Post Pics from racing engines

[Stripped66]

Not exactly racing engines but a picture of out garage's engine projects, all going into street cars and all should be finished before next summer.

Niiiiiice! Looks like you guys know how to party!

[BeetleBug]

Niiiiiice! Looks like you guys know how to party!

At least they know how they like their coffee served 

[bat69]

The engine bay of my 68 (BJ/IRS) circuit racer bug with its 1915cc twin plug, EFI engine.

[Frallan]

The engine bay of my 68 (BJ/IRS) circuit bug with its 1915cc twin plug, EFI engine.

Sweet!!! I like it.

[notchdrag]

my engine , www.notchdrag.blogspot.com

[jeff01]

I saw a lot of electric cooled engines in this thread....I don´t want to start discussion in this thread but some of thouse engines looked like they are used on streets too 

If anybody does please let me know in PM or here : http://cal-look.no/lounge/index.php/topic,16957.0.html

Thank you guys for great pics.

[Udo]

The electric fans are only for dragracing . The advantage is you can heat it up a little for oil and cool down the heads before racing. Never use it on the street

Udo

[Fast54]

Closer than ever...

Hakan

[Frallan]

Interesting F1 style injectors.
Beautiful in general, is an additional comment.
Thanks for sharing!

[Elnef]

Closer than ever...

Hakan

Nice 

[julienvwspirit]

Hi Folks,

Here is my 2332cc Street & Strip engine. 212HP on Dyno





See you soon
Julien

[henk]

a picture of my new 2110 with IDA.

henk!!!

[dangerous]

Here is my current 2715cc N/A combo:
11.00@121.46 @1780lbs



Here is my Autorotor blower engine that I crashed in Nov '02.
Never got a full power pass.
2965cc 42psi 10:1 1250 *F exh temp...madness!
147mph @ 1870lbs



Arrow points to 1.25" fuel line....yes 32mm.

Here is my most recent photo of my 2699 normally aspirated engine.
With recent upgrades to the cam, exhaust and ignition
it now makes 259 at the wheels and has run 10.70 @ 126mph with the car weighing 811kg,
and also a 10.72 @ 125,7mph with more weight at 820kg.
With a little more tuning and testing I think there is another tenth or two, and perhaps another 1.5mph.
It is a constant project in the works and I have many more upgrades to do in future years.

[spoolin70]

HAPPY NEW YEAR 

With the recent interest in the cal-look engines thread, I thought this one was worth dragging up again.
This is my new engine for 2014. Still at the parts collecting stage at the moment but machining/assembly should begin soon.

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Thanks
Darren

[Juggas]

Hi Stian,nice find.Who drove this car? 1302 or 1303?And what's the enginesize?
I went in 1985 to the eupopeanchamp. in Holland,and there was that "monroe" sponsored beetle from I think Nilssen.Great too see this bug flyin' low.
(those were the times) 

Hey.
I'm still searching for information regarding this car.From what I have heard and found out this car was driven by a famous norwegian rallycross driver named Thor Holm,at that time the car was yellow.I have been told that Thor bought a 4x4 beetle like this one from Michael Nordström-Sweden,the same guy driving the car you remember from europeanchamp. in Holland 85.My car also had the intercooler placed above the engine lid,before the former owner cut it away because he wanted to place the intercooler inside the car.It is possible it is the same car,hope to find out one day.Have come in contact with one of Thor Holm mechanics from the 80's,waiting to get some more information from him.Regarding model it's mostly a 1303 but with a 1302 front and straight front window,not sure why but was told beacuse of some sort of rules.Engine is a 2.3 with turbo/intercooler,porsche heads,Kügelfisher mechanical injection-can't wait to open it up and have a look..  

Hi Stian !
Michael Nordström lives here in Gävle and he likes to talk "old times" :-)
He hade help from Sune Jansson when building the engines to the rallycross cars.
Will try to remember to ask him about this car when I see him next time.

/Juggas

[Turbo_Rich]

My street/strip engine. 2459cc type 4 turbo 255hp 270ft/lbs torque at the wheels

[Mike Lawless]

The latest incarnation....
2332, MFI on methanol, best of 9.85 at 143mph. 1950 lbs, street legal. And fits under the stock deck lid

[Fiatdude]

Your Ghia is still the coolest example of a DRKC car in the world Mike -- --

Here is my attempt to challenge Mike for .. .. .. Oh crap, Mike wins -- I just exist in his shadow



2963, EFI on 100LL, street legal, Busted Trans, stuck in the garage, doomed to failure LOL

[BeetleBug]

The latest incarnation....
2332, MFI on methanol, best of 9.85 at 143mph. 1950 lbs, street legal. And fits under the stock deck lid

Hi Mike and a happy new year to you from Norway. For a long time I have used your blog and your car as an inspiration for my own cars and I even have to admit that I have stolen certain ideas from you over the years. Your engine is a perfect example on how nicely things can be done so thank you for posting.

I wonder if you would take your time to write a little methanol summary? How do you maintain your engine in between runs? What fuel lines do you use, pump etc?

Thank you!

