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This Saturday is Las vegas Bug o rama and they are running the Unlimited Street class so we are taking the Old cab,it still has the old 2386 engine in it as the new 4inch engine isn't yet finished, along with Steve D and his sleeper 69 bug ;), tonight there will be a 20 plus mile cruise on freeways and normal streets around Las vegas to test the streetable part similar to Street eliminator in the UK but its a lot hotter their :D, then the race is tomorrow alongside the rest of the Bug o rama classes, we are loaded up ready to go, We will try to update as much as possible :)  

There are now 16 confirmed but I don't know who the 16 th person is yet, here's 15 I do know about :D


1.) Eric Allred
 2.) Pat Carney
 3.) Jason Fuller
 4.) Shane Constantinescu
 5.) Andy Fabro
 6.) Jesse Potter
 7.) Chrys Espejo
 8.) Richie Webb
 9.) Rodney Adams
 10.) Steve Dalton
 11.) Derek Madson
 12.) Fernando Delgado
 13.) Danny Cabrera
 14.) Chip Birks
 15.) Nick Wharton

These are the rules for those wondering

Participants, here are the rules for this class:

 "Do you have the quickest Street VW on the West Coast ???"

 Any four cylinder, air cooled, rear-engine VW powered vehicle allowed

 Minimum vehicle weight (with driver) 1700 lbs

 Must have two front seats

 Must have functioning headlights & tail lights

 No Wheelie Bars allowed

 Proof of Registration and Insurance Required

 Vehicle must have all required safety equipment for ET/MPH as per NHRA Rules

 Muffler required on ALL vehicles

 Vehicles must complete an approximate 20 mile Street Cruise prior to the event (location and route TBD)

 Recommended (but not required) decals and stickers on quarter and rear windows, not on body of vehicle

 No tow vehicles allowed (Vehicle must drive to the Starting Line and return to the Pits under its own power.)

Thanks Richie,
I was going to email and ask whether it is this weekend.
Is there a live feed?

Anyway good luck and have fun. Hi to Mr Dalton too.

so is it straight heads up racing ?
if yes thats a great set of rules and should be a blast ,good luck

Kris Lauffer has built a street car right??

Not that I know of

Yep, straight heads up and hope you got enough ;)

looks like a mini drag week; :)
we should have something like that over here,looks fun.

henk!!!

We have - it's called Street Eliminator.

i always thought it was bracket racing with a drive on th road?

Sounds great Richie should be a blast, good luck and enjoy. Look forward to seeing the times posted.
Whats the rules on tyres- DOT only or can you change to slicks at the track?


Nope full heads up on a pro tree with an approx 25mile cruise. Hence why I always qualify last and get knocked out in the first round by 7 second cars :) Great fun and gives you something to chase :o ;D LOL

12 cars turned up and made the cruise, was mainly fun, 7 miles or so of constant stop lights at beginning not so, good test of streetability of cars though, car behaved ok even if the clutch was a little hard after a while of constant stop start traffic

Yes Rich we can swap to slicks at track, I did use DOT's on cruise

cheers Richie

ok,in the UK.
but i don't think we have something here on the mainland.
we don't have even a decent racetrack :-\

henk!!!

Henk,
Just do it :-)

Henk, your from Belguim right? I am (too), and it is indeed a shame we can't use our cars over here the way they where built to use! I have a street/strip bug that a would love to race even against other types of streetcars, whitout travelling for 300km. I visited clastres last year, and saw some fast street cars over there, there should be some interest over here to organise something similar, open to all brands off cars, as long as they are street legal.

Shane's car was built by Kris but he ran it this weekend in ProMod.
As far as I am aware the car is USW legal.

Only if it makes the cruise  ;)  ;D  As I didn't see it today I cant comment on anything else about it  :-X  :D


cheers Richie

My brief report:

For some reason wastegate or boost controller didn't behave, leaving with 38lbs boost in 1st gear upset something and while it was really fun while it lasted it had lifted a head and made a hole in it by 3rd gear so that was my day racing done, still was a good day and everyone raced with the right spirit, go fast and have fun :)

Andy Fabbro was the winner with his drawthrough turbo car running best 10.99@128ish mph, most of the cars were in 11 second zone so all rounds were tight which added to the enjoyment

cheers Richie

I got to participate in this event as well and had a blast! Thanks Richie for coming over and introducing yourself, it was nice to meet you, and thanks for the stoking the fire to get me down there. Both the cruise and the race day had their ups and downs for us, but in the end we are homeward bound with a new PB and a car that will take me to work Monday morning. Can't ask for much more than that!

Some videos

https://youtu.be/OzQYNtab15g

https://youtu.be/tikNWx9VSuM

https://youtu.be/Lo_yRL5hrJ0

Good to meet you Chip, glad you came along and ran your car 8) more so that I till works and you can drive it to work monday :D

cheers Richie

Whoops :o  you can see the fame coming out the vents in 1st pic, then higher in 2nd pic 


and video

https://youtu.be/ts1vMUPgwDQ

Don't they always say cylinder #3 runs the hottest?
 ;D

Hope it's OK soon though.

In true tradition of following our VW race pioneers like Dean Lowery and the Schley brothers I took it apart in the hotel car park ;) ;D as we are still on the road in the hope it can be fixed ready for the next race, its ugly but nothing is impossible ;)

Devcon.
 ;D

PS: just curious though, is it a full-blown race port, or are you able to find another as a replacement rather than welding?

