VOLLKOMMEN ART\'s junka build up(10.44 @ 131.39)

Hi guys,

I bought a 1967 1300 deluxe and am planning to build up a budget streeter using the junk I have sitting around.
I don't care how bad it looks or how ruff it turns out, It is meant to be quick, cheap, and fun!

So if anyone has Ideas that would be cool, keeping in mind that want to use the crapp I already have.








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think it's cool as it is 😵
other than needing to be on its guts with a cool engine up back.

How about leaving the suspension stock and just adding some 6" slicks.
This assumes the rest is in good condition, and aligned.
Also leaving the engine stock internals, but add some springs and some extra oil capacity.
And boost of course...lots of it!

PS leave the roof rack!

i'm picturing some early 6 fuchs(😀) painted with tyre black and a honlking drive train. and the rest as is

Mate , i thought your green beetle was a quick build up for a run about?

looks like it needs a beam an 1835 with turbo and fuchs.:P

Those chrome rostyles you guys got on the fatty square, dumped, and a turbo 1300 single port. Dont narrow it or anything, just throw on some adjusters, some meaty swaybars, and some decent shockers and torsion bars. Throw in a super diff and bolt a radio flyer to the roof, away we go!

Man I wouldn't do anything to that car that I couldn't undo,she looks real nice as is.I like the old style fenders w/ covered lights,to me were the best looking .I would pull the motor and trans,replace them with better parts(2110 turbo),and keep the originals as an assembly,from what I can tell,she looks pretty original,something I almost never see anymore,have fun with her,also I like the stock wheels,make a hell of a sleeper,imagine clicking off a 12 second pass against some v8,talk about jaw drop

dangerous wrote:How about leaving the suspension stock and just adding some 6" slicks.
This assumes the rest is in good condition, and aligned.
Also leaving the engine stock internals, but add some springs and some extra oil capacity.
And boost of course...lots of it!

as above with killer engine / trans.
when you say junk what do you really mean???

cheers

wacked1 wrote:

dangerous wrote:How about leaving the suspension stock and just adding some 6" slicks.
This assumes the rest is in good condition, and aligned.
Also leaving the engine stock internals, but add some springs and some extra oil capacity.
And boost of course...lots of it!

as above with killer engine / trans.
when you say junk what do you really mean???

cheers

Ha Ha

stock height that's funny!


low is the way I like them.
I will put adjusters in the front and might just tubb it while I'm there. And I need to reinforce the rear horns so I may as well raise the engine and gearbox up too. The car is not that good so I don't feel guilty cutting it up. So guys don't stress I'm not wrecking a good car.

JUNK PARTS
well not junk, just stuff I have tried (AND PAID FOR) and shelved. Turbo's,computers,nos kits,gearboxes, engines lots of $$$$$$ so it would be cool to use them all. But it must be simple.

^^^^why don't i feel surprised😎......this will be good viewing

Fixed up the rust in the drivers side heater channel. Pulled the beam out and master, lines and tank. New lines and master for safety and a B&M line lock for safety too.

7'' tubbed beam and now to make it fit.

dumone wrote:why don't i feel surprised😎

What do you mean by that?

didn't think it would be your style to stick to a stock look or performance.............

lurve your work!!!!!! looking forward to the progress.....

Thanks dude!

but please, I don't want anyone to judge me on quality of work on this thing as I am not serious or expecting this car to run numbers or anything. I just want to have fun.

I don't know why Dave assumes I will bolt 6'' slicks on. LoL

This must mean that that the green Kombi is gone right?
Ready to fill up that space now? I can drop off this weekend.

Back to your question. Forget the Turbo. Go big bore and a multi stage Nitrous Kit. Use the computer to activate it progressively.

Don't forget the purge kit, just for the track of course.

^ big girls blouse!

turbo AND progressive nitrous. 👍

BTW, good on ya for funning shocks on ya narrowed beam. Finally some one with some common sense.:o

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i look into my crystal ball and see whale tails and torana tail lights...

torana tail lights? :repuke


Anthony

ColumBUS wrote:i look into my crystal ball and see whale tails and torana tail lights...

AAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR----------NO!!

The front had to be modified to fit the beam.
I have always felt that shocks on the front are a good thing.

Nice work.:thumb

good job, very neat mods properly done. what happens to fuel tank to fit it back in?

O.k Pete here goes.

Cut the tank up to fit the hole. It is also a good time to weld in a surge tank for the E.f.i pick up.
1/2'' pick up to the marine style filter(old school) and the tube is the return instead of running it into the top.
Next I will get that POR 15 tank cleaner and sealer kit for the inside protection of the welds and bare steel.












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THAT, is out of control Nick!

ha ha 😂

Love it dude! 👍

Very nice job. Will the bonnet close with the NOS bottle in that position?

I think I have just stolen some ideas 😎

Hermann

And this is a budget build up ! Any issues welding the tank ? I remember hearing that even after a thorough clean there can still be traces of fuel. Can you post better pics of where the surge tank sides meet the bottom of the tank please ?

Dude your idea of junka and mine must be slightly different....... wish I had your junk pile !!!!

Love it, fantastic - and great idea about the surge tank inside the original volksy tank. Did you have to do much prep to the tank to safely cut and weld it ? (ie to get rid of old petrol fumes that might be flammable ?)

Adolph wrote:Very nice job. Will the bonnet close with the NOS bottle in that position?

I think I have just stolen some ideas 😎

Hermann

I will find out if I have to shorten the front bracket to lower the bottle down a bit.

Cool work dude.

1964_Notch wrote:And this is a budget build up ! Any issues welding the tank ? I remember hearing that even after a thorough clean there can still be traces of fuel. Can you post better pics of where the surge tank sides meet the bottom of the tank please ?

The tank mods is just time wasting and the POR 15 kit is $70.
It is true that even after a thorough clean you can still loose all your knuckle hair. The most important thing is to burn the vapours out properly before you start but make sure your not building a bomb because it is still a small container. A mate of mine does gas conversions a cuts the tanks up in vans and things like that so he showed me the way. If your not sure don't try it because you can damage your tank or even yourself.
I don't have any better pics of the bottom but it does have small holes at the bottom of the side plates so the fuel level is even, but slows in sloshing away from the pick up.

Hi Nick,
Now I know where the "art" comes from in Vollkommen Art.
I am so jealous of your fab skills.
What are you using to weld with?...as far as wire I mean, it is tig no?
Regards DB.

Doug,

I have done the internal surge tank many times and many different ways because almost every car I do is either e.f.i or a tuff carbied car that needs good pick fuel up.
I found that it is much neater than an external tank,lines,pumps and all that crap. Plus in a bug space is an issue, so many times we need to either loose the spare or run the spare on the tank.

dangerous wrote:Hi Nick,
Now I know where the "art" comes from in Vollkommen Art.
I am so jealous of your fab skills.
What are you using to weld with?...as far as wire I mean, it is tig no?
Regards DB.

I have an Esab tig and an Esab mig.
.6 wire in the mig and just mild steel rod for the tig.

I love the finish of the tig but it takes soooooo long and with a project tike this I am mainly using the mig.

Dave I can't believe your saying that shit, I would much rather know how to machine things and mill things to the thou, RESPECT!!!!

I still need help guys,

What engine combo?
Asp??
turbo??
Nos??

Ideas?

Large capacity n/a old skool (with a little tickle gas)

I agree with Reub, large type 1 based, big big big IDA's (or equiv)......

Would help if we knew what was in your junk pile.....

I mean carbed sounds easier to most, but can still take just as long to tune as EFI, but EFI takes longer to install......

Personally I'd love to see a little roots style blower and big f&*k off 4 bbl on it..... but thats probably not really your style from what I understand !! 🙂

seems to me that if you go tall them turboes hangin round, the least you can do is wack one on. be silly not to EFI it then if you have a computer too. carbies are ok, but if the newer stuff is free and available to you, why not use it?

engine size below 2l and let the turbo do the work for you. just use the nitrous to get it up on boost and intercool it.

Boostn wrote:I still need help guys,

What engine combo?
Asp??
turbo??
Nos??

Ideas?

I'd like to see one of your "bad Ass" turbo's with the stock wheels and just a little lower!

Then you can just smoke those things down the Black top! :thumb

ratted

how 'bout a destroked crank, but still with 90.5mm......... some mega heads, efi turbo blah blah.......somethin still 1300cc, but revs to oblivion with the aid of nitrous.

I would love to do that, give a 1300 a 200hp hit of gas!!!!!!!!!!!

The only problem is those pistons are junk. But would be funny!

Doug Sweetman wrote:I agree with Reub, large type 1 based, big big big IDA's (or equiv)......

Would help if we knew what was in your junk pile.....

I mean carbed sounds easier to most, but can still take just as long to tune as EFI, but EFI takes longer to install......

Personally I'd love to see a little roots style blower and big f&*k off 4 bbl on it..... but thats probably not really your style from what I understand !! 🙂

I do not have any IDA's and you are correct about tuning carbies. I much prefer to tune e.f.i. The wiring is easy I have done heaps of Microtechs and found the easiest way is to make my own loom seeing as is for a VW and not a usual car. I am trying to stay away from turbo charging this one because it always get out of control and I find myself doing way too much work on bracing and gearboxes to handle the grunt. Remembering I want to keep it simple.
I could use my brothers 2632cc T4 with twin 45mm perfection injection throttle bodies, 244@50 and 50x40 ported heads but I need to make an exhaust system for it because he has it in a T3. It has been sitting around for about 7 years so he won't mind. The only problem is that I hate those exhaust ports and need to spend money on fresh valve springs and bends for the exhaust.

The other option is a new 2387cc with ported 044s,Fk 10, 5.7'' h beam rods, pauter 1.4.1 rollers, cb thinline sump, mallory dissy and a comp of 9.8.1.The engine is complete less exhaust and throttle bodies, so I still need to spend money on it.

The final engine I have sitting around is a complete 2233cc t4 60mm wheel , pauter 1.5.1 rollers, 5.6 h beam rods, street comp heads 46x42 valves(ported) draw through with a single throttle body and two staged 1700cc injectors.This engine drove very well and made 220 kw @ the wheels on 15psi on pump gas. The beauty of this engine is that you don't need an intercooler because it's draw through. Simple!

down on the ground with CB drop spinles, late discs and posche 4.5 blades.(just for the look)


I love the roof racks!

Jesus I'd love to see you work. You get stuff done so bloody fast!


Is it true you guys never sleep?

hehehe

I vote for either the 2632 - just for pure cubic capcity, or my #1 vote would be the 2233 turbo - with the 1.5 rollers and the heads you have on it, I'm not surprised it makes such big big numbers......

What bore and stroke on the 2233?..and the 2632 type 4 too please.

92 x 84 and 105 x 76??

nice work giving me some inspiration for my bug 🙂
i say a screaming NA engine that will scare rice from here to japan :P

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I feel sorry for you guys with all this junk and leftovers clogging up your shed.

Tell you what, how about I give you a case of beer and take some of this stuff out to the tip for you. Then you can make space for other toys.

I won't even charge you for the tip fees......

I'm thinking 2233 turbo for now.
I will think more about it later but now I will get stuck into the rear end and brace it all up without putting a cage into it.

vwfastback wrote:I feel sorry for you guys with all this junk and leftovers clogging up your shed.

Tell you what, how about I give you a case of beer and take some of this stuff out to the tip for you. Then you can make space for other toys.

I won't even charge you for the tip fees......

:cry

Boostn wrote:I'm thinking 2233 turbo for now.
I will think more about it later but now I will get stuck into the rear end and brace it all up without putting a cage into it.

geez! I almost feel sorry for this little car....almost🤘

the car is giving it's life for a greater good. respect.

Some pics of the rear end taking shape



I used square tubing because round is always associated with race cars. So no round pipe or dzus fasteners, just square tube, bolts and nutserts. Plus I'm lazy and square is easier to work with.





The engine and gearbox mounts have been raised up 1.5''
This because I run swing axle gearboxes and the axles must be straight on launch.So if you want to lower the car, this is how you do it. If you raise the engine up any more, you must raise the torsion housing up too so you retain the rear end geometry.


This is my other 1967 1300 Deluxe that has been raised 3'' and tubbed 3''. This also requires to buy narrowed axles.

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droooooooooool

Why do I get the feeling you're getting carried away? 🙄

But don't stop on account of me. :thumb

I like the stiffening job on the horns...Should work good, and looks neat too.

I bet you $100.00 you end up painting this car!

pete wood wrote:Why do I get the feeling you're getting carried away? 🙄

But don't stop on account of me. :thumb

Ha Ha,

Me never. I have found that there is no point sticking with the original plan because you always find something else along the way. Like people's ideas,so if anyone can help that would be cool. As I said from the start this is not a serous car so I am open to ideas.

That looks almost like what I had in mind to fit my type 2 auto box in my ragtop.
Great stuf.
Hermann

Jeez Nick.... That transaxle 'Tunnel' is hell neat.... Im diggin' this in a major way.....

And Hermann... Bring out that damn ragtop of yours!.... I want to get some inspiration at our local drag alley.......

I got the cage painted up soit does not rust. I am not going to paint it all properly because that would take too long!



I am building a new box for my tubbed streeter so this one is a hand me down that will slapp straight into the ratter. I had to put new sway away 1300 length axles in though.




Some other goodies I will use are sway away adjustable spring plates and torsion springs.Also the solid spring plate covers.

do you ever get the feeling that maybe you have a few too many toys?🙄

This is my other 1967 1300 Deluxe that has been raised 3'' and tubbed 3''. This also requires to buy narrowed axles.