Best rgs
BB

[dangerous]

New billet throttle bodies: 64mm

Made from solid blocks, over 100hours on a conventional milling machine.
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=58055&page=43

[Jim Gillum Racing]

Wow!  I don't think my Harley pistons are that big, lol

[Mike Lawless]

The latest incarnation....
2332, MFI on methanol, best of 9.85 at 143mph. 1950 lbs, street legal. And fits under the stock deck lid

Hi Mike and a happy new year to you from Norway. For a long time I have used your blog and your car as an inspiration for my own cars and I even have to admit that I have stolen certain ideas from you over the years. Your engine is a perfect example on how nicely things can be done so thank you for posting.

I wonder if you would take your time to write a little methanol summary? How do you maintain your engine in between runs? What fuel lines do you use, pump etc?

Thank you!

Best rgs
BB

I'll do that right here. You can copy and paste it wherever you like

Methanol is not as evil as many seem to think. I use an uncoated aluminum fuel cell, standard SS braided hose and SS hard line. I use Earl's AnoTuff fittings throughout.

At the beginning of a race day, I'll start the motor to get some heat into it. With the lower compression of the turbo combo, it needs a bit of starter fluid. When it had 14-1 compression, it fired easily with no starter fluid. Once it's running, I'll warm the motor by pulling the fuel shut off out enough to lean it out significantly. Enough to raise the idle speed a few hundred RPM. (With MFI, the idle mixture is typically much much richer than an EFI or carbed set-up would be. As such, leaning it out actually makes it run cleaner and warmer. However it needs to idle rich enough to respond to throttle)

The BIG BIG thing with methanol is keeping water out of it as it will pull moisture right out of the air. That is when it becomes corrosive. I also use a fuel lube. Usually Red Line. The car seems to like that the best. I don't argue with the car anymore. I never win those arguments.

If my events are fairly close together, I'll leave the fuel system full. After an event, I'll fill the fuel cell to the top and cap the vent. I've gone a couple weeks between events like this with no troubles.

If the events are farther apart, I'll drain the system thoroughly. I have drain valves and capped fittings set up at various points in the system to facilitate this easily. After the system is drained, I'll undo fittings at certain points and squirt some WD40 into the line and blow thru with air. After that, I'll mix some fuel lube (the same I use in the fuel when running) in about a 8-1 ratio with gasoline and pump that thru the system.

Then I'll try to fire the motor to get the gasoline thru. Finally, remove the nozzle lines from the injectors and then squirt some starter fluid into the intake and try to start the motor. When it gets to the point where it isn't trying to sputter anymore, it's complete. Remove the spark plugs and squirt a bit of WD40 into the plug hole.

The worst thing is allowing fuel to collect, then sit in the barrel for extended periods. It will draw moisture from the air and actually corrode the barrel where it puddles. That's why it's important to purge the motor.

Also, I ALWAYS remove the injector lines from the injectors after a days racing. Even if it's just overnight. I've found that because the nozzles are below the tank, even with the fuel shut-off closed, fuel still dribbles into the barrels. By doing this, I keep fuel from contaminating the oil excessively. After an event, I'll plug the oil heater in, remove the oil cap, and let it heat for several hours. This gets the oil hot enough to evaporate the fuel that finds it's way in.

It may seem like a lot of work, but if the fuel system is configured in such a way as to make it easy to do, it only takes about a 1/2 hour.

In my opinion, methanol is the perfect fuel for a VW. In the time I've been running it, (when tuned properly) the motor has never gotten hot. The hottest I ever recorded the heads was 200° after making three back to back runs. Now, I did have some cylinder damage at the March Meet in 2009, when our last four rounds were fifteen minutes apart. (This was mostly an engine building error on my part by setting the ring gaps too tight. It got warm, the gaps butted and scraped the cylinder walls). For normal events, it might see 150° and it's cool enough to lay your hands on the heads within 15 minutes.

[Lee.C]

New billet throttle bodies: 64mm

Made from solid blocks, over 100hours on a conventional milling machine.
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=58055&page=43

Amazing work!

[BeetleBug]

I'll do that right here. You can copy and paste it wherever you like

Thank you very much Mike! Very interesting! Currently using Ethanol and consider doing the swap on the new engine.

-BB-

[Ian Brown]

Here's my 1300cc motor built for Historic Touring Car Racing. 126bhp@7400, 96ft/lb@5500 (still has 92ft/lb@7400!!) Spec: 1285cc, 44 webers, Cam FK10, rockers 1:25.1 inlets 1:1 exhaust, VW twinport heads with stock size valves, CR 11:6.1, running on Sunoco RMR fuel, Cooling by ram air, 12v fan and twin external oil coolers.

[Lee.C]

Very cool 

[GetBackOnTrack]

Some Racing engines and heads from GetBackOnTrack...

Fell free to contact us on gbot@live.dk if you need Work done or check our facebook site "GetBackOnTrack"

Regards, Jakob.

[H_Aich]

[Frallan]

H_Aich, can you share the years of that engine?
Do you know what year and where the first ones with this 911 4 cylinder concept was built?
I hear Austri and I hear Germany around 1973-74. Could that be correct?

[H_Aich]

H_Aich, can you share the years of that engine?
Do you know what year and where the first ones with this 911 4 cylinder concept was built?
I hear Austri and I hear Germany around 1973-74. Could that be correct?

This is Walter Mayer´s engine (Höbart) ..... Austrian Rallyecross Champion 1981




Walter Mayer´s engine (Höbart) 1980


The first one was built 1976 by R. D. Höbart      Mödling/Austria

I am the owner of the last one, built 1993 by R. D. Höbart