Sam's build thread

[Water Boy]

Will you be at SMSP for the VW Nationals Sam??

[sambb]

ha ha I'm sweating that one right now. Ive waited till after mothers day so i'll bring that one up in the next couple of days. Should be good to go.

[HaydEn]

ha ha I'm sweating that one right now. Ive waited till after mothers day so i'll bring that one up in the next couple of days. Should be good to go.

Hahahahaha!


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[Sydneykid]

Why is it the VW Nat's are always on when I'm out of town at another race track, Wakefield Park this time.

Cheers
Gary

[sambb]

ha ha why do they have to be on Saturday when I'm scheduled to ref and have both kids soccer games. I'm going to get the silent treatment! Or to put it another way why cant the dub nats be at Wakefield!!

[metalhead]

Hey Sam, I had a great weekend at Ringwood, great to be out on the track again and the car is going awesome. The layout was A3, which is effectively twice around the standard A2 layout. Plugging the splits into my spreadsheet, I ran an A2 equivalent time of 41.85!

[sambb]

My thats nippy! Nice one. Alright we'll meet on the bitumen at the State round up there I guess. Glad to hear its all back together. Do you want me to send up the 4 point before then?

[sambb]

Its a good morning when your mag subscription arrives and also your electric diverter valve delete/blanking plate - and it fits!
Pic loaded sideways but you get the idea. Cos of Dubnats this weekend I finally got some ducting in place for the oil cooler which sits where the old side mount intercooler did. It needs a top and a bottom still but basically any air that gets through the fog light facia (all the slats have been opened up on the facia) will be forced through the cooler. Any air going through the fog light hole (lights removed) is ducted onto the disc. It doesn't seem to make the oil run cooler around town which is good but hopefully with some airflow directed onto it and with the oil temp gauge in place, I'll be able to see real time if the oil temps are now under control on the track.

[sambb]

Club VW Nationals Sydney Motorsport Park Amaroo Sprint
Qualifying S1 Scheduled Start 00:01	Page 1 Issue 1 Start Sat May 25 09:16 Elapsed Time 06:19:13
__________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________ Pos Car Driver Competitor/Team Vehicle Cap CL Laps Fastest...Lap Gap 1 48 Philip Heafey NSSCC Mit Lancer 25 8 0:59.7010* 2 5 Troy Nicholson ARDC Commodore 38 18 1:00.6020 0:00.9010 3 99 David Isaacs ARDC Evo 48 18 1:00.6140 0:00.9130 4 59 Stephen Muller ARDC Golf 29 7 1:00.6390 0:00.9380 5 33 Neville Shears ARDC Nissan 46 10 1:00.8760 0:01.1750 6 40 Cem Yucel APRA Golf R 40 34 1:03.5860 0:03.8850 7 111 Daniel Cunningham ARDC Golf 23 22 1:03.8040 0:04.1030 8 15 Paul Muller ARDC Golf R 30 12 1:03.8660 0:04.1650 9 17 Alphonsus Fok ARDC Golf R 33 18 1:03.8690 0:04.1680 10 216 Sam Beeby MGCC Polo GTI 29 6 1:05.2350 0:05.5340 11 320 Leigh Parker NSSCC Golf GTI 39 32 1:07.5180 0:07.8170 12 88 Dung Lam Club VW Golf R 26 18 1:07.5890 0:07.8880 13 3 Sebastian Najder Club VW Golf R32 17 17 1:07.6510 0:07.9500 14 444 Hayden Boyd MGCC Golf 5 3 1:07.7310 0:08.0300 15 499 Colin Mayman Tamworth Beetle 6 3 1:07.8060 0:08.1050 16 85 Matthew Shylan ARDC Golf GTI 25 1 1:08.4850 0:08.7840 17 171 Ayden Cowley Club VW Ibiza 42 40 1:09.1480 0:09.4470 18 53 Hugh McKinley Club VW Beetle 38 15 1:09.6290 0:09.9280 19 28 Manuel Vassalo Club VW Golf GTI 15 11 1:09.7320 0:10.0310 20 65 Jukka Ylinen RALLY MOTORSPORT ASS. VW Type 3 39 31 1:10.0780 0:10.3770 21 71 David Cowley Club VW Ibiza 51 36 1:10.1940 0:10.4930 22 36 Zale Bailey Wagga VW Bora 12 12 1:11.5510 0:11.8500 23 800 Matthew White Club VW Polo 44 34 1:12.0780 0:12.3770 24 27 Simon Azzopardi Wagga Golf 26 17 1:12.4890 0:12.7880 25 47 Paul Fenech Club VW Beetle 43 12 1:13.1710 0:13.4700 26 303 Steve Carter Club VW VW Beetle 6 6 1:13.4650 0:13.7640 27 166 Stephen Monkhouse WSCC Commodore 14 14 1:13.4870 0:13.7860 28 61 Nicholas Blunck Club VW Beetle 33 29 1:13.9830 0:14.2820 29 801 Victoria Korshunova Club VW Polo 41 29 1:14.2210 0:14.5200 30 18 Krystian Koralewski Club VW Golf 15 15 1:14.2810 0:14.5800 31 741 John Ladomatos Club VW Vw Beetle 31 23 1:16.2410 0:16.5400 32 812 Miki Poposki WSCC Falcon 26 25 1:17.4140 0:17.7130 33 96 Rudi Frank Club VW Beetle 17 9 1:18.0980 0:18.3970 34 266 Alison Monkhouse WSCC Commodore 10 7 1:19.4790 0:19.7780 35 51 Eddie Fleita Club VW Nissan 9 7 1:24.6760 0:24.9750 Fastest Lap Av.Speed Is 109kph R=under lap record by greatest margin, r=under lap record, *=fastest lap time __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ ____________________________ Issue# 1 - Printed Sat May 25 15:36:54 2019 Timing System By NATSOFT (03)63431311 Page not found – Natsoft® Accounting Software & IT Specialists Tasmania Michael O'Connor - Eldee Timing Solutions: 0402 830 313

