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I was at drachten raceway and raced 3 days with no issues.
My best time was 15.1
I did not changed any settings on the car at all
Could drive it all day long  ;D
I tested the burn out in 2nd gear and how the car drove
I dont have to steer the car it goes straight and smooth
After al those years i now have it worked out
Now the tunning can begin  and the turbo
Made some onboard videos
And best i ended 2nd in streetclass as the car was verry consistant al weekend got my first cup
Let the good times begin yeah!!!!
Enjoy the vids

https://youtu.be/dPTTvka7FLU  first 2nd gear burn out
https://youtu.be/FgEo76oMIOk onboard view car goes straight no steering
Gr henri

All your hard work is starting to pay off! Engine sounds great, car is driving straight, car looks great and is consistent  as well. 8) You also won a cup! Good for you! Now time for the next tuning level, go for it!

Really happy for you Henry.
What engine did you drive now and where will it be going?

Hi as my old topic had a bad crash ,Trond advised me to start a new one so here it is .
as drachten was fun and the car went wel .
I decided to bolt a turbo on it for the next event and do some trans mods
the transmission shift times are to long now .
i noticed that the faster i go more meters it need for shifing ,but i have the fix on that ready.
the gears are quite long for the car ,only got 3 so its getting lazy by it .it needs a turbo asap!
I have the kkk 26 that came off the same audi 200 that the trans came from .
it also was a 2.2 but it only flows until 1 bar boost
but i hope to get decend times out of it it spools fast and i dont have to lift the throttle .
i hope it wil get some 250 horses and times in the 12s
and that it wil crisp the tyres now
the fun thing is i only have to bolt it on and go to dyno.
had a few pics from the weekend left

gr henri

oh i thought you were using the beetle auto transmission.... thats very interesting??

14psi would defiantly make a difference i feel!! whats your compressions? i'd love to go turbo  ;D

Congratulations again on your next step. Love your progress.  Now subscribed so I do not miss any updates.

Turbo time
Did some mocking and fitting
I seems that it going to eat some rice next time om the track
And street .
Gr henri

Turbo time

Henri

Can you get oil out of turbo there? looks like it will need a pump to get it back into engine?

cheers Richie

Its sits  above oil level
I hoped that was good ?
Gr henri

Wait i take a better pic ok ?

Were are you going to return it in engine?

Where it was
I use the old oil fil in the sump
The centre of the turbine is above the centre of the
Valve cover
So was thinking it can return
Quite a deep sump on the wasser.

Gr henri

It looks like oil return will have to go under exhaust tube? or is there room to go through? if it goes under then you have to go up to filler in sump?

No  the filler is under the j pipe
2 cm
Hard to see on the pic

Gr henri

Ritchie could you suggest a small oil scavenge pump that would cope with the heat and frothing?
Please?
 ;D

Nice car Henri, the auto is cool.

Ok hopefully you can get it in there ok without it going up at all :)

Not used anything, I would do a mini sump under turbo[ with a breather so turbo doesn't get sucked dry] then a remote pump but never actually needed to try it

cheers Richie

That's an unusual combination  ???
There's a late VW water expansion tank on the LH side. Do you actually have a water cooled Wasserboxer in there? And why an auto transmission? Does an Audi trans bolt straight onto the engine?

Frank

I wil try it first and when puff and smoke i will change it
Just thougt it was ok like this
The cb turbo kit is even lower than mine and has no pump
So i think when i go a bit higher it will be ok .


Gr henri

All you can do is try and see :)  It not so much how low it is[turbo] as how you get outlet pipe to sump without going low then back up higher to go round header and exhaust tubes

Ok richie so if i can go in a straight line like it is now   i am safe ?

Gr henri

I believe that you will be just fine with you setup. We are currentyly running 3/4" ID return line with a 3" drop from the center section oil return flange.
Just try to follow what Richie suggested about your oil outlet routing. The sump end of oil return line should also be above sump oil level at all times.

Thanx guys for your input .
Today i could not resist to start it up
It already sounds like it want to go.

https://youtu.be/Zdo38MbHlXk

Gr henri

Oooh after 32 years and 300000+ km
This audi wg gave up.
The guide is worn and exhaust gasses passed it into the diaphram chambre
So thats cracked to.
No i have to get myself a new guide and diaphram
And it can go 32 years again.


