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General Forums => Air Speed Lounge => Topic started by: josh on March 30, 2007, 09:15:10 AM
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well here she is, cat's outa the bag. This is what I was inquiring about all the customs shit about.
Packed up the wife and 3 month old daughter hit the first ferry and began draging my step dads 18' long tilt bed trailer with my poor little Jeep. I was gonna rent a 12' uhaul trailer down there but got denied cause the jeep didn't weigh enough. after a near death experience with a golf ball sized rock almost flying through the windshield and a little detour, we made it to canby oregon to meet Jeff Lovell. Couple hours later and the car was loaded, spare parts were stashed everywhere and the deal was done. As we're driving away down his road, I tell my wife he offered me the motor out of the car for a screamin deal but I didn't take it, she says why don't we turn around.............I says pardon :blink: We hit the closest bank machine and took out the daily limit off all our cards and head back. Loaded all that up and Jeff led us to his shop to lock up the precious cargo overnight and hit a hotel for the night. Jeff told us he'd unlock it first thing in the morn so he got a wake up call at 6:30 poor guy and we headed out.
Well lets just say once I get the trailer of the jeep it's gonna thank me, there was a lot of 4th gear freeway downshifting.
After some idiot just about side swiped us in seattle we got to what I thought was the blaine border crossing which turned out to be the peace arch and my paperwork was at the truck crossing :( back through the line up to the us into construction traffic in blaine and i'm sprinting to the export office at 3:07 ( they close at 3:30)
Got the car through canada customs charged me duty after me arguing with the guy about the duty free old car thing to no prevail, where did I see that refund form????
Gotta give props to jeff, he's a wicked guy and gave me a sweet deal :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:
Stay tuned for more pics and some race car parts for sale soon, I gotta recoupe some of this, I hit the overdraft/credit line hard.
josh
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Josh,
I've had the pleasure of seeing this car up close a few times and run 11.6X in the 1/4 mile.
You got one heck of a car!
Stephan
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I hear the Buchan clan is going to dominate the track this year!!! :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:
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Great car, I am jealous :D
Have fun!
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That's one SEXY ass. Hands down.
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Thanks for sharing, That sure is a beauty.
Congrats
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that is a VERY nice oval. good find
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hell ya james :P
who's ass? mine or the cars? :wub:
now I just gotta decide 2332 turbo or NA with the 51.5 IDA's...........decisions, decisions......
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now who wants the '63 super sleeper? 2017cc with 44 idf's or drawthrough with ss header.
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I need room in the garage and the credit card for the new toy.
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Ya...sweet car man! Looking forward to seeing it again this year!
Congrats!
Gerry
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Beautiful car can't wait to see it in person :wub:
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If you ever sell it, i would like to have first chance at buying it back.
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:rockon: :rockon: :rockon: :rockon:
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That is one nice oval. B) :wub:
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she's a beaut, josh.
congrats on the new ride.
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no probs jeff, I think shes a keeper though.
thanks all, i'm already tearing into it makin it mine.
I think i'll start a thread in the customer projects section.
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I'm droolin...nice score...
Kevin
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sweet ride... cant wait to see it at the track
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Way to go..that car is biiiichiin. Kicked my ass a few times over the years. :D Which engine did you get with it? Remember, race fuel in Canada is $20 a gallon..... :D
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$20 a gallon is not bad for the ride of a lifetime :D
the motor is a 94x84 DMS full circle, comp eliminators, 51.5mm IDA's.......With one barell split and a farked up wiseco piston.
Started a thread in members section with a bunch of new pics, enjoy! I sure am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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hell ya james :P
who's ass? mine or the cars? :wub:
now I just gotta decide 2332 turbo or NA with the 51.5 IDA's...........decisions, decisions......
Take it from me Go Turbo...
You will; love it...
I see the next Fastest street car has now arrived on the scene to take over first place from the HULK!!!
Good on ya, I almost bought that car 3 months ago until I changed direction....
Can not wait to see it on the track
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oops
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Way to go Josh. After owning the blue rabbit, I'm sure you'll make this one beautiful too.
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thanks I'd love to see my old rabbit again
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You got a nice car on your hands.... I look foreward to checking it out at the shows this year ;)
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...I see the next Fastest street car has now arrived on the scene...
no offense to josh or his awesome ride, but it looks more like a race car to me.
and to quote the new owner...
...it was built as a drag car...
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the seperation between street and drag car is more in the engine and tranny/gears than in the rest of the car though isnt it?
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the seperation between street and drag car is more in the engine and tranny/gears than in the rest of the car though isnt it?
depends who you're talking to.
everyone has their different opinions on what a true street car is. many battles have been fought and much blood has been shed over this issue. ;)
but if you're asking me...lexan windows, fiberglass, and no seats means it's more a race car than a street car. and like you mention, trans gearing & motor details will have something to do with street driveability aswell.
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i agree on street car needing 2 seats in the front for a street car, capret as well perhaps
lexan windows im unsure on, i know for new cars sometimes its cheaper to buy lexan than glass, not sure about beetles
fiberglass and carbon i dont count as drag, id put those on a street car
to me the biggest thing is pump gas and your gearing allows for regular driving
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depends who you're talking to.
everyone has their different opinions on what a true street car is. many battles have been fought and much blood has been shed over this issue. ;)
but if you're asking me...lexan windows, fiberglass, and no seats means it's more a race car than a street car. and like you mention, trans gearing & motor details will have something to do with street driveability aswell.
So what is Jim's car then?
I would call that race then?
Dood who cares... If he insures it for the street it is a ctreet car, If he only races it like darren does the oval then it is a race,,,
You can debate this till your blue in the Face Silas,,, all I know is that if I bought it , It would have been a fricken fast street car...
