What is the fastest street registered vw ?

Doug Sweetman · 2002-10-24T04:11:50+00:00

I'll throw it out to the forum - What is the fastest street registered vw in Australia ? I understand that there shoudl be two different sections - fastest out right, and fastest aircooled, but throw them all in and we will see where we get. [Edited on 5-9-2003 by vanderaj]

Bug_racer Officially Full-On Dubber

351 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 5 Mar 2010, 10:19 pm

#766045

LOWBUG wrote:We all know that alot of these cars, if they were taken to the RTA (NSW) would have no chance of passing an inspection, ande the engineer who passed it would lose his lisence, I mean no offence to any out there, even I can go down to habiby's work shop and get a pink slip. Personly I couldn't give a shit, but don't kid yourselves, even if you have an after market steering wheel you can be defected.

This debate could go on for ever.

I also heard someone got defected for not having enough washer fluid in the bottle .
You could get defected for anything . Lights not set correctly , there has even been some Golf owners with R32's that have been defected for noise . What the gene berg trophy was about was building a tough street car . Not putting plates on a race car .

vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?

2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 6 Mar 2010, 9:29 am

#766091

Wayne your turbo beetle is an awesome vehicle and a credit to you.
Bug racer, when someone has had everything complianced during the build then it is a registered, air cooled, fast and therefor ticks the boxes.
When debate about classes lessens peoples desire to build a fast car and run it, then I think that is a real stuff up. My 2c. It is about racing and enjoying it, and appreciating what other people have achieved also. 😉

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 6 Mar 2010, 9:57 am

#766097

vassy66T1 wrote:Wayne your turbo beetle is an awesome vehicle and a credit to you.
Bug racer, when someone has had everything complianced during the build then it is a registered, air cooled, fast and therefor ticks the boxes.
When debate about classes lessens peoples desire to build a fast car and run it, then I think that is a real stuff up. My 2c. It is about racing and enjoying it, and appreciating what other people have achieved also. 😉

I agree.
Wayne was obviously jipped when it comes to the Berg Trophy, I know of another that won it and never was oficially recognised way back....so don't put so much weight on it guy's....maybe after all this washes out, a new street car trophy can be developed. After sorting some rules of course......maybe there is no end to this.......😂

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
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coletrickle Wolfsburg Wizard

661 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 6 Mar 2010, 10:33 am

#766102

I've had fairly major surgery recently and that wasn't as painfull as reading this thread from start to finish!Probably only 10 posts max that have any merit!I'm going out side to work on my bug!

Dak-A-Tak Volksie Pete

1,381 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 6 Mar 2010, 11:12 am

#766112

Cole !! my mate !! thats the best comment I have ever read of yours .👍
I'm all done .

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 6 Mar 2010, 3:06 pm

#766139

I'm gone too. 🙂

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
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Boostn Wolfsburg Wizard

657 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 6 Mar 2010, 5:09 pm

#766157

Mine is

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Bug_racer Officially Full-On Dubber

351 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 6 Mar 2010, 9:46 pm

#766229

Boostn wrote:Mine is

👍 I agree .

hypo-vw Australias 1st 10sec street beetle (Jan 2007) 10.49secs@132m

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 8 Mar 2010, 5:32 pm

#766545

really nice time Nick and definately faster than mine by 0.05secs ... but mine was on STREET TYRES and I drove down the street to check the mail on the Monday morning and filled it up with 98ULP ....
A TRUE STREET BEETLE !! with carpets , glass , rubbers , headlining , rear venetians ,and all lights and wipers working , including the semaphores .
this beetle is a real pleasure to drive on the street......🤪

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
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HotRodMatt If it\'s old or rare - cut it!

3,616 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 8 Mar 2010, 5:35 pm

#766547

hypo-vw wrote:this beetle is a real pleasure to drive on the street......🤪

Just don't try and take a photo through the front window when he decides to sidestep the clutch at 5000! You end up in the back! 😂 😂

LOWBUG Insano Dub Head

738 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 8 Mar 2010, 8:48 pm

#766610

WOW

Boostn Wolfsburg Wizard

657 posts · joined Apr 2005 · 8 Mar 2010, 8:57 pm

#766614

hypo-vw wrote:really nice time Nick and definately faster than mine by 0.05secs ... but mine was on STREET TYRES and I drove down the street to check the mail on the Monday morning and filled it up with 98ULP ....
A TRUE STREET BEETLE !! with carpets , glass , rubbers , headlining , rear venetians ,and all lights and wipers working , including the semaphores .
this beetle is a real pleasure to drive on the street......🤪

