Dyno Day/Silverdollar Showdown 3/8-3/9

[NO_H2O]

Dyno Day will be held at AllSpeed in Peachtree City, GA on Sat March 8th and the Silverdollar Showdown (VW drag racing/swapmeet/car show) will be held at the Silverdollar Dragway in Reynolds GA.

Dyno Day Info
http://bkcruizers.com/forums/viewforum.php?f=16&sid=b364266b7c2da20e7bc8dd0619be9745

Silverdollar Showdown Info
http://www.sevwa.com/events/silverdollar.htm

[wrenchnride247]

I'm in! :D

[petevw]

Me too!

Anybody else from the GTA going?

Pete

[Lazarus]

looks like i may be there with the new 2316. its hard to tell right now. even if the new plant is not ready i may still come and watch.

[NO_H2O]

The progress of my Type 4 will hinge on heads and exhaust.

[petevw]

the new 2316

ohh really.... do tell. Sold the 2275?

So is it a 2316-200?

c'mon, spill the beans.:lmao:

[yellow73]

I hope to get there. It would be great to have a strong Type IV showing in 2008, mine was the only one to dyno last year, I think....

[petevw]

Nigel, what power did you put down?

If there is a strong T4 showing, I MAY convert. :eek:

[Lazarus]

Nigel, what power did you put down?

If there is a strong T4 showing, I MAY convert. :eek:

drivablity is the biggest reason to convert. after nigel drove my car at bug-a-palooza the first thing he said was it seemed like forever b4 the thing wanted to go. btw that was the 2275's last drive b4 it got on a boat to the land down under.movin on to bigger and better things. its all about the torque.

[yellow73]

Pete,
If I remember correctly it did 128HP at the wheels.
It is the same car and engine that I drove to Savannah from Atlanta and back (250 miles each way) without missing a beat in 90+ degree heat.
This is with a 2270 built in 2002 with 8.5:1 CR.
Laz brings up a good point - it is very driveable - it can do 30 in 4th and then keeps pulling until you let off.

[petevw]

Sooo.... whose T4 can i take around the block? :D

[NO_H2O]

Pete, no I still have the 2275 and it is for sale. I'm sure we can get you a ride in a T-4 powered vehicle.
We just got back from a brutal road trip to Baton Rouge delivering a Bus, Herbie Jr. go kart and fit a Tilton # pedal set w/3 master cylinders in Herbie X. Dave (Herbie X's owner) said he will try to clear a spot in his calender to drive up for Dyno Day.

[petevw]

Pete, no I still have the 2275 and it is for sale.

Really? I'm interested, please PM me the details.

[Panelfantastic]

Accomodations? I saw where a bunch said they were staying in Perry? Looks quite a ways from the dyno event, definately going in the wrong direction for anybody coming in from the north. Why not stay in Peachtree City?

[NO_H2O]

Days Inn or Best Western in Peachtree City were the ones for Dyno Day last year. I don't have phone info for them but I'm sure they have info online.

[Panelfantastic]

I don't have anything to bring to the dyno but I am trying to make plans for being there on Saturday. Sounds like it will be a lot of fun, even just for a spectator.


Jeff-

[NO_H2O]

Let me know and I will get your 6 rib over to the event for you.

[Panelfantastic]

Thanks Dave! Was waiting to be sure I can get off for the event. Definately planned to settle up while I'm there. Sending you a PM.


Jeff-

[petevw]

I've stayed in Peachtree City for the Dyno day, and in Perry for raceday. Will do it again like this. The Dyno was right around the corner from the Hotel. Peachtree City to Perry is quite the drive to do in the morning of the dyno.

Need to do some basic maintenance on the car and i'll be ready for the drive.

Will there be another VW show at the dragstrip? I'll shine up the TDI and enter it in the watercooler class. :lmao:

Long distance award? This was my drive last year: :D

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/petevw/GA_2007/route.jpg~original

Might go through Detroit this year.

Pete

[NO_H2O]

Yes there aill be a car show at Silver Dollar.

[yellow73]

I hear Detroit is nice this time of year......

[NO_H2O]

Really? I'm interested, please PM me the details.

It's yours Pete. I will have it ready for you at Dyno Day.

