Nice looking diff. Stack it up and give it a shot.

Yeah that's right. Stack it up and go to a track for "play":driving:.

Hi Wally. I know there are a lot of great work and stuff on your car but I wanted to tell you that you manage to build the only decklid wing that looks the part on a Beetle! I won't hesitate to use one of those Ducktails on my 1303!!!:D

I agree to that! I think that the color makes a big difference.In white it isn´t as noticeable.In red or something similar it would probably stick out a lot more.However the ducktail gave Wally´s car its character I think. And you can´t miss Wally on the track....it´s the one with the ass in the air :D

Thanks man. Much appreciated!
And to think it started of with a lot of scepsis while all it was is 'function over form' in the first place ;)
Not sure what the track driving results in (corner speeds), but I may extent the ducktail thing (not literally though) and add a proper downforce giving wing, much like porsche does with the 997 GT3/GT2RS series...

Hi Wally, have you done any other "invisible" modification to strengthen your car? Thanks

Does anybody know why does the "finger down" icon appears above?? :-/

Yes: the picture above where you took that from (1st page). It even says so in the text above it..!?
Still early in the morning I guess? LOL

:D I wondered if you've made anything else that can't be seen on the pictures of this topic ;)

Ah, no, nothing else; I've shown it ALL ;-)
Well, now (10 years later) the car has a roll cage with welded A- and B-pillars to the cage and a tube from cage main hoop welded onto the trans fork, so that has probably stiffenend things up even more, allthough I hadn't any flex that I could feel before either.

The (used) disks for the LSD I got from Paul Guard came in today. I am really, really happy with them. He definately has a great heart for the VW aircooled community.
These are already so much better then the 'brass junk' :D

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...rsdisks002.jpg

Good deal Wally! Now you will need a H.A.N.S system to keep your neck from snapping in half with all that traction!

Found an old movie on my compu back when I didn;t know how to post on youtube...
It was the first time out with the turbo'd old fully original 2 ltr 914 engine. I drove straight through the track testing it out :)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kRvFclkUZc

Very cool! Hard to believe that was already 3 years ago! Time flies...

That was probably that huge grin blocking your vision :D

LOL Meant straight TO the track..(oeps ;-)

Coming sunday I race at that same track in a new event called 'Superlap'. Its very much like a TimeAttack kinda thing.
Installed more aggressive rear brake pads, but they are not bedded in at all yet...hope they will bed-in enough during warm up lap driving...

Keep us updated Wally, and take as many photos as possible.

Sure, there will probably be a lot of professional photographers along the track, so don't worry ;-)
http://www.fast-car-festival.nl/

Good Luck and have fun!!

Fun was had, despite a wet track part of the sessions. I'll try to gather some pics here over the next few days.
Engine ran flawlessly all day, again; its getting almost boringly reliable...
Track times were not very great, but at least I could drive home again with my son how was with me for the day :-) I did ran a PB wrt end speed on the straight (205,8 km/h), which was very cool. New rear brake pads were an improvement I think.

http://www.leonweggelaar.nl/fotograf...5/IMG_8173.jpg

http://www.leonweggelaar.nl/fotograf...5/IMG_8553.jpg

http://www.leonweggelaar.nl/fotograf...5/IMG_8568.jpg

another sucessful day - you must be very pleased with the longevity of the motor so far with only minor issues :)

:) Can I ask about the two different exhausts?... One street one track?

wasnt one for waste gate??

how old is your son Wally? Is he into beetles as well, or just enjoying a good father/son say?

Great pics Wally! That´s only good that your car is so reliable,nothing boring about it! seeing the performance your motor is pumping out with that sort of reliability is a benchmark for those of us who are still building their motor.Of course each motor is different and finding the right tune,but still it proves that the type 4 engine components are extremely strong.

Great pix. Sounds like it was a great day at the track.

