The Cal-look Lounge
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
April 20, 2024, 02:16:34 am

Login with username, password and session length
Thank you for your support!
Search:     Advanced search
350681 Posts in 28573 Topics by 6819 Members
Latest Member: Umanisti
* Home This Year's European Top 20 lists All Time European Top 20 lists Search Login Register
+  The Cal-look Lounge
|-+  Cal-look/High Performance
| |-+  Pure racing
| | |-+  UK aircooled VW drag weekend 8th/9th July,with street car shoot out 		« previous next »
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 ... 7 Print
Author Topic: UK aircooled VW drag weekend 8th/9th July,with street car shoot out  (Read 71302 times)
thehanz DVK
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 652
« Reply #30 on: February 06, 2017, 19:20:19 pm »
Quote from: richie on January 17, 2017, 11:10:17 am
Quote from: thehanz DVK on January 16, 2017, 21:36:48 pm
Roll Eyes Roll Eyes Roll Eyes then get to work fast richie..... Tongue
Gonna try to fit this in the agenda


Which colour car would you bring though?  Wink

98 % sure i come over and it Will be grey 😎
Logged
67 bug ragtop 091 berg 5. 2276cc 48 Ida
Airspeed
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 593
« Reply #31 on: February 07, 2017, 21:27:07 pm »
The 'actual street car shoot out' is really cool and deffo my thing!

Great to see you organising this Richie.
Once my car is actually driving - hopefully in a few months - even if it will only be N/A - I'll want to sign up for this 4sure!

Is it a problem if the car is not really cal-look?
Logged
"...these cars were preferred by the racers because the strut front suspension results in far superior handling than the regular torsion bar front end..."  - Keith Seume.
10.58 @ 130 mph (2/9/2022 Santa Pod)
richie
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 5620
« Reply #32 on: February 08, 2017, 09:16:59 am »
Quote from: Airspeed on February 07, 2017, 21:27:07 pm
The 'actual street car shoot out' is really cool and deffo my thing!

Great to see you organising this Richie.
Once my car is actually driving - hopefully in a few months - even if it will only be N/A - I'll want to sign up for this 4sure!

Is it a problem if the car is not really cal-look?

Hi Walter

no not at all, its open to anyone and everything that is aircooled VW powered, be good to see you their Cool


cheers Richie
Logged
Cars are supposed to be driven, not just talked about!!!   


Good parts might be expensive but good advice is priceless Wink
richie
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 5620
« Reply #33 on: February 08, 2017, 09:18:00 am »
Quote from: Neil Davies on February 06, 2017, 07:53:48 am
This gives me something to aim for too. Actual street, no burnout to try to save a stock gearbox! I'll be using the 2007cc motor that ran 12:50's in Headstraight in my full weight Beetle. Maybe run low 14's?

Its been long enough, time to get your finger out and finish it  Grin
Logged
Cars are supposed to be driven, not just talked about!!!   


Good parts might be expensive but good advice is priceless Wink
Neil Davies
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 3437
« Reply #34 on: February 08, 2017, 19:31:52 pm »
Quote from: richie on February 08, 2017, 09:18:00 am
Quote from: Neil Davies on February 06, 2017, 07:53:48 am
This gives me something to aim for too. Actual street, no burnout to try to save a stock gearbox! I'll be using the 2007cc motor that ran 12:50's in Headstraight in my full weight Beetle. Maybe run low 14's?

Its been long enough, time to get your finger out and finish it  Grin

 Grin

You'll get to meet my new crew man - he doesn't know much about cars, has only been walking a fortnight and can't really follow instructions, but if I train him up right he'll be able to get those small hands down the back of a hot engine with little regard for his own safety...
Logged
2007cc, 48IDFs, street car. 14.45@93 on pump fuel, treads, muffler and fanbelt. October 2017!
DaveN
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 420
« Reply #35 on: February 09, 2017, 13:34:53 pm »
looks like there will be a good turn out for "actual street" class
Logged
DRAG-DAY
Newbie
*
Posts: 33
« Reply #36 on: February 10, 2017, 15:00:39 pm »
This is really shaping up to be a spectacle - it will be great to see your car in the flesh Walter!
Logged
Andrew
Full Member
***
Posts: 245
« Reply #37 on: February 11, 2017, 20:18:15 pm »
Hoping to make the journey South, long way South, for the street class, great idea by the way. Does everyone camp the night before, the night after, how does it work?

  thanks,

Andrew
Logged
2085 72 gtbug
Newbie
*
Posts: 46
« Reply #38 on: February 11, 2017, 20:59:42 pm »
We normally rock up Friday lunch on until as late as we can Sunday
Looking forward to a busy Busy weekend 😁
Chris
Logged
richie
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 5620
« Reply #39 on: February 11, 2017, 22:07:42 pm »
Andrew, we plan on being there Friday till sunday, we stay at the track both nights as well, then journey home sunday evening, hopefully a few from Scotland are coming down Cool

cheers Richie
Logged
Cars are supposed to be driven, not just talked about!!!   


