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Everything was loaded and ready on Tuesday,our trip started early on Wednesday morning.After about 20 minutes of driving we had to slow down due to some work on the road.Then we heard a strange sound from the right rear wheel.. ??? I could'nt believe it,we had 1100 km left to Bitburg and a ferry to catch.Turned out it was only the center nut on the drum that was a little loose,luckily we had brought the tools needed to do the job.Torqued the nut and new pin installed,everything was ok.. :)

After a rather scary start we had a nice trip to Göteborg in Sweden.

After a couple of hours at the port it was time to get on to the boat.. :)

We could'nt wait to arrive at Bitburg and "play".. :D

Had a really nice time on the ferry,great weather on the way out to the open sea.

cool trip ;)

After a nice evening on the boat with good food and drinks,we wake up early to have a solid breakfast before we arrived in Kiel.After 5 minutes Torleif began to feel some pain in the stomach,after maybe 10 minutes he was in terrible terrible pain.We had to get hold of a doctor on the boat to give him some pain-stilling,it was still 2 hours before we arrived at port.There was no doubt,Torleif had got kidney stones.. :o
Had to find a hospital in Kiel as soon as we could,he had kidney stones some years ago and had to stay 2 days in hospital before they came out.After some driving around,we finally could park the trailer and get him in to the hospital.The service there was really good,Torleif was taken care of right away.More pain-stilling was given to him intravenously.After some waiting Torleif complained that he was dry as a desert in his mouth,he also began to loose his sight..Hmm,what the hell was happening? ??? It turned out that the valve on the intravenously bottle was waaay to open,Torleif was really drugged.. :D :D
We could not beleive our luck when he walked out 4 1/2 hours later,in some lucky way the stones must have passed trough at the hospital.Torleif was hungry but just fine,got a box with drugs in case of trouble and we where ready to hit the road again.. :) :)

Yeah,back in business! ;)

From Kiel we had a nice drive down to Iserlohn and Udo becker.Thought I had a bearing problem on the front wheel on the way down,but it turned out to be only a patch of bad asphalt and a tired driver.. :D After a few phone calls we finally arrived.

We can't thank Karin,Udo,his mother and family enought for the kindness and hospitality they gave us.He was so kind to invite us to stay at his place,and we could drive together the last 250 km on Friday.When we arrived late Thursday evening,we had planned to sleep in the car.But Udo had other plans,he had arranged and heated up his sisters new caravan for us-it was awesome.Before we found the bed,Udo took us to a restaurant and we had the best meal ever. :)

Hi Stian

I think it was a very late dinner  :D

Udo

Hey Udo!
Yes,it was quite a late one,but it was soooo gooooood.. ;)

Friday morning we had a great breakfast and a shower,before we did a trip to the supermarket and a visit to his workshop.We fell in love with their house and the beautiful green fields with horses surrounding it.

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When we got back we had to say hallo to their lovely horses.I did'nt notice the steel vire around the fence,and of course managed to stick my hand trough it.Holy crap,I almost wet my pants :o I suspect that Udo had turned up the voltage just for me.. :D When I stopped shaking I was ready to race,loaded up Udo's car and headed to Bitburg  ;)
More pictures to follow...

Does the Lounge own his own Ferry Business?  ???  :D ;) ;)

Pics remind me our trip to SCC.  :D

I thought It would be a good investment to get good prices for you europeans to come up to SCC next year :-D

WOW - a new, great travel report here on The Lounge!! Thanks mate! Glad to see that Torleif had a good experience with the German nurses.... and I love the fact that Udo turned up the voltage for the fence... that`s one hell of a way to get rid of his competitors on the strip  ;) At least it got you hair back up again  ;D

Best rgs
BB

It would be a good idea to get a deal with the Stena line ferry .

By the way !!!!!! I forget to say a big THANKS to all the other Norwegian that made the long journey to Bitburg .  Thanks for comming !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

See you next year
Udo

So that you post all this pictures i want to mention that this is the horse that Karin takes care of . she does not only know how to ride a car on the track but also knows how to ride horses  :D And the little one gets larger each week  :)

Udo

Stian you have revealed Udo's secret way of getting more horses......

Nice report and hospitality! 8) 8) 8)

Tekken - what is it with Totninger and their sandals? In the middle of the winter??

Beetlebug,don't you have anything to do at work?? ;)

Finally we arrived at Bitburg "Flugplatz",a lot of cars where there already.It was time to unload the car and equipment,also got a lot of help from our norwegian friends-Børge,Tuomo and Rune-thanks guys!

