Australian Belly Tank

[Dr Goggles]

   Whats with the dish in the top of piston are you goina runna turbo mate?

They come in at 9.6:1 George, can't get any flat tops for them here...it was late in the game when we realised we needed them, they are exactly the same ones that were in the 2010 motor.

As recommended by Larry Perkins.
6 Times Bathurst winner and engineer.
So that lets you know that winning Bathurst is more important in Aus than being an engineer
G

including a "last to first"win in 1995, he's a character that's for sure.......

Dr Goggles........I understand the opposite seasons in your world verses the perfect winter that we are experiencing on the proper side of the

Equator, butt pull up your short pants and get productive.

By the time you digest the advice that us Yanks give you, the Down Under racing season will have concluded.

Ask some kid in the 4th grade at school. He won't steer you wrong.

Oh BTY, is Christmas in June where u live?

With all benevolence,

FREUD

Digest is the word I guess fERD, that where you take something in and turn it to shit right?..........I've done a fair bit of that....

As for fourth graders well, yesterday we had a knock at the door and the lady of the house was confronted by our neighbour from across the street and her stepson who she had dragged by the ear to apologise for swearing at school,( yes , she teaches at the school around the corner)..poor bastard, an uncomfortable situation for everyone...."wasn't really the place for her to say "oh it's OK, you're a boofhead but I reckon you're alright".....

No. he didn't have any useful tips for the racing program......

Same to you Freud and as for right side of the equator...it's a new day every day here, you just get our leftovers

[grumm441]

Dr Goggles........I understand the opposite seasons in your world verses the perfect winter that we are experiencing on the proper side of the  Equator, butt pull up your short pants and get productive.
By the time you digest the advice that us Yanks give you, the Down Under racing season will have concluded.

FREUD

Racing season?  Huh
We have one meeting a year. That's why I head over there in August
I've got to wait now for the balancers to come back from there holidays. then it's going together

It's supposed to be summer here. Christmas is usually around 100° and I'm sitting here with the heater on wearing thermals under my clothes. And from all reports it's snowing in the high country just north of here.
Melbourne, if you don't like the weather, wait a minute.
So we are trying to book a holiday somewhere warm
G

[racergeo]

  I'm visiting my daughter in Australia and the highlight so far is my ride in the baddest street car I have ever ridden in. A new Holden with a modification similar to what Nikey Chev would have done back in the day. This was called a Walkenshaw Supercharged. It is a 660 hp 6 sp trans super car. It went 260 km so easy and it had more!!! What a thrill. I reckon the Holden SS ute is my favorite though. Wish they had them in the U. S.

[Milwaukee Midget]

  I reckon the Holden SS ute is my favorite though. Wish they had them in the U. S.

We almost did.

http://trucks.about.com/od/pontiacg8sporttruck/a/g8_sport_truck.htm

I STILL miss my Dodge Rampage.

[Dr Goggles]

I STILL miss my Dodge Rampage.

This guy is pretty funny.....

http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2010/01/curbside-classic-1985-dodge-daytona-with-k-car-bonus/

  I'm visiting my daughter in Australia and the highlight so far is my ride in the baddest street car I have ever ridden in. A new Holden with a modification similar to what Nikey Chev would have done back in the day. This was called a Walkenshaw Supercharged. It is a 660 hp 6 sp trans super car. It went 260 km so easy and it had more!!! What a thrill. I reckon the Holden SS ute is my favorite though. Wish they had them in the U. S.

that sounds like fun

[Cajun Kid]

  I reckon the Holden SS ute is my favorite though. Wish they had them in the U. S.

We almost did.

http://trucks.about.com/od/pontiacg8sporttruck/a/g8_sport_truck.htm

I STILL miss my Dodge Rampage.

MM,  A fellow racer here in NC came up to my house and bought my 20ft V Nose Car Hauler back in the summer so he could haul his new LSR project Dodge Rampage...

I hope he puts his build on the forum.

Charles

[Milwaukee Midget]

Doc, we'll get this thread back to you shortly.  As a Ute driver yourself, I beg your patience.