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OOOOooohhhhhhh..!!! Semi...!!!!! 👍

Boostn wrote:

Bloody hell.... Will you look at the bracing on that puppy!

Well that kinda puts my TAT (Tight Arse Tuesday) 1641 turbo build up to shame........LOL

Let me congratulate you on your fabrication skills. Thats some neat work. Not to mention the pace of it all.


double thumbs up......👍👍

Finally got time to work on the junka again.
I got the axles and tubes on and put the box in.
It all lined up and bolted up perfectly. Passed the two 8mm steel fuel lines through the tunnel and mounted the mallpassie reg.

More time wasting on the crappy jobs I'm not keen on.
I had to seal up the cage to body holes.I mounted the LTX8 Microtech computer so I can start to wire it up.

Tin work all done. It would have been nicer if I had more time to work on it, but it will do for now.

Looks great, even if you think it could have been 'nicer'.

It's getting me excited 😉

I think the shift coupler cover is a nice touch!..... Top work Nick..... Looks neat enough to me!

What ratios do you run in the tranny?
And what other mods are inside other than the bracing?
Very nice work Nick!!!

Hi Nick , very nice work so far . I am also impressed with the fabrication skills associated with the horn strengthening . Well done !!

VERY nice,man you have gone this far,why don't you add a roll bar and tie it in at the top of what you have already done,would take alot of pressure off the torsion housing,excellent work ! Mike

Hey Mr Boost, i have see your work first hand over many years and you still impress me, but as you said you are open to ideas i thought I'd put this one out there.

ROOF CHOP

:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P:P

Hey Nick.... Are you going to tie that subframe into the torsion housing and shock towers in some way?... I understand why you are keeping under the car... A little more stealth than a rollcage, but it seems to me that you may still get some leverage movement on the torsion housing with the current set-up.... Or then again... I may be just pissing in the wind here!

8)

THANKS GUYS!!! for all the input.

dangerous wrote:What ratios do you run in the tranny?
And what other mods are inside other than the bracing?
Very nice work Nick!!!

The ratios are stock for the street, welded 3+4 corse tooth gears and a super diff.

With about 180-200 kw@the wheels on pump gas it should be good for 12.10 even if it is lazy in the top end and does not 60 ft well. A fun streeter though!

dragvw2180 wrote:VERY nice,man you have gone this far,why don't you add a roll bar and tie it in at the top of what you have already done,would take alot of pressure off the torsion housing,excellent work ! Mike

Thanks dude!
I realllllly don't want to put a cage in it because I always do that and then one thing leads to another and in the end they are not so streetable. If the plan was to make big power and get it run a 10, I would definitely put a cage in for safety and strength like you said, but I think it's cool enough for a streeter.

Great work. I'm glad I stumbled upon your post.

I found it hilarious that after you displayed your impressive fabrication skills with the front end that some punter pointed out that the nitrous bottle may not fit under the bonnet. Like that will be a problem!

CYA CT

Just a silly question..... why would you think it will be lazy in the top end with 180 - 200kw ? or do you just mean lazy compared to your race bug......

I can understand why it wouldnt 60ft as well, just curious about the top end thats all.

Doug Sweetman wrote:Just a silly question..... why would you think it will be lazy in the top end with 180 - 200kw ? or do you just mean lazy compared to your race bug......

I can understand why it wouldnt 60ft as well, just curious about the top end thats all.

What I mean is that without the correct gearing it has not got enough power to pull through 4th over the quarter, crossing the line at about 5000rpm. It's all cool for the street but slower over the quarter.The correct 4th would improve the E.T. crossing the line at max rpm.

If you have a street set up in the rear end, it will not 60ft well with 200kw.The theory of VW's working well because of the weight over the rear wheels goes out the window the more power you have. It tends to start just blasting the tyres in every gear. So you need to set it up properly to handle the power or you will go slower over the quarter.

Boostn wrote:

Doug Sweetman wrote:Just a silly question..... why would you think it will be lazy in the top end with 180 - 200kw ? or do you just mean lazy compared to your race bug......

I can understand why it wouldnt 60ft as well, just curious about the top end thats all.

What I mean is that without the correct gearing it has not got enough power to pull through 4th over the quarter, crossing the line at about 5000rpm. It's all cool for the street but slower over the quarter.The correct 4th would improve the E.T. crossing the line at max rpm.

If you have a street set up in the rear end, it will not 60ft well with 200kw.The theory of VW's working well because of the weight over the rear wheels goes out the window the more power you have. It tends to start just blasting the tyres in every gear. So you need to set it up properly to handle the power or you will go slower over the quarter.

See... Now thats the sort of knowledge I need!.... Thanks for that Nick.... If my current project gets out of control I know that ppl like you a Dave have the grey matter to get us wannabe's hooked up..... Thanks so much for this stuff.... Its inspiring....

I removed the heads and checked the valves, seats, guides and springs.

I got the engine back together and will fit it asap.

Nice rockers, are they pauter?

Wish my eliminators had ports like that.:cry

Enjoying the build up👍

you lot are all nutbags.

crewcabconnection wrote:you lot are all nutbags.

Yeah its great isn't it?????

fullnoise wrote:Great work. I'm glad I stumbled upon your post.

I found it hilarious that after you displayed your impressive fabrication skills with the front end that some punter pointed out that the nitrous bottle may not fit under the bonnet. Like that will be a problem!

CYA CT

Hi fullnoise.
I am the punter that you are talking about. I am sorry if you did not understand my post, I am sure that boostn was not offended by what I wrote.
I wrote it because I could see that the bottle was put there for the picture. I am sure that he also knew that the bonnet would not close with the bottle in that position and I am sure that, with the fabrication skills that boostn has, it would not be a problem.
I have also remarked on the good ideas that boostn has shown and on his skills as a fabricator.

Great work boostn
Hermann

Adolph wrote:

fullnoise wrote:Great work. I'm glad I stumbled upon your post.

I found it hilarious that after you displayed your impressive fabrication skills with the front end that some punter pointed out that the nitrous bottle may not fit under the bonnet. Like that will be a problem!

CYA CT

Hi fullnoise.
I am the punter that you are talking about. I am sorry if you did not understand my post, I am sure that boostn was not offended by what I wrote.
I wrote it because I could see that the bottle was put there for the picture. I am sure that he also knew that the bonnet would not close with the bottle in that position and I am sure that, with the fabrication skills that boostn has, it would not be a problem.
I have also remarked on the good ideas that boostn has shown and on his skills as a fabricator.

Great work boostn
Hermann

Hey guys,
It's all good no stress, lets not start anything. Sometimes it does not come out right when typed out.

I'm having fun slapping this thing together and it makes it better sharing it with you guys and hearing the suggestions and comments.

Hey Boostn,
I have a set of street eliminators w/ 44x37.5 valves and autocraft 1:25 rockers. i haven't had them flowed but they have had some work done on them by Melbourne Vw Performance? before I bought them. My ports look straight though like your just not as big as the valves aren't like yours.
I have a GT2871R and hoping to run up to 18-20psi but do you think my heads will be able to flow this? I understand its all about breathing and I know I can force the air in there but will I be able to get it out with 37.5's? Do these heads get really hot on the street?
Keep up the good work!
T54

OH I forgot, When you step up to bigger port sizes it raises the rev range (Comp Eliminators) does this happen with bigger valve sizes? I would think so but never tested it. I dont really want to rev the crap out of my car was hoping to top off at around 6000 and try to keep it together. Ever used a Haletch E6X... what do you think?
Thanks again,
T54

OK Heath,

You are correct in saying an engine is just a pump. the more it flows the more power it makes. One of the most important thing is efficiency.An efficient engine will make power and survive. For starters you always build an engine to suit the head, not the other way around.You need to know what your heads flow, so you can know what cam to choose,rockers,rods,springs and even crank to use. There is no point in having heads that flow well @650'' and using a cam that has a .400'' and 230 @ 50 duration. All you are doing is creating a boggy pig for no reason because that port has the flow moved up the scale. It would drive nicer, have better economy and make better power with a smaller head. Bigger is not always better. Valve size also changes the head characteristics. Sometimes if you are not happy with the intake Vs exhaust ratio, you can correct it through cam grind or even rocker ratio.

Boost psi is only a way of measuring air at the manifold. Power is about volume not psi. You can get what ever boost you want that is not the problem, but what does that mean when the engine is not moving it? When your engine starts moving more volume at less boost you need to go for a bigger turbo to cope with the volume.
For example, a rotary needs a massive turbo because the engines move so much air. If you could put same amount of volume of air though a VW engine it would probably equate to something like 80 psi, the fact is that the rotary can move the air and only register 25 psi at the manifold.( just an example). Each turbo has it's own chart on efficiency and what it's designed for.

Basically Heath flow your heads with the manifolds, select a cam, rods, and springs and find out what size roller you have.
The comps don't run hot on the street my heads run much cooler than stock heads.
Dave would be a good person to talk to about heads.

Hellcraps are a good computer but you need to do a fair bit of tuning.

I thourght you just add boost and go.

Finally I got the engine in.
Although the engine and turbo kit were ready, I still had to mess around making brackets and things. Now for the wiring.

Hey Nick.... Noticed you put a bit of effort into keeping the exhaust lengths close.... There are conflicting veiws on this in regards to turbo engines.... Have you created or witnessed any data to support this?.... I know most of your engine also run the turbo in the engine bay, how as this arrangement effected engine temps?.... The reason I ask this is because I use my cars in classic rally's and track days as well as daily and long distance driving, not to mention the odd trip down the quarter. So the idea of getting the turbo out of the engine bay has been playing on my mind.... Been thinking of fitting it up the 'Woolongong Way' and intercooling which is very similar to the WRX arrangement.... Have you guys ever attempted this arrangement?

Boostn wrote:Finally I got the engine in.
Although the engine and turbo kit were ready, I still had to mess around making brackets and things. Now for the wiring.

Luv your work!

nutbags rule

Keep the updates coming, its looking great.

man if you ever get bored you can "junk up my manx" anytime truly inspirational :thumb now i just need to learn to design measure cut weld etc

Boostn wrote:The other option is a new 2387cc with ported 044s,Fk 10, 5.7'' h beam rods, pauter 1.4.1 rollers, cb thinline sump, mallory dissy and a comp of 9.8.1.The engine is complete less exhaust and throttle bodies, so I still need to spend money on it.

ok no one likes to spend money and i only wanna help out a fellow dubber so just to save you dollars ill come down and take that nasty donk save money and create space all in one hit and hey you dont even have to thank me im just happy to help:thumb

Came in to work on Sunday and painted up the tank in silver matal flake. It looks crazy in the sun and against the unpainted crappy looking car! LoL!

Another angle

Brillian job on the Tank.... It looks so factory!... Except for the paint bit of course! 🙄

Hey can you build me a fuel tank, the way petrol is going i'd like to still be able to say "filler up thanks mate" :thumb

any more updates?
I'm hanging to see this thing finished!

Some pic updates for the junka, I will post more up later.

Does anyone know how I can put up some video footage of this thing when I get it running?

place it into somewhere like photobucket.com and link it from there. I could proberly sort it out for you if you cant work it out.
T54

Did you get my PM?

upload it to youtube and then link it here

Not a big fan of Youtube, because I like to download moofies and save them....
Just a pet thing of mine..... I'd go photobucket and share the love!

Lovin' the look you have going there Nick.... Very nice.... So you have an idea of when you will be running this puppy?

Man, that is awesome. If only every junker in the world was that good.

Please don't so one of those upload things...make it available for us to download onto our computers...please..I'll even host it for you dude....

Looks sweet as...makes me want to do a turbo setup on the 1916 that's going into the 58 later on...hmmm

You in Sydney dude? Heading down there after Chrissie and over new years for 5 days....

Nicks in Melbourne Reub.... Make a little side trip and get the low down for us.... I've been thinking of going 'old school' turbo with my little donk just because (the one thats in the Ragtop right now).... I did built it to turbo years ago and i have most of the bits to do it too.... Hmmm

Keep it up Nick.... Im diggin this build up....

I don't like youtube either because you can not save it.
If I do it on photobucket, can people save it?

I got it driving and have been tuning on the street with the laptop. It dives very nicely with plenty down low and spools up quickly because of the small turbo. EFI draw through feel very different to a carbie.

I will keep you guys posted.

One word " crazy " Love it.

Good news Nick.... Can't wait for the vids.... Pretty sure the Photobucket method will work with the download issue....

Any more updates??

Lovin the work on this project. Can't wait to see it finished.

Boostn wrote:I don't like youtube either because you can not save it.

You can save video from YouTube just go here:
http://www.keepvid.com/

YouTube is free and easy to search. Photobucket people cannot search. YouTube is also easier to use.

I took the junka out to Heatcote on Sunday.

It was very windy and I'm not a geek but a VW with no wing in the top end is crazy so I was restricted to just sort the rear end out.
But the meet was cancelled early after the Jap dude in the Jet car crashed.
Wow, It made us all feel sick and stunned.

I don't think I'll be getting back to the track in a hurry.
I got it all on video and it's not like a crash, it's more like the car disappeared and a bomb went.
It hurts when it's so close to home.

It is always a shock to see a life taken.
Trauma takes a piece of your heart away, and makes you a different person.
But it can make you stronger.
Let time take its course Nick.

Keep safe.

Yes, that was bad to watch......I still can't stop thinking about it......Poor bloke...

Lucky there was bugger people around though, and that it was towards the end of the track.

