RENNEN - Racing the Aircooled Volkswagen

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STUSSY Richie’s Rad Ride

PLUS! Tech Talk :

HOW TO TURBO YOUR RIDE!! TOP ENGINE SPECS HOW TO SET UP YOUR IDA’s GET YOUR RIDE ON DIET - TOP WEIGHT SAVING TIPS

Jamie’s Turbo 54

WARNING!: MAY CONTAIN NUTS!


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S A P M A P GREEN (L384)

Words: Mark Palmer Images: Steve Milward

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ou wouldnt like me when I’m angry.., but I wouldnt quite go as green as Steve Milwards 1960 Pampas Green Street Warrior. Steve has only had the car for around 3 years and in that short time he’s transformed what was a fairly cool Resto-Cal bug that was slammed in the weeds, into something very rude indeed. As a racing member of the SAS Rennwagens the car is seen regularly supporting both club and racemeets, turning heads and very respectable times. Steve’s hometown of Stone in Staffordshire didnt know what hit them when the new stroker motor was fired up for the first time ‘it was properly mental’ says steve, ‘first run up the street made my neighbour’s TV switch off’. ‘Properly Mental’ is also a good way to describe the way the engine revs, its got a lot more in it that the low 14’s its currently running. Next Season should see the numbers

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Rennen racing the aircooled volkswagen

start to tumble. First job for Steve when the car came home was to jack up the rear end for that trademark nose down stance, off came the bumpers to be replaced with stainless ‘t bars’ and the standard solids were dumped in favour of powdercoated 356 steelies. With a few changes in rubber steve eventually settled on 145/65’s on the front and 185/70’s on the rear helping stick the car to the road. With only basic seat belts, steve opted for a Willans harness and a Box helmet for protection on the track. The car was already fitted with a front disc set up manufactured by AC Industries all married to a beam lowered using Sway-a-way adjusters & dropped spindles. The stability of the rear end is taken care of by a pair of AVO coilovers and a traction bar to keep the motor firmly planted where the sun dont shine on take off. Steve bought the 1914cc longblock just run in and


Engine Spec

CBperformance AS41 universal super case CBperformance nitrided E4340 super race chromoly 78mm crank CBperformance 5.4� h-beam super race rods CBperformance straight cut cam gears CBperformance lightened/8 dowelled flywheel Engle fk-10 cam Scat alube cam followers Jaycee pushrod tubes SSP 3/8inch chromoly pushrods Mahle 94mm stroker b+p 26mm shadeck oil pump kennedy stage 1 clutch cover/hd rigid disc Scat 1:4:1 pro rockers Dee Enginering (Bugpack) street eliminator heads 42x37.5 valves, ported and polished Empi 1/5qt deep sump Chromoly 8mm head studs Bugpack bolt up alloy rocker covers (vented) Welded / Balanced Race fan 9.5:1 compression

Incredible Sulk: Nose in the weeds, no wonder this car is ALWAYS ANGRY

Rennen racing the aircooled volkswagen

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