Mythbuster: continuing project thread of my 1303 '75

[70Turbobug]

I would try one thing after the other.Making various changes at once you won't really know what effect each individual mod has done imho.I personally disagree a little with some points mentioned.An 18" wheel is generally heavier but provides more stability also, especially ona highspeed straight and high speed corners.How many cup cars do you see with a 17" wheel nowadays? Most are running 19" or bigger.Obviously wheelbase and width are much larger than a bug which justifies the larger wheels also.Imho a larger wheel provides more overall stability in handling and would trade a couple of kilos for it any day.Remmele's bug runs under a 1:12 minute around the Hockenheim small course (997 Porsche GT3 RS runs 1:11)with 19",2 seconds faster than at the Recaro Tuning Days a few years ago with 18",and he has "only" 300bhp.Also what competition are we talking about? Against other track day cars? Wally's power to weight ratio puts him pretty far up in the field and just judging by the videos he's not really pushing it to the limit. I don't mean that negatively on your driving Wally
For autocross a smaller diameter wheel is the way to go for the sharp and short corners but it's much different on an open track.

[judgie]

not done much testing with the 17 inch wheels but the few runs i have done i can say this, the turn in is much sharper and the brakeing seems to be better. i went from a 580mm tyre to a 620mm tyre. i was expecting to have problems with turn in as i have fitted a zf lsd as well but it was very good once i changed my driving style to suit.
tyre wise i was running 240/580/15 on 9 inch wide rims on the rear and 200/580/15 on 8 inch rims at the front with softish rally slicks. i'm now running 7.5x17 with 200/620/17 track wets which again are very soft. i have more grip and it feels very stable upto 80mph which is about as fast as i can go at prescott hill climb.
one thing i did notice was a feeling from the front that the tca to anti roll bar joint was moving, i could feel a knock when hard braking and then movment till it loaded up, this was more when braking into the corner. think i'm going to try the compresion stut to tune this out.

[Wally]

Thanks Dave, we're definitely on the same page!

[NO_H2O]

I like the new wheels and the aero cover on the bumper.

[ferfre007]

que hermoso, cada vez esta mas hermoso este vw!!! felicidades!!

[Xellex]

Paint the wheels gold to keep the bug's personality unchanged!
Dare I ask, what are your plans about the bbs wheels?

[Wally]

Originally Posted by Xellex

Paint the wheels gold to keep the bug's personality unchanged!

Nah, that wouldn't suit this type of wheel. Besides, did you know I did not paint the BBS wheels hearts? The former owner (they were on a custom GolfV) I bought the wheels from painted them gold, I just bought them like that. Mostly because I was looking for that particulair size (9Jx18 is rather rare, most rears are 10Jx18).

Dare I ask, what are your plans about the bbs wheels?

They will be sold to raise funds to pay for the semi-slick tires I need for the 17". The current owner of my former 412S has an interest, so we'll see if that works out

[Xellex]

oh, if I remember correctly, I saw a picture of the 412 with those wheels on, and it looked veeery nice.
If that doesn't work out in the end, I'd very much like a price quote on those

[Wally]

Originally Posted by Xellex

If that doesn't work out in the end, I'd very much like a price quote on those

No worries mate, you'll be first then, but he would be very foolish not to accept as I asked him a very reasonable price (which would be same for you then of course ).

[Wally]

Found some pics someone posted from the last race.
Did some racin'

Kissed some girls


and sprayed some cheap bubbles

[TSAF]

Are you sure only kissing????????

[Sandeep]

HAHA !! Fantastic ! And you did it with an aircooled VW, life is good !

Sandeep

[Steve C]

Hi Wally

So what did you do that deserved a kiss and a champagne spray, besides driving a cool car?

Steve

[Wally]

Page 65 and 66 Steve ;-)
It was 25 sept 2011, the last race of the time attack series for 2011 in the netherlands and I won (on points) my class ;-)

[70Turbobug]

Congrats Wally!! I see one hand on the trophy....where was the other one? 