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posted on November 24th, 2008 at 01:07 PM
Wilowbank Motorkhana
Well,,, what can i say??? One would think that a 1760kg kombi, jacked up high, with fairly soft suspension & a front-end that doesn`t grip much
with a rear-end that grips heaps would be the ideal set up for bitumen motorkhanas right???
:-)
hee hee,,, just kidding,,, (Obviously)
anyways, i had a ball,,, however ,,,the chief stewards did call me over for a little chat after the first event tho,,, seems they had some slight
concerns with regards to all the lurching & leaning & hopping & wheelstanding going on, for some reason they had visions of it tipping
over :-) I just couldn`t understand that part :-),,, what were they on about??? surely a v8 powered Kombi duel cab ute leaning over at 45deg angles
with right pedal mashed to the floor lifting & twisting up over a foot off the ground isn`t too over the top is it??? ... really??? :-)
so yeah well,,, i took it easy in the next few runs & only waited till it was lined up "nearly" straight ahead before i tromped it &
wheelstanded over to the finish garage :-)
It really wasn`t that much fun ...altho i was giggling like a little school girl for a while there :-)
I tried to find the people who were video-ing & asked around for others to put some of it up on you-tube,,, so keep an eye out, it should be
pretty ugly to watch,,, the thing lurched & hopped & twisted up so much it cracked my windscreen :-)
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posted on November 24th, 2008 at 04:00 PM
Miniman,
Was that with the HSCCQ? Haven't done one of their events in ages!!
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!
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posted on November 24th, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Miniman ... you are one sad puppy!!!!
Tranny lasted ok too????
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posted on November 25th, 2008 at 11:45 AM
Yeah the box & axles are all holding up pretty well,,, i wasn`t giving it curry tho,,, it has a fair bit of grip so i was just easing into things,
but the Autocross the weekend before gave me a fair bit of confidence that the box & axles are going to last more than a month now :-)
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posted on November 25th, 2008 at 04:04 PM
Cracked your windscreen? That normally only happens with cars that transmit a lot of torque through a tail shaft, which causes the body to flex in the
opposite direction. Your kombi clearly doesn't have any driveline torque going through the body. Clearly you were just driving like an idiot
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posted on November 25th, 2008 at 07:55 PM
He likes it like that.
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posted on November 25th, 2008 at 08:39 PM
Me??? drive like an idiot????... now would i do such a thing???? :-)
This is my Motorkhana -/- hillclimb special--->
I have set this car up with a suspension system sooo refined & sooo well tuned, "Specifically" so the windscreen doesn`t crack :-)
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posted on November 25th, 2008 at 09:23 PM
bringing that special to rocky and gladstone next year for the 2 championship rounds?
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posted on November 27th, 2008 at 08:54 AM
Hi Bix & sorry yes the motorkhana was with the HSCCQ, they`re a great bunch of people & well organised... & the Autocross was with IWMAC
& the WRX clubs
vwrallycar,,, not sure if i`ll have it ready by then,,, i have way too many other cars to work on & i barely get more than a hour or 2 worth of
work per week on the buggy,,, i still have to sort out a decent reverse gear for it yet,,, Quaife do a reverse box with slippery diff but it`s
"""CHUNKS""" of money... im going to try a 6v stater motor hooked up to the chain drive & run 24v through it for the moment & yeah i
know it will fry it`s guts out :-)
