It would seem that there are a few engine builds happening at the moment, so in the interest of sharing heres a few pics of mine currently going
through a few changes at Custom Bugs and Busses.
Firstly 84mm Scat Flanged crank, upgrade from a Berg 78mm
hi lowbug, a nice hp upgrade. i like to know if u are using the standard type 4 center main, or doin a mod on it. thanks greg
Yes Greg type 4 centre mains.
Pauter cross beam rods.
nice crank &
rods Chris , good choice . Both Ben and I run
these rods in our engines and they are great !! must be one of the best conrods on the market atm .
yummy 
No holds bar this time Wayne, I,ve invested in only the best parts.
will you do a tnt at WSID before you go ? Let me know I'd love to come out and watch 
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posted by Craig Torrens will you do a tnt at WSID before you go ? Let me know I'd love to come out and watch |
sure it will. nice!
f--k dude that's some expensive shit.that's mad.
is there enough in the budget for a bigger turbo.cause you know with gear like that in there ,you ain't doing it justice by leaving the little puppy
on it.
r u holding out on what else you bought?and only going to feed us bit by bit.
i look forward to seeing more.
Budget, you can't have a budget when your building this sort of stuff. You just start collecting parts and when you start building you realise you
don't have everything you need so you beg borrow and steel, likey I've an understanding wife(and a second mortgage...lol ). There are a few more
tasty items to bring to the table but in due time. A lot of thought and reserch has gone into this build and I have full faith with the comination
that Mikes comes up with. Its now treading a fine line between streeter and crossing to the dark side and taking it of the road and converting it to a
race car. I'd like to keep it streetable for as long as pos.
Yes I have a feeling that he turbo will run out of puff, it is only a t28 of which I had fully serviced just after Portland, I didn't at that time
think I'd be doing this upgrade. Its supposed to be good for 300hp but I think I'm gonna have to put a bigger wheel on it (wish I did when I had it
serviced) just have to see how it tunes up.
Brad, wait till you see the heads, I had to left alone in Mikes engine room with a box of tissues, you know just a bit of me time.
Ben just posted he will be at WSID on the 14th august, be good if a few could get there. I will have my camera lol be good to get a few shots
word of advise.alway.always keep it as a streeter.no fun when you don't have the optoin of a drive of a beast on the weekend's.it suck's.
i figured you were teasing and there was more to come.
can't wait to see what you guy's come up with.
i have a funny felling i already know what heads you have,but i wont spoil it .and i already have a box of tissues for when you postem up.lol
i have them spare from when i ordered mine.
See how we go, still got a few things to sort out after the initial build, Like, new exhurst to be made and tuning, I'm not going to rush it, I want it to be on the money before I test it on the track. I also want to get to warwick without having to rush any repairs, in saying that I have full faith in what Mikes doing for me. The last build he did before a Warwick event, he would'nt let me drive it before hand, probably thought I'd have too much fun and break it or kill myself on the street.
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hand your licencse over with a fifty and hope for the best.hahhah.
or get yourself a massive set of tit's and allways were a low cut top.
If I get pulled over I might have to get all "fast and furious" and make a run for it, although cornering and breaking might be an issue.
Finaly got the bottom end together, no detail spared even had to have custom length head studs made.
New custom cam inside from CB ground to specks created by Mike at CBB, also mated up with CB light weight lifters.
Sorry pics not of great quality, taken with my phone
what time improvements are you hoping to achieve?
Times on the 1/8th were best of 7.69 and 12.39 on the 1/4, I'm hoping to break into 11's on the 1/4, we'll see what happens I don't like to boast predictions, not to shaby for a full weight street car.
More nice stuff going into the upgrade, not as big as DB's but nice anyway. dual tapered push rods, as you may or may not know if the push rods are cut to length then the heads are about to be revealed, stay tuned, sorry about pic quality
Stop the teasing and show us the heads!
Looking forward to getting back down to the shop on a regular basis.
Are you doing anything to the pan? This combo is gonna twist it!
Yeh your right, pan is already showing signs of twisting now. I have another pan already which I'll seem weld and gusset, hoping to do a swap over next year. In the mean time lets twist the shit out of the one thats under the car now with the new combo which we hope will produce bit more power than the old one, also will be building in a moly half cage.
cool..........still a mag case, could you explain the reason for it as a choice?.....
Weight perhaps? CB linea cases are something like 11odd kgs from memory. Mag case is a lot lighter but strength would be my biggest concern on a combo like this.
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Here's a sneak preview of the heads, 40 x 48mm valves, yeh baby this is the shit, I've been into VW's for over 20 yrs and only dreamed of doing
this stuff. I think I need a moment with a box of tissues again.
Can anyone guess?
thanx for sharing this build, nice to be doing the stuff you've dreamed of for sure!
re the mag case...was just wondering if Mike had a preference for them over the ally's for reasons he had found.......weight saving LOL....didn't
think the difference would have been the reason with the 3 gazillion HP you have been/about to make
"strip dominators"?
Close but no prize