Aircooled VW South Africa

Hi,

Very nice!! An inspiration to us all !!
Hope I can see it in action !!!
Keep up the good work!!

You gonna give us a cost posting of the engine as well as total hours spent on building this beast???

For my own sanity I did not keep track of the prices. If I would esimate the engine, fuel injection and turbo setup is in the region of R65k. Parts only, not even to mention the labour aspect.

Very nice!! An inspiration to us all !!
Hope I can see it in action !!!
Keep up the good work!!

Thanks Wentzel.

hey wentz long time no see!hows your turbo bug doing?4age lets just hope you dont pop the motor on first run...id cry like a girl...a 2bug im with you on that,this bug is my wet dream!

lets just hope you dont pop the motor on first run

I highly doubt that would happen, it's got all the right bits. But yes I'd cry like a girl.

lol!ja..for 65k i should hope its al the right bits! are you guys still working on that drag bug?

are you guys still working on that drag bug?

The drag bug's engine is almost done. Just a couple of small things left, then it's the final jigging up of the chassis and components before it all will be sent through for power coating.

That thing is going to be a monster.

Cannot wait to hear it!

What kind of power and times are you guys expecting from this thing...and if you think its gonna be a monster then you better know its gonna be one...

We're hoping for + - 250 wheel kw @ 1.5 bar boost. With that kind of power to weight ratio we should be into the 9's easy. Time will tell.

Monster is an understatement!!!wicked!!!

hEY 4Age,

at 65k just for the engine parts I dam well hope this things kick serious ass man. It means it might take a while for me to reach my dream...

Do you know of anyone reliable to build a motor for me down here in Durbs. I dont have the technical expertise to build one myself???

Shot...how is she coming along??

Where will you be doing races? Tarton??? Have to drive up to share in the adrenalin....

2bug im in the same situation theres no one that i know of here in durbs that works vw engines...you could try volkspares in umgeni road and find out if there is anyone around here...

Hey Dubster,

I dont really deal with them. I can get the same parts as they do at a much better price.

I know Mr. Peter Chadwick builds bulletproof engines but it comes at a price. he does line boring at R500 compared too others that do it for R350.

Head I will send down to George for the guys to do it there...

Then again we could hunt 4Agedub down and hold a gun to his head to build us some kinda performance motor....he got it waxed...lol

4agedub wrote:We're hoping for + - 250 wheel kw @ 1.5 bar boost. With that kind of power to weight ratio we should be into the 9's easy. Time will tell.

THis is Without a dout capable with the set up that is going in to the drag Car

I am hoping to also get my buggy running this year again and it will be nice the bug and beetle kikking ass on the strip
But I first need to build a decent roll cage

Didnt know you stil had the buggy...wicked...ja its time that we see some killer acws apear...2bug do you know what a centre mounted intake manifold for a downdraught would cost?how much would this guy ask to do a cam...