heres a pic of my car from the rallysprint on the 4th of september 05

bloody hell thats so fast i cant see it... well done fella... hehee


steff.................

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Is this the one with the golf motor?
Tell us more of the racing and how you are going against the rest of the feild?

Sweet pic

dude, the pic is in ya avatar too :duh

Thats a sweet beetle , What motor are you running.

Marc

yeah this is the beetle with a 1.8 GTI engine, that i bought off FROG, goes very well for a stock engine.
this is only local club racing but we race against quite a variety of cars. finished 6th outright from a field of 19, was doing better but suffered from some driver error. the car/engine combination is very good ( i find ), just need more of a budget and i think i could do a lot better. But the main thing is i have fun with what i do and what i have

I think what you have done is amazing.
Can you show us an engine bay pic ?.

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have since changed the intake and now run the filter inside the car

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heres some current shots

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Excellent!! Do you notice the extra weight of the golf engine compared to air-cooled T1 ??

yeah it did lower the rear a little, but i raised the rear and put in type 3 torsion bars.
from all the info i could find i think from memory the golf engine was about 20lbs heavier than the type 1 setup

Snug allright.....What in the world do other non Veedub people say and think when you pull this bug out for a race?

well i have a bit of a chuckle because not many people think a beetle can do so well, then afterwards there are some shocked people.just need more money now for some more development

I have been for a race in this car and it is pretty quick (would be better with subaru).:P

1st race I had in the car, it tied first with the QLD clubman series No. 2.

Andrew constantly races against people with lots more money and time to work on their cars, and still is always 'up there' in his times

I have also heard every excuse, as to why they got beaten by a VW beetle!!!!!



mat

thanks for the plug mate, now how much do i owe you?

I thinh the "PLUG" was for letting him use your Vento as a Wedding Car!!!!! All Debts paid.

Thats great! Can't believe what a good fit the golf motor.
Do you notice much understeer at all when powering out of corners?

no it drives pretty good, overall im happy with it

It looks like a mk1 or mk2 engine

Iam deffently impressed:bounceJVLRacing

mk 2 GTI digifant 1800 to be exact