show us your cal look 65-66 bugs

[BeetleBug]

Hi Alan, I really like your car and have been following it on the other forum for quite some time. Could you please tell us a bit more about your engine? Any pictures of your heads and the work that has been done on them?

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BeetleBug

[Alan Uyeno]

Hi Alan, I really like your car and have been following it on the other forum for quite some time. Could you please tell us a bit more about your engine? Any pictures of your heads and the work that has been done on them?

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BeetleBug

People actually like my beetle??? 

I'll be honest. I really have a passion for this old 65. When I go to a Vdub car show I see all sorts of old Vdubs in various conditions. Pristine phenominal show cars to real daily drivers far from the trailor queen world. Regardless I still admire people that have an interest in the old aircooled cars. 

My car started as an absolutely bone stock unmolested car. Lanny Hussey (dvkk) gave me a lead to a great car with excellent potential.

My good friend Darren Krewenchuk (dvkk) aka Kroc has ported all of my heads I've ever owned. We were playing around with a set of CB SE2000 heads with 46x38 racemaster valves and chevy valvetrain.







These little dinky small ports made my car run consistant 12.5's in the 1/4 all day long.  That picture has aprox 65cc intake port volume. If you want to put things into perspective its probably the same volume as a small round port CNC 044 head!!! 

Kroc then retouched the heads with his magic and opened them up.  Darren and I went to the track and he said "what do you thnk she'll run now?" I said "If I can touch 12.30's I'll be happy"  I did this!!! I recall shifting at 7400 rpms or less.

http://members.shaw.ca/vdubstuff/11sec_run.htm

That year I was running 12.00s with my 9.4:1 c/r engine. Mind you my car is NOT a dedicated drag car whatsoever. I drove that car whenever it didn't rain (spring/summer/fall). 

The following year I bought another set of SE's and darren played with alot of his ideas and with smaller ports I was still running 12.00's consistantly but never broke into the 11.90s. I called Mark Herbert to shoot the breeze and I was telling him I was itching to do 11's consistantly and I felt stuck , his comment was "That sucks man!!!"  We both laughed. Man I miss that guy.

combustion chambers are tight and not unshrouded radically. Unshrouding gives people the sense of bigger cfm's on the flow bench but at the track they perform poorly. 

I've been using the same CB2289 cam for years. This is the mild ramp cam thats been giving me great results.. This year I'm trying the fk47 but I think my new virgin 2332 is getting its lifters bores destroyed by that ramy cam. Time to put my other 2332 back together soon.

The rest of the engine is the typical mag case, Scat H beams, 84mm DMS full circle crank wedgemated to a german lightened fly, 3.5 qt GB sump to keep the oil from getting sucked dry. I made NO more power with my 50.5's compared to my 48mm IDA's.

Last year I tried the CB ti valves on the street with "regular" hardened valve seats. OOPS!!!! bad mistake.  Less than 1000km and the valve lash changed every week!!! I tried a 48mm valve last year and it killed my MPH and my car slowed down 2 tenths.  Goes to show bigger isn't better in all cases. The Ti's are coming out of my street car heads.

pump gas is so damn hard to get big HP numbers while retaining decent driveability. The ugly duck is the "MAN" and I'm the "BOY" when it comes to pump gas quick cars. If I flycut my heads and ran racegas, running 11's is extremely easy without any effort whatsoever. I cannot have my 65 sitting in my garage. It was built to be driven so I've given myself a challenge to have a dual purpose car. Dont laugh but my 6V radio (with voltage step down) works great  I guess my point of owning this car is to have fun

[LuftsickTero]

And here's another which belongs to the guy that built my motor:

nice

The car that caused me buying my first issue of Volksworld, still remember how I kept browsing back and forth between Max's '65 and Andy's '63 

[BeetleBug]

"People actually like my beetle??? "

I like all street cars capable of doing 11`s on the strip and your car is simply amazing, thank you for sharing all the info and the pictures. So to understand you correctly, have you tried the FK47 cam or have you decided not to use it?

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BB

[Alan Uyeno]

"People actually like my beetle??? "

I like all street cars capable of doing 11`s on the strip and your car is simply amazing, thank you for sharing all the info and the pictures. So to understand you correctly, have you tried the FK47 cam or have you decided not to use it?

