I'm happy to see that the person who shot this video knew how to HOLD THE CAMERA STILL and zoom in to the sign displays at the end of the track. That's a rare thing in youtube dragstrip videos.
Wow! Just saw my old bus!! Some of these guys have the reaction time on the line of a dead hamster......you can roll and smoke a cigarette before they drop the clutch! LOL Love those buses!!!!
I've owned a 1973 beetle for 25 years, but I've always wanted a bus & a karman gia to compliment my collection. The low weight of the bus helps off the line, but once it gets over 88mph the last couple hundred feet of the 1/4 mile it's gonna practically hit a wall because aerodynamics start to come into play. Still 12's and 13's are nothing to be ashamed of-especially if you're running an actual aircooled flat-four and not some kind of completely different engine(though still props to rigs it up). JC Whitney catalogues back in the day had everything you needed to build a modified VW flat/boxer/horizontally opposed 4 cylinder engine anywhere from 1600cc up to 2.4L for a couple thousand bucks...in 1990's money.
Toro Italiano the engine and drive tires are in the same area= traction . the bus weighs nothing so 280 horse power and 200 ft lb of torque will make them move out well. You think the buses are fast , watch a drag prepped Manx dune buggy run.
A guy with a '72 stripped it some (no Alcoa Interior, but Spartan) stayed with the 1600 block and picked up some Porsche 92MM jugs. Upped the compression to 12 even. Herpie was a puddle jumper in 2nd.
Reaction time does not change the time of the run. You could sit there for 10 seconds after the light goes green, and still record the same time. You would just lose the race, as you gave the other vehicle a 10 second head start.
I'm happy to see that the person who shot this video knew how to HOLD THE CAMERA STILL and zoom in to the sign displays at the end of the track. That's a rare thing in youtube dragstrip videos.
Cheers mate 🍻🍻 Think you are the first person across all my videos to mention this. Resisted the need to use a gimble so far.
As the owner of 2 VW busses that struggle to get out of their own way, this is damn impressive.
Still one of my favourites. Hope to see it back out and even quicker in 2022
hahaha and i’m the owner of a new bus that hauls ass 1835 drag engine in my stripped out 72 trying to blow this trans before it’s rebuilt
One of the coolest things I’ve seen.
I miss my Westy’s.
Can’t believe the increased value.
Thanks. Glad you liked the video
This is art. Pure art. Competition at its upmost. Manly formgiven videoally at its finest. Art.
You'll always get to the camp grounds first.
I've always been amazed at what power people can pull out of a VW engine.
I know if they put a v8 in it they would ruin it and it's nice sound
My 66 Westy was so slow...I had to plan highway merges a week in advance....
Wow! Just saw my old bus!! Some of these guys have the reaction time on the line of a dead hamster......you can roll and smoke a cigarette before they drop the clutch! LOL Love those buses!!!!
The first red bus was great and its pass at the end showed how bad it really was. ! The blue camper about melted his tires right off. Good video !
I couldn't imagine doing 120 in a freaking vw bus lol, holy crap!
11.92 with the aerodynamics of a toaster. Weeeeeeeee!
The "Fire Bus" posted an even faster 11.69 in the last run of the clip... with the aerodynamics of a toaster. Weeeeeeeeeee! is correct.
love it! thanks for posting
How do you instantly become a legend?
Do this
@paul austin P.A. ; IN CALI V W IS STILL KING !!!!!
Amiqo tenho uma kombi 1959 toda Porscher 911 esta no Youtub KOMBI MOTOR DE PORSCHER 911 BUS 59 BADU QUAL SERIA O SEU MOTOR! OBRIGADO
I miss my bus 1800 with dule kadrons (still looking for x members of Keep On Buggin of southern California )
I've owned a 1973 beetle for 25 years, but I've always wanted a bus & a karman gia to compliment my collection. The low weight of the bus helps off the line, but once it gets over 88mph the last couple hundred feet of the 1/4 mile it's gonna practically hit a wall because aerodynamics start to come into play.
Still 12's and 13's are nothing to be ashamed of-especially if you're running an actual aircooled flat-four and not some kind of completely different engine(though still props to rigs it up).
JC Whitney catalogues back in the day had everything you needed to build a modified VW flat/boxer/horizontally opposed 4 cylinder engine anywhere from 1600cc up to 2.4L for a couple thousand bucks...in 1990's money.
The aircooled flat four is arguably the best sounding engine of all time. I miss all my beetles.
Yea fire bus is on tha moove....love that look too
They're all great but my favorite is the Fire Bus.
Grant W. Whitwam Papillon
11.69 at the quarter mile... Amazing lol
Grant W. Whitwam im going to " funny cars under the stars "in june at the newhampshire speedway, i hope they have a vw event!
Awesome !
Awesome 👏🏻
A new class , "Trumpet buses" :-)
omg this is really cool.
VW bus going down the track at 120mph that s awesome way cool video 👍 thank
Cheers 👍 Hopefully the Fire Bus will be going faster in the not to distant future 💪
WTF brilliant vid
That a bad little bus.🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I like the luggage rack air foil!
Bob Camacho Poul måske er der alle der er i gerne hjem
Those are some fast buses!
Fire bus lighting it up!
Lol fire bus my god hahahaha . So many times in my life I would love to have that bus to kick some butt on the street hahaha I love it
even the 15 second bus is impressive
Yep, to get a bus to run a 15 second 1/4 mile, is a big achievement, and quick too
i got a 67 bug back in 67 for 1400 or 1800 dollars, not sure anymore which. But i really wanted a vw bus back then, just couldn't afford it.
Goosebumps
Wow i had no idea you could get that kind of HP out of a VW van
I can't believe that this happens with VW engines now...
GREAT... WORK
isso foi em qual país?
No LS swapped buses?
4:05 thats so cute and goofy yet badass lol
Que show quero uma dessa 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Assfdghĥ7Dfv. Ññm
Amazing💕😍
Em 1987 , meu pai consegui comprar uma combi 1975, cor marrom, ela só tinha um problema superaquecia e soltava muita fumaça
The absolute perfect example of WFO!
Has anybody seen Gabriel Ingles is VW bus collection he has every single year ever made mint!!!!!
Damn 11.92 out of a bus is damn good!
Where is the “s-cool bus”?
also wenn dann zeigt man auch beide Zeiten und nicht nur die von einem!!!
seems like the perfect direction for a rusty westy
I like, very crazi!
Os kombinhas boas pra danado
How did they get a VW bus to go that fast?
My uncle had one, and it had 40 hp and a top speed of 50 mph.
Toro Italiano the engine and drive tires are in the same area= traction . the bus weighs nothing so 280 horse power and 200 ft lb of torque will make them move out well. You think the buses are fast , watch a drag prepped Manx dune buggy run.
Did any of these buses audition for Speed, the movie?
Der rote Bus geht ja ab wie die Feuerwehr! :-P
3:52 what an impressive comeback
@@Mechanon84 agreed
@@Mechanon84 maybe a head start?
Way cool