Rune had to do some repairs on the tent,it's not the most fancy type but it works.. ;)

Matt keene also made the trip together with som friends,he was flying around like crazy on his skateboard.In the evening Udo fired up his grill,and we all had a really nice time together. :)

Delicious breakfast at the track with hot coffee,mmm..could'nt get any better than that.Was impressed by all the cars and people that turned up,think it was around 1800 trough the gate and even someon the outside.

Karin worked hard in the check-in,when she got time she made some really good times and cool wheelies in Udo's really nice black 67.

Don't have any pictures of the few runs I made,only some on video.Managed a 9.58 on the first run.The plan was to do a easy first run to check out the track.But the car hooked good and felt safe trough the gears so there was no need to step of the gas.
The second run was'nt so good.Drifted a little to the right after the start,and I was all over the place when I hit fourth.Just had to abort the run,it was slippery.On the third run the car launched good and straight.Suddenly lost a cylinder at the end of third and shut off at once.
After some wrenching and a leak down test it turned out that a exhaust valve had broken,that was the end of the racing for us. :-[ Appreciate the offer we got from Steve that he could help me vith a new valve.I just did'nt take the chance,in case other valves or piston was hurt.
I hoped the valves would make it trought two seasons,almost did though.. ;) Running with draw trough turbo is hard on the valves.

here're the pictures i took of you're first run

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Just too many pictures to post from the event,here you have a few..

Thanks speedwell,your pictures are awsome!! :)

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thx  ;)

Think this awsome barndoor did a 13.13 run.. :o

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We did'nt in our wildest dreams think we would be so lucky to get a Das Drag Day award,it was the icing on the cake.. ;D And the Chimay beer,mmmmmmmmmmmm.. ;)

Hi Stian,

It seems that is was for you an adventure just it was for me to come to SCC, time now to retreat for the winter and improve our cars for next year.
Greetz to everybody and I come back to you concerning the Vertigate shifter.

Sven.

Hey Sven!
Yes,I believe we both want to go faster.. 8)  My engine is in pieces already,and ready to receive some care.I have to hurry you know,only have 7 month until the next race..  ;)
Keep me updated on the shifter.. :)

Man, you're funny. You were the star of the show (9.58 out of the trailer?), and on top of that, you were super nice all WE long (I spent a good while checking your car with Xavier - you let him sit in it and explained all the controls). The car is fantastic, you deserved it.

(PS: But is it cal-look?  ;D )

Thanks! :) :)

After three awesome days at Bitburg,we where sad to see that the event was over.It was time to head home.. :'(

On the way home to Udo we thought it got dark pretty fast in Germany.Tried to turn on the lights,and then..what the hell??No lights at all,no wonder it got dark  :D Stopped and checked all fuses,but nothing wrong.Since we had only 20km left to Udo,we decided to keep close to Udo's trailer the rest of the way.After a tasty meal and a couple of cold Iserlohner beer we all took a sought-after shower and found the bed.

On monday morning we just had to take a final look at Udo's but mainly his brothers tractor,the Lanz Bulldog.With Torleif's history as an norwegian champion in tractor pulling,we of coarse fell in love with this cool ride when we arrived on thursday.Udo's grandfather bought it new,he gave it to their father and he gave it to them.It's a 2 stroke with one 5 L cylinder.Max rpm is 500,and you start it with a steering wheel.. ;D

More pics to follow.. ;)

Seems to be you guys had a great time! ;) :DI saw that first run,and WAW :o
Hope you come back next year. ;)

That`s the beauty of working behind a PC  ;) Thanks again for the great report - no need to go to any events with reports like this... except from the smell... I miss the smell of burning rubber.

BB

Hey Stian! Great pix and road trip report 8) Glad you guys got back home safely. What was the outcome of the broken valve? Any other damage? Congrats again on that superb trophy 8) Well deserved, of course! Matt Keene

MORE MORE MORE!!!!

This picture has played many times at my house over the years.... just with different faces.  The cars are cool, but it's the people and the hospitality that make it special. ;D

Great Report and great Hospitality Stian. Thanks for sharing.

Harry.

Hey Matt,thanks!
I think I was quite lucky.A light polish on the piston top and at the side of the valve seat,and it's ok I think.I'll replace all the valve guides,fresh up the seats and change valves.Also magnaflux all the engine parts for cracks.My valve stems is 11/32 (8.5mm) thick,think that was the difference between bending and not breaking.I'll post some pictures.. :)

Cool pics Stian, it was a great weekend for sure. See you around

Thanks for your report,I liked it.
And your run was aweshome.

Monday morning we where up early and ready to leave,after another nice breakfast together with Udo.Did'nt want to have any rush on the way back to Kiel,in case of any problems on the way.Close to Hamburg the rain started to fall,it was time to turn on the windshield wipers.What the fxxk..?Now we found out they did'nt work,neither did the heater fan.Was quite funny,we just wondered what the next problem would be.. :D

To go shopping 4 hours together with Barbro in Kiel sounded quite scary to me and Torleif,we had to come up with a plan.. :D  ;) Christian at CSP was really kind to invite us to come and vist their shop.When we arrived the boss Peter took us around the whole shop,it was really impressive.

