Carlisle trip report (was 16valves of bliss)

[rick@brubakerbox.com (Rick Alexander)]

Since you like positive posts (who doesn't) here is my trip report from last
weekend.

I couldn't take the racing "stuff" and the camping "stuff" all in Rolling
Roc so I loaded Rolling Roc on the dolly and took off for Carlisle Thursday
afternoon. Six hours later I had the car unloaded and the truck set up as
the "home away from home". Sipped some Stoli with Paul before hitting the
rack.

Friday morning I did a thorough search of the swap meet (disappointing)
chatted with some kit car folks then headed out to explore the environs. We
ended up at a pick and pull that we'd visited before only to find that the
crusher had been there the week before (tears). I did manage to find a
Nospeed upper stress bar, Golf eurolights and the rest of the pullies I
needed to put the PS rack in Merrilee's Cabby. Oh, there was an early 90's
Golf four door auto that only needed a fender and grill to be 100%. I could
have had it for $300.00 but there was just no way to get it home and a
return trip would have made it not such a good deal. Off to Harrisburg for
some Mexican before returning to camp for some Stoli and Coronas with Dave
and Jen.

Saturday was spent at the fair grounds jawing with folks with only a two
hour "I gotta go for a ride". Set the car up for the racing the next
morning, a camp dinner with Paul, Dave, Jen and Dick. We all went to see
Batman then returned to camp for more Stoli, Coronas and a frigid nights
sleep.

Sunday was the autocross but was the strangest thing I'd ever run. It was
almost time trials but not quite. They divided us up into groups of 20 per
hour. Everyone got four laps then five lap runs until the hour was up. The
first two laps were warm up then a timed lap then a cool down. The five lap
runs were not timed and were just for fun. The track was new asphalt, 25'
wide and a quarter mile long with a 10' elevation change. The track was
interesting and challenging but if you have ever run stickies at 34 degrees
you know that they are quite useless until there are a few miles worth of
heat in them. Consequently my timed run was miserable but I really enjoyed
the fun runs after the tires were heated up. Next time I'm not going to pick
a morning hour, live and learn. We all had lunch together and hit the swaps
while they were packing up. I got a pair of power regulators for a MKII but
there really wasn't much in the way of VW. We packed the vehicles and stayed
for the car give away (I didn't win AGAIN).

It was a nice pleasant six hour ride home. A great weekend, lots of Rolling
Roc seat time, good friends and cheer.

Wish you were there.

Rick Alexander
http://www.brubakerbox.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry" <rocco16v@netzero.com>
To: "Cathy Boyko" <losinit@usa.net>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: 16valves of bliss


> Them kind o' headaches is the bestest kind....
> It's nice to read a real positive post, now and then...
>
> Larry  sandiego16V
>
>
>
> Well, here's a rundown of my long weekend. If you can't stand the boredom,
> just hit delete now.
> Saturday: Steal the car from the dealer's and clean the crud my son left
in
> the garage so I don't slip and kill myself; finding tools is good too.
> Washed
> the beast.
> Sunday: Replace wires, big, fat wires. Coil-head/alt-starter/negative
> term-frame/positive terminal-starter. Lots of insulation gashes/electrical
> tape/ corrosion, and on one, massive scorching. Not a good thing. Oh, and
> add
> the missing negative-tranny wire that started the project. And permanently
> mount the relay mess for the headlights. And a general solder and fix
> anything
> questionable looking and clean up the engine bay, looks much better.
> Then (finally) install the right bolts at the bottom of the front struts
and
> mount the new wheels and Dunlop SP8000's. Alignment is getting done ASAP.
> (it
> was a good car, so it got some jewelery)
> And some "test drives" thrown in there, LOL. =:O
> Monday: some more "test driving", and new Mobil 1, "test drive", add some
> water wetter, "test drive",  rewire the stereo, "test drive" and figure
out
> the problem with the headlight switch (an easy fix) And install the new
> (used)
> H1 for fun.
> Overall impressions? Well, faster and happier than before the wiring, it
> starts really easy, and I wished Jim was here to play a game of "German
> engineers I'd like to slap" , that under the airbox ground is a joy, I
think
> I
> had half the engine apart. And what's with two bolts to hold it down,
like,
> where is it going? (I did manage to wash the "other" car too)
>
> So for those who are frustrated, stick it out, the joy of blowing down the
> road like the wind itself is worth it. Sorry I was so down last week, hey,
> it
> happens. And I'd LIKE to say I didn't speed. Well, maybe once...
> Cathy, now with a genuine headache, mainly from grinning too much ;P
>
>
>
>
>
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