Hot Rod VW General Stories Thread
Jim Ratto:
Back in early 1992,
I'm jumping ahead of my 4 years story in the other post, but that's ok.
I had a 94 x 74 motor in my car, but this was the version that ran Super Flow 1 heads, with 44 x 38 +0.200" longer valves, FK87 and almost 10.0:1. It was also about 3 months after I had first switched to 48IDA from 44IDF.
I had gotten the car to run acceptably well, with 37mm venturi, spending a lot of time goofing around between 60 and 65 idle and scaling up and down with main jets. In any case, I'd run the car around the long, flat, straight roads in Livermore. Some were on the outskirts, way out in east extreme of city limits. Others were near the small municipal airport. Always went at night, traffic was nil.
One night I was out flogging the car out by airport, and I came upon an intersection, intending to turn right, onto another long, straight, quiet street. But to my left diagonal, appeared a wine-red Pantera. A man was driving, and he obviously didn't expect me to pick a fight. I wasn't sure what was going to happen, but I let him know, there was no doubt I wanted to rough him up a little. The 351's torque, got the better of me, but that big cam and the Super Flows caught him. I watched the needle go around to 7500 in 2nd and was on him. We ran side by side for probably 1/8 of a mile, neither of us willing to lift. I never saw the guy's facial expression, but imagine he called his Pantera tune-up guy the next day to make an appointment.
andrewlandon67:
Damn Jim, one of these days we're gonna have to put together a third Cal-Look book with a few chapters filled with your stories, along with some of the other NorCal folks. Something starting around the time of the founding of DKP III and going up from there through the 90's and early 2000s. I know there were some low years in the hobby in that era but as has been said many times before, there's not much that can replace a simple looking, violently fast Volkswagen. There's just something timeless about them, like a nose down, faded black fenderless '32 Ford with a mean flathead and a slight roof chop. There's an attitude that's simply just not there in more modern fast cars, even ones that might beat us on the 1/4 mile. Whatever it is, it keeps us here and keeps us happy and hauling ass.
Rick Meredith:
I once ran a BMW M1 from a stoplight up to about 70. He pulled me but I'm sure he was surprised with how little he was gaining on me. ;)
gkeeton@zbzoom.net:
Quote from: andrewlandon67 on October 28, 2017, 19:43:30 pm
Damn Jim, one of these days we're gonna have to put together a third Cal-Look book with a few chapters filled with your stories, along with some of the other NorCal folks. Something starting around the time of the founding of DKP III and going up from there through the 90's and early 2000s. I know there were some low years in the hobby in that era but as has been said many times before, there's not much that can replace a simple looking, violently fast Volkswagen. There's just something timeless about them, like a nose down, faded black fenderless '32 Ford with a mean flathead and a slight roof chop. There's an attitude that's simply just not there in more modern fast cars, even ones that might beat us on the 1/4 mile. Whatever it is, it keeps us here and keeps us happy and hauling ass.
What is it that has us hooked? The more vehicles I have the opportunity to work with/admire, the more I go back to VW's.
I find it hilarious that those finding out how fast an Aircooled VW can be in 2017 seem to think it's a magic miracle of modern technology. Sure, there have been some advancements in the aftermarket, but there were IDA'd 2180's smoking Detroit steel in the 70's when I was still riding my bmx bike.
Neil Davies:
I was pretty satisfied with my second run on Sunday against a Volvo 850 T5R - i was ahead right up until the end of the strip. I don't think he expected that!
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