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| posted on May 30th, 2012 at 06:16 AM |
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Aren't GoPros excellent!
Here's a bit of in-car from my oval. The view gets interrupted briefly by a grey Superbug with some lunatic at the wheel about half way through 
http://youtu.be/yZlObCbizu4
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| posted on May 30th, 2012 at 08:20 AM |
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I can appreciate the finer things, once you go struts you wont go back
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well it would be better if you went forward instead of into the dirt
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| posted on May 30th, 2012 at 08:49 AM |
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Hi
Great footage guys, its good to see how other people attack each corner and what gears they are using.
David's bug runs a stock 3.88 1303 transmission, I found that 2nd was too low for last corner onto the main straight and 3rd was too high, coming out
of that turn I was only doing 3,000 rpm so it was under where the motor makes power.
Sorry if I upset other K&L lovers but boofhead and I have regular talks about such things, you guys got caught in the crossfire, he's going to
leave you guys soon and have 1/2 a Superbug, he just need to go all they way and get struts make his car complete.
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| posted on May 30th, 2012 at 09:33 AM |
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Who u calling a Boof head
yep it will have lovely Ball joints very soon and i wont hear those squeaking front coil spring from the struts
Hey SC i notice a bit of over steering during your run whats that from or dont i need to ask 
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| posted on May 30th, 2012 at 11:36 AM |
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Oversteer, I was trying to get heat in the tyres
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| posted on May 30th, 2012 at 01:45 PM |
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Oversteer, I was trying to get heat in the tyres
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I'm enjoying reading this thread and having a good laugh
I think I even saw Rose check her makeup a few times in the rear vision mirror whilst driving flat out
CT - your car's handling looks great from the inside video 
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| posted on May 30th, 2012 at 03:38 PM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fz_YTi5kdyE&feature=youtu.be
heres my footage. The oil all over my windscreen is from some vintage dude in an old Oval on Dunlops. He was going hard for a single port engine
though
I think I need to drive my car a bit harder, maybe go back to 2nd gear for the fishhook & coming onto the straight. I also have no idea why I
insist on changing into 4th gear for a split second on the back straight.
Fun day though
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To conserve fuel.
Gee you have the stereo up loud when you're driving.
CT
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| posted on May 30th, 2012 at 05:02 PM |
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CT's car is VERY fast considering the HP he has (not) got.
I am serious!
Check all the names on the results with less weight and more HP!
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on May 30th, 2012 at 05:04 PM |
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Hi Jak
Great footage, your car seems to do it so easily.
Steve
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| posted on May 30th, 2012 at 05:10 PM |
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Steve did you mean to "Hi Jak" this thread?
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on May 30th, 2012 at 05:35 PM |
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CT's car is VERY fast considering the HP he has (not) got.
I am serious!
Check all the names on the results with less weight and more HP!
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yes and so are his wipers, what's the secret ct,lol.............
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really good footage Steve , CT & Jak , I thoroughly enjoyed watching it
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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)
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| posted on May 30th, 2012 at 07:12 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by 1303Steve
Great footage guys, its good to see how other people attack each corner and what gears they are using.
David's bug runs a stock 3.88 1303 transmission
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the transmission in my blue sports sedan also runs a 3.88 r&p - 1.125 top gear - 23.5" tyres . just checked on the gear ratio computer and I was
going through the kink at the end of the main straight full noise @ 7000rpm doing 180kph .
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FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
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PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)
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| posted on May 30th, 2012 at 08:51 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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CT's car is VERY fast considering the HP he has (not) got.
I am serious!
Check all the names on the results with less weight and more HP!
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A very well sorted car, spot on race lines, and accurate almost easy driving style = fast times.
Cheers Col
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| posted on May 31st, 2012 at 11:14 AM |
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It was good to see everyone else' videos.
Wayne, your sports sedan looks like a lot of fun. You really have to grab it by the neck and tell it whose boss!
Gearbox wise I now have a 3.88 R&P. It was a big change after having a 4.375 for years. I made the change mainly to suit freeway driving. But I
was hoping to be able to use second gear at some race tracks to make driving more fun. With the 4.375 it was faster not to change into second coming
on to the straight at wakefield park. The 3.88 R&P hurt the quarter mile times. At the VWMA Sydney drags I was crossing the line in third and only
just managed a 14.9 where the car's quickest quarter is a 14.6 with the 4.375 R&P.
Thanks to Club Veedub and the officials for putting on the event. They sacrifice time so we can have fun
Judging by the puddle of oil under the flywheel that was leaking out of my car when I put it back in the garage after the long drive back; I think
it's time for a rebuild.
CYA CT
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| posted on May 31st, 2012 at 09:02 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by dangerous
CT's car is VERY fast considering the HP he has (not) got.
