Red Devil mkII - The Journey Continues

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johnny 5 is alive...

[seangti]

hey bud,
The round eyelit attached to the panel behind the headlight has a M8 thread/bolt in it, so I'm confident that it's strong enough. I had to drill an 8mm hole in the bonnet to secure the carabiner.

2x 6mm Carabiners
1x rubber ocky strap (though now on reflection that isn't fire proof so cams may not be too impressed. There's minimal heat in that section so not worried about heat). I have heard that modern cars are considered to have a secondary bonnet restraint given it's a 2 step process to release the bonnet.

If they (cams scrutineer) don't like it, i'll get some steel wire and try again.

This weekend is a Porsche club day, so should be some nice toys out there.

[seangti]

Porsche car club event at MP is da bomb! Let us know what you think of the track upgrades

What do you mean upgrades?

Wonder if we can access the pit bays this time...

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Oh ya, I forgot about the pit bays...you might wanna ask. Last I remember you could hire one for $40. Maybe they're included?

They spent a heap of money on resurfacing. Not sure what else they did.

Hi Rich. Johnny Five alive! No disassemble

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thanks Sean, i did notice that the bimmer has a second stage catch as standard so i thought that might be the get out of jail free card if it all went south. i wasn't too sure how good it would be at high speed though but in zee true German engineering style it looks pretty bloody robust...

i'm going to see if i can get a better rubber seal between the bonnet and slam panel also as i think air is getting in there and trying to lift the bonnet. i have physically tried to rip it open and no dice. i'm not known for my hulk like powers though so i'm investigating all options. i really don't want to go down the bonnet pin path...

have a good time at Morgan Park mate and take it easy...

hey Ben, long time no see. hope you're well mate...

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Thanks mate. All good

[sambb]

hey Sean unless the rules are a little different in QLD, the existing OEM bonnet release system qualifies as a secondary bonnet catch. Step one is the in cabin bonnet release and the secondary release is the one you do manually once its been popped. I read the rules when I started out and it says you need one and I was all set to do it, but those rules assume that you are prepping a race car where the standard release isn'tsed/ custom bonnets are fitted etc. I emailed CAMS and they said (as well as my cams affiliated club) that the OE system passes. I'd just hate to see you drilling here and there if you didn't need to.

[seangti]

Thanks Sam. I'd read a little on it and was unsure. The Porsche club dude I was in contact with mentioned it was required so thought I'd have a crack.

[sambb]

yeah fair enough. Ultimately it is up to what the scrutineers at the club hosting the event say they want so right thing to do. Man everyones chopping their front aprons now. Mines off the car now about to get the chop and I trimmed the bumpers top lip off and a few other things to get the air going to the right places. With a CAMS licence, any chance we'll see you doing some hillclimbs next year?

[seangti]

Yup for sure re hill climbs, will have a crack. I've only seen the Mt Cotton one locally, would like to try just to see if it tickles my fancy. It's somewhat of a different skill set to circuit.

I'm also keen to have a crack at autocross with these guys- Welcome to Ipswich West Moreton Auto Club, looks like awesome fun.

We'll see how many events I can get to next year, better be more than this year, though we have a baby on the way so needing to be realistic.

[sambb]

Good stuff. I'll probably do the trek up to the Grafton round of the NSW hillclimb championship next year. Out of state people can run. That's about the only hillclimb I can think of where we likely cross paths unless you want to do Bathurst in march. You've got those softs sitting there ready to go which would be perfect. Re the autocross I was going to email you about those guys. I saw a write up about them in a magazine somewhere. That'd be awesome fun.

[seangti]

So two weeks ago I did the 900km commute to Sydney (actually 1100km to Nowra), to participate in my first VW Nationals. Took a while to get the day started after scrutineering and 2nd group out had a few dramas (one car los

[sambb]

yeah that was a mega mission for you Sean. I'd have been a little underwhelmed too re the lack of action and then with how the sessions were made so short afterwards to get them rolling through. I reckon next road trip you do we'll see if we cant get together a group and rent out a cabin at Wakefield. Leaving direct from a track for a long drive is always 10 times more exhausting.
Yeah it must be strange watching someone punting your old car around a track - when ever I cut something or drill a hole in it I always feel a pang of guilt for what was once your tidy little daily.

[seangti]

yeah that was a mega mission for you Sean. I'd have been a little underwhelmed too re the lack of action and then with how the sessions were made so short afterwards to get them rolling through. I reckon next road trip you do we'll see if we cant get together a group and rent out a cabin at Wakefield. Leaving direct from a track for a long drive is always 10 times more exhausting.
Yeah it must be strange watching someone punting your old car around a track - when ever I cut something or drill a hole in it I always feel a pang of guilt for what was once your tidy little daily.

I'm actually chuffed to see it out on track turning good times. I'd bought it with that intention back in early 2009, then the red polo came up and thought that was a good way to go. On reflection perhaps it really wasn't, but it's now been running reliably for a couple of years and now done 3x Sydney trips.

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Good on you Shorne. Love your work. Too bad about others’ mishaps. Hopefully one day I’ll be back out there with you...