyone making the effort to go see these guys when they are close
enough to make it for a Sunday drive adventure.
i am going to post up a vid of one of the other non VW entrants simply to make it clear just how hard these VW freaks have their beetles going,
cornering and stopping
well done to all
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| posted on June 10th, 2008 at 01:02 AM |
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yeah Damo you are right. it's not just good rivalry between the Beetles; the Beetles make most other brands of cars seem LAME
Pay your debts, CxxT
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hellbugged
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| posted on June 10th, 2008 at 08:24 AM |
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heres a good one to compare, turbo sumthing for sure having some fun, but not quite the same as a flying beetle hey.
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| posted on June 10th, 2008 at 09:57 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Sides
... no limited slip diff is a real killer for that first turn !!!
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Shhhhhh!
You have pm and email David.
| Quote: | Originally
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on June 10th, 2008 at 12:23 PM |
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Well done Nathan.
That was a good clean looking run. Both car and driver look very well behaved! I expected more rally-style heroics!
I'm not sure which car sounds the best, I know it isn't the datto.
CYA CT
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| posted on June 10th, 2008 at 06:02 PM |
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Well done, good to see the VW's keeping those class records. Car looks really well set-up too
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| posted on June 10th, 2008 at 06:15 PM |
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Bloody awesome guys....
How sweet's the sound of a singing aircooled revs.... 
Reub
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