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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#971146
well a few things in life out of our control have restricted us from spending too much time on Bens supercharged bug in preparation for Warwick VW Drags ..... however Ben removed the cylinder heads & I machined a .035" recess into the heads to make a spigot to locate the head gaskets to stop them from moving .
For Warwick we will change the crank pulley to a smaller one so that the blower is 20% overdriven instead of 50% overdriven as it is now .
Bens bug will go back on the dyno for a short session on Monday night to check the tune and will be ready for action .... hoping for a 5 second pass from Ben this year at Warwick .....

Bens engine start after the current engine work https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=568492743216052&set=vb.100001659934064&type=2&theater
Team

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 ·

#972508
Ben Ford takes his supercharged drag bug for its first pass since the Autocraft 910 heads were installed ..... and finds it a little hard to manage

Team

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)

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 ·

#972510
WOW! The track was slick!
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

andrewmurphy Officially Full-On Dubber

307 posts · joined Jul 2005 ·

#972514
On Saturday the left lane was really slippery.

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 ·

#972518
Ben Ford takes his supercharged 2442ml type-1 bug for its 2nd pass at Warwick Dragway for the VWMA VW Drags against Essex....

Team

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 ·

#972522
Ben Ford takes his supercharged type-1 2442ml methanol injected bug for its 3rd pass @ Warwick Dragway for the VWMA VW Drags against Wayne Fenech from Vintage Vee-Dub ..... and still cant hold the throttle down all the way !!

Team

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 ·

#972622
Ben Ford installs a smaller crank pulley onto his engine to drive the supercharger slower to make his bug more manageable for his 4th pass @ Warwick

Team

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 ·

#972623
Bens 5th and last run @ Warwick for 2013 ..... with the larger crank drive pulley reinstalled Ben has a good pass , but the engine has in intake backfire & bursts the left side plenum at the top of 4th gear .....

Team

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)

mactaylor Custom Title Time!

1,005 posts · joined Aug 2007 ·

#990565
ooh big!
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Frallan Casual Dubber

22 posts · joined Jan 2011 ·

#990574
Nice!
I have anxiously been waiting for updates. It is worth it. cool stuff!