Both operational at all times: Small left one is from the external wastegate, right one is the 3,5" downpipe ;)

Yes, it still runs very well, but I really need to put some more effort into the suspension now (and maybe my driving too) as my corner speed is just too low wrt the 'competition' ;-)

My son is 14 years old now but already as tall as his mother and getting close to me already. Its amazing how fast the kids grow in this age.
He is very much into cars and almost knows more about certain marques then I do! He loves muscle cars (I'am sure you like that Mark, lol) but can very much appreciate the bug too and loves to come with me. We saw a Koenigsegg, an original GT40 and other exotic cars, which he really enjoyed and took pics from. He got a ride (I asked nicely) at the event in a '69 Camaro on a small drift course and couldn't stop smiling the rest of the day.
Kids, you can only teach them so much I guess... LOL!

He also held his camera on video mode at the roof of the pit building, but quality is...hmmm not the best. I'll try uploading the best one tonite.

Some of the other cars in my group (division Starter) on the track:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...1.jpg~original

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...e.jpg~original

Wally the car sounds great. I am watching a couple of your youtube videos.

Cheers mate!

The paddock:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...5.jpg~original

and the odd-ball car between them :lmao:
http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...3.jpg~original

Hi Wally

So how did you find the LSD?

Steve

Found it still lying on the workbench...:rolleyes:
Nah, haven't been able to find the time to put it in and frankly, I am still a little (lot) worried about changing diffs for the first time.
There is a last round of TimeAttack on the 25th september, but a dyno day on the 10th of september, so I need to try squeeze it in between 10 and 25 sept...
I did encounter some inside wheel spin at one point, but this large turbo spins a bit later, so I have less one-sided wheel spins out of the corner then before.
I don't drag race anymore before the diff is in OTOH as my slicks are getting worn on one wheel only, noticeably!

This is a vid from another participant on board during qualifying. Its from the warm-up lap onwards and he runs up to me after one lap while we were all still warming up our engines and tires and eventually passes me (he ran much faster lap times anyways). Very cool to see your own car from another view point.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk0i0YJBr7c

Found another one:
http://lh3.ggpht.com/-YPGyGK1YYQo/Tl...%252520079.jpg

http://lh3.ggpht.com/-tpX05xVzOjo/Tl...%252520233.jpg

What can I say? You´ve got a cool kid! ;) Sounds like you two had a great day together and that´s priceless.He will soon learn the advantages of power to weight ratio:D It must have been very cool seeing all those exotics and also being able to flog the car on track.Go home and have a steak and a beer and call it a perfect day! Very cool and thanks for sharing!

Wally has made an appearance on the Speedhunters website!!!

Well done! :cool:

http://speedhunters.com/archive/2011...-festival.aspx

Comments can be added at the bottom so Wally, you can post some specs for the uneducated (bhp? :D )

Cool find Bruce! Thanks!
I think we better let them guess at the rest ;-)

High boost holds now (1,6 bar).
Dyno makes spool 500+ rpm later, but turbo is still too large anyways.
Still climbing too, but my nerves were only as good as 6800 rpm today at this boost :lol:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-RXNFC5o6Y

396 rear wheel Hp 8)
When calculated to CHP, that would be appr. 460 hp. It was relatively hot today though (about 28 Celcius, 80-85F).

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...ercurve001.jpg

Lower graph curves were for my reference to my 'normal' dyno I use (Superflow dyno, more high tech with controlled load) which was at wastegate boost (1.0 bar). Showed very high correlation to my normal dyno, which read 310 RWHP (this dynojet read 300 RWHP, but as said, it was a hot and humid day), so they were very close!

WOW! Love the sound of that motor, and the reaction of the spectators! :lmao:

the reaction of the spectators i comical! nice work again wally - everytime you post there seems to be some progression with this motor!!!

And that was without a proper airflow across the intercooler.

Nice work :)

Congrats Wally! 2.2 with 460HP,that´s awesome!

Tried to remove the diff, but after quite some work, the bl**dy tranny fork is still in the way, so no LSD this year :mad:

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w...e.jpg~original

Will have to be done over winter time then when the engine gets out anyways to make room for the 1200T T1 project.