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Did anyone see Monster Garage last night?
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:38 pm
by fubar
Last night on Monster garage they built a VW dragster. It was pretty cool, he drove it on the street and got multiple tickets for not having any insurance, title, plates,etc. There were some FG buggies in there too.
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:41 pm
by Gene-C
Yep, I've been waiting to see it. Thought it was pretty good. What's wrong with yellow?
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:48 pm
by fubar
Yellow is my first collor choice...Personal like or dislike I guess. I thought it was kind of funny that the motor siezed on the first try with all that tallent and money tossed at it..
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:55 pm
by Gene-C
Did they ever say who built the engine originally?
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:31 pm
by vincent9993
Probably censored it out when it turned out to seize on them!!! What a shame, you donate a $10,000 engine for publicity only to have it turn against you! One thing, I did not notice that the engine had an oil cooler sticking up inside the fan shroud. Was it my immagination? I understand it's only for short skits but still pounding on that motor with lots of boost is asking for trouble to begin with! Anyone know if it re-runs? I can Divx it next time it runs. Thanks
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:02 pm
by MickeyUSA
There is a write up on this in October 05 Dune Buggies and Hot VWs if anyone cares.
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:05 pm
by fubar
The guy that built the motor was on the show. ( maybe just dropping it off) I thought it was interesting how they cut the torsion tubes and lowered the whole wish bone on the chassis. I did not see if the used shorter torsion bars? or coil springs?
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:53 pm
by newmanx59
[QUOTE="Yellermanx"]Yep, I've been waiting to see it. Thought it was pretty good. What's wrong with yellow?
[/QUOTE] You have nothing to worry about...he never said anything about "yeller" buggys.
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:02 pm
by Gene-C
[QUOTE="newmanx59"]You have nothing to worry about...he never said anything about "yeller" buggys.[/QUOTE] Thanks Jerry I feel better now. :rock:
Posted: Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:58 am
by newmanx59
[QUOTE="Yellermanx"]Did they ever say who built the engine originally?[/QUOTE] The guy that built the motor originally, was Shawn Moore. I guess he's a young SoCal VW Guru. From what I have been told, the problem was caused by a mismachined bearing journal, something that would have normally been caught but was missed because of time constraints.
