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I remember that buggy well - in fact I'm in the Karmann Ghia in the other lane in your last photo... Mike's car was very well built, always ran perfectly and he was a great racer. I believe he worked for Williams F1, if I remember right. No idea what happened to the car though.
The fugitives that I remember racing other than Craig Winstanley were Nathan Underwood with Crazy Daze (sp?), which ran in the late '90's and has recently resurfaced with a chap called Mike Cott, Justin Aldred with his blue ali panelled one on Ercos, Jamie Lake with an all black one with a 1914 turbo motor (with Team Botch stickers, which is maybe where the Venners connection comes in?) and a green one which popped up with a turbo 1500 single port around 2003ish?
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Dec 16, 2018 17:31:44 GMT
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That ought to be a beast when it's up together! You're going to be seeing a lot of the sky I always thought the 009 dizzy was the one you wanted for VWs Something like this? Craig Winstanley's Turbolance - ran 9's with the turbo motor, and apparently is now used with a 1500 single port as a light aircraft tug on a small airfield somewhere in Scotland! An 009 will be fine for everyday use, especially if it's a Made in Germany one - I've still got one in mine. The lagginess they're renowned for is when paired up with a stock carb but the IDFs and the extra torque of the longer stroke crank will make up for it. Electronic ignition is a nice addition to it though. MSD is nice, as is Mallory, both now owned by Holley IIRC? Neither are vac advance but they have the option of different advance springs and stop collars to change the characteristics. To get the best out of that cam you'll probably have quite high compression - any idea what its set to? I'm estimating somewhere in excess of 140bhp, depending on the heads and compression ratio. I think you'll need a new flywheel though - get the complete rotating assembly re-balanced and it'll rev up to 7k quote comfortably!
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Dec 16, 2018 17:02:56 GMT
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You've had a serious score with that motor! Mine is a 2007 with the same cam, slightly better heads (not based on a VW casting) and 48IDFs instead of your 44s, and that's run 14.4 in my street car and 12.50 in my race car, which is probably a similar weight to yours. You'll scare the carp out of yourself with that - easy 12's at 100mph+ is in your future!
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Nov 22, 2018 19:00:02 GMT
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The 1200 is a 64mm crank, so youβll need to change the crank anyway... a nice 69mm counterweight crankshaft, forged rods, whilst in there you may as well put a lumpier can in too. 1641 barrels and pistons, youβll need heads, so may as well get 1600 twin port heads and then some twin carbs...... Am I helping? And a 76mm crank isn't much more than a 69mm counterweighted one. And to make best use of it you might want to go bigger on the pistons, so machine the case for 94's (up a bit from the stock 77's!). And if you're getting the case machined for the pistons you may as well get it clearanced for a bigger crank - its only another Β£60 or so - and an 82mm crank isn't much more than the 76, which isn't much more than the 69... Oops, you've just started to spec out a 2276! Nothing to do with me, honest Guv! Seriously though, if you want to go bigger, John Maher (ex-Buzzcocks drummer and top quality engine builder) once told me to go as big as you can afford. A 130bhp 1776 will be more stressed than a 130bhp 2276, need more regular maintenance and tuning and not return as many miles per gallon.
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Nice. I've got to agree with you about the two-vent lid looking best. I've got one ready to cut up to graft into my '67 lid but I've been putting it off for several years! I really admire that you just fire straight into things without overthinking it!
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Marvelous pictures, thanks. I used to love going to Bug Jam, but I also hated it at the same time. Exactly this. Went to my first one in 1995, raced there from '99 to '05, spectated in '06 then did a one day in '07 or '08. Not been back since. For me it changed when the "entertainment" got moved over from animal camping to pit side and we had to spend all night stopping drunks and druggies from climbing over our trailers and race cars, and even having bbq's on the track! I do like to see pictures tho!
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Back in the late 80's it was used in radio control car spur gears. It was great for the finer pitch 64 dp gears that got quite popular, presumably the injection moulded ones werent accurate enough. Easy to strip though!
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Oct 25, 2018 23:32:23 GMT
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Good choice on the Fuchs on Adam's Beetle - they are overused perhaps, but when they look that good its easy to see why.
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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1200 and 1300 have the same ratios, but yes, they are a little more sprightly of the line. You just trade it for high speed cruising, although motorway speeds are do-able. My gearbox is a '72-ish 1300 box with '66 short axles and tubes and a Superdiff (4 spider gears instead of two) that's been modified for better oil flow. It's managed 93mph at the end of the drag strip, but that engine will turn 7500rpm!