Good parts might be expensive but good advice is priceless Wink
DRAG-DAY
Newbie
*
Posts: 33
« Reply #40 on: February 13, 2017, 14:24:51 pm »
Quote from: Andrew on February 11, 2017, 20:18:15 pm
Hoping to make the journey South, long way South, for the street class, great idea by the way. Does everyone camp the night before, the night after, how does it work?

  thanks,

Andrew

Hi Andrew, the Cal Look Drag Day team will be there from Friday til Sunday night, and the 'Drags will be from Saturday am.
Logged
Andrew
Full Member
***
Posts: 245
« Reply #41 on: February 13, 2017, 20:55:34 pm »
Thanks all, better get myself a tent.

Andrew
Logged
Airspeed
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 593
« Reply #42 on: February 14, 2017, 22:27:56 pm »
Quote from: DRAG-DAY on February 10, 2017, 15:00:39 pm
This is really shaping up to be a spectacle - it will be great to see your car in the flesh Walter!
Cheers mate! I think i am just as keen to see all you guys again, racing and bantering!

Ferry has just been booked, so no turning back now.

Just a few 'details' on the engine to finish...
Logged
"...these cars were preferred by the racers because the strut front suspension results in far superior handling than the regular torsion bar front end..."  - Keith Seume.
10.58 @ 130 mph (2/9/2022 Santa Pod)
Erlend / bug66
Global Moderator
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 955

SCC Event


WWW
« Reply #43 on: February 15, 2017, 18:37:35 pm »
Thats a weird turbo exhaust...
Logged
The '67:
10.626 @ 132mph, SCC 2016
10.407 @ 134mph, SCC 2017
10.221 @ 135mph, SCC 2018

The '59:
Not yet..
Airspeed
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 593
« Reply #44 on: February 15, 2017, 22:34:10 pm »
Quote from: Erlend / bug66 on February 15, 2017, 18:37:35 pm
Thats a weird turbo exhaust...
I will run it N/A at first. Need a base line, its a tuner thing I suppose  Wink
Logged
"...these cars were preferred by the racers because the strut front suspension results in far superior handling than the regular torsion bar front end..."  - Keith Seume.
10.58 @ 130 mph (2/9/2022 Santa Pod)
richie
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 5620
« Reply #45 on: February 16, 2017, 21:09:49 pm »
Quote from: Airspeed on February 14, 2017, 22:27:56 pm

Ferry has just been booked, so no turning back now.


Excellent Cool If you get it so it has a turbo on it by then can I recommend you fly in your Norwegian tuner to apply boost control for you  Grin

cheers Richie
Logged
Cars are supposed to be driven, not just talked about!!!   


Good parts might be expensive but good advice is priceless Wink
DaveN
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 420
« Reply #46 on: February 16, 2017, 21:19:53 pm »
Do you need to have 2 seats fitted for the cruise if running in the "modified" street class?
Logged
Airspeed
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 593
« Reply #47 on: February 16, 2017, 21:27:58 pm »
Quote from: richie on February 16, 2017, 21:09:49 pm

Excellent Cool If you get it so it has a turbo on it by then can I recommend you fly in your Norwegian tuner to apply boost control for you  Grin

cheers Richie
Yeah, he would, wouldn't he?  Cheesy  Cheesy  Cheesy
Logged
"...these cars were preferred by the racers because the strut front suspension results in far superior handling than the regular torsion bar front end..."  - Keith Seume.
10.58 @ 130 mph (2/9/2022 Santa Pod)
richie
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 5620
« Reply #48 on: February 16, 2017, 21:36:20 pm »
Quote from: fiat 600 on February 16, 2017, 21:19:53 pm
Do you need to have 2 seats fitted for the cruise if running in the "modified" street class?



Going to have to think about that one, ideally I think yes they should
Logged
Cars are supposed to be driven, not just talked about!!!   


Good parts might be expensive but good advice is priceless Wink
jamiep_jamiep
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 1587
« Reply #49 on: February 17, 2017, 10:06:59 am »
Quote from: richie on February 16, 2017, 21:36:20 pm
Quote from: fiat 600 on February 16, 2017, 21:19:53 pm
Do you need to have 2 seats fitted for the cruise if running in the "modified" street class?



Going to have to think about that one, ideally I think yes they should

It's a good question, and I'm with you on that Richie.
« Last Edit: February 17, 2017, 12:24:07 pm by kaferboy » Logged
Happiness is a Hot VW.

My 1960 Bug

SAS RENN-WAGENS

CAL LOOK DRAG DAY
DaveN
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 420
« Reply #50 on: February 17, 2017, 10:31:04 am »
sounds fair enough, modified street has to meet the same rules as actual street.
Logged
Neil Davies
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 3437
« Reply #51 on: February 17, 2017, 18:19:50 pm »
Quote from: fiat 600 on February 16, 2017, 21:19:53 pm
Do you need to have 2 seats fitted for the cruise if running in the "modified" street class?

