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This weekend saw the running of Power Cruise 14 at Qld Raceway. If you haven’t heard about Power Cruise, it is basically a huge modified carfest held over four days with everything from a Show ‘n’ Shine to Power Skids to safe Off-Street Drags to Dyno competitions and Drifting sessions being held.
Although we only made it for Saturday’s action I can tell you that the action was a plenty and the quality of the cars was outstanding.
There was a noticeable lack of blue oval entrants however there was a number of Chevy’s, Imports and a Hot Rod or two to balance out the Holdens.
What sets Power Cruise apart from other car meets is that there is a strict no alcohol rule and being held at privately owned race tracks around our fair country means that you can enjoy driving your modified car the way it was meant to be driven - in a safe, controlled environment without fear of the boys in blue jumping down your throat.
For more information on when and where Power Cruise is held jump on to the Official Power Cruise Website. Even as spectator’s we had an absolute blast but we have all vowed not to return without an entered vehicle, the fun these guys and gals were having out on the track is infectious!
You can see some of our pics from the day on the Photo Gallery and we have a hundred or so more images to add over the next couple of days.
Oh and a word of warning - if you’re busting for a leak and the toilets are being cleaned DON’T go behind a tree in the car park, undercover cops are everywhere!!
Here’s some video from our day out. They have what is called the ‘Half Hour Of Power’ where a selection of the most powerful cars get to go out and have some fun on the track. The video is taken from the pit lane as they lined up. The video quality is ordinary but it gives a good idea of the standard of cars out there this weekend.
Trolling around the ‘net tonight I came across these three ebooks for sale. What is an ebook you ask? An ebook is simply an instantly downloadable book or report.
All of these ebooks contain good information on subjects that as motorists we face quite often and what impressed me the most is the price - $7 each. We can barely get a mower tin full of fuel for that price these days.
If you would like more information on any of these topics I urge you to check out these bargain-basement books!
After almost two years of abuse the diff in Jerry’s RA28 Celica has finally taken a holiday. To bring you up to speed, we have been involved in the build-up of Jerry’s car for over three years now, first with the engine transplant at our workshop before my back gave out and then with a number of different jobs like hiding the wiring, engine bay respray and interior refit at home on a part time basis.
The engine used is a 1G-GTE originally found in late 80’s early 90’s Toyota Supra’s. It is a six-cylinder 2.0 litre with twin turbos, twin cam head and efi. The engine is basically stock, with the exception of a full rebuild, front mount intercooler, boost control valve and the turbos have been high-flowed and fitted with Subaru WRX internals.
The gearbox is the original 5 speed from the Supra half-cut and when the transplant was done we decided on leaving the original 4 cylinder diff in place and look at a suitable conversion when it gave up the ghost. Little did we know it would last this long!
Recently the diff centre bearings have been getting noisy and the crown and pinion gears show a considerable amount of wear but the clincher was breaking an axle today after pulling second gear mid-way through a corner with quite a few revs on board (on a private road of course!). Here’s the results:-
Now the hunt is on for a suitable replacement differential. My opinion is that a V8 VN Commodore diff should be strong enough and fitting VT Commodore front hubs and calipers and a Commodore master cylinder would achieve a number of things.
Obviously the over-all brake upgrade would be a good thing as the original brakes are marginal at best and the Commodore wheel stud pattern gives Jerry the choice of literally hundreds of different wheels which will be an improvement over the crappy mags on it at the moment.
The mandrel-bent exhaust might be an issue as it closes the gap between diff housing and the floor considerably so that will have to be a consideration in the final choice as everything needs to be legal for hassle-free cruising.
