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 PAZZAN
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| posted on February 20th, 2016 at 05:03 PM |
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missed it. I wish posted it earlier would have come out 
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| posted on February 20th, 2016 at 11:35 PM |
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well lots more kilowatts and a wet track dont go well together, I was running on low boost for two laps in the rain got overconfident and put the
boost up to the next level lost traction and hit the wall coming onto the main straight.
I bent a lower control arm, broke the bottom off a strut, creased the front 1/4 panel, broke two mudguards and head light but worst of all is I bent
the chassis at the torsion bar housing and the front part of chassis where the sway bar bolts on.
I always regretted putting so much weight in steel into my chassis, so I have a spare chassis that I was saving for a rainy day at the side of my
garage, it will get modified with less steel this time
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| posted on February 20th, 2016 at 11:36 PM |
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well lots more kilowatts and a wet track dont go well together, I was running on low boost for two laps in the rain got overconfident and put the
boost up to the next level lost traction and hit the wall coming onto the main straight.
I bent a lower control arm, broke the bottom off a strut, creased the front 1/4 panel, broke two mudguards and head light but worst of all is I bent
the chassis at the torsion bar housing and the front part of chassis where the sway bar bolts on.
I always regretted putting so much weight in steel into my chassis, so I have a spare chassis that I was saving for a rainy day at the side of my
garage, it will get modified with less steel this time
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| posted on February 21st, 2016 at 05:55 AM |
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What a bugger !!!!
It's good to see you have still got your sense of humour, Steve..."spare chassis that I was saving for a rainy day".
Cheers, Greg
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on February 21st, 2016 at 07:38 AM |
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Bugger! sorry to here mate!
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| posted on February 21st, 2016 at 10:36 AM |
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OUCH!
yeah - bloody sorry to hear.
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on February 21st, 2016 at 03:53 PM |
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thanks guys, I already have a plan to fix some things that I did wrong last time and make it better
Took me all day to get it out of the trailer and into my garage
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| posted on February 21st, 2016 at 06:33 PM |
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I'm glad you are ok Steve, i never thought your car was set up for Supersprint especially with 70 more kw of Subaru power and in the wet, was there a
mechanical failure before the loss of control?
bitten by the bug..........several times
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| posted on February 21st, 2016 at 07:11 PM |
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oh no, mate that terrible news, you dont always realise  how fast
your going when you hit something I bet you saw the wall coming and said this is going to hurt..
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| posted on February 22nd, 2016 at 07:25 AM |
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Car has very good handling so it was going really good, I was actually chasing down Rudi in his STI, we were both coming onto main straight with Rudi
in front and I thought there's going to be drag race to turn 1, so I selected boost group 2 which is about 250kW, as soon as it came onto boost it
stepped sideways and pointed me at the wall, I was a passenger from then on, I was probably only doing 80-90 kph.
I fitted my Simmons with track tyres on them, I hadn't really given the Advan Neveos a good run before, they were sticking really well even in the
wet
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| posted on February 22nd, 2016 at 02:01 PM |
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a few photos
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| posted on February 22nd, 2016 at 02:02 PM |
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two more
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| posted on February 22nd, 2016 at 04:27 PM |
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Ouch, ouch, ouch
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| posted on February 22nd, 2016 at 06:23 PM |
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yep thats a big hit
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| posted on February 22nd, 2016 at 08:21 PM |
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That's nasty!
How are you though Steve?
At least you've got another pan to get started on.
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| posted on February 22nd, 2016 at 09:45 PM |
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ahh man! sad news Steve. I only just saw this tonight. you better get cracking thou, nationals in May!! maybe you should rip the other strut out
and stick a BJ front end in it......
anyway at least you are okay, car can be fixed and sounds like you have some improvements in mind.
I'll give you a call during the week...
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| posted on February 22nd, 2016 at 10:45 PM |
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Thanks I'm OK, the medic guys were worried about my blood pressure, all I wanted to do was get back to my car and see what happened to it and make
sure the tow truck drivers didnt hurt it anymore, lucky my son was there and stopped them doing anything stupid
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| posted on February 22nd, 2016 at 10:48 PM |
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PS I have 4 weeks leave at the end of the week, my wife said looks like nothing will get done around the house again. I also had just fitted brand new
Konis to the front
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| posted on February 23rd, 2016 at 06:56 AM |
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Struts will do that
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| posted on February 23rd, 2016 at 01:05 PM |
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getting rid of the struts could help I think? by making the car slower, nah screw that
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| posted on February 23rd, 2016 at 05:44 PM |
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Torsion Bar wont turn you into a WALL
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| posted on February 23rd, 2016 at 06:01 PM |
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posted by vw54
Torsion Bar wont turn
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That is right Dave 
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on February 23rd, 2016 at 06:07 PM |
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posted by 1303Steve
getting rid of the struts could help I think? by making the car slower, nah screw that
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Steve, if you change your mind, and decide to go slower...Dave's the man to show you how.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on February 24th, 2016 at 06:38 AM |
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at least I wont spend 12 months repairing the struts
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| posted on February 28th, 2016 at 03:37 PM |
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Hi
Powercruise was on this weekend in Sydney, I was going to take my Beetle to it but that wasn't going to happen, so my son found this little beauty
for me, a Nissan 180 SX, came with a healthy SR20DET, 3 inch turbo back exhaust, two sets of wheels, new coil overs etc.
Fixed a few little issues, rego on Friday, did several cruise sessions and my son did about 3 hours of drifting with it and it didn't have any
problems, its a bit gutless after my Beetle but its a really nice car to drive.
Steve
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| posted on February 28th, 2016 at 04:30 PM |
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That is right Dave
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hey Barry I don't recall seeing you on the track at any stage Drags or Circuit maybe yr still building your struts
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| posted on February 28th, 2016 at 06:21 PM |
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Steve,
Great to see you still got out there and had some fun and bloody good work to Dave (your son) for organising a ride
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| posted on February 28th, 2016 at 08:17 PM |
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hey Barry I don't recall seeing you on the track at any stage Drags or Circuit maybe yr still building your struts
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A few trips up the straights Dave - not too much of the roundy rounds
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| posted on February 29th, 2016 at 01:41 AM |
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This isnt what i expected to see after jumping on here steve :O
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| posted on February 29th, 2016 at 05:55 AM |
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Nissan Sr20, way to go Steve
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