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Joined: 21 Aug, 2010
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Rent a Campervan or Motorhome in New Zealand, NZ - The... 21Aug2010
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Rentacampervan services can offer you great things for your campervan holiday. But you will only be able to enjoy all these luxuries if you have checked on the fees included in each firm offering such packages. You should also consider the facilities included in the package. Surprisingly, Motorhome Hire NZ can offer you facilities at reasonable prices for staying in the New Zealand capital city. When you don't have the time to take a long Campervan vacation, a weekend away can be a good option. While many people dream of packing up a getting away for a couple of days to refresh and recharge, the expense of travel and accommodation can make such short breaks unattainable. But there are options available that can allow you the opportunity to have a short vacation without blowing your budget. One of these options is to Campervan Rental New Zealand. When you look into the possibility of this you may be surprised to discover that it is more affordable than you think and may mean that it is indeed possible for you to take that much sought after weekend vacation. When planning a short break you will find that your requirements in regard to what you need in a camper will differ greatly from what you may require during a longer holiday. For a weekend away you may only need a small or more basic model that may cost a little less to hire. This may prove more affordable than other forms of regular accommodation. If you are looking for Cheap Campervan Hire, checking on the price of numerous firms offering camper van packages will be of great help. From there, you can decide on which company will suit your basic needs. You may also want to browse through optional extras offered by these companies. There are many makes and models of campervans available to rent and even if you regularly get away in a camper, hiring one can often be a more cost effective and practical alternative to buying one. Not only is buying a camper a huge financial outlay but there is also the ongoing costs of maintenance and applicable annual taxes. There are also the practical considerations to take into account in terms of somewhere to garage it when it is not in use. When you Campervan For Rent you have the chance to select a model that will best suit your requirements for your particular holiday and since these may differ depending on the type of vacation you are planning, you have more flexibility in choosing one that meets the needs of each individual holiday. When people want to escape for just a few days they usually choose destinations that they can drive to in order to stay within their budget, so it makes perfect sense to take your accommodation with you. Because time is obviously limited on a short holiday you don't want to have to waste time on the setting up and dismantling that is often involved with camping in a tent. With campers, this time is severely reduced meaning that you can be out and about enjoying your holiday in no time at all. There are many destinations you can choose from for this kind of Campervan Holiday and you will find that many holiday parks accommodate campers at reasonable per day prices. If you are looking for that perfect weekend getaway and love the outdoors then get online and check out how you can rent a campervan for Campervan Holiday. There are many websites that allow you to view the makes and models available and some that offer useful tips that will help make your short break a truly relaxing and memorable experience. You can also look into various holiday destinations and plan your trip in advance, saving you time and hassle. Are you looking to get away for a weekend and Campervan For Rent? If so then you need to speak with RentACampervan, this online company will be able to help you find the perfect vehicle for you. For more information on the company please visit the website at http://www.rentacampervan.co.nz
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Joined: 21 Aug, 2010
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Campervan Traveling to A Dream Land - New Zealand 21Aug2010
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New Zealand is a magnificent, wonderful and an amazing country for Campervan Holiday, where tourists have been enjoying their trips to their peaks. New Zealand owns considerable importance because of its exceptional geographical location, stunning sceneries; unique cultural architecture, energetic nightlife and friendly people motivate tourists to visit the country several times. It contains some of the most full of life cities such as Auckland, Picton, Nelson, Queenstown etc. For a great camper van experience New Zealand is a top choice to consider. You can fly into New Zealand and land at Auckland or Christchurch Airport. Be aware that this country is very strict in its rules about what you can bring into the country. Many people are enjoying the fun and excitement of a Campervan Hire New Zealand. While in New Zealand, you can enjoy almost all types of weather conditions like sunshine, humidity, rainfall etc. If you love rainy season then May and June are the perfect months for you to visit New Zealand. New Zealand has a developed well designed infrastructure and communication system so you can keep in contact with your friends and relatives in any corner of the world. Campervan hire in New Zealand is one of the best ways to see this magnificent country. If you fancy standing out from the crowd, there is a range of Campervan For Hire, by Rentacampervan, all individually painted in psychaedelic patterns and colors. Rentacampervan specialize in campervan hire for New Zealand only, their prices are very reasonable and the quality of the vehicles is superb. A camper van vacation lets you explore all areas of the country, even those on the less traveled back roads. You are in no rush to get anywhere and can enjoy a much less hectic experience as you travel the beautiful countryside of New Zealand. Hiking, swimming and backpacking are all activities you can enjoy on your vacation. You can visit the glaciers, hills, and mountains and even walk through a mangrove forest. The cities provide plenty of shopping and restaurants for tourists to enjoy when they want to unwind in a modern setting. Why not Rent Campervan New Zealand and tour New Zealand's South Island for yourself? New Zealand has an extensive network of holiday parks in all major tourist centres, and in most towns, where you can park up and go explore.