Hey Nick , it was great to catch up at Warrick mate , take care and will catch up again soon . Wayne .

hypo-vw wrote:Hey Nick , it was great to catch up at Warrick mate , take care and will catch up again soon . Wayne .

Hi Wayne,

It was good to catch up again, and see that nothings changed, you too still work crazy hours.
Good effort to get the car there and it's looking good.

After we had the chat about roll cages and then I saw the jet car dude, maybe with that power you should cage the bug. No wing at 130-135mph is crazy in a bug the way they flip over.

See you soon.

After a bad day at Heathcote just parked.

That is a very cool car Nick.

What is the latest with the other rockets in the stable.

Perhaps you could start a new post about you own cars from the past,
and some you have done for your customers.

I am particularly interested in the blue car from the old days.
Photos?

dangerous wrote:That is a very cool car Nick.

What is the latest with the other rockets in the stable.

Perhaps you could start a new post about you own cars from the past,
and some you have done for your customers.

I am particularly interested in the blue car from the old days.
Photos?

Thanks Dave,
I thought you would like it cause it's white.....lol

I don't think that too many people care about the old days, plus I would really have to do some looking for those pics(pre digital)
There is not much left of that car, I got carried away trying to improve it, It has a full chassis, 32'' ladder bars,wing, glass doors,glass front, plexi windows, alloy motor plates............... get the idea, carried away!
one day................

The black and blue pro streeter is waiting for a new gearbox. I had a bad miss in it which was traced back to the crank angle. It was making the computer think it was at max duty so opening the injectors wide open. This got worse after I put the bigger injectors in (obviously)
The crank angle is one of the first things I changed trying to find the problem, but the one I used was shitty too so it lead me on a wild goose chase. I have inboard footage of it going 11.06 @ 127 but it's missing ,I'm short shifting and pedaling it, not worth viewing.

Boostn wrote:I don't think that too many people care about the old days,

I have inboard footage of it going 11.06 @ 127 but it's missing ,I'm short shifting and pedaling it, not worth viewing.

WRONG!!!
On both fronts....those things are Volksy Porn!!

dangerous wrote:

Boostn wrote:I don't think that too many people care about the old days,

I have inboard footage of it going 11.06 @ 127 but it's missing ,I'm short shifting and pedaling it, not worth viewing.

WRONG!!!
On both fronts....those things are Volksy Porn!!

Wot Dave said.... That blue car changed the Oz Street Dub landscape Nick.... Some of the newbies need to see it and us 'older' folk would like to see it again!

Bring is on...

JANUARY 1999...


[ Edited on 16-10-06 by dumone ]

now thats some serious power ❗

the missus hates my magazine collection- I luurve it!

always loved your work Nick. as old as this magazine is i knew which one to look for, i must have read it a few times back in the day:thumb......the "under bonnet" shot cracks me up, ORSM!

Who estimated the power figure on that one?

I'm thinking about 170-180rwhp max no nos, and about 220-240 with nos. No intercooler and a 45mm side draft are pretty big limitations. I've used the same T3/to4e hybrid turbo on an SR20Det before running an intercooler and with a boost spike to 22psi it made 350rwhp at 7500 rpm, and thats with an intercooler, water spray and mappable ignition system.

Love the roll cage! I need one of those....

Good to see Im not the only one with a magazine fetish!....😂

Good to see the hair hasn't changed.:thumb
You ever thought of doing a Notch ?:o

11.23@123.8 from 1800ccs.
That is still Australias 2nd fastest street beetle.(Nick has run 11.0 in the other one)
Until someone else runs the numbers.....
I don't care what the HP is, it runs the numbers and that is everything in my book.

Can you make any sort of calculation of hp based on the time and final mph, using the weight of the vehicle and driver also?

I am sure I have seen calculators that worjk out some of these things.

Awesome car by the way, and I would have pooh pooh if I was in the passenger seat on that run.

iswinkels wrote:Who estimated the power figure on that one?

I'm thinking about 170-180rwhp max no nos, and about 220-240 with nos. No intercooler and a 45mm side draft are pretty big limitations. I've used the same T3/to4e hybrid turbo on an SR20Det before running an intercooler and with a boost spike to 22psi it made 350rwhp at 7500 rpm, and thats with an intercooler, water spray and mappable ignition system.

Hi, Ian.
The 45mm side draft is not realy a big limitation as every cylinder sucks through 2 x 45mm throats (if you work out the area, it is much more than the compressor intake).
I have seen 350 HP with a 45mm Dellorto at 1.5 bar, without intercooler, but with h2o injection.

Oldschool is not that bad. If you have a look at some of the strongest drag beetles ever, they are almost all draw-through and no electronics exept mabe MSD ignition.

I have done 325 Kw (flywheel) with a 2000cc old school, at 2 bar boost.

Love that car and that wheely on street tyres.:thumb

Hermann

Wow that's good for a laugh !!!!!!!

Thanks for the comments guys. That was 1997. It took a few years to get to the mag. These days with the Internet we can all laugh together. Love the old skool weber......ssssssssssso much easier these days with EFI.
Power was not the issue with the weber, the fuel would empty out of the bowl when you get close to the 115mph mark. Even with a holley blue with no reg just a malpassi and a 3mm needle valve it would empty. The way of fixing it was an alcohol valve and another fuel pump under the guard sucking out the over flowing fuel.
What a mess, but it worked very well. The alcohol enrichment was a washer bottle. Very simple but effective.
I should have persisted with it a little longer as I think it had a bit more in it.

BTW mixture meters were only for the rich guys back then, we just used a pyrometer in the ass and how good it felt.
Life is much easier now !

awesome stuff...It would be great to get all this early stuff (and present) in one location. I know Dave's got a lot of pics, vids etc from"back in the day".
Maybe we could get a thread started that just contains info and pics on all the cars and those who built and raced.

I know it inspires me.

Cheers

awesome little car. 11secs on street tyres is quite something.

BTW, love this shot, dusty circle work in car with no air filters. there is a man who's not afraid to drive his car hard. :P

Hey guys,

I have been driving the junka around and have found that now that I am older it is pretty stupid. It bounces off the rev limiter at 8500 (easily) on 23psi. The roads run out very quickly even with 4 wheel discs. I moved the rev limiter up to 9000 rpm and the data logger says 8680 rpm. With street tyres it's pick a gear and fry them.
So I have been thinking that I might put a girlier cam in it and tame down the boost. I might also put a wank tacho and boost gauge in so I can try to keep an eye on things.

more later!

It bounces off the rev limiter at 8500 (easily) on 23psi.
With street tyres it's pick a gear and fry them.

I don't know whether to give you sympathy or congratulations....

Video? 👍

Yes I have some inboard footage of the early stages of tuning, but it's not that great. I did video the hand controller so you can see the info. Now I just need to work out how to get the footage from dvd to mpeg. I wish I was a computer geeek.!!!!!!!!

Boostn wrote:I wish I was a computer geeek.!!!!!!!!

I'm glad your a volkies freak!!:thumb:thumb

hey as luck would have it I'm a computer geek who also happens to be pretty good with his hands, so there plent of time for fast cars and bikes. Anyway if you want a hand converting the DVD I can do it or I can assist you.

555bug wrote:hey as luck would have it I'm a computer geek who also happens to be pretty good with his hands, so there plent of time for fast cars and bikes. Anyway if you want a hand converting the DVD I can do it or I can assist you.

Funny... So am I.... And proud of it! :P

crazzzzzzzzzzzzzzy shiat man thats a cool ,tar mak rat

Hey I'm a computer geek who teaches people to do that kind of stuff every day. Let me know if you want a hand and I can come over if you want.

Ok a video is up.

the footage I had was not that greatest and I'm not a computer geek so go easy on me.

for the dial up people it might be a waste of time.

The video is of some cruising around with a few squirts. The only safe run I get is short shifting 2nd.This is in the early stages of tuning.


http://media.putfile.com/2233-EFI-turbo-VW

That is awesome mate!!!!!👍👍👍

You Tease....looking good, soundind awesome.

Is that data log on your microtech saying what I think it says?

8600 RPM 23psi

Also is the MAT of 104 degrees C engine temp and the value next to it air temp (no sensor connected)?

Got to admit it does sound awesome!

Cool.
You went to the drags and didn't tell!!!!

Boostn wrote:Ok a video is up.

the footage I had was not that greatest and I'm not a computer geek so go easy on me.

for the dial up people it might be a waste of time.

The video is of some cruising around with a few squirts. The only safe run I get is short shifting 2nd.This is in the early stages of tuning.


http://media.putfile.com/2233-EFI-turbo-VW

awesome stuff nic, can you give us a brief rundown on the engine? How do you get an EMS to run one injector?

I haven't forgotten about that header... panel work is costing me WAY more than I budgeted!

WHOOO HOO....listen to that thing go. Love it!!!

Whilst I have the reliability of a late model subie engine and have a heap of potential with it you can't beat the sound of a full on hypo veedub engine!

That rocks...

thats nucking futs man !!!!!

iswinkels wrote:Is that data log on your microtech saying what I think it says?

8600 RPM 23psi

Also is the MAT of 104 degrees C engine temp and the value next to it air temp (no sensor connected)?

Got to admit it does sound awesome!

Yes I had to move the rev limiter to 9000rpm because it was just bouncing off it at 8500rpm.
no air temp sensor wired and the don't worry about the water temp sensor that is not how hot the engine is it is the way I have plugged it up for better cold start control.

9000rpm....no way

dangerous wrote:Cool.
You went to the drags and didn't tell!!!!

Yes I did, when the jet car guy crashed and ended the day early. I didn't get a full pass.

reub-revhead wrote:9000rpm....no way

8680rpm not 9000rpm

I have purchased a Stewart Warner tach with a progressive shift light and a 40 psi boost gauge.
I know it's wank and I didn't want to put things like that in it or spend any money on new stuff for this junka but I get weak sometimes.

awesome stuff nic, can you give us a brief rundown on the engine? How do you get an EMS to run one injector?

I haven't forgotten about that header... panel work is costing me WAY more than I budgeted! [/quote]

It is a Microtech computer with the option of hand controller or laptop.
I am running two 1700cc alcohol injectors staged.

2233cc-84x92 with power sleeve barrels.
more details in the earlier pages.

reub-revhead wrote:WHOOO HOO....listen to that thing go. Love it!!!

Whilst I have the reliability of a late model subie engine and have a heap of potential with it you can't beat the sound of a full on hypo veedub engine!

That rocks...

Are you listening Neil? :kiss

yes I am here simon

& so is my subaru power bug , any time mate ... your on

Soon Grasshopper, soon..... It will be nice for someone to actually build a fast Subi powered VW....
Maybe you will be the first.... but in the meantime.... We have some nasty HiPo Aircoolers to keep us happy....

Top work there Nick.... I love this car.... Its the best one yet!

Where did you put your temp sensor to allow it to work better for warmup enrichment? I'd tried the sump but it takes too long for the 8 litres of oil m y 2332 had to come up to temperature. I then moved the sensor to the rocker cover where it will be spashed with warmer oil from the heads. That seemed to work better, but if the car was shutdown and then restarted within 5 minutes, you would see head temps around the 115-120 degree mark, because of head soak. Yes it was still mappable at that range though as it did need more fuel because of the heat to maintain a propper idle.

I know a guy in the US that runs a head and a sump sensor and has them wired together some how, and the ecu uses both through a single water temp sensor to sort out what to do with warm ups.

Anyway... i'd be interested to know your approach.

Cheers,

While researching my MS ECU purchase, I have seen some peeps on Shoptalk that run the temp sensor in the air flow under the head (sorta where the thermostat sits).... Granted, it sounds weird.... I asked the question, "Its a standard GM water temp sender right?".... But it seems to work for them....

Love the way the power is delivered so nice and politely in this car..... not 🙂

Thats insane, I love it. It is a true old skool turbo style - it sounds like it has a power band like a 2 stroke moto bike !

Sweet As.

From this I am getting a better steering box for my bug .looks very loose & to many turns to correct it .

gull wrote:From this I am getting a better steering box for my bug .looks very loose & to many turns to correct it .

You don't want to speed up the steering Neil... It will get way too twitchy!.... But a new steering box is a good move.... I had one in the green car and it was a revelation!.... And that car is loose..... It lighting up the tyres like a mofo!.....:thumb:thumb:thumb:thumb

What Humpty said!

Had the 14" wheel on my turbo bug when it had the 1641 engine in it and that was a handful on occasion. I upgraded to the largest momo wheel I could get to gear down my twitchy-ness (like that word 🙂 ) of the steering.

so get a big wheel like a tractor ? :P

I have one of them

I took the junka out to Heathcote yesterday.
After designing a new cam to make the same power but just move the power up the scale a bit so it doesn't just blast the tyres, I ran it in and went racing.

It seems that I over did it because it fell on it's face just off the launch and then came alive. Back to my cam guy for new one!
After a bog and a 1.89 60ft it went 103.78 mph half track to go 11.12 @ 128.06.
I will get the time card scanned and the video up asap.

[ Edited on 13/11/2006 by Boostn ]

Congrats mate, that is a top time and with more to come it will be interesting too see how much more you can squeeze out of it.
T54

Boostn wrote:After a bog and a 1.89 60ft it went 103.78 mph half track to go 11.12 @ 128.06.


[ Edited on 13/11/2006 by Boostn ]

not bad for a "junka"! good stuff.

Congrats dude....that's wicked!

Holy Crap Dude!!
Awesome!!

That is awesome.
video would be great

Hermann

Congratulations - nice run!

