stevejwest

Cool Thanks - Exactly the sort of answer I hoped for! Thanks for the help. I have looked at and driven other drift cars and I want something that is clearly MINE. There are several things I am looking at to mess with on the engines and gearboxes of various Skoda vehicles! Next one will be getting a 1.8t and auto to work off megasquirt.

Has anyone played with this? changing an Octy 4x4 to RWD only? I know the haldex will need to be replaced with a solid link and the front drive shafts 'removed' (leave the cv's in place but pull the rest of the shaft. Weld up the Diffs and then do some suspension / steering mods. I havn't seen much on the 4x4 system used in these and havn't had chance to play with one! I am also looking to simplify everything by removing all the extra electronics! Everybody else is going Jap or German - I was thinking going slightly more modern than my old Rapid but building something I could drift easily! A 03 or earlier Octy Estate (With tow bar of course) would be perfect! I appreciate the Octy is VAG BUT it was built in Czech! Any ideas or info on the 4x4 system appreciated!

Looks promising for the 3rd Aug - so hopefully if all goes well I can bring my Rapid. As its track I think I might tow it up!

Anybody found forged pistons for the 1.3 engine? I'm looking for something a bit stronger to take turbo and nitrous as I keep breaking them!

Vikki died yesterday at Royal Liverpool Hospital. It was very sudden and her husband has asked me to let you guys on Briski know.

My Family tree? 15 second Skoda Son against the 17 second Skoda Mum? Or a 13 second Skoda?

Damn - cant make GTi and as my car is still in pieces. Cant do the week after as I am at an Archery field shoot. I'm trying to get there for the 27th to get some much needed points in the RWYB Challenge! If I can leave my mum at home I stand a chance of getting fastest reaction time even if I cant get fastest car. (My mum usually beats my reaction time by a few 1000ths of a second)

Thanks Tom - its always been about what I could build for me!

Yes I am that idiot. I didnt enter the past couple of years as it seems the 999 challenge became a 'what can you by for 2000 and then say you got for 999 challenge!

Yes I have seen a few cars running with 'high rev' engines and getting good times. They seem to do quite a bit of engine rebuilding though. There are absolutely no internal modifications but I am running 12PSI of boost and a 30 shot of Nitrous. When I screwed up my gear shift, I did hit full throttle before I realised I had gone to the wrong gear. While the engines usually take high revs, the extra cylinder pressure probably did the head gasket damage. And I have been abusing it mercilessly down the track all year so it is probably due a hiccup! Apart from the nitrous, everything else is out of scrap yards so I cant complain about the cost! I was told there was no way I could fit a turbo to a stock engine................

J0hn - are you expecting to do 110mph at the end of the 1/4 mile? (Not knowing your car) If so yes you need a lid. However very few road cars can break 100mph so a lid is not required.

As usual I'm too late too! Looks like Peterborough is quite central or howabout https://www.google.co.uk/maps/preview#!data=!1m4!1m3!1d2346!2d-0.2507885!3d52.3321588!4m29!2m11!1m10!1s0x0%3A0xc3c9080710f0939c!3m8!1m3!1d623581!2d0.0072736!3d52.37288!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!5m16!2m15!1m14!1s0x4877c245549f013f%3A0xc3c9080710f0939c!2sbrampton+hut+near+brampton+hut!3m8!1m3!1d623581!2d0.0072736!3d52.37288!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!4m2!3d52.331464!4d-0.251164 this is on the A1 and A14, not too badly priced for an evening meal? Santapod is pretty much out of events till next year but we could do something there - lots of room to make noise and look at cars?

No interior, needs a new roof and as its probably been in the grass for a long time so no sills either - is that what he is going to pay to get it moved?

Thought I would share my win from the weekend - this is my current Track weapon of choice 1989 Skoda Rapid 136 still with a 1289cc Skoda engine. And YES the smoke IS tyre smoke! After a few runs I then missed 5th and got 3rd! Didnt seem to break anything and then I was challenged by a bloke in a 4.0 Jag to race. (Its Mike a mate of mine in his other halfs Jag so I had to race him for 'Pinks'! ) Another mate put his go pro on my sun roof - the video is here http://youtu.be/yTM5bWZ1DtY He pointed it across track thinking it would be a close race and would show the back of the Jag......... Quite a result and my best of this year of 15.1 @ 88 mph. I have gone faster a couple of years ago (14.4) but have had troubles with turbos and throttle bodies. The headgasket had blown when I overrevved earlier in the day so this finished it and closed the track for 20 mins while they picked up ALL my coolant! THe engine is fine - a new HG and its ready to go again. Still I did beat the jag by several lengths!

I picked up some heated window switches as we wanted a water meth switch and nitrous switch on the dash but a little 'stealth'. I then used a bi stable flip flop circuit http://www.bowdenshobbycircuits.info/page9.htm to give a push on push off as the switches are momentary. It takes a bit of effort but putting in the circuit means the actual switching is done away from the dashboard. I also put in a different colour led for when they were activated (3mm led) You can also remove the logo with a sharp knife and colour it in with indelible pen. :S