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well thought i should give ye all an update on last weekends mission to gunnedah airport for some 1/8th mile action.

the convoy - stopped just outside quirindi for a piss stop
so i have friends just outside of gunnedah now so we were able to bed down at their place, was a good chance to catch up over a few beers (3 cases between 3 people in 3 nights ) and lovely surroundings!
for those interested i have put up videos of all the elimination rounds and also one of my brother and I together for one of the qualifying runs.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=UU ... ature=plcp

i also trialed the abs sensor crank trigger on the 202 for the first time in a real life situation, and these are the results, bit disapointing, not sure if the bracket is flexing or some other issue but needless to say it was retired for the rest of the weekend.
so just for reference sake here is a log of the last run of the day using the dizzy pickup, as you can see its rougher in the low rpms but not much difference higher in the rev range! also shows my methanol fuelling is allmost spot on
so to round up the weekend, i managed a best of 8.108 (previous PB at WSID was 8.16) and was knocked out in the semi final by a better reaction time.

Scotty's nos solenoid shit itself so he ran naturally aspirated all weekend and after some tweaking of the tune for no nos he went from 9.7's to a best of 9.355 and got second in the final for his class, and also dialed in a 9.40 and nailed a 9.40 solo run in eliminations, so he walked away with two trophys for his efforts!
biggest issue i had was a flat tyre after the weekend was over so all in all a great weekend, almost perfect weather and great racing!

went and did some shopping today
so when i had a few spare minutes this arvo I started attacking the project
the # 6 cylinder pipe will curve down after the starter motor and hopefully end up below the other two and merge in there.

i don't know why but i quite enjoy doing this sort of stuff, i guess its a bit like a jigsaw puzzle!
few beers and some grinding/cutting/welding

Holden202 wrote:i don't know why but i quite enjoy doing this sort of stuff..

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Holden202 wrote:few beers ..

Looking good so far, you certainly dont wait around once you have some parts!

hahaha well i actually did most of the work and enjoyed it before i had my first beer!

but yeah, when the missus has gone to sleep for the arvo with a migrain i had nothing better to do than play in the shed

this is where she sits at the moment .... was kinda planning a semi log type manifold going forward and turning up into the turbo infront of the inlet manifold .... but i've been looking at other cars setups and wondering if i can mount it below the exhaust manifold so will look at how thats going to fit when i get some time and go from there.
if i need to move the rear ones to be higher and then turn down into a turbo that shouldn't be too hard.

well i think my options just got decided for me, pretty sure theres no chance the turbo is going to fit low mount so looks like high mount with semi log manifold will be the ticket.
the chassis rail really needs to be another 2-3 inchs further out to even come close to allowing the turbo to get low enough!

Holden202 wrote:went and did some shopping today

Man shopping

Holden202 wrote: i don't know why but i quite enjoy doing this sort of stuff, i guess its a bit like a jigsaw puzzle!
few beers and some grinding/cutting/welding

No explanation required mate - that'd be like talking about emotions (shudders) - Gettin in the shed and making shit happen, a blokes happy place!
Good progress - i hope the missus doesn't have to have too many migraines for you to finish - they suck i know!

hehehehe

as it happens i did a bit of time at work sunday so in fairness i have today off so shortly i will be heading to my brothers place (VP V6 Turbo planned) and then we are both going to the exhaust shop to get the last bits i need plus he will be getting the piping he needs to make turbo exhaust manifolds for the VP!

heres todays progress so far, got all the log and rear half welded up and fitted to the motor so i can start working out the turbo flange and also the dump pipe .....
as you can see not alot of room but it should be enough i'm going to cut the battery tray out of the car at some stage then i should be able to finish tacking together the manifold and dump pipe enough to allow me to put the car back together and then finish it on the engine stand!! gotta have her ready for casino drags at the end of the month or Jayme will kill me

Well a major psycological milestone has been reached tonight, the fact that the turbo is bolted to the manifold in its final location seems like a massive step forwards hahahaha!

anyways i'll let the pics do the talking!