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 Baja Wes
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| posted on June 16th, 2009 at 10:15 PM |
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Renault UN5 trans, 35" rubber, 18" suspension travel front and rear, Fox coils all round, bypass also on rears, all this with recaro, leather and
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I know who's car this is, I have seen it at it's previous workshop resting place. That engine price isn't right.
His last Baja had 3x3 trailing arms, a subaru EJ20T, air con, 33" mudders and heaps of $$$ spend on heaps of stuff. I drove it after he sold it, and
although it had a lot of money spent it wasn't sorted. It had lots of issues and drove like sh*t compared to my Baja (my wife agreed when we drove it
into work in peak hour traffic one day).
And you won't see his car at any VW shows, because he doesn't like VW people or VW shows.
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| posted on June 16th, 2009 at 10:18 PM |
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look, lets be honest. if VW had a cheap, easily available alternative to aircooled engine that fit nicely in early engine bays, we'd running with
them, but since subaru came up with the cheapest boxer alternative, we are using it. coz any way you look at it, the cheap VW engine we see over here
are the sucky models. the good ones (like the VR6 and R32) don't fit and are just prohibitively expensive in our part of the world... not that they
seem to be using them in europe or the US though. whatever that might mean. 
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VR6 mmm working for me
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| posted on June 16th, 2009 at 10:40 PM |
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Renault UN5 trans, 35" rubber, 18" suspension travel front and rear, Fox coils all round, bypass also on rears, all this with recaro, leather and
air....
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I know who's car this is, I have seen it at it's previous workshop resting place. That engine price isn't right.
His last Baja had 3x3 trailing arms, a subaru EJ20T, air con, 33" mudders and heaps of $$$ spend on heaps of stuff. I drove it after he sold it, and
although it had a lot of money spent it wasn't sorted. It had lots of issues and drove like sh*t compared to my Baja (my wife agreed when we drove it
into work in peak hour traffic one day).
And you won't see his car at any VW shows, because he doesn't like VW people or VW shows.
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Sorry Wes, but all your statement is not correct and it is not for me to argue the details here. I drove his last car before brad detuned it and the
engine and car that you have seen is for the other car. As for liking vw people....if only you knew. I think you are somehow miss guided.
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 07:50 AM |
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I'm just going by what he said to me when I asked him why he doesn't take his car to shows, back when he had just finished his last car. I believe
the word "wankers" was used. Maybe he has changed his tune since then.
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 09:05 AM |
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I believe the word "wankers" was used. Maybe he has changed his tune since then.
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No, there's still plenty of wankers out there.
I've known the guy for 24 years and have had a lot to do with a few of his projects over the years so I do know about the project and how much time
and money has gone into it and for that matter his old car. What erks me is someone saying I've got my facts wrong with nothing to back up thier
info...so lets kill another interesting thread because of lack of interesting, factual input.
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 09:15 AM |
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look, lets be honest. if VW had a cheap, easily available alternative to aircooled engine that fit nicely in early engine bays, we'd running with
them, but since subaru came up with the cheapest boxer alternative, we are using it. coz any way you look at it, the cheap VW engine we see over here
are the sucky models. the good ones (like the VR6 and R32) don't fit and are just prohibitively expensive in our part of the world... not that they
seem to be using them in europe or the US though. whatever that might mean.
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VR6 mmm working for me
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then why did you put an EJ20T in your oval race car?
btw, what ever happened to that car?
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 11:16 AM |
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No, there's still plenty of wankers out there.
I've known the guy for 24 years and have had a lot to do with a few of his projects over the years so I do know about the project and how much time
and money has gone into it and for that matter his old car. What erks me is someone saying I've got my facts wrong with nothing to back up thier
info...so lets kill another interesting thread because of lack of interesting, factual input.
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You clearly know him very well, I have only spoken to him a few times. I just stated what he said to me. His old Baja was on the road a long time and
it never turned up at a show, so I assumed he meant what he said to me.
When his last car was built it was awesome. When it was sold it was f**ked. He drove it hard that's for sure. The air con didn't even work anymore.
As you said the $25k wasn't spent on the one engine, so it isn't a $25k engine.
