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 hypo-vw
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So whos it gunna be?????!
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WPVW guest driver for 2013 @ WSID is Andrew Makin from Melbourne VIC . I believe Andrew has attended the VW drag racing series on many occassions and
never had the opportunity to drive at any of the events .
We welcome Andrew into Team WPVW for the weekend and sincerely hope he enjoys the experience of driving the WPVW sports sedan .
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)
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| posted on February 6th, 2013 at 12:01 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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We welcome Andrew into Team WPVW for the weekend and sincerely hope he enjoys the experience of driving the WPVW sports sedan .
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It's a gas....
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| posted on February 6th, 2013 at 08:31 AM |
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Buggar
i was keeping an eye on the mail box
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| posted on February 6th, 2013 at 07:04 PM |
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Dave go n get it n stick it back in ya head, was wondering why you been bumpin into everything 
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| posted on February 22nd, 2013 at 03:11 PM |
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OK everyone
since the Drags have now been cancelled this weekend
that means the Celebraity Driver is up for grabs AGAIN
think i will go an check the mail box
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| posted on February 27th, 2013 at 09:31 PM |
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Any luck Dave?
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| posted on February 28th, 2013 at 06:39 AM |
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nuthing yet
i suspose " The Team " is awaiting the new Race date, incase there may be an applicant is not not able to attend
then the Selection process will have to be reviewed again
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hypo-vw
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| posted on June 12th, 2013 at 08:13 AM |
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we are only a couple of weeks out from the WSID VW drags and we still have not heard from the guest driver .... not sure if he will attend as yet
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| posted on June 12th, 2013 at 08:20 AM |
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Ill get in early for Warwick and throw my name In the hat!!
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| posted on June 12th, 2013 at 04:30 PM |
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DAVE your mail box!!!!!!!!!! You might be still in with a chance
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| posted on June 12th, 2013 at 06:44 PM |
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Nuthing as yet bloody Chinese postmen must have dropped it at some other drivers place
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| posted on June 18th, 2013 at 01:32 AM |
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well , Andrew Makin is still going to make the trip up from Melbourne to drive the WPVW sports sedan @ WSID VW drags .
So preparation has started on the sports sedan , cause we have so much spare time on our hands .
The rear body section has been removed and the heads & barrels removed for a quick refreshen .
Unfortunately we have discovered that the heads that I modified for this car in 1995 are finally buggered . They have been ported , bored , thrashed ,
won 2 Australian titles , cracked , welded , put on the oval with a turbo , thrashed , rewelded , thrashed lots more , and now are finally going to be
put on the shelf as a trophy .
Tonight I started on another pair of spare heads with 48x38 valves that had been used on Deans beetle when it was N/A .
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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 June 18th, 2013 at 01:36 AM |
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the heads are badly cracked in 3 chambers at the spark plug holes and all 4 inlet seats are pulling into the heads .
I enlarge the exhaust ports on another set of heads & start porting them
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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 June 18th, 2013 at 05:33 AM |
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buggar it that's the last time I will be looking in the mail box
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hypo-vw
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| posted on June 19th, 2013 at 10:56 AM |
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last night I finished porting the heads for the sports sedan , check the sealing of all of the valves and lapped them all into their seats , refaced
and flycut the heads so that they are now ready for a good clean & assembly
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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)
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| posted on June 21st, 2013 at 12:33 AM |
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tonight Dean stripped and serviced both the weber carbs for the WPVW sports sedan .
We found that the E85 race fuel had turned to jelly in the carbs cause it has been left too long not used .
Both carbs cleaned up beautifully so Andrew should have a great day driving this car with smooth throttle response
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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)
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| posted on June 21st, 2013 at 11:08 AM |
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How were the pump diaphragms and all the rubber o rings and seals with the E85?
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| posted on June 21st, 2013 at 06:15 PM |
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posted by LIFE IN THE LOW LANE
How were the pump diaphragms and all the rubber o rings and seals with the E85?
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The diaphrams & orings were all fine , not effected by the E85 . The fuel has been left in the fuel system in the sports sedan previously for a
couple months at a time between race meetings without any issues , but this time it has not been used since october last year at Warwick when Humpty
drove it .
We had removed the carbs to clean & check them in february for the VW drags and it has been sitting idle with E85 in it since then .