Gebuz Nick.... Imagine what will happen when the cam is dialled in!!!!! Would be nice to have that sort of power in a street car...... Can't wait for the next video... That last one has been getting a workout on the G5!

humpty wrote:Gebuz Nick.... Imagine what will happen when the cam is dialled in!!!!! Would be nice to have that sort of power in a street car...... Can't wait for the next video... That last one has been getting a workout on the G5!

Hey !
I always dial in my cams!!!!!!
I have been working with my cam guy trying different grinds and settings. A lot of R&D for maximum power.
It always about the journey not destination.

And thanks for all the positive coments guys, I have to do some work for the Vic day of and then another cam change.

Congrats again dude!

Gives me something to aspire to :thumb

....am looking forward to video as well....might have to get off my bum and organise video for my first outing at the drags as well hey 🙅

Yes video is cool.
in 5 years it's good to watch.

The most important thing for me is I can study the car after, also I never get to see how the car works from the outside.

[ Edited on 13/11/2006 by Boostn ]

Custom ground cams are a little out of my skill and price range... Sure glad you can do the R&D for us minnows!

Over the years I have tried 15 different cam combos in my car.
As you said it is the journey not the destination.
Makes the job a whole lot easier when you can drop the sump and do it in the car though.(always dialed in)
In my old VW days, with mag case, I just removed the one side of the engine and went that way.
Yes I agree, every cam must be dialed in. I used a BIG Scat cam once (292@.050),
and had to install it one tooth advanced to get it in the right spot.
You can imagine how crappy it would have run if I just "lined up the dots"!

By "dialled in" I meant 'figuring out what works for the job'.... Not in the 'timing' sense but in the perfect combo sense.... You dig?..... But you guys knew that..... Its gentlemen like you two (and the Henry's, Michael's, etc...), who go the extra step with your projects, that makes it EZR for all of us 'normal' dubbers to make the right decisions in our build ups....

Keep it up....

No stress it's understood now.

Hey Dave,
You are right, I only remove 1+2 side and the rockers and push rods from 3+4. Call me ruff but there is no need to waste time.

That is insane....love it. Pitty I dont have volume for the video link. What sort of dollars (ball park figure) are involved to get an engine to these specs?

I installed a tacho and shift light. What a waste of money, I didn't even look at it and I don't even think I calibrated it properly.

Not happy with the cam as I was trying new Ideas. You can hear it falling on it's face just after the launch.
I have spoken to my grinder today and it is being ground as we speak. I promise no bogging next time.

Enjoy the vid guys.

http://media.putfile.com/1106--127-Pro-Streeter

this one tha junka.....

http://media.putfile.com/1112--12806-junka

Thats a great video!
Love the comentary at the end!
Looks like you have a drive on your hands all the way to the end Nick!!

bloody awesome....can't believe how it moves around at the top end of the track either....

The commentator is a classic

😂

Love it sounded AWSOME!

I like watching the 180SX flash by in the rear view mirror, as that guy says "SICK".

Thats 'Fully sick'!......Moves around a touch doesn't it?

😁

Check out the inboard footage, it's not that bad inside. I think it looks worse than what it is. But anything over 100mph should really have a wing on it seeing how a bug is shaped like an aeroplane wing. At 128mph it does get light in the rear end and I have seen quite a few in the states roll in the top end. A cage would be nice.

[ Edited on 17/11/2006 by Boostn ]

The dude videoing and commentating is a mate of mine John.
He is the owner of stylin that runs 12.35 @ 107 in the blue bug.
He "IS" a wog but was putting it on knowing that it might be the footage I would use. He was right!! fully sick.......

Its looking like you mighty close to crossing the centre line there!.... Was it skating a bit?.... Like drifting across the track?.... A wing would just ruin the look of that car.... I sent the link to that movie to Franz @ KCW.... He loved it!... But did say it looked a little hairy!....

I think we are going back in time.......................

Any way I hit the track
11.05 @ 131.04mph

that's one fast junka!!
Congrats:thumb:thumb
Cheers

Congats Nick , that is an awsome time and speed . 131mph .....wow that is sick !! That is a real credit to you mate .
How straight did the car run ?
How much boost were you running ?
What fuel are you using ?

KNOCKIN ON THE DOORS OF THE TENS........

WELL DONE , MATE !!

Top stuff Nick.... I guess that means Wayne is gonna have to change his signature now!

LOL!

humpty wrote:Top stuff Nick.... I guess that means Wayne is gonna have to change his signature now!

LOL!

not interested in opening a can of worms as there are too many different opinions on the matter , but too clarify Humpty ,

Waynes signature represents Australias fastest STREET REGISTED VW at the 2005 VW nationals , where it was undoubtably the fastest there . This represents an air-cooled VW that is engineer approved , street registed and street driven .
If there is anyone out there that can prove that there street registed VW is quicker , then I will change it .

Nicks PRO-STREETER is an amazing car and a real credit to him , but I dont think it is a street registarable vehicle . Maybe Nick can clarify this ? Maybe it is in Victoria ?

Good luck Nick , and I hope you go 10's real soon..........


[ Edited on 13-12-06 by hypo-vw ]

11.05@131

" sick, sick time.....lovin' it! "

Good effort Nick!

humpty wrote:Top stuff Nick.... I guess that means Wayne is gonna have to change his signature now!

LOL!

Hey dude,
I'm not interested in crap like this.
I know Wayne and he is a nice bloke so he can do as he likes.

Besides my full engineered street legal 1500 bug in 1997 ran 11.23 @ 124 mph. So why make waves now?

I have no problem with Wayne, but it would be cool if more people built fast cars like us !!!!

Hi Nick,

Just going through earlier pages in this thread and noticed your using pauter roller tip rockers. I know Dave Butler uses these sometimes too. I have a couple of questions.

1. Do you run a lash cap with these?
2. I've heard stories of them breaking in highly stressed engines. Is it that mostly due to you guys running 8000+ rpm?

Cheers,

hypo-vw wrote:

humpty wrote:Top stuff Nick.... I guess that means Wayne is gonna have to change his signature now!

LOL!

not interested in opening a can of worms as there are too many different opinions on the matter , but too clarify Humpty ,

Wayne's signature represents Australia's fastest STREET REGISTED VW at the 2005 VW nationals , where it was undoubtedly the fastest there . This represents an air-cooled VW that is engineer approved , street registered and street driven .
If there is anyone out there that can prove that there street registered VW is quicker , then I will change it .

Nicks PRO-STREETER is an amazing car and a real credit to him , but I don't think it is a street registerable vehicle . Maybe Nick can clarify this ? Maybe it is in Victoria ?

Good luck Nick , and I hope you go 10's real soon..........


[ Edited on 13-12-06 by hypo-vw ]

Hey Wayne,

Ignor all the crap, I would rather work together and improve the VW scene in AUS. I love what you do keep it up. We will catch up soon.

My Pro streeter is the other car (black one) and that has a raised rear end but still retains spring plates and torsions and shocks. NO ladder bars.

But this white junka is stock street registered and I have not engineered it yet but is not a problem in Victoria.

I class it as a true streeter, but others might not.

I don't care I do it because I love it..............

Boostn wrote:I don't care I do it because I love it..............

Well said Nick. Well done to run those numbers, it's guys like you, Wayne, Dave, Rod and Pete (and the rest!) that inspire newbies to the drag scene (like me) to get involved.

Now just have to keep saving to get the oval on the strip!

[/quote]

I class it as a true streeter, but others might not.

I don't care I do it because I love it.............. [/quote]

I have the same attitude as you Nick , those who dont consider our modified beetles as streeters are the narrow-minded bunch of people that we have to encourage to get off their arses and support the Australian VW drag scene , not knock it , and we have to keep on doing what we are doing now because we enjoy it so much !!
See ya soon.......

Who's knocking it?... Not me... I think both of you guys are a total credit to the VW scene in general and the Fast VW Street Car scene in particular... It is guys like you two (and others like you) that give peeps like me the imputus to build tough streetcars.... Dave Butler knows where Im coming from, we've spoken of this before.... I don't knock.... Its all about credit where its due.... And you guys are there in spades.... Wayne has built himself a rocket and Nick has done it too.... Both are very different machines, doing incredible things.... Major cudos to you both.... And to fill you in on whats is in the works.... My last car was quick, but my current project will have the potential to pull seriously good numbers.... I doubt it will get anywhere near its potential or near what you guys are doing (limitations like budget and skill come into play).... Like I said... If wasn't for you guys and others like you, peeps like me wouldn't have something to aim for... And for the record.... I consider both of your cars to be streetcars.... Not that that counts for much... Its only my opinion....

humpty wrote:Who's knocking it?... Not me... I think both of you guys are a total credit to the VW scene in general and the Fast VW Street Car scene in particular... It is guys like you two (and others like you) that give peeps like me the imputus to build tough streetcars.... Dave Butler knows where Im coming from, we've spoken of this before.... I don't knock.... Its all about credit where its due.... And you guys are there in spades.... Wayne has built himself a rocket and Nick has done it too.... Both are very different machines, doing incredible things.... Major cudos to you both.... And to fill you in on whats is in the works.... My last car was quick, but my current project will have the potential to pull seriously good numbers.... I doubt it will get anywhere near its potential or near what you guys are doing (limitations like budget and skill come into play).... Like I said... If wasn't for you guys and others like you, peeps like me wouldn't have something to aim for... And for the record.... I consider both of your cars to be streetcars.... Not that that counts for much... Its only my opinion....

Thanks Dude !

how fast do you recon?

iswinkels wrote:Hi Nick,

Just going through earlier pages in this thread and noticed your using pauter roller tip rockers. I know Dave Butler uses these sometimes too. I have a couple of questions.

1. Do you run a lash cap with these?
2. I've heard stories of them breaking in highly stressed engines. Is it that mostly due to you guys running 8000+ rpm?

Cheers,

yes to lash caps

I have never had a pauter rocker fail.
I shift this thing as 8600 and the only time I have had a problem is when the lock nut on the cup adjuster came loose and the push rod fell off. My fault because I didn't hang off them like king kong.

Dasdubber wrote:

Boostn wrote:I don't care I do it because I love it..............

Well said Nick. Well done to run those numbers, it's guys like you, Wayne, Dave, Rod and Pete (and the rest!) that inspire newbies to the drag scene (like me) to get involved.

Now just have to keep saving to get the oval on the strip!

get it happening,

the more the merrier

humpty wrote:Who's knocking it?... Not me... I think both of you guys are a total credit to the VW scene in general and the Fast VW Street Car scene in particular... It is guys like you two (and others like you) that give peeps like me the imputus to build tough streetcars.... Dave Butler knows where Im coming from, we've spoken of this before.... I don't knock.... Its all about credit where its due.... And you guys are there in spades.... Wayne has built himself a rocket and Nick has done it too.... Both are very different machines, doing incredible things.... Major cudos to you both.... And to fill you in on whats is in the works.... My last car was quick, but my current project will have the potential to pull seriously good numbers.... I doubt it will get anywhere near its potential or near what you guys are doing (limitations like budget and skill come into play).... Like I said... If wasn't for you guys and others like you, peeps like me wouldn't have something to aim for... And for the record.... I consider both of your cars to be streetcars.... Not that that counts for much... Its only my opinion....

Hey Humpty , these comments were not directed at you , but at the bunch of negative whingers that get on this forum and dont supply the positive imput that it needs . We just need to encourage them to explore the boundaries rather than sit on the centre-line and say that it cant be done , or shouldn't be done , etc . Your comments are always valid and reasonable mate .
Hope you get that rocket of your own up and running soon .

Thanks Nick and Wayne... I thought I had said something out of play.... Its not good when that happens and it happens way too easily on forums..... We have to be very clear about what is said at all times.....

And as for my drive line.... I have all the bits I need to finally build that long awaited stroker... Bugpack Pentroof case (bloody heavy they are!), 84mm Crank, 5.5" H-Beams, CB 044 Wedgies, CroMo this and that.... I wont bore you with the details... But it will be turbo'd, efi'd and intercooled.... And hopefully it will run!... Then of course we have the transaxle.... DB has been a huge help in researching that particular element of the car.... As yet I haven't made a purchase in that direction, but now that I have completed my studies, the income is imminent, and the purchase(s) will eventuate in good time... When it does happen, I will post the build up right on AVD.....

Don't ever say you'd bore us with details - whatever the car is I'm always keen to read and see what others have done!

Hey Humpty....what are you doing stiring everyone up 😁....just jokes....sorry

This car is awesome Nick! as is Waynes car....and I look forward to also seeing how Ian Swinkels from Cairns goes with his new combo too....

Bring on the 'extreme' bug what ever they may be...

I only hope that my subie powered bug one day see's low 11's....would go with the look of my car being extreme.

Boostn wrote:

iswinkels wrote:Hi Nick,

Just going through earlier pages in this thread and noticed your using pauter roller tip rockers. I know Dave Butler uses these sometimes too. I have a couple of questions.

1. Do you run a lash cap with these?
2. I've heard stories of them breaking in highly stressed engines. Is it that mostly due to you guys running 8000+ rpm?

Cheers,

yes to lash caps

I have never had a pauter rocker fail.
I shift this thing as 8600 and the only time I have had a problem is when the lock nut on the cup adjuster came loose and the push rod fell off. My fault because I didn't hang off them like king kong.

So, this brings me to my next question... Where do I source a set of lash caps to suit my heads with my fancy new 1.3:1 pauter rockers? Should I be getting anything special in this area... autocraft or something?

I'm using aircooled.net alloy pushrods, luba lifters and the heads have titanium retainers. I'm not looking to rev past about 7500 rpm.