[southeastvw]

A little late on posting this! Been Busy! Thanks Dave for getting a thread going!

Come join us for the SEVWA's Silver Dollar Showdown #6
Held March 9, 2008 AT Silver Dollar Raceway in Reynolds, Ga
This event is an All VW Car Show, Swap meet and Drag Racing and
features The ECPRA Pro Stock Heads up racing and the popular Street Challenge.

If you plan to attend, please take a moment and review the information and pre-register for your spot.

Also join us at the BKC Dyno Day on March 8th. Details are on the website below.

For more information go to http://www.sevwa.com/events/silverdollar.htm

[petevw]

Kathy,

No aircooler's coming from north of the border this year. Looks like i'll be driving down solo.

Can i enter my Golf in the waterpumper show Sunday?

Dave, please clean/degrease that motor. ;)

Dammit........ still have to book the hotels. :eek:

See ya'll next weekend, :D
Peter

[wrenchnride247]

Will see you there (with no aircooled also :( ) It's still a great time!

[NO_H2O]

I always keep the engine clean. It looked great when I pulled it out.:D

[southeastvw]

Kathy,No aircooler's coming from north of the border this year. Looks like i'll be driving down solo.
Can i enter my Golf in the waterpumper show Sunday?
Dave, please clean/degrease that motor. ;)
Dammit........ still have to book the hotels. :eek:
See ya'll next weekend, :D
Peter

Yes you can enter your Golf in the Show.
Please provide me the following
First last name(sorry I forgot your last name!)
Year Model Color (stock or mod?) Only have 2 classes for water
City, state, CANADA

[zen]

i plan on making it Saturday if i get a few things done to the car. i'll only be hanging the one day though.

i need to look up the date, but plan on hitting the GT car show again this spring. the last one was great.

[petevw]

Yes you can enter your Golf in the Show.
Please provide me the following
First last name(sorry I forgot your last name!)
Year Model Color (stock or mod?) Only have 2 classes for water
City, state, CANADA

Peter Sipsis
2001 Golf TDI, Black/Stock
Toronto, Ontario
Canada


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[zen]

Surgery recovery is taking longer than I expected, but I'm hoping to still tackle my electrical woes by next weekend and have the bug at Dyno Day.

The GT show is end of March. I'd love to see some regional GLs there. Details here: http://www.gatechautoshow.com/

[petevw]

Fellow GL'rs, come by and say Hi! :D

I'll be driving this:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/petevw/TDI/DSC00170.jpg~original

Pete

[yellow73]

See you this weekend Pete...

[NO_H2O]

It was great to see Panel, Nigel, Wrench (and family), Jake/Beth and PeteVW. Beth's car is looking great and put down some big numbers. Nigel took to the track and I missed it. Pete, I hope the trip home was smooth and the engine serves you well. I hope the 6 rib works well for Panel too.

[Panelfantastic]

Thanks Dave! Good to see you and Wrench also. The biggest thing the 6 rib and the dyno day will do is getting me motivated to get something aircooled up and going again.
I think my buddy Randy that was with me (ex Cali resident, jst moved back to GA) was most impressed by Beth's car. He loved the look of the whole car and the nasty way the engine sounded. He's so jaded by the sand scene and hanging out with the Lauffers, it takes 500-600hp just to get his attention most times.


Jeff-

[massIVe 79 vert]

It was one great weekend!

Seeing Nigel givin' it hell on the strip was awesome! He was absolutely shaking in his boots after that first run :nervous:

And spankin' some smack-talkin' California ass on the dyno Saturday was pretty sweet too! I think somebody is having to eat a lot of crow after all the smack talk that went on over at the BKC forum the past few weeks.

Thanks to No H20 and Wrench-n-Ride for all the help getting my car ready for the event. It certainly would NOT have happened without all their help. :cheers:

[Wally]

I would really like a pic of the finished GL cabrio!
3 posts and no hp numbers of Beth's car?? So, what did it make and at what rpm?

[NO_H2O]

I can't remember what RPM it pulled but I think it made 197 HP and 202 lbft of torque at the wheels.

[massIVe 79 vert]

I would really like a pic of the finished GL cabrio!
3 posts and no hp numbers of Beth's car?? So, what did it make and at what rpm?

