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So over the last year or so plenty work has being going on in the background to get No Mercy back on the track, however, it needed to be modern, quick "Very quick", in fact hopefully faster than the rest of you......  ;D

SO with a new chassis rated at 6.5sec.... The car is almost finished apart from the power plant and ancillary's, I have stuck with the old style 4 link but beefed it up from 250bhp to 1000bhp, I am delighted with Cotsweld Race Cars work on the chassis and my Race Car Advisor, Richie Webb.

So here's a few snaps to keep you entertained. I'm thinking VW FASTER Garage....

some more..

Seen it in the flesh last time at Jim's and I can say pictures don't do it justice!!!! The quality of the built is really jaw dropping.
Will need more space at the track and a bigger crew now ;D ;D ;D

Michael

The spirit lives on... Can't wait to see (drive?) it!  8)

(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-oepSVAwihaE/Tdbi3fQxB-I/AAAAAAAAADk/rO137cF76vI/s1600/No+Mercy100.jpg)

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zHMxnePC5yk/TbQJwdZ0m0I/AAAAAAAAABc/21IM7WqvyuE/s1600/NoMercy193.jpg)

Yip a face lift, but the "force is strong in this one" and its sprit will live on..

Thx Keith

Russell

Very nice ;D

Nice work, can't wait to see this  8)

Great car -- -- Race the hell out of it!!!!!!

It is to bad this has always been a very deep pocket activity and I've always had very short arms LMAO

good stuff 8)

Really cool!

Wow, I knew it had gone to Jims for some work but I didn't expect a new chassis! Wasn't the old one up to spec? I seem to remember Jon Webster updating it when he worked at Hausers. I can't wait to see it now - first time I saw it was when it was silver and owned by the Dutch guy who's name escapes me. KS had the Goss car when I started going to events. Looks fantastic anyway - knew you couldn't go totally vintage!

Old chassis was er.... Old, bent and way too slow...

I'm actually quite far behind as we have been waiting for the engine to be finished but unfortunately the new heads seemed to take for ever I actually think VW paradise/Paradise motor sport were on a go slow. I'm sure they are worried that us Europeans may well run quicker than them this year, would be ace to see the fastest two VWs on this side of the pond and then we can have a UK/ USA shootout....

Richie "vert" vrs Kris laufer "hater mater"

No Mercy vrs Red Barron

And the once all that is done we can have the square vrs the notch.....

Nothing like dreams........😁

chassis tagged to 6.5 fucking ace :)

Can I drive the golf cart then? ;D ;D

Michael

This was the car that gave me the bug for wanting drag racing VW's back in the early 90's.
Watching it launch against one of its many battles with Turbolance from the shed at the pod was awe inspiring for me.
Fantastic to see it being reincarnated in a more vicious format which will bring many a smile to us VW nutters.
Great looking work to all involved!
I may even get a chance to run up with it one day  ;)
 

Dreaming is at least free for the time being  :)

You should have used a certain almost-blind-engine builder instead  :)

Cool project and I like your plans. Go fast og go home. Can I ask what he have used on the chassi welds?

Keep on with good work.

Best rgs
-K-

I saw the chassis at the cal look drag day (I think), looked incredible.

Looking forward to seeing it run.   :)

What a car, it looks awesome  :)

Awesome to see this coming together so well Russell, love it!

Kinda makes me feel young again :)

VW Action at Weston Park
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Wouldn't that just be EPIC!!

Does anybody know, which engines this car has have before. I have one A-RPM engine (78x101,4), which should be one of this car's previous engines?

Cheers
Jukka

As far as I know it never had a 4inch bore engine, only 94mm bore, but it had several owners after Keith and could have had that in it when in Europe


cheers Richie

It might have - when I sold it to Frank van Berkohm (sp?) I sourced a Pro-Stock motor from the USA for him. That engine was, I believe, an ARPM motor which, coincidentally, originally powered the car that Udo Beck now has...

I know when Lee Darby had it he used a big cc type 4 motor, around 2.6 litres IIRC.

It's a great build - good luck!
:)
Johan

Bloody awesome Russell !!!