Reub dude! I think with a set of slicks and a turbo upgrade to a GT28RS-350 or a small GT2871 and you'll be well into the 11's. You'll want to get that gearbox looked at first though.

Cheers,

Hey Nick , are you going to run your streeter at the SUMMER SLAM 2007 at Heathcote Raceway on January 13th .
If you are let me know ASAP so that I can submit an entry and I will bring the oval down to have a run .
Imagine how awsome it would look if 2 street beetles could run side by side in the 10's ........... its possible I think .

How cool,

But I read it and it's a full ANDRA event.
Either we pull the turbo's off our cars or we start welding in cages.
Anything quicker than a 11.99 needs a cage.
10.99 and quicker minimum 6 point cage

but I havn't run tens anyway..........

Boostn wrote:How cool,

But I read it and it's a full ANDRA event.
Either we pull the turbo's off our cars or we start welding in cages.
Anything quicker than a 11.99 needs a cage.
10.99 and quicker minimum 6 point cage

but I havn't run tens anyway..........

I read the rules for street RWD and you only require a rollover hoop , 2 rear support stays and a side intrusion bar if you run between 10.00 and 10.99 and under 140mph . 11.00 and slower dont require any rollover protection other than an un-modified shell .
If we both run low 11's ( keep the boost down ) then the cars dont require any upgrade mods , other than radial tyres . No slicks and no conventionals .
You dont have to comply with weight rules for the class unless you want to set records .
You might not have run tens yet .........either have I.........but it wont be long for both of us I'm sure .

[ Edited on 15-12-06 by hypo-vw ]

reub-revhead wrote:Hey Humpty....what are you doing stiring everyone up 😁....just jokes....sorry

This car is awesome Nick! as is Waynes car....and I look forward to also seeing how Ian Swinkels from Cairns goes with his new combo too....

Bring on the 'extreme' bug what ever they may be...

I only hope that my subie powered bug one day see's low 11's....would go with the look of my car being extreme.

:kiss

hypo-vw wrote:Imagine how awsome it would look if 2 street beetles could run side by side in the 10's ........... its possible I think .

I can imagine... Go on Nick.. You kow you want to.... Shoot.... A couple of low 11 second bugs would be just as awesome!

Hey Wayne,
I just read the rules.
4 point harness or 5 if you go over 130mph
95 db
tyres?
wheel studs past the open ended nuts.........

It's just a junka.

I will be at Calder on the 16th of Feb, the VW club of Victoria is all going down for a fun night of test and tune. Come to that instead.

Calder sounds fun. I will get my machine ready as well.

David O'c, Adam and Tom, want to make the trip from SA? How many 11 second cars can we have on the strip at once?

Regards,

James C.

Boostn wrote:I will be at Calder on the 16th of Feb, the VW club of Victoria is all going down for a fun night of test and tune. Come to that instead.

where abouts exactly is calder in relation to Melbourne ? Its a long way to go for a single evening of test and tune , but I will give it some thought . Fuel expenses , accomodation , meals , can be quite costly for just a few runs . We can do that type of racing up here at the WSID on a wednesday or friday night , and its only an hour away .
Are they going to make us put the car back onto the trailer when it runs below 11.00 ?

Hi Guys from QLD, don't let safety rules scare you from racing at Summer Slam .Ray Box runs the Jamboree , Compact Attack in nsw ,he is try to get a race series going for sport compact cars in Australia . He is also a volksy guy at heart !
Don't need tech until 10.99 or untill Andra says so for unrego cars ,same for roll cage-10.99 ,4point seat belts are very cheap.
There will be DYO classes and Allmotor as well for cars with carbs.
Check it out on summer slam post.

[ Edited on 17-12-2006 by Dak-A-Tak ]

What about rear tyres?

Can you run a 6'' slick?

Hypo. Calder is about 30-35 mins out of melbourne city centre towards baccas marsh. Sounds like it could be a great event. A Friend lives near there and they have off streets every friday night. Fairly popular.
T54

Boostn wrote:What about rear tyres?

Can you run a 6'' slick?

hey Nick , I went through the rules for STREET RWD category and it states , NO SLICKS / NO NYLON TYRES ........... RADIAL tyres only mate .
I am a little nervous running radials on my oval , however I think I will give it a go . Have been reading a few threads and it looks like 205/70 15 Bridgestone TA's are the go .

Anyone know of any cheap accomodation near Calder ? I still might make the effort to come down , depending on outcome from Summer Slam and finances permitting .

hypo, I will find out from my mate to see if there is somewhere to stay.
T54

Hey Wayne,

250 kw at the radials?????

I think a bit scary for a rear engined car? What do you think?

Radial is a very loose word! theres manufacturers out that make very soft racing tyres.
( Hoosier,toyo tyres, Micky Thompson )check out latest EXtreme street Mag ,full run down on street and strip tyres.
Wayne are you running at heathcote Summer Slam.
Check with Ray Box about slicks and a dail your own class.

Video is up

http://media.putfile.com/junka-2nd-time-out

Great video Nick - I think it may have been asked before, but what rpm are you launching and shifting at?

And is it just the camera moving around or did it get a little squirrelly once you hit 4th gear (couldn't tell for sure from the incar footage)?

Once again, well done! Cheers for sharing the vid.

Awesome stuff!!

Oh damn you Nick.... Your having all the fun!.... I so wanna be doing that next year..... Inspirational stuff!

Come race in Darwin if you don't car about safety! If it moves it race's up here regardless of times and condition.

"Outback Racing" Sometimes very scarey.lol

Good on you Nick a job well done. I know its been said so many times before but damn I wish I had your junk pile❗

Cool,

Hey Wayne,
lets do it afew bug a Heathcote................cooooooollllllllllllllllllllll !!!!!!!!

Hey DB come down, I'll give you a shot for all your help.

Boostn wrote:Hey DB come down, I'll give you a shot for all your help.

Now there's an offer you can't refuse Dave...... Virgin flights are cheap on the east coast....

Boostn wrote:Hey DB come down, I'll give you a shot for all your help.

Is that what I think it means??!!

[ Edited on 21-12-2006 by dangerous ]

I think you need a reminder to get the taste of boost again.

And maybe then the car car run a ten with a quality driver.

your car is awsome, unbelievable street sweeper,can you imagine the look on a V8 guys face when you leave him standing there? That would be a blast to drive around. Mike

Are you still driving the car on the street much, or has it become too much of a handful to drive in traffic?

One of the dumbest things i ever did was try and drive my 2332 turbo down the esplanade on its maiden drive out. Brand new 4 puck clutch still not bedded in and wouldn't you guess it, i end up being followed by the police. Its was pretty tricky to get rolling without spinning the wheels. Stalled the car once too trying to take off too careully with too low rpm.

Boostn wrote:And maybe then the car car run a ten with a quality driver.

don't sell yourself short Nick , you drive great !! as seen in the incar footage .
Great to hear that you and others will make the effort to get there .
My entry has been confirmed ,and there are only 2 VW's on the entrant list to date . Mine and Morgan Smith from Bulli .
Who else is going to come along and have some fun . Remember the ET bracket is dial-your-own time racing so that you don't have to have a rocket ship . Even the slowest car can still win............hmm, maybe I should get out the twin-cab again...........

[ Edited on 22-12-06 by hypo-vw ]

hypo-vw wrote:............hmm, maybe I should get out the twin-cab again...........

LOL!...... Yeah, but that ain't no ordinary DC is it Wayne?.... Somebody take a video camera to the event fellas.... We need more footage of dubs doing everything else!

Boostn wrote:And maybe then the car car run a ten with a quality driver.

Don't sell yourself short Nick.
I have seen the video too, and don't think there is anyone more qualified than you,
to pilot that rocket.

Thanks for the offer, and vote of confidence though,
that is such a compiment coming from some one that is so high on my list of respected people.

The reality is that I am more of a tinkerer,
than any sort of a good driver.
For me, driving these things is purely a way to get answers and results to never ending questions and experiments.

Thanks again for the offer, but I will be much more of a thrill to watch YOU go down the track.

Boostn wrote:Video is up

http://media.putfile.com/junka-2nd-time-out

Is it just me or is there no sound?

Cheers :thumb

[/quote]

Is it just me or is there no sound?

Cheers :thumb [/quote]
Hey Reub , just checked out the video link and the sound is OK mate .

Its just you Reuben....

:kiss

But seriously.... The Junka has a lovely note.... And the track commentator highlights what must have been an awesome ride....

I have never really seen any footage 'down the barrel' of a drag strip before Nicks few flicks (all have been along side the track) and I have noticed that the cars do seem to move around a lot.... I have done similar speeds (120mph) on the 'flying mile' at GinGin Airport in my old Bug and she sure was moving about!!!!.... Must take a huge amount of skill to keep it on the straight and narrow at those speeds, time and again in the quarter!!!.... Hats off to you Nick.

Cheers Wayne and Simon, appreciate your confirmation...something is obviously up with my computer then....other putfile videos are working fine...:cry..

Fingers crossed I can fix it...

Shucks I am blushing.............
but like Dave, I like the build up, I would much prefer to have a driver that could drive it well and cut good lights but most importantly let me know what the car is doing. That is why I have the video, to study it afterwards. Maybe just one pass though.

BTW Dave, I would not just hand the car over if I didn't think you could handle it. It's a big ask to just jump into a foreign car and do a good pass......I hear ya!
Are you coming down to check out those improvement we have been discussing?

Alright...I'm still not getting sound from this video...updated win xp to SP2, updated windows media player, div x as well....still no go.

Can someone email the video to me? Boostn?

My email is reub@vwrx.net

Thanks.

Reub, DL & install VLC media player, this does everything and will take anyway any issues/dependencies with the OS

Hey Nick that looked like a pretty straight run.
Looks like you must have had some practice down to KFC.

Hey Nick , are you and the guys down there coming out to the SUMMER SLAM at Heathcote ?
Are you going to run your bug in the ET bracket also ?

555bug wrote:Reub, DL & install VLC media player, this does everything and will take anyway any issues/dependencies with the OS

Thanks dude....still no go though....ah well, thanks for helping.

Wayne,
I have sooooo much work on it's not funny.
But if I do I will run dial your own and turn the boost down and run 14's all day.
Maybe then I'll win........ LOL

Boostn wrote:Wayne,
I have sooooo much work on it's not funny.
But if I do I will run dial your own and turn the boost down and run 14's all day.
Maybe then I'll win........ LOL

So are you going to bring the 'Junka' out to play Nick ? I really don't want to travel all the way to Heathcote to run on my own . I can do that up here at WSID .
:bounce

12.30 am Friday morning or Thursday night and I have just put the bottom end back together after a cam change. I have had heaps on at work so this is the first I have had to work on it. I hope to get the heads on before I go home so I can come in install it and get the cam run in.
I hope everything goes my way because I don't think I'll get time to test drive it if I go on Saturday.

back to it!

Thats putting in the hours Nick..... Hope it all goes well for you....

Good luck Nick - hope you can find a few hours somewhere along the line to have some decent sleep!

This things a weapon, everyone needs junk like this laying around.

I just want to apologise to Wayne and Morgan for not finishing my car so I could go and play on Saturday. It was a good day and I would have loved to have raced. Congratulations to them both for their efforts. Wayne on his PB and Morgan on the race win.
Thanks for coming down guys!

Boostn wrote:I just want to apologise to Wayne and Morgan for not finishing my car so I could go and play on Saturday. It was a good day and I would have loved to have raced. Congratulations to them both for their efforts. Wayne on his PB and Morgan on the race win.
Thanks for coming down guys!

Nick , you dont have to appologise to anyone mate . The fact that you didn't go to work on saturday for the first time in years , just to come and support those who were running meant so much . It would have been great to have your car there , but it wasn't meant to be this time . There will be other opportunities in the future and I look forward to seeing your car run then .
Those who dont have their own business could not possibly understand how you have to juggle your precious time for workshop work , customer enquiries , orders , paperwork , family and then find the time to do the massive amount of work required to prepare a car to run times like ours are running . Stay cool and dont stress . Wayne .

The junka improved again yesterday at Heathcote.
Still not launching it correctly it 60ft'd 1.57

I put a wing on the rear and it looks crap but it settled the car and it felt like it was doing 100mph. I made the wing detach in a few minutes with only 6 nut serts in the body. Now that it feels so good I plan to put a bit more power into it.......more to come !

give me time and I'll put some video up.

congrats, that's awesome! 😵

I dream of 22 degree air temps! :cussing At night driving around in the rain the best I can achieve in Cairns at the moment is about 25 degrees off boost. Still thats better than the 35 degrees in the middle of the day.

Congrats on the new time. :thumb Post up a picture of the wing too!

^why not move down then. 😉

Great stuff Nick!!

Another Volksie in the 10's👍

Cheers

wOW! Looks like we'll have 2 streeters into the 9's soon!

Nick,
R you running gas with that..? If so what size?

Congrats on the 10's.!!

Boostn wrote:The junka improved again yesterday at Heathcote.
Still not launching it correctly it 60ft'd 1.57

I put a wing on the rear and it looks crap but it settled the car and it felt like it was doing 100mph. I made the wing detach in a few minutes with only 6 nut serts in the body. Now that it feels so good I plan to put a bit more power into it.......more to come !

give me time and I'll put some video up.

Awesome news Nick,
I am so stoked for you!

Brilliant stuff Nick..... Totally awesome achievement!.... Look forward to the video.... Make sure we can download it to disk.... I like to keep the vids..... I have shown your vids to a few hotrod mates and there are totally flippin' out with what is being done.... Can't wait till we have something like that here in WA!

