[{"id": 17229396, "authorName": "GLTL", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/gltl/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "It takes a manly man to show up at NHRA Nationals in a pink VW. \ud83d\ude0a GLWTA!", "likes": 9, "timestamp": 1743448686, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17229459, "authorName": "terryspalding", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/terryspalding/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Wow, interested to see this, GLWTA!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1743448725, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17229464, "authorName": "parky", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/parky/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "This is absolutely brilliant and exactly what BAT is all about... More!!!", "likes": 5, "timestamp": 1743448735, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17229531, "authorName": "LexusFanboy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/lexusfanboy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "hp?", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1743448926, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17229608, "authorName": "mark_99", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/mark_99/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Gnarly.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1743449147, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17229831, "authorName": "39mercman", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/39mercman/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Well it certainly smoked that car it was racing. Fast. GLWTA", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1743449742, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17230469, "authorName": "Allan5255", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/allan5255/", "bidAmount": 275, "content": "USD $275 bid placed by Allan5255", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1743451860, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 17230812, "authorName": "SlowNRusty", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/slownrusty/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "From the video, I want to give the Civic owner a hug", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1743453062, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17231604, "authorName": "philacarguy", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/philacarguy/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "No front brakes!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1743455811, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17232300, "authorName": "CWFULGHUM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cwfulghum/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Hi had a few questions. May have missed in read. Do you have a dyno? What HP? Ring and Pinion Size? IRS? May we gets pics of the conversion? I want to see your IRS or any modifications to trans axle. Thx. In advance", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1743457878, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17232798, "authorName": "CWFULGHUM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cwfulghum/", "bidAmount": 5000, "content": "USD $5,000 bid placed by CWFULGHUM", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1743459630, "type": "bat-bid"}, {"id": 17233039, "authorName": "bakes88", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/bakes88/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "while it's doing its pass you have time to go to the washroom then come back for the finish", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1743460566, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17233041, "authorName": "Jcmiller", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/jcmiller/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I hope I can help all interested parties on this car. I have never seen the car nor do I know the seller. However, I did race a very similar Beetle and my car shared a number of the components you see. By looking at the time slips, the engine produces @200-215 hp. The times show a very consistent car and driver. If you were bracket racing, you would have no trouble determining a dial-in and running close to that number, especially if you were on an 1/8 mile track. Well done driver! \r\n The transmission gearing is my guess only: 4.12 r/p with a close ratio 3rd- 1.48/1.50, and close ratio 4th- 1.02/1.1.13. These are Gene Berg gear ratios and were often used in 1/4 mile cars. There are hundreds of possible gear combinations. The important thing with this car is the time slips. They tell you exactly what the car can do. If you need it to do something else you will have to make changes. If you want to bracket race, my suggestion is you put your name and dial-in on the window and hang on!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1743460582, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17233137, "authorName": "milage", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/milage/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Was this run at high elevation because 12.50s with all those high end components seems way off .", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1743461358, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17233333, "authorName": "RandD", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/randd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Two questions about pics 41 and 42. What is the handbrake looking thing connected to a master cylinder? And what are the two air pressure gauges on the floor, hooked up to?", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1743463252, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17233750, "authorName": "icemanhd (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/icemanhd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Greetings