Many different vw's was in the workshop to test and develop new parts and designs. :)

After spending a lot of time together with us,Peter invited us to his lovely house to have a closer look at his racecar.He uses a datalogger to monitor engine and suspension.We also need a new and bigger one in our car for next season,and therefore Peter gave us a complete introduction on the Racepak v300 and it's functions. :) He is also really interested in airplanes and flying.Has already build one plane,and he planned to build one more.. :o

When we left CSP,we where soo full of impressions from the whole trip that we managed take the wrong turn and headed the wrong way on to the autobahn-shiiit!!Time was starting to run out,we had a ferry to catch.Really had to STEP on the gas,managed to turn and arrived at the ferry 30 minutes before deadline  :D

A little tired and happy to be safe back on the ferry,we had a really good laugh when we tried to turn on some radio.At least two if not three channels where on at the same time  :D :D

On the way out of the harbor,we almost ran over some idiots out training in a rowing boat.It was a close call.. :o Out on the open sea we of coarse had to enjoy a big meal with swedish meat balls. ;D

 :D ...they did'nt move the whole evening....  :D

That's a really cool report of your trip to bitburg.Thanks for taking the time to share it with us.
I realy like your car and hope to see it racing again soon.

Michael

Since our trip mostly consisted of engines and big hp numbers,we just had to have a look at the engine on this boat. :D First we had a look in the controll room,had to take the smallest elevator ever to get there.Because of all the terror in the world,no people where allowed to enter the machine room.
After speaking with the mechanic a few minutes,I think he understood we where kind of hp crazy,and we where really lucky to join him down and have a look.Four V16 engines with 10000 hp each where running "flat out". ;D Could not take pictures,sorry..

Thanks Michael!
Yes,hope to see and race you guys again soon :)

Arrived in Göteborg Tuesday morning,and the drive trough Sweden was nice in great weather.Since we "unfortunately" did'nt have time to go shopping in Kiel,we had a little stop at happy price.We could'nt buy mutch,there just was'nt much space left.. ;)

After a nice lunch in the sun at the Norwegian Border,we drove the last bit home. :)

HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2300km,almost 7 days and a lot of memories.. :)

Nice trip ! 8) Thanks for sharing this. I hope that soon I'll do it reverse to go to SCC !

hello tekken how are you ??
Super pics and nice trip !! liou from france " the phantom lady team " 

What a fully comprehensive road trip! Sounds like you guys has so much fun - apart from the T25 Gremlins of course! Man, that's the last thing you need when you are tired and have thousands of miles to drive!
Hopefully next year I will make a similar roadtrip to Norway! I had better start saving my pennies now ;)

Getting out of shopping in Kiel was a master stoke of genious! How did you manage to pull that off?

Road trips to Europe is always great fun!!!  ;D
Nice to see that you had such a good time. See you soon Stian.

Very cool report, it was great to see you at ddday guys!

Just love your report and your car! Hope to see it live next year and also have the pleasure to meet your.

Regards from Åland

Good trip thank's for report

Some pics

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Other pics of this week on my  blog http://thething.skynetblogs.be/ (http://thething.skynetblogs.be/)

There's nothing like swedish girls  ;)

Awesome trip report, looks like you had a cool few days after the event too. Was great to see you run a 9 and to get a good look around the car, its beautiful and deserved to win a trophy. Was good to speak to you and we will see you ate SCC for sure, I hope you can come to England for a race at some point.

Regards.
Rob.

GREAT report!
That looked like a very fun trip!
Sorry about the valve failure.  :-[

thank you for this awesome report! this is what's it all about, and that's exactly why I'm into this "VW stuff".

Hey Marc, you don't get that from the inline 6 and V8 crowed??  ;)

in my experience, it's about the people, not the number of cylinders. (sorry for hijacking this thread) 

Hey Tekken
thank you very much for the help with your Tools.So I can modify my new Valve Covers.And thank you to Rune for the Translation!!!

A big thank you to all of you!!We had a REALLY nice in Germany.It's not all about the racing,but meeting all the great people.We hope to see you all again next year,at least at SCC if not before.Engine is diassembled to get a rebuilt and check the damage.Think we where quite lucky,nothing bad at all.I'll take some pictures tomorrow  :)

What do you think caused the bend valve? Weakend valve springs because of the ratio rockers maybe?
Please check valve spring strenght if you will and let us know how much pressure they lost (or not)..

