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 lou0060
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| posted on July 10th, 2013 at 09:59 PM |
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Mt Cotton july 20/21
sent in my forms yesterday for this 2 day hillclimb event at Mt Cotton. Anyone else from Brissy going?
First time at Mt Cotton so really looking forward to it.
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| posted on July 10th, 2013 at 10:20 PM |
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I'm in as usual with Jezebel, plus there's two guys running the club car.
Noel unfortunately can't make it with his beetle, but great to have you along Lou boosting the Volksy numbers !!!
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lou0060
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| posted on July 10th, 2013 at 10:24 PM |
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really looking forward to it as it will be the first event where the car is running with both turbos so should be pretty exciting! plan on arriving
Sat morning and camping the night so should be able to get a few decent runs in. hope the weather is fine that weekend.
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| posted on July 11th, 2013 at 12:22 AM |
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Mt Cotton.
I will pop out for a lookie.. I have too much on to run the Beetle at the moment..
If it is sunny will bring the RSK out for a cruise.
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| posted on July 15th, 2013 at 08:58 AM |
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I`d like to take my buggy but the last hillclimb at Grafton my diff became an open diff :-( & my tyres were a little hard (4-ish years old)
so i`m setting up a whole new plate-type LSdiff & cradle to suit & will have to wait till i can afford new tyres
but i might come for a watch
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| posted on July 20th, 2013 at 06:26 PM |
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Slippery first day as the track was pretty wet in the morning. Had a spin off onto the grass on my first run luckily no damage. Had five runs but the
track was getting worse as the rain arrived around 2pm. The club tasty had an off on its first run and bent the front end and steering so it was put
on the trailer to fight another day. Staying at the track tonight so early start tomorrow and hopefully a dry day.
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| posted on July 23rd, 2013 at 08:05 PM |
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didn't get any go-pro action all weekend due to a technical problem, (no batteries in the camera!!) but one of the regular photographes did get my
first run on the Saturday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRoDEtrLpJ8
Struggled all weekend to get the car to turn into the tight corners, possibly driver skill related, but apart from that would welcome any suggestions
to get it turning in better.
For starters I am going to soften up the front sway bar and add a bit more camber and see how that goes at my next outing which will be Lakeside on
the 17th of August seeing as I can't get to Leyburn due to a family commitment on the Sunday 18th.....
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| posted on July 23rd, 2013 at 08:28 PM |
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Good seeing you there, and sorry didn't spend ore time what with some of the other dramas going on with the Fasty.
Watching video there it looks to me not so much understeer, but just a straight lack of lock perhaps ???
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| posted on July 25th, 2013 at 04:02 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by lou0060
didn't get any go-pro action all weekend due to a technical problem, (no batteries in the camera!!) but one of the regular photographes did get my
first run on the Saturday.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRoDEtrLpJ8
Struggled all weekend to get the car to turn into the tight corners, possibly driver skill related, but apart from that would welcome any suggestions
to get it turning in better.
For starters I am going to soften up the front sway bar and add a bit more camber and see how that goes at my next outing which will be Lakeside on
the 17th of August seeing as I can't get to Leyburn due to a family commitment on the Sunday 18th.....
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What happened wth the gear shifting on the sunday?
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| posted on July 25th, 2013 at 06:06 PM |
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Dramas going on with the fasty, nicely put sides
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| posted on July 25th, 2013 at 07:11 PM |
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| Quote: | [What happened wth
the gear shifting on the sunday?
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yea, kept going into 4th from 1st.... I adjusted the gear lever after a couple of misses and the last run was better. Still feels like a have a bit
too much movement so will have a fiddle with it before the next outing.
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| posted on July 25th, 2013 at 08:25 PM |
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The fasty "drama"
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lou0060
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| posted on July 25th, 2013 at 09:18 PM |
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well, while we're on the subject....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyL55ZuJJow
this was about 10 minutes after my run and the track was very slippery up around the top as it doesn't get much sunlight and it was still very damp
from the night before.....
Amassingly the boys got the car back to the track for the last run of the day on Sunday so well done to them.
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| posted on July 25th, 2013 at 09:36 PM |
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Cheers man, moss + early on the go pedal as the road drops away was a bad choice
Put down a time & scored fastest in class Sunday  must of been the
light weight with no headlight & indicators haha
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| posted on July 25th, 2013 at 09:44 PM |
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lol 
you didn't mention you were the only one in the class.....
but as they say, ya gotta be in it to win it.....
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| posted on July 26th, 2013 at 12:50 PM |
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There was 2 people actually!
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