Worlds fastest bus

[JD Westy]

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=488955

[tufty65]

As it's not a 1/4 mile drag but on the flat at Bonneville I reckon a good few of us BWA with the right gearing could reach 130mph plus. After all you have all day to get there
Be cool to see this though.

[Ollie]

As it's not a 1/4 mile drag but on the flat at Bonneville I reckon a good few of us BWA with the right gearing could reach 130mph plus. After all you have all day to get there
Be cool to see this though.

Its one thing getting to that speed... its another holding it!

Amazing looking challenge. I hope that they document it well for us all to enjoy over here.

[jayvanman]

I just read the article, good to see Steve from wolfgang is involved, I called in at his shop when i was over in California and he's a great guy, helped me out a load and showed his work shop.

I think his the man for the job seeing as he does drag racing and sells his vw engines with a lifetime unlimited mileage guarantee on his rebuild engines -and the temps over there in the summer get to 50-would you get that over here .......I think not.

I'll be following this for sure.

Jason

[TJW964]

Is 130 in a bus really a record?

I would have thought some of the Porsche powered buses would be up at those sorts of speeds. What about the Taxi? That goes round Spa with a Porsche on its heels for a good lap. Maybe top speed isn't there. The cornering certainly is!

Anyway, good luck with the record attempt.


(Goes back to his own splitty at 55/60mph !!!!!)

[HOTROD]

its not 130mph but i was in tonys van on the m40 and we sat at 118mph on the sat nav for about 4 miles with a roof rack with a case on in his splitgreen bus .by tony i mean busbug&kg and i know i said splitgreen bus

[HOTROD]

[quote="TJW964"]Is 130 in a bus really a record?

I would have thought some of the Porsche powered buses would be up at those sorts of speeds. What about the Taxi? That goes round Spa with a Porsche on its heels for a good lap. Maybe top speed isn't there. The cornering certainly is!

Anyway, good luck with the record attempt.


(Goes back to his own splitty at 55/60mph !!!!!)[/quote]

the taxi is a cool motor but its not a splity in any stretch of the imagination

[BusBug&KG]

its not 130mph but i was in tonys van on the m40 and we sat at 118mph on the sat nav for about 4 miles with a roof rack with a case on in his splitgreen bus .by tony i mean busbug&kg and i know i said splitgreen bus

What would yours do Frank 14 sec 1/4 mile,why not take it out of 3rd and see
Tony C

[TJW964]

its not 130mph but i was in tonys van on the m40 and we sat at 118mph on the sat nav for about 4 miles with a roof rack with a case on in his splitgreen bus .by tony i mean busbug&kg and i know i said splitgreen bus

Ah, trips to Germany. LOL!

[JD Westy]

its not 130mph but i was in tonys van on the m40 and we sat at 118mph on the sat nav for about 4 miles with a roof rack with a case on in his splitgreen bus .by tony i mean busbug&kg and i know i said splitgreen bus

that takes some balls when I did my BWA time 81mph through the lights the bus was starting to get light at the front I wouldn,t want to do much more

[tufty65]

its not 130mph but i was in tonys van on the m40 and we sat at 118mph on the sat nav for about 4 miles with a roof rack with a case on in his splitgreen bus .by tony i mean busbug&kg and i know i said splitgreen bus

that takes some balls when I did my BWA time 81mph through the lights the bus was starting to get light at the front I wouldn,t want to do much more

Know that feeling !

I reckon mine would do 130 mph but I would only attempt it on a super smooth road surface in a dead straight line.
Gets a bit twitchy @ 100mph as it is !!

[HOTROD]

[quote="tufty65"][quote="JD Westy"][quote="HOTROD"]its not 130mph but i was in tonys van on the m40 and we sat at 118mph on the sat nav for about 4 miles with a roof rack with a case on in his splitgreen bus .by tony i mean busbug&kg and i know i said splitgreen bus [/quote]
that takes some balls when I did my BWA time 81mph through the lights the bus was starting to get light at the front I wouldn,t want to do much more [/quote]

Know that feeling !

I reckon mine would do 130 mph but I would only attempt it on a super smooth road surface in a dead straight line.
Gets a bit twitchy @ 100mph as it is !![/quote]

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Do you have some pictures of your engine or a bigger one of the one on your aviator

[tufty65]

[HOTROD]

Cheers mate its a super engine love looking at it .

[shawn]

Cheers mate its a super engine love looking at it .

Mine will probably be up for sale soon