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My 54 Beetle's Steroid 36hp.....now running!

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VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#538798
DragonFire wrote:
HotRodMatt wrote:
Craig Torrens wrote:Drag motor on its way
You aren't going from circuit to drag are you? Better watch out for "Bump Steer" :P
What the hell is bumpsteer on the dragstrip?
lol...it's a long story...!
Pay your debts, CxxT

squizy Thinking about another dub...maybe

4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#538801
Craig Torrens wrote:
vw54 wrote:you had better drive it over so we can have a look
Here's a look...............semi ratty!
Time to slam this baby Craig. Throw on some 145's you may have lying around.

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#538816
I'm going to do that to my 58...................or maybe a new 54 !


whatnow Custom Title Time!

1,000 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#538829
hi craig, what condition was the case of the engine that those heads etc came from, in?
just wondering how 36hp cases handle high rpm.

also any idea if it was a late (58 on?) or early (pre 57?) case?

thanks.

henry.

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#538863
just wondering how 36hp cases handle high rpm.
It probally only revs to 5000 max

I hada similar set up years ago great Torque from the Twin carbies better than the Judson supercharger
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Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#538875
whatnow wrote:hi craig, what condition was the case of the engine that those heads etc came from, in?
just wondering how 36hp cases handle high rpm.

also any idea if it was a late (58 on?) or early (pre 57?) case?

thanks.

henry.
That engine went to 7000rpm all day, the case was OK but the counterweighted crank was cracked to buggery.

No idea of year.


oval TOFU Bitte, ein Bit!

2,946 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#538908
what carbies did you use Davo?
...and Robert's ya father's brother...

VWFREAK VWFREAK

2,577 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#538917
You can't put a price on hp, love your work.

whatnow Custom Title Time!

1,000 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#538985
thanks craig. the car looks great.

humpty Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,336 posts · joined Sep 2002 ·

#539677
Thats sweetas Mister Torrens... Im diggin' that 'fivefour', but I do think it should go a little lower... Slam the 58 fursur, but dump the 'fivefour' Panamerica style... Goes hand in hand with vintage performance set-ups IMHO.... Make a nice little mover for vintage/classic rally events.... Do you guys have any 'round the house's' events over there?
FUCH your early!

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62deluxe Custom Title Time!

1,718 posts · joined Nov 2002 ·

#539718
Nice mate! I love a bit of "old-speed".

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#539734
Cheers everyone

Just need to finish painting a few parts in the engine bay, and then I need to run it in !


squizy Thinking about another dub...maybe

4,082 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#539772
Guys Craig took me for a blast in this today. It pulls very well indeed - nice bit of induction too. The amount of torque over my standard 36hp is quite noticable.

Bugger the scrounge for big bucks and high hp - going old school and squeezing that extra single digit hp out is the go!

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#540263
Wait till its run in Squizy, then we can really go for a blast!


VWCOOL 23 Windows of Awesome

5,158 posts · joined Jun 2003 ·

#540314
squizy wrote:Guys Craig took me for a blast in this today. It pulls very well indeed - nice bit of induction too. The amount of torque over my standard 36hp is quite noticable.

Bugger the scrounge for big bucks and high hp - going old school and squeezing that extra single digit hp out is the go!
Don't forget although this one wasn't quite big bucks, it was still several kilo spendoolies...
Pay your debts, CxxT

whatnow Custom Title Time!

1,000 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#542218
what happened to running the VJ4BR8 distributer? too painful getting it recurved?

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#585952
009 was better.


hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#585955
wasn't you i saw heading south along the Pacific up this way today Craig?

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#585957
Not me, I was in Sydney today.


hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#585960
ahhhhhhh, clone then.

Turbo54 Veteran Volks Folk

2,220 posts · joined Jul 2004 ·

#586033
Love it! You need to slam it and stick a set of these on it!
T54

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C'mon kids gather round,
there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#586122
dumone wrote:ahhhhhhh, clone then.
or I'm lying :P


dvs_vw Wolfsburg Wizard

433 posts · joined Sep 2006 ·

#586165
Nice work

Can I ask what colour the car is, it looks pretty similar to my 55 and I'm not 100% sure which colour mine is....was thinking Reed Green, but dunno.

Thanks

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#586244
same as yours, but I don't know the name of the colour :jesus


Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#606651
some people have asked for the ID size of the manifolds.............30mm.👍


pod i`ve got to finish this thing one day

4,980 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·

#606659
i`m making some manifolds with 28 id for my 1300, sort of copying them for size off some single port kadron manifolds i have without the 40 to 28 taper,fingers crossed❓
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Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

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