Bugzilla - Mid Engine Madness

[Motown 454]

Nice!

[Bugzilla]

Looks like its going in, through the door again unfortunately...

[Bugzilla]

And a few hours later... and after a lot of sweating....it fit.

[Switta]

WOW ! very cool build nice work .

Dave

[Kenova]

Removable subframe and car hoist.

Ken

[Bugzilla]

WOW ! very cool build nice work .

Dave

Thanks Dave. Cant wait to drive it again.

Removable subframe and car hoist.

Ken

Ken, I will inform the designer of his very bad design and make him do the engine swap next time. If it was up to me it would have been removable.

[Bugzilla]

I think it will run today.

[Bugzilla]

I will take it that it runs.

[andrewb70]

Awesome...

Andrew

[Bugzilla]

I ran it for about 45 min yesterday. Found a few minor issues. 1st issue - it is way louder then it was before. Apparently bumping the compression 1 point makes that big of a difference. 2nd issue - oil psi. I was hoping it was going to be lower this time around since it now has oil squirters. Nope, still have crazy oil psi. Lowest I saw it get was 55 psi at a 1000 rpm hot idle. Cold idle, 80 psi. So thats about 5 psi less then the last engine. Might have to mess with the relief spring. 3rd issue - this thing sucks to put coolant in. Pretty sure there is still a bubble in the system but the fan kicks on and turns off as it should. Temps are good. The best part is that there are 0 leaks!

So I might bolt in a seat and take it around the block tonight. The tune seems to be pretty good so might as well try to drive it. Its a little fat at idle (12:1) but revs up fine. We will see what putting a load on it does. I still see a couple hours of street tuning in my future.

[Bugzilla]

Alright, drove the bug about 10 miles so far. All good. Tune is pretty close. Got on it to about 6k. Runs a lot better then before. Seems to have a mean powerband now. Could just be in the tune. Need to do some logging now.

[Motown 454]

Sweet news! Glad to hear it all went well.

[Bugzilla]

Well I took the Bug for another spin this morning. I actually had the laptop hooked up this time to log and its making a lousy 9 psi of boost. I cant really go much smaller with the pulley either. I already had to clearance the snout to make my current pulley work. I think ATI makes and oversized balancer. Might be next on the list... I am hoping to hit 14-15 psi. Will post the video of the run shortly.

[Motown 454]

Great! Glad you got it out.

[Bugzilla]

2:30 for you impatient people.

[slimjim]

Really cool, it was definitely worth the buildup to 2:30

[wfo guy]

I like the fact that at part throttle, it sounds like a bug. Somewhere, someone is going to get a surprise to no end we he takes that on.

[Motown 454]

Nice!!!

[Bugzilla]

Thanks guys! It is still a blast to drive despite being low on boost. I am guessing its 50hp down from where it should be. 50hp on 2000lbs is a big deal. If I can get the boost up to where it should be, its going to be scary.

WFO - Yes it really does sound like a normal Bug while cruising! Even more so in person. That blower whine is a give-a-way though. No way to hide it either. Its just loud 100% of the time.

[gator68428]

Well I took the Bug for another spin this morning. I actually had the laptop hooked up this time to log and its making a lousy 9 psi of boost. I cant really go much smaller with the pulley either. I already had to clearance the snout to make my current pulley work. I think ATI makes and oversized balancer. Might be next on the list... I am hoping to hit 14-15 psi. Will post the video of the run shortly.

Looking awesome.

Wish I could see it in person.

Ever think about optima USCA? Fontana in Sep is calling your name--I think there are a few spots left... just sayin' ;-)

I wonder what class you'd be in, GTL or the compact GTC class--the GTC class is pretty new.
Seems like you have yourself a killer vehicle there. The way you kicked a$$ before the current mods--once you get your boost back, look out!!