Rallybeetles

[TSAF]

Andrea & Jussifin there are always going to be organizational problems with special stages. Accidents like that could create major problems for the rest of your life therefore a HANS device is an absolute must these days.

[OldSpeed]

I'm building up a 1972 1300 Beetle for road rallies at the moment although its a long term project.

Basic specification is as follows:

Suspension and Drivetrain

- CB Performance camber compensator.
- Magneti Marelli gas shock absorbers up front.
- KYB GR2 rear shock absorbers.
- Adjustable front beam dropped 2.5"
- Uprated front anti roll bar.
- 5.5j Stock style steel wheels.
- 185/70R15 Goodyear tyres at present but will be upgrading to something a little more beneficial to handling.
- Fully poly bushed.

Engine

- 1300 twin port.
- Home ported heads.
- Engle 100 camshaft.
- CB Maxipump, and full flow oil filter.
- Single heavy duty valve springs.
- De-baffled stock exhaust with Cartune style flared straight through tail pipes.
- Reece Fish carburettor.
-1.25:1 Ratio rockers.
- Bolt up rocker shafts.

I've also got a KKK KO3 turbo, Volvo T5 intercooler and some other bits for phase two of the engine development but I'm only willing to do the turbo conversion if I can find a way to keep it looking clean and period.

Body:

Stock '72 1300 with all trim.
Kamei bonnet vent scoop.
Kamei rear vent rain guard.
Kamei front spoiler.
Raydyot front spot and fog lamps.
Europa over riders.
Door squares.
Lexan rear quarter and door window glass.

Interior:

-US Spec high back seats -  to be replaced with Salzburg style OMP Classic seats when funds allow.
-Securon harnesses.
- Fire extinguisher in passenger footwell.
- Porsche 912/4 tachometer.
- Hydraulic handbrake.
- Quick shift.
- Fully stripped interior painted in gloss body colour with black chassis.
- Oil pressure and temperature gauges.

 

[TSAF]

Nice project but unfortunately iit wont be FIA approved.

[OldSpeed]

Nice project but unfortunately iit wont be FIA approved.

I know... 

It will be used for Clubman Level MSA events here in the UK. I'm only 19 and a student at present so an FIA prepped car is way out of my price bracket. A full on Salzburg specification 1302 would be nice someday.

[TSAF]

nice, you are going to have lots of fun, thats for sure.

[Andrimot]

Hi

Fantastic news from Filand!!
1302s driven from Juhani L take the first place at a last race
against escorts.opels ..

Jussi tell us more!!!!

[Nico86]

I'm building up a 1972 1300 Beetle for road rallies at the moment although its a long term project.

Basic specification is as follows:

Suspension and Drivetrain

- CB Performance camber compensator.
- Magneti Marelli gas shock absorbers up front.
- KYB GR2 rear shock absorbers.
- Adjustable front beam dropped 2.5"
- Uprated front anti roll bar.
- 5.5j Stock style steel wheels.
- 185/70R15 Goodyear tyres at present but will be upgrading to something a little more beneficial to handling.
- Fully poly bushed.

Engine

- 1300 twin port.
- Home ported heads.
- Engle 100 camshaft.
- CB Maxipump, and full flow oil filter.
- Single heavy duty valve springs.
- De-baffled stock exhaust with Cartune style flared straight through tail pipes.
- Reece Fish carburettor.
-1.25:1 Ratio rockers.
- Bolt up rocker shafts.

I've also got a KKK KO3 turbo, Volvo T5 intercooler and some other bits for phase two of the engine development but I'm only willing to do the turbo conversion if I can find a way to keep it looking clean and period.

Body:

Stock '72 1300 with all trim.
Kamei bonnet vent scoop.
Kamei rear vent rain guard.
Kamei front spoiler.
Raydyot front spot and fog lamps.
Europa over riders.
Door squares.
Lexan rear quarter and door window glass.

Interior:

-US Spec high back seats -  to be replaced with Salzburg style OMP Classic seats when funds allow.
-Securon harnesses.
- Fire extinguisher in passenger footwell.
- Porsche 912/4 tachometer.
- Hydraulic handbrake.
- Quick shift.
- Fully stripped interior painted in gloss body colour with black chassis.
- Oil pressure and temperature gauges.

 

Looks like a nice project ! Keep us updated.

[Nico86]

Hi

Fantastic news from Filand!!
1302s driven from Juhani L take the first place at a last race
against escorts.opels ..

Jussi tell us more!!!!

Yes more infos !

[TSAF]

Jussi I need everything you have, photos, videos, details, etc.

[TSAF]

We need everything.

[Jussifin]

Juhani won his class on last saturday, marginal for the second  was 29sec. His beetle 1302 worked 100%, there was lot of snow and minus 7. A very fine day. The other fully rebuilt 1302 dark red, Villes superfine car was there also (the first rally after been rebuilt), but he slipped from the road into the deep snow on the 3rd stage and there was no helpers, so  his race stopped there. Type 3 notschbacks there was also two, one -65 1500 S Ari and 1600 L -71 with IDA:s etc driven by Jukka, both finished this rally nice.
Those both 1302 beetles + one more Kimmos also dark red 1302 will be in the same rally after 2 weeks, interesting to see how they will survive.
 One metallicsilver 1303 will join also the HANKIRALLI next week.


I try to find links for pictures when i have little more time...