Gr henri

Aaargh the old turbo died on the first start up
Lots of blue smoke
Opened it up and it was toast.............

But ...i got hold of a brand new kkk k27 turbo charger
Its a lot bigger
Today i did mount it on the car
Load of work it was to fit it under the fender
But it sits now and after start up no more smoke and it sounds happy
Lets get it on the roads soon and see what it can do
And then track time
Als happy that everything looks like a stock beetle

Gr henri

Your turbo mounts a lot higher than mine and I've never had an issue of smoking in 2 years... Great job

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Hi frank yes its a wbx engine
And the gearbox is a mix of an audi porsche and vw t3
I did a lot of american drag automatics and wanted the same style in a bug
Like highstall transbrake launches and it look like i am getting there
Was not an easy route i must say

Gr henri

2200 cc turbo 8.5 to 1 andy  and yes no beetle autobox
Just some home brew mix

Gr henri

Thanx

I made a apointment at chassisdyno 2 weeks from now
To get the mapping right on the car
Its a 2.2 now and i think i go at 1 bar boost to start with
I have no clue what it wil bring and what times it wil can run
Al suggestions are welcome as i am still learning .

Gr henri

Did some fiting today .
Wastegate and airfilter
Its getting  quite busy in that little corner ;)

Gr henri

goed busy  mr. horsepower ;)

So got the most plumbing ready
Also got the ic connected
Now i can finish it and go drive it
Need alot of heatshield to place
But it sounds good and no leaks or smoke so far

Gr henri

how did you do on the dyno over the weekend Henry?

No dyno yet jesse
Stil have some little things to do
On the car and do a long drive road test
But now is verry hot 34°
To hot to work in the car
When it is cooled down a little i will go on.

Gr henri

Hi Today i got the car back on the wheels for a testdrive
Went on the highway and in the town
It feels good i stil drive it  on the tps
I wil set it on map tomorrow
The boost is there!!
But i went easy so far no leaks or smoke.
Try to get some good a/f numbers this week on cruise modus and build it from there
If it drives good en start good then bring it to the dyno
Hope to get it sorted for the bug show.

Gr

Very nice!  Still really happy with the auto?

Yes verry happy
Is so fun to drive.

I drove mine for many years.
In Italy as Daily driver for three years with a 2732 cc. Loved it!
Even a couple of laps around famous F1 Monza track.

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Here on a Swedish drag race event and this time with the "911" turbo Engine.

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That was a realy advanced car for that time fredrik.
And mayby hard to explain to people back then
Real craftmanship .

Hope we can meet someday.

Gr henri

Today i did some mapping and it went wel
The wastegate is set at araound 0.4 bar
Have to change that
But the car like to get boosted
It amazed me how healty it went when the turbo started spinning
Took a little video of it
Have to work on the valvebody of the trans this weekend
The shifts are getting lazy under boost  so i gonna crank that up
And also the boost to i think 0.8
Then check it again and if good
Load it up for le bug show.

https://youtu.be/J3hL64C2dm0

Very nice!
Love it!

Increase that line pressure and it will chirp the tires also when shifting.

Did just that
And some other tricks
Try to test today
Its raining now
Gr henri

Testrun went great tonight
Boost at 0.5 loads of torque
Transmission is crisp no turbolag at al
When shift in to 2nd al hell break loose
And the power wil keep increasing wowl
It is ready for bug show now
And all vw!!!!

Gr henri

I know this is not fb but still I have to put a huge LIKE and say that I am so happy for you.
Well done!

So
After getting on the racetrack in spa on friday
We had a verry nice quiet place in the paddock .
Saturday morning i took the car to tech check
And went to the pit.
I was the second car out.
I took it easy the first time and noticed some oil smell
Took it back to the pit and found out that i had changed the oil the night before
And spilled some on the exhaust that was where the smoke came from
So no problem .
Next round i tought lets go for it ,but that was not the case
After start up i rolled the car to the startline on idle and then it stop running.
I wanted to start it up again but no reaction so we pushed it back to paddock
After checking wiring i found that there was an issue in the ecu injector driver.
So for me it was over .
But we had a great weekend and the weather was good
So i let the ecu get fixed and try again next time.

