Tom's UVA fugitive, Tom runs a 14s quarter mile :)

Spoke to Earls a while back, we only need 5 bits of hose;

Tank to pump (about 8”)
Pump to filter (about 6”)
Filter to a Tee piece (about 12”)
And from the Tee to each carb (maybe 24” each)

So not a lot of hose, but it’s going to be expensive from them! So will probably look around. There is Goodrich stuff on eBay so maybe that (?)

I’m a way off needing it , but it’s something i’ll need too look into .

I’d rather use something that’s recommended by someone that’s used it as it could end up a costly mistake , in more ways than one , if I choose the wrong stuff .

I used this on my bus:
www.advancedfluidsolutions.co.uk/32mm-id-18-100-bio-fuel-hose-diesel--petrol-22400209-2012-p.asp
expensive but reassuring.

Not a lot happening with the Fug, we’ve been busy with the Corsa (which I’ll update elsewhere) and parting out a Lupo Sport.

The sport has been picked clean now



So we’ve stashed a load of bits and also put the Fug away for the winter



Which meant that the drive was nearly clear again….. I’ve been keeping a look out for a cheap lupo, as a weird compromise between a beetle (that Tom would like) and something new and incredibly safe (which Lucy would prefer) And this popped up….. unfortunately I’ve got a hankering for an oak green mk2 golf. But I keep watching them (along with many other cars) slowly disappearing into the fiscal sunset.
You may notice this isn’t an oak green Mk2 but if you squint and get offered one of these at a cheap enough price it’s almost the same









It’s a ‘99 1.4s, so it’s a 16v 75hp one. And from other peoples research we found out that it’s actually cheaper to insure than a 1ltr (I guess because all the youngsters went for the 1ltrs, and these were driven by giffers or something) it’s pretty straight, isn’t too rusty (there is some bubbling in the roof channels that needs looking at), came with a fairly big stack of old paperwork and had the cats fitted! This is important because if it is a dog then the cats will weigh in for more than I paid… so if Tom doesn’t keep his head down, it’ll go over the bridge


Plan for next year, as long as Tom works hard towards his GCSEs is to sort him an MSA licence once he’s 16, and then he can do some drag racing. Santa Pod is only 30 miles away so pretty accessible. Because of the issues with the Fug and the tubing etc, he’s not going to be able to use that, wouldn’t be a problem if it had a roof and windows etc… so since this does we’ll play with this for a bit instead.

There’s a few things that need doing, the exhaust is blowing, so it’ll probably get a cheap eBay system put on. last MOT the brakes were an advisory, but there’s an invoice for new discs and pads the year before, so it might just need using a bit. Mot runs out in November so I may sort the exhaust and get an MOT, or possibly just park it up and sort it after Tom’s GCSEs

But critically it came with about half a tank of fuel, so today we used it to go to the National Finals at the Pod, here is it’s almost first fill up shot, except… no fuel!



I appreciate it’s not really retro, it’s pre 2000 so I guess it’s fine, but though it’s 6 months older than the Corsa, the Corsa is an older design getting towards the end of its production run whereas this was a fresh and new design in the late 90s



But I’ll update anything we do on here and see where it goes

Excellent.


Well done on the MOT.


Green Goblin looks brilliant, and Iove the seats

Great news on the mot
And was good to see Tom his pal and you at RR weekender
Always good to have a chat👍

Loving it.

Since last post we’ve done some things,

Tom went to his Prom in the Fug, typically it decided to rain just about the time we left. But he was happy anyway

We went to a local beer festival/car show with some other local VWDRC friends. The aircooled were a caged ‘65 samba with type 4 motor, a 1776 baja and the Fug



We’ve been having a clear out. We sold the 1300 we built right at the start of this thread, lots of memories attached to that engine but sitting in a shed isn’t doing it any good, and it gives us some funds for other stuff



Sold the ICTs seperately, and refitted the solex and got it running on the stand and it sold within the week.

We then bought some bits for the Fug. Carb rebuild kits and some new filters.





Steve with the baja rebuilt the carbs for us, and we also fitted next size up main jets (went up to 165s)

Reason for rejetting was because we fitted an old janky merged system and stinger to see if we could get a bit more power from it.

It made 100hp on the dyno, but went flat at 5k, the system we had fitted is lovely and absolutely fine on the road but always had a suspicion that was the reason it ran out of puff

To fit the stinger we had to cut some of the engine cradle about, but we got it on





We also swapped the dizzy from the 009 to a pertronix billet one at the same time too. The 009 sometimes has a bit of hesitancy when accelerating hard, it’s well documented as one of the downsides of them. The pertronix is also a centrifugal advance unit but can be adjusted with different springs on the bob weights. So is now set so we have full advance by about 3k

We then set it up, we had an air leak as there was no gasket at the merge but it did give us some good pops and flames







We took it up the road and it felt stronger and more urgent, so we were happy… plan was to run it at VW Action

The monster tach was over reading revs, we think the pertronix gives multiple sparks which confuse the tach, checked the calibration (that the blue and brown wires were cut/not cut) and we were over reading instead of under reading. The quick fix was to wind the shift light point up to 10k as it’s a 10k tach, but this is still no good as it’s still making power beyond the shift light

Steve went out next for a run, but when the light came on, he did what he’s been doing all season in the baja and shifted and so got into 4th on his run, so ran a 14.58

He ran against Tom in the lupo





Myself and Steve had only signed on for racing on the Saturday, and it was nearly time for the track to close, so with having to let it cool he didn’t get another chance.

So we parked it up, refitted the belt and left it.