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Joined: 21 Aug, 2010
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Campervan Holiday New Zealand - Adventures of Campervan... 21Aug2010
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Howdy, are you planning for a Campervan Holiday tour in New Zealand? A Campervan will be the best vehicle for your trip. Campervans offer you accommodation plus vehicle hire facilities. Campervans in New Zealand are getting very famous for people prefer it in the adventurous trips, now days it becomes very tough and tedious to find our most comfortable stay and superb vehicle for rental; campervans solve both the problems by serving 2 in 1 facilities. To success your travel plan, always arrange your trip in advance and keep some points in mind. Such as safety sides, helpful travel tips and also emergency guidelines with you. When you start your journey check all equipments are working and well fitted or not. You can save money for accommodation and get benefited. Almost all New Zealand Campervans available for hire have unlimited kilometers included in the rate. Other than minimum hire periods being imposed there is nothing actually preventing someone from undertaking an unrealistic itinerary if they chose to. Individuals are advised to make a proper planning of the trip and hire the vans accordingly. Campervan Hire is the ideal way to explore beauty of New Zealand. You can enjoy all natural scenes and adventure of your holidays. You can enjoy day time journey and find better camp ground for your night rest. Rent Campervan New Zealand are available at different companies and at different places. It is advisable for the individuals undertaking different tours to make a proper plan and schedule of the tour so that no place and the attraction of the place gets missed. Summer is a favourite season for many people around the world. It is the time that you feel the welcoming heat of the sun. Swimwear comes out of the closet and families start to take regular outings on beautiful warm days. Camping and out of town trips are often part of the itinerary. If you haven't already thought about or planned your next getaway, rent a campervan and take a road trip with friends or family. Campervans are not just any old vehicles; they are like a home on the road. It doesn't matter where you come from or where you might want to go, you will be able to find a suitable campervan so that you can experience a holiday or getaway like no other. These vehicles have a small kitchen, a toilet and sleeping area. You will still be able to enjoy watching your favourite show on television with the use of a satellite dish. If you are travelling with a family, by contrast, New Zealand is one of the hottest destinations for Campervan for Hire on the planet. The unspoiled natural scenery is sure to delight every member of the family, and perhaps nowhere else on Earth can you get a good view of such a drastic change in terrain all in the course of one day. There is plenty of adventure and outdoor activities available, so you can park your camper, get out, and explore on foot. Added to this is the pleasure of camping out in the open and you have a truly unique holiday experience on your hands. Looking to a Campervan for Hire or a Campervan for Rent in this year? RentACampervan is a Auckland City based company with a wide range of campervans for you. For more information please visit the website at http://www.rentacampervan.co.nz
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Joined: 12 Dec, 2008
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Just Beetles goes Touring Car Racing (part 15) 20Aug2010
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Its been a while since my last blog so appologies for that...its been a hectic year so far. If you haven’t guessed already the racecar hasn’t been out so far this season. There are a number of reasons for this, but the big one is ‘cash!’
I had a contingency fund set by (very important in motor racing) to cover me for accident damage and breakages. I thankfully had no crashes last year, but I hopelessly underestimated how much it would cost to develop the car. As an example, i’ve had 4 races and i’m on my 3rd gearbox!
As a welded stock cooling fan isn’t up to the RPMs that we are pulling and the gearbox proved such a frustration last year, I decided I wouldn’t enter another round until I had an electric cooling fan fitted and a set of gear ratios that matched the engine characteristics, which is the other reason for the no show so far this year.
