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Post by bluerat on Mar 18, 2007 21:21:31 GMT 10
Naahh sorry Booster, If I could get hold of one, I'd try it for you. As you know the 76 is a big stick, and you would expect low vacuum at idle, You might have to visit Mr.Sherriff and his magic machine to really test it?? Got a pair of Webers??, the're great.
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Post by scando on Mar 23, 2007 12:33:02 GMT 10
So who's going for a play at the kart track on the weekend? I want to see lots of pics.
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Post by datsunlimited on Mar 23, 2007 14:37:59 GMT 10
yeah i reckon i will go 4 look dad offered a drive of the clubman last night but not sure if it the piss talking
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Post by bluerat on Mar 23, 2007 19:50:34 GMT 10
Yep, yep, yep.
Any tips Scando??
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Post by scando on Mar 26, 2007 12:48:31 GMT 10
So how was it Bluerat? How strict were they on jumping ripple strips? If they were'nt too strict I'd say the best way to get a quick time would have been to have everything except the outside wheels on the grass on the inside of each corner. Did many people find the tyre barriers?
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Post by datsunlimited on Mar 26, 2007 14:12:41 GMT 10
i had a great weekend got a drive in 2 rota's but never again i dont reckon (it's all about the wank factor thanks mister felix) ;D nearly beat old man at kart track i reckon i could have if he told me i was aloud to bend it :-/lol, an drove m8s rx-7 at trowotta he lent me coin an car for the day hehe NEVER again cause i beat him, i think i drove real good considering i had only drove the rx once an dads car never. will post few pics an movies when i get the chance
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Post by bluerat on Mar 26, 2007 21:27:43 GMT 10
![](http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/4065/robkartdh4.jpg) Here's DattoLTD winding it up for a big finish.... ![](http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/46/ratkartcompkz7.jpg) Here's a photo of a smooth in control driver!! ![](http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/9007/rattrowuttacompbh6.jpg) Startng at Trowutta...taken by the hot chick on the start line!! It was a ripper of a weekend, I'm sure Rob has some better photo's.....I played up to much at the Kart track to post a quick time!!! It was the old story, Next run I'll smooth it out and post a better time..Naahh and Trowutta I got nailed by a better driver on the day, but I did uphold Datsun pride and beat a certain brown RX-7!! Rob did drive well and hopefully he'll get another run in the Clubman. You all missed out Wombat, Scando and the rest!! look out next year.
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Post by bluerat on Mar 26, 2007 21:50:35 GMT 10
Sorry Scando, they were very strict on cutting corners, we were read the riot act at the Drivers briefing to look after the track and not to do anything too silly, but car one ran off into the tyre wall on run one(jammed throttle!!) and a BMW 2002 very nearly rolled at the bottom of the hill (turn3??) other than that everyone stayed on the track. It's a wide track!! You can spin a HQ Monaro and not touch a thing! in other words, plenty of room for plenty of fun!!
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Post by datsunlimited on Mar 27, 2007 8:57:32 GMT 10
only just beat me bluerat ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png)
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Post by scando on Mar 27, 2007 13:43:53 GMT 10
Nice work DatsunLtd, I know I'm always hopeless when I jump into a car/kart I haven't driven before so to be straight on the money in shorts sprints like that is a fair effort. You'll be pleased to know I'm now the proud owner of my first Bluebird. I've bought an '85 wagon for my new daily driver now that I've got rid of the Lancer ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Do I see a dry track at Smithton in those photos Bluerat? I can't believe it, damn you guys were lucky if you had a dry day there! It is a fairly wide track. I thought the only bits that would be a struggle in a car would be the S bend up in the top section and the second hairpin. Did you get times for full laps of the track or was it sprints from the start grid? I'd like to know how they compare to kart times. I went to Symmons on saturday. Had a bit of trouble finding my braking point at the end of the back straight but found it in the end by trial and ERROR! Got down to low 63's and a couple of high 62's so I think that shouldn't be too far off the pace for targa B. The bad news is I had a pre-scruitineering inspection yesterday and have a fairly long list to complete before sunday. It should all be achievable though, it's just gonna be a busy week!
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Post by datsunlimited on Mar 27, 2007 14:08:49 GMT 10
well i think i manged a 54 or 53 an 55.55 (wet) 3 seconds off a real quick sti dont have times on me at work at moment. 51 quickest i think in the subi, good to hear u got a bluebird ![:o](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/shocked.png) will put times up once i get home. times were flyin lap startin from the pits could have beaten dad if i had of gone quicker off the start but was great weekend, few wet runs but was pretty lucky with the weather, cant w8 to drive clubman again especially once it fixed would not rev past 5 at kart trk if it had of im sure we could have cained em all
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Post by bluerat on Mar 27, 2007 17:25:16 GMT 10
Sixty two's first time out!! not bad....you would of been rattling into the braking point at the end of the sweeper!!! good luck with the scrut. problems, After Baskerville, I wouldn't of thought you would have too much to do?? Dont worry, we copped some rain on Saturday, It was drizzling for the first couple of run's, then dried out, and then pissed down for the last run, I planned a big play on the last run but looped out like a gumby and sculked back to the pits with my tail betwwen my leg's, he,he,he. Sunday was a perfect Circular head day, sun shining, birds singing, tyres chirping etc thank goodness, that hill would be freaky in the wet!! At the Kart track we rolled out of the dummy grid, then were allowed accelerate once on the hotmix, the timer started at the start line (funny that!) we did a full lap, then took the shortcut back to the pits as the next car came out. As for time, I dont know!!! all I was worried about was beating Miss Molly, she's a bad girl!! (Rob might have a good photo of her peeling some rubber!!) I just re-read that last bit and it DOES sound a bit suss!! I'm talking about expensive Bridgestones not ribbed banana flavoured numbers.
