A purpose built street car

[Jyrki]

Hi,

I guess it's my turn to write a short story of my project, with a couple of pictures...

As some of you may know, I started a chassis car project two years ago by buying Leif Nyström's old car (without engine & transmission).

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The original plan was to replace the body with an all-steel oval-window body. I found an early '53 oval window in the summer of 2008. I believe it is a very special car; from what I can see from the picture, even though it was built 3/1953, it has split window doors and grooved trim from the factory. My guess is that they used some old parts at the factory?

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I stripped the chassis and the body

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and did a mock-up of the car

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[BeetleBug]

Dam, has it started to snow in hell? A Fin making a project thread 

Looking forward to your updates. Love the heading, it`s long between purpose built street cars 

[Jyrki]

Some time passed by and in late summer 2009 I was doing some work on the car, and somehow started to re-measure the chassis. Ooops. some of the tubes were undersized and it was illegal for racing in Finland. I was more or less forced to divest the chassis and go for a new one. A pity, since the chassis had served Leif well, running hi 8s at 250km/h++

I contacted RLR, and we specified the new chassis; CrMo chassis with a Funny Car cage (SFI 25.4, 7.50sec), ladder bars, K&L beam...

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The chassis was shipped in late January

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During the shipping I prepared the body and axles ready

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[Jyrki]

The container arrived in early March

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And the same night I had bolted on the axles and wheels

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The following day I put on the body

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[Jyrki]

The 10" wheels barely fit inside original fenders - there ain't too much space between the tires and the valve covers, but the engine fits behind a closed deck lid

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I had a 70mm narrowed beam available, but I need to narrow it more, prob 6"

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The rear apron had to be cut to fit the oil pump

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[Jyrki]

The contrast between grooved semaphores and Funny car cage

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A street car with a SFI sticker

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A special picture for Richie 

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And the car on scales. My estimate is 770-800kg race ready with driver, it is a full steel street car after all 

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[Wout]

Awesome! Looks stunning 

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Wout

[Trond Dahl]

Looking really good!
What engine are you putting in?

[Zach Gomulka]

Holy crap!

[richie]

A special picture for Richie 

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    As long as they stay there thats ok    

Jyrki,it looks really good,like that the decklid closes properly,what offset & sizes are the wheels? 

cheers richie

[Ragtop]

Man, there are so many cool cars being built all over Europe right now. I am so glad to be a part of it.

Very very nice Jyrki!!

[Berger]

Wow, what a racecar Jyrki!  Thanks for sharing!
I`m on my knees now and pray that this is the car you are bringing to SCC this year 

[Jyrki]

Hi,

I can't even dream of driving it this year, probably not even 2011. Even though I have sold 2 1/4 cars during the past 2 years to be able to focus my limited time&money for this project, it'll take a couple of years to get it running, maybe more. I don't have a timetable for it, but I must admit I am anxious. This year my goal is to run my '65 beetle which has been woken after 4 years of hibernation.

Turbo engine, most likely the Pauter engine that I had in the '55 in naturally aspirated form.
Wheelie bars for both cars Richie, unless Kalle arranges Unlimited Street Europe 
The wheels are Billet Specialties (cheapest SFI 15.1 wheels), 3½" front with 1.75" Back Spacing, and 10" rear with 3½" Back Spacing. 10" is overkill, but this is all about "look & feel". Axles are 5" narrowed.

Jyrki

[Eric Ellis (57HotrodVW)]

That carage and the vehicles that it contains seems familiar...

Looking good, Jyrki - Thanks for the updates and info!

[vwcab]

Just AWESOME,great lookin' car you are building.Keep going on.
 

[BeetleBug]

Wow, a 3.4 litre turbo monster? That should be able to move this thing on the streets for sure. It looks like a tight fit for the exhaust pipe on the 3/4 side but surely you will manage 

Unlimited Street Europe, now that would be a lot of fun;

1) cruise
2) race
3) BBQ
4) Bragging

how about adopting the US rules?

 
•   Any four cylinder, air cooled, rear-engine VW powered vehicle allowed
•   Minimum vehicle weight (with driver) 1700 lbs (can be changed)
•   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
•   Vehicles must complete an approximate 20km street Cruise prior to the event
•   No tow vehicles allowed (Vehicle must drive to the Starting Line and return to the Pits under its own power.)

Just for fun!

Best rgs
BB

[Jyrki]

Unlimited Street Europe, now that would be a lot of fun;

1) cruise
2) race
3) BBQ
4) Bragging

how about adopting the US rules?

