UK Circuit Raing News

[65Cabby]

Haa haa do you know I probably was, I knew there must be another reason other than me for being soooooo slow.
I did buy some and also some double springs to stop valve bounce but never fitted them before I stopped racing.

Reading this thread made me go and look at my very old web page,
www.avnet.co.uk/raw/beetle.cup
it's had over 100 thousand hits but is 10 years old. Blimey

The details page shows the car as I sold it to the Portuguese chap. I'd love to know if he is still racing it. Funny but I remember it as being very clean and pristine, funny how your stanards change.

[beetlecupdriver]

Funny looking Spax dampers on your old car they seem to read KYB

[65Cabby]

Are yes well spotted, I borrowed the spax's for my speedster, thats why the KYB's look like new, they were. I find them way too stiff.

[beetlecupdriver]

You should buy an old Cup car and come out. No regs any more several cars for sale around the £1000 mark, do what you like with the engine. Youd love it, sounds like you kind of miss it

[65Cabby]

Mmmmm but I'm in the middle of the cabby build although I do have a 2.1 about to go on the dyno at JMR. That would give it more of a power to weight ratio than a varioram 993.

I'd need more life insurance

When you say no regs would that include weight. My old car had the bottom 8 inches replaced with lets say thin crappy replacement panels. It made the car come in even with my 12 stone about 50lb under weight compared to the other cars. I had to put lead everywhere, my first outing out I didn't know how under weight I was going to be , so I had to scroung 3 flywheels to bolt to the car.

[beetlecupdriver]

Life insurance, whats that

2.1 in a cabrio waste of time you could never have it flat out with the roof down, it would ruin your Mrs hair.
Stick it in a race car, much more fun. I know of a few going cheap with missing engines, ideal

I ran thin panels too, under weight never was never a prob and my car is well under, come to think of it weren't the tyres supposed to have 1.6mm min tread, with a min ride height and I bet you never knew the gas board used the same spiral lock wire as were on those seals that always fitted a bit loose....... oop's maybe I shouldnt say any more .....:righton:

[Beetleman]

What happened to this series?

Did it just fade away or is just not advertised anymore?

I always fancied having a go, but fiances were always way too short

D'oh, couldn't access the first page before, now I can and it's answered my questions d'oh,d'oh,d'oh