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| posted on October 27th, 2013 at 09:23 AM |
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shit! thats a weight saying and a half.
I reckon I could only save 50-75kg tops on any of my cars by stripping the interior, virtually no weight in the early 90s cars interiors.
most of my weight saving have been done by dumping the heavy auto for a manual. A saving of 70-80kg including the addition of a flywheel, also gain
some HP and an extra gear haha. Fun times too 
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| posted on October 27th, 2013 at 03:47 PM |
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it was every bit of unnecessary shit that was removed. REMEMBER! To increase speed add lightness!
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| posted on October 27th, 2013 at 07:57 PM |
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I found the easiest way to drop the weight to the point you can lift the wheels off the ground with your hands. rip out the whole drive train lol
After that I can roll the the body with my pinky on the shed floor.
it depends on the car, some are light as it it is due to simplicity and a diet wont yield much loss on the car, other like said wrx and no doubt
modern cars in general are pigs due not to the body or drive train but all the gizmos, house worth of interior and noise dampening and bs alike.
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| posted on October 27th, 2013 at 08:53 PM |
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I'll have to find out what my subi guys got his track WRX down to weight wise, I've helped push it in and out of the workshop a few times it weighs
2 parts of FA with fibreglass doors, carbon fibre bonnet, gutted interior etc and puts down 500hp at the wheels.
I'd be surprised if its heavier than a stock bug.
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| posted on October 28th, 2013 at 07:14 AM |
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Hi
My car feels light to push around, I just drove back from the Southern Highlands and there was some very high winds, the car is very grounded.
Rueb your cars weight shows how much mine has put on as our drive trains are identical.
While I was at the Southern Highlands Motor Fest I got talking to some Subaru guys about improvements I can make, I'm going to contact them about
what we talked about soon, too much weight, I just need more power.
My wheels are pretty heavy, I couldn't resist buying these wheels on eBay for track use, they will be a lot lighter.
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| posted on November 14th, 2013 at 05:23 PM |
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Hi
I got around to fitting a fuel cooler and some alloy fuel lines, its getting hot down here now so I hope will if this has fixed my issue.
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| posted on November 14th, 2013 at 05:25 PM |
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Hi
I had the 996 wheels painted and fitted some road tyres to them.
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| posted on November 14th, 2013 at 06:24 PM |
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Can you post a whole car picture
Those wheels look brilliant
keep your other wheels as track wheels and keep these as the daily
That colour/style combo is the ducks nuts 
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| posted on November 14th, 2013 at 08:46 PM |
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am liking the new wheels Steve
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| posted on November 15th, 2013 at 12:04 PM |
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Very nice Steve, one of the nicest Porsche designed wheels I've seen, until you get very very expensive that is.
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| posted on November 15th, 2013 at 08:11 PM |
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Your gearbox is too heavy Steve, that's your problem for sure
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| posted on November 16th, 2013 at 06:55 AM |
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Your gearbox is too heavy Steve, that's your problem for sure
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but a least the motor isn't dragging on the ground
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| posted on November 29th, 2013 at 08:18 AM |
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Hi Steve,
I have been hiding away.. car looks great. With reference to air filter, I cut the top of my up pipe and turned it slightly and re welded it. My turbo
intake subsequently is behind the intake manifold and runs under the throttle body and sits forward of the engine on the drivers side. All the cool
air hits it before it reaches any hot parts.
Are you running a standard pressure reg? my old one used to play up when it got warm.
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| posted on November 29th, 2013 at 12:05 PM |
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Hi Matt
Where have you been? Thanks, I'm using bigger silicone intake tube which I turned to 90° to face up, I'm looking to get Westy to make me a cold air
intake that runs across the engine lid vents.
We will have to get together and compare our setups
I'm still running a stock pressure reg, mine should be OK I think, the motor has only travelled about 23,000 ks. My fuel cooler seems to be doing the
trick so far, I was getting strange fuel pump noise after the car warmed up but they have gone now.
I'm looking into some more power upgrades, plastic intake manifold and another turbo.
Steve
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| posted on November 29th, 2013 at 03:47 PM |
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Was it buzzing like there was air in it?