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)
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| posted on June 30th, 2013 at 06:53 PM |
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just a week before the drags I find that no.1 piston has had a broken spiral lock which has done quite a bit of damage to the piston . The piston
needs to be replaced .
Fortunately I have spare pistons , so I machine a new piston on the milling machine to gain the correct piston height to match the other 3 pistons
I also reface the cylinder head chambers , all of the valves are lapped into the seats to ensure a perfect seal
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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 June 30th, 2013 at 07:00 PM |
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the pistons are installed onto the conrods , the rings are installed onto the pistons and the pistons are installed into the cylinders
my progress pics jump straight to the engine completed as after installing the heads around midnight Thursday night , then installing the exhaust
system , then installing the pushrod tubes & pushrods & rocker gear , I adjusted the tappets around 2am to find that I had coil-bind on the
new heads ......
So at 2am I proceed to remove all of the rockers & the dual valve springs with the heads still on the engine , to remove .040" of shim from under
the springs . I reassemble the rocker gear & adjust the tappets at 4-30am & all looks good .
I proceed to assemble the rest of the engine back together & get it completed by 7am .
The engine is started , tune set and all sounds great !! fortunately the coffee van arrived at the workshop at 7-45am where Chris Bolton & myself
purchased a much needed heart-starter ...... Chris had been at the workshop all night , assembling the WPVW dragster for the drags , Ben Ford was
going hard on his supercharged drag bug till he ran out of steam at 2-40am ..... these young blokes just don't have any staminer !! lol
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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 June 30th, 2013 at 07:23 PM |
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early Saturday morning I am about to load the sports sedan onto the trailer to bring it to WSID for Andrew Makin (guest driver) to drive , when I got
the message from Craig that the event had been called off ......
the sports sedan is all ready now for Warwick VW drags where the offer is open for Andrew to make the trip up from Melbourne to drive 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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hypo-vw
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| posted on September 10th, 2013 at 10:00 PM |
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I spoke to Andrew Makin this afternoon and after 2 trips to Sydney from Melbourne to drive as WPVW guest driver at Sydney Dragway for the VWMA VW
Drags that were washed out , he cannot get the time off work to make the trip to Warwick unfortunately.
Problem no.2 was the truck that we have been using for the past 2 years to get our cars to the Drag events is no longer available ( due to some
arsehole torching it ) .... so whoever was going to drive the WPVW sports sedan as guest driver for WPVW this year at Warwick would have to tow it and
travel in convoy with us as part of ' The Team '
So a good mate of mine who has owned a beach buggy since he was in his teens ( approx. 30 years ) , has been at my shop doing a restoration project
with his 15 y/o son Jack on the same beach buggy for the past month , has been offered the drive in the WPVW sports sedan and has gladly accepted ,
very gladly I might ad . Jack is coming to Warwick with his dad to play pit-crew for him and it is the first time for both of them at a VW Drag race
meeting .
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)
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| posted on September 10th, 2013 at 10:17 PM |
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 great story Wayne 
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| posted on September 11th, 2013 at 06:45 AM |
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| posted on September 11th, 2013 at 11:02 AM |
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You must be getting close to the top of the list now birchall. Have patience.
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| posted on September 11th, 2013 at 11:23 AM |
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may be he didnt get my application in the mail
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| posted on September 11th, 2013 at 06:05 PM |
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may be he didnt get my application in the mail
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I received you application Dave , along with a great pile of others & you were my 1st choice mate .
I accepted your application & posted an acceptance letter on behalf of 'Team WPVW' back to you .
This was returned to me & I assumed that you no longer wanted to drive the WPVW sports sedan as guest driver 2013 , so the pics show what happened
from there !!
here are a few pics from the selection process earlier in the year ....
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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 September 11th, 2013 at 06:13 PM |
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and the acceptance is posted & returned ??
I know what to do with it
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)
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| posted on September 11th, 2013 at 06:42 PM |
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awesomeness right there
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| posted on September 11th, 2013 at 06:49 PM |
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Wayne
My Postman is a CHINAMAN or KOREEN so some sort of ??? so maybe hes the one making those Crankshafts everyone loves
Hey looks like I wasn't the only one who applied
come on get it out of the shredder Maybe I can apply for Next Feb in Sunny Sidney I really need to have a drive RE list me on the WHITE
board will yar as Owen said I must b near the top by now
My application for the Buggy also got rejected maybe it you guys down there to many smelter fumes or is it horse poo yr smelling near the
track
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