Gr henri

Henri

usually when injector driver fails its because the injectors are wrong impedance, most often to low, worth checking

cheers Richie

Hello richie i have the right injectors in it
Its just an old ecu that now wil get an upgrade
Was just at the wrong time when it died .
Better luck next time
Gr henri

Hello loungers
As the car sits stil and the ecu is getting repaired
I was thinkin about the trans brake system
It is hard to get the car of the line now because i have to footbrake it
And above 2000 rpm the torque of the engine and converter wil pull it forward through the brakes
And launching at 2000 rpm is way to low and got no boost there.....
But i had Dr q over at my place and we were discussing a transbrake system
We went to my  shop and opend up a autobox core and went trough the valvebody system
And discovered some points were we can do some tricks..
Its going to be fun
So i decided to do it now and hopefully when the ecu is back i can test it
The result would be simple
Or i toast the tranny in 5 seconds
Or it wil work.
But trust me i wil make it work maybe not this season  
But its so much fun to work on.
Now i have to find some solenoids that are atf fluid compatible so that the o rings dont melt
So trans brake and bump box are on the list..
I enjoy so much working on the car
Getting it closer and closer to my goal

Gr henri

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAUHiOvx8Mo

Pure joy!
At 4:30 they do a test with the foot hard on the brakes.
Builds boost and runs through the gears.

They had to build a brake system with large drums from a  Ford truck. Then upgrade the drive shafts as they started popping.
'They started at 5000 rpm or more by just holding the brake.
I have more videos from the week after at the track. More links coming.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7T4DvrMXqc

at 4:17
450 hp and 9 s runs

The Girls are a bit further in to the Movie.  :-)



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ct5r-4lVVj0

at 1:40

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The drum brakes on Pizzos
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Pizzos setup

A Dave Folts transbrake setup.
I do not know if it worked.
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My setup from Dave Folts
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(http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s207/Frallan2/transauto004pressout.jpg~original) (http://s153.photobucket.com/user/Frallan2/media/transauto004pressout.jpg.html)
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My spool
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So a very simple circuit to apply line pressure to the reverse drum in order to lock it and then when releasing the pressure, it vents it down to the sump.
Now there is more to the story as you do not want the valve to remain open after launch...but I guess that is not so difficult to solve?

http://ultimateaircooled.com/transaxle/15674-t2-audi-3-speed-automatic-our-cars-dragsters.html

Why copy everything here on your thread? Above is the link to 8 pages of compiled information on the 090 trans that I kept alive for many years.

...and Aaron Roberts (alias 20BKombi) does good stuff in Australia.
More to come from him and from you too, for sure!

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Cool stuff fredrik thanx.
I wil try to get the band applied on the brake
And i have to find a sollution for the 2/3 shift as the back of the band apply piston is the acumulator for the direct
And i saw on the hydrolic schematic that pressure in 3rd is still on the aply side
And that by filling the rear the band release and direct wil apply
So have to make a new route for that

Gr henri

Ok

Where was that anti-lag thread again?
 ;D

Anti lag ??
I wil have no lag just laugh

Gr henri

So....
I hope this wil work
Now get the electronics in order...
Gr henri

This switch wil make sure there is no power on the system once shifted into 2nd
You don t want the brake to engage when at speed
Gr henri

thats gonna be great! should be a really solid brake right?!

Hello loungers.
I have my ecu back from repair
And it works ok .
I also have the transbrake working
And i must say its quite a kick in the but when i realese the button.
I am amazed how good it works .
I did a few 3000 rpm test launches on the street
And it puls verry hard now and got a quicker spool up also.
Now i have to dail it in on the launch control button .
I decided to go to drachten this weekend .
I going to try to get the car in the 12s that would be my best et ever
Lets see.

Gr henri

So coooool and such good news!

Now with this nice progress, soon we will see followers. If not, I would be surprised.

Thanx .
So the next problems arived.
Tue the hard acceleration.
The rear tyres are hitting the fender at high speed
And the breathertower is spirting
Oil .
So get that solved today

Gr henri

Solved .
So now on are way to the dragstrip

Drachten?