Keith is right that this car had the ARPM engine when it was with Frank in Belgium. My friend Peter Bennett bought the engine from him and then I bought it from Peter and now it is with Jukka.

Sorry for lack of update, will be soon

Is this the one I rebuilt way back when?

Russell, how are you doing with the car?
I hope and assume you will be ready this spring?

That looks amazing!

So watching my mate Kev D get his 55 on the track, made me think about posting an update, it may not look like a lot has been done, but it has, a couple of items to finish with Jim and some paintwork on the rear wings and rear wing and engine back in and we should be ready to stretch its legs, hoping to have it out this year so next year i can have a proper crack with it.

sorry for delay in updating, but work sort got in the way....

enjoy Russell

really looking forward to seeing this!

Looking good!  8)

Excellent, looking good  :)

Hope to be testing in april

Finally some news :-)
Car looks great.
Just to clarify, Russell will be the driver?

Driver ? that's a loose term, pointer and pedal pusher more like it.... anyway I will be the scared "Happy" man behind the wheel....

We are thinking of using remote control ;) With Russell inside for the ride :)


Car is about 80-85% is done, I am putting engine together at moment, I have to wire all EFI etc and finish some plumbing once it is all in place, then back to Jim @ Cotsweld to set up chassis/corner weight and alignment etc and that's pretty much it
We did take a couple of steps back last year after some failures on my car showed us some weak points on this build, main one being this had VW size stub axles still using the original hubs from when it was 1st built, after I broke one of mine at Euro finals that are about 50% bigger O.D. & not 25 years old :o we decided we couldn't risk the VW size so Jim had to make all new hubs using same size stub axle & bearing carrier I have, this then led to new brakes, shock position needed moving etc etc, always one thing leads to several others so consumed a lot of time.

;D


Looks like it will have a better starting point with less failure though so probably well worth the effort.

Lots going on under front end

Has it all got to be taken apart again so the frame can be painted?

Very nice!!!

Very nice!! Are we allowed to see a picture of the assembled rear suspension after upgrade??  :)

Not for this year, we will just focus on getting it all to work and then if we are happy with everything it can come apart to paint frame etc, there is always a few things that need moving/changing or made to work better when you actually race it so better to do them before that

My OCD couldn't cope with that   :)

 :D  but could it cope with drilling/grinding/welding on fresh painted metal?  Race car is a different creature for me :)

There is no cure for OCD 😁

Surely it's CDO - got to get it in alphabetical order... :D

Always loved No Mercy, crawled all over it when Lee Darby had it back in 2000. Look forward to seeing it again this season!

its all looking great cant wait tot see it running

I haven't been on here for ages, so just caught up with this progress! Looks amazing! Good to see you are actually going to pilot it as well Russell 👍
That's going to be one hell of a ride 👌

Greetings from Kernow, Matt

Keith , who did the chassis  - original ?

Udo

I read somewhere Jim Smith made a whole new chassis

Those hubs look a bit nice  8) Good work Jim

Little update:
This week I got some time so I finished engine up, fitted all the header tubes/turbo/exhaust/wastegate and intake back into car, then engine in, had some minor issues with clutch clearance as car doesn't have motor plate so everything sits in different place in bellhousing, bit of head scratching while I figured it all out but sorted that now with some parts juggling :).
Next I finished up all the fuel/oil/brakes & clutch plumbing and have today bleed clutch and brakes, even got oil in the dry sump tank now and primed it through to pump, waiting on one fitting and fuel system will be finished :o
A few things are pretty close now so I put all bodywork & mounts/chute/wheelie bar back on to see if it all clears, 2 fittings are touching chute/wheelie bar top mount on top of case so I have to move them a little but everything else is good 8)


Next is the ECU and wiring  :o I have started by mounting all the sensors etc , next is actual dash

cheers Richie

Looking good mate.

That car looks awesome, stance is just right. Colour coded wheelie bar is a nice touch

I fu£king hate them :o  But its not my car, a yellow cabrio wouldn't appeal to plenty as a race car so its all good ;)

How does the motor in this compare with yours power wise?

