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 hellbugged
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| posted on October 15th, 2007 at 07:17 PM |
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hmmmmmmmm, just built a second kombi box too Dave ........
good news to hear that the tube car will be reinstated, looking forward to it!
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| posted on October 15th, 2007 at 07:33 PM |
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That car is no longer on the market.
It will be returned to the track at some point with possibly normally aspirated power.
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This was just a bit of a bump steer!
Sorry to "play the game".
I did not say that I was keeping it,
or that it will use my engine.
Most likely it will not be me driving it either!
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on October 15th, 2007 at 07:49 PM |
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That car is no longer on the market.
It will be returned to the track at some point with possibly normally aspirated power.
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This was just a bit of a bump steer!
Sorry to "play the game".
I did not say that I was keeping it,
or that it will use my engine.
Most likely it will not be me driving it either!
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bum steer hey? or is this a bum steer?
driving but not driving?
I think this is all tooooo shifty?
what are you up to?
why so many spare gearboxes?
why the new crank?
we are onto you Dave..........
LOL !
kidding
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| posted on October 15th, 2007 at 08:05 PM |
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Bloody hell Dave.... You can't leave us hangin' dude!!!!
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| posted on October 15th, 2007 at 09:17 PM |
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So Dave could it be heading to the garage of another racer.......maybe a qld'er? 
Heading to the north side of brissy maybe to keep another vw drag car company whilst it waits for tyres for its first race in oz?? 
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| posted on October 15th, 2007 at 09:23 PM |
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You bugger Alan.... Tell us damn it!
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| posted on October 15th, 2007 at 10:41 PM |
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It may just be another bum steer
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| posted on October 15th, 2007 at 11:24 PM |
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My mother always said I should never trust a Queenslander!!!! 
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| posted on October 16th, 2007 at 12:24 AM |
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Hey Humpy,
All I'm hearing is bums and Queenslanders................
is there something we should know about then
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| posted on October 16th, 2007 at 12:38 AM |
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Hey Humpy,
All I'm hearing is bums and Queenslanders................
is there something we should know about then
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I dunno Nick.... Its not a combination I know a lot about!!!!
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| posted on October 16th, 2007 at 07:52 AM |
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The truth is that the car is in the process of being sold,
hence the words : "that car is no longer on the market".
Once 'paid for', I will do the repairs to the point where any engine and trans could be mounted.
The tranny best for the job will be of the bus variety,
and WHAT engine, depends on who has one spare at the time.
I could easily lend out an engine since my current one will be retired after the Jamboree on 3rd Nov
and is super reliable and consistent.
More comp will be its next mods.
New crankshaft is just a possible future long term project.
My biggest engine from the past has been 2965cc and it would be nice to say "I had a 3 litre"(3030.77cc)
My present 5.85 Pauter Rods will fit fine with 3.625 stroke,(92.075mm) and really help out of the hole.
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on October 16th, 2007 at 01:09 PM |
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Ahh the suspense I love it!! All I know is it will definately be on the track in the not too distant future running the quick numbers it is capable
of.
I didn't give anything away did I Dangerous???
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| posted on October 16th, 2007 at 06:43 PM |
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dave dont worry all things you type on this forum will stay on this forum promise!!!! I wont tell a soul!
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| posted on October 16th, 2007 at 06:58 PM |
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Dave's not the only one keeping his cards close to his chest.
What about a certain turbo'd import over the northside....and from what i'm lead to believe it's not the only one...
Warwick is certain to even bigger and better next year.....so the rumour has it.....
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| posted on October 16th, 2007 at 11:54 PM |
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Bloody hell..... 
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| posted on October 19th, 2007 at 06:00 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Bloody hell.....
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Calm down Simon.
Rod Richardson will be the new owner,
and he already has a Bus Box and healthy engine that will bolt straight in.
Plans at this stage are to deliver it to him back as a roller, and I will do the upgrades to the cage
and make a new front beam from chromoly tube rather than a strut front.
These plans can easily change, time will tell!
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on October 19th, 2007 at 06:20 AM |
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Most have seen these, but to refresh memories...
How it used to look :
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on October 19th, 2007 at 06:50 AM |
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cool dave. rod has done well.
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| posted on October 19th, 2007 at 08:50 AM |
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Kool!  Rod's Pro Stocker!!!!!!!!!