Although I didn't speak to the owner much, I saw the car a lot as the last workshop was asking for my engineering advice on the best way to proceed
with ensuring the car was as legal as it could be. That's why I recognised the car from your description and the photos.
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 07:12 PM |
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posted by pete wood
look, lets be honest. if VW had a cheap, easily available alternative to aircooled engine that fit nicely in early engine bays, we'd running with
them, but since subaru came up with the cheapest boxer alternative, we are using it. coz any way you look at it, the cheap VW engine we see over here
are the sucky models. the good ones (like the VR6 and R32) don't fit and are just prohibitively expensive in our part of the world... not that they
seem to be using them in europe or the US though. whatever that might mean.
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then why did you put an EJ20T in your oval race car?
btw, what ever happened to that car?
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1st question ...why not cheap good hps
2nd question...who said i got rid of it.
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 07:17 PM |
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1st question ...why not cheap good hps
so why did u take it out then? Surely u can't tell us that the VR6 is better?
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 07:35 PM |
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1st question ...why not cheap good hps
so why did u take it out then? Surely u can't tell us that the VR6 is better?
Jak
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.....never said there was a problem with the subie Jak did i? Overall jako drivin the R32 The power is smoother....
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 09:00 PM |
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1st question ...why not cheap good hps
so why did u take it out then? Surely u can't tell us that the VR6 is better?
Jak
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.....never said there was a problem with the subie Jak did i? Overall jako drivin the R32 The power is smoother....
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yep, power there from idle all the way........race car a lot lighter than the R32 too!
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 09:58 PM |
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1st question ...why not cheap good hps
2nd question...who said i got rid of it.
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I thought you were selling everything?
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 10:06 PM |
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1st question ...why not cheap good hps
2nd question...who said i got rid of it.
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I thought you were selling everything?
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Things picked up Pete
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 10:08 PM |
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1st question ...why not cheap good hps
so why did u take it out then? Surely u can't tell us that the VR6 is better?
Jak
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.....never said there was a problem with the subie Jak did i? Overall jako drivin the R32 The power is smoother....
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yep, power there from idle all the way........race car a lot lighter than the R32 too!
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| posted on June 17th, 2009 at 10:28 PM |
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I thought you were selling everything?
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he hee, i remember a certain purple subie powered J&S buggy being for sale a while back too  ........had this horrible radiator in the back thing going on, i believe it's a lot better nowdays
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| posted on June 18th, 2009 at 10:26 AM |
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| Quote: | .....never said there was a problem with the subie Jak did i? Overall jako drivin the R32 The power is smoother....
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Would the VR6 upset the handling since so much of the engine is above the centreline of the crank?
Also , where do u buy a VR6 engine from & how much are they?
CT's Oval beat all the Golf R36's in the Dutton as well. They sound good though.
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| posted on June 18th, 2009 at 11:22 AM |
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wow, would have been some cranky owners there. what that boils down to is the driver though. CT is a great steerer. most of the golf owners were
probably newbies, right?
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| posted on June 18th, 2009 at 11:29 AM |
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I don't know, we were first timers whereas everyone else were seasoned campainers
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| posted on June 18th, 2009 at 07:17 PM |
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.....never said there was a problem with the subie Jak did i? Overall jako drivin the R32 The power is smoother....
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Would the VR6 upset the handling since so much of the engine is above the centreline of the crank?
Also , where do u buy a VR6 engine from & how much are they?
CT's Oval beat all the Golf R36's in the Dutton as well. They sound good though.
Jak
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You blokes should be good enough doin lots of supersprints.......Beatin a R36 at a weight of 1500kgs plus with a bug at 800kgs still comes into play.
Jako...
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he hee, i remember a certain purple subie powered J&S buggy being for sale a while back too ........had this horrible radiator in the back thing going on, i believe it's a lot better nowdays
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nah, it's still pretty horrible.
wanna swap your horrible notch for it? 
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| posted on June 19th, 2009 at 10:08 AM |
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not yet pete...maybe one day when its reliable enough to sell with a
clean conscience...subaru reliability pffft
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| posted on June 19th, 2009 at 08:30 PM |
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not yet pete...maybe one day when its reliable enough to sell with a
clean conscience...subaru reliability pffft
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