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 Turbo54
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| posted on September 23rd, 2008 at 08:44 AM |
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Nice one Alan, any chance your coming down to radelaide soon?
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| posted on September 23rd, 2008 at 05:58 PM |
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Nice one Alan, any chance your coming down to radelaide soon?
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Hey Heath, no plans to head down at this stage mate - too busy with work and family!
No work today unforunately as spent all day at an auction hoping to buy a screw compressor but both went for silly money....got another one organised
though - anyone reading this have any leads on how to transport one from Point Cook (Victoria) to Gold Coast (its already strapped on a pallet with
dryer)...
cheers
AL
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| posted on September 23rd, 2008 at 07:50 PM |
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Road transport through one of the interstate trucking companies would be the best bet.
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| posted on September 25th, 2008 at 07:41 AM |
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slightly off track but a mates shop is shuting down in Coffs and he is selling everything cheap Al. drop me a line if ur chasing anything other than
the compresser and i'll see what prices he is after. i know his prep booth is a few months old, cost 15 grand selling for 5, everything is for
sale.
let me knows hey
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| posted on September 25th, 2008 at 09:40 AM |
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Coming together nicely, good luck with the completion date 
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| posted on September 27th, 2008 at 11:06 PM |
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Thanks Steff will have a think about it! Having the booth assembled but non operational at the moment is frustrating! Sparky is so busy I think I'll
need to tee up another, then just filters etc etc. Screw compressor should be here late next week.....credit card and bank balance hurting 
Things always take longer than expected, but still on track - lots more dents to fix than anticipated and although I'd like to spend another week
getting it right, it will have to do for now. Last bit of body work happened last night and it was then reprimed and guide coated ready for its final
wet rub before paint maybe tomorrow, maybe monday.
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| posted on September 28th, 2008 at 12:48 AM |
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You are a machine Al!!
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| posted on September 28th, 2008 at 10:34 AM |
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1 week to go - think I'll just paint my car!!
crazy stuff! wish I was this productive!
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| posted on September 29th, 2008 at 12:32 AM |
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Amazing what you can achieve when you do 14 to 16 hour days 
Looking forward to resuming normal hours and sleep patterns after warwick! Spent the last two days finishing paint on the new debut beetle that my
brother in law will be driving....should get a bit of attention and will give folks a good laugh. So it will be a last minute rush to get the oval
completed, but it will be there in some form or another!
Al
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| posted on October 1st, 2008 at 02:15 AM |
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Of course everything takes longer than expected (hence the 2am finish again)....but after a long day of sanding the oval was ready for paint:
And finally into paint....
Now just the reassembly (sounds easy when you say it like that!)
AL
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| posted on October 1st, 2008 at 06:34 AM |
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Good luck getting it all back together!! 2 and a bit days to go.....
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| posted on October 1st, 2008 at 09:37 AM |
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why do you keep stoping at 2 am .Girl.lol.
look's great as per usual.
can't wait to see the finished product.
down sharon.
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| posted on October 1st, 2008 at 01:31 PM |
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looks awesome mate
i think i might have to send
my next project up to you for paint
wow 
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| posted on October 1st, 2008 at 08:49 PM |
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| posted on October 2nd, 2008 at 02:40 AM |
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why do you keep stoping at 2 am .Girl.lol.
look's great as per usual.
can't wait to see the finished product.
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Hehehe....I reckon it may be more than a 2am finish tomorrow night to get it done! (ie. thursday night ready for a friday departure....at least we
don't have to travel as far as you guys so I can even squeeze some work in on friday!
Paint is okay but not great since I couldn't see too well so late at night and without that fricken booth - its an expensive storage shed at the
moment (roped in another sparky though so hopefully it will be done soon).
Al
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| posted on October 5th, 2008 at 10:52 PM |
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Well our Friday departure didn't happen despite doing around 36 hours straight, however we left on saturday morning. Here were the cars on friday
morning....got to warwick and still needed to put windows in etc
The bug in the background was a bit of fun for Brad and I - a real tribute to the 80's with its rad whale tail and graphics! The "RAD BUG" ran well
at warwick despite lots of wheel hop off the line (need traction bar and some supension work desperately!) with a best of 9.12. With some
non-light-truck tyres on the rear and some tweaking it should be in the 8's on the 1/8 mile.
Not so lucky for my oval though as I managed to get onto the starting line twice and had to be pushed back twice! Saturday was plagued with strange
tapping/clicking noise at idle (shut it off straight away, pulled rockers etc etc etc).....figured out late that arvo that dizzy shaft was
intermittently popping out of drive as clamp seemed to be pulling it up slightly despite Pete having no such probs last year with teh same clamp (I
must be cursed!).
