Recipe # 20
Geoff's 12 second 2275
| 1. | Owner | Geoff Peterson |
| 2. | Email Address | [email protected] |
| 3. | Vehicle Type | 1957 Beetle |
| 4. | Displacement | 2275cc 82mm x 94mm |
| 5. | Crankcase | new mexican duel relief |
| 6. | Crankshaft | Bugpack 82 mm forged wedge mated |
| 7. | Connecting Rods | Bugpack 5.6 race rods porsche journal |
| 8. | Pistons&Cylinders | Cima Mahle 94mm |
| 9. | Piston Rings | Total seal 2nd,Cima Top &Oil |
| 10 | Camshaft | Engle FK-8 .534"lift 298 ?duration |
| 11 | Cam gears | Magnum straight cut |
| 12 | Cam followers | Scat re surfaced |
| 13 | Pushrods | Bugpack/Berg chromolly |
| 14 | Cylinder Heads | Performance Technology
F-7 (started life as CB 044) 12mm spark plug port &
polish,duel springs,chromolly retainers 44x37.5 stainless
steel Tall Scat wide base manifolds |
| 15 | Rockers | Scat 1.4:1 rockers |
| 16 | Spark Plugs | NGK 8dea |
| 17 | Exhaust | Thunderbird 1 3/4 ceramic coated w custom muffler |
| 18 | Compression Ratio | 9.2:1 running on 94 Chevron |
| 19 | Fuel System | Weber 48 IDA's |
| 20 | Fuel Pump | elec, Holley red |
| 21 | Oil Pump | Berg 30mm full flow |
| 22 | Oil Sump | Berg 3.5l |
| 23 | Oil Cooler | stock plus a remote 96
plate cooler with fan Porsche cooling fanshroud. |
| 24 | Ignition | MSD 6al w blaster 2 coil,Taylor wires and Pertronix |
| 25 | Distributor | 009 |
| 26 | Flywheel | Stock VW wedge mated 12lbs |
| 27 | Pulley | Lang alum deg pully from the 1970's |
| 28 | Clutch | Centerforce dual friction disc |
| 29 | Pressure Plate | Kenedy stage two 2300lb |
| 30 | Transmission | 1968 swing builders: Terry Hoogstins/Geoff Peterson ring & pinion 4.12 First 3.78,Second 2.06,Third 1.48,Forth 1.21 9 tooth super beetle 1st,mckenzie super diff Sway a way axles |
| 31 | Wheels | Grey BRM's (flat 4) for street and Erco 4'front and 6' rear for the track |
| 32 | Tires | street, michelin 135's front and recapped 26x7x15 firestones. track, moroso front runners and firestone 26x6x15 slicks |
| 33 | Max. Horsepower | 185hp aprox |
| 34 | Max. Torque | |
| 35 | 0-60mph Time | ? |
| 36 | 1/4 mile Time | [email protected] Seattle Int. Raceway |
| 37 | Engine Mileage | 8000mi |
| 38 | Cost To Build | aprox $8000 cdn |
| 39 | Purpose | street / strip |
| 40 | Comments | My 1957 beetle that weighs in at 1550lbs without driver pulls the wheels hard and runs 12.55 @ 105mph. Its a great combo and i daily drive it in the summer. |
