1.8t Mid-Engine 1960 UBRDUB

[JK Fab]

I Dig it !!

[volkdent]

Engine is back home again, need to get everything up and running with the tiny turbo setup before I go big(ger, I know you BIG turbo guys are snickering). Need to fab up the new shifter linkage, hopefully its not reverse of what I had so far.



This "custom" custom bracket was a pain. It would have been fine just being custom, but I had to go and put everything in the back of a bug, so part of my superstructure got in the way. Narrowed and tapered it, hopefully clearance is adequate.



Jason

[volkdent]

Here's some pics from summer 2012 thanks to JKFAB aka Jeff K.









Here's one with Humble aka Will:



Jason

[hugovw1976]

Originally Posted by volkdent

It's a custom spliter?

[volkdent]

Originally Posted by hugovw1976

It's a custom spliter?

Yes, sheets of ABS bonded and heat formed with a heat gun. It attaches to the body with one central stainless steel bolt and 2 side ones that have nuts fiberglassed into the fender inner lips. Both attachment sites have plenty of movement, almost an inch, so I havn't had any issues with damage. To give it a finished look, it's based on an E36 M3 BMW front splitter lip. The lip is screwed into the ABS plastic.








Jason

[Gerrelt]

Cool pictures of a cool car!! The side decalls are brilliant!

[Panelfantastic]

So lucky to have corn juice on every street corner!

[volkdent]

Are you kidding me? It's a one hour trip each way, here I thought you had all the corn fuel in Tennessee!

I have 2 55gal drums to keep me happy.

Jason

[Panelfantastic]

Originally Posted by volkdent

Are you kidding me? It's a one hour trip each way, here I thought you had all the corn fuel in Tennessee!

I have 2 55gal drums to keep me happy.

Jason

We do cook a lot of corn fuel, but we call it a beverage...

[volkdent]

A reasonable weekend had at Bug-O, finally got into the 12s at 12.7' had a couple of issues, but ended up being able to drive it home again so that's a win. Corn juice took me up to 386whp, and we are stuck there cause my ecu on sees up to 2 bar, 22 psi.

Jason

[Wally]

Congrats on getting into the 12's!
387WHP is almost 450 crank-hp!
Is that power at the 2 bar you mention or at 22psi boost?

[volkdent]

22psi, maybe that's 2.5 bar? It's the max the sensor can read either way, I know I heard 22psi for sure.

[Wally]

Originally Posted by volkdent

22psi, maybe that's 2.5 bar? It's the max the sensor can read either way, I know I heard 22psi for sure.

Ah, no, 22psi is about 1,5 bar boost, but its 2,5 bar MAP
14.7 psi = 1 bar

[rioprelude]

Saw this reference on Jalopnik: http://jalopnik.com/stuffing-a-389-h...-be-1795262173