Congratulations Nick - great to see another beetle into the 10's! :thumb

So apart from the addition of the wing, any other changes made to make up half a second (from the 11.02 last run from memory - could be wrong though, apologies if that is the case)?

BeetleJuice wrote:wOW! Looks like we'll have 2 streeters into the 9's soon!

Nick,
R you running gas with that..? If so what size?

Congrats on the 10's.!!

Thanks guys.
but let's not count our chickens.
and let's not disrespect the guys that have run 9's!
if it was that easy everyone would be doing it.
I don't think I will in this car with no cage.

NO no gas just boost but who knows?

dangerous wrote:

Boostn wrote:The junka improved again yesterday at Heathcote.
Still not launching it correctly it 60ft'd 1.57

I put a wing on the rear and it looks crap but it settled the car and it felt like it was doing 100mph. I made the wing detach in a few minutes with only 6 nut serts in the body. Now that it feels so good I plan to put a bit more power into it.......more to come !

give me time and I'll put some video up.

Awesome news Nick,
I am so stoked for you!

THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT DB !

Did you get the dyno report?

Dasdubber wrote:Congratulations Nick - great to see another beetle into the 10's! :thumb

So apart from the addition of the wing, any other changes made to make up half a second (from the 11.02 last run from memory - could be wrong though, apologies if that is the case)?

More cam timing tuning and a good play on the dyno.

Congratulations Nick on getting your beetle into the 10's !! I am totally impressed mate . Would loved to have see it run , but maybe at Warrick ?
What sort of boost are you pushing into that sucker to get it to go half a second faster ?
Were you using slicks and bars on the back ?
AWSOME JOB MATE !!!:beer

Boostn,
Awesome time. Well deserved mate.

Regards, Keith.

Boostn wrote:THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT DB !

Did you get the dyno report?

Yes thanks Nick.
I am so proud to have been able to share some input.

HELL YEAH....Congrats Dude....

Really look forward to the video, hopefully I get sound to work this time.

reub-revhead wrote:HELL YEAH....Congrats Dude....

Really look forward to the video, hopefully I get sound to work this time.

Did you get the last one that I e-mailed you?
did the sound work on that?

hypo-vw wrote:Congratulations Nick on getting your beetle into the 10's !! I am totally impressed mate . Would loved to have see it run , but maybe at Warrick ?
What sort of boost are you pushing into that sucker to get it to go half a second faster ?
Were you using slicks and bars on the back ?
AWSOME JOB MATE !!!:beer

Hey Wayne,
Once again sorry I couldn't get it happening 2 weeks ago so we could play.

from day one I have been trying new cam combos with this thing and it has always made the power but have had issues getting boost off the line. It is only a 2233cc and it is crucial to get it all right. I am getting there and feel that it has a bit more in it with more playing around. The aim right now is to get the 60ft more towards the 1.40 mark. one tenth in the 60 ft is worth two tenths in the top end!

Warrick would be cool but I will see how work is going closer to the date.

Boostn wrote:

reub-revhead wrote:HELL YEAH....Congrats Dude....

Really look forward to the video, hopefully I get sound to work this time.

Did you get the last one that I e-mailed you?
did the sound work on that?

Hi mate,
the one you emailed didn't come through....(and here you were thinking I was an ungrateful bastard for not having emailed thanks....:P)
I'll u2u you another email address to try.
I appreciate it Nick.
Reub

sorry I couldn't get it happening 2 weeks ago so we could play.

Once again Nick , NO appology needed !!
I will now lay back a visualise what it would have been like to have 2 street bugs run 10.4's side by side . No regrets....there will be plenty of other opportunities to go and race and have fun . Cheers mate .
Can you post pics of the rear wing Nick . I am interested in its design if it has stabilised your bug so much , as the oval is walking all over the place at 130mph .

awesome stuff, cant wait for the video...

any pics of the car in full?? wat brakes u running up front or parachute?

4 wheel discs
NO chute needed
No wheelie bars needed
6'' M&H slicks

not sure if it can go quicker with that tyre though?

Don't forget to post your slip in the 'Top 50' Nick!

Congratulations Nick!
You deserve it.
I've been waiting about 10yrs for this to happen.
Your dedication and persistence has finally paid off.
You have put Melbourne on the map.

Just a little suggestion, how about a cage for safety's sake.
Nathan (Higgins) and I want to Heathcote a couple a weeks ago, and on the second run, at half track (113mph) he blew a cooler line. Needless to say the car spent the next 200+ meters snaking down the track and going past the finish line completely sidewards.
He was extremely lucky to miss the wall, but at the speeds you are both doing safety is of primary importance.
Sorry to sound like your mum, but watching something like this makes you think how quickly shit goes down.
On a brighter note I fixed his car, he changed his underpants and he ended up doing a PB of 9.6@144.

What can be said that hasn't already
Car looks hot hot hot
car goes fast
fantastic effort

13BVW wrote:What can be said that hasn't already
Car looks hot hot hot
car goes fast
fantastic effort

Thanks heaps guys!
It's been cool bringing everone along for the ride.

dangerous wrote:Don't forget to post your slip in the 'Top 50' Nick!

I tried e-mailing Pete but no response?

Can anyone tell him about it and the fact that is a new car not in the top 50 yet...

Lets see if it gets to him this time.
3rd time lucky?

Top stuff Nick..... That car just gets better and better.....
I posted this link on the ShopTalk Forums.... I hope you don't mind...

http://www.cal-look.com/forum/index.php?topic=17373.0

Yeah, I put it on cal' too.

"sick, sick time.....lovin' it!"

[ Edited on 4-2-2007 by dangerous ]

Awesome!

Launches nice off the line:thumb:thumb

The dub is a credit to you.

Cheers

loving it Nick, just brilliant...... still looks like you have your hands full there though.....

dangerous wrote:http://www.cal-look.com/forum/index.php?topic=17373.0

Yeah, I put it on cal' too.

"sick, sick time.....lovin' it!"

[ Edited on 4-2-2007 by dangerous ]

Thanks Guys !!!!!!!!!!!

Dave, cool the Yanks love it!
I told you my shifts suck.

Thanks for the top 50 too, even if the times are around the wrong way... LOL

Hi Guys,

I booked the dyno because we had to do a few pules in Johns (stylin) bug because of some changes. So decided to take the junka down for another play seeing as I am waiting for my new bender to make a cage for it. Finally the old turbo gave up with heaps of end play in the shaft. That's what happens when you ask for too much out of a small turbo. But more importantly we found and ignition miss that has always bothered me. The crank angle has a small spasm at around 8000 rpm. If you watch the inboard footage of the 10.44, you can see the tacho fluctuate occasionally. In first gear it runs out of power like it's hitting a limiter. I will try to sort this problem out as I am loosing some HP. The car won't hit the track for quite a while so should have it all fixed by then.

So is that an electrical or mechanical fault Nick? (the miss)
Are you using the dizzy to find that crank angle or do you have a crank trigger?

It's a dissy 2/24 megnetic type.
so I'm not sure if the shaft is moving around at high rpm or if the magnetic charge goes crazy at that speed?

I might have to modify the pulley and go 1/12 off the crank.

does anyone make a chopper plate for a VW 1/12 ?

I know zero about EFI stuff Nick, but I know that "h" who gets on here form Europe,
uses a Cv joint(ABS) trigger from a Commodore with one tooth removed, and a sensor off a vectra.
He mounts the wheel behind the pulley.

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=53880&page=2

"australias fastest street registered beetle"

is it legally registered with the displacement and turbo etc? just am curious as am wanting to go a similar way....

looks the goods nick! a real credit to you and congrats on the 10.44

nick

bond wrote:"australias fastest street registered beetle"

is it legally registered with the displacement and turbo etc? just am curious as am wanting to go a similar way....

looks the goods nick! a real credit to you and congrats on the 10.44

nick

Thanks dude,

not sure on the rules in QLD, but in VIC no probs with engineering a turbo 2L.

Kadrons and an exhaust is not legal without an engineers certificate.

Hopefully I will have it ready for racing for Warwick and you will see that it is nothing special.

Hopefully I will have it ready for racing for Warwick and you will see that it is nothing special.

nothing special ? dont kid yourself Nick !! This car is a credit to you , and just how many street VW's have been capable of running 10's in the history of VW in Australia . In the past 50+ years , only 2 that I know of . Now thats pretty special mate .

Boostn wrote:Hopefully I will have it ready for racing for Warwick and you will see that it is nothing special.

Don't sell yourself too short Nick, afterall it's the combination that YOU put together that's made it special:thumb:thumb

Cheers

That's an awesome time. Well done, keep it coming

Wow... sweet car and amazing work.

😉

THANKS HEAPS!

Any news on the 9'second progress Nick?

humpty wrote:Any news on the 9'second progress Nick?

That is just being silly from a crap car.
Plus I will have to do something about all that extra weight being added for safety.
10.80's..................

Well I was planning on putting a cage in it and racing it a bit more, but was not planning on getting it ANDRA tech inspected because I still want to drive it on the street.
I was not aware that Warwick was an ANDRA track and I am cut that I cant come up to have some fun. I have not touched it now for a while until I work out what to do.
I am thinking of maybe canning it and getting back into my pro streeter that has a cage and all the safety stuff done to it, so I can come to Warwick.

What do you guys think?

Dave, Wayne, Adam.........anyone?

Go for it man!
Anything you need for it?

Tech isn't that scary to do and get when it's your butt or
safety issue's.To go that fast even on the street, safety
must be part of it.
There is lots of cars in vic with drag racing tech and going faster than yours that are driving
around on street.
I wouldn't race any car or at track that
lets 10sec quicker car out to race.!!!!with out tech! think about it !!(life)
Please don't get me wrong but you new this car will go fast.( power,weight of car ).I think you need to decide on
what you want! race car or street car.
You could race at warwick with no tech (was a few last year ) but safety first (yours)
I would like to see you there but in a safe car.

[ Edited on 7-4-2007 by Dak-A-Tak ]

Is the issue the fact that andra does not allow a bolt in door bar for 10.99 and quicker and Vic roads wont engineer a welded one? Have heard thats the issue in NSW.

Andra tech inspections are a joke anyway, A certain top fueler was and probably still is going down the track with front tires that have perish cracks going right around the sidewalls.....

Yep exactly my point
This is fast street car and I don't want to start adding bars and ANDRA stuff.
If I do that I will have issues with Vic roads. The only way around it is to get it engineered.
BUT It would be easier to engineer my black one. The only diff is that the rear end has been raised and tubbed, but the rest is all stock. So I guess what I am saying is that I am over the Junka.........

Boostn wrote:So I guess what I am saying is that I am over the Junka.........

Noooo!

I think Vic Roads and the TOG Police would have a few more issues than side intrusion bars with that car!!
Its street legal until they see it on the road dude... Ive been put off the road for WAY less.
It sucks, but thats the Vic road laws...
Looking forward to getting my car here in the US so none of those issues!!

Yes you are right but I can engineer the car and as long as it still is road worthy the togys can't touch me. I have done heaps of customer cars this way where they are radical and still legal in Vic. Just not sure if it is worth it with this car.

Hey Nick who does your camshafts? And would you share the specs of the two cams you've tried in your 2233 turbo engine?

I'm guessing around 278 at 0.050" with a 114 lobe seperation.

I'm about to start putting my new engine together and want power to peak around 7500-8000 RPM.

Cheers,
Ian Swinkels

[ Edited on 14-4-2007 by 2443TT ]

Boostn wrote:..... Just not sure if it is worth it with this car.

It so is worth it Nick.... This car (and your efforts!!) are an inspiration to many of us here.... The development of this car, whilst keeping the concept pure, is what makes this car so unique.... You simply must keep the furture development of this car alive.... Its a ground breaking Aussie built rocket that simply must continue!

There.... I said it.... Now go and 'take out' some superbikes damn it!

Thanks Humpty for the positive words, but i think you are over doing it slightly.
The car was a joke from the start and I ( and plenty of others) have done a lot more and better work on better cars. My other 67 is a much better car but also a fair bit heavier. Why is the junka the fastest? Maybe because it was just slapped together to have fun with and it got out there. Basically it was fun but by continuing development means a full cage and more for ANDRA tech. Now it is getting serious and missing the point.

After sitting for a while not knowing what to do, I have decided to prep it for thr VW drag day at Heathcote.
I have fitted a 1.00 4th gear (thanks DB), installed a launch control MSD, popped the guards out a little more to fit a 26/8 MT. Last time I fitted The t66 and turned the boost down and it made more power that the T4 that went 10's. On less boost it blasted the 6'' slicks stupidly, so I might not have a good VW drag day but it will have to do!!! The more power I put into it the more it twists the car up and I am constantly casing my tail.

Well Nick... Im sure most will agree with me on this.... While you say "The car was a joke from the start and I ( and plenty of others) have done a lot more and better work on better cars", the single thing that has taken everyones imagination is the fact that its not a purpose built racecar... Its a ROADCAR, that goes like a RACECAR!!! We all know that the efforts that you and your brother have put into many cars over the years, defines your business and your approach, this car takes it all to completely new level... You have proved, as others have, that a 'simple' (and I use this word advisibly!!) concept and thorough execution can yeld mind blowing results.... Where people like Dave Butler, Henry Spicak, Rod Penrose, Pete Page, etc have done phenominal things on the track with purpose built rockets, its guys like you, with cars like this, that make for real world relevance with maximum impact.

Plus I must say, that I prefer the look of your car to!!!! I know Im not alone in this view.... Thats possibly why this particular car has grabbed our collective attention....

THANKS DUDE !!

I concur with Simon!

