Hi guy's, well for all of you who saw my Fug4 at Stoneleigh in 2007, it has changed a bit since, well a lot since to be honest :ph43r:

Let me know you opinions of my 2008 version, which is now back on the road after road testing it earlier today,

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:o Brilliant job you've done there, congratulations.
So it'll have a bit of "go" with it then?

Are you still tremblin?
Very nice.

Very nice, when I see pics of that, it makes me want to chop a foot off the front of mine!

Very nice...I'm presuming you are fitting mudguards? B)

Hey Linden, looks the dogs mate, I can really appreciate your attention to detail, I'm sure it took a great deal of time......so have you pulled your first wheelie yet?

those rear LED lights, are they a combined indicator, brake and side light?.....if so where did you get em?.....are they a car item?......or something you have adapted from a motorbike application>

I bet that shifts, rated at about 190-200bhp those cossie v6s :blink:

hi guys, cheers for the comments so far, took it out for another spin earlier, :ph43r: , but taking it a little steady at the moment as bedding the discs in etc.
Knighty; cheers for the comments mate, the rear lights are bike led units,stop tail items and then have additional led bike indicators set behind them so just about visible, not properly wheelied it yet as not sure how much the gearbox will take :blink: but it does go light on the front when under hard acceleration.
think it will be "FUN" when i gather the nerve to try it properly, :ph43r:

P.S. mudgaurds may be fitted but that will depend on the "ROZZERS" attitude towards it when i get pulled over, :)

I think your gearbox will be ok, as long as you are sensible with it, there was a guy who raced a turbo-fug-2 in the VWDRC a few years back, doing 13 second passes, big wheelies etc......turned out he was using a standard box.....the reason it took the punishment is there is a much reduced torque reaction inside the box due to the greatly reduced vehicle weight - when compared to a fully bodied beetle......so as long as you dont start doing burn-outs and side stepping the clutch, you should be ok......wheelies should be ok, yours will do it very easily as the engine is nice and heavy, and the front is very light.....think you may need a wheelie bar as you could mash the sump......also make sure the oil pressure light dosent come on, otherwise it wont last for long as the oil wont get to the oil-pick-up-pipe ;)

been chatting to a guy up in Stoke who build drag race vdubs and he is keen on making a set of wheelie bars for the Fug,as soon as i can get the car to him, should finish the car off with them on it, ;)
the front has lifted a couple of times,mainly up hill tho to be fair, not launched it off the line yet as been nervous about wrecking the box, On the flat it just starts spinning the wheels in 2nd and 3rd gear,not got it into 4th yet as just been testing things out and not done a big run. :ph43r:

very nice installation

cheers for all the comments so far, here is a list of the mods since stoneleigh 2007, all done by myself on the front garden of my house as the R1 lives in my garage.


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complete strip down to bare frame,
x bar welded into roof for extra strength
3 extra bars welded into mid section for extra strength
new dash section welded in for gauges and steering mount.
rear bar removed to get oversized engine to fit
new rear bar made to fit around new engine with air filter mount
rear light mounts re positioned
engine cradle mounts welded into position
then all prepped and painted in Cherry black pearl,clearcoted,then 2 dusted coats of metalflake topped off by 4 more coats of clearcote.
blue roll bar padding
brand new adjustable front beam
new chrome steering arms and chrome steering shaft
new 12" maltese cross steering wheel
new angled scat shifter
new seats
handbrake removed and replaced with brake lock system by Jamar
4 x new snow mobile spot lights from the states on top roll bar
new centre console fabricated and housing additional switchgear to control engine
2.9 v6 24 valve COSSIE engine fitted with custom made engine adaption plate
rear adjustable strut brace fitted
new fuel tank to cope with engine upgrade with adjustable fuel pressure regulator and high power fuel pump
BMW e36 radiator and twin 10" kenlowe fans seperatly operated with full blue silicone hose compliment for water pipes and breather pipes with billet water header tank
oversized front and rear drilled vented discs and calipers in chevrolet stud pattern for the rims.
have also got mudgaurds to fit if need be but will chance it for now,
many other little mods i am sure but can't think of them at moment, will have a good look around the car to see what i have missed out,lol,
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nice engine :blink:

don't like ford, but for this time :ph43r:

cheers for the comments so far, ;)

Would be very interested in how the cossy compares, any idea on your 0-60 times yet..... :P

hi Tigger, not sure what it will do at the moment as every time i throttle it it just smokes the rear tyre's, in 1st, 2nd and 3rd so far :blink:
not managed to get it into 4th accelerating yet as keep running out of road on my test route, but will keep everyone informed as soon as i do. from what i have experienced so far in it tho it feels bloomin quick and the torque is truely awesome.
think i will need to wait for some hotter weather to get decent heat in the rear tyre's to see the full potential of the implant engine. :ph43r:

streetfighterfug4

What width of rubber do you have on the back? You maybe under tyred? I am running 9 x 15 rims at the rear of mine with 255/45/15 tyres and although it will spin if you provoke it, normally (under hardish acceleration in the dry) it will squat down and take off like the proverible.... :P

That's strange, mine probably only runs 100ish bhp and yet it wants to lift the front more than spin the wheels. I'm am assumingly running a higher rolling radius, but that wouldn't account for the easy spinning in 2nd and 3rd. I also don't have the engine as far back and I have the fuel tank in the front.
Any chance of a "film clip", I'm hoping to do one of mine soon, they're going to let me run it down the local airstrip, don't know how keen they actually were, but they have agreed.

