Flatfire

Thanks to all who turned up. I had been checking out the weather forecast all week even trying to find a more favourable website that would tell me Crail was sunny. Hat's off to the Subarus as soon as the track has any moisture on it the VW's are buggered. Even the guy with the MK1 rocco ended up on the trailer he had 4wd. Right thanks for the use of the forum I'm away to eat some humble pie. Cheers Peter

Here is one of your competitors a fellow Scot with a spot on car. Thanks Gwynn for the use of the photo.

Seen the post about camping at the strip, is that an open invite for us aswell? Mite be up for camping if the weather is okay! Of course your welcome. I'm trying to lure my friend along who has a VX220t he has been going on about his car for a year and hasn't stopped it will be great just to see how fast it is. Excuse my ignorance below there is more information etc we just found out about the camping a couple of days ago.I can't access myspace so I'm not sure and what updates my mate has put up. I'm working in the middle of the sahara desert until Wednesday http://www.myspace.com/scotsvwdragday Your right about the tree its a pain but it will still be fun and maybe if we get a decent turn out we could run a shootout at York. So as far as the shootout is concerned we need a representative from the Scoobies to make sure we are running the races on a level playing field. Cheers Peter

No worries Gary please take some of the comments with a pinch of salt. The ones that reckon they are going to give you a pasting will be the one's watching[H] I have to stir the VW fans up to get a reaction from the Cheech and Chong side of the fence. Before I unleash the thread the car I am racing is a 1958 karmann ghia with a normally aspirated VW engine. The heads were ported by a guy called Fred Simpson from California who was involved in the initial development of the Prodrive Impreza. Fred has a company called Performance technology and has been involved in VW drag racing for over 30 years. The heads are a work of art Just one more thing we will be putting on a barbacue for you guys at lunch time so you will truely welcome,although we will be trying our damdest to beat you. So come on the Dubby Doo's and down with the Scoobies[] http://www.volkszone.com/VZi/showthread.ph...age=2&pp=10

Its looking good so far. I'm getting a cup made up for the shootout any suggestions to the name. Something like St Andrews cup or Ferdinand cup after the inventor of the flat four engine. What do you think? I will post the Subaru line up on the VW forum just to show them how serious you are. Cheers Guys Peter

Can I assume we have a shootout the volkswagen racers are looking forward to it. It will be great fun and we will match up each car with similar performance. Is an Impreza owner willing to represent the Subura side to give me the info of individuals cars. I'm hoping this will be an annual affair. The only dowside to this is that the Impreza seems to be evolving at an alarming rate. Thanks again Peter

The fastest front wheel drive car in Europe will be there. Things are hotting up on the Volkswagen front. The shootout should be good fun. I have contacted 3 V-DUB mags who are going to run a feature can anyone give me any details of a Subaru magazine.

I had a look at his website your right its great to see a fellow Scot setting the standards good on him

Sounds a bit daft I think I saw Andy run a 9.9 second 1/4 at Crail a couple of years ago. The thing that struck me was how easy it looked compared to some old school hot rod running a 12 sec 1/4. If he starts to dip into the 8's thats the street car eliminator territory, bring it on. My knowledge is limited but I would love to find out more about his car. The fastest aircooled VW door slammer is an 8.6 at 166mph. Again its sole purpose is to run the strip when it comes to corners watch out LOL.

I have just looked at the website top fifty 1/4 mile times very impressive. I think 9.1 seconds 158mph is out of this world total respect to Andy and no doubt it goes around corners as well. We will have the fastest front wheel drive car in Europe in our ranks so it should make for a great shootout as long as the 9.1 sec impreza doesn't turn up[] Adios flat four lovers Peter

I have been in contact with all the VW clubs in Scotland and the North of England so it should be a good turn out. I'm running an old 1958 VW Karmann Ghia and ran 4 weeks ago a 12.7 at 110. Thats with old flat four v-dub engine and turbo. My friend with a 1954 beetle ran a 12.3 with a normally aspirated flat four engine.Then he bent all his push rods. We were down at Santa Pod. We are members of the VW drag racing club. The biggest growth is people putting the Subaru engine in the back of a beetle. Although it still doesn't help a beetle go round corners unlike an Impreza LOL I also witnessed a Golf Mk2 doing a 10.6. The guy just put a set of slicks on the front and he was off. I think he was running a 1.8T Audi engine. Anyway it would be great to see some of you guys on the 24th. I will advertise the shootout on the run sheet. You will be made more than welcome. Thanks Peter

Hi Guys/Girls. I'm organising a VW drag day at Crail on the 24th of June and would like to invite you along to a shootout. The day is based around a normal RWYB Sunday we are running a VW day around this. Our humble little bugs share a flat four engine as well. Anyway cutting to the chase we will have a mixture of 11, 12 , 13 and 14sec cars running on the 24th and wonder if any Subaru owners would like to join us. Even if a small number turned up we could pair each other off into similiar timed cars and have some fun. A similar event occurs each year at Avon park its Japanese v Volkswagen, they call it the ashes. Obviously we would have to come up with some sort of trophy and name. If anyone fancies tanning a VW come along. Any comments no matter what you think are greatly appreciated. Any questions email me peter@volkswagen.freeserve.co.uk Thanks for letting me use the forum. Hopefully I will evolve one day and buy a reliable flat four[]