If you haven't got a second seat, how can you scare take a passenger along?  Wink My niece has called dibs on mine - she's five and loves my car despite having never been driven in it...
Logged
2007cc, 48IDFs, street car. 14.45@93 on pump fuel, treads, muffler and fanbelt. October 2017!
thehanz DVK
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 652
« Reply #52 on: February 17, 2017, 18:26:42 pm »
Quote from: Neil Davies on February 17, 2017, 18:19:50 pm
Quote from: fiat 600 on February 16, 2017, 21:19:53 pm
Do you need to have 2 seats fitted for the cruise if running in the "modified" street class?

If you haven't got a second seat, how can you scare take a passenger along?  Wink My niece has called dibs on mine - she's five and loves my car despite having never been driven in it...

Had my mom on the passenger seat....NEVER again she said  Huh Huh
Logged
67 bug ragtop 091 berg 5. 2276cc 48 Ida
richie
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 5620
« Reply #53 on: February 17, 2017, 18:53:26 pm »
Quote from: thehanz DVK on February 17, 2017, 18:26:42 pm
Quote from: Neil Davies on February 17, 2017, 18:19:50 pm
Quote from: fiat 600 on February 16, 2017, 21:19:53 pm
Do you need to have 2 seats fitted for the cruise if running in the "modified" street class?

If you haven't got a second seat, how can you scare take a passenger along?  Wink My niece has called dibs on mine - she's five and loves my car despite having never been driven in it...

Had my mom on the passenger seat....NEVER again she said  Huh Huh


Jo was in passenger seat for this, she wants to sit in it all way on drag week so cant have been that bad Wink


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ip4yneMNAQI
Logged
Cars are supposed to be driven, not just talked about!!!   


Good parts might be expensive but good advice is priceless Wink
Andrew
Full Member
***
Posts: 245
« Reply #54 on: February 17, 2017, 19:50:58 pm »
I had to give a wry smile when I read the Practical Classics article on Cal-Look, they referred to passenger grab handle on a hot VW as the "FM handle".

Andrew
Logged
DaveN
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 420
« Reply #55 on: February 17, 2017, 20:13:49 pm »
Quote from: Neil Davies on February 17, 2017, 18:19:50 pm
Quote from: fiat 600 on February 16, 2017, 21:19:53 pm
Do you need to have 2 seats fitted for the cruise if running in the "modified" street class?

If you haven't got a second seat, how can you scare take a passenger along?

passengers are heavy, I prefer to have a blue bottle instead of a passenger seat
Logged
2085 72 gtbug
Newbie
*
Posts: 46
« Reply #56 on: February 17, 2017, 21:48:15 pm »
I can live with having the seat in.....but running around Stratford with Sian in is a no no....i get punched in the leg..arm...ribs...as soon as I hit the go pedal...think I will develop a you need to sit here with the van and look after stuff excuse by July....
That or bag a willing passenger before then.....
Logged
Felix/DFL
Sr. Member
****
Posts: 386



WWW
« Reply #57 on: March 05, 2017, 13:03:36 pm »
Quote from: Felix/DFL on January 05, 2017, 21:30:44 pm
Quote from: hotstreetvw on January 05, 2017, 19:46:50 pm
Quote from: richie on January 05, 2017, 14:25:17 pm
burnouts are not legal on street it seems to fit more

Racing is legal in the streets over there Richie?  Wink
I must look when my holiday slot will be, would love to go to gb for some good fun and nice people.
Greetz,Felix

My holiday slot with the family bunch is 02.07-16.07, so sadly no cal look drag day for me...Grrrr...
Greetz!
Logged
numbnuts
Full Member
***
Posts: 125
« Reply #58 on: March 06, 2017, 13:21:27 pm »
what will be happening on each day? Its my wifes birthday on the Saturday and she would prefer me to go on the sunday, I would prefer to go for both days!
Logged
2854cc 1956 cal looker coming to this space shortly
Neil Davies
Hero Member
*****
Posts: 3437
« Reply #59 on: March 06, 2017, 20:07:49 pm »
Quote from: numbnuts on March 06, 2017, 13:21:27 pm
what will be happening on each day? Its my wifes birthday on the Saturday and she would prefer me to go on the sunday, I would prefer to go for both days!

Ooh, tough one! My wife has booked a campsite around Stratford upon Avon so her and her sister and the kids will spend the day pottering around the area on Saturday then Wellesbourne market on Sunday. I'll go and join them for tea on Saturday and back to the track on Sunday morning. I think my niece wants to do the Saturday cruise though!
Logged
2007cc, 48IDFs, street car. 14.45@93 on pump fuel, treads, muffler and fanbelt. October 2017!
Pages: 1 [2] 3 4 ... 7 Print 
« previous next »
Jump to:  

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!