Ryan Tucker
Do it Dont talk about it.
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- Aug 11, 2014
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You ever finish that Beetle street car you were building a while back? Sounded like it was going to be riot to blast around in.
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I did and it was a riot, glad I did it and went all the way with best of parts. Having said that I hope I never see another one, lol. Another odd build I marked off my lists. It ended up being 15:1, ran best on C116 with 52mm IDA carbs. I fabbed a manifold and ran a Methanol 850 4 bbl, all the fast bug guys said it wouldn't work, it does. It only made around 260hp to the ground which I thought was weak even for a 4 cyl with its displacement but compared to most others it was quite impressive. Mid 6s in the 1/8 but shifting a manual on the track sucks when your used to a Glide or 400 with a brake. With a Automatic and right convertor it woukd have maybe ran 5s??? Not sure but maybe. Wasn't that fun on the street to be honest. Monster cam and weak bottom end torque and a standard trans is not for me. If driven 'on the pipe' like a 2 stroke, it felt fast.
I had like 8500 in the engine doing all the work myself, good parts are high in any build. I was fortunate to recoup all my money in the build which is rare. Guy bought it hated it for a daily and tamed it way down, he ended up swimming the heads up for a pump gas 10:1, used the big 52 IDAs, put a little Scat cam in it and loves it. Still runs low 7s he says.
I'm a blown SBC guy on Alky. I like big torque. VW don't fall in to that category, lol