On the cooling front I have bought a 12” cooling fan which produces the same amount of air as a stock cooling fan would at 10,500rpm! this is then being mounted on a home brewed fan shroud which is very similar in looks to the stock system. This does mean the stock oil cooler has to go, so we are fitting an additional external cooler next to the gearbox to compensate. The standard alternator is then being replaced by a lightweight race version. Removing the stock fan and alternator will also give us around an extra 12bhp@8000rpm.
One thing that I learned last year was that fitting a serpentine pulley wasn’t a great idea...Its fine on stock or highly tuned road car, but not so good on an 8000rpm racecar. At lower rpms it would have saved power as a serpentine belt creates less mechanical drag than the standard v-belt, but at 8000rpm the serpentine pulley turns the cooling fan much faster than a stock v-belt (In dyno tests in the U.S. the stock pulley and v-belt was found to slip at over 4500rpm, caused by the fans increasing aerodynamic drag, so the cooling fan would simply not turn any faster, the serpentine pulley stops this slip so the cooling fan turns a lot faster) This is good, as it meant more cooling air for my engine, but at the same time it causes two big problems. Firstly, the faster the cooling fan turns, the more horsepower it consumes, so at 8000rpm the cooling system was using an enormous amount of power, and secondly, it caused the welded steel cooling fan to turn way faster than it was designed to do which is why it exploded after only around 70 miles use.
The other advantage of electric cooling is it sheds a huge amount of weight off the rear of the car, which is good news for the power to weight ratio and also the handling.
For the new gearbox I decided to try Bears Motorsport (www.bearsmotorsport.co.uk) Before contacting them I visited an American website (www.offroadvw.net) and downloaded their FREE Microsoft Excel ‘Dyno’ software. This software is awsome and it allows you to calculate gear ratios, shift points, 0-60, 1/4 mile times, top speeds and so on. I added all the details of my car (weight, drag coefficient, tyre sizes, engine power and torque etc) then tried various gear ratio combinations until I found the optimum settings. I then contacted Bears, gave them the full spec of my car and its intended use, which they fed into their own software and amazingly the Bears software came out with exactly the same ratios...That freebie software is good!
Last year my top speeds in each gear (at 8000rpm) were 34,58,80 and 125mph. This caused huge problems because 1st and 2nd were so low that once you were off the start line you never used them again, 3rd was great, but 4th was so tall that the engine didn’t have the torque to pull it. The large gaps between the gears also meant that you could never find a suitable gear for any given corner, they were either too high or too low. One other problem with this box is we chose not to run a limited slip diff which meant that the inside wheel would spin-up on most corners, wasting power and the resulting loss of grip on tighter corners would cause the back end to step out.
The new Bears box on the other hand has a Quaife torque bias diff (£900 worth of it!) which will stop this and will also give us better traction in the wet. The top speeds in each gear on this new box (at 8000rpm) are 44,68,92 and 113mph. The engine is built to safely run to 8250rpm, so its possible to add around 3mph to each of these speeds. This means a top speed of 116mph which is probably the highest speed the car will ever reach on a British circuit. If I need more speed for the longer tracks like Snetterton or Silverstone I have the option of taller rear tyres which will add another 4mph. The car handles the same on these taller tyres, so handling balance won’t suffer.
One interesting thing to note while we are on gearboxes is that, despite being a 130bhp racecar my gearbox doesn’t need any of the heavy duty items normally associated with fast VWs. It uses standard (top quality) rubber gearbox mounts and thats it!....no trans strap kit, no engine bar, no heavy duty side plates, no race axles, nothing. Even with 3 times its original power there is no axle tramp and the engine doesn’t drop when I leave the start line....its great!
There are a number of reasons for this. Firstly its not a drag car, so it doesn’t suffer the shock of burn-outs and leaving a sticky startline, secondly its only a 1300, so it weighs a lot less than an aluminium cased 2400cc stroker motor and finally, the engine doesn’t develop any power low down in the rev range, it only produces around 90 lbft of torque (not much more than a stock 1600cc) and all the power and torque is between 6000 and 8000rpm meaning that the gearbox is actually having quite an easy time. The strain on any transmission is caused mainly by torque not revs.
