Mythbuster: continuing project thread of my 1303 '75

[dub_crazee]

great to see the car at spa wally - shame i didnt get to meet you! sorry to hear about the engine - fingers crossed for the crank to be ok!
spa was a fantastic show - probably the best ive been to!
good luck getting the motor back together for action
Deano

[Wally]

Thanks Deano. Pity indeed we didn;t run into each other, but its a huge site and easily to be at different locations. It was a busy saturday for me at that as well
Crank is fine (no imbalance) and could be polished within 'loose race-spec'
I could find new bearings and I am cleaning everything now. If I don't f*ck-up the assembly (this is not a 'normal' engine), I should be good to go on the boat with Clyde Berg and company to VW Action
2 1/2 weeks and counting...

[dub_crazee]

that's great news! wish i could make it to action (especially as my bug will be on the road!)
have fun!

[ricola]

Glad things are looking up Wally, I'll definitely try and make it over to Action!

[Humble]

Luckily you caught everything early enough that no real damage was done, lucky! Hopefully it all goes back together smoothly in time to kick ass at the next event

btw, how much caster are you running on the front now?

[Wally]

Originally Posted by Humble

btw, how much caster are you running on the front now?

The max I could get was still only between 3,5 and 4 degrees, which is still 2 degrees shy of my goal. I can't do anything more at the top of the strut though, so the rest must come from the bottom. There may be something in development that might help.
I was thinking maybe its the 944 Cup (M030) spindles that I'am running that give the unfavourable caster. A-arm pick-up point, strut mounting and the wheelbearing shaft are all in line with these. Maybe a stock spindle is different?
High speed (>125 mph or 200 km/h) changing directions was still a bit nervous as you might see from the vid here and there from my steering corrections, so its either more caster or I really need a wing with a bit more serious vertical side pods.
Apart from Thomas, who runs a very cool body extension as a wing (which would hinder my intercooler function I think), no other cars ran over 125 mph on the track as far as I know, so there is little comparison.
There is a good thread on the cal-look lounge about high speed and aero for beetles at the end of the 1/4 mile and the consensus seems to be that when approaching 125 mph, beetles get into aero trouble and get unstable. I'am starting to see the resemblence here with my own experiences more and more, so not sure more caster will help if its really aero related.

Would be cool to talk to you at Action 4sure Rich!

[Bogara_ZO]

Was nice to meet you Walter. Hope your car will be ready for the next challange!











made it from this angle..."because race car"

[Wally]

Likewise mate! Tnx for the pics :-)
Good luck with the nice score on the brakes you got at Spa!

[ricola]

Well done on your PB at the weekend Wally

Rich

[Wally]

Cheers Rich, was nice meeting you!

Here some vid's of my runs:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxQKMJoPd9Y

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPxANl57W7E

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlNtMRA1xlk

[NO_H2O]

Thanks for the vids Wally. Always good to watch you and your car in action.

[judgie]

good work on the PB and glad you all enjoyed the night racing.

[70Turbobug]

Getting close to that 10 Wally! Congratulations! Nice run!

[vdubzack]

Have you considered something like this?
http://tangerineracing.com/chassis.htm At the Bottom for the page is camber boxes for a Porsche 914. I installed them on a customers car and dont think they would be too much of a pain to mod to fit a Super. Crhris is a good person to talk to abuot this. But he is in the States.

[Wally]

Originally Posted by vdubzack

Have you considered something like this?
http://tangerineracing.com/chassis.htm At the Bottom for the page is camber boxes for a Porsche 914. I installed them on a customers car and dont think they would be too much of a pain to mod to fit a Super. Crhris is a good person to talk to abuot this. But he is in the States.

No, but then again I also don't see how that would adress some of the things I see as 'upgradable' on my particular super? I don't have a camber issue nor would this be usable on my car to improve caster, seeing what I already have done up top for caster adjustment and what room there is left (none) between the tower reinforcements.

I know Chris rather well as far as oversees contacts go btw as I have purchased his tangerine exhaust 5 years ago. He is indeed a super nice guy and great fabricator and designer!

Next week ('Super-sunday') I am running a Time-Attack event here on the Zandvoort track. Very excited to see if I am able to improve my time there too