We will go to rally with Ekis orange 1302 this saturday. The new agressive engine was in test today, just so little too late. So we will drive with old  little uppdated engine this time and we will start hard testing with new engine after this rally to be fully ready for our last winter cup-rally next month...The F-cup includes 3 winter and 3 summer rallys in Finland, + there is many-many other possibilities to join the other rallys.


Jussi
Jussi

[TSAF]

Nice but we need more details such as times on special stages, competitors cars, etc......

[Jussifin]

There is more timeinfo at tenab.net   Jämsä f-cup    f-cup seniors...
We drive in the senior class(drivers over 45year age) the problem is that the older drivers get free minus-time before the start. The older the driver is the more he gets advance-time. So the easiest way to win the cup is to be over 65 years old and drive carefully to finish all the races... 70 is the limit to drive, after it you can not get the licence to race. Eki is just too young for winning the cup easy.

The f-cup is for all kind off cars thats why it is very interesting and all the cars are fast. This 13.2. race was fun and again we reached the Ford easily on 14.9km specialstage. They started 1 minute before us and after we reached them, we drove long time behind them to find the place to drive past...

At one special stage we drove also out of the road into the deep snow, but luckily there were people near us, so they helped us back on the road again -but we lost so much time so the topplaces were gone. At the last specialstage (29.9km) we started after BMW and same situation again, soon  we found BMW:s rearlights in the front of us, then it was dark evening and after that car lot of snowdust in the air, so it was not easy to even see the road. We drove two times on the snowwalls but luckily again we didnt drop out of the road and then the BMW guys found a place to give us space to go past. After it was easy to continue to the finish and we got the second fastest time of that stage

Beetle worked 100%, weather was minus 15, only damages were; right runnigboard is now dead and one frontfender and rearsideplate behind the door on the right side needs some platework...

Next race 6.3. should be with the total new engine...  Some photos at  jp.galleria.net  and  rallikuvat.net   orange beetle number 101


Jussi

[Jussifin]

Now you have yours possibility to join the rallys: check 4sale... There is one raceready 1302 S -71 waiting for the new owner

[Jussifin]

Juhani L. made it again!!!!!! He won the historicrally-class today with 40 sec marginal to Ford... and was total 9:th on the race. Not bad with this 1302 with 1.6 rallyengine and IDA:s etc.

3 races in 2010 =
 
-1.st race =>stopped with broken frontshocks and broken pushrod
 
-2nd race=>1.st place!!!

-3rd race =>1.st place!!!!!!!


Congratulations for this fine work with doing a total new historicrallycar and nice drive again!


Jussi

[Nico86]

Great !

[Andrimot]

i am sure that something bigger come!!

Gongratulations to all team.

Andreas

[TSAF]

Well done

[Eric Ellis (57HotrodVW)]

Here are a couple of recent videos and a few pics of Australian Greg Ward and his hillclimb car.

Greg is the 2009 New South Wales Hillclimb Champion in the "Improved Production 1601-2000cc" class. That in itself is awesome, but even better is the fact that he drove his race car to and from tracks all over the country - no trailer required.

More pics, video, and info in this thread...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/lELKoWOKzgM" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/lELKoWOKzgM</a>

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/m6eh0ZVhehU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/m6eh0ZVhehU</a>

[Jussifin]

Nice picts Eric! You should come here also to take some...

Last news:

last week we finished with F-class beetle 1302 in the 5:th position in seniorclass winterrally. The car and team worked 100%, but with that timehandicapp-system we had no chance for better positions -only thing to go upper now is to get beetle faster...hah-hah.

Kimmo R. drove yesterday historic-rally also with a 1302 beetle (dark red), he finished fine 2:nd in class and total 6:th!!!!
Very fine raced for a guy who has just started to drive historic rallies in this season.

In that historicrally 1.6 class we can see that old-style IDA-beetles are very fast.

Now it is going to be little a pauss in those races, only small races + rallysprints are before may. So now it is time to develope more...

Also we are doing a complete new-style of historicrally-VW... -will be ready soon!


Jussi

[Nico86]

Here are a couple of recent videos and a few pics of Australian Greg Ward and his hillclimb car.

Awesome !

[Nico86]

Last news:

Great Jussi !

[Jussifin]

Next week the new historicrally VW will be at the american car show in Helsinki/Finland... showtime begins in next weeks friday.
The new idea with new IDA:s will be true


Jussi

[Jussifin]

The show is over, now begins the driving... The new IDA-idea is a Karmann Ghia coupe -68 for historicrally. The car is fully equipped for historicrally with all FIA-allowed parts in there. Engine is a 1.6 type1 with IDA:s + all racetuned, gearbox with all racegears and splitlimiter. Interesting set up for rallyroads... i will join historicrally + rallysprint with this soon.

Jussi

[Nico86]

Sounds good ! Don't forget to post upates of the project and races.

[Jussifin]

Project is done... try to post some picts soon

Jussi

[BeetleBug]

Jussi asked if I could post some pictures of his new Ghia. Beatiful car;

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Also note the race T3 and the Ghia in the background on some of the pictures.

Best rgs
BB

[Jussifin]

The other Ghia is made for circuitrace and especially for  the Finnish Urhonajot which is a 6 hour circuitrace for only aircooled VW:s! Normally that Ghia is in top 3 in those races. The type 3 is the Finnish "ratataksi" = ciruitracetaxi with subaru turboengine etc all race goodies + 6  raceseats !!!

The red historicrally Ghia will start rallyuse soon  -in the next month.

Jussi

[vwcab]

Nice car for rallying. 

[Nico86]

Great ! Can't wait to see it running.