WPVW new circuit car

hypo-vw · 2011-02-10T11:07:03+00:00

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

cnfabo Custom Title Time!

1,353 posts · joined Apr 2008 · 6 Mar 2012, 9:19 pm

#890656

forget the drag bus hows this puppy getting along

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 6 Mar 2012, 10:04 pm

#890672

cnfabo wrote:forget the drag bus hows this puppy getting along

my new circuit car is my next priority . I will be concentrating wholy on this car to get it up and running before starting on the drag bus .
It was just that the bus came along and I had to grab it while I had the chance and I drove to Bendigo on the weekend to collect it . Along with the drag bus will be Ben Fords' new drag car ......
I will show detailed pics over the next couple of months of the build-up / modifications on the circuit car , starting early next week . 👍

Team

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

cnfabo Custom Title Time!

1,353 posts · joined Apr 2008 · 7 Mar 2012, 12:23 pm

#890736

shweet as...cant wait...

JVLRacing Custom Title Time!

1,100 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 8 Mar 2012, 3:47 pm

#890902

lookin forward to this....😎

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 14 Mar 2012, 11:41 pm

#891895

Well here I go again , another mamoth project undertaken but cant wait to plant my butt in the drivers seat and stand on the 'GO FAST' pedal .
Tonight I have started on the recreation of a lost legend . DTTF is in the shop and work has commenced ...... but most importantly one small task had to be attended to first , as the first pics shows

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

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 14 Mar 2012, 11:43 pm

#891896

when towing DTTF to my shop , the front suspension rocker brackets all broke off the chassis . This is the first job to attend to , the brackets are all cleaned / repositioned and welded into place

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

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 14 Mar 2012, 11:48 pm

#891897

LH side is finished which holds the arms up much higher

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

colin Fahrvergnugen

984 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 15 Mar 2012, 7:53 pm

#892001

Best of luck with your new project Wayne,

will we see this car at a Hillclimb event?.

Cheers Col

vassy66T1 Wow ... are U reading this?

2,120 posts · joined Jun 2003 · 15 Mar 2012, 8:16 pm

#892004

Great to see this back on track Wayne

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 15 Mar 2012, 11:25 pm

#892039

more progress on DTTF tonight . The right front suspension rocker brackets were welded into place and the suspension reassembled , so DTTF now sits on its own springs for the very first time .
I then drilled all the holes in the front skirts to bolt them on securely and tapped all the threads . The front end was then reassembled and headlamp decals fitted (samples only)
My seat is then stripped of its cover in preparation for installation

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

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 15 Mar 2012, 11:37 pm

#892040

all the windows are removed to protect them from grinding sparks and the top chassis bars are cut out .
I am not happy with the seating height . The fuel tank Richard had designed is under the drivers seat with a protective firewall between the tank and the driver , but with the tank under the seat the drivers seat sits way too high and my helmet would hit the top rollcage hoops . The fuel tank has to go !! I will fit a fuel cell under the front hood area as I did with my blue WPVW sports sedan . This will allow me to cut out a couple of more bars , drop the seat down approx. 4" and then weld back in the chassis bars required .

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

coletrickle Wolfsburg Wizard

661 posts · joined Apr 2009 · 16 Mar 2012, 7:32 am

#892049

Looking sweet wayne,any plans for an under tray/diffuser? looks fast enough to warrant 1.

JVLRacing Custom Title Time!

1,100 posts · joined Mar 2007 · 16 Mar 2012, 7:36 am

#892050

progress😎

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 16 Mar 2012, 9:10 am

#892066

coletrickle wrote:Looking sweet wayne,any plans for an under tray/diffuser? looks fast enough to warrant 1.

yes Col , I will be running an undertray to prevent air turbulance under the front hood area and to streamline the undercarriage

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

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 16 Mar 2012, 9:17 am

#892068

colin wrote:Best of luck with your new project Wayne,

will we see this car at a Hillclimb event?.

