Hello everyone,my name is Mike McCarthy,I live in North Carolina,USA and love VW's.I drag Race a bug in the SEVWA series.This is a new car,I am in the in the middle of changing it over to turbo charged 2275 motor,Dave Kawell built the turbo and plumbing,motor is the one out of my old Ghia(11.17/119 mph n/a)that I sold a few years back.I am still learning how to use your site,when I do will post pictures.If anyone wants to see the car is listed on SEVWA in racer profiles ,super pro.We have been racing vw's for 21 years,broke alot of stuff,lol .Hope to meet alot of you on the site.

[ Edited on 13-6-2006 by dragvw2180 ]

congrats on the ahh unbelievablyquick car

welcome to the site.

Anthony

thanks Anthony,wasn't as fast as alot of cars out there,weight was big thing,1170 with out me in it,thanks for the welcome

Did you say 1170lbs Mike?!!!

yep,was tube chassis,built by Jack at BUGSTUFF,the only thing that was metal on body was roof and door frames.The rear quarters were dzused on ,came off as one unit from doors back,doors were glass,front end was eggshell glass tilt,very thin,was first GHIA chassis Jack built,The chassis part of his company was called "CHAMPION CHASSIS".He made some nice glass products

[ Edited on 2-6-2006 by dragvw2180 ]

man id love to take a trip to your home land to see on of those bud ins.

bug ins

Hell, I'd like to come over there and see some of your events and your cars,from what I have seen on this website,ya'll have alot closer bunch of guys.I have never seen anyone here in the STATES show everyone the insides of his motor the way I have seen here,that's very cool.I have been to some big events,but I have had more fun going to some little track where they have not seen a VW run before,got them on tape where they say "what is that VW gonna do against that big block"and then we smoked them!!!! now thats fun,hahah

Is this your new car Mike?
Any shots of the Ghia?

[ Edited on 10-6-2006 by dangerous ]

Thank you Dave,
I couldn't figure out how to do that,Yes that is the new car.I am almost done with the new motor for it ,2275 turbo,taken me 8 months to save money and build,I know everyone has had that problem.The old car,a 1958 ghia,I have on disc,am trying to get it posted,but I am better at cars than computers and having problems doing it.My picture ,along with my mates CLint, Wess,and Taylor will be posted on that same site,we won(Clint) the race at SEVWA event in Virginia on sunday in SUPER PRO,the other one (Wess) went to the 1/4 finals in PRO,so we celibrated pretty hard last night.Thanks to you all for makin me feel like part of your VW family

Also,welcome on board--and that is a nice looking car.Good luck with getting it sorted.

Mikes tube chassis ghia.

thanks again Dave

Mikes new motor.

MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM......nice:bounce:party

All the eye candy came from DAVE KAWELL of KAWELL RACING ENGINES,he is a craftsman.I built the motor on that bench from head to head.If you want to see more of his work,he is on the web,well worth the time,a pioneer of VW turbos and really nice folks(Dave and Judy),thanks again Dave for posting

401hp@6000 with 17lbs boost.
Made 485@6000 with mega boost!

Nice, how do you like the predator?

So far I like it,very simple.A friend of mine ran one on his dragster(DAVID GREYSON),never had any problems with his except with alcohol he had to rinse it out with gas after every race.I am going to run gas,alcohol is for drinking,hahahah

I was going to say that looked like a predator carb.

Looks great Mike...if you stick it in a container this week you could probably just get here in time for our Warwick weekend......

Oh sure,now go ahead and tease me.I would love to be there,always wanted to go to AUSSIE.When I win the lottery I will come for an extended visit,like the rest of my life!!!!! Seriously,it would be alot of fun,I hope you all have a large turnout. I want to thank everyone on this site for making me feel like one of the guys, Mike

[ Edited on 12-8-2006 by dragvw2180 ]