Tyre Pressure

Thanks to Gordon’s diligent perusing of the Speedwell’s website (re: Rocker Cover Racers) he found the following info…

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http://www.speedwellengineering.com/2010/09/tire-pressure-we-dont-need-no-stinking-tire-pressure/

Tire Pressure? We don’t need no stinking tire pressure
Just a quick note here. Long time ago I, like many of us have always stuck to the general tire manufacturer’s inflation recommendation. Typically for a 13 inch tire they’ll say anywhere’s from 28 to 32 psi, correct? That’s based on a car weighing in at around 2,000 pounds. Believe it or not, if you’re running a modern tire of just about any size on a Spridget, you actually want to be running about 18-20 psi cold on the side-curtain cars, and 20-22 psi on the roll-up window cars since they weigh a bit more. Aside from riding more smoothly at the lower pressure, you most likely find it to be less “darty” over bumps and will stick to the road so much better. Give it a try, if you don’t agree with the results, the worst-case scenario is that you’ll have that painstaking task of putting air back into the tires! Also, if you’re really adventurous, try setting your toe-in at zero instead of the BMC called for 1/16″ toe-in. I’d love to hear from any and all of you about your findings if you try it. I might even post views telling me I’m full of horse-hockey, too!

2012 Festival of Sprites

The 2012 Festival of Sprites was an outstanding event. David & Di Low, Chris & Tina Brine, Helen King, Sue & Helen Stephenson attended along with about 90 other people from all mainland states.

Wednesday 25th. We drove all day to get there. Unloaded the cars from the trailers, then down for the ‘Meet and greet ‘drinks’ and a casual  meal.

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Thursday 26th. Competition cars went to the Winton track for Sprints and Regularity. The rest went on an economy run, with lunch at the Winton track. Here we watched the track cars for an hour before setting off on a casual drive around the district. Some went in a bus.  I managed 3rd place in the economy run.. That night we had ‘Rocker Cover’ racing. Chris and I entered, but need to do more to win. This is great fun and we need to do it in our Club.

Friday 27th. All participants (about 38 Sprites, obviously could not include the unregistered Competition Sprites) went in an economy run to Yackandandah. Here we had lunch provided by the Anglican Church ladies, so it was all home cooked. Then run continued all afternoon, we got a bit lost, but who cares. That night was the Hawaiian night. So all dressed accordingly. Some people love to dress as idiots. That night a recorded interview with Stirling Moss was shown, this was really something special as it can be hard getting him to an interview.

Saturday 28th. All the cars lined up for the Concourse. The cars were arranged in a random manner , not lined up in rows. This showed the cars off in a better way and was much easier to take photos.The cars were then judged, but only the best were judged as time did not allow all cars to be judged. I was a judge and was amazed how it was all done. The winning 2 cars, were amazing, and both are driven on a regular basis. In fact the winning Bug-Eye was driven down from Sydney and last year around Tasmania. (Chris ended up in 8th place) This was followed by a Motokhana on bitumen, here we saw some very skillful driving. That night the theme was Black and White, so we had small time criminals, Darth Vader, Charlie Chaplin, Choir Boys, Yasar Arafat. Everybody had a go. Then we had a live skype video link call to John Sprinzel in Hawaii. We got him out of bed at midnight, but he happily agreed. Great Stuff. Then all the usual thank you speeches and results were dealt with.By this time we had our cars back on the trailer ready for the big drive after a good breakfast early on Sunday morning.

In summary it was a great weekend, well worth the effort and expense, in fact it was excellent value for money. I really do hope more of our members make the effort to go to one of these events, it is so enjoyable, you meet so many great people. Many made huge efforts to get there. One WA couple shipped their Bug eye to Brisbane, then drove down and afterwards were driving it Melbourne, where it would be shipped back to WA. 4 cars came down from Queensland.  Chris and myself would really like the Club to embrace this event as we know you would just love it.

Spring removal successful!

As many of you know I’m restoring a bugeye and at the last meeting I reported on the fact that I’d broken the heads of the rear spring bolts – however thanks to a tenacious cornishman (AKA John Whitburn) they have been successfully removed and the bugeye is now happly at minus paints!

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Fish and Chip Run to Encounter Bay

The run was conducted yesterday March 18th in superb weather for Sprites. Everything ran smoothly, even the cars.
So I would like to thank these people for turning up and making the day enjoyable for all.
Peter Dineen and Ros, Garry and Molly Beaton, Ken and Mary Dutch, Hilton and Kim Jamieson, and Barb Ridge.

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David & Di Low (organisers).

Mark 3 FOR SALE

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An Austin Healey Sprite mark 3. 1966.
Re-built 1098 motor including:
Crankshaft Grind 20′
Re-bore 20′
New pistons and rings, main bearings and big ends, oil pump and timing chain.
Valve grind.
New ring gear, clutch plate, pressure plate, and water pump.
Radiator has been professionally cleaned.
A re-built master cylinder fitted, New slave kit and a re-built starter motor and generator.
Rego Number : RMK 543. Engine No: 10CCDAH15357.
This car is currently on Club Historic Rego.
Good tyres, Body, Paint and trim.
Has a roll bar Tonneau cover. It comes with books and some spares.
Contact Bevan Adams 0405084099 and email janne_mary@aapt.net.au
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Mallala National Historic Race Meeting Easter Car Club Display

Title: Mallala National Historic Race Meeting Easter Car Club Display
Location: Mallala
Description: Invitation to participate in the annual Mallala National Historic Race Meeting Easter Car Club Display, Saturday 7th April 2012

