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The last car to get finished for EBI at VW gasser garage was the EBI car,we had already converted it to a bus gearbox with Folts axle conversion but due to a lack of suitable rear wheels and some missing parts to finish the turbo kit and convert the car back to 4 wheel vw pattern brakes the car was left alone untill everything else was done,finally friday afternoon the last parts came in the mail and the wheels had turned up.
So we finished the brakes and the turbo system,it fired up straight away but was fairly rich.Everything was checked over and retightened,but that was it until monday when it drove onto the transporter under its own power for the 1st time.
Again when we were actually at chimay on friday it was left as we concentrated on getting the other cars running as well as possible and set up to there respective drivers liking,so friday afternoon it made it first pass,it sounded fine on the burnout but I had difficulty finding reverse an 2nd gear,then I missed 2nd on the run and it cruised through running a high 12.
On saturday we made some adjustments but I still had a problem getting 2nd gear but still managed to run 11.5,more adjustments were made with Mike herbert assisting and it finally seemed good,so 3rd pass and I was very carefull with the 1-2 shift and it runs 11.12@125mph.Our hope for the weekend was to run a 10,we wer now confident it would do this.
Sunday 1st pass the track had slowly got better all weekend and the air a little cooler so this was our chance.
I choose the left lane as it seems less bumpy to me and the car was suffering with the tracks variations in surface :o  So with the same style burnout as before I loaded the trans on the line and left at 6000rpm,it spun the tyres hard in 1st and 2nd but shifted fine and a few minutes later I was gretted by a very happy Russell telling me we ran 10.63@128.5mph which turned out to be low ET and top mph of the weekend ;D  I did get one more pass later on but had a broken lash cap causing it to limp to a 10.95@115mph.This was all with a maximum of 16lbs boost as we had no way to adjust it,so were just on the wastegate spring.

All in all a good weekend,with some fine tuning of the suspension to stop it squatting so much and a couple of other changes it should be a realistic 9 second car on a proper track,with a best 60ft of 1.69 and a 2.25 60 ft on the 11.12 run this weekend there is alot of improvement in it,
who knows maybe there will be a Yellow turbo car at SCC again this year ;) :o ;D

Thanks must go to Ray Schubert my partner in crime :D ,Kev Dawson,Wray & Dale for there help in finsihing this thing in time,Matt sanchez for doing what he does best in helping me actually get the car to the line and of course Russell Ritchie for having these stupid ideas   :D ;D   Allowing me to leave my mark on the "Yellow turd"



cheers richie,uk

Excellent reading and congrats. Would you llike to share the specs for us that did not attend EBI?

Couple of pics from the build

Loaded up and ready to go,then doing what I enjoy most :D

Indeed, drinking your cup of tea.  :)

Your engine with less compression ;)  and Garrett T3/4,holley 650 vac secondaries,tial wastegate,no idea on jetting,carb mods etc,we bought it from Ron lummus ready to go and he made the header etc as well

cheers richie,uk

OH and unported intake manifolds,just as they came from CB due to time restraints :o

cheers richie,uk

and moaning......  ;)

you forgot the front hub seal !!!

You got a picture of that then to prove it?   :D

And thats a VW GG trade secret :o


cheers richie,uk

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And sleeping on the line... :-*

Come on, that`s not fair. Everyone know that it takes a while to spool that turbo.

But fortunately its who gets to the finish line first,sometimes the dog lets the rabbit think it has a chance :D  then kills it :o

cheers richie,uk  

:D :D :D :D :D :-*

Cool,I like it! ;)
What boost?

Is that the old Moon Eyes car from Japan?

Only 0.17 sec faster.... we can play att SCC :-)

Thanks stian,

it doesnt have a boost guage so not exactly sure,but wastegate spring is supposed to be 16lbs so around there


cheers richie,uk

wobbly wheels don't help either!  Awesome time considering the lack of prep.  The question now is in 2yrs will it be in the 9's?

All going to plan it`ll be in the 9`s within 2 months.. :o 8) 8)

ahh SCC, Kev how's Egypt?

Me likey 8)

Glad to see Russel has gone darkside with one of his cars at last!

Congrats to you all for the hard work and tenacity 8)

Keeno

Leaving tomorow, it`ll be hot, sandy, full of pointy buildings & battered bay windows!

Very cool Richie!  8)

Love to see the EBI car at SCC, after all, what would it be without a yellow turbo bug??

 :D

Turbo lag... the few seconds when the guy in the other lane thinks he has a chance....

 ;D ;D

You make it look so easy(http://www.keversite.nl/forum/images/smilies/icon_respect.gif)

Hopefully it wont take too long for me to come out and play with you ;D

Michael

if you use my rubbish 60ft calculation which is massively incorrect, Richie should be able to run an 8 at SCC ;D

nice run, Russell was ecstatic when the 10.63 came up

it would be great to have the car at SCC, we will try, it would be even better when we get a nine..... and yes we will aim for the lowest 9 possible, watch this car in the future it will go go go.  ;D

Any pics of the custom made CSP carb cover?

Ruusel & Richie, without giving away an GG secrets I would love to hear more spec/details on your setup. Thats very impressive times for the cars first boosted runs, even with a turbo 'old hand' at the wheel ;) !

I had to delete them, apparently it's a secret prototype.  :o

They are for sale for 25 euros each

not for sale
better keep it secret
custom made for the VWGassergarage racer  ;D ;D ;D

GREAT work guys and great driving Richie!!!
Will it be @ the SCC? Will it set a new best ET? Only time will show!  ;D