Hello
There are still ecu issues
Lack of power due misfires
But still did a 13.5 with bad start
And engine misfire on verry low boost.
Got a vid of the run
If that problem wasnt there
A 12 would be no problem
Wil post later.
And come back on it
The autobox and transbrake
Did a fantastic job.
The car is a blast to drive
Check the vid and judge
I
Gr henri

https://youtu.be/wEfXa1o7QnI
https://youtu.be/fpLQCj_WguM

Here you go

Gr henri

Very nice! Will be interesting to see how much power the auto box can handle. I have been playing with the automatic trans thought, but the "experts" say the auto bus trans is not strong enough. Cool if you can share in details the upgrades you have done to the box.

I found the limit with stock wbx parts and turbo this season, 1,8bar boost, 412hp = bent one rod, cracked a liner and also cracked a piston (cast) at my 10,89 run  :D

What ECU are you running?

Sounds like you are really(!) soft on how to build boost on the line?

There lays also the problem sometimes there is not enough power to get it in to high rpm on transbrake.
Due a faulty ecu
Sometimes it will lauch good .
Wil work on that.
The ecu is a kms system
Gr henri.

Good job Henri.

That are good numbers
Hope you get it fixed for next year.
About the tranny its quite beef i most say and it deliver the power trough  the converter so the shockloads are
Way less than a manual set up
I am sure it can handle the power easy when propperly build .
In the audi 200 turbo and porsche 944 the use it to
And they are verry reliable .
I wil try to run the pro et series next year with the car and change some things in the winter
Get a new ecu and make a bump box for the tranny
Also have to change to diskbrakes as i am on the limit now on the drums with the heavy car

Gr henri

Thanks, yes it will be fixed and upgraded for the 2017 season. Gowesty have forged 96mm WBX pistons from JE and Westwood Cylinders will make me ductile liners. Also Pauter rods are in the plan :)

Looking forward to see your upgrades and results next year!
(please pad your cage, your helmet is dangerously close to it  :o )

so as the winter started .
i first getting some disk brakes on the car .
as the plan is to go faster in 2017
i was looking for the rigth set up for me
and made it 5x4,75 around
so i can swithc from street to strip easy as i have 2 sets wheels now...
 then  i wil take the transmission out to get it a firm check and
change where neccecery i wil post pics from that ..
the converter is getting a different stall speed so it has to be opened ..
for the rest i will change little things or improve smal thingz
i think this is verry doable for this winter
and i can put the car at the lights in 2017 again..


gr henri

so the wheels are on got it sorted...
this wheel are a perfect fit for my car
drilled to 5x4.75 patern

merry xmas everybody

gr henri

nice only have to remove some decals...

cool, what are they spares from?

i like the look of steel wheels personally!  8)

bmw 3/5series andy.

gr henri

Aluminium and mine weigh 5,9 kg each
6,5" X 15"

Good stuff att the right price.

Cool, and ally too? what sort of years are they from?

cheers

Andy

I am just guessing but 15-20 years old.
Pop in to any scrap yard with BMW 3 and 5 series older cars.
Do not mention alloy or price will go up. just have a look at them.
You see that they are thicker.
I have two different off-set versions.  Both are 6,5 x 15 but slightly different. One with fully round holes and one with a slightly oval type of hole.
Most of my wheels have a small sticker warning about just that they are alloy and if I recall right, to torque correctly.

Cool! if they work on your car and Crazy frogs they'll be fine on mine  ;D

verry true...
but if you use like i do the 120.3 bolt patern instead of the 120 or 120.6
you can also use the jaguar spare aloy wheels and they are verry llight

gr henri

Ahh, by the way, the BMW ones are not spares.
Regular mounted on all four Wheels.

cool so its there "basic" wheel then i guess... will scan eBay :)

hi i did get the brakes sorted.
disk at front and drum at rear.
is this good enough for my car ??.
the car goes 200 kmh easy .
or do i have to fit disks at the rear to.
can someone advise me

gr henri

Hi Henri

Stock discs and drums on old cabrio still, stops ok from 158mph[255kmh]  ;)

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

cheers Richie

thanx for your reply
so i am fine now
and i can use the money for fancy shiney  aftermarket brakes
to make the car go faster ....
like that more ..
gr henri

A good question that is a topic of its own.
I ran discs front and drums in the rear for some time.
I then stepped up to autocross threaded racing tires in the rear.
The increase in traction was really amazing oin the street.
Good braking too. For braking after a 1/8th or even 1/4 run, almost no need for brakes.

