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Thu Aug 19, 2010 6:40 am

is anyone out there intrested in a land speed record streamliner ? I'm interested in putting together a g/gas ( 2000 cc and under ) . Looking for gearing info for a 914 side shift trans . We must shut down those stinking riceburner !!!

Mon Nov 29, 2010 9:21 pm

yes i am i have been building one for the past three years i am going to get into the 200 mph club with an aircooled vw motor

Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:21 pm

200 miles per hour with an aircooled VW engine? :shock:
That's very serious supercar territory!!
What kind of engine modification and what body will push up to that speed??
:roll:

Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:04 pm

buffalobill1138 wrote: i am going to get into the 200 mph club with an aircooled vw motor

200 mph club?

I thought there was only a 100 mph club.

Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:11 pm

jon65 wrote: buffalobill1138 wrote: i am going to get into the 200 mph club with an aircooled vw motor

200 mph club?

I thought there was only a 100 mph club.

I thought it was the mile high club :twisted:

Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:27 pm

Kevinx wrote: jon65 wrote: buffalobill1138 wrote: i am going to get into the 200 mph club with an aircooled vw motor

200 mph club?

I thought there was only a 100 mph club.

I thought it was the mile high club :twisted:

Saw that joke coming.

Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:31 pm

Ahhhhhhh..... I figured out a way to get into the mile high club AND into the 200 mph club in one single action: you take your car in a transport airplane up to a mile high, do the qualifying round for the mile high club, and then after that you drop the car in mid air. Congratulations, you made the mile high club, and the car made 200 mph in freefall , so slam dunk double whammie! :lol:

The only reason why I wouldn't do it, is that you will have to sacrifice a car in the process... Guess life is all about making sacrifices (though getting into the mile high club would not be that much of a sacrifice) :wink:

Good luck, really curious to see who's getting up to 200 mph on land with aircooled power and lives to tell!

Sat Nov 17, 2012 8:36 pm

tisius wrote: really curious to see who's getting up to 200 mph on land with aircooled power and lives to tell!

I'd like to know too.

The fastest land speed in a full bodied bug that I've heard of is 147.886 mph at Bonneville by driven by Geoff Hart.

But that's just the fastest that I've heard, mind you.

Sat Nov 17, 2012 10:03 pm

My point exactly

It would be considered cheating to use a flat 6 porsche engine (which technically also comes aircooled)

Sun Nov 25, 2012 7:17 pm

A streamliner is super areodynamic lake dragster. So, 200mph is a realistic goal.