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Rus has made it to the track. his first run was a stedy light throttle as the clutch is slipping.  10.4 @ 122 mph 1.53 60'

hes just pulling the motor to tighten up the clutch.


by the way he drove there in the car over 200 miles! all this weekends runs are on pump gas.

Good work Russ ;D Pulling the motor to adjust the clutch, typical Russ, can't have a wing nut like the rest of us :P

Doe's he still swap the doors on the car for glass ones when he gets to the track?

Top stuff! ;D

And Andy Carter's gone 4.70!

His 2nd run was even better...

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:)

Ahh, Fellows back in the chair!

Did you manage to get your car finished for the weekend??

he,s just run a 9.996

FANTASTIC! ;D

The first time out too, Legend! 8)

spoke to Russ last night, and the clutch is still slipping like a bastard! so its going to need some attention when he gets home.

spec of the motor for people who dont know.

Pauter block
Moldex 90mm crank
Pauter Rods
CP 101 pistons
Autocraft 910 heads with water jackets
Pauter turbo cam
large turbo
large charge cooler
AEM ECU

Met Russ yesterday for the first time what a nice guy.......Pauter were horrified when told he proposed the car would be driven to the pod...."this is going to put more miles on the bottom end than most cars will get in a normal racing life" quality it,s guys like Russ and back in the day John Maher pushing the envelope,that gives racing a huge push forward,and sees the rules potentially being rewritten in terms of what is achievable in a street driveable race car.I guess there will be a lot of people both in the states and here (vwdrc,outlaws)and the french /german/belgians,watching the developements with interest.This car sounds and performs VERY differently to what we are used to.It,s not overly loud or dramatic at launch,and sounds big(not very technical,sorry ;D)which it is at 3 litres :o......and definately hasn't hit it's potential yet.
Well done Russ,can't wait to see it once the clutch issues are sorted.....be afraid people....the oldun(who'se measly 2276 hasn,t yet managed a single succesful run ,but then I,m an idiot ;D

For want of a better word.....Awsome. ;D

I still can't get over the fact he MOT'd it Thurs morning, drove it there and ran a three 10's.. then a 9! no dyno time either, straight out of the box :)

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Gwynn did he run today if so what time was the run.

I don't think so, I could only make it Fri but been glued to Eurodragster all day, not sure if he qualified the rules to Complicated Eliminator are a bit baffeling, his index to run was in the 8's!!!

Actually thinking on it he may have done, think the results on Eurodragster are just the winners, I'm sure if he ran another 9 we would have heard about it by now.

Simply awesome  ;D

So when do we see Russ line up next to Richie? And will Paul the hampster dust off 'Digger' and we have 3 9 second Beetles on the street next year  :o

And one 8 second street legal vw! ;)

In the 1/8 ;D

I told Too Old last weekend you were going to put yours on the steet, he looked at my like I was mad  ;D

the bench mark is really being pushed this year, Martins should push it even further..Just needs to get finnished  :P

There's real racing everywhere ;D

how your one doing dude , missing the ghia yet?

No I have moved on and ran an 11.4 with Betelgeuse we will be increasing the boost on the dyno this winter. Maybe go for a flanged crank
I'm really looking forward to next year.

I loved the ghia but was going nowhere with the weight of the car. Ran a 12.7.

I have to finish the cal-looker as well so its all fun  ;D

lmfao, your a star Martin your realy are! lol


Called Russ this morning, his last run on sunday was a bag od shit (his words) missing all the way up, so he pootled up the track, mind you still ran a 11.2

he's found a few things to sort out but its all good in the hood!

Tell me about it! dont know about pushing bench marks, i just want to go faster!

Excellent news for Russ.

Martin there is a cool pic of Lil' Wopper in Practical Classics this month taken at Bug Jam popping it's wheels up!  8)

yeah ive seen it, a guy Julie (the wife) works with brought it in to show me. think its the only shot with the garlands round the head lights! hiwian style!

Cough!

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YEAH BABY!!!

Did quicker than that street legal on treads over 10 years ago! ;D

Surely you mean 60ft! :D

That's a possibility, the two street Bugs that is.  ;)

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Funny I count 3 street Beetles Mat  ;)

Paul drove Digger to many a race meet, and did all of his mapping terrorising the streets of Manchester  ;D

James do you want to have a think about this.

Following the criptic thread is it windscreen wipers ? ;)

A trifle pedantic ;D

Hell they all have MOT's are insured and 'can be driven on the road for a good distance.  its all good. faster vw's is what its all about

i dont care if you change onto methanol, use loads of gas run big turbo's, there out there doing it, running super gas times. and to me who's been into dragracing for god knows how many years, running super gas times is awsome, let alone being able to pop to the shops in them!

So long as the motors stay in the back and we have to use a clutch to change gear and pull on that shifter. thats what maters to me. its fooking incredible that this little old motor designed in 1938 (ish) can do so much!


I just hope my car can live up to the above, which sometimes i have my douts! but time will tell.



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Well said Martin  8)

I don't have any doubt's even as you have already said all you have to do is pull on that shifter :)

Good luck and we need to know when you are going to unleash the beast.







 

Think about what Martin  ???

I seem to remember him mapping it on the M56 whilst being mot'd and taxed. That's my definition of street legal in my book  ;)

And he drove the bus to York and back with the same engine in the bus.That's 100 miles each way  ;D

I got it now he got his MOT whilst he was on the M56 i will have to take my car up there next time. ;)

Yes Martin  ::)

Hmmm i agree, bugger how they do it ..its a cool as it gets !

At least we understand what you guys are implying.  ;) To be honest in my mind Pauls car is and was a street car and nothing else. ;) ;) IMHO

We are supposed to be celebrating aircooled performance  :)

"We are supposed to be celebrating aircooled performance  :)"

That seems to get lost amongst the point scoring lately, very sad.

Come on chaps ......It,s not a big knobs contest......props to Russ for running strong numbers first time out,keeps everyone on their toes.Like Richie,he has BIG dollar invested here,and whatever he chooses to race in ,clubman,vwdrc,even outlaws(even with the funny initiation ceremony ;))lets support,nay  Madam,celebrate another potential low 9,s street car.And on the street legal bits,how many of us can actually say everything works,without Mr Motty turning a leeeetle bit of a blind eye.Keep cool see you in Das.......back to you Big Man  ;D

We are supposed to be celebrating aircooled performance 


hmm bus isnt Russ's water cooled? Thank god his heads are though , not sure how well those heads would be on a long spank on the street  :o
I dont care either way myself

I concur. Big up to Mr Fellows  ;D

Hang on (At least we understand what you guys are implying) no this is what I'm saying. As you do not know me your find that a like to have a joke or two.

I'm with everyone on here any bug that runs into the 9s is dam fast and the work that go into them to.

Back to the topic.

Well done Russ, was good to catch up with you at the weekend :D Your welcome round the Woodbridge Catering Services mobile home anytime :)

Martin, Where were you? Talk about large pit space, could of fit 10 cars in there, it ended up being our 'garden'relaxation' area :D

Well done Ritchie also, about time :)

I hope to be back out with all you guys next year, its about time, 2 years far too long not driving !! :)

Adele

Apparently the rough last run was down to a bent rod :-[

Martin there's no need to take your car all the way up to Manchester to get a M56 MOT
you can just call Ritchie and get one through the post for £50 but I guess you know that
 ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

It's a bit dodgy though sometimes you pay £50 and get nothing except ripped off  ::)

All I can say is if you need a moody M.O.T then your car is not street legal. ;D