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Frallan
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« Reply #30 on: March 17, 2014, 20:19:28 pm »





I love every little progress but this one is big for me.
It is a lot of planning but now I can both see and feel it.
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Frallan
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« Reply #31 on: April 12, 2014, 20:21:31 pm »







Upgrade. More hp. Autorotor 2,6 H
Thanks JM Tech for a good swop!
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Frallan
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« Reply #32 on: April 23, 2014, 19:48:22 pm »

Today I picked up my new front wheels.
Sent my 36 year old Avon Speedmasters to Jon Hansen in California.
They will be used on a nostalgia exhibition front engine dragster. Museum, not running.
In return he sent me these new tires and a stage disc. Thanks Jon!

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Frallan
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« Reply #33 on: May 09, 2014, 18:48:40 pm »

Another delivery!

New slicks! More traction and better gear ratio for my purpose.
Plus it does not have cracks like the 30 year old ones.




Supercharger stuff.
Restraints and blow off panels


Arm restraints


HANS


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Frallan
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« Reply #34 on: June 09, 2014, 20:00:31 pm »


Two very cool drawings I found.
Original drawing 1977.
Then the three wing front design that we built but never used. Pretty innovative to be 1978. I think.




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Frallan
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« Reply #35 on: November 04, 2014, 11:48:44 am »

Not a lot happened since spring on the dragster...but now with my beetle running again, basic clean up in the workshop, inverter heating going in, new fluoroescent electrical wiring soon (not like today with extension cords :-) ) , the dragster is in focus again.
Just got my S60 wiring loom from Martin at MEF.
Very professional! Thanks!

As I used to be professional wire loom maker (building three seater planes..... and not with extension cords) I had the initial idea to do my own loom but then changed my mind and invested in this one. I do not regret it.





For the sharp eyed you can also see a TIV trubo on the stand. So no, I have not changed personality, I keep on having few too many projects in the air at the same time, but that is just me.
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Airspeed
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« Reply #36 on: November 04, 2014, 19:33:51 pm »

Did I hear somebody mention 'type 4 turbo'??  Grin

Work on, you slacker!  Cheesy Cheesy Cheesy
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"...these cars were preferred by the racers because the strut front suspension results in far superior handling than the regular torsion bar front end..."  - Keith Seume.
10.58 @ 130 mph (2/9/2022 Santa Pod)
Frallan
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« Reply #37 on: November 04, 2014, 20:20:48 pm »

Nope....in fact I see that I wrote "trubo"...... Smiley

But yes, it originates as a Whipple SC engine way back when I lived in Poland and then turbo and now when I am living in the same place without traveling, it is time to do something about it.
Look, I posted a little bit about it on this forum before.
http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,20833.0.html
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Frallan
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« Reply #38 on: December 03, 2020, 15:19:31 pm »

Transbrake is inhouse now. Maybe it will be used in this dragster one day, probably I will try it first in my old -67 beetle.
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Keep smiling...


« Reply #39 on: December 03, 2020, 16:08:49 pm »

Six years later! Come on, there must be more to tell than about a transbrake...  Grin
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Frallan
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« Reply #40 on: December 30, 2020, 17:17:00 pm »

For sure...... but under  the title Pank II.
I bought a VW turbo dragster from USA. Raced it and now it is ready to race again..... no turbo, a large Whipple screwcharger.

http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,27338.0.html
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