The Roadster NA Journey Begins

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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby ManiacLachy » Mon Sep 11, 2017 8:08 am

That does look like a lot of fun! I can imagine there is dust and dirt EVERYWHERE! :mrgreen:

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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby Magpie » Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:20 am

This morning
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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby speed » Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:47 am

That dirty pic is AWESOME!

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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby Magpie » Thu Sep 14, 2017 7:58 pm

A 1:00.0955 on the Sprint Monday and a 0:59.8875 today!

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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby Magpie » Sun Sep 24, 2017 11:39 am

This sticker cannot be run at WTAC, but after :)

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Changing the ride height a tad and adding a bit more rake. The from up 5mm and the rear up 8mm. This will make it a little more towards oversteer and this may not be smart as I'm already heating up the rears more than the front on exits. However the increased rake should help the front aero and the slight increase in the front height will not have the splitter on the ground under hard braking...

Also decided to do some 'patch up' up work. The GV rear wind deflectors have been on for almost 5 years and are starting to show signs of 'wear'. The paint underneath is still in very good condition.
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Ready for paint, colour....
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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby Lokiel » Sun Sep 24, 2017 6:34 pm

Magpie wrote::
The car was too low, aero was useless,
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One of those "Yeah, that should have been bloody obvious!" moments? (we've all had them)

Looked awesome!
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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby Magpie » Sun Sep 24, 2017 6:58 pm

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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby Magpie » Sun Sep 24, 2017 10:16 pm

Decided to strip the shell, fit a roll cage, paint, re-wire and then transplant from the blue car! Then some door to door in 2018 :)

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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby plohl » Sun Sep 24, 2017 11:13 pm

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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby Magpie » Tue Sep 26, 2017 4:46 pm

Wind deflectors in the process of being painted... Acrylic this time, test piece to see what it looks like and how it finishes. Bonus was I'm at work whilst the painting is being done at home.

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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby Magpie » Tue Oct 10, 2017 7:34 am

If going to WTAC 2017 call into garage 2R and say hi

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On the way down
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The V6 Amarok is such a pleasure to drive. Heaps of power to overtake! Comparing the 4 to the 6, in the 4 towing was normally done in S mode, however with the 6 using S mode makes it hunt too much for gears...

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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby plohl » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:05 pm

some how i got convinced to go, so i'll come say hi on saturday... and tell you how cool racing is...
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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby Magpie » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:09 pm

See you Saturday, hopefully will do a fast lap :)

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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby chefie » Tue Oct 10, 2017 9:28 pm

Hope all goes well car and driver look :D
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Re: The Roadster NA Journey Begins

Postby Okibi » Tue Oct 10, 2017 11:45 pm

Have an awesome time, would love to be there.
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