IT MADE NOISE!!!!!! After 2 days doing final preporation Rod got it started on the dyno today. Still only early days but should have some video and figures to show on wednesday!!!!! Well done Rod & Jason.
is it still running at WSID on wed?
Maybe but looking better for next week.
I still can not fathom what has been achieved here....
You have created a monumental beast here, and one that we are looking forward to seeing blast some records into oblivion!
Credit where it's due.... This machine is amazing!
Good work fellas!
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Awesome!! When do we try and break it with some boost, nitrous, nitro or all of the above??
^^^ I'm sure Rodney won't take long 😂😂
Well done❗
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE
Good work Dude!!
Dyno time went pretty good , however I had a little mishap and it will take me about a week to get this re-organised . I will not make the Wednesday night street meet this week , and will keep you posted about next week , ROD.
More boost + More fuel = More power
1968 Beetle fastest run 8.96 sec @ 161 mph 4th Nov. 2001
2010 New Beetle 8.12 sec on 8th march 2014
http://www.rodpenroseracing.com.au
Well done Rod...I think one mishap after what you have produced is allowed. Hope it gets resolved and your good to go
I have been a bit busy over the last couple of days and now can report that the car now starts , revs freely and sounds like nothing I have heard before . The start up procedure is a bit complex and something I will have to get used to .
On Tuesday morning we ran the car for approx 25 minutes non stop and started to set up some of the motec paramenters . The result is that the cylinder heads will run at a constant 240/250 degrees C , the barrel temps are colder at 180 degrees and the exhaust temps are all between 560 /580 degrees when it starts reving and under boost .
Unfortunatley with the inlet manifold design the # 1 and # 3 cylinders receive more air than the front 2 cylinders . This is something we can fix at a later date and is of no concern at the moment .
Monday afternoon I had an oil pressure line touch the exhaust resulting in a small fire and about a 4 hr job to replace the line .
Tuesday afternoon was a disaster after the dry sump tank exploded in a ball of fire splattering oil over 30 feet away . I have plugged the heaters into the 240 volt lead to pre-heat the oil before starting the engine and I think one of the heater probes could have been faulty and ignited the oil .
The oil temp was at 34 degrees C and was only being heated for around 5 minutes before it let go . I had used the heaters on 6 previous occasions over the pervious 2 days and didn't see a problem .
I now have to fabricate another tank and this time I will be using some external heating blankets monter to the outside of the tank .
I am hoping to have all of this done and back on the Dyno by next thursday and friday to be able to take this to Warwick , ROD.
More boost + More fuel = More power
1968 Beetle fastest run 8.96 sec @ 161 mph 4th Nov. 2001
2010 New Beetle 8.12 sec on 8th march 2014
http://www.rodpenroseracing.com.au
Flipping heck! 🤪
Wowzers rod!
Flipping heck!
x2
Keep at it big fella, awesome work
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE
It runs and makes all the right noises Rod!! Good work on that and I guess be thankfull nobody got hurt from the oil tank letting go!!
ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE
Alder Outlaws VW Racing - check it out on fb!!
Bummer rod I'm sure you'll get it sorted in time
If you need people to talk to during all the stupid late night hours
You can always call me and brad I'm sure we'll have plenty
🤘
STOCK
That's some crazy random events there!!!
Thumbs up to your persistence
All tuned and ready to test @ Warwick . It is truley amazing the amount of power that is available now , ROD.
More boost + More fuel = More power
1968 Beetle fastest run 8.96 sec @ 161 mph 4th Nov. 2001
2010 New Beetle 8.12 sec on 8th march 2014
http://www.rodpenroseracing.com.au
Come on dude! Spill the beans!!
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Gonna be great to see this!but I'm glad I'm not crewing for you Rod!hope you and your crew have a good system in place for between rounds man there some work for everyone then more!Who's got the job of the hot round thing at the back of the motor!I'
well done Rod.
did i hear you say VIDEO............................?
Looks like the secret squirrel is on the job again lol......
Congrats on getting it running Rod!! Look forward to seeing it in the flesh and running!!
ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE
Alder Outlaws VW Racing - check it out on fb!!
top stuff.
Looks like everybody will just have to come to warick vw drags to see him run .😊
😂🤪😂🤪😂
car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲
come on rod
FIGURES
down sharon.