Thanks Wayne for admitting my car is quicker, and it was only a 2233cc engine!!!
You surprise me though Wayne, seeing as I am the reason you car went quick. Have you forgotten that you were struggling with the tune up and was looking at the colour of tail pipe richening it up. But because you were on C16 I told you that I would lean it off and that you were misreading the C16. Then you elected to listen to me and went your fastest pass the very next run.
Those street tyres you have are not radials, they are slicks with grooves in them, not much difference.
Mine also has full glass working window, lights, indicators, roof liner, carpets, alternator and belt on, steel panels but mine is an animal on the street.
I never once claimed it was a daily driver but the topic it Fastest Street Registered
Air Cooled VW. I don't understand why you went there Wayne seeing as I have never said a bad word about you or your car and thought you were above this.

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coletrickle Wolfsburg Wizard

661 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 8 Mar 2010, 9:06 pm

#766618

Nick walk softly and carry a big stick let all this other crap float on by!

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

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 8 Mar 2010, 9:11 pm

#766619

CONGRATS Nick....great results 😎

C16....can you buy that at a 'street' petrol pump when you get the mail ??!!!!!😂

JVLRacing Custom Title Time!

1,100 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 8 Mar 2010, 9:18 pm

#766620

🙅

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 8 Mar 2010, 9:36 pm

#766621

👍👍👍

Why I wonder can some people have class and others forget so quickly....hmmmm a true street car ....yep I like.

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
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LOWBUG Insano Dub Head

738 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 9 Mar 2010, 7:58 pm

#766770

Once again "WOW""

Doug Sweetman Nil Bastardo Carborundum

2,128 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 9 Mar 2010, 11:27 pm

#766817

Holy. Crap.

I posted this question eight years ago and its still an active thread, and still causing arguments around the place. I almost feel guilty !

Amazing how things have come along in the Aus scene in the last five years since I have been active on this forum, just incredible.

Please keep building awesome cars, running fast, safe times and most of all enjoying your dak dak above all else.

Peace out.

ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 · 11 Mar 2010, 7:13 am

#767054

it would have to be CT's vw
he drove it to portland and warwick several times.😂

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Bug_racer Officially Full-On Dubber

351 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 11 Mar 2010, 8:36 pm

#767148

ian.mezz wrote:it would have to be CT's vw
he drove it to portland and warwick several times.😂

What times is he running ?

Bug_racer Officially Full-On Dubber

351 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 11 Mar 2010, 9:16 pm

#767153

type3vw wrote:a good street car class should combine both air cooled
and water cooled vws to compete, as long as cars are
registered and roadworthy. and if its a bug it should have
a type one engine, if its a kombi have the right type of
engine that came with that model kombi. and if its golf
passat etc. it should have the right engine that came
with that model car. i love the air cooled vws personally
but would like to see a tuff street vw class that
comprises air cooled and water cooled vws together.
but roadworthiness will be hard. engine lids must be on,
no full fibreglass front . fibreglass guards shouldnt
matter they are not that much lighter then steel.
no stingers. full cooling system should be on.
no exposed front mount coolers.
no turbos hanging out of the bonnet or bootlid.
only plumbed back wastegates.
but there is always loop holes in all rules.

That probably sums up what Id like , fibreglass guards dont bother me , same with interior . Basically whatever you can pull off the car in an hour to race it should be legit .

Wayne and Nick . Your cars are so so close to each other in terms of time that the difference between who is fastest could even be as simple as who goes to the toilet before the run and who goes after ! There is like not even a bumper difference between the cars !! Two definately unique cars ! Two very talented builders , and Id love to see you race side by side 🤖

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE All people have the right to stupidity but some abuse the pr

2,534 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 12 Mar 2010, 6:18 am

#767174

Bug_racer wrote:
type3vw wrote:a good street car class should combine both air cooled
and water cooled vws to compete, as long as cars are
registered and roadworthy. and if its a bug it should have
a type one engine, if its a kombi have the right type of
engine that came with that model kombi. and if its golf
passat etc. it should have the right engine that came
with that model car. i love the air cooled vws personally
but would like to see a tuff street vw class that
comprises air cooled and water cooled vws together.
but roadworthiness will be hard. engine lids must be on,
no full fibreglass front . fibreglass guards shouldnt
matter they are not that much lighter then steel.
no stingers. full cooling system should be on.
no exposed front mount coolers.
no turbos hanging out of the bonnet or bootlid.
only plumbed back wastegates.
but there is always loop holes in all rules.
That probably sums up what Id like , fibreglass guards dont bother me , same with interior . Basically whatever you can pull off the car in an hour to race it should be legit .