It put down 195 at the wheels and 206 on torque. It was all at around 5500 rpm.

http://images36.fotki.com/v1160/photos/2/245213/5995726/Reynolds015-vi.jpg?1205113429

This is a pic someone took of the car in the show area at Reynolds on Sunday.

[massIVe 79 vert]

Yellow73 (Nigel) put down 127 hp and 142 ft/lbs torque with his 2270 :)

[Massive Type IV]

It was a great weekend.. Spanking Chico's Type 1 ass was so damn worth all the work that we all had to put into the car to make it happen!

Beth's engine turned out better than I had hoped and I still don't know how I got the throttle response so damn intense.. It must be the .024 deck height coupled to the 10.5:1 and 89 octane along with the small cam and twin plug heads :-)

wait till next year... Plans were made today for what we'll be debuting and what it'll be equipped with :-)

[wrenchnride247]

I would really like a pic of the finished GL cabrio!
3 posts and no hp numbers of Beth's car?? So, what did it make and at what rpm?
Ok Wally...

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g38/wrenchnride247/100_3397.jpg~original

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g38/wrenchnride247/100_3403.jpg~original

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g38/wrenchnride247/100_3434.jpg~original

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g38/wrenchnride247/100_3435.jpg~original

I didn't get any pics of interior. It's just as bad a$$ as the outside. (I seen enough of the inside during my stay at Jake's :rolleyes: that I forgot to take any)

[wrenchnride247]

Fellow GL'rs, come by and say Hi! :D

I'll be driving this:

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y8/petevw/TDI/DSC00170.jpg~original

Pete


Hey! I seen that car with a T1 in the back of it! :lmao: :D

Good to meet you Pete! Hope you made it back ok.

[wrenchnride247]

Yellow73 (Nigel) put down 127 hp and 142 ft/lbs torque with his 2270 :)

Here's Nigel's GL on the rollers...

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g38/wrenchnride247/100_3402.jpg~original

[wrenchnride247]

Great to see everybody (new and old freinds) It was a little cold, but still had a blast! Maybe my car will be there next year :D

[petevw]

Nice meeting/seeing everyone again. Had a good time, and the drive back was much better with only some rain to deal with. Got in at 7pm, had a nap, and now at work on the night shift, looking at the weekends pics!

In the morning i will be a mess. I looked at the Navi/GPS and i did 3700kms and just shy of 38hrs of driving! The 4hr 30mph drive through OHIO/Kentucky in the snow with the summer tires was scary.

The bummer of the weekend was waking up to snow falling Saturday morning. I was cleaning up the car in the mild Friday night at the carwash, and i thought the local guy washing his truck was pulling my leg. I asked him what the forecast was for Saturday --> cold & snow! :eek:

Jake I hope you get involved next year. Your commentary was entertaining, and the driver/builder interviews were an awesome addition.

Damon’s Pro-Stock was quite a sight to see. The land speed record Ghia had me cringing with every 100rpm it was slowly climbing. Hopefully more racers are there next year, possibly a Pro-stock invitational/shootout? Well, the track closing down with the snow Saturday, was key to Damon’s ride being there.

Have tons of pics, will post in the coming days.

Love coming down, and hope to see ya'll again next year!

Biting my tongue on this one, but i hope to have the '52 there for '09. ;)


Hey! I seen that car with a T1 in the back of it! :lmao: :D

Seeing the confused looks as people walked by was priceless! Many thought that T1 was powering my Golf. :lmao:

Pete

[massIVe 79 vert]

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g38/wrenchnride247/100_3403.jpg~original

Jake was driving the car on the dyno....this pic is after it broke loose going into second gear! Jake was being scolded by one of the Allspeed workers :eek: He told him "you're gonna have to take it easy" :lmao:

[Wally]

Love the car Beth! Its a sweety for sure!
Great numbers too ;)
Thanks!
Walter

[massIVe 79 vert]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPJI6nhwy10


There's a video someone posted of my dyno run on you tube :)

[yellow73]

Had a great weekend doing VW stuff all weekend.
Running the car down the track was awesome, I got it down to a 15.14 1/4 mile at 88 mph.....not too bad for my 4th try ever and in a car that was driven over 300 miles during the weekend.
Thanks to Dave for all the help setting it up and Jake for his on going support.