Cheers Col

yes Col , depending on tracks as the car will be quite low . Bathust definately , and I am aware of the Australian Hillclimb championships being held this year at Mt Panorama , Bathurst November 2nd-4th 👍

Team

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

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 18 Mar 2012, 4:29 pm

#892462

more progress today on DTTF . after fitting the front undercarriage tray to take some pics , I removed the entire floor panel , removed the body from the chassis , removed the fuel tank , cut out several chassis bars , fitted my seat in to check heights and welded some temporary bars in so that the chassis would not bend

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

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 18 Mar 2012, 4:32 pm

#892463

lifting the body from the chassis

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

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 18 Mar 2012, 4:36 pm

#892464

removing the fuel tank . the tank had to be dropped down through the floor due to the design of it .
after the tank was removed I cut out several chassis bars . with the seat now sitting lower , the seat belt anchorages will also have to be relocated as they now sit way too high .
strengthening bars are welded into the chassis under the steering frame assembly to support it

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

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 18 Mar 2012, 4:44 pm

#892466

temporary top chassis bars are welded in place to ensure the chassis does not bend .
the body is then fitted back onto the chassis and the seating position is much better ....

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

cnfabo Custom Title Time!

1,353 posts · joined Apr 2008 · 18 Mar 2012, 4:45 pm

#892467

looking good wayne....i can not wait to see this flying around the track..its a shame it got left so long not in use....not sure if you have already said but what engine combo will you be running....i see a mock up type 4....

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 18 Mar 2012, 4:48 pm

#892468

cnfabo wrote:what engine combo will you be running....i see a mock up type 4....

it will be running another of my type-4 engines 👍

Team

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

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 · 19 Mar 2012, 9:50 am

#892574

yeah looked like that seat needed to go down in the first pics.

what's the gearbox plans for this one Wayne?

all very exciting!

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 19 Mar 2012, 8:41 pm

#892671

hellbugged wrote:what's the gearbox plans for this one Wayne?

the plan for this car is to run a modified type-1 tranny with 930 Porsche CV axles and quaife LSD .

Team

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

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 28 Mar 2012, 6:06 pm

#894191

today the 930 Porsche CV race axle kit arrived .
4x race clearanced 930 CV joints , 2x chromoly axles , 4x CV boots , 4x CV boot flanges , 24x h/duty Cv bolts , circlips & grease .
Also the Porsche 930 rear stub axles have arrived .
All looks great and will be back onto the car Monday night next week as I am concentrating on the oval for the next couple of days to get it to the Sydney Jamboree

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

RISKY4LIFE Officially Full-On Dubber

308 posts · joined Jul 2010 · 4 Apr 2012, 7:11 pm

#895399

great work! the drive shafts look so sweet !!!
i need more money 🙁

tar76 Custom Title Time!

1,622 posts · joined Dec 2009 · 4 Apr 2012, 7:22 pm

#895404

Keep it up Wayne, very cool 👍

"Obey your Dreams"!

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 7 Apr 2012, 8:56 pm

#895855

spent some more time on DTTF today . I removed the body from the chassis once again , and started work on the chassis top rails .
I manufactured the new top rails and closed in the ends on all cut chassis members .
I then aligned the cut chassis rails and welded the new ones into place .
The seat was then fitted with the upper support bracket and put into position (chocked with temporary timber supports) to establish the correct height prior to manufacturing seat mountings .
After the seat mountings are manufactured and fitted , some additional chassis support bars will be added to strengthen the new top rails .

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

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 16 Apr 2012, 9:01 pm

#897242

I fitted the quick release hub to the steering wheel and column . This makes it so much easier to get in and out of the car now

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

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 16 Apr 2012, 9:05 pm

#897243

next I start to manufacture some seat supports and mounting brackets for the seat . Then the seat is mounted to the chassis

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

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

2,151 posts · joined May 2004 · 16 Apr 2012, 9:12 pm

#897248

I then manufacture the seat belt anchorages for the crotch-strap and the 2x shoulder-straps for the 3" 5-point racing harness

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