drag racing a bus

[madmike]

Have your GF watch it,while u make the pass
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'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
"If I'm ever on Life Support,UNPLUG Me, Then Plug me back In see if that Works"

[SBD]

You need a trailer to pull behind your bus. You could lock your stuff in that. Then somebody would steal the trailer.
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"Just $99 down and $64 a month for 36 months buys you a brand new Volkswagen Beetle!"

[jbbugs]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2MOVmKdhX4
I used to pull the 2276 out of my Dragcar and throw it in my Panel for fun.
Best time was a 14.95 in the 1/4.
Taking of the roof rack Gained 5 mph.
It was fun just driving around town and pissing off a few people with it.
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Drag bus! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2MOVmKdhX4

69 OG paint Transporter
73' Super Beetle Champcar Endurance Roadracer
Patina my ass, that's a Rust Bucket!

[64 ragtop volks]

trailered bus saturday to track. i took all the extra crap off bus, no rack, no swamp cooler, aired down rear tires to 22psi, pulled off the fan belt...went ALL IN on the first pass.... broke an axel leaving line! as we are pushing it back, guy said at least there isnt a huge pool of oil, or any metal chuncks laying down there. ill get it tore down next week and see how bad it broke. ill be using hd axels from now on. lesson learned

[TSPayne]

There was a guy in the Seattle area, years ago, that went by the name of "buggly". He was running 14.5's in a 64 combi! He was crazy fun to watch! I never knew what he was running though. Does anyone remember this guy?

[GTV]

[bugguy1967]

If you want to get serious about improving your times, you'll need to revisit your engine combination. Also, that shroud is one of the shittiest cooling shrouds ever.

[SBD]

[henk]

There some really fast splitscreen busses at the moment here in europe.
Like windsplit,firebus,the hotwheels bus,...
The firebus even broke the european record last week with a 11,4 on the 1/4 mile.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RbiFfNqnEX0

Henk!!!

[madmike]

Quit side steppin the clutch
try to slowly release it on the last Yellow lite
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'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
"If I'm ever on Life Support,UNPLUG Me, Then Plug me back In see if that Works"

[vwracerdave]

[64 ragtop volks]

if i had a nickle everytime someone ran their mouth about how "shitty" that center mount shroud is, i would have enough money to buy a second one!!! i have ran that shroud and several roadtrips over 2500 miles without any overheating problems on my roadtrip motor, in this same bus, sure there are better choices but i like it, and tend to do things a little differnt. im having fun, im serious all day long...12 to 14 hours a day, owning a small cnc job shop, so thats why i enjoy having fun when im behind the wheel of my volks. thanks for the tip on psi and radials, ill start out at 28psi after i get the trans sorted out. if i was serious i would not be in this shitbox would i? hahaha

[gears]

[SBD]

I see three people in that pic. I'm guessing the driver is you, and one of the other two looks to be taking a pic of the bus. I think that says a lot! I like your shitbox! I'd roll with ya!
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"Just $99 down and $64 a month for 36 months buys you a brand new Volkswagen Beetle!"

[HRVW]

It seems that the OP did not read my remark about NOT letting too much air out of the rear tires leaving a SNAPPED axle or broken tranny.

[vwracerdave]

[madmike]

I had one of them center mounted shrouds on my 917 and had no issues ether
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'Black Ice'Drag Buggy 'Turbo'
Rail Buggy 1915 turbo
76 Drag/Street bug 2180cc 'Turbo' 11:85 @113 mph"If I go any faster I'll burn up the Hamster" ,gets 28 mpg. also 10/09/22 11.90 @115 mph
"If I'm ever on Life Support,UNPLUG Me, Then Plug me back In see if that Works"

[64 ragtop volks]

hoping to get the shitbox out to test n tune saturday, if i did my math correct i should be able to cruise 50 mph at 3000rpms, i still want to drive it in the street. ill be keeping tires aired up and see how it goes...low 17s / high 16s would be nice for now. im building a 2110 (76×94)draw thru turbo motor just for funzies, but its few months away from being ready

[spencerfvee]

the most important thing is your having one hell of a time racing your bus . not every one who drag races has a fast car . .you don't need a fast car to win a race .as long as you turn the same time every time . you would be hard to beat . unless you get a sand bagger . what people on here don't under stand not every one wants a 10 second car or a 14 second car . my friends old 1973 bus runs 25seconds in the 1/4 mile .I don't think his time is all that bad . what do you think a 40hp motor in that bus would run in the 1/4 mile maybe 30 seconds lol. give him time he will get it to run 16s ... licking gas kicking ass . blood sweat and gears lol lol have fun my friend and do it your way .and who gives a dam what others think lol lol spencerfvee

[64 ragtop volks]

before breaking the axel, i was hitting low 18s consistantly within a tenth @ 68mph. i just go to the test n tune nights, so its heads up racing, its funny when i catch a v8 sleeping at the lights and get a good jump on them, yeah they pass me by time i shift to 3rd, but the people in the stands are by the starting line in the stands, makes for some very cool pics seeing a ratty 50 year old bus that looks like hell, getting a jump on modern day v8s that the bank still owns, im sure their buddies really bust their balls about it lol