A little off topic but where is Michael Nash's Pro Stocker?
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| posted on October 19th, 2007 at 01:22 PM |
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Kool! Rod's Pro Stocker!!!!!!!!!
A little off topic but where is Michael Nash's Pro Stocker?
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Prolly sitting in a shed gathering dust while he is playing with Jet Ski's from what I last heard
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| posted on October 20th, 2007 at 07:31 AM |
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1/4 Mile ratios
I removed the engine and tranny yesterday to change the gearbox ratios to some 1/4 mile ones.
After the good results from warwick I have decided to let the engine turn some more RPM.
The new ratios will be:
4.857 diff:
3.3333
2.1667
1.500
1.091
This will have the engine turning at 8100 at my best speed of 118.2 (old revs 7400),
and for this reason the engine will have the MSD rev limiter raised to 8200.
The only bad thing was the step from 2nd to 3rd is ever so slightly larger,
but the fact that every gear is now lower,
should allow the car to accellerate faster,
and not be effected by the rev drop into 3rd.
Also every other ratio is closer than it was with the previous quarter mile ratios.
The other thing I found was that the mainshaft bearing had thrusted forward about 3mm,
on one of my runs at Warwick when I bogged the launch.
So I have fitted a steel thrust plate ,
and machined the nose cone to allow for the thickness.
Normally the nose cone does this job,
but in the past I had hand clearanced it
when I accidently fitted the bearing with the cage protruding.
It therefore only had a small amount of material retaining the bearing,
This will prevent this occurring again.
I wondered what that noise was!?
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on October 20th, 2007 at 10:02 AM |
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How the hell you heard it I'll never know.
Must be the muffins producing hyposensitive hearing!
Mate I hadn't seen the old tube car.
Looks hot.
Can we still locate 1pce sedan f/glass bonnet and if so any idea $$ ?
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| posted on October 20th, 2007 at 06:00 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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How the hell you heard it I'll never know.
Must be the muffins producing hyposensitive hearing!
Mate I hadn't seen the old tube car.
Looks hot.
Can we still locate 1pce sedan f/glass bonnet and if so any idea $$ ?
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I could hear a whining noise when I was coasting to a stop with the engine off.
This is also a symptom of a crownwheel and peanut on the way south.
Atlough THEY normally also cause a jerky inconsistent whine because normally only a few teeth start to pull before disaster.
The Current 'glass front I have came from a mould that is owned by Mike Waldron.
He works for Vintage....PH 02 97891777... I think.
I can't quite remember how much it cost...perhaps a grand?...not really sure, that's just a guess.
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on October 20th, 2007 at 06:17 PM |
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Good to see it's going to a good home Dave.... Sure wish it was coming to my home.... But there you go.... Can't have it all!
Keep it up mate!
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| posted on October 21st, 2007 at 07:11 PM |
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Hey Dave,
I had to change the gear ratios to what my trans runs to really understand what you were running. If I was running your gearset in my type 1
trans the stack would be 3.88 r/p, 4.295 first,2.705 second,1.88 third, 1.365 forth,wow !!!!!! Now those are some serious gears.
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| posted on October 22nd, 2007 at 08:37 AM |
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Hi Mike,
Yes it shouldbe interesting!
I will let you know how it works when I run again on the 3rd of Nov.
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| posted on October 22nd, 2007 at 10:12 AM |
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Hopefully I can send you some good news also,Just came in the house from finishing the trans, race in 2 weeks in Ga, good luck with yours, Mike
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| posted on October 26th, 2007 at 07:37 AM |
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What ratios and pro rings did you go for with your turbo combo Mike?
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| posted on October 26th, 2007 at 01:59 PM |
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Hey Dave,
I went back with the same ones I had, 3.88/ 3.78, 2.31,1.58,1.21 on a 26 inch tire. Only the second gear is pro ringed ,have synchros in 3rd and
4th. Dave Kawell removed the original welds off and rewelded it back with chomemolly rather than the stainless welds ( broke the welds last run) that
were on the second gear before. I have the tranny ready to install,will be going back Sunday for testing, then off to Georgia next weekend for the
race. Mike
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| posted on November 2nd, 2007 at 02:34 PM |
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One more sleep.
I think it is going to be a hot day.
So much for going faster.
Oh well, at least more track time for the cain machine.
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