Category: Racing
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’twas the night before racing…
and all through the house….. …were piles of tools, bedding, camping gear, spare parts and assorted flame retardent clothing…. all seems well.. vwsp21 aka ollieslammedbay has his bus back with an engine, MOT and road tax and he has a new pair of fireproof boots, care of Kevo… (i blagged them off kevo as a…
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DragBus Race Technischewerk?!
NEW DragBus shirt designs! black and white high quality inks on HEAVY weight double stitch premium tees, available in khaki, gold, burnt orange, red and shelley green. on sale in the webshop from next week and available from our stall at DubFreeze (i don’t know who makes these names up. that’s what they are called…
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the verdict on the engine!
got the verdict from Martin Taylor at taylor machine services onthe damage to the engine… martin mailed me some pictures from his phone showing more detail… luckily the damage is not too bad, the big end bearing on number one cylinder let go and disintegrated, the extra ‘slop’ on the con rod meant that the…
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wishlist… (deathwishlist?)
the engine is now out and i’ll be shipping it up to wellingborough on sunday to hand over to martin taylor from taylor machine services. martin is going to strip it all down and give me an assesment of the damage then i’ll plan a course of action. nominally the list is like this porsche…
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top gear magazine, pg 37
what more can i say… …nearly wet myself laughing! thanks to Pc **zwitter** for the nomination !
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15.11 seconds !
after a manic week with paul and joss at Der Botcheinvolks workshops fitting a complete rollcage in the bus and rebuilding the rear end of the bus we ran a new personal best of 15.11 seconds at the weekends Flame and Thunder meet at santapod raceway in bedford. I even got to do my first…
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national finals timing data
just grabbed the timing data from those fine folks at eurodragster for the national finals and here is a breakdown of the best run for the samba. DAN BUZZO? V.W. SPORTSMAN? VW SPORT?97? dial in 15.50? reaction time 1.114?(oh dear, asleep at the lights!) 60ft time 2.077? 330ft time 6.251? 660ft time 9.849? 660ft MPH…
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timing sheets!
here we are after round one, jimby, ollie, ed and cath… comparing timing sheets and giggling like school children… although i got knocked out (for a disasterous reaction time (i need to practice more with the line loc and launch control)) by chris kouzaris racing his wifes daily driver stock 1500cc beetle. Chris was on…
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sheltering in the rain
after qualifying on saturday in brilliant sunshine we were all called to the staging area just after 9 am on sunday for the first round of eliminations. then it started raining. and raining. i ended up with a bus full of racers sheltering from the rain in shifts between braving the weather to buy styrofoam…
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off to bugjam
and it’s raining, a lot. i can hear the lorries swishing up and down the road through the puddles. pack the bus, get paul botch to finish the welding on the 412, pull the enginein the bus, strip it, rebuild it, do a four wheel alignment and rework the interior. have a bath , then…