 
•   Any four cylinder, air cooled, rear-engine VW powered vehicle allowed
•   Minimum vehicle weight (with driver) 1700 lbs (can be changed)
•   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
•   Vehicles must complete an approximate 20km street Cruise prior to the event
•   No tow vehicles allowed (Vehicle must drive to the Starting Line and return to the Pits under its own power.)

Just for fun!

Best rgs
BB

Sounds perfect! Count me in.

Jyrki

[taffy apple]

Truly awesome car you are building there Jyrki
Keep up the good work,

[Lee.C]

Wow, a 3.4 litre turbo monster? That should be able to move this thing on the streets for sure. It looks like a tight fit for the exhaust pipe on the 3/4 side but surely you will manage 

Unlimited Street Europe, now that would be a lot of fun;

1) cruise
2) race
3) BBQ
4) Bragging

how about adopting the US rules?

 
•   Any four cylinder, air cooled, rear-engine VW powered vehicle allowed
•   Minimum vehicle weight (with driver) 1700 lbs (can be changed)
•   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
•   Vehicles must complete an approximate 20km street Cruise prior to the event
•   No tow vehicles allowed (Vehicle must drive to the Starting Line and return to the Pits under its own power.)

Just for fun!

Best rgs
BB

Now thats sound PERFECT - I want in 

[Tekken]

Awsome project Jyrki,can't wait to see this car finished-love those wheels!

Stian

[Rasser]

Cool project!

I remember seeing your green oval pauter powered monster at SCC a few years ago, and i think you won an award too, right?
That car had some serious punch, and turbocharging it just sounds insane    ... in a good way 

I loved your green car! very cool.

[Ragtop]

Wow, a 3.4 litre turbo monster? That should be able to move this thing on the streets for sure. It looks like a tight fit for the exhaust pipe on the 3/4 side but surely you will manage 

Unlimited Street Europe, now that would be a lot of fun;

1) cruise
2) race
3) BBQ
4) Bragging

how about adopting the US rules?

 
•   Any four cylinder, air cooled, rear-engine VW powered vehicle allowed
•   Minimum vehicle weight (with driver) 1700 lbs (can be changed)
•   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
•   Vehicles must complete an approximate 20km street Cruise prior to the event
•   No tow vehicles allowed (Vehicle must drive to the Starting Line and return to the Pits under its own power.)

Just for fun!

Best rgs
BB

All of a sudden I feel the urge of building my ragtop back to racetrim hehe

[max2919]

I want to play to...

[Airspeed]

Sounds like a cool class that I would like to be in if at all possible 
How much 'aircooled' are you talking about Kalle? Cylinderheads aircooled? intercooler aircooled?

(awesome build too Jyrki!  )

[BeetleBug]

Sounds like a cool class that I would like to be in if at all possible 
How much 'aircooled' are you talking about Kalle? Cylinderheads aircooled? intercooler aircooled?

(awesome build too Jyrki!  )

Aircooled, just to make sure Skinne does not dominate the class 

On a more serious note, this is something I have been talking to Jyrki about over a beer or two and nothing more serious than that. But if there is any interest for it perhaps I should take it further?

Sorry for going off topic in your project thread Jyrki.

Best rgs
Kalle

[Wild Hare]

Zowie Batman!

[Martin]

Awesome project!


Keep the pics coming!

[Jyrki]

Minor progress on the car...

I built a new 6" narrowed front beam, and now the wheels fit the way they should:

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The chassis and the body are attached together with temporary mounts. There is still some adjustment to be done; at the moment the body is 2mm off-set.
With 28" tires the stance is close to what I had in mind:

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It is a very tight fit to get everything "inside the car"; the header and oil-pump vs. rear apron, intake vs. deck lid, injectors, wheels, valve covers vs. rear tires etc. As an example, I had to cut the rear apron for the #2 exhaust primary pipe, but the deck lid still closes:

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I also started fabricating the header. The pictures are even worse than the ones above, so I won't include them. Anyway, the turbo will be located next to the transmission nose cone / behind the co-driver's seat. I am aware the tubes are pretty long, but I really want to locate the turbo, IC, tanks, battery etc as much as possible to front/right/down to optimise the center of gravity. I hope the turbo will spool up w/o problems, it is a moderate size turbo on a big engine.

20% done 80% to go?

[AntLockyer]

Inspiring stuff.

[splitblitz]

This gonna be a fantastic car!