BUT on the street and during "illegal" speeds the car picked up another amazing step in braking performance when I added rear discs.
The combination of the tire traction and the ability of the rear discs surprised so many people when I demonstrated this to them.

Remember, most cars have reduction on the barkes in the rear BUT our cars have a lot of the weight there. Much more not only for acceleration traction but also for braking.
The very well know issue of the rear kicking out when it lets go though, is an uncomfortable feeling.

So, my answer is as many times, it depends. I do street, and I do a lot of circle track, I love my rear discs.
The drums also fade quicker than the discs.
For drag racing and most normal street use, drums in the rear are OK.

I am upgrading to 17" Wheels.... more tire traction and more brakes coming.
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ho fredrick .
did you use screw in studs in front?.

gr henri

Yes I do. Bought them from Demon Tweeks and a bit extra long with lugs that protrudes through.

Type 3 drums in the rear makes a world of difference as well.
Had this setup with drums in the front on the bad bitch slalomcar. It went heads on with Sanders car at EBI slalomcourse which was equiped with 944 calipers all round.
Of course this still wasnt enduranceracing but dragracing isn´t either.

14 mm studs with nice lugnuts

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so the engine is out

i had some issues with my diff
it didnt like the burn outs on dragslicks

and now i  can also modifie the converter
the take the stallspeed to boostlevel
So there is a lot to do
but i hope to run it in march this year and see how the proges wil work out
so new ecu higher boost higer stall speed
i did run it soft last season once solve the issues i can turn the power up .
and see what times it wil run.
but i learned that to go faster in a street car there is a lot involved to to it
the goal is to run the pro et series
so it has to run a consistant time in the 12s
first see if it can do that this season
then the next step..

gr henri

Better to fix this now then in the summer. The first summer in a lot of years you are getting the car out. looking forward to it.

hello i was thinking about the rear suspention
it is stock irs now
but mayby it is better to put a shock with a extra spring on it
so that i can change the pre load on the scale .
what are the options and what to look for?

gr henri

Old cab is still IRS torsion bar with shocks, I don't like the thought of adding coil overs to torsion suspension, the shocks that come with them aren't designed to control the spring pressure of combined coil over and torsion bar, they just cant control it, either convert to coil over and use proper coil over designed for it[ like a Strange or QA1 double adjustable] or stay with torsion bar and normal style shock.


cheers Richie

so ok
but the problem is that i need the car get aligned front and rear .
and if you change the camber you also change the hight and then i must adjust  the
torsions again so more  chance to loose the  alignment
 my idea was to put solid bars instead of shocks  all around
then get the car aligned and when thats ok
bolt the like pro flex coil over on it and set it to the hight it was at the alignshop
so then its perfect...i hope
does this make sense?

Maybe I am doing it wrong  ;) but I set torsion bars even both sides were I want them to be for pre load or spring pressure, then align for tow, camber is what it is, as long as its close side to side I leave it alone. Corner weights and tow are much more important to me than camber or ride height.

cheers Richie

but i need rideheight as i drive the street
and we have a lot of speedbumps here in holland..you know that  bin here.
so i need some shock travel..

gr henri

I think this isn't translating properly, to me ride height= height of car[attachment=1]

I think you mean you want suspension travel? movement up and down?  but it still makes no difference to alignment, I still set car to height I want with torsion bars, then make alignment correct

cheers Richie

With IRS there is very little change in camber during suspension travel, so once set, all is good. I still have torsion bars on my car, and soft coilover springs on my dual adjustable QA1 shocks. Gives me the chance to fine tune the rear end, and works for me....so far.. :)

ok i think i got it
wil look at it later when its get aligned.
thanx.

gr henri

today i opened the autobox
and was happy it looks verry good
verry little wear on the clutches
only a few marks on the direct clutch plates
even the little planets look like new
but that came from tuning the valvebody so no problems on that
i also rebuilded the diff as i broke the 18mm drivepin in two
after some to crazy burn outs...
so next put the beefer parts in it
and put it back in the car

gr henri

I prioritise and usually drop evreything  when I see a fb message from Aaron Roberts in Australia and from you on Cal Look.no.

