Wreck to Race.

[Preen59]

I really like the third video, Pete. Very nice.

[adzy]

A joy to watch Pete! What is your PB for Sandown mate?

[velly_16v_cab]

great videos pete, i enjoyed watching them.
i was going to ask the same question as preen but thought you was just trying to put less stress on the motor up the hill.

keep up the great work/driving

[Peter Jones]

Had to re-wire a chunk of the engine bay loom today. Didn't want to hit the track again with who knows what going on in the loom.

Here's what I extracted the engine bay. The hot wire to the temp sender had melted everything together all the way through the loom.







A bit hard to see but the old loom is at the bottom and the new one just above it.

I removed the un needed glow plug wiring and added a tacho sense wire into the loom.

Still need to find another two pin temp sender or work out how to convert the dash to the more common single pin type. I've included new wires in the loom but can't connect 'em 'till I sort out the sender. Meanwhile the VDO temp gauge is working fine so I'll just keep using that.

[Peter Jones]

A joy to watch Pete! What is your PB for Sandown mate?

Actually it's on the slip above 1:38:286 (give or take a few hundredths.)

[Jarred]

great work Pete, you sure are a busy man!

those vids are great, I like the setup on the last one. now you just need a multiangle setup! hah

[Peter Jones]

great work Pete, you sure are a busy man!

those vids are great, I like the setup on the last one. now you just need a multiangle setup! hah

Yeah and 3D too.

There's only so many video cameras I can operate at once!

[Peter Jones]

Swapped out the master cylinder today, I haven't been able to figure what else could be causing my braking issues so out it came.

No pics, looks the same as before

Did find a lot of wear on my new Mintex Pads, they stop great but they're only going to last two meets by the look of them.

Also discovered why I've been loosing coolant. The pressure relief valve in the reservoir cap had rearranged it's own innards.



Next stop RobRoy Pity the Wavetrac equipped gearbox isn't back from repairs yet, I'm really going to have to tool up and get into box building myself.

[Peter Jones]

White rides again, off for a short drive up a steep hill tomorrow.

Still no word on when (if?) I'm going to see my gearbox again.

[16v_kid]

All the best for tomorrow Pete.

[alex g]

nice one pete the car looks very nice through the twisties,looks like good fun

[Peter Jones]

Just back home now. Very wet today.

Lots and lots of tyre spin today. The pit area and the paddocks for the trailers etc. were all extremely slippery.

Mostly got video today but here's a few pics while I'm figuring out the video.



There was another VWCV golf out for a run, first time I think I've been in an event with 2 MK1s!



The aftermath involved a lot of mud. I couldn't even reverse the golf up to the trailer.

Getting to the trailer turned in to a motorkhana!





and a few shots of the clean up at the car wash on the way home.

[Peter Jones]

Managed to get 4 runs in today. Not really certain what my times were, they'll be on line later, I'll look 'em up them.

I think the worst was about a 39s and the best a 33s.

Track conditions were about as bad as they could be and traction was a big issue for everyone.

I really needed that LSD today. I need to find another box builder that doesn't take two months to turn around a box repair.

Not sure which run this is, there's in car footage to follow.

[Peter Jones]

Run1 . I had no idea what gear to be in. 2nd was all spin and 3rd was bogging down. Still managed to get up the hill though

[Stephy]

Very entertaining - looks like so much fun