Started a new real estate office in Pennant Hills so been busy.
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| posted on November 29th, 2013 at 05:06 PM |
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Hi
It made a very strange sound like it was cavitating, so it would sound like air was in it.
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| posted on February 25th, 2014 at 12:54 PM |
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Hi
Well I finally got a chance to run my car on the 1/4 at the VWMA Sydney Showdown, really happy that it got into the 12s and I was runner up in my
bracket.
12.751 @ 107.90
Weighed the car at the track, 1160 kgs add me and its another 115 kgs
Now that I have a bench mark time Im looking at changing turbos to a GTX style and going flex fuel with E85 down the track.
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| posted on February 25th, 2014 at 01:12 PM |
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Congrats Steve......aim for low 12's now
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| posted on February 25th, 2014 at 05:44 PM |
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I've just read all 20 pages of this thread. Unbelievable!!! What an amazing project.
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| posted on February 25th, 2014 at 06:18 PM |
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Thanks for that, like you say its a journey
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| posted on February 25th, 2014 at 06:52 PM |
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Great time for the first run Steve.
Cheers
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| posted on February 25th, 2014 at 10:51 PM |
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Thanks Dino, 35 series tyres are not really made for good drag starts, I will need to find some cheapies with some sidewall to stick on the car before
I go out again.
I'm off to Wakefield Park next Thursday for a private track day, I will fit my Simmons wheels back on with the Advan Neveos and try and improve on my
times, I have 30 odd kilowatts more now, so that should mean it will go slower, I hope not
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| posted on February 27th, 2014 at 04:04 PM |
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Hi
Just put some petrol in my bug, after filling up before the drags and doing 9 passes, driving over to St Ives in peak hour traffic and back home last
night for a ricer meet I managed to use 28 litres to travel 242 ks, so 11.57 litres/100 or 24.41 mpg
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| posted on March 7th, 2014 at 07:36 PM |
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Hi
I just went did a private track day at Wakefield with AGI. I took this video http://youtu.be/SE_0U4qRwo0
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| posted on March 8th, 2014 at 09:45 AM |
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I'm glad now that I have the stock blow off valve on mine, which u can just barely hear, I think yours would drive me nuts, plus it wold attract
unwanted attention
Steve do you not go back to second gear at the fish hook & onto the straight?
I would have thought the Porsche gears are taller than a beetle? 1st 2nd & 3rd?
What did you get your times down to?
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| posted on March 8th, 2014 at 01:34 PM |
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hi Jak
That was actually no blow off valve, I found it was leaking on high boost on the way down I haven't had a chance to look into it yet.
I tried going back to second last year, it seemed to unsettle the car under brakes and then didn't last very long, I can see what you mean, I'm off
boost coming onto the main straight, through the fish hook I have higher speed I think, well car seems to be on boost. I need to get my corner speed
up onto the main straight.
Second gear is only a little bit taller than a Superbug second
I was having some over heating issues by the 4th lap so I only did a few sessions, the morning sessions weren't timed, I had a better go then with no
traffic. The session in the video was a 1.17???.
I'm still learning, there are few things I will do before the Nats supersprint.
Steve
PS, in a previous session I did two 360s after the kink on the main straight so I was being a bit cautious
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| posted on March 8th, 2014 at 08:57 PM |
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Nice video!
lol granny shifting ftw. I guess you don't want to beak the gearbox then. What is it? G50?
what are those other heaps of crap on the track? Looks like yours was the only real car there.
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I was having some over heating issues by the 4th lap so I only did a few sessions, the morning sessions weren't timed, I had a better go then with no
traffic. The session in the video was a 1.17???.
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Over heating after 4 laps ???
So you can only get 5 mins of semi spirited driving out of it ?
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Hi
Weighed the car at the track, 1160 kgs add me and its another 115 kgs
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AAAAHHHHH!! I see your weight problem - easy weight gains to be made by trimming down driver
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| posted on March 9th, 2014 at 10:04 AM |
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lololol
time for the stig to take over from here. Not the American one or its back to square 1
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