ROO SHOOTER....is the new world record holder in its class after a successful event on the salt flats in Sth Aust. The new class record for F/CPRO is 117.8 mph this was achieved using type 4 power plant of 2.7 .

After 2 years of false starts the Ratmuller race team finally got our 57 kombi on the salt and ripped up the old record of 100.3 mph, the reception was fantastic ....the old girl is ready for Day of the Drags this weekend at Eastern Creek.

Congratulations Stephen. Awesome job.

Congrats mate awesome job!! Bet you created a lot interest!! Good to see some type 4 power as well!!

Well done SHOO ROOTER

Excellent result and a cool bus to boot

Yes,.. excellant work Steve and crew.

Marcus,.. maybe we should take your single cab down there one year.

Congrats for putting an Aussie kombi on the world stage.

Luv the roo shooter!! Awesome!

Congratulations Steve and crew...great news

Good work guys!!
That would be a lot of fun.

Over what distance do you run?
I think I would need around 2 ks or more to get through my 6 gears but that's on tar, no calculations.
If I reached 8000rpm in 6th it should see 218 mph (353kph) with a rev limit of 10000. With well over 700hp
But I don't think i have the balls!!!!

U said u had the fastest kombi , take that black thing to the salt

Do it

I'd join in for that one

I heard on the grape vine that the black beast had been pretty fast on the bitumin already......

Need to do some work on aerodynamics Aaron at that kind of speed lol

Call on crazy col and his roll of aerodynamic tape!! Hahaha

Well done Steve!


I think Aaron has speeding ticket with faster speeds than that.
Does that count as a "record"?

Different sort of "record".

Thanks guy's....the rotary bus would be in a different class to start, 700hp will be scary stuff compared to our 180hp. the world record stands for 2-3 litre engined powered cars...we now hold this record...Arrons will compete against other bigger engined cars BUT would be sooooo cool to have 2 kombi's hold world records...let you know what speed you need to beat. We also hold title to the fastest vw aircooled powered vw bus in the world,that record stood at 109mph..we have offered a $250.00 cash prize for someone to top this on the salt whether it be here or in bonnieville....so get that big block aircooled ready cheers steve

Oooohh ... you tease

Dave B, Rod R ... can I borrow your engine??

hmmmm , interesting........

Any pics or video Steve?

Congratulations!

Where can I find the class regulations for F/CPRO and similar?

TIA

Peter the regs are very much a pain in the arse.....nothing that cams approve work for the DLRA as we must follow the yanks for some reason.....you can own a v8 super car front seat that is capable of 300+ BUT you must use a alloy seat ....go figure . The whole process is a bit of a pain espeacially if you build a car that you want to use in various forms of motor sport. Happy to share info with anyone who is thinking of running this event next year cheers steve

You're right there, Steve......The DLRA scrutineers 'knocked back' my brand new CAMS approved helmet, because it didn't have a Snell mark. Eventually, when the chief scrutineer saw the CAMS manual [luckily I took it along], that showed the equivalent standards, all was OK.

congratulations anything faster than 130 ks is scary in a kombi

Tough ask to get a bay as light as a split!! Definitely need a bit of time spent in the Westside workshop with lots of cutting lol