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Dave , thanks for the link . I have started tuning the new engine and am happy with the results so far .
The Motec is so complex it is giving me a whole new look at technology available . The first run of the day was on the waste gates only with no boost controller and at about 8 psi boost the engine made 320 odd HP at the wheels .
I am not tuning for power at the moment as I am more concerned about the air/fuel ratio and not trying to hurt the engine . After the first run the engine was quiet rich and running very cool due to the methanol .
The next few runs were to try to strap the car down tighter on the rollers as the boost was increased the power comes up . Once the car was strapped tighter the boost was up to around 12 psi with the fuel mixtures still on the rich side .
Each logged run we are getting a good base line on the tuning program and we are starting to lean off the fuel a little . At the end of the day I had increased the boost with the E-boost controller to 18 psi and the engine made 485 HP at the wheels .
By my calculations this is about 630 HP , however the dyno operator said about 680 . Either way I am happy to run the car @ Warwick and to learn to drive the car .
I have not even used the clutch or shifted the transmission , so this will be a big learning curve for me to be able to be comfortable in the car before we start to power it up more , ROD.
More boost + More fuel = More power
1968 Beetle fastest run 8.96 sec @ 161 mph 4th Nov. 2001
2010 New Beetle 8.12 sec on 8th march 2014
http://www.rodpenroseracing.com.au
thats some good initial numbers Rod, looking forward to hearing this thing @ Warwick, its gonna be awesome.
bitten by the bug..........several times
Amazing stuff Rodney.
Nice one Rod!! What sort of boost will you be running once all is sorted??
ACCEPT THAT SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE PIDGEON AND SOME DAYS YOU ARE THE STATUE
Alder Outlaws VW Racing - check it out on fb!!
WOW , it actually drives . I have tuned the engine on the dyno and after 3 days I am happy with the tune so far . I ended up with 485 HP @ the wheels on 18 lb's of boost and the engine sounds good . I have taken the car to Warwick for testing for 2 days and now have over 30 minutes of data to look at . I will post some technical results in a couple of days time as I am still looking into the different data logs every night . I am happy with the car even with the disapointment of breaking a shaft in the throttle body . I have no idea of why it actually broke as I have not yet seen 100% throttle .
On the first ever timed run I drove around the water box and staged the car . I drove the car down the track and had to shut the engine down half way down due to a low battery warning light on the dash , running 7.84 @ 65.78 mph with a 1.81 in the 60 ft . I looked at the data , all was good as far as the engine temps and pressures so I went out for a second run . On this run I decided to do a burnout and dropped the clutch at 5200 rpm's and instantly hit 2nd and then 3rd gear and the burnout was a little surprising as it was spinning the tyres pretty easily . I staged the car , let the clutch go @ 5800 rpm's and changed gears and I felt that the clutch was slipping or the tyres were spinning . I went through with a 6.90 @ 99.77 mph with a 1.57 in the 60 ft . I looked at the data and found that I had shifted into 2nd gear in 2.002 seconds , and 3rd gear in .917 of a second later . This had dropped the engine revs to 5400 and it was turning the tyres all the way down the track . Both runs were @ 18 lb's of boost and all engine parameters were all good .
On the 3rd run I was getting comfortable in the car and was about to start to drive it harder . I dropped the clutch in the burnout @ 6100 rpm's and instantly hit 2nd and 3rd gears and I was on the rev limiter @ 8600 rpm's and in top gear and the tyres were spinning @ about 176 mph or 280 km/h . The burnout started @ 71% throttle and continued for 4.6 seconds where the throttle shaft has broken @ 58% throttle . I had no throttle and shut the car off and continued to roll down the track , end of weekend for me . I will now remove the disasseble the engine for an inspection and the throttle shaft is away getting re-designed and all shoul be good to run @ a test day @ Sydney dragway on Saturday the 27th of october . I am happy so far and are probably more advanced on the car set-up now than what i was expecting , ROD.
More boost + More fuel = More power
1968 Beetle fastest run 8.96 sec @ 161 mph 4th Nov. 2001
2010 New Beetle 8.12 sec on 8th march 2014
http://www.rodpenroseracing.com.au