[wrenchnride247]

Had a great weekend doing VW stuff all weekend.
Running the car down the track was awesome, I got it down to a 15.14 1/4 mile at 88 mph.....not too bad for my 4th try ever and in a car that was driven over 300 miles during the weekend.
Thanks to Dave for all the help setting it up and Jake for his on going support.

I got some video of you running down the track on the second pass... ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C57n3GCrAg8

[NO_H2O]

He looks like a natural born drag racer.

[wrenchnride247]

He looks like a natural born drag racer.

His .026 sec. reaction time "on the tree" reinforced his natural skill.

[yellow73]

Thanks Danny for posting the video.
Next year let's have a bunch of Type IV's there!!!
It was a blast...

[Massive Type IV]

If we have enough maybe i could do our own "street car challenge" all TIV, no TIs allowed :-)

They can have their fun.

[wrenchnride247]

If mine is not done by then... someone please shoot me in the face with a large caliber weapon!!! :lmao:

[massIVe 79 vert]

Attached is a .pdf of the dyno day results....

[yellow73]

How about a German look Vs. Cal look real street challenge - having to drive a road course and go down the track.....

[wrenchnride247]

A GL front end, against a Cal-look (tractor front end) skinny tired, narrowed front end on road course... that would be great. :clap:

[Cohibra45]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WPJI6nhwy10


There's a video someone posted of my dyno run on you tube :)

Beth,

Thanks for the video!!! That is the first time I got to hear what my exhaust sounds like in your car :D !!! That is unbelievable!!!!!!:rockon:

Cohibra45

[massIVe 79 vert]

Thanks for the exhaust! It sounded and looked sweet as hell, didn't it :cheers:

[Massive Type IV]

A GL front end, against a Cal-look (tractor front end) skinny tired, narrowed front end on road course... that would be great. :clap:

Nope.. We'd have several injuries and maybe a death when those 135s and Farm All front ends enter more than a straight..

I could imagine rolling into turn 1 at Road Atlanta or Roebling with a set of 135s at 125 MPH... You'd end up catching the front tires on fire and skidding off into the tree line!
But with their "low performance" engines they'd probably be OK... Even though a 135 tire is unsafe for the output of a damn 40 horse!

[Wally]

Nope.. We'd have several injuries and maybe a death when those 135s and Farm All front ends enter more than a straight..

I could imagine rolling into turn 1 at Road Atlanta or Roebling with a set of 135s at 125 MPH... You'd end up catching the front tires on fire and skidding off into the tree line!
But with their "low performance" engines they'd probably be OK... Even though a 135 tire is unsafe for the output of a damn 40 horse!
Muwhaha! Dont forget their 2+ inches shortened front beams...:shocked:
Thats right on there! Couldn't have said it better myself :D

[wrenchnride247]

... I know it wouldn't happen. I just thought it was funny. :lmao:

[yellow73]

Do you think the 135 would make it to 125 mph let alone through a turn....

[massIVe 79 vert]

The "Peanut Special" runs a 135 up front for less rolling resistance in Land Speed Racing...

But the car doesn't have to handle corners and Roger has a full mile to stop after a 130 MPH blast in the standing mile.

Next time out the car should go 145- 149 MPH with a MassIVe upgrade.

[yellow73]

That must have some of them thar top quality 135 tires...none of them blue light specials for the Peanut....

[petevw]

Well guys a little overdue, but here some of my pics:

I can only post 3 pics at a time here, so whichever works for you:

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3755280

http://www.bkcruizers.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=718

http://www.cal-look.com/forum/index.php?topic=25233

[yellow73]

Pete,
Your pictures are great - did I actually see a couple of the BK cars going around corners.....:shocked:

[NO_H2O]

Pete,
Your pictures are great - did I actually see a couple of the BK cars going around corners.....:shocked:

LOL... The were going very slow thru the corners.

Thanks for the pix Pete.

[petevw]

No problem guys. Thank you for putting on this event.

I come down because it's a break from our cold weather; a chance to get some warm sun. Not this year. :(

What's the weather forecast for next year? :lmao:

Pete

[Panelfantastic]

I predict a real scorcher on the dyno... :lmao:



Jeff-