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Oct 20, 2018 14:51:35 GMT
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Yes, I do like what you've done! I used mk1 Golf headlights in mine - they bolt to the little tabs in the wings and get adjusted before the headlight ring goes on. Proper bulbs too! Ive got a Scat Dragfast in my car too, just until I find the Gene Berg one I put away "somewhere safe" about 8 years ago, but the thing that bothers me most about it is that the handle is LHD! Motorwise, you could build up a nice little 1641 with twin 36DRLA Dellortos, a decent header and a set of 1.25:1 rockers and double your horsepower, which to be honest is plenty. Gearbox will live and believe it or not, it'll do better mpg than using a stock carb...
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Just read this from start to finish. New interior looks much better, and the Nardi suits the style better than the Grant. I've got a Nardi in my bug too, it's great! I much prefer the tombstone lights too, and do I see wingtop indicators as well as bumper mounted ones? Maybe use the bumper slots as intakes for the front brakes?
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Sept 28, 2018 21:19:44 GMT
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My wife had a really early T4, the 1.9 non-turbo diesel. Damn slow, rotten as hell but ran on neat veg oil so pretty economical. When we bought it it had 18" Audi replica wheels with rubber band tyres and sat at stock height but drove pretty badly. Just before it was written off in a smash we put 16" Audi A6 alloys on it, which transformed how it drove. Lowering was next on the list - springs on the back and torsion bars on the front - but we didnt get the chance. Keep it a mild tickle (30mm drop) and it should ride pretty much like stock.
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Sept 28, 2018 21:07:39 GMT
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In a swingaxle, 4.375 comes in a 1200/1300 gearbox, 4.125 is a 1500 'box and 3.88 is the daddy - the drag racers friend, a 1600 ratio. They're the strongest factory ring and pinion so rather desirable. The aftermarket Superdiff tends to be drilled for s/a and irs r&p bolt patterns, so it's still a nice piece to have. If the AT 'box is really the wrong ratios, sell that one on and try the AH one. Give Peter Englezos at Cogbox a call and ask him if he'd be interested in it as a core, or bang it on eBay and make sure you use drag race and split bus, IRS conversion as key words!
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Sept 18, 2018 22:47:05 GMT
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17 is a good innings, and from reading your threads on here, they sounded like the best years a cat could have with you as his cat-dad. May he carry on in the land of eternal catnip.
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Sept 10, 2018 19:54:27 GMT
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I'm rather jealous of both of you! I'd take either...
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Itβs a 1300!!! So 34s are a bit overkill really I think, 45s would drown it You thinking wrong You get the 45's and then upgrade the engine capacity to suit I can't like this sentiment enough! it's probably why the first thing I bought after an exhaust and a pair of 36DRLAs was an 82mm Bugpack stroker crank... Although to be honest, luckyseven has one of the ultimate carbs - the Weber 48IDA. Just need to get another one now!
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Sept 6, 2018 19:32:24 GMT
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Quite right. Build it correctly and no worries for the future. There's that awesome mk6 cosworth fiesta that's been all over the net for the last few years, don't know if it's been through BIVA, but I don't think it would present a major problem. If Red Victor 3 can get through, anything can!
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Sept 5, 2018 20:16:52 GMT
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My wife has got an early one of these too - an '81 on a W plate, Devon Moonraker with a high top added, and just like yours it's a 2-litre type 4 motor on a 1600 gearbox!
My dad and a mate broke an '86 D plate one a while back and have still got the doors. I'll ask how much they want for them if you like. Pretty sure they've still got the dash too.
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Sept 5, 2018 20:03:23 GMT
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I'd go for number one. Gives you time to save for a stand-alone if necessary, or even keep an eye out for a cheap one popping up, and the project is still rumbling on.
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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Sept 5, 2018 19:56:31 GMT
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Ha! I'm good, me!
I believe that as soon as you cut into the monocoque, you lose the reg, so if it's a private plate, or one with sentimental value, put it on retention first. I think you are going to be stuck with a Q after BIVA, but as Kev (Kapri) says, q for quality!
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1968 Cal Look Beetle - 2007cc motor - 14.45@93mph in full street trim 1970-ish Karmann Beetle cabriolet - project soon to be re-started. 1986 Scirocco - big plans, one day!
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