Best of luck with your races man. 8)

It would be hard to find a matching one as they changed the casting and valve spacing since these were done and everyone breaks the same one  ;) We will see what needs doing this week

cheers Richie

Hi Richie,

Just out of curiosity really, what kind of mix would you say are turbo cars / nitrous cars / normally aspirated cars ?   presuming for the street driven course element of the competition you have to use regular unleaded pump fuel ?  which am guessing means high compression normally aspirated cars are out ( ie Pro Gas style 14:1 CR n/a ).....

Cheers Shane.

Ps good luck with getting the head sorted to continue if you can.

Only one N/A car, and that runs E85 which is normal pump fuel here and readily available so no cooling issues for higher compression, rest are low compression turbo cars

cheers Richie

There is no fuel requirement in the class. If you are willing to cruise 20 miles on $20 per gallon fuel, so be it. The rules to the class are few, if it ain't in the rules, we don't care  ;)

*sigh*

Simple, easy, no fluff.
Like the tyre class rules, run anything you want but it HAS to be a 10.5" or a 6" or a Nankang 165.

Go pro footage of cruise, its long and not that exciting but you do see the CHP drive up inside near the end of the 1st one, he did have a good look at me  when he was alongside but carried on, to much paperwork I think :D ;D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRedVYtgaDM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5uF0FUXdm8

Cool videos.  Looks like your 67 setup would be perfect for this event.

Thought exactly that myself, could have taken the money :o ;)

looks like fun.

Hope you get repaired soon.

yes you could!

very nice event and it is great to see cab1 out again.

Tom Simon vs derrick Madson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk0I2FAJupY&feature=youtu.be

Car is all fixed, took it for test drive today and it made 16lbs boost so back under control [ well for street driving anyway  :o ;D ] so taking it to Fontana this Saturday, its final day of Hot rods new drag weekend event and they have a test n tune lane open as well so will get to see some cool cars and run the cabrio as well 8)

http://www.hotrod.com/news/1508-first-ever-hot-rod-drag-weekend/

Good luck  8)

thanks Jamie :) Fingers crossed

cheers Richie

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Not sure what Kalle is on about  ??? :D

 ;D   I think its written in Norwegian, that's why we don't understand :D ;D

After a while it looks like "willies" i don't judge though  8)

38psi, bet that was hauling'!!

I figured it out, it must be raining? 


We want wellies, we want wellies  ;D

Hahaha.. you guys are killing me.  :D

Good luck with the coming race Richie. Not sure why you think lower boost is the way to go though... surely it must be more fun building the engine so that it actually can take the 38 psi  ;)

-BB-
 

 ;D

I would upgrade head studs if I was going to continue using it, but 4inch JPM head engine is imminent now, and I got a new 94bore engine coming along nicely as well, taking all I learnt from this and trying to improve every area :o ;)

cheers Richie

Ready to go play in morning :)

have fun  :)

Thanks danny, will do :)

had fun?

and please tell us more about the 'new' engines.

i remember you picking up those JPM heads going to SCC in 2008…

anyway: we want wellies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 :D  yes had fun :)



No wellies or wheelies I am afraid :(   Only got one pass, still not right, when I got into 4th gear it didn't sound right so shut it off and coasted to end. Good news was ran its best ever 1/8th mile 5.83@120[mph was down, best was 124.95] with a slower 60ft[ best is 1.30] which is 0.13 quicker than before on the 9.23 1/4 mile best ever run for this car. It still ran 9.69@110mph coasting from 1/8th onwards. An 8 in a street legal VW with no wheelie bars is getting nearer :o ;D
This time 1&2 head is loose and chuffing, maybe 3&4 as well, am thinking the new super strong head studs I put in last winter aren't that good and are stretching, only thing I can think of at moment having eliminated everything else. Will tear it down and check heads, swap studs to some good simple Scat ones and try again next weekend  :)  Still had fun, lots of cool stuff their to watch and a day in the sun in October is always good ;D

New street Jpm head engine has its own thread on here, other one will when I get near to assembly ;)

cheers Richie

Shame about the head studs, that would have been a quick run :)
New rear wheels?
Lee

Wheels are 1 1/2 years old now, just not done many passes yet :)

Here's some other cars that were their

Dang! 9.69 on a bad run! Well done sir! Can't wait to see that thing find its way into the 8s!

Folts & schuh VW dragster

Wagons :) and a wheelie, but not VW :(

Great pics. Just makes me want to go back to California but not come home ;D

Jeff Lutz Drag weekend Unlimited winner Camaro and trailer for carrying everything he needs

Few other VWs their

BTW, a year ago I ran 9.09 / 239 with almost identical 60ft and 1/8 numbers you had here (60ft 1.37, 1/8 mile 5.82sec / 193 km/h). So you were on your way to a 9.10 pass?
Jyrki

Hi Jyrki

thank you for that info, nice to see real world numbers :)   Just need to keep it together and little 60ft work and maybe it will be enough :o  ;D  60ft should be easy enough to gain some as it just had too soft clutch set up so will tighten that up a little.

cheers Richie

Lots of pics here from Saturday

http://klrpictures.smugmug.com/2015-TEST-AND-TUNE/TNT-7-October-31-2015/i-bzzHHFQ