Yes,I'll post some results,going to change guides,valves and check springs.The valve broke right off in the valve lock groove,dropped into the cylinder and got hit by the piston.

what brand of valves are you using?



Martin

Those are Manley valves.

Glad I could help Jürgen. See you around.

Hi

What a very (long) nice trip .

My favorite picture of your car ,at the end of the track

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Others pics of your car on my blog :

http://charlie48ida.skynetblogs.be/post/6287833/split-turbo-ddd6#comments
http://charlie48ida.skynetblogs.be/post/6284473/split-turbo-#comments

Cheers.

A few pictures of my engine,besides the strange looking valve it looks good.. ;)

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Looks like you got really lucky with so little damage,good luck with the repairs & upgrades!!  You are doing upgrades while its apart arent you ;) :D

cheers richie

Hey Richie,how are you!!
Yes,of course I'm doing some upgrades,I know you have a new and bigger engine going on.. ;)

all good here :)   You have to keep going dont you?any breakage should be viewed as a chance to improve something,and yes I have a couple of new engines to try,need to get some advantage to help the heavy car :D

Looked like you had a good time travelling south to Bitburg

cheers richie

Wow! Alu rods and roller cam  :o
Do the rods have no si-bronze bearing for the piston pin? If not, what do the pins run on?
So thats what it takes to do a low 9 sec huh  ::)

No roller guide wear after x passes?

Hi Stian

You had realy luck with this demage !! But i never saw a valve breaking there . I would change the rods , may be Don can tell you how long it can be used .


Regards from Karin also

Udo

Hey Airspeed,yes those rods make all the difference between a high 10 and low 9's.. ;) There are no bearing for the piston pin,alu rods on turbo are also more forgivable if you for instance get knock or detonations.I have to measure both ends and magna flux for cracks each time they are out.If that is okay,then they should be good as Don Pauter said.But I have no experience with them except two seasons in my engine now,so I considre to change them just to be on the safe side.The roller guides still look good after two seasons now,when they get worn I just change them.I also measure my roller lifters and look for cracks each time. :)

Yeah, I can understand the quicker revving of the very light rotating mass would make boost come on sooner.
Speaking of which and if your willing to tell us, whats the max boost you run at?

At the end of the season we ran approx 25psi,but had a lot of back pressure because of a too small turbo.New and bigger ball bearing turbo from PT going in for next season,and some modifications on the Holley carb to get more fuel.Looking forward to see how it works,just have to take it step by step..

Thanks Stian, great to hear you went so fast already with those boost figures.
Amazing to learn that that big turbo was actually too small!
Hope to see you go even faster. Very curieus what the difference will be.
Tnx again for the candid infos,
Walter

I think Stian needs some lightweight lifters and smaller springs . For a turbo engine there is no need for a roller cam !? May be he got some valve float with these heavy lifters and this is why the valve broke !

Udo

This is a good example for my opinion    http://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/detail.php?id=689767

And the CSP engine !!

Udo

arnt they going onto a roller cam next?

dont you think you can go wilder with the roller cam Udo? Ive been studying cams for ages now and the advantages and disavantages of the rollers.

i keep going wilder with my cam and the power is still climbing. dont know if a flat tappet cam would have the same control at 9000 rpm. Keep thinking about putting the motor on a Spintron machine and try out difernt cams and springs.


open to any idea's views on this subject...


Martin.

Hi Martin
I think the red baron and CSP 34 have good power  ;)

Udo

Yes,I'm sure a flat tapped cam would have worked more than enough for me.The thing is,I had already had the welded and reinforced Autocraft case, together with the rest of the engine parts to build a pro stock engine.Marty and I made a deal, and traded some parts that could'nt be used in the turbo application.

thats why im so interested in the subject, im having to use 700lb springs to control my valves. The V8 prostock engine builders ive been talking to about the subject say my springs are a little soft for my cam spec !!!!  you should see the size of pushrods im having to use to cope with the loads.

I did have valve float with 500lb at 7200 rpm. now the motor is happy all the way to 9000 rpm, no float so far.

Thats why I'd like to compare both setups on a Spintron


This subject could have a thread of its own, sorry for the thread jack!

This subject could have a thread of its own




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I agree Martin,we should make one.As you know I'm also really interested in idea's views on this subject-thanks.

Martin can start a new thread , but i think it was part of Stians trip to take a look at my work and learn only to use lightweight valve train parts   ;) . and now it is too late for Stian to go back to a flat tappert cam and light lifters  :D

Udo

Hi udo is it not so that alu rods size on higher rpm s an a hotter combustion and the copper head gasked shrinks when get hotter
to seal better ?

GREETS HENRI.

(PS owner of asmall green car also)

Hi
sorry i never used alu rods . Don't have any experience

PS (green cars are nice ) :-)