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Post by scando on Mar 28, 2007 13:52:49 GMT 10
My bluey isn't quite as serious as your RB20 monster Datsunltd. I bought it off a guy that looked like he was about 80 for a grand and it's pretty tidy. Has the standard wheel trims and even come with sheepskin seat covers and a nice fluffy steering wheel cover ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) What engine does your dad's clubman run? I reckon the best way to get a car round a kart track would be smooth as possible but there's not fun in that is there Bluerat! So Miss Molly was good to watch? How did the other big V8's go? I'm glad you've mentioned Miss Molly was a car before cause that does sound a bit sus! I know I definatly haven't seen any bad girls keen to peel some rubber when I've been in Smithton! A few nights spent in the bar at Tall Timbers before race meetings could best be described as SCAREY!!! Anyway, back to the PG rated stuff. The reason I have heaps to do before the weekend is pretty much because of different scruiteneers. There a quite a few things that weren't a problem when the car got log booked last year that now apparently have to be fixed. It started breaking down at high revs on saturday cause it keeps gumming up the plugs cause it runs so rich. So it's going on the dyno tonight to get some fuel taken out of it, it'll be interesting to see what it actually puts out.
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Post by datsunlimited on Mar 28, 2007 14:23:37 GMT 10
ok best time was 45.98 in old boys clubman runnin standard 13b that would not rev past 5 grand, bluerat got 46.66 an heaps of fun ![8-)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/cool.png) . best time of day was 42.02 in shit hot sti. miss molly 47.34 an wogboy's skyline 48.92 hillclimb i done a 58.18, m8 who owned car managed 58.63 an the bluerat 57.59, miss molly 55.30 dad a 55.15, quickest time 50.68 sti plus new record i think, an a rx7 N/A with 200 rwkw insane would be best way to describe that >51.55 also new 2wd record
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Post by scando on Mar 29, 2007 13:40:20 GMT 10
Do you reckon the guy with the STi would be upset if somebody told him 7 year olds have been round there quicker with 9 horsepower ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) Your dad's clubman must be an absolute weapon! Those things are quick with a 4AG in them let alone a 13B! The Z put out 174rwkw @5,500 rpm on 10psi last night. He left it rich above 5,500 to look after the engine becuase I only drive between 3,000-5,500 most of the time. When he start the air/fuel ratio was at 9! He said he normally tunes cars to have a ratio in the high 12's but I asked him to still keep it a bit rich to be on the safe side so it's now running at around 11.4
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Post by datsunlimited on Mar 29, 2007 15:12:59 GMT 10
what is the times of a kart round there??
yeah clubman pretty quick but like i said wouldnt rev past 5000 rpm so imagine it going to 9 it be insane
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Post by scando on Mar 30, 2007 8:43:45 GMT 10
I'd imagine it would be insane! What does it weigh? Bugger all I'd imagine!
I think the quickest I ever got round there in a kart was 34's in a 125cc rotax which have about 28HP. Midgets is a class for 7-10 yr olds and their engines have about 9HP. I think they do 41's or maybe even 40's for a quick one!
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Post by datsunlimited on Mar 30, 2007 12:08:54 GMT 10
dads clubman bout 700 kg not as light as it could be he designed it to be longer an wider than than most to help with stability, he asure's me would have been quicker with 2 litre gem motor back in it, if thats the case there is alot of improvment to be made. give it an extra 30- 100 horse depends on port an hold on , he reckon it would do a 8 or 9 round symmons, was looking at these historic regularity trials, they run with targa class i think.. dad wants to enter a few of those so you will get to see it at next baskeville meet scando maybe i could get u a spin in passenger seat ![:o](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/shocked.png)
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Post by wombatracing on Mar 30, 2007 14:45:01 GMT 10
So Bluerat what exactly is wrong with the Gazelle??? it looked to be in pretty reasonable condition. Even got a reasonable set of mags on it. Why not talk to sukdat510 and find out how he did the FJ24 and then build it up into a 240RS look alike.
Would you guys belive that Bluerats trailer is even painted the same colour as his 1600. Bluerat did you get a bulk buy on the paint??? (Thanks for the loan of the trailer Bluerat).
Well I will be at the 10 Days On The Island Carnival at Don (just out of Devonport) tomorrow, and will have the Cherry Coupe on display. If you get bored or want to have a look at it pop in and say g'day. I will be handing out flyers with the club website to as many people as I can also. Just to get us a few more members and get the club name out there.
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Post by wombatracing on Mar 31, 2007 21:33:53 GMT 10
I had a great day at the CARnival the look on peoples faces when they saw the Cherry was great. I had so many people ask what is it? where did you get it? I even had an old engilsh couple tell me they used to have one when they lived in England. To top of the day I may have even tracked down another Cherry on the mainland.
You will also be pleased to know I handed out quite a few Datsun Owners of Tasmania flyers to.
Ho by the way is any one looking for an original Datsun 1000 steering wheel? If so let me know and I will pass on the owners details.
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