I am surpised that you could brake that diff. They are pretty tough stuff.

A tip, remember the oil pump drive shaft I sent you? As your performance increases and the strain on the pump drive, this I was told is an Achilles heal.
The guys on the sand with high HP usually build themself a new one, it is the same size but a high quality CRMoly/300M steel shaft.

In fact I will ask Aaron if he can chip in some experience here.

hello fredrik
i think you mean the input shaft
instead of the oilpump drive
as the oil pressure relief valve operate at 27bar in stock aplication
is enough to make a race trans
as the usa guys wil always put more oilpressure in a trans to  not make it slip
thats why the stock oil shaft bends it wil create a fluid lock
we in europe try to find out how we can make the clutch hold due friction
saw manny trannys that whore wear out due high oil pressuere
i drove my in stock pressurre and no signs of slip
so now just raise the pressure a little bit
so the valves can operate like the designer disigned it
the shaft you mentioned is i think the input shaft
some say it breakes at 400 hp
let me just break a few and then i try to solve it
but i think that when i take a good high stall converter and an 4.10 rear ratio
it wil soften the shockload  on the internals
thats my goal now..

and about the diff
i did some big burn outs on dragslicks
and did not let go al 3 gears
it seized totaly
i know now that a roling burn out is better for now until i made my lsd diff
but i most say it take a lot of torque to break it and i did ....
so now i know the weak link in the trannie for now
up to the next link

gr henri

OK!

I thought the small center shaft was an oil pump drive. There you go, I know nothing about the internals.
But it is OK I let the specialist like you, help me when so needed. :-)

Again, love your work and the fact that you share so freely. Thanks!

hi
i looked to the difference of the parts
in the vw automatic and the audi turbo automatic
and there are some cool upgrades possible
like larger diameter frictions on the direct clutch and more tangs
also larger dia on 2nd drum so more grip
5 instead of 4 frictions in the forward clutch
and a heat treathed driveshell
so lets build the box with  this upgrades now
i am happy with the new ingredients

gr henri

next

A regular box is like black magic to me, automatic boxes fry my brain! I'm finding all this very interesting though!

If the Audi box came out with a 4-sp auto version, a bit like the Jatco in the Sub, then I think it might be the only gearbox I'd use in ACVWs.

Not news to all of you but there is a long thread with many pages and videos linked to the topic of T2 and Audi automatics. Enjoy!

http://ultimateaircooled.com/transaxle/15674-t2-audi-3-speed-automatic-our-cars-dragsters.html

hello loungers
i did a lot of work on the car engine and box latly
i got i touch with aaron roberts from australie and this man is a real pro if it comes to
reinventig the 010 autobox
so for me we discused how to make it working for me
so i ended to build a complete new autobox with lots of modifications in it....
also got the converter ready
i wil test it this year
i am happy to get in contact thanx to frallan!!!
i also got a brand new ecu from kms motorsport
they where so kind to send me a new one
as service .. great company
as for the engine
i had some coolant leakage on the cilinder gasrings
did some research and ordered some copper ones at go westy.
and they where not cheap
only when the package was dilivered and i opened it up
i was suprised
that what i got
if i have gave my 12 year old a copper plate and a good cissor
i would have i gues a better quality ..
the verdic is again to do it all by yourself
and i  though it was a company that sell quality
so now waiting for my new gas rings
and build it al together and chase some big v8s in the pro et class

gr henri

got my car running
it sounds crisp now
so i  hope to run it all season and have fun
today i worked on an other animal
and this guy now has no reasons to not drive it this year....
he only need some motivation from over here

gr

I like that Engine a lot!
Yes I do think it is time to drop in to a car, get it mapped and drive! Go for it.