Are the 4's the same length as a 2 ??

That would make a big difference....

running 195/50x15 Toyo T1R's on the front on lowest adjustment on my beam, and 285/50x18 Toyo's on the rear using adjustable's, B)
will see if i can get a video clip done over the weekend if i can get the wife to film as i drive it, and will post it on here and youtube.









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....just had a thought, like you do <_<

Wot tyre pressures are you running???

Well done Tigger, reckon you've hit that right on the head, hadn't though of that till I just read it. Reckon mine would easy smoke out if I raised the tire pressure, I made an un-educated quess with mine :blink: I done them at what looked right and what drove best, it really does make a massive difference all round.

Quick trick to find out the perfect tyre pressures for your fug, or anything else for that matter...

Get some chalk or a light coloured crayon and mark up a 2 inch wide band across the thread width, go for a run. check the chalk mark and adjust tyre pressures until band is worn away across full width of thread B)

running 14psi in the fronts and 30psi in the rears, drives great at that apart from the wheel spin all the time, think i may drop it down to 26ish and see what happens :ph43r:

30 psi is way too much.....I'm running 22 spi in the rears and 15 psi in the fronts using the above proven method ;)

cheers for that mate, will give it a try this weekend, what size rear tyres are you running on yours?

255/45x15 on 9 inch wide rims :P

bit different gearing to mine then, 285/50x18's running on the rear, been toying with changing them to 30 profile tyres to reduce the rolling radius and get even better acceleration potential and put less stress on the gearbox.

My gearing will be very different to your's anyway cos I'm not running a Aircooled VW transaxle, I'm using a C2 911 5-speed box in mine.... :)

With the sort of power you're now running in such a light frame I would suggest you need to make your overall gearing as high as possible, otherwise 1st will be nigh on useless, and you will be running out of revs too quickly.... :ph43r:

You are now where I was about 18 months ago where you just need to tweak it to make the most of all that lovely power :D

It's now for sale, :ph43r:

Ehh-h ?????? :(

I've now put it up for sale on e-bay as i am not sure when i would get to use it, i like to build cars but then get bored to be honest so will let someone else have the pleasure of the car, have too many toys and just passed my bike test and bought an R1, also have a 230bhp rs turbo powered westfield which is brilliant so think this will just sit there gathering dust. I just hope the winning bidder gets the most out of it :)

2.9 COSSIE POWERED FUG4 HUGE SPEC ROAD LEGAL Item number: 160216049402 on Ebay

but why?......am very surprised

hi mate, just don't think i will ever get to use it properly and there is no-one in this area who has the same interests so it will sit there like a garden ornament. Don't get me wrong, every person who has seen it in the flesh since this transformation loves it, if it doesn't hit the right sort of money i may keep it, but if it does then someone else will own a unique 1 off toy.

Well its your choice, but I think you are going to sit there on a nice summers evening somewhere with every other Joe in their westy and all the posers on their R1's and the like, thinking I wish I had my fug cos its just as quick and its the only one here..... :D

wow, I know alot of time and money has gone into your fug, but I'm impressed on the current bidding with over 5 days to go!

It's difficult to know sometimes, I always felt that driving my Fug would be a disappointment. Especially the lenght of time I'd owned it before the first drive. But I think it's great, I wouldn't want to drive it hundreds of miles in one hit, but I think it's as much fun to drive as any car or bike I've owned. I use the word "fun" as enjoyment, not power, speed, etc. The handling is pretty amazing, I can't see how something that wrong can grip that well. The 2ltr engine gives me as much power as the thing needs in the "off road" form it's in. Pretty positive all round with it at the minute, that said I've never owned anything for long, so it'll probably finish up for sale like everything else does sooner or later. For the next toy try something Hayabusa turbo, I've done the bike route, the turbo cars, the V8's, Busa turbo is somethig else.

keep looking out of my living room window at it and in a way hope no one offers the sort of money i want for it, it is unique and a real head turner, saying that it is rising in price and i could always build another. and maybee even better next time, i have a price in mind that i want to fetch for it, we'll see eh? ;)

I bet you wont sell it when it actually comes to it......your too attached to it B)

as i have said before i don't really want to sell it but seems a waste to be sat there, if it does not reach the right money i will prob keep it, i just like building cars and putting a "twist" on them", wouldn't be so bad if i had built it for someone as i could then hand over the finished product at the end and still be happy that someone is driving one of my creations, :D
for the right money someone will be driving this one, and never know i may even build another one that blows this one out of the water ;)