Last season, the track where I suffered the most was Mallory Park which is very fast and 4th gear most of the way round, apart from a really tight 30mph hairpin which I took in 2nd gear. The Beetle spent most of the lap trundling along in 4th at between 4800 and 5500rpm, just below where the power really comes in which explains why I was a sitting duck on the straights. Also I was losing a lot of time exiting the hairpin. Everyone else came out of the hairpin in 1st gear, and if I got on the power too soon the car would just light up its tyres.
With the new Bears gearbox the Beetle will scream around Mallory...The engine will be averaging between 7000 and 7500rpm for the whole lap and the hairpin will be taken in 1st gear with the help of the new diff. The Beetle will be cornering at around 85-90mph and reaching well over 100mph at the end of both short straights....I can’t wait!
To record all of the action a new Vbox broadcast quality camera from Racelogic is being installed which comes with a software package and GPS allowing all the footage next year to show my lap times, revs and speed. The plan being to offer an end of season DVD featuring all the on-board action from the seasons racing. All the profits from the DVD will then be donated to the Help for Heroes Charity.
In order to make this all happen my beloved Splitscreen SO42 Westy is now up for sale. This will make way for a cheaper T4 panel van which will take on towing duty and the cash that is freed up with any luck should fund the next 3 seasons racing.
For now though the Split and Beetle have been invited down to Goodwood race circuit on the 29th August to be part of a historic racecar display at one of their ‘Breakfast Club’ meets. These events are FREE to get in and are a great way for car fans to get together and (eat and greet) This particular weekend is pre 1966 cars, so there should be some great classic cars there, everything from Fiat 500’s to Ferrari’s. (visit http://www.goodwood.co.uk/breakfast-club/breakfast-club.aspx) Come along and say hello.
We’ve covered the cooling now, so in the next blog we’ll delve inside the rest of the engine, and as you’d expect, its not the norm and is quite a unique motor....You know me, I like to be a little different!!!
Bye for now
Ian
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Joined: 12 Jul, 2010
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Joined: 21 May, 2009
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Just waiting for the seat covers for the front 08Jul2010
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I'm done. Got the stereo and immobilser in, got the cabinet work done, done the stain and varnish, got the cushions back from Sarah at VW Camper Curtains, got my plates and stuff from Just Kampers and headed off...I'm not sure if I can really go for curtains though, it might just make it too much; too chintzy, know what I mean?
I'm knackered and hot but ready to hit the road...
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Joined: 21 May, 2009
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Coachbuilding done 17Jun2010
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OK...so to put in a birch ply floor, take out all the crappy old panels and replace them with JK MDF panels veneered and polished, to install the interior which consists of a bench running along the back of the bulkhead with a lift-up seat and storage below. The rest of the width of the van is taken up with the cooker that is bolted on to a sliding panel so that when I'm cooking I can pull the hob out of the van but it's still attached...if you get my drift. The rear bench has been taken out but I've kept the back rest and the 'bench' is the same as the other; created across the width of the bus with a storage below...At the back (above the engine) is a unit with two deep long drawers (I can put the spare wheel in one) and there's a cushion on top of that where my youngest can sleep.
I've stain sealed the wood with a mixture of shellac and French chalk, rubbed it down and this weekend we'll varnish it up with waterproof yacht varnish.
That's cost me £1000.00
Stereo goes in next week. That's another £1000.
Van bought for £7500.00
Work done for £2700 and then extras (above £2000)
£12000 and a bit more but it's spotless and fantastic.....
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Joined: 13 Nov, 2008
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Glastonbury 2011 discounted booking rate - VW camper hire... 16Jun2010
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We have had a storming success this year with our festival bookings and all our vans are going to Glasto '10 , we have already started to take enquiries for next year!
So, we are offering this years rates for Glasto 2011 if you book in June/July 2010.
www.bounce-rentals.com
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Joined: 13 Nov, 2008
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Isle of Wight Festival - VW camper hire 16Jun2010
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Wesley our lovely Californian Westy had a great time at the Isle of Wight festival with his temp owners.
He's back now and looking forward to glastonbury.... my camper does more festivals than me!!
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