saggs wrote:That's awesome, I love the blend of old and new! Did you do any top speed runs while you were there? That car's a rolling test lab with all the mods you've done.
Yes. With mixed results and a steep learning curve!!
The 2056cc motor is essentially a stock bottom-end with 96mm P&C and stock heads. . . with about 125K+ miles on it (with the last 30K beating it into submission my me)!! CR is conservative at around 8:1 with the only bump being replacing the stock dished Porsche 94s with flat-top 96s. I would estimate power at around 100BHP at best. Definitely fun on the street, but in the thin Bonneville air, @ 4200', the motor built approx 18-20% less HP (instead of 14.7lbs of air pressure we had around 12lbs. This resulted in a lazy feeling engine (even with altitude compensating programmed into the MS3X). We just could not pull 5th gear and 1st - 4th were listless and lazy feeling

. On my final run, I banged off the rev-limiter on every shift (5600rpms) and shifting into 5th (@ 90mph), it just sat there and couldn't gain much speed in the final 1/4 mile. We ended with a top speed in the standing mile of 96.990mph. This was good enough to give us the type-3 VW Challenge record, thus bringing it back to the US of A from Australia. We also were the first to run a type3 at Bonneville which was a bit of a surprise. It's just very humbling to only achieve 96.990mph when on any given day at sea level, we can blast to 115+mph on a whim.

That altitude was incredible and the effect was an eye-opener for sure. It's no wonder ALL the fast cars are forced induction.
In the future, we will respond in kind!! Lesson learned!! As money becomes available, we will up our game and hopefully bring the bar to a more respectable level. We're officially competing in the "130 club" class. I fully intend to exercise and exploit the full potential of this car in the class we compete in.
The gauntlet has officially been thrown down!!
