WPVW new circuit car

hypo-vw · 2011-02-10T11:07:03+00:00

I feel the need for speed.... so here is a glimpse of my new circuit car , currently being built at WPVW ....🤪

Lachlan VL Officially Full-On Dubber

290 posts · joined Nov 2008 · 21 Jun 2012, 12:51 am

#909208

looks the goods

Flintstones Custom Title Time!

1,077 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 21 Jun 2012, 9:56 pm

#909370

Wayne, when this hits the track, a lot of people will have to pick up their jaws on the floor!!!
When are you anticipating it's maiden voyage?
Cheers
D

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 23 Jun 2012, 10:47 pm

#909689

Flintstones wrote:When are you anticipating it's maiden voyage?
D

I am trying really hard to have the new circuit car ready to do a few laps at Valla in 5 weeks time ..... not sure yet if I will make it but it will be close

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 24 Jun 2012, 7:42 am

#909707

👍

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 27 Jun 2012, 10:30 pm

#910262

between doing customer transmission rebuilds and preparing a bay window panel that I am doing up to sell , I have made a little more progress with the circuit car .
I have finished the modifications to the muffler and also welded in the mountings to position it to where I wanted it . Next step to make the exhaust pipe from the turbo and also fit the wastegate . The new air-water intercooler has been ordered and will be here next week .

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

fullnoise Fahrvergnugen

964 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 29 Jun 2012, 7:57 am

#910417

Far out brussel sprout!

Crazy good!

esratrams

PAZZAN Wolfsburg Wizard

592 posts · joined Jan 2008 · 29 Jun 2012, 5:53 pm

#910462

should be a good air sucking duel between the turbo and the Porsche fan👍👍

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 29 Jun 2012, 7:02 pm

#910478

PAZZAN wrote:should be a good air sucking duel between the turbo and the Porsche fan👍👍

thats the first comment on any of my posts that actaully made me laugh quite hard 👍👍 thanks PAZZAN thats just what I needed on a friday arvo .... I could really imagine the turbo and the fan dueling for air ..... but the turbo will run a cold air intake hose from much further forward .😂

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 30 Jun 2012, 9:37 am

#910531

yesterday the air-water intercooler kit arrived , aluminum mandrel bends for the intake pipes and the carter fuel pump which will be used as a lift pump to supply fuel to the surge tank from the fuel cell .
Today I will mount the intercooler and heat exchanger and will make a start on the intake plumbing

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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 30 Jun 2012, 5:24 pm

#910570

a little more progress today . fitted the new reduction drive starter to check all clearances . also manufactured mounting brackets for the intercooler and welded them in place . bolted the intercooler into its mounting brackets and now trying to work out where to run the intercooler pipes .

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

JVLRacing Custom Title Time!

1,100 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 30 Jun 2012, 11:40 pm

#910626

yep lookin closer for finishing😎 I have a mould for thos carbon bumpers...if interested makin some for sale let me know!

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 1 Jul 2012, 4:51 pm

#910681

JVLRacing wrote:I have a mould for thos carbon bumpers...if interested makin some for sale let me know!

thanks JVL , but I already had 2 of them made for my car as I did with the front air-dam . I plan to have a few spare panels with me at all times

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

Fiatdude Seriously Crusin Dubber

180 posts · joined Dec 2008 · 2 Jul 2012, 5:28 pm

#910849

I have that exact fuel system in my car -- -- That 100 micron filter goes between the tank and the pump --- I will highly recommend getting a 40 micron filter for after the pump -- I plugged a few injectors until I finally put one in -- I actually went with a huge 10 micron, but I believe a 40 the same size as your 100 would be enough.....

RAZ34 Seriously Crusin Dubber

119 posts · joined Aug 2006 · 15 Aug 2012, 6:28 pm

#917694

Madness !!!

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 12 Mar 2013, 7:45 pm

#947342

Ready for this year Wayne ?

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

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 28 Mar 2013, 10:12 pm

#949237

Any updates ?