I am serious!
Check all the names on the results with less weight and more HP!
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A very well sorted car, spot on race lines, and accurate almost easy driving style = fast times.
Cheers Col
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agree 110 percent... ct ur car is cornering really nicely to
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by JVLRacing
| Quote: | Originally
posted by colin
| Quote: | Originally
posted by dangerous
CT's car is VERY fast considering the HP he has (not) got.
I am serious!
Check all the names on the results with less weight and more HP!
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A very well sorted car, spot on race lines, and accurate almost easy driving style = fast times.
Cheers Col
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agree 110 percent... ct ur car is cornering really nicely to
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Thanks JVL. I love the way the car handles. It's not sophisticated. It only has T3 rear springs, tiny swaybars, off-th-shelf bilstein shocks and a
pretty straight wheel alignment with very little neg camber.
The most influential mods are:
1. Drop spindles (not the soft CB ones) which keep the front-end soft so it transfers weight to the front and makes the tyres work. It turns-in super
aggressively. Look how early I can get on the gas.
2. The drop spindles widen the front track slightly.
3. The small 195/50R16 Yokohama ADVAN A050s lower the car and also grip really well. But because they're round shouldered they're really forgiving.
I keep them narrow and use the softest compound possible (G/S) because the car is so light and under-powered it's hard to get the tyres up to the 60
degrees required to make them work. The tyres are now 3 years old and aren't even half worn and are still capable of PB times even in the cold like
the VW Nationals.
I bought big springs, big swaybars, got the arms bent for more camber.... but that stuff sits in the cupboard.
My 2 cents on the handling.
CYA CT
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| posted on June 1st, 2012 at 11:19 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by fullnoise
| Quote: | Originally
posted by JVLRacing
| Quote: | Originally
posted by colin
| Quote: | Originally
posted by dangerous
CT's car is VERY fast considering the HP he has (not) got.
I am serious!
Check all the names on the results with less weight and more HP!
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A very well sorted car, spot on race lines, and accurate almost easy driving style = fast times.
Cheers Col
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agree 110 percent... ct ur car is cornering really nicely to
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Thanks JVL. I love the way the car handles. It's not sophisticated. It only has T3 rear springs, tiny swaybars, off-th-shelf bilstein shocks and a
pretty straight wheel alignment with very little neg camber.
The most influential mods are:
1. Drop spindles (not the soft CB ones) which keep the front-end soft so it transfers weight to the front and makes the tyres work. It turns-in super
aggressively. Look how early I can get on the gas.
2. The drop spindles widen the front track slightly.
3. The small 195/50R16 Yokohama ADVAN A050s lower the car and also grip really well. But because they're round shouldered they're really forgiving.
I keep them narrow and use the softest compound possible (G/S) because the car is so light and under-powered it's hard to get the tyres up to the 60
degrees required to make them work. The tyres are now 3 years old and aren't even half worn and are still capable of PB times even in the cold like
the VW Nationals.
I bought big springs, big swaybars, got the arms bent for more camber.... but that stuff sits in the cupboard.
My 2 cents on the handling.
CYA CT
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who makes the spindles ct??
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| posted on June 1st, 2012 at 12:05 PM |
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Custom Bugs and Buses made my drop spindles.
Mike used to have a process where he'd take 2 standard VW spindles and make 1 dropped spindle.
I tried the CB Performance ones briefly but the steering arms are too weak for this application (better not say anymore).
CT
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| posted on June 1st, 2012 at 04:30 PM |
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I tried the CB Performance ones briefly but the steering arms are too weak for this application
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CT i think you have been looking at the wrong ones not CB Performance
CB are the best quality around
did you have welding done on your spindles ???
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It was good to see everyone else' videos.
Wayne, your sports sedan looks like a lot of fun. You really have to grab it by the neck and tell it whose boss!
Gearbox wise I now have a 3.88 R&P. It was a big change after having a 4.375 for years. I made the change mainly to suit freeway driving. But I
was hoping to be able to use second gear at some race tracks to make driving more fun. With the 4.375 it was faster not to change into second coming
on to the straight at wakefield park. The 3.88 R&P hurt the quarter mile times. At the VWMA Sydney drags I was crossing the line in third and only
just managed a 14.9 where the car's quickest quarter is a 14.6 with the 4.375 R&P.
Thanks to Club Veedub and the officials for putting on the event. They sacrifice time so we can have fun
Judging by the puddle of oil under the flywheel that was leaking out of my car when I put it back in the garage after the long drive back; I think
it's time for a rebuild.
CYA CT
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Hey CT i,ve had a rethink of my rethink, that gb311 is all yours if
you want to use it.
Cheers Col
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