Wayne and Nick . Your cars are so so close to each other in terms of time that the difference between who is fastest could even be as simple as who goes to the toilet before the run and who goes after ! There is like not even a bumper difference between the cars !! Two definately unique cars ! Two very talented builders , and Id love to see you race side by side 🤖

I guess Troy's Type 3 would fit into the rules listed above.

full interior,bumpers, lights,wipers, all steel, engien lid is on and turbo is plumbed back!!

what to remove in a hour though.......

Can't wait for the next trip to the dyno though!! Should be interesting......

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ian.mezz I never said, I could write or spell

3,913 posts · joined Sep 2004 · 12 Mar 2010, 7:03 am

#767183

Bug_racer wrote:
ian.mezz wrote:it would have to be CT's vw
he drove it to portland and warwick several times.😂
What times is he running ?

i think his runnung 9s on th 1/8 and its a 1916
but i think his the only vw that is realy a streeter, driven all the time😂

http://aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=73921&page=1

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matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 12 Mar 2010, 8:23 am

#767190

ian.mezz wrote:but i thinks his the only vw that is realy a streeter, driven all the time😂

And Crazy Col's, a 2332 IDA running 8.3's 1/8 and 13.0 1/4's and daily on the street, drives to Warwick and Wiillowbank when competing. 👍

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

coletrickle Wolfsburg Wizard

661 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 12 Mar 2010, 8:06 pm

#767328

matberry wrote:
ian.mezz wrote:but i thinks his the only vw that is realy a streeter, driven all the time😂
And Crazy Col's, a 2332 IDA running 8.3's 1/8 and 13.0 1/4's and daily on the street, drives to Warwick and Wiillowbank when competing. 👍

Thanks for thinking of me matty,I've got a 8.20 time card some where,And loco 66 and me had another 13.0 100+mph daily driver bug racer wouldn't like it tho! 1600 to4 just a dump pipe no muffler as such but a turbo is a muffling device according to mechanial engineers,45mm side draught hanginging out the boot lid!Home made nitrous kit dunlop g grids 130 octane high lead pump gas(Got it from the same pump they used to fill up the hawker sea fury ww2 fighter)Like all the cars me and luke have had they were are daily drivers,most people wouldn't say they are streeters but we never saw any faster true daily drivers.These cars were never built with the goal of australias fastest vw street car they were built to make myself and lukey smile,and i'm still smiling now thinking about making our own nitrous kit for lukes "SHIT FIGHTER"and some of our other adventures,thats what its all about mates having fun thrashing to make races days with out sleep borrowing parts doing what you have to do to race!

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

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 12 Mar 2010, 8:11 pm

#767331

so Cole you've done a flat 13.00 ?

coletrickle Wolfsburg Wizard

661 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 12 Mar 2010, 8:20 pm

#767334

13.04 at 100mph in the "SHITFIGHTER",and 13.07 at 104 in "FRUIT LOOP".

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

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 12 Mar 2010, 8:48 pm

#767339

Cool....you should add your timeslip in the 1/4 mile times, I'm surprised you haven't already done that !

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 13 Mar 2010, 7:42 am

#767375

my car ran a 12.1 before it's last incantation on street rego.with street tyres on the rear.but wasn't steel bodied,but it was only driven 5k's to and from work.
i class a street car differently to others though.nicks is still a street car to me.it depends on what your interpretation of street car.
this post was a massive dickpulling comp if you ask me.
as long as they are quick,and driven with rego who cares.
arron's kombi rocks it up.
bye

down sharon.

Bug_racer Officially Full-On Dubber

351 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 26 Oct 2011, 12:21 pm

#868723

Just bumping this up after near 2 years since last post . Watercooled cars are now easily being made to run 12 second passes with many into the 11 second zone all daily driven .
Its going to be harder to judge with air-cooled cars as who is a true street car given not many people still daily air-cooled cars and most are towed to and from events .
The Gene Berg trophy for air-cooled cars is well and truly outdated now in the 21 Century although there should be an equivalent for water-cooled cars as more and more get built .