THANKS AGAIN!!!
2 out of 8096 members is cool, haha ( better than none )

I am trying to get it back onto the dyno before Saturday but it's not looking good.
I still have a lot of real work to do on other's cars.....
I will let you guys know if I do.

Boostn wrote:THANKS AGAIN!!!
2 out of 8096 members is cool, haha ( better than none )

C'mon Nick - there are a lot more than just 2 members!! I'll make it 3 at least 😉

Every time i get a notification about this thread, the link takes be back to the first page.... where i see how the project started.

It was such a nice looking car back then. All original and un-molestered.

I'm sure you've upset quite a few purists... :cry

So am i ever going to read the full spec sheet for that engine, in particular the camshaft specs and how you've got it dialed in?

CHeers,
Ian

Mate....you ever get sick of this car there is always space in my carport for another NUTS vw 😂

I f****n love this car dude! It has given me heaps of perverted ideas for my old rat oval.....and I don't really need any more encouragement....

I must say that this is one of my fave cars on here or anywhere

See Nick.... Its not just Reuben and myself that dig.... Maybe I'll run a poll....

Something along the lines of... "Vote for the top 5 performance street VW's in Australia"

Hmmm....

1. Nick's Junka
2. Keith Hausler's Light Blue Oval Bug (Circa 1994)
3. Dave Prior's Black genuine DKP Oval
4. Reub's Crazy Purple 68
5. Chris Fraser's crazy Hellbus
And I think Henry Spicak's yellow Ex Drag Oval should get an honorary vote too!

That's my top 5+.

2443TT wrote:So am i ever going to read the full spec sheet for that engine, in particular the camshaft specs and how you've got it dialed in?

CHeers,
Ian

Please send Nick one kidney and the info is yours.

dangerous wrote:

2443TT wrote:So am i ever going to read the full spec sheet for that engine, in particular the camshaft specs and how you've got it dialed in?

CHeers,
Ian

Please send Nick one kidney and the info is yours.

Does it have to be my kidney? 🥷

Dave your famous! Your bug got a 3 second spot and was mentioned in the latest Ignition DVD when you were at minijam.

Cheers,

2443TT wrote:So am i ever going to read the full spec sheet for that engine, in particular the camshaft specs and how you've got it dialed in?

CHeers,
Ian

Please send Nick one kidney and the info is yours. [/quote]

Does it have to be my kidney? 🥷

Dave your famous! Your bug got a 3 second spot and was mentioned in the latest Ignition DVD when you were at minijam.

Cheers, [/quote]

Hi Ian,
is it worth it to buy one?...prob not.

I don't know what Nick has,
but if you want to exchange ideas on turbo cams let me know.
Wide lobe centres and smaller exhaust lobe duration is your friend.

Getting ready for racing tomorrow.

Does that mean more video? :thumb

Racing 09-06-2007

Thats the schitt!!!!👍👍

Right on Dude! 👍

Ooooo.... Bigger guards and more rubber I see.... And a wing too..... Bit straighter in the top end now?... How's it feel?

humpty wrote:Ooooo.... Bigger guards and more rubber I see.... And a wing too..... Bit straighter in the top end now?... How's it feel?

Yep all good, like a stocky on that boost nice and straight.

Dave,
I thought I blew a manifold off when I put it into 4th.
Totally forgot about it until it idle nicely, then I remembered.
I'm not that bright sometimes.

forced induction...mmmmmmmmm

Great pics...great car...👍

Well in the past few month I have not touched the car because I have had too much customer work chewing up all my time.
Also we are moving to a larger shop at the end of August.
So that means I wont be able to make it up to Warwick this year.
Sorry to let the VW people down as I know the more VW's the better.

Sorry Craig!

That is a real shame mate, but I know the feeling when business (and livelihood) have to come first!
Alan

Hopefully next year

Bummer Nick.
If you decide at the last minute, to come up for a look,
you can always fly into Coolangatta and come up with me.

Thats a real shame Nick..... I was hoping to hook up with you guys this year.....

Bugger hey...

Alot of people seem to be overworked these days.

There is always next year 👍

dangerous wrote:Bummer Nick.
If you decide at the last minute, to come up for a look,
you can always fly into Coolangatta and come up with me.

Sorry guys!!!!!!

Thanks Dave, thats where I stayed last year just in tweed walking distance to Coolie. I have family there and it's a good excuse to go visit them and shit is there VW drag racing on? haha

I will start planning for next year now, maybe then I will make it.

Damm!! Was looking forward to see your car run in the flesh!! Ahh well maybe next year....

Hey guys,

I tried to get the Junka ready for the VW clubs day at Heathcote but I didn't make it. So went out on Sunday to test a few things out. Needless to say it was a step in the wrong direction because it was very lazy out of the hole going over 1sec slower to half track!!!

anyway enjoy the vid

check out the burnout for the wheelie. cool...

Nice vid Nick....may have appeared to be slow out of the hole but you could certainly see when the boost kicked in....👍

Sweet dude....and no need to apologise for the in car footage....alot of us will take what we can get for a bit of a fix on your car mate. 👍

Good Stuff!

I've said it I love this car and good to see it now has a cage. 130mph+ Junka hell yeh

Top work Nick..... Thanks a heap for the flik.... Now I wish I could save it to my HD...

Hey Nick , great to see the Junka out on the track again mate . From the incar footage I am very impressed at just how stable your bug is at 130mph , as this was very evident by the lack of corrections being placed on the steering wheel in the braking area . My oval danced across both lanes in the braking area last time I ran it on the quarter .
It is also great to see the new cage has been fitted . I have just fitted a cage to the oval and find the launch from the start line to be much straighter and with little twist in the body . I am going to take the oval to WSID in a few weeks time for its first run down the quarter with the new cage and wing . Will let you know how it goes mate .
Really wished that you could have made it to Warrick this year , it was a blast !! Hope to see you there next year .

LOVE THE VIDEO FOOTAGE...........THANKS !!!

Humpty you can save the file in all it's glory 🙂

http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php

you will probably want to convert the file to an avi but the site can handle that also, if you can't be bothered download VLC media player as it can play .fla files.

Cheers Stephen

555bug wrote:Humpty you can save the file in all it's glory 🙂

http://javimoya.com/blog/youtube_en.php

you will probably want to convert the file to an avi but the site can handle that also, if you can't be bothered download VLC media player as it can play .fla files.

Cheers Stephen

Tried it Stephen.... Didn't work... :o(

ok I have put it up for you, once my ISP discovers this it will no doubt be removed so get in quick. You will need a player that can handle a flv file i.e. VLC media player

http://members.optusnet.com.au/s0411400342/get_video.flv

Stephen

Thanks Stephen 👍

Thanks guys

glad you could enjoy it. The vid was the best thing that came out of that waste of a day.
Because we are moving shops time is very valuable to me right now and I can't afford to waste time going backwards.
Not sure if I will even go racing until next year so that might be the only vid for a while.

Thanks to both of you for bringing this to us.... Its still my fav car out there.....

love that car

Not the junka but I just finished a video of Johns car and I thought you guy would like it. No time for racing so videos are the next best thing??? sad hey??

John's car sounds awesome..... Must be a real challenge to get a car like that out of the hole!.... Top stuff!!!

Everyone on here is a bad influence....😂

Love it!

Cool vid Nick - sounds like a short first gear (any specs?) or was it just a short shift due to getting a little squirrely off the line?

Are you able to share any info about the engine - no probs if not.
Alan

amazing, I'm sure a lot of people don't comprehend how quick some of these dubs are 🙂

Dasdubber wrote:Cool vid Nick - sounds like a short first gear (any specs?) or was it just a short shift due to getting a little squirrely off the line?

Are you able to share any info about the engine - no probs if not.
Alan

Hi Alan,

3.78
2.31
1.43
1.04
4.12 r&p

It's a street car so the ratios are not perfect.

The engine is mild.
76x 94
5.4 rods
112 lobe C
044 ported by VA
1.5'' headers
T3 with a larger front
power to 6k
14psi=140rwkw
Draw through EFI microtech LTX8
single 1700cc injector
ford TB

It has had one freshen up in ten years. The only thing needed was a new set of 044's, the old ones were a bit sad and we switched from a side draft 45 W to efi.
It has gone through a few gearboxes and clutch combos but has been VERY reliable.

Hi guys,
put a small vid up on youtube last night of Stylin at Portland.
enjoy.

Sweet👍

Hey Nick,

Any more info you can give on your injection system?

Cheers

Stanley

Hi Stanley,

Draw through EFI microtech LTX8
single 1700cc injector
ford TB

Very inovative using a single injector. I always wondered how well that would work. I was going to do a simular thing using a single 1500cc as a staged injector for a turbo'd v8 I was working on a while ago.

Does it have a rough idle at all? I figured getting the pulse width small enough to idle nicely and with a good AFR might have been an issue.

WOW! just stumbled onto this, ive always dreamt of having an old rat oval that goes like this, I WANT IT!

Hey guys,
I have a week left until I need to load the trailer and head on up to Warwick.
Entry is paid for and accommodation is sorted, but the car still need a LOT of work.
We were originally going to leave the junka behind and head on up with Stylin and Mark's
green slime but BOTH of them are struggling to get time off work so they are not coming up.

Let's see if I make it?

it would be good to see you there.
and tell the other boy's they will be missed.
i was looking forward to watching them run again.oh well.

I will be keen to see this thing run after hearing and reading all about it.

I've missed the Junka... Be good to 'see' it out again... Turn it up and have a blast Nick!

We didn't make it to Portland last year after a mad week of getting the car ready, but after looking at the axles it's probably better that we didn't make it.

I am now improving the rear end with shorter stronger axles.
Getting the rear end ready for more power to go straighter.
The original CAR and rear end work was never meant to go so fast and never meant to get a roll cage in it. I am now going to do it properly and tie in the cage as part of the rear end. So instead of starting another car I cut a lot of the work out to start again.
I am also going to change the engine combo so it should be good with a bit more juice!

.

Look forward to seeing updates dude. Absolutely love this car!

Holy crap?! 🤪
Bring it on Nick.... I so can't wait to see whats next!

JEEEEEEEEEESUS!!! :-O

Looking forward to see what you have in stall for the new rear end Nick....great stuff!
Al

Hope you get it done for Portland, would be great to see this beast run.
Keep the pics coming, interested to see how you tie the rear into the cage, been thinking which way to do this myself.

Thanks


I have been so busy working and have had no time for typing.

Mark [A 1200 is slow] just made my new gearbox mount.

It still needs to be folded at the edges for that box strength.
Bolts up to the bottom horns and to the new 4130 top horns boxing that section up like I had done last time, but it's tied to the cage this time.



Thanks Mark it fits perfectly and is awesome quality.

"4130 top horns"!!! Nothing like over kill!!!! 🤪

But an interesting idea Nick... I have seen trans plate hangers before obviously, but this take on the concept looks to be going a bit further.... Does the bellhousing void locate on the transaxle casing too? Have you added some lift too?

come on you will have to do better than that,were's the pic's.

No probs Nick, it's nice to see it all coming together. The junka is going to be awesome when its done, definately one of a kind......probably won't go to bad either :-)

Pic are coming.[westi]

The horns have been raised too.[humpty]

Cool....

And you'll be happy to know that work on the POS has started again...
Got a little side tracked there for a bit, but thanks for the inspiration Nick.

if nothing else, Warwick and Portland are invaluable just for inspiring all you guys to build fast volksies.
Then all you guys inspire the rest of us. Also special kudos to the guys who share the info.

Keep up the good work everyone.

Hi Guys,

Here are the pics of the rear end so far.
All tied together with the cage now.
It is pretty much the same as before but raised and tubed with a few more bars running to the torsion housing.

Now I have to stitch in all the original firewall and wheel tubs around the bars, should be fun.

Holy shit! 🤪

beuoootifuuul.........WOW!

Very noice indeed!!

LOOKING SWEEEET

Sensational work as always dude!

Looks good Nick , super street front pan and pro stock design bar work with torsion bars at rear . How narrow is torsion housing ? I'd triangular the shock posts to, back to main bar work as well . What size tyre are you going to run ? Hope you guys make it to Portland .
I , myself and Rod are staying home this year from Porland .

as per usual nick you dont do things by halves, great looken work.

thanks guys,

It would be nice to have a bit more time to finish it properly but this is the junka[just has to work not look good] and Portland is soooon.
Plus I can't let Craig down again, he scares me..........

I wanted to do a Heathcote test and tune before Portland but it seems that time is running out.

Pete, sad to hear that you and your crew will not be attending this year. Your car is a main part of the VW scene in Aus and Rod's is one of everyone's fav's I think.
And what will everyone do without Lisa's videos??

Surely you can cruise on down for a quick pass or two.

3'' narrowed axles and still a 26x8 MT

Finally I got it down and rolling again.

Man I so want to build a car like this one day....

Maybe the POS will end up going down this road?

If I ever get it finished!!!!

lookin tough as nails.love your work man.

where's all the pic's.
don't tell us you are to busy working to put up the pic's.poor excuse.
all these cool car's going to portland,sucks to be me.
keep the inspiration material coming.

Pretty tuff!! 👍

Really nice work Nick, I love the stance of the raised, narrow rear end....not that looks are everything but man it makes it look tough!

So tempted to make Portland this year....
Some of the Adelaide crew (DB knows who) have been chewing my ear these past days, and flights are cheap!

humpty wrote:So tempted to make Portland this year....
Some of the Adelaide crew (DB knows who) have been chewing my ear these past days, and flights are cheap!

Well come then!!
You know you will be spewing if you don't!