i drove the car on the street today
it went verry good
brakes are super and engine run just fine
got also better boost reaction now
shifting is verry smooth an feels good under power
the stal speed is still a little on the low side
so no hard launches yet
only it is stil spitting oil in the canister
when under boost
i know the engine oil level is to high
cant get a good reading as the oil is clear
i think i have to find a better way to vent
need some advise on that.
 im happy
ready for this season

gr henri

Nice one Henri!

hello
i am going to make a drippan under the engine
i need some ideas .
does someone has pics of it

gr henri

Good plan :)   here's a simple one I made for 67

Hello guys i want to share this with you

a few days ago me and my cousinsin were cruising around to do some tuning with a laptop
and after a while the batery of the laptop was empt
and we decided to go back home i said we go via the highway.
as i turned on the highway and i did like 100 kmh  i saw a car fast coming in the rear mirror
i sayd to vince look there is a tesla coming our way.
he looked over his shoulder and said no henri that is a maserati !!!
i keep looking in to the mirror as the car war like 100 meter behind me i gentle put down the pedal to the floor
an now the fun begins
as the car noticed that i was accelarating he had to push the pedal to to overtake me
for a few second he tough that was the case
when he was next to me the bug went in to boost mode i saw him looking at me and smiling i looked at him to and had a much bigger smile
as the moment came that i went to 0.8 bar boost my car pulled like crazy i mean crazy !!!!!
away from the brand new maserati gihibli there was no way he could overtake me
not even a chance i kept my eyes on the miior and it was like he was going in reverse on the highway!!!!!
he went verry small in the mirror
as i went of the throttle and let the car roll out he passed me and his wife was almost glued to the sidewindow
and the expression on her face was really odd!
like unbilieve or like what happened now!
and she kept looking at us but we went into cruisemode again
me and vince started to laugh verry loud and doing high fives in the car
and looking at echother  asking
dude did this realy happend ????
yes it did
it so much fun to drive the car
race day is in 2 weeks now
i am going to take it easy but it has some potential now
i got this car for 18 years now but it never had this much torque \
pitty i did not filmed it

gr henri

Love the story!  I can share several like it even though it is many years ago my last one.
The favorite is  the 18-19 year old guy with a nice blond girl that was giving me thumbs up after I passed him in (his dads I guess) very new hot 911 for the third time.
Speed was far too high to brag about but to be honest. It is crazy and stupid but I know exactly the feeling.
Then during my years in Ferrari land Modena with my 2,7 automatic 1967 beetle , I had several acceleration encounters that surprised many Italian cars. :-)
Enjoy and congratulations!

Great story Henri and soooo good to read that the car drives so well now!

MORE!   I have a strong feeling you have more to tell us.
Not so?

I see pictures in facebook. No text.
:-)

yes i have a story
wil come back on it later
gr henri

so i went to drachten last week to race the bug
i went on friday 14.2
with a lot of wheelspin and hit the rev limiter on the shifts
on saterday i was getting the hang of it
i could do some good passes
best time was 13.2 at 167 km and a 1.8 60 ft
as i did this run i boosted to o.4 on the brake
the car pulled the frontwheels and did a good pass
it feld good on topspeed and the brakes are working good to
the nex run i decided to turn it up a little more
so 0.6 boost at the line and put some more rpm in it
i was staged an as soon i left the brake my axle snapt off
it was to much torque
so there went my 12 run ...
i  had no spare axle as the are custom build
i decided to go bbq and get some cold ones
after a while i got an idea
there was a guy tyat race a golf vr6 turbo
and i asked him if he had some spare axles with him
and yes he did
i met some other guy who lives near the track
and had a workshop at home
so we took it there
and after a few oures later and welding and turning on the lathe
i had the axle fixed..
the next morning i put it on the car
and whent to the start
i could do 2 things
on try to run the 12
2nd to try to win the street class
i did the 2nd as i wanted to drive test the car
i startet quite slow on a 13.8 but won the race
next i had a by run
then i won again on a 13.4
an then i had a by run again
so i was in the semi finals
the car next to me was a 1967 dodge dart with a 6.0 hemi srt in it
connect to a supra 5 speed
i decided to go for it
as i drove over the waterbox i did one verry smal 2nd turt burn out
and went right in the lights
as my oponent was stil doing his burn out
i was already building boost at the transbrake
he went in the lights but i was ready for him
as soon it was green and we left off
he was faster at the line but as soon as i hit 3rd
i was catching him but i was out of track
by a half car length
but he went to fast 12.97
so the bug took the win and i was in the finals
but when me and the honda line up for the finals
it started to rain and so the race was over
i went home with 2nd price and a big smile
i only drove at 0.7 bar boost as the spring is on its limit
if i have stronger axles and can run more boost
i wil go much faster
i did not open the decklid once
it drives and shifts like a charm
can do it all weekend long
i had a blast
i learned a lot and the car feels real good at high speed
so next time maby hit the 12s