Fixed that late saturday, the went into frist pass on sunday morning and engine siezed on the line just as I went into the second stage beam. So all
up I had the engine running for about 5 minutes total and not revved past 3 to 4000rpm (whilst synching carbs etc when the dizzy probs were fixed),
and unfortunately didn't make a single pass.......nonetheless it made it to warwick and got onto the strip (albeit didn't cross the start line). At
least its painted, will have a break for a bit (1200 will go back in), and figure out what to do next including sorting out Rod's engine! (sorry bout
that Rod).
This is how the oval spent most of the warwick weekend - in the pits
Al
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| posted on October 5th, 2008 at 11:39 PM |
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A shame you had such a bummer of a weekend Al. If it's any consolation, the car looks fantastic!!!
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| posted on October 6th, 2008 at 02:54 PM |
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Don't worry mate , we'll fix it up ! Maybe it was already sad after last year event . If it's a easy fix up , back in your car and then back to
willowbank for some fun !.
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| posted on October 6th, 2008 at 06:23 PM |
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Cheers Pete, I felt pretty bad being a borrowed engine and all....but if repairable I'd love to run it on the 1/4 and get another veedub on the strip
more regularly whilst I wait for the turbo engine to arrive (few months off still). I'll pull the engine probably tomorrow or wednesday and throw the
1200 back in temporarily.....let me know if you want me to do the tear down on the 1916, but I understand if you want to do it or Dave or whoever,
happy to help in anyway I can.
AL
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| posted on October 6th, 2008 at 07:43 PM |
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If you just bring the long engine(rocker cover to cover) with dizzy here Al',
and I will give it a birthday over the next couple of weeks.
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on October 6th, 2008 at 08:41 PM |
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Sounds good Dave.
Also forgot to thank Dave (dangerous), Dave Becker, and Peter K for their help trying to get the oval going over the weekend...especially when there
were other things they could have been doing! Cheers to Aaron for the multiple loans of the timing light (forgot mine) and anyone else I forgot!
That is the great thing about these events and VW racers as a whole, everyone is always more than happy to lend a hand/parts etc to get/keep the cars
running, that is why even though I didn't get a run I was still on a high from the atmosphere and comraderie of teh weekend.
So if anyone reading this didn't come this year, be sure to get there next year as you won't be disappointed!
Al
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| posted on October 6th, 2008 at 10:32 PM |
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Sorry for your bad luck Das. Oval looks sweet tho mate. You do great work. I think it needs an old skool Hi Po 36HP donkey
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| posted on October 7th, 2008 at 06:22 PM |
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Oval looks a hell of alot better than last time I saw it parked near mine at the Fairfield show! Beautiful job!!! Just dont crash it when you get the
turbo in!!! Hehe....
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| posted on October 9th, 2008 at 08:01 PM |
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hey looks good man!
i like that colour
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| posted on May 31st, 2009 at 03:12 PM |
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Whilst over in the US at the moment I dropped into Marty Stagg's place to check out the 2442 engine. It has been on the backburner for a while since
Marty has been busy with other more urgent projects and his own Altered drag car....but will be back onto my engine shortly.
This should bring the engine to life.....
Not too many more udpates for a while but will obviously post more pics when the engine is completed and arrives in Oz!
Al
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| posted on June 1st, 2009 at 11:08 AM |
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any pics of the altrd behind the turbo?
Looks great alan,
Heath'
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| posted on June 1st, 2009 at 12:09 PM |
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Nice Al...every thing is so shiny
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| posted on June 2nd, 2009 at 03:02 AM |
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Cheers guys.
Heath, I didn't take any pics of Marty's altered just out of respect in case he wanted to keep any bits on it secretive.
It is a pretty awesome setup though with a Pauter 3L plus twin turbo setup that he is expecting to run close to mid 7's with (its only licenced down
to 7.5sec). I'm sure there are lots of pics on the net though - it is called the Enfourcer.
Al
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| posted on June 2nd, 2009 at 08:50 AM |
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Found some info Heath - here is a thread Marty started on the Ultimate Aircooled forum:
http://ultimateaircooled.com/simplemachinesforum/index.php?topic=4174.0
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| posted on June 2nd, 2009 at 11:33 AM |
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Thanks Alan,
Have a safe trip back. Looking forward to some progress on your 54.
T54
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