Mike ran the CBB Racing drag car Cranky One today in the final round of the AutoSalon DragCombat.
Sporting the new 2.1 litre twin supercharged engine he raced in the Pro-Race category (Heads up racing with the likes of Rocco and Khoury Bros.).
First Run: - straight off the trailer (not even dynoed yet)
9.814sec @ 139.59mph(224.65kph)
Second Run:
10.168sec @ 139.63mph(224.72kph)
Third Run:
9.685sec @ 138.47mph(222.85kph)
Final Run:
9.861sec @ 142.25mph(228.93kph)
Congratulations to Mike for breaking the ten second barrier!
(Photos soon)
gee thats fast for what $
Looking for that special lady : PM me for coffee & cake
Great work and its VW cased not Autocraft which makes it even better.
Well done to all involved. Not only a super fast car but looks so good.
Dan🙂
"If i had to explain you wouldnt understand"
The Lower Class
Woo hoo!!!!!!!!
Saw it on Friday afternoon and it looked great, they were still working on getting it together then. Thats damn good!!
'Ah, whatever................'
Awesome ! More than likely the fastest vw engined vw in Australia, no ?
I dont count Autocraft as VW, but I still reckon Mr Penroses car is awesome.
Would love to see some of these drag bugs.....
Yep. The second fastest VW in Australia now...
And still pretty much all VW! Crankcase, gearbox, crank etc.
Autocraft heads.
gee thats fast for what $
Dont even both to ask.
Congratulations Mike hes putting in the hard work... Great to see.
Hey Matt thats very cool, did he manage to keep it straight, I here there was a bit of a stopping problem at the end of the track.
Yeah running very straight and driving thru the launch rather than wasting time looking at the sky.
Yeah the first run the chute cable caught the release and the kitty litter got a bit of a spray. Thankfully no damage just some time blowing out the pebbles.
Everyone had smiles on their dials at the end of the meet. And things should get even better as the 142mph pass was done witl clutch slip for the entire pass! We might see it do a 150mph pass soon!
Can't wait to see CBB and Penrose side by side at Jamboree
Turbo vs Blower
Not to mention another VW sub 10sec car to stick it up the ricers and rotaries.
And all this from an engine that hasn't seen the dyno for some fine tuning yet, and I know what Mikes able to achieve with fine tuning.
is it the fastest type 1 powered vw in aust or the fasted vw based vw in aust?
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!
It aint a type 1 powered car - its a waterboxer block with the waterjacket machined off. The yanks call them oxyboxers or type 5's.
who does hold the fatsest Type 1 record? any body know?
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!
The yanks call them oxyboxers or type 5's
Sorry the YANKS have nothing to do with Oxyboxers.
They were developed right here in Aussie.
Read again Dave - I only said thats what they called them. I didnt suggest they invented the idea.
Good glad to hear the yanks dont know what we are doing here down under... Unless they read it in a magazine, they dont believe it can be done.
Do any of you guys remember a tube framed Karmann ghia here in NZ. It was campaigned by Steve Radisich (cousin of Paul). He was running 9.9 in the mid 90s in that car - that was a T1 case, running a side draught dell and a turbo, with a Dave Kawell camshaft and heads
He tried to sell the car as a going concern, but ended up splitting it all up, I think the body ended up at the tip... Last time I saw the engine he wanted 3k for it, I dont think its around any longer.
He chucked it in because the v8 boys gave him so much crap.
Yeah i remember the car, I tried to get him to come over to Aussie in 1995 when Gary Berg was here with his black 67.
It was a very quick car but i think he spent more time apart than together
It was definitely that kind of beast. I saw it blow the aircleaner to pieces on one occassion with a backfire. He never really got enough track time to prove it outright.
He did mention that he used to leave the line at 7000 rpm, fairly violent sort of stuff on slicks. Went through quite a few 3.88 R and Ps
[Edited on 1-6-2004 by AdrianH]
