anyone out there read the latest issue of vw trends? the one with the green ragtop on the cover.
i am curious/sceptical about the hp readings that these guys are claiming on their dyno tests. you will note that the readings were all at the rear wheels. 1776 with 44 webers, engle 120 cam and 7.5 cr is 94hp at the wheels. this seems too good to me.
two others that stood out were a pair of 2276s claiming 175+.
one had 8.6cr, the other 12.5 (wow that thing must glow red hot)
do the yanks measure hp the same as us?
are these impressive fugures beleivable?

yeah but that 1776 also had 48 IDA's on it. Never really told what the heads were
"worked" 044's from memory)

Hey - - these guys are from DKA or somethong - creme de'la creme (is that how you spell it?)
These guys spend on there dakkies waht me and you spend on a Sydney house combined.

Just read and enjoy it - the "real" figures will be posted in a weeks time.
Jako has a 1880
CT a 1916
I have a 1776
Jon a 1600 SP
Mate - we are gunna have all bases covered. From full on built to junk yard specials. No Raby Aircooled Technology Specials at Silervater this Saturday!

yeah, definately looking forward to those numbers, blue. any t4s in the mix?

Yeah - a bloke called Joey is bringing his 2.8L T4.
Hmmm........200 ponies plus is my guess!:bounce

yay ! go the 1600 SP!

mmm i cant wait to see the turbo bug and joey's as well!

I'm hangin out to hear the results of that 2.8!!:thumb:thumb:thumb

I'd be hanging out just to HEAR it run !!!

2.8 is truly a big block VW

DKP cars look nice, I’ll give them that, but if they’re so cashed up, why wasn’t anyone running Nickies?

The bus and the injected car (that didn’t do too well) and a 2007 (that only got a few lines mention) were the only three I found interesting. The rest fit into the old technology GRENADE category; high compressions, rod ratios in the 1.6’s, huge displacements, no air filters and drag strip cams. (apologies if your car is like that, just my conservative opinion)

Also the car featured in HotVWs magazine special engine issue fell 50hp short of their claim several years ago. VWTrends say it wasn’t tuned properly, I differ, I think its because it is a grenade and the pin already fell out. :P

All the (normally aspirated) graphs show a hole between 3 and 4k rpm. I guess this is before the cam kicks in?

I’m first in for next year’s Sydney dyno day, and I can’t wait for the results of this one.:bounce

heh yeah i have heard it idle, its nice. I havent heard it on heat but with just the dual 45 dells joey found it too loud (it sounded somewhat a bit like a harley). And he created some tubing which fed it from a common pod filter.

I think the hole in the power is due to the lack of progression on the ida's.

good to hear some feedback that reflects my own sentiments.
i thought that some of these cars would be impracticle and difficult to drive.
but i was jealous as hell at how much power they were making.

wonder how long they last.

looking forward to the dyno day too.