VW DubNats 25/5/19
SMSP South Circuit
1:05.235

That was 10th overall, 6th overall amongst VW (excluding current model GTR, 4WD Commodore, 2X EVO's which are in time attack class for the hillclimbs I do and were all slick shod) and I'm pretty sure 1st amongst 2WD/FWD.

After last years massive field which must have been about 80 cars, this year it was much more subdued with 35 cars running. Despite telling them my times from last year they put me in the slowest group which made my first session a complete waste. They wouldnt bump me up till they had proof that I could go quicker so told me to go out again at the head of the same group for session 2 and give them some proof which I thought was a bit weird. Well I got trafficked again because by the time I'd done a warm up I was straight into the back of the group but got one clean lap which it turns out was the fastest I managed all day. Despite then being put into a quicker group and getting plenty of clear track, I just couldn't get a quicker time. I put in a bunch of times in the mid 1:05's but couldn't lower the FTD. It seemed to be the case for everyone. It actually got quite hot out there and once the sun was overhead the track just went away and you could really feel it. I had the tyre pressures right in the pocket but it was just sliding around too much. So I sat out the two mid day sessions to preserve my tyres and went out for a good crack at it in the last session once the sun had dropped but didn't come close.
So I don't think the conditions were really there to get into the 1:04's which was my goal but at the same time I was guilty of plenty of overdriving and made a few mistakes too when I did get clear laps so to come away with a PB by 5/10ths and a straight car will do me.

Things learnt - while dropping back down to the stock FARB from the 22mm Whiteline wrks a treat for the hillclimbs, I think it cost me a bit when really leaning on up to temp semi's. The outside front was getting overloaded which maxxing out the front dampers adjustment helped with but it definitely handled slicker last time there on the stiffer front bar.
- the wavetrac needs to come out and the rebuilt Kaaz box go in. With the rear toe out it was really moving around under brakes which the 1.5 way should help remedy and now that the tune is well sorted and I was really laying into it the wavetrac was struggling to get the power down coming out of the tight corners.
- I want more power!!! Through the corners at one point I was catching a Golf Mk7 R but he'd just smash me on the straights. I think handling wise I taken it a fair way. I can always go quicker there but jeez it wouldn't have taken many more horsies to have netted me a 1:04.. Provided it turns out the engine isn't using oil like I've suspected I'm now super motivated to get the Golf Mk6 Gti turbo in.

All up a good day with a good bunch of VW guys and it was good to see the top 5 Hillclimber guys there too.

[metalhead]

Sounds good Sam, well done! Don't worry about the harness until Ringwood at this stage, I expect August to come around pretty quickly anyway. Not going to head to Tamworth (July 20/21) this year?