Any VW guys here?

[NoSlo5.0]

Ive got one thats almost finished that you can step into for 10g's all new stuff ..Its got a T66 turboed 2332 with all the best stuff...

[quadriplegic]

No thanks sir,would be a family type project. My father, brother, and nephew would want to build one together.

[Notorious D]

Here's my old Pro Mod car

Darren

[cadpro]

Originally Posted by Mike Lawless

Chad, I saw the "cadpro" name come up and wondered if that was you. I see we have a few of the faithful here. Even 2stroke! They will let anybody in here!

Wow, 1st JerseyJoe, then EricE, and now YOU! YB will never be the same...

[cadpro]

Originally Posted by quadriplegic

I know this is a "depends" question, but what kinda money does it take to put an ULS car together?

It really does DEPEND on alot of things:

1) What kind of car you start with
2) What kind of car you build (tube chassis vs pan car)
3) How much of the work you do yourself
4) Is it multi-purpose

If you want to build a car that you don't car about looks or "correctness", do EVERYTHING yourself, you could probably build a car that would run the number for under $15K?

On the opposite side of things, if you have the best of the best and everything pro built, you could easily build a $50k-plus car.

For me, it will be somewhere in-between. I'm restoring my body with the best parts I can, so that's where alot of my cash will go, but I'll do alot of the labor myself. This car will not be completely cut up, so it can be restored back to original down the road, if I so desire...

I liken these cars to the stock-suspension, drag radial or true ten 5 car that are hot right now. Most of the cars could win any car show entered, have a kicken engine program, and still retain the spirit of the car.

The VW drag racing communities is one of the best in the industry. Very family oriented, very open and inviting if you've new. I've always said that there will always be VWs drag racing some where...

Check out the websites I listed earlier, as well as

http://www.thesamba.com for Great Classifieds (lots of good deals right now) and good source of info, as well as
http://www.shoptalkforums.com for good info and community as well.

If you have any questions, I'm just a PM or phone call away...

[quadriplegic]

man their are some fast air-cooled stuff out there.

[V-8 Killer]

Building a Nitroused 2332 for a 73 Thing--slammed,chopped windshield,4 wheel disc brakes,Aeromotive pumps,Autometer gauges, Gunning for lo 11's
Another cool website is ULTIMATEAIRCOOLED.COM

[quick1sr]

Originally Posted by MIKIE

Hey, I think I might know those guys.

Hey Mikie, what's up? I think you're right.....HA! Scott down in Texas now.....

[V8 BUG]

I've had this one sinse 1992. Drove it into the garage air cooled and drove it out water cooled 2 1/2 years later.

[cadpro]

Originally Posted by V-8 Killer

Building a Nitroused 2332 for a 73 Thing--slammed,chopped windshield,4 wheel disc brakes,Aeromotive pumps,Autometer gauges, Gunning for lo 11's
Another cool website is ULTIMATEAIRCOOLED.COM

That sounds cool. Got any pics of it?


V8 Bug - Nothing personal, but the V8-in-a-Bug has never done anything for me. Most of the ones I've seen are slower than what they could do with the same amount of $$ on a traditional setup. Just doesn't look right IMO, but your car does look pretty clean...

[Ray Iddings]

whats a vw?

[orangeduster]

here mine

[1 bad import]

heres a few of my old vw,s
im local to atco raceway so i get to punchbuggy ,and always try to make manassas ..
there are a few that run around here ceifus i think sold his car but i know the jitter bug still sits in paul wolfs garage ..ill look for pics ,,.
my rabbit the early days 12.0 stock stuff with a turbo .

my rabbit in 10 second trim..10.76@128





heres my old a2 on the bottle and a radial

paul wolfs old and dismantaled 1st watercooled in the 10,s rabbit from 2000.

nate ,and kevin blacks cars ..nates all motor rabbit and kevins sirocco

zach visconti,s rabbit

[2stroke]

ok since we're thread jackin... i'll help you newbs out... click link below for vid. (one of my slower passes haha)



http://videos.streetfire.net/video/W...pass_69051.htm

[1fastacvw]

nice thread

your car is looking good too chad, it takes a lot of time and work to do it right. im going to start working on another street car project in my spare time too; just someting to put around in and save a little gas.

been hanging out here for a while trying to learn a little bit.

ive got lots of vw projects, been a vw guy from day one. except for driving my suburban i dont know what it would be like to have a domestic car. although i think about building one someday. a buddy and i have a 73 dart were going to toy with soon though.

as mentioned the vw community is very welcoming and a big family.

i wanted to step it up and play with the big boys in the vw world. this last summer i got lucky and feel very fortunate to pick up an existing proven chassis car. all it needed was just a motor but since im taller then hte average person i had to do a few mods. were looking to have some good success when things are sorted out with the new efi, engine, setup. even though ill have close to 25k into it we will still be off from the very fast guys.

building a ultimate street car vw isnt far off from building a domestic car in similar fasion except for the motor. the limiting factor for the vw is the pounds per cubic inch of the car. when compared to a domestic car most vw's wll be roughly 12 to 13.5 lbs per cube whereas most domestic cars will be 8 to 9 lbs per cube. if you were to biuld a comperable engine you would be looking at similar cost to a domestic car. the top leaders in the unlimited headsup (our pro mod class) are making around 5hp/cube and are running 8.40's @ 165 or so. they weigh 13lbs/cube.



anyways, good to see some of the brutha's haha
dean