I actually owned 2 Rampages.  Both had the 2.2, and they were both remarkably quick.  Just perfect for a semipro musician's gear, cheap to keep, and always drew a second glance.

The first one was sideswiped by a semi, which knocked me sideways and in front of the offending rig, where it proceeded to push me sideways down I-43 until the left front tire blew out and sent me careening into the divider.  I walked away, my load unscathed, save the load in my shorts, but that's why I bought a second one.

Try to find one today, and like Studebaker's, most have either rusted away, or have been turned into race cars.

[grumm441]

Doc, we'll get this thread back to you shortly.  As a Ute driver yourself, I beg your patience.

MM
Hijacking the thread. Meh

It seems we in Aus will make a ute out of anything
The rules committee of our club are having some discussions regarding the changeover to the scta rulebook
In our book we have a ute class. These are sort of like pickups, but have a one piece body/tray
It is felt that there should be an Aussie ute class locally.

So Recergeo
Have you had a ride in a ford FPV ute?
G

[racergeo]

   I just went to Ford Performance Vehicals web sight. I would be the first to admit that Ford in AU has it all over Ford U.S. but they are still way back of the Walkinshaw Holden. It is unreal.

[racergeo]

 Just watched a documentary on the 2008 Cook Shoot Out. It was produced here in Australia and was on Turbo Max 2 telie channel that is similar to our Speed channel. I reckon it was an excellent coverage. It featured the Ack Attack motor cycle record and had wonderful coverage of Burklands getting the FIA record at 415. Also covered was the speed Demon going 380 with the 4 cyld and I believe the Morman Missle went 340 before catching fire. A great production that I havent seen in the U.S. I am going to try to have a brother inlaw DVR it for me as it is on again this evening. It is supposed to be neer 100 deg by week end. Looking forward to it.

[Dr Goggles]

Just watched a documentary on the 2008 Cook Shoot Out. It was produced here in Australia and was on Turbo Max 2 telie channel that is similar to our Speed channel. I reckon it was an excellent coverage. It featured the Ack Attack motor cycle record and had wonderful coverage of Burklands getting the FIA record at 415. Also covered was the speed Demon going 380 with the 4 cyld and I believe the Morman Missle went 340 before catching fire. A great production that I havent seen in the U.S. I am going to try to have a brother inlaw DVR it for me as it is on again this evening. It is supposed to be neer 100 deg by week end. Looking forward to it.

....he's better informed than us!....good to see you're having a time, how long are you about for?...... Ask if your BIL knows the Kularis, they run a 68 Ford with something more exotic than a Clevo....... I'm not sure it may even be a cammer...they're from Shep, hey they probably live next door!

[racergeo]

  I am arranging a race at LeMans Karting in Dandenong South on Sat. newyear day. probably be around 2pm Email me if you can attend. Love to have you come by. George

[Dr Goggles]

  I am arranging a race at LeMans Karting in Dandenong South on Sat. newyear day. probably be around 2pm Email me if you can attend. Love to have you come by. George

Was still in Central Victoria at that point nursing a bears head, how did it go?

Today is the first day of the 2011 preparations, the way it looks out there we'll be spending most of it re-settling spiders..........



After a long and severe drought it is almost as wet as it has ever been, what with all this plenty comes spiders, we have the Redback Spider in, under and behind everything in our back yard, their only saving grace is they are timid and slow. ..... but they're poisonous, sometimes lethal, but mostly just painful....They are a smart-dressing cousin of the Black Widow.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redback_spider

[Geo]

Wondering how you were doing after seeing a report on the severe flooding.  An area the size of Texas    The photo from a helicopter showed water almost to the roof for as far as you could see.  I do not remember the location.  Maybe on the other side of the Continent.

I have a love hate thing about spiders.  Love them for catching bugs, hate them for the webs and bites.

Have a Happy New Year!

Geo

[Tman]

Ditto on the weather, hope you guys and all my other Aussie pals are OK!?