Recipe # 30
Jim Gillum's 160hp dragster
1. | Owner | Jim Gillum Racing |
2. | Email Address | [email protected] |
3. | Vehicle Type | 1973 Karmann Ghia convertible |
4. | Displacement | 2110cc |
5. | Crankcase | New type 1, dual oil relief, deburred, full flowed, clearanced for 76mm crank, bored for 94mm, shuffle pinned, spot faced for case nuts |
6. | Crankshaft | CB Perf. 76mm one piece forged, counterweighted, eight dowel pinned, VW journals. |
7. | Connecting Rods | Eagle "H" beam with ARP rod bolts (220,000 PSI) 5.5 inches long. |
8. | Pistons&Cylinders | Mahle 94mm with Total Seal rings, Gene Berg wrist pin keepers. |
9. | Piston Rings | Total Seal |
10 | Camshaft | CB Perf. K-8 308 degrees duration advertised, . 530 thousands lift @ valves, titanium retainers & keepers. |
11 | Cam gears | Straight cut, steel on steel, set straight up. |
12 | Cam followers | CB Perf. Light weight modified by Jim Gillum Racing. |
13 | Pushrods | Penley carbon fiber, custom length. |
14 | Cylinder Heads | CB Perf. Competition eliminators with 46 mm intake valves & 38 mm exhaust, dual big block Chevy springs, pocket ported by Jim Gillum Racing. |
15 | Rockers | CB Perf. 1.4 to 1 |
16 | Spark Plugs | ND Denso 12 mm X24ES-U |
17 | Exhaust | S & S 1 5/8 merged with Jim Gillum Racing designed and built motorcycle expansion chamber to a 3 ½ inch in and 3 ½ out two chamber Flowmaster muffler. |
18 | Compression Ratio | 9 to 1 static. 91 octane. |
19 | Fuel System | Dual Weber 48mm IDFs with 40 mm venturis, match ported manifolds. |
20 | Fuel Pump | Carter electric at fuel tank |
21 | Oil Pump | Gene Berg 30 mm full flow with Gene Berg relief cover. |
22 | Oil Sump | CB Perf 1 ½ quart. |
23 | Oil Cooler | No oil cooler. Two electric squirrel cage fans over heads and barrels. |
24 | Ignition | MSD 6 AL with two step, MSD coil & wires |
25 | Distributor | MSD |
26 | Flywheel | VW forged, 12 ½ lbs. |
27 | Pulley | Doug Fisher crank damper, no belt groove. |
28 | Clutch | Kennedy 1700 lb. |
29 | Pressure Plate | Kennedy "Gold" solid disc |
30 | Transmission | 1973 IRS built by Peloquins Transaxles and Jim Gillum Racing. FTC main shaft, super diff, 091 bus spider gears, side gears and CV joints |
31 | Wheels | Front are Mitchell spindle mounts, 15 X 4, rears are Monoqouc, 15 X 5 ½ |
32 | Tires | Frt. 135- 15, rear, Firestone 15 X 8 inches wide, 26 inches in diameter. |
33 | Max. Horsepower | 161 @ 6500 rpm calculated. |
34 | Max. Torque | 149 @ 5000 rpm calculated. |
35 | 0-60mph Time | About 4 seconds. |
36 | 1/4 mile Time | 12.63 at 104 mph |
37 | Engine Mileage | Dozens of passes down the drag strip. |
38 | Cost To Build | $10,000 |
39 | Purpose | Bracket racer. |
40 | Comments | I am very pleased with this combo. I limit the rpms to a max of 7400 rpm. I want this engine to last hundreds of passes. I launch from between 5000 to 7200 rpms. I shift at 7000 rpm. |