Beetle Turbo
Posted: Fri Dec 27, 2013 2:09 pm
I'm a designer from North Lincolnshire, about 5 miles south of Hull. I've yet to run across many DTA users locally, though I'm sure they exist. Here's an introduction to my turboed bug. Not particularly fast, though its nippy, and just a little bit Heath Robinson... but I'm doing my best AND most importantly, enjoying doing so.
And inside..
That steering wheel doesn't particularly add to the steering experience... and yet... it feels so nice
Its pushed along by this:
It's a mild 1914cc motor, counterbalanced crank ( they're not as standard don't you know) lightened flywheel, a mild bugpack cam, something along the lines of an engle 110 and topped with a pair of CNC roundport heads, which I've then strangled with the induction.
I run a rebuilt garret T3 turbo on a CB performance hideaway manifold and then blow through a chargecooler into a modefied mexican beetle throttlebody, runners and injection ends. The mexican setup is restrictive, there's quite a few options for me to upgrade, now that I've got the rest of injection set up. I run a VW Speedshop crank driven ignition kit, which forms the basis of my injection - though it did evolve fron a Renault 5 GT turbo carb setup initially.
It's been down York raceway a few times, and that's something I'd like to do more of, though it's really a weekend / fine weather toy. Last outing was 14.79 @ 91mph but I'm hoping recent mods / tyres will see me to low 14's or possibly hight 13s ( hopefully) though budget dictates that I'm still on a standard gearbox, albeit a 1600gt box.
Top speed is an awe inspiring 120mph at 6000rpm, or so my excel gear ratios says... strangely seem to be able to get my kicks under 90! But it does give me a 0 - 60 or around 6.3 seconds based on my 1/8 mile times and that's good enough to make a lot of hot hatches take notice, though in terms of other VW drag racers, I'm more than slow.
I'm slowly trying to improve things and do more with the ECU... but I'm in no rush and I'm learning as I go, but slowly getting there with the help of you lot.
ta
Barrie
And inside..
That steering wheel doesn't particularly add to the steering experience... and yet... it feels so nice
Its pushed along by this:
It's a mild 1914cc motor, counterbalanced crank ( they're not as standard don't you know) lightened flywheel, a mild bugpack cam, something along the lines of an engle 110 and topped with a pair of CNC roundport heads, which I've then strangled with the induction.
I run a rebuilt garret T3 turbo on a CB performance hideaway manifold and then blow through a chargecooler into a modefied mexican beetle throttlebody, runners and injection ends. The mexican setup is restrictive, there's quite a few options for me to upgrade, now that I've got the rest of injection set up. I run a VW Speedshop crank driven ignition kit, which forms the basis of my injection - though it did evolve fron a Renault 5 GT turbo carb setup initially.
It's been down York raceway a few times, and that's something I'd like to do more of, though it's really a weekend / fine weather toy. Last outing was 14.79 @ 91mph but I'm hoping recent mods / tyres will see me to low 14's or possibly hight 13s ( hopefully) though budget dictates that I'm still on a standard gearbox, albeit a 1600gt box.
Top speed is an awe inspiring 120mph at 6000rpm, or so my excel gear ratios says... strangely seem to be able to get my kicks under 90! But it does give me a 0 - 60 or around 6.3 seconds based on my 1/8 mile times and that's good enough to make a lot of hot hatches take notice, though in terms of other VW drag racers, I'm more than slow.
I'm slowly trying to improve things and do more with the ECU... but I'm in no rush and I'm learning as I go, but slowly getting there with the help of you lot.
ta
Barrie