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 RodPenrose
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| posted on January 3rd, 2010 at 10:13 AM |
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WSID , THIS FRIDAY 8th Jan
I have preped the car and will be heading out to Western Sydney this Friday for a run on a 1/4 mile with the nitrous oxide for the first time . I have
completed 20 passes with the gas over the 1/8 mile so I am confident I have the tune-up correct . I will leave the 140 shot jets in the system to see
if it will run a 9 second pass . I have been getting faster every run as I get used to the extra kick I have at my finger tips . I will be out there
around 4.00pm with a 6.00pm start and would like to get at least 3 good runs in before a transmission swap and engine freshen up before Portland in 6
weeks time , ROD.
More boost + More fuel = More power
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| posted on January 3rd, 2010 at 12:43 PM |
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Hi Rod
I will try to get out there to cheer you on. What sort of meeting is it?
Steve
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| posted on January 3rd, 2010 at 12:57 PM |
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Cool. Hope all goes well mate.
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| posted on January 3rd, 2010 at 05:22 PM |
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ill be there rod, cutting it close with summernats but ill make the effort... lol, see u on friday, cheers adam
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| posted on January 4th, 2010 at 01:17 AM |
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Another run ill miss! Diving in koh tao thailand!
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| posted on January 4th, 2010 at 09:46 PM |
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Good luck Rod, hope all goes well - will look forward to hearing the news.
Al
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| posted on January 7th, 2010 at 08:08 PM |
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http://wsid.com.au/event.asp?ID=1147
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| posted on January 7th, 2010 at 09:16 PM |
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Have good speed and great times on Friday Rod.
Good to hear you are coming down to Portland again this year.  See you there
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 06:12 AM |
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bloody drissle rain in sydney today
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 07:13 AM |
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sun is out now might stay clear
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 09:08 AM |
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Relax Dave; Latest Forecast:
UPDATED SYDNEY FORECAST
Issued at 9:35 am EDT on Friday 8 January 2010
UPDATED
Warning Summary at issue time:
Nil.
Forecast for Friday
Fine. Cloud decreasing and sunny periods in the afternoon. Light to
moderate east to northeast winds, freshening near the coast in the
afternoon.
Precis: Fine. Cloud decreasing.
City: Max: 26 Parramatta: Max: 29
Terrey Hills: Max: 26 Penrith: Max: 30
Liverpool Max: 29 Richmond: Max: 29
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 02:44 PM |
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Still sunny and hot here at Liverpool.
[size=6]Who's going tonight ???[/size]
Kev
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 02:47 PM |
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me, stopping at my fave kebab shop in penrith on the way, will be there about 530, flying beetle shirt 
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 02:50 PM |
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Dave you had better take photos to show me!!
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 03:15 PM |
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I'll be there, probably about 6:30, wearing a red Beetle t-shirt
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 03:25 PM |
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gwen / camo, you both have pm's cyas there, kebab time! (QLD just cant
seem to do kebabs the same)
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 03:34 PM |
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take a photo of the kebab dave....
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 08:32 PM |
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Anything to report yet?
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posted by westi
That's mad Alan.
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 08:57 PM |
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9.89@134 with 140 gas.
11.16 with no gas.
Good work Rod!
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That's mad Alan.
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 09:04 PM |
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Was at the track tonight and Rod said, "I bet this is on AVD before I get home tonight". Well, I dont think Rod would have even left WSID when DB
posted Rods times etc. Me thinks DB had an insider at the track also called Dave (STIDUB)
Good to meet other VW people at the track tonight.
Cheers, Kev
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 09:19 PM |
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Well done Rod !!!
Nice to see the network of Dave's is ticking along...
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 09:45 PM |
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yep, its the dave dub mafia lol, good night, other than i started with a headache, & the thing spewing fuel vapor out the open headers at full
noise hurts, even after an hour, the video turned out shit too, there will be a few of rod's up shorly no doubt, shame vvds didnt have a very good
night though, at least they got one run in
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 10:18 PM |
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Hi All,
Good to meet those of you that were there tonight. Got some photos; some crap, some crappier. My weight saving decision to leave the tripod at home
was incorrect, especially once it got darker. But you live and learn, and this was my first attempt at drag photography.
So without further excuses here are some photos.
I missed the one run VVDS did, so the only photo I got of them was this one:
Rod doing a burnout
Rod's second launch
Rod's third launch
Rod's fourth launch
The beast
Some of the other runners:
First time I've tried photobucket so if photos are too large or not working please let me know.
Cheers
Craig
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 10:23 PM |
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Awesome Craig! more???
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 10:24 PM |
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Great pics, all working well, thanks for sharing. Both dubs looking the part. Any times for Wayne (VVDS)?
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 10:31 PM |
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apparently only 1 run for the vvds car.
dave said that camo said, that the engine sounded a bit sad afterwards... 
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 10:49 PM |
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Sorry I missed the VVDS run and the time. I saw them working on it, but refrained from taking photos as I figured I might (rightly) get the camera
jammed up me.
Colonel I'll see if there are any other decent ones tomorrow.
Dave's right, the top fuel monster was just epic in terms of noise and vibration. I took the above photo of it whilst it was warming up its tyres,
and was getting ready to take a photo of the launch, but then the noise it let out made me jump a mile, so the photo I took missed the car. You know
it's noisy when the skin on your arms feels it.
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 11:43 PM |
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Good stuff. Thanks for sharing
Oh, and video?
Reub
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| posted on January 8th, 2010 at 11:44 PM |
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Good one Rod , Hope all is fine with car (motor) What Rev's did you cross finish line . Did you change your fuel pressure ! Did you hold the botton
all the way ( 1/4 )
Like I said , Good -One Mate , Nice pic's above too . Anymore?
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| posted on January 9th, 2010 at 05:41 AM |
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Rod actually rang me as he left the track.
He could not talk long since he had a sore throat, and sounded horrible.(I actually thought the phone call was a stalker).
He said that his first run was a 10.24(140 hp shot) with some missing,
with mixtures not quite right (bit rich due to warwick safe setting... cant remember?).
The same tune up at warwick was no better than the 100hp shot because the bottle had just about run out.
On the second run it ran with no nitrous,
The third run the car was on n2o intermittently,
which turned out to be the reason for no nitrous on the earlier run
with a screw falling out of the button on the wheel.
Once all that was fixed it ran the 9 sec pass, with what I think he said was a 6.35@111(?)
From what I can remember, that was using the n2o for the full run.
If my memory is correct rod had a 1.217 4th and 4.57 diff with 28" tyre,
so that equates to 8950 rpm,
but I am sure rod will let us know the details if I have anything wrong.
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That's mad Alan.
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