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nick205 - 1/8/12 at 10:36 PM

Rotting about on YouTube I found this, which for some reason just made me chuckle...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvReVRsk9EM&feature=related


maccmike - 1/8/12 at 10:50 PM

why why why would you do it! hahaha
if thats got 450bhp ill show my arse in m&s's window!


morcus - 2/8/12 at 02:29 AM

This one is funnier.

FWD vs RWD.


The Shootist - 2/8/12 at 04:34 AM

I'm familiar with the builder from the TDI forums.

He is running a 1.9L ALH with a Cummins inline pump, and an 82mm turbo. Somewhere around 70psi of boost.

He works in a shop that builds supped up American diesel pickups... 1,ooo hp pull trucks.

His biggest trick is a custom made cast iron head and a block girdle that sandwiches the block between the head and re-enforced oil pan using external bolts.(stock ALH engines will lift the heads and blow the gaskets at 30 psi or so)

Biggest weak point....transmissions


nick205 - 2/8/12 at 05:21 AM

quote:
Originally posted by The Shootist
I'm familiar with the builder from the TDI forums.

He is running a 1.9L ALH with a Cummins inline pump, and an 82mm turbo. Somewhere around 70psi of boost.

He works in a shop that builds supped up American diesel pickups... 1,ooo hp pull trucks.

His biggest trick is a custom made cast iron head and a block girdle that sandwiches the block between the head and re-enforced oil pan using external bolts.(stock ALH engines will lift the heads and blow the gaskets at 30 psi or so)

Biggest weak point....transmissions



Good to get some inside info on it.

Partly I like it because it's something different to see.

As you say FWD transmissions aren't generally built for monster BHP, let alone the torque it must be generating!


Slimy38 - 2/8/12 at 08:23 AM

Not sure the exhaust should be pointing out the bonnet though (if that's what it is?), it makes it look like a diesel train!


jossey - 2/8/12 at 03:54 PM

Yes that is funnier :-)


quote]Originally posted by morcus
This one is funnier.

FWD vs RWD.



loggyboy - 2/8/12 at 03:57 PM

Dont know why but this spung to mind after watchting that first one



[Edited on 2-8-12 by loggyboy]


maccmike - 2/8/12 at 04:11 PM

thats crazy lol


RK - 2/8/12 at 04:40 PM

That last one was brilliant. Too bad he couldn't get it to drive somewhat straight. More people have to build these sorts of things.