Did anyone see Monster Garage last night?

fubar · Post by **fubar** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:38 pm

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.

Gene-C · Post by **Gene-C** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:41 pm

Yep, I've been waiting to see it. Thought it was pretty good. What's wrong with yellow?

fubar · Post by **fubar** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:48 pm

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..

Gene-C · Post by **Gene-C** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 4:55 pm

Did they ever say who built the engine originally?

Post by **vincent9993** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 5:31 pm

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

MickeyUSA · Post by **MickeyUSA** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:02 pm

There is a write up on this in October 05 Dune Buggies and Hot VWs if anyone cares.

fubar · Post by **fubar** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 6:05 pm

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?

newmanx59 · Post by **newmanx59** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 9:53 pm

[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.

Gene-C · Post by **Gene-C** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 10:02 pm

[QUOTE="newmanx59"]You have nothing to worry about...he never said anything about "yeller" buggys.[/QUOTE] Thanks Jerry I feel better now. :rock:

newmanx59 · Post by **newmanx59** » Wed Oct 12, 2005 12:58 am

[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.