gr henri

5 year warranty :D

I thought the same  :D
Great result!
How do you keep it so stable at speed?

hi andy
you mean the car?

Yeah how do you have it setup suspension wise.
Mine is very dodgy above 75-80mph

ok
i run irs on the back and stock in the front
i have no engine forks annymore
the whole drivetrain is connected to the
rolcage
and i got quite a heavy car
i think it goes over 1000 kg
its not so ligth in the front also
just a good weight balance i think
it has no fancy parts at all
just good stock ones
but i am happy with it

gr henri

Sounds like it runs great!

Big Congratulations on hitting the 12s at DASDragDay15 @ phoenix drag way!
If I remember correctly it was a 12.3sec, very cool!
Run was soooo smooth, if you work further on the 60ft time the 11 is near  ;D enjoy the sucess.
Best greetings,
Felix

Thanks Felix
i was running 12.6 but there is more in it
it is all in the tune now
the power is there and the transmission
is doing its job
i am trying to get the lanch under control
and the car keeps  going faster.
i had a great time at ddd
till next year

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5c3ggYxCSo

gr henri

As i want the 60s down
I started to work on the torque converter
I also try to instal nitrous and inject it
Until the boost is there.
My goal in 2018 is to make a 11sec run.
It is quite possible as my 60ft is 1.98 now.
Gr henri

Pic

B

Das drag day

Going to tune the car for a 11s run
In ful street mode
On das drag day

After that the car is on sale...


Gr henri

Wow?! whats next?

Amazing what your doing with that converter, i've never seen inside one but resembles the jet engines i work on  :D

Henri,
that run sounded and looked effortless!
I assume that you are going to try to increase the stall speed on the TC?
Does your ECU allow you to use a '2 step' or boost control setting?
Get a transbrake fitted, higher TC and you'll be just like the V8 gang  ;D

That is exatly what i did ..



https://youtu.be/TruEm9CVMLE

https://youtu.be/H61bvSj5HJY

If you are gonna sell it you better drive the race off your life @DDD.
Wheels up and go

Jesse

Hi
Ddd was a blast
Nice people and atomic .
Lots of nice race cars
The first run was a 12.65
And after that it al went better
After some time i could make 1 bar boost on my launch
Resulting in lots of wheelspin
But after changing some data
It was running 12.04 @174
60ft was 1.7 and it was spinning in 1st and 2nd
If i had not fil my fueltank compkete
Full it would run a 11
For me its not bad for a 1000kilo full street car
Car run fine all weekend and we had lots of fun


https://youtu.be/mA_ndH1-rXIr


https://youtu.be/JfCfZp2jvuY

Gr henri

?I think this beetle makes the wrong sound? lol

It looked good in real life.
The new track has low traction. Not good for your car.
If it would hook up and just slip the torqconverter you would fly.
Maybe softer compound tires? lower tire pressure?

Hope you keep the car for a while and see how low you can go on the current setup.

Good luck

Yeah jesse
To much wheelspin  did not good on the time
If i drive on a better track it would do 11s easy
The slicks did a good job whem power was lower
But now they would spin  due the increase  o
Of the torque ..
Gr henri

So thats it
I hope new owner has as much fun as i had
For 20 years
Thanx al you guys
For me its time to move
Greets henri
Crazy frog

No more VWs at all Henri??

I have 1 more
Wil work on that one

Gr

Hi Henri

Sad to hear the green beast is sold, hope it goes to a good home.

No more 'koken met kever' then  :D?

gr
Wout

I also enjoyed the ride with your automatic gearbox developments. Thanks!

Hi Henri, I am so curious about your next move, what can you tell about it? Is it VW related?