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Recipe # 37

Eric's 12-second 1679

1. Owner Eric Sorg
2. Email Address [email protected]
3. Vehicle Type 55 Manx clone
4. Displacement 1679
5. Crankcase used line bored case
6. Crankshaft Scat, 69 stroke CW, 8 doweled
7. Connecting Rods stock VW
8. Pistons&Cylinders thick wall 88 CIMA'S Forged
9. Piston Rings stock CIMA
10 Camshaft Scat C35 regrind
11 Cam gears aluminum with rivet attached, cut .060 groove in center on lathe
12 Cam followers Scat
13 Pushrods Bugpack chromemoly, cut to length
14 Cylinder Heads CB 044, dual spring, 40x35.5, stock port
15 Rockers used Autocraft 1.25
16 Spark Plugs NGK
17 Exhaust modified Scat buggy to fit turbo & O2 sensor
18 Compression Ratio 7.3, run 93 octane on street with 7 pounds boost, at track 114 or 116 with 10 pounds boost
19 Fuel System Garrett T03 turbo (used of a Daytona), Zenith 32 NDIZ
20 Fuel Pump used Holley blue pump
21 Oil Pump Bugpack filter pump, NAPA filter
22 Oil Sump free Mr. Bug 1.5 quart
23 Oil Cooler dog house cooler, Scat 36 horse fan shroud with factory flaps wired open
24 Ignition points, Bosch blue coil, used Bosch wires
25 Distributor stock OEM distributor with advance locked out
26 Flywheel forged lightened 12lb. stock, 8 doweled
27 Pulley Power Pulley, Auto Haus
28 Clutch stock rigid
29 Pressure Plate used Kennedy stage 1
30 Transmission 68 swing axle with 4:12 r&p, super beetle mainshaft, 1.48 third, 1.04 forth, threaded superdiff, bus nose cone, Berg solid mount, solid rear mount with roll cage incorporated into it
31 Wheels Centerlines 15x3.5 and 15x6...soon to be ERCO's
32 Tires used 135 Mich front, M/T Sportsman I G60-15's rear
33 Max. Horsepower  
34 Max. Torque  
35 0-60mph Time  
36 1/4 mile Time 12.3 @ 102
37 Engine Mileage around 10,000 miles
38 Cost To Build mostly used parts $3000 for whole car, around 600 in motor , it pays to do it yourself
39 Purpose street, drag strip, weekender
40 Comments this is my first turbo motor, I learned alot...like turbo's are the way to go if you want to go fast, and how to tune a carb :). I could have built a bigger motor, or used a different carb to go fast, but I like to be different can't you tell.....

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