Boostn wrote:Finally I got it down and rolling again.

Looking good Nick.
What is that deep-sump-lookin-thing under the tranny.
Bracing?

A 1200 is slow wrote:

humpty wrote:So tempted to make Portland this year....
Some of the Adelaide crew (DB knows who) have been chewing my ear these past days, and flights are cheap!

Well come then!!
You know you will be spewing if you don't!

The question is.... Would the principle give me 4 days off to go watch some racing in Victoria?

Bring her with you....She wouldn't say no to an interstate holiday would she?

A 1200 is slow wrote:Bring her with you....She wouldn't say no to an interstate holiday would she?

Funny you should say that... She use to be a professional rally navigator on the euro circuit back in the 80's!!!!

But I don't think I could handle her hanging around.... She'd cramp my style!!!

either way , just come and check out the action!!

Working on it....
Be good to have a beer with some of the old crew and check out the crazy Junka in person.... I totally dig this car!
So Nick.... You haven't let us in on the drivetrain yet.... What's goin' in this time?

Thanks Guys!

I am happy with the way it's coming out. I'm just over it though, so tired!!!!!!

Dave, just bracing.
Simon, get your ass over there and help us out, new car set up first time out, I won't hold my breath but there will be heaps of other awesome fast cars there!!!!!!!!!
New gearbox ratios but the same engine combo because I have no time for the new set up.

The car is all together and ready for racing.
We didn't get time to finish it as we would like so there will be not carpets. Also we had not time for testing and I have a nail in my street tyres so I will be leaving them behind.

Due to the lack of time and no testing with the new set up, I am not expecting great things but Portland should be good to sort a few issues out for the future.

BLOODY SENSATIONAL WORK NICK!!!

Talk about a 'volkspiration'👍

Here is to having plenty of fun at Portland.

Great stuff Nick.... You and your bro should be stoked with the efforts.... I can't make it to Portland this year unfortunately.... The school year having only just started, I can't afford the time off at the moment.... But pencil me in for next year.... I plan to cut back a bit on my teaching load and have a break for the first time since 94!!!

I look forward to seeing some good times (both kinds!) coming for Portland!!!

That shifter aint no streeter shifter.
hehe.

Well after all that work to get the car to Portland it was an awesome weekend. It was good to catch up with everyone again and I have already started improvements on the car now to get it all done for Warwick.

I am happy with the rear end as it went straight as an arrow, but being the first time out we spent Saturday sorting out the launch with out bogging on a VERY sticky Portland track. I am not familiar with such a good track so we were struggling at the start. Also I still have a slight miss in the top end after changing a few things on the car. The miss is the reason I pulled out of Warwick 2008. I am now changing the hole intake system over to blow through and a water cooler like in Marks green slime.

On Sunday I think I shifted a bit too aggressively that moved the shift fork between 1st and 2nd ending my weekend.
(driver error)

The car felt so good that it felt really slooooww and was 3 tenths and 4 mph slower than it has gone.
So the best of the weekend for the first time out was a
1.83 60ft
7,05 et
100.22 mph

And a quick thanks to Dave B, Rod P and Mike K for all offering to help get the car back to racing on Sunday.

Looks pretty cool Nick and seems to have a lot of potential. Good to see someone going FAST from Melbourne.

Thanks Sash, there are a few fast VW's coming along now.

Are you thinking of making the trek up to Warwick later this year Nick??

99% yes at this stage.

I was entered and had payed last year but not happy with the last minute dyno session.

As I have said in the past it's time to get serious and go blow through for some real power. I have been putting off building the intercooler for ages now because it is so much work. Just trying to make something fit but also work is a struggle, so I decided to just plonk it in the car. I am a big fan of making things as accessible as possible.

Nice👍

.

.

.

So phat that....

Hey Nick
do you want to go up to a heathcote test n tune soon and have a play? or have you pulled the junker apart again?
Michael

Looking good 👍

Looks awesome, Nick. Can't wait to see the new turbo & intercooler layout 👍

Not to start the rumour mill going or anything, but I can't of been the only one to notice...



🙅

Hey Michael,

When were you thinking of going for a pass?
I am doing more R&D with my thing so I am about a month or so off.
The test mule 1835 is going in for a dyno session or five and if it survives I might run it for a laugh.

Thanks guys for the positive comments!!

Cam the stig can drive.......

Nick
Iam easy mate, I haven't done much to the car since Portland except a bit of lightening. Test&Tunes are on 10th and 24th of May and the 7th and 21st of June but I'm dying to have a run on the 1/4 mile. I might head up on the 10th so let me know if you want to go, that goes for all other interested punters you are welcome to join me as Heathcote is a great place to race and they love the volkies
Michael

Sorry just realised the 10th is Mothers day, that might be pushing my luck a bit if I go racing 😂
Michael

But, what a great mothers day present. Free entry to the drags....😁

Stanley wrote:But, what a great mothers day present. Free entry to the drags....😁

You got style Andrew!

No good for me MC,
best was an 11.2 @124 mph
I popped it out of 1st gear just after a 1.57 60ft and them put it into second slowly pulling through the gear building up speed again. I'm not sure why I pulled on the stick just shit driving I think......
The turbo feed line burst in the top end spraying oil on the header system crating a cool smoke cloud.

Seeing as Mark's car has run a 10 with more in it, it's time to pull my finger out and step it up a notch.
I will finally switching to blow through that I have been talking about for a while. The set up will be all new for Warwick so should be fun to test out on the 1/8th first.

This is the new tank before I weld it together.

This is how I will set it up.

Good stuff Nick

Looks good Nick.

Very Nice mate. good work!!

Nick
those bends are cool, what thickness aluminium are you using?. I am building an air box for the carbies at the moment, I am using 1.6mm sheet, do you think it will weld ok?. How did you cut out the holes? forgive all the question. MC

Hey MC,
I give Mark cardboard templates and get the good stuff back. A million dollar machine punches it all out perfectly. Pretty awesome to watch.
It is all done in 3mm because anything thinner is hard to weld.

Check out how I partied on Saturday night.

nice welds sir.

Thank you !

looks great,but were's the pic's of the other stuff your workin on,i can't wait to see the new set up.should be cool.
keep the pic's coming.

going nuts on it to get it finished.
time is running out !

.

.

Holy crap Nick..... This thing is nuts!!!.... Interesting placement of the injectors..... And do you think you have enough of them? 😉 Looooonnnngggg runners too.... How do you think this will effect response?.... And what the hell is that TB off?.... And is that another squirter on top of the centre piece?.... And you said an intercooler was going into the mix this time too.... That box you built is the meth tank right?.... Or am I missing something? And, and, and......

Woo Hoo

Awesome work, some fun to come :-)

good stuff Nick....keep those pics coming

Very, very nice work there.....

Thanks guys!

Dynoed the new package today and all is ok for Warwick. The engine sounds good but with a few dyno issues we are not happy with the power. Should be cool for next week though. A few more things to go to finalise it before we cruise on up.

back to it.

Very impressive set-up indeed!
So what fuel do you use?
(and what were those dyno numbers? 😎)

Damn.... And I thought my engine bay was crowded! 👍

A 1200 is slow wrote:I like the stiffening job on the horns...Should work good, and looks neat too.

I bet you $100.00 you end up painting this car!

Just going back through this thread... Did Mark pay up?😂

Beetspeed wrote:Very impressive set-up indeed!
So what fuel do you use?
(and what were those dyno numbers? 😎)

was it nearly 300kw at the tyres?❗

Did anyone have video footage of the really impressive burnout?

There is good footage on the Warwick DVD,
but have not seen any on youtube.

hmmm...still waiting on my dvd to be sent up from tassie...all in time 🙂

Never seen it before?
Try again.

ouch.

those input shafts are indestructable!

Well i thought they were until today

Does breaking one deserve a "well done"...?

hellbugged wrote:those input shafts are indestructable!

Well i thought they were until today

Does breaking one deserve a "well done"...?

Yep. Well done Nick.

Seen one before, V8 Off road racer in the eighties.

I think Vintage did one like that last year at portland from too much clutch.
Weddle Albins?)sell a 300M one now, that also is designed to twist a little.
Bear swears by them.

The other thing worth a look, is that many input shafts have some damage at that point of failure.
Usually from a past where the TO bearing shat one time.

Car sounded awesome n the vids dude!

Portland onboard.........looks like i'm getting first view




and now i've watched it........"BLOODY HELL!"

Yeah, I spoke to Dave B after that last year asking him what clutch they had because they broke 2 bus boxes. I told him to speak to you and I think they have sorted it now?
I spoke to Ross F and Rod P and they were both puzzled.
I think it is a case of pre existing damage or just bad luck. I have used this one for years now and never broken one.
BUT the thing that amazes me is that I need more clutch because it was flaring with all the extra torque.
I will upload a inboard vid soon so you can hear it.
Dave I have lost your new e-mail address, send me one.

hellbugged wrote:Portland onboard.........looks like i'm getting first view




and now i've watched it........"BLOODY HELL!"

Jesus I was uploading as I was typing and you beat me to it !!!!

Do you guys heat treat the shaft at all ?

oops........yeah was wondering about the clutch.....nice to see a decent burnout too!

Just read the entire thread again and then found a brand new vid as i finished....happy days!

thanx for the update on everything, always great to find out what the latest is from your stables!

After reading the whole thread it was good to see your a hardcore racer from way back . I remember reading about your car in fast fours and making it in the top 20 fastest street 4's . Now thats quite an achievement !!

Im curious about your injection set up :
Why did you go with the single 1700cc injector set up ?
Why not go down the traditional quad injector set up ? Or even duals . I would have thought the atomisation at lower rpm levels wouldnt be too good .
Are you running wideband or narrowband ?
Do you have the turbo specs ?
Do you measure the Intake air temps ?

Pity you broke at Portland , your passes looked seriously quick when you ran . And your not afraid to burn some rubber 😂

Got to love that view of the shift light coming on during the burnout. Well done Nick on the mild pass to warm it up.....

Hey nick what a read should have done it way earlier absolutly fantastic,I could of got you to cut all that really nice fab work out a bit nicer it would have looked great in my bug!Instead of the scrap bin,but i know you'll say I've thrown away better😂Also i noticed in your orignal post you mentioned nitrous kits yet i see none?That being said how big do you want the stickers?The 2332 will be going back together in the next month or so depending if work keeps up so i can cam it and gap the rings for gas if you want?and a run to melbourne would bed every thing in nicely!prior to fitting gas😁P.S.what size t shirt do you wear getting some made i think you'd like.later dude

I seem to remember you speculate that the input shaft may have broken.... Man that's a tough break.... No pun intended.... Awesome vid Nick.... Lighting the tires in second and third by the looks of it.... Crazy stuff!

Great vid dude... and wicked ride for sure😉

Nick, these were spectacular burn outs & passes at Portland! Great to watch.

Slipping the chutch most of the track, and braking the input on another. Must have been its time.

(Good work)😀 Back when i had 354kw (475hp) 2002-2006, big skids, lots of runs, still never broken one.

Just bung another one in!!! How many could 1 person brake in a life time?

coletrickle wrote:Hey nick what a read should have done it way earlier absolutly fantastic,I could of got you to cut all that really nice fab work out a bit nicer it would have looked great in my bug!Instead of the scrap bin,but i know you'll say I've thrown away better😂Also i noticed in your orignal post you mentioned nitrous kits yet i see none?That being said how big do you want the stickers?The 2332 will be going back together in the next month or so depending if work keeps up so i can cam it and gap the rings for gas if you want?and a run to melbourne would bed every thing in nicely!prior to fitting gas😁P.S.what size t shirt do you wear getting some made i think you'd like.later dude

Hey Col ,

I have a turbo style kit, one fogger and a set of solenoids, one line, bottle and brackets. You will need foggers and the lines that run from the solenoids to the foggers. If you run a decent hit you will need another set of solenoids.
What's the tee? XL for me

20bkombi wrote:Slipping the chutch most of the track, and braking the input on another. Must have been its time.

(Good work)😀 Back when i had 354kw (475hp) 2002-2006, big skids, lots of runs, still never broken one.

Just bung another one in!!! How many could 1 person brake in a life time?

Yep that's the go Aaron, I will not look into it too much because it shouldn't have happened. I will throw another one at it.

Love the article in VWMA too!

Here's to more volksie race cars.

nick you know why it broke,it's so obvious.
it's to damn heavy.although there is lots of rust,there is way to much steel in that poor old girl.
it's time to call jenny buddy.
it was good to catch up with you guy''s ,hope to see you soon.
matbe warwick.

Hey Westi,

She is fat alright, I have been thinking of giving it the abbo treatment. The only problem then is where do you stop?
But I'm still loving Pete's package with Rod's engine. Nice and light and fast!! and the engine came out in 10 mins?
I have been thinking.................
maybe a new car, super light?????

It was cool catching up and hearing the goss.
Have you checked out Mike Moran's pass?

www.moranmotorsports.com
click on the video link but watch any VW vids first because after you see this what we do will look VERY LAME !!

Any new updates,really like this car.

Love your work bloke, must be very satisfying creating such a beast.

Thanks guys.

No updates. I have not touched the car since Portland.
I have had no time to even look at it.
Getting ready for the day of the vw in vic november 21.

Boostn wrote:Thanks guys.

No updates. I have not touched the car since Portland.
I have had no time to even look at it.

I know how you feel Nick.... Really I do....

humpty wrote:

Boostn wrote:Thanks guys.

No updates. I have not touched the car since Portland.
I have had no time to even look at it.

I know how you feel Nick.... Really I do....

🙂