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Photo time!!!! I thought I'd do some drag racing in lieu of any actual work. Best ET was 17.931@74.05mph. It will be interesting to see what it will do with the 1.8T.

I did 18.39 in qualifying so dialed in an 18.2 and proceeded to beak out and did an 18.11. I lined up for a few grudge matches and managed to do a 17.93@74  while power shifting. I need to find some smaller wheels for it as I never made it out of 3rd.  What car was your dad in?

If you do come out Bart I'll give you the address of Raizer's mower is. Hows the repairs going on your dads car? I made a couple of tweaks to the timing on my golf and now I can light a tyre up on launch. I'm really interested to see how fast I go.

Not knowing what a good/bad track is after only doing one day of drags about this time last year I can't comment on times. But the rundown is: the track is the main straight of ruapuna in reverse. You launch on a dedicated section with track bite for the first 150ish feet. The rest is preped with rubber before the event. I have a video of a funny car doing a 6sec quarter last year. 

24 minutes ago, Seedy Al said:

Only if you plan on crashing I guess? 

True. 
  

Probably when the track is available?   

Right going to have to cancel the order of sharp stabby things. So the lack of a strong metal thing protecting my engine and radiator wont be an issue.
  

Pegasus Bay have racing on this Sunday. Thought I might take my golf for a squirt before the turbo motor goes in.  

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10 hours ago, cletus said:

Can be done as long as it doesn't have any sharp edges or anything that would make it more harmful to wayward pedestrians that may end up in front of you

more harmful than 1 ton of car hitting you??? 

If you're in Christchurch take a piston to Cliff Bond down ferry road. They have shit loads of NOS rings on the shelf and can match something up. They'll probably give you some good advice as far ay your crank/bearings. 

I don't think the whale suspension was designed for a boot full of crap and a trailer. 

And a few shots from my travels. One of the straps holding the engine on the trailer snapped just passed Omarama. good thing I had spares.   

Some More shots from Cromwell. Cheers Jonny and Nick for an epic weekend. 

5 hours ago, igor said:

What time did Will finally roll in? Was getting on a bit when he left 'clutha.

I managed to get there just on 6:30. The driver of a purple charger looked really surprised when I passed him with a trailer on. 

Car is loaded up and mostly clean. I've got the better part of 8 hours driving ahead of me. Jonny I'll flick my a pm with my number, what's your address?  And for anyone who breaks down I have duct tape, zip ties and a tool kit in my car so shouldn't be able to fix most problems. 

Right guys, Jonnys tomorrow night, whoever has the smallest car we all pack in. but lets keep our clothes on.

Now I need to find a 126 wagon to see of it has coils. My 126 van is leafs. 

Is yours on coils? 

Whats the rules on bumpers? I like the no bumper look these golfs are rocking and thought I'd do something similar on my Mk2 golf.

http://jp-carparts.com/toyota/cartypelist.php?maker=toyota&type=331140

going off this it appears the 110 was the wagon and the 117 was the van.

 http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/

this is a good site for info but only lists the 117 for van/wagon.

make it good. I've got a roadie on this weekend and i need an excuse to take stupid photos.

2 hours ago, kiwi808 said:

Yeah mate, loads of room for a trailer. Any chance you could bring a car door down from Chch with you? Seeing as you have a trailer and stuff?

Only minor detail is I'm back in Ashburton and won't be up in Christchurch until the 28th. If you can get it Ashburton or even Rikaia I'm happy to bring it. 

well with that sorted all thats left to do is wash the car.

so after traversing the roadway of baries do we hook a left or right? I'm confused. And Jonny do you have enough space in your back yard for a trailer with an engine on it? saves me toting it around all weekend. 

You'll end up with a boot full of water, looked at the weather forcast lately?