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Offline Diamond Hell

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Re: Golf2 Syncro ABF
« Reply #550 on: 24 August 2012, 22:11 »
Less crash test dummy, more plus-size model.  :grin:
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Re: Golf2 Syncro ABF
« Reply #551 on: 24 August 2012, 23:19 »
Wow that first picture really shows off your height.  :grin:

Hmm, got me thinking about my steering column, the luxury of the daily having height adjustable seats and reach and rake wheel is missed in the golf.  May have to have a play with lowering mine a little if its a safe mod.  Could also do with a deeper dished wheel at some point.

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Re: Golf2 Syncro ABF
« Reply #552 on: 25 August 2012, 08:04 »
Less crash test dummy, more plus-size model.  :grin:

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Re: Golf2 Syncro ABF
« Reply #553 on: 25 August 2012, 11:59 »
I'd have popped out last night if I knew you were about, would have beaten watching big brother!

I could have filled you with interesting anecdotes about glistening labias as usual, nothing like moral support! :grin:
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Re: Golf2 Syncro ABF
« Reply #554 on: 25 August 2012, 12:25 »
I was out there with my girls, so probably best not, eh?  :grin:
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Re: Golf2 Syncro ABF
« Reply #555 on: 25 August 2012, 12:49 »




Is there not more weight to be lost with removing the rear seat base, as Nick and Mark have done, or is the weight loss still WIP?

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Re: Golf2 Syncro ABF
« Reply #556 on: 25 August 2012, 12:58 »
Is there not more weight to be lost with removing the rear seat base, as Nick and Mark have done, or is the weight loss still WIP?

There is possibly a little more that could be gained there, but not a lot, actually - it's very thin metal with a lot of spot-welds - reads PITA to me!

It also has my bias valve bolted to it, so I'd have to figure out an alternative mounting for that, which switches from PITA to CBA at the moment.

I'll get it weighed at some point, once this round of changes are done.  Will be interesting to see where it's at.

Track Day Trophy has a limit of 175bhp per tonne, interestingly.  :lipsrsealed:

Sean, on the shear bolts, I had the dash out, so slotted the heads using the angle grinderette, then used a manual impact driver to crack them off.  Once they were cracked off they wound out real easy.
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Re: Golf2 Syncro ABF
« Reply #557 on: 25 August 2012, 23:13 »


Track Day Trophy has a limit of 175bhp per tonne, interestingly.  :lipsrsealed:

ummmmmm  intresting.   
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Re: Golf2 Syncro ABF
« Reply #558 on: 25 August 2012, 23:43 »
ummmmmm  intresting.

Innit.

Only controls aside from that are no slicks and I seem to recall you can't modify the floor of the car (no ground effect).

Oh and you can only do six races until you have to have a second novice driver sharing the driving.

Has the potential to be a route into the hideously expensive world of circuit racing for more than one person.  :grin:
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Re: Golf2 Syncro ABF
« Reply #559 on: 04 September 2012, 00:44 »
Doing something Olympics-themed:



Unfortunately what we have appears to have been designed and fabricated by failed paralympians.  :angry:
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