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imho, it's all about driveability and a complete car.
So what is Jim's car then?
I would call that race then?
good point. i'll have to make an exception ;) . allthough jims car has lexan & fiberglass, he made sure to build it so it could be very streetable. and it is. highway driving and city driving is very easy in that car. josh even said that his car was built for the track. sure it could be made to be more streetable, but it was built for the track.
Dood who cares... If he insures it for the street it is a ctreet car, If he only races it like darren does the oval then it is a race,,,
i dont agree. just because you can insure it, doesnt mean it's a street car. didnt darren fix the oval so it could be insured for the street? but how streetable is that car?
You can debate this till your blue in the Face Silas,,, all I know is that if I bought it , It would have been a fricken fast street car...
i could debate this until i was blue in the face, but it's not worth it. it's only a matter of opinion. and everyone has a right to one.
bottom line is, it's an awesome car and josh has a sweet brand new (to him) ride to call his own. B)
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My scooter is fast, sorta.
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Race cars are gererally not as detailed as street cars (ussually), because your not trying to impress any judges on the track and your not going to be polishing every bit of the car everytime you make a run.
As far as what i consider a race car, is a car that is primarily set-up for the track. Not all race cars have lexan windows, alot of street cars use light wieght composites and aluminum. Porsches 911 RS America came with no radio, no ac, no rear seats, no sunroof, NO DOOR HANDLES on the inside, just pull straps and its as much a street car as any.
If your car needs to be trailered to mission because it cant hack the 25-30kms drive then its a race car =).
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Whew!
There it is, Vancouvers very own VW Guru has spoken. Thanks for clearing up the confusion.
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Why do his posts make me so mad?
Josh, that car is awesome and it sounds like youre gonna make it even better!!!! :rockon:
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Bad ass!!!!!!! :rockon:
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holy shit look at all the action I missed while out in the garage.
This car WAS set up for the strip, but it is also very detailed, not like darren's oval but definatly above most race car standards. The paint is awsome, pan is powder coated, it has all brand new wolfsberg west rubber, running boards, stainless trim, wiring harness so on and soforth.
My plan is to make it more streetable by changing the gear stack (I don't have the exact ratios yet but he said you can't get much tighter :wacko:) think I might try and drive it with the spool, but change the solid mounts. Full stock interior and carpet is in order, those seats make it feel like someone is giving me a serious bear hug to the ribs......Anyone have a set of oval lowbacks and rear? just frames and springs are fine, i'm thinkin tan seats with oatmeal carpet.
As for motor i'm gonna drop the comp on the 2332 and run it with the IDA's and comp eliminators this year, cause the turbo and header I built for my other car is a little small for this monster ( T3 and 1 1/2 header :angry:)
stay tuned and be nice to each other now
josh
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Josh, I drove teh Hulk for 4 years with a spool... just stay out of the rain.. ;)
Talk to TJ if you want to turbo he may have the set up for you
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yeah in high school my buddy had a 10 second valiant with a spool, the slow speed chirpies around corner make people look at you kinda funny.
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that mean the turbo system can be throw into a deal for the 63 :D
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Dropping the compression might be a bit of a task, those chambers will be pretty small. K-Roc is the man to ask. Go 5 speed and leave that tight stack.. :D Great car, congrats.
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we could see about that
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Very nice car. Hard to believe Jeff sold it. I'm with Lanny on the tight gear stack and a 5 speed. With the big IDA's of course!!
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I haven't cc'd them yet but jeff seemed to remember them being around 50. they had a .060\" copper gasket, couldn't I just shim em up a bit more? to drop it to around 9.2-9.5
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a little less then i thought. 40.4 cc . Don't worry about it. run them with what ever deck it takes. Don't out think it with internet hype. It will make more of a diffrence on the tune up you give it then anything else. Put it together, get it up on the two step and dump the the clutch and drive it like you stole it. :mullet:
race car / street car ha ha ha thats funny stuff. I myself think its a street car that you can also race and win with .
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Dropping the compression might be a bit of a task, those chambers will be pretty small. K-Roc is the man to ask. Go 5 speed and leave that tight stack.. :D Great car, congrats.
5 speeds are expensive trannies to blow up drag racing ain't they Lanny....... :o
I'd leave it the way it is and Run it N/A as it was a very good combo.
N/A will be more streetable in the long run.
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a little less then i thought. 40.4 cc . Don't worry about it. run them with what ever deck it takes. Don't out think it with internet hype. It will make more of a diffrence on the tune up you give it then anything else. Put it together, get it up on the two step and dump the the clutch and drive it like you stole it. :mullet:
race car / street car ha ha ha thats funny stuff. I myself think its a street car that you can also race and win with .
Yup a lot of deck on a Turbo is no problem at all.
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put in .140 deck will come out around 9.5 comp. 40.4 cc in the heads at least 4 cc in pistons is what you have , need to recheck cc in pistons if you really care . Add some timing into it and it will rip anything up in the street you come across. :rockon: make sure to hook up the head temp gauge :rolleyes: . With the 3.88 r/p 4.25 2.54 1.54 1.37 . Hang on !!!! Darren and others know there stuff .
I had a 1914cc once with no chambers in the heads. Needed to add a ton of deck to get the compression down. I thought for sure it would suck and run like crap and not make the power it should. Well it did'nt. ran stronger then others i ran with. Thrashed that engine and still running last i herd. Tight deck is by far the better way of going but it is not going to keep it from hauling ass and making good power.
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aaaaaaaaaaah this is gonna be fun :D