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 humpty
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| posted on February 13th, 2013 at 12:30 AM |
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Damn that thing looks even more crazy when its naked!!!!
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| posted on February 13th, 2013 at 07:41 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Doug Sweetman
Are they sprint car tyres ?
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Pretty sure I've seen those tyres before... on the frikken Batmobile !!!
I mean c'mon... that rear shot strapped down on the dyno... what else could it be ???
Bummer bout the drive shaft Rod, but man - really enjoying seeing this weapon develop !!!
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| posted on February 14th, 2013 at 07:57 PM |
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I turned up to see the last run on the dyno today, Ill let Rod fill in the details!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMU-TDbYRAM
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| posted on February 14th, 2013 at 10:56 PM |
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Wow.... Climbing the rollers
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| posted on February 19th, 2013 at 12:26 AM |
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whats going on boy's
hope all went well.
down sharon.
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| posted on February 19th, 2013 at 10:22 PM |
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Brad , all went well after all of the mishaps during the week . I am happy with the power and am looking at going a bit faster if I have the clutch
set right . Sunday lunchtime it all turned to shit after I checked the filter and it looked pretty bad inside , a quick teardown , a few new parts and
it is all back together . I will put it back in tomorrow and should have it going by the afternoon . I will load up and be there on Friday afternoon ,
good luck with yours and see you there , ROD.
More boost + More fuel = More power
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| posted on April 3rd, 2013 at 05:50 PM |
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JAMBOREE PREP
After the vw showdown washout , I have entered the Sydney Jamboree this Saturday . I have prepped the car and all should be ready to run somewhere in
the 8 second zone . I have turned up the boost and am at almost 32 lb's and with 550 HP at the wheels I am pretty confident I will go a little
faster that last time out . This is an extra 126 HP more than the December test day in which I went 9.32 @ 145 mph . I am exactly half way now on
where I will eventually end up in relation to power . I have a few spare passes if anyone wants to come along and help out , ROD.
More boost + More fuel = More power
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| posted on April 3rd, 2013 at 06:03 PM |
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All the best Rodney.
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| posted on April 3rd, 2013 at 06:31 PM |
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Good luck rod! Looking forward to the results!
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| posted on April 3rd, 2013 at 08:57 PM |
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Good luck dude!
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| posted on May 1st, 2013 at 07:56 PM |
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8 SECOND CLUB
I FINALLY DONE IT . Last Saturday I had another test day and it was a bit of a mixed bag . The car has the potential , however the nut behind the
wheel needs to adjusted . I had 3 runs and am still finding out that the car prep still needs to be improved . The previous Sunday I started to prep
the car and found a broken rocker arm in the bottom of the valve cover . I was on the phone to Pauter midnight Monday for some help , Mario had the
necessary parts to get me going again and lunchtime Friday they had arrived . I reinstalled and set all rockers , dismantled and cleaned the clutch
and set it up on Kill for the weekend . I have been until now slipping the clutch way too much just to get the car down the track safley . I feel safe
in the car , it goes very straight so I wanted to start to step it up a little .
The 1st run I hit the shift button and shifted into 2nd gear 3/10th's of a second after the car started to move . I went 1.51 in the 60 ft , 6.03 @
122 at 1/2 track and 9.37 @ 139 full track .
The 2nd run I asked Ben to tell me to keep both hands on the wheel until I take off , this was a really good idea as the 60 ft was a 1.36 , 5.55 @ 127
at 1/2 track and 8.74 @ 149 full track .
The 3rd run the engine was not quite up to temp, and it was popping out of the exhaust on the start line a little . I gave it a few revs , all seemed
to be good so I ran the car with a 1.37 60 ft , 5.9 at 115 1/2 track and 9.42 @ 141 full track . I was on and off the throttle all the way down the
track and got off early to roll through to the end of the track . I will now go through all of the data , and remove the engine for an inspection
before I leave for the US just in case I need something else . I will also have some new clutch components for the VW event @ the end of June . I
would like to thank Dave Stoker , Ben and Owen that helped out on the day with everything that needed to be done to achieve this result . A big thanks
also to Dave Butler who sent down his spare set of rockers just in case the new arms didn't arrive in time , ROD.
More boost + More fuel = More power
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2010 New Beetle 8.12 sec on 8th march 2014
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| posted on May 1st, 2013 at 08:03 PM |
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Good on ya rod! Congrats mate! Those times are incredible.
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| posted on May 1st, 2013 at 08:06 PM |
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| posted on May 1st, 2013 at 08:25 PM |
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Awesome stuff Rod !!!
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| posted on May 1st, 2013 at 08:37 PM |
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Hard work starting to pay off, nice work!!
[size=6] BEING ASPIRATED FEELS GREAT BUT BEING BLOWN TAKES THING TO A WHOLE NEWLEVEL...[/size].
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| posted on May 1st, 2013 at 08:55 PM |
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Fantastic results Rod. Well done
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| posted on May 1st, 2013 at 09:00 PM |
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That's a great start for the new car.
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| posted on May 1st, 2013 at 11:04 PM |
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Those 60 ft times are looking awesome!! Going to be tough to beat!! More boost and look forward to the post when you enter 7 sec club eh!!
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| posted on May 2nd, 2013 at 06:27 AM |
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Congrats Rod, all the hard work is paying off !!
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| posted on May 2nd, 2013 at 06:44 AM |
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Well done Rod....looking forward to seeing it run In June
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| posted on May 2nd, 2013 at 09:00 AM |
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Cool Rod!
It will be exciting to see an air-cooled Volksy mixing it up with the others.
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| posted on May 2nd, 2013 at 09:53 AM |
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Not bad, Rod.......is there a 7 in the cross-hairs?
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on May 2nd, 2013 at 12:33 PM |
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A couple of action shots of the car are on the Turbosmart page below:
http://www.turbosmart.com.au/news/sydney-jamboree-day-2
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| posted on May 2nd, 2013 at 08:29 PM |
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Here's a clip I found of the 8 sec pass. The guy filming was more interested in the rotor unfortunately!! No accounting for taste I suppose.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udnpvgwmrqA
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| posted on May 3rd, 2013 at 01:32 AM |
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Hell yeah Rod, crazy to think how much more this car still has in it!
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| posted on May 3rd, 2013 at 09:42 AM |
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The car looks to run very straight and smooth. So Rod you spend all this time and money to have less driving time, how does that work?
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| posted on May 3rd, 2013 at 07:31 PM |
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The car looks to run very straight and smooth. So Rod you spend all this time and money to have less driving time, how does that work?
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Great stuff Rod.
Cheers Col
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| posted on May 4th, 2013 at 05:19 PM |
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Speachless.
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| posted on May 4th, 2013 at 07:45 PM |
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UNREAL !!! have a great time in the states and bring back lots of parts
oh and sorry for slowing you down on Friday when you where trying to prep you car !
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| posted on May 5th, 2013 at 09:42 AM |
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I think you are doing the smart and correct moves on a car that powerful . When you get it sorted out and lock that clutch up under full power run
jaws are going to drop open in astonishment . Mike McCarthy
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