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 2 Apr 2013, 7:25 pm

#949778

Craig Torrens wrote:Any updates ?

not much to report yet Craig ...🥲🥲

I have been very busy assisting Ben Ford with new supercharger system & engine build to get into the 9's down the strip .....

assisting Chris Bolton with fabricating new turbo system & bigger heads ( now in preparation for new engine build ) .....

preparing the WPVW sports sedan for this events guest driver .....

assisting Dean with fabricating a new turbo system & set-up to run low 11's down the strip in his streeter .....

just spent the past 2 weeks fabricating new turbo system & wiring on Cindys' rat-look bug .....

and now just starting on Craigs' VWMA formula vee engine rebuild .....

after I get through all of this , I will try to get my oval back together and then start back on the new circuit car ..... my appologies for the delay , but I have been seriously busy

and this is just the after hours work that gets achieved when the doors close ....... 😂😂

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

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

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 2 Apr 2013, 8:00 pm

#949787

Cheers Wayne, I appreciate that you're bloody busy pumping out weapons 👍

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 2 Apr 2013, 8:50 pm

#949804

Craig Torrens wrote:Cheers Wayne, I appreciate that you're bloody busy pumping out weapons 👍

thanks Craig , certainly have not lost the enthusiasm or the drive to get this project completed , and I will ..... has just been a few other priorities in the past 12 months .....

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

nbturbo Veteran Volks Folk

2,171 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 2 Apr 2013, 9:13 pm

#949811

Wayne-I just don't know where you find the time to just breathe-awesome.Your getting very close to becoming a "Legend".

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 3 Apr 2013, 11:52 pm

#949964

nbturbo wrote:Wayne-I just don't know where you find the time to just breathe-awesome.Your getting very close to becoming a "Legend".

thanks for the kind words Gary , however I would have to disagree ..... I do not consider myself to be in the same category as our true legends of VW like Pete Keegan , Ross Freestone , Greg Mackie and Tony Thornton .....
what all these guys have done and achieved inspire me greatly , I am just a dude that loves to help others achieve their dreams and I spend many hours and late nights at WPVW working towards this for them and me

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

Lachlan VL Officially Full-On Dubber

290 posts · joined Nov 2008 · 11 May 2013, 3:32 pm

#955218

👍well said very kind words

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 1 Aug 2013, 6:26 pm

#965016

Well !! after all those months of preparation on our cars for the VW drags , I finally have found some spare time to get back into the new circuit car .

I have added 6 new aluminum support bars to the front body panel area (my aluminum welding is still crap , but improving) , positioned & mounted the radiator for the intercooler

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 1 Aug 2013, 6:36 pm

#965018

I have installed all of the internal body tin that insulates / protects me & my legs from the outside dangers , removed the single CNC brake pedal assembly with dual master cylinders , then positioned the new pedal assembly to check clearances .
I find that the pedal assembly has to be offset to the left approx. 2" so that the accelerator pedal will fit .
I cut the pedal mounting out of the chassis & it is clearly evident that the brake pedal on the new pedal assembly is offset to the right side

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

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

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#965020

Great to see progress is being made👍

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 1 Aug 2013, 6:44 pm

#965021

I mount the new pedal assembly to the modified pedal mounting plate , tach weld it in position so that the brake reserviors are just 10mm from the front firewall plate

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
FASTEST SPEED @ WARWICK 2011
FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 1 Aug 2013, 6:51 pm

#965024

sitting in the beetle , I can easliy operate the clutch & brake pedals with plenty of room to install a modified accelerator pedal . As the chassis tapers to a narrower front , the accelerator pedal that came with the pedal assembly will have to be modified so that it does not strike the side panel

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 1 Aug 2013, 6:56 pm

#965026

I have also done more work in the rear of the beetle with modification of the internal sealing panels as a couple of them would no longer fit after I had widened the chassis at the seating area

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 1 Aug 2013, 7:01 pm

#965029

The new mounting brackets have arrived for the on-board air-jacks .

I then remove the front air-dam , front skirt assemblies so that I can gain access to the chassis area easily , to install the front air-jacks

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 1 Aug 2013, 7:08 pm

#965033

I measure & position the air-jacks where I want them mounted , tach-weld the mounting plates to the chassis , remove the air-jacks & weld the plates fully

Ben Ford & I applied 100psi of air pressure to the 2 front air-jacks after installation & the front tyres lifted 4" off the ground ...... very happy with that 👍

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FASTEST ET @ WARWICK 2010 & 2011
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FASTEST ET & SPEED WSID 2012
PB - 6.33@113.07(1/8) & 9.88@135(1/4)