all and welcome to the auction. I'll address the questions from oldest to newest. This is my 4th VW drag car and I have learned a lot from every one of them. \r\n@LexusFanboy My estimate is 230 to 240 hp. All dynos read differently and most shops that provide dyno results like to show a \"corrected\" hp factor which is always higher by 15% of more than measured even if they are running the engine near sea level on a 65 degree day. My opinion is dyno results are only useful if comparing back to back changes on the same day in the same conditions. \r\n@philacarguy No front brakes for good reasons! It has 4 piston rear calipers with drag slicks and more stopping power than you can imagine. Shedding the front discs/drums saves 60 lbs\r\n@CWFULGHUM The person I bought the car from and Don Mehling who built the tranny don't remember the ratios but I can say with confidence its geared perfectly for the 1/4 mile and it has a 4 spider diff (not a spool). It goes through the traps in the 7800 rpm range at 108'ish mph. 69 and later ghia were IRS setups but the IRS trailing arms removed for weight savings which cuts 60'ish lbs off the weight of the car and IRS isn't nearly as important for a 1/4 mile car.\r\n@milage Its only been to the track twice and my wideband data logger didn't record so my jetting was based on experience and ear. They were 75 degree plus days at Pacific raceways and its at 300 feet elevation. I am confident with wideband data and the upgrade to 51.5 IDAs (which have never been run down the track) it will get into low 12s and possibly high 11s and notable VW builders agree completely. \r\n@RandD That's a staging brake, once you are up to the beams and trigger the staging lights you pull back on that and let the clutch out just slightly to load the engine and have the gears in the tranny touch so you don't \"shock\" the gears when you release the clutch, staging brake and floor it.", "likes": 3, "timestamp": 1743467135, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17235429, "authorName": "CWFULGHUM", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/cwfulghum/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Good Tarheel Morning \r\n\r\nI'm looking at this as a potential LSR car. The only thing I would change is trans. Few more questions l. Safety features? Fire suppression? Parachute? Just checking. What rule book standard was cage bult to satisfy? What diameter steel was used. Just trying to get ready for world of speed. Have a 64 in progress but seems a bridge to far. Have an 18", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1743513195, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17236001, "authorName": "icemanhd (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/icemanhd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@CWFULGHUM. This car has passed NHRA rules for the Pro bracket (9.00 to 13.99) at Pacific Raceways, I'll check with my fabricator for details.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1743518628, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17236015, "authorName": "Chino", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/chino/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Best driving video on BAT!", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1743518750, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17236915, "authorName": "Blofish", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/blofish/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Perfect for the wife!", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1743525670, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17243190, "authorName": "icemanhd (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/icemanhd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "Updates after 1st 24 hrs. Attached stickers come with the car, my planned theme was the Pink Panzer and had ordered a few decals off ebay but the car really needs vinyl reproductions of these that would be 4 feet long by 2 feet high to go down the side of the car. \r\nPicture #72 shows the timeslip history of the 2 outings the car had with continual improvement. If the buyer of the car isn't familiar with the amazing experience of going to the 1/8 or 1/4 mile track I am happy to walk them through how to do it or even go to Pacific Raceways (1/4 mile) or Bremerton (1/8th mile) and trailer the car there and back after purchase. \r\nThe car is wired for headlights and taillights and could easily be converted to a hot street (legal) car with a compression change and different cooling system.", "likes": 2, "timestamp": 1743549824, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17246576, "authorName": "vwchad", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/vwchad/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "I have seen this car in person it is very well, and honestly, represented here. Someone is going to get a great turn key drag car. Building one like this from the ground up would cost way more than what this will likely sell for.", "likes": 1, "timestamp": 1743608842, "type": "comment"}, {"id": 17254453, "authorName": "icemanhd (The Seller)", "authorUrl": "https://bringatrailer.com/member/icemanhd/", "bidAmount": 0, "content": "@CWFULGHUM The existing cage (hoop really) was reinforced with 2\" .065 wall supports and 1 5/8 .125 wall mild steel. The thickness of all the tubes can be verified as part of an ultrasound cage cert. Extremely good chance the tranny has a 4.125 ring and pinion, 3.78 1st, 2.32 2nd, 1.58 3rd, and 1.31 4th. Off the top of my head you would need a 3.88 R&P and a .89 or possibly a .82 4th if you are after top speed. I use the Weddle gear calculator to look at shift speeds and rpm in gears. The slicks are probably no use to you but you need the tallest sidewall you can get (to help with the gearing) and likely M&S rated radials to help with traction on the flats.", "likes": 0, "timestamp": 1743642661, "type": "comment"}]