Hey guys just thought I would make a post (been a while) as I am excited after we finally had some better luck down the strip (2442 EFI). It was cold at WSID last night so the track wasnt super sticky however we managed to pull off a pb. Had 3 runs all 12.4s with a best mph of 113. Everything held together beautifully with the car running straight as an arrow. 60ft and 1/8th times were slow with most being 2 seconds for 60ft and 8 seconds plus for the 1/8th. So we may get that 11 second pass yet 🙂...
Thanks to you all for the positive feedback... Reub here are a few specs it runs - 94 mm wiseco pistons, 88 mm bugpack crank, pauter rockers, cb comp elim heads, engle cam and twin 50mm throttle bodies... We did the runs with the exhaust on ,air cleaners and street radials 🙂 . . . will post some pics for you guys soon
on my green turbo beetle i had m&h rasemasters (235s) and it would 60ft in the 1.6 sec no problems (11.8 @ 115)i put on a 26x6 slick and it felt no different same 60
thanks adam
thanks for that Adam ... We havnt been able to get the greatest grip off the line and have only been able to achieve 1.9 (best) or 2 second 60ft. The track was very cold and not very sticky which was probably the biggest factor... Its the first half of the track which needs dramatic improvements. We are running about 20psi is that too high... do you recommend less?
Thats a really impressive mph, easy 11s for sure. I have run a 1.6 60ft on M and H dot legal 215s at 19 psi. Or on 205 radials 1.95s. Im in NZ and these runs were at night, so generally cold and not a highly prepped track. I did find getting some decent heat into the tyres made a big difference - 2nd gear burnouts and leaving the line at around 6k. Im running a 2442 as well so some similarities there I guess !
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
What happen to this beetle at the drags tonight ? The run I saw was a 13.15, but it had heaps of smoke coming out of the engine bay........hope its all ok ??
Hit the track again last night and made another pb of 12.32 with mph down a little at 109.64. On the last run the engine seemed to get a little hot and it was smoking quite heavily. Not sure of the damage yet but it was making a "ticking" sound after the run. We were able to drive it back to the pits so I dont think it will be anything too major. We lowered the psi in the tires to around 15 which made a difference with a best 60ft of 1.75... Hopefully now we can get those times to continually come down and get back the good mph of our first outing.
Some great times being posted!
Let me and OMclarke know when you and any of the other vw boys are heading out. We go out to watch now and then and always want some Bugs out there.
Good luck with the 11