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Entry Form PDF

Hi car clubbers

We have been Running historic motor racing at Mallala over Easter for the last 31 Years
For the last few we have been inviting clubs like yours to bring your cars along on the Saturday
You can enter as club groups or individuals

We want from you

· Enter by the 16th of March

· $25 per car (and occupants)

· The old cars for everyone to look at

For that, we provide

· The best park in Mallala, next to the track on the lawns

· Some shade and somewhere to sit down

· Furthermore, during the lunch break from racing, you get to take your cars around the circuit on parade laps

It’s a fun day for all and last year the classic day attracted an excellent crowd, more than double the Sunday turnout.
We would love to see you all there and appreciate if you would include
If you don’t think that is exiting enough, then consider entering the historic regularity event! (contact me for more info on that)

Cheers,

Troy Ryan
On behalf of the Historic Racing Register of the Sporting Car Club of SA
0419 666 307
troy@solardepot.com.au
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2012-04-07
End Time: 15:00

2012 Festival of Sprites,254th-29th April

Please re-consider this event it will be all lot of fun. Lets face Sprite members in our Club do enjoy a good time, that is a fact. I really want to call on all our members who have not indicated or who are contemplating involvement , to attend this event, as I know you will enjoy it and take away some great memories from it. This event caters for those who wish race track time, those who wish to drive socially ( that is us) and those who don’t even own a Sprite. The mere fact you are a Sprite devotee you will enjoy meeting other Sprite devotees from WA,VIC,QLD, and NSW. See their cars, share their passion, and make new friends. This is what all single make car clubs aspire to.

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What better place to do it that at Wangaratta, nearby is the Winton Raceway and Wangaratta is the gateway to so many wonderul touring Sprite roads,places of historic and scenic interest, many local producers of wine, cheese,olives and chocolate.

Good accommodation has been secured at extremely good rates and the tariff for this event reflects this, plus evening meals, lunches,a farewell breakfast and of course entertainment.

For more info you can ring me on 83812093 or email me at dslow@tpg.com.au or contact the Victorian Sprite Drivers Club at tmcorbin@bigpond.com mob 0414988641 or gcorbin@bigpond.net.au

For details contact David Low at dslow@tpg.com.au

2012 Festival of Sprites

One of those places where we want to take you, and we want you in the formation for the good of all, is the Australian 2012 Festival of Sprites. I really want to call on all of our Members who have not indicated , or who might be still contemplating involvement, to be part of this event because I know you will enjoy the ride and take memories from it. The event caters for those who wish to have track time, those who to drive socially ( that’s us mainly) and those who don’t even have a Sprite in fact! The fact you are a Sprite devotee you will want to meet up with Sprite devotees from WA,VIC,QLD, & NSW. See their cars, share the passion with them, and make new friends. What better place to do it than at Wangaratta, near by is Winton Raceway and Wangaratta is the gateway to so many wonderful touring roads,places of historic and scenic interest, many local producers of wine, cheese,olives and chocolate.

Excellent accommodation has been secured at extremely good rates and the tariff for the event reflects this, plus evening meals, lunches, a farewell breakfast and of course entertainment. A couple are going from our Club which is a great improvement from recent years.

Please give this event your serious consideration, don’t dismiss it lightly as something other people, it it aimed at you and you really enjoy yourself, big time.

Here is the latest abou.t the upcoming Festival of Sprites

Bulletin No 3

25 – 29 April 2012 – Wangaratta Victoria

 

Sprouting Forth – Dec 2011

Here is the club magazine for December 2011

Special thanks to Patrick for his hard work in making the changes to the format of the magazine!

The club magazine can also be accessed from the members area of the site – this will soon be locked down so you can only access it if you have a current membership and therefore be able to log into the website.

You will need the Adobe PDF reader or the plugin for your browser to read this document

 

“KymRoundOz”

Kym Ninnes will have copies for sale of his book at the meeting on 5 December.

It is the story of his trip around Australia in his Clementé clubman. It’s a good bit of Australiana, adventure, travel, dreams and cars.  It is a great read and would make an ideal Christmas present especially for friends overseas. It comprises 170 pages, full colour with lots of photos and maps. It costs $29.95  or it can be ordered over the internet through www.kymroundoz.com where it costs an additional $3.50 p&h. I’ve attached a couple of pages to give you an idea of what it is like.

Sample pages 1

Sample page 2

Five Ferries Run – 8 – 15 September 2012

Please Visit the club website – for the full details – thanks!

The Club is planning an extended run through South Australia to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of the club – particularly the wine regions but also including part of the the Murray river areas close to Adelaide.

We’d like to get a bit of feedback on whether you’d be interested in finding out out a bit more and letting us have some confidence in going ahead with planning this even.

Please follow this link and fill out the form to help our planning – cheers!

Dates in calendar

Hi Still trying to sort out small things on the site however one warning  – the dates in the little events calendar widget on the sidebar you’ll see the are in the US format at the moment ie Month/Day/Year…

 

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Welcome

Hi Everyone

So here it is – the new website is finally done…sorry about the delay 🙂

You’ll see that it’s pretty much the same content as the old site just a bit prettier and allows for easier placement of images etc.

We will institute a new format for the club magazine shortly and provide an archive under the members area for things of interest from the old site in coming weeks.  We want you all to be part of the new site and be able to comment and be active on it – I’ll email you shortly with details of logins etc.  Sorry if some things aren’t perfect but I had a few issues with the changeover to the ‘live’ site hopefully to be fixed soon(ish).

Thanks for your ongoing support of the club!