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BB

The fk47 is in my new shortblock and my 2nd oil change is concerning me right now. I'll probably crack the case to see whats going on. I speculate a lifter bore starting to oval out. Next to no magnetic material in the oil but a shiney silvery sheen like mag case material (i believe)

The FK47 sure does have more grunt than my 2289 at low rpms. Odd that the fk47 is a larger duration cam but very fast ramping (lifter bore eaters    )

[ESH]

...The car that caused me buying my first issue of Volksworld...

In a way that car that kept me in VW's, I wanted to go fast and that thing proved to me you could combine a big motor with a daily Bug.

...I like all street cars capable of doing 11`s on the strip and your car is simply amazing, thank you for sharing all the info and the pictures...

Don't go getting any crazy ideas...

[Matt Tobias]

My '65.  82x94 with K8 and CE ported Street Eliminators, and of course, IDAs.  Hauls ass!

[Chris W]

Not true cal-look, but it's a 65.   

[beetletom]

just found this topic again, anymore cars? 

[Bryan67]

I should have some by this weekend. Hopefully
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[bilboa2]

ok , same old shot... bahama blue 65. orig color of car. bill

[Chris W]

My 66-

[beetletom]

[peach_]

Not very cal-look with the stickers but mine still mine non the less, hope you like it 

[benssp]

And here's another which belongs to the guy that built my motor:

The car that made me want a fast motor, Max turned up at a friends birthday about 14 years ago, took me for a ride round the block and I bought a 1776 a few days later, quite an improvement over the 1300sp on Kadrons I had at the time!

[bugkeeper]

There you go: It used to be normaly aspirated "old school" but nowadays it runs under pressure...













Todays engine:



And the former engine:

[beetletom]

There you go: It used to be normaly aspirated "old school" but nowadays it runs under pressure...













Todays engine:



And the former engine:

i love this car!

didn't it used to be on 356 chromies?

[bugkeeper]

Yes it did, I swapped last season. I wanted good disc brakes without all the weight and cost of CSP brakes. I run original VW rotors drilled for the Porsche pattern and BMW 2002 calipers.

[JustinCase]

Here´s my ´65, pic taken last summer. Still a bit "work in progress", but at least i got the chance to drive it for the whole summer. For this year there´s going to be few enhancements to the interior of the car.

[Martin Greaves]

My old 66 bug a before and after shots.







Never let anyone else drive your car.

[bugkeeper]

That is a sad picture, is it beyond repair? What happened? I feel sorry for you  . Cheers Dom

[Diederick/DVK]

jeez boom boom, didn't know that was yours! love the first pic.
what happened?

[rick m]

Here is my 66. Currently going through a major update. Wheels, trans and motor. Will post when it is done!

Rick Mortensen

[Fastbrit]

Here's my '65 Volksrod...

[Rich Ghia]

Never let anyone else drive your car.

I can vouch for that!

[qubek]

And here's another which belongs to the guy that built my motor:

The car that made me want a fast motor, Max turned up at a friends birthday about 14 years ago, took me for a ride round the block and I bought a 1776 a few days later, quite an improvement over the 1300sp on Kadrons I had at the time!

Seems like Max inspired quite a few people. His shop was the place were I could see and touch some really serious parts for the first time. And he sold me "the Bible" 

[Sarge]

Here's my '65 Volksrod...

    Where's your turn signals???

[Diederick/DVK]

glad to see some wheels on it instead of the polished pancakes, KS!

[Fastbrit]

Here's my '65 Volksrod...

    Where's your turn signals???

IN THE TRASH!

[67worshipper]

Alan, the interior in your car is quite awesome.

Thank you.

The biscuit cut style seats are double stitched. Richard Ducharme (dvkk) did my seats to perfection. My headliner has the dry cracked age look in the rear parcel area and the square weave is original. Richard's made a custom blue german square weave and custom 60's ford lunar pattern headliner (dots no uniform like the vw "dot" pattern"). The headliner and carpet have not been installed yet due to my time schedule and Richard's busy one. My 65 isn't pretty but I'm not that concerned since I can drive it anywhere and everywhere. I'll jump in and crack 12.00- 12.2's with North american pump gas at the track then the following day I'll drive her to work. Absolutely a blast to drive.

Swapped my hurst for a CSP unit and just love it!!

hi alan. great car could you tell me what gearbox and mounts you have? cheers barry