Thanks Guys

VW Mike · Subject: Thanks Guys Fri Jun 26 2009, 10:11

Cheers for the number for the rolling road Smile

He's going to see what time he could squeeze me in as he is fully booked until the 21st July :( Fingers crossed he can find a little bit of time Smile

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mvdevelopments · Number of posts: 156 Registration date: 2008-02-07

no worries dude, it's just a shame that you didn't call a few days ago. We had to cancel an appointment there on tuesday as the van was too tall to get in his unit.

VW Mike · Subject: Re: Thanks Guys Fri Jun 26 2009, 16:12

cheers anyhow...am provisionally booking for now as we havent even finished polishing the head or picked up the carbs :( am doubting being ready for bug jam now :(

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RM2WAS · Subject: Re: Thanks Guys Wed Jul 01 2009, 08:12

VW Mike wrote:

cheers anyhow...am provisionally booking for now as we havent even finished polishing the head or picked up the carbs :( am doubting being ready for bug jam now :(

you think you're cutting it fine I've got a van to get working and mot'd before then, and I have to solve all the issues with the jetta that the MSA inspector finds on monday. Cry

AND get the jetta wiring so it can actually reach all the plugs/sockets it needs to. It'll all be good, I assume you're going up thursday too.

VW Mike · Subject: Re: Thanks Guys Wed Jul 01 2009, 08:46

RM2WAS wrote:

VW Mike wrote:

cheers anyhow...am provisionally booking for now as we havent even finished polishing the head or picked up the carbs :( am doubting being ready for bug jam now :(

you think you're cutting it fine I've got a van to get working and mot'd before then, and I have to solve all the issues with the jetta that the MSA inspector finds on monday. Cry

AND get the jetta wiring so it can actually reach all the plugs/sockets it needs to. It'll all be good, I assume you're going up thursday too.

Are the MSA coming out to you Monday then? Hope they don't find anything too major with it...am looking forward to seeing it run Smile

Yeah will be up there on Thursday morning Smile

Am picking up the carbs tonight and just got the cam to put back in the head...then get it running over the weekend ready for the rolling road on Friday 10th Smile

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RM2WAS · Subject: Re: Thanks Guys Wed Jul 01 2009, 19:19

you'll walk it dude, no probs.

I'm hoping there won't be too much wrong, but I'd much rather they spot it on monday rather than getting denied at bugjam Cry

I'll be leaving as early as I can on thursday morning, to try and get a nice spot Cool

have you got your cowboys and indians costume sorted yet?

VW Mike · Subject: Re: Thanks Guys Thu Jul 02 2009, 06:44

Fingers crossed there isn;t too much dude Smile

Should be there fairly early too on Thursday Smile

Probably about 9am if i get my way Wink

Not got a costume yet...i will sort that once the Jetta is running Smile

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RM2WAS · Subject: Re: Thanks Guys Thu Jul 02 2009, 08:11

VW Mike wrote:

Fingers crossed there isn;t too much dude Smile

Should be there fairly early too on Thursday Smile

Probably about 9am if i get my way Wink

Not got a costume yet...i will sort that once the Jetta is running Smile

I just read on the drc forum that we may not be able to get in till 12.00 on the thursday, but lucky will find out for certain and let us know.

VW Mike · Subject: Re: Thanks Guys Thu Jul 02 2009, 08:13

RM2WAS wrote:

VW Mike wrote:

Fingers crossed there isn;t too much dude Smile

Should be there fairly early too on Thursday Smile

Probably about 9am if i get my way Wink

Not got a costume yet...i will sort that once the Jetta is running Smile

I just read on the drc forum that we may not be able to get in till 12.00 on the thursday, but lucky will find out for certain and let us know.

Yeah read that just after i posted on here lol! Hope we can get in earlier...i suppose it depends on PVW too.

Gonna be an awesome line-up...especially in pro!

What do you think the Jetta will run?

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VW Mike · Subject: Re: Thanks Guys Mon Jul 06 2009, 14:04

How did it go today?

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RM2WAS · Subject: Re: Thanks Guys Mon Jul 06 2009, 19:49

went really well thanks dude!! Very Happy

the cage is fine and the couple of small bits he did point out were really simple jobs, I'm proper chuffed with that.

I think it should run pretty much the same as the golf did really, so high 12s off gas, and on gas with a spot of luck it'll hit 11s. Depends how silly I get with the bottle I think. Cool

what do you think you'll be getting down to?

VW Mike · Subject: Re: Thanks Guys Mon Jul 06 2009, 20:35

That's awesome news dude Smile

Am hoping for mid 15's...but low 15's would be evn better Smile

Who did the cage for you?

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RM2WAS · Subject: Re: Thanks Guys Mon Jul 06 2009, 21:06

I did the cage myself, it's my first one:D

should be doing Caddymans next, he's thinking of running in the VWDRC next year as well maybe.

what kind of 60fts do you get? and what do you cross the line at with your old setup?

VW Mike · Subject: Re: Thanks Guys Mon Jul 06 2009, 21:45

May have to have a chat with you at Bug Jam then about cages Smile

I'm sure Rich Jones would be interested too for a good price Smile

get around 2.3 seconds for the 60ft and crossing the line between 82 and 85mph.

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RM2WAS · Subject: Re: Thanks Guys Mon Jul 06 2009, 21:55

sounds good, cages are fun to do Very Happy

I think you need to get off the line quicker, my lardy arse audi is pretty similar 60fts and terminal speeds, I ran a 16.2 in that. Your car is soooooo much lighter than mine you just don't have then inertia to over come. You should be able to bring the 60fts down relatively easily, and as a rule of thumb 0.1 at the start is worth 0.3 at the top.

do you know how much your car weighs and how much power you are expecting to get?