Hahaha That bright orange wheelie bar was the first thing that poked me in the eye when I saw the picture, but I just thought each to their own  ;)
Are the crew going to be wearing orange hi viz vests at the track  :D ;D :D

Awesome car!  Is this being built to challenge your cab richie? 

No ;D 

Sponsored by Iron Bru  ;)   

Ah it's gonna go faster :)

Made in Scotland from girders!

Aka "A Bottle o' Ginger!!!"

The orange wheelie bar is so Ritchie sees it and doesn't trip over it, now as he's an older man.

Not to challenge to beat....  ;D

Yes, but fast cars need wheelie bars, if you ever get there you will understand.... LOL ;)

Seems its an old school thing  ;)

Maybe I should get them Russell.....for when my car is going fast :D
I could always paint them Lotus White  :P

Back on it over weekend, I wasn't happy with brakes, rear pads weren't staying on discs so creating a spongy feel on pedal on 1st push, not what you want in a car like this  :o so I added a 2psi residual valve in front of staging brake and then bled them again, this cured problem and now has a good firm pedal  :)
So onto wiring, I mounted dash/ecu and lambda controller in dash then started laying out wiring, measuring out where control boxes go and now I am slowly sorting through the mass of wires & getting correct wires to relevant place , once that is done I can fit ends and seal up loom. Sounds so simple like that :D

It is that simple ;)

But what does the old-style gauges on the dash?
You dont need these ;)

Mmmm maybe, we will see ;)

Gauges were in dash already from before we decided to go with Fuel tech ECU/Dash also I like a mechanical gauge as backup just in case a sensor fails, always have go-pro aimed at them in cabrio just to be sure :)

cheers Richie

Ahhh!! very clever ;)

Well car is all wired, cranks over, got oil pressure but much to cold here to start it on methanol, so next it goes back to Jim for windows and final set up  8)

cheers Richie

Big step forward today, I had finished up a bunch of small jobs after getting car back from Jim@cotsweld last week and finished up all the Fuel tech FT600 wiring and so it was time for 1st start up  :o 8) ;D ,

Car is now 99% done, so I will do some base some tuning and then it will be ready for testing at track 8)

Video of start up, I set it safe and rich to begin with and it started up straight away once I had everything talking to each other correctly

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-M0ib-CRxIw&feature=youtu.be 

Well done! Looks and sounds great! Looking forward to see it go down a track

cool another car out on track  8)

First bring it to the dyno  :).   Good luck

YES  ;)

So, I know I'm a little early but sometimes its good to just say it.....

I want to publically say a massive thank you to Richie for his hard work and guidance with this project, yes its been easy for me to sit back and spend some money, however his efforts and the support of Jim at Cotsweld and Basti and a few more have made this possible.

I remember back about 1993 Volksworld did a pewter model of No Mercy and I always wanted that model, I was too late too order as I worked offshore and have looked for one for years, however when the chance to get the real think came up, it was like a dream...

So maybe this weekend will be the reality of it all... Sure hope so, Until then RICHIE thank you.

Russell

my pleasure mate ;)

Good luck with racing it!

Basti

Nice to hear it's coming together for you Russell, and well done to all involved.

DDD? maybe ;)

Hmm that makes me want to go. Is it ready?

Yes I think its all good now, still some tuning needed as its super rich but that's not to much of a problem with methanol, I did a little test a week ago and it made 7lbs boost on spring only which will be our starting point and go from there with CO2 once Russell is happy with it.

Would you bring your car?

I would not go without, but I depend on others to join. I’ll check

That would be cool if you can make it then 8)

Bit of an odd question but did those egt probes in the pic come with the 90 degree bend in them ? As mine are just straight.

Yes they did

These guys sell bent ones.
http://thesensorconnection.com/category/egt-probes/all-egt-probes/extreme-duty-racing (http://thesensorconnection.com/category/egt-probes/all-egt-probes/extreme-duty-racing)

Hi,

I saw this car at DDD. Very nice!
Unfortunately it was very hard to tune it the right way to make a good burnout/race.
I'm looking forward to see it race, and i'm sure you guys can find the right settings to do so!

Best regards,

Peter