WA Power Cruise this weekend

[Della]

Anyone going along to Barbagallo this weekend for the power cruise?
http://www.powercruise.net/15/

Something different from the norm for sure.
The weather looks like it's going to be good and it certainly beats shopping with the missus!!

[deviant]

I wasnt fussed on going...its a bit to 'burnouts, beer and bogans' for me :P

[Della]

Yeah, you're probably right but I'm going to go along and have a look all the same.
If anything, the Miss Powercruise should be good
I'll post some pictures next week if I get chance.

[tim the pool man]

I would have avoided this anyway, but the cretins are running it on Bathurst weekend!! Shows the level of intelligence operating here

[Vanya]

Stuart, did you go?

I noticed there's a hot-rod show at Burswood coming up one weekend soon (I think either this or next weekend), apparently it's the 12th annual occurence.
Anyone been before?

[deviant]

I went to the Hot Rod show a few years back. It was only something like $10 to get in and I spent half a day there wandering around the cars (which I have NEVER seen on the roads!).
They had a few big horsepower cars that they fired up and made some noise with.
Lots of cars parked in an area outside and some stalls around the place selling everything from car parts to rockabilly clothing.
There were also some owners doing passenger rides for charity, IIRC is was $10 or $15 and they took you for a cruise around the various roads around Burswood.

All in all a good cheap day out. I didnt realise it was on acrually and wouldnt mind going but I am in Melbourne from Friday.

[Vanya]

I'll check on the dates and update back here in case it's next weekend... I may have mis-read them before.

[Della]

Vanya said:

Stuart, did you go?

I noticed there's a hot-rod show at Burswood coming up one weekend soon (I think either this or next weekend), apparently it's the 12th annual occurence.
Anyone been before?

I did and it was alright actually. I've never been to a quarter mile track so I've never really been around big horsepower street cars like that before so it was a bit of a novelty. Good to see the big supercharged V8's flexing their muscles on the track. There were a number of 9 second cars there boing big burnouts and revving far higher than a big V8 has any right to!!

There was a Falcon V8 there doing a bit of drifting and it was almost as if the track was too small for it - must have been some crazy levels of BHP going to the wheels.

Some of the show cars were very tidy as well.

[suthol]

Not in Perth, but No.1 son has entered the Sydney event again this year.

He has a black Datsun 1200 ute with a CA-18DET, 350RWKw

Does go a bit.

[deviant]

Any pics or vid of the Datsun?

I have an idea for a possible PH Perth meet....

[suthol]

deviant said:

Any pics or vid of the Datsun?

I have an idea for a possible PH Perth meet....

Something like this perhaps





No traction whatsoever on the road tyres the big slicks live in the shed and haven't touched the road yet.

And it's not a towbar that's for the chute.

It is a cop magnet so it goes most places either very slowly or most often on a trailer.

Edited by suthol on Thursday 16th October 05:41

[deviant]

Love it!! Cheers for the pics.

[Vanya]

Great pics Suthol... thanks.

Stuart, impressed there was a drag strip there, sounds like it was a very good event, sorry to have missed that one.

It's been too many years since I was at one, drag strip that is... and I don't mean drag queen strippers either!

Another PH meet possibility Ian...

[deviant]

www.motorplex.com.au