What is Australias Quickest Quarter Mile Street Legal Kombi pass?

Mid, or rear mount, aircooled or converted.

Post your times and specs.nn[ Edited on 18-9-2005 by fozee ]

16.2 @ 78mph
3.8 V6

I think Chris Fraser (one of the original Woolongong Wizards!) did 14's in his Bay back in the 90's....Maybe he'll see this post at some point.....

quickcamper runs 12.?? sec (low to mid)
13b turbo

He supplied a couple of time slips in the Aussieveedubbers top 50 - and you're right Simon, they were in the 14's

I wonder what my early Bay Van with a stock EJ20T & 091 box would do.

vwrx's ej20t T25 auto ran a 15.99

We need some pics....all well and good talking about it!...Come on you bus guys!

be interetsing to see Brendan

The EJ20T from Belgium in the conversion section is suppose to do 14.5s.
VWRXs is a full camper, so the 15.9 is very respectable.

Check here for some Kombi action from the recent Jamboree in Qld.
http://members.iinet.net.au/~spb68/RSLC/Jamboree%2005/

Cheers for the MPeG's....Ive heard so much about this bus...Never seen it in action...Certainly does honk....

Here's are a couple of images of fast bus', one from the UK and one from the US. Ever seen a bay camper pulling the wheels up! Or a splitty for that matter....

so what did quickcamper (20B set-up) end up running at the qld jamboree?

the splitty up there is from Franklins here in the US the site has been having problems the last few days, but anyways last I knew the bus was running something like mid 14's
Franklins VW Werks

[ Edited on 15-10-2005 by oldschool64bus ]

So have any Australian Buses broken 14 sec?
Any consistant 13 sec runs??

No street registered bus' that Im aware of....

But there was wheelstanding bus back in the 70's that was doing 13's or some such....

I have a pic in a mag somewhere...Ill see if I can drag it out...

This is the one...The story said it was donf 14's....

But it still cool anyhoo!

I was ready this post and thinking I wish I still had the photo of the Mechanical APE I had on my bedroom wall 30 years ago

humpty your a legend to still have it:beer

Cheers Doc....Glad you like....

I have the whole story in a very cool old mag bought 20 odd years ago.. Makes for a very good read....There's loads of other cool stuff in the mag...Pete Keegans drag car in a few of its forms, the 'Yo, Yo' Drag car that gave Pete a hurry up for the record, a T-Bucket Volksrod and all sorts of other VW & BMC stuff...

That bus has helium front tyres. How can they lift that high and run the same times as me? I have heard a rumour of a photo where at willowbank I got a millimetre or 2 of air under a front wheel but havent seen it.

I only dragged over the quarter twice, once in this pic at Willowbank with the old injection that was mid high 15's. Then one other time at the old uphill eastern creek with then 'new' injection when it ran high 14's all day with a 14.6 fluked in somewhere. Slightly lower times were very possible if I had the money for dyno time to set up the injeection properly.

pic is copyright FF&R

You should see the engine set-up in this thing!
301 cube Chevy donk sitting on the rear parcel shelf, driving forward to a Kombi reduction box, back to a DeSoto rear end!

Madness!

Do you think it possible to break 14's in a kombi maintaining a VW gearbox and rear mounting?
Doesnt sound possible from what has already been posted......

A stock transaxle in a kombi is pretty tough, but no standard job will last to long with the HP/Tourque needed to get that ET.

As for mounting....A simple anwser is No...
In the standard bus the engine and trans moves way too much as it is... You will have to update both the engine and transaxle mounts...Its also a good idea to upgrade/renew the suspension bushes and mounts.

But that same goes for any performance upgrade...You cant just bolt in HP and go....It will break eventually and a lot sooner with stock bits, than with any hotrod bits...

give me till the nationals and i hope to break the 14s

wow 14s i will be happy if my bus gets a 19 sec quarter . will be giving it ago at the nationals i think

ha ha just doing the pre run tyre warm up in that shot

Bloody hell!....what sorta power that thing must have....And what sorta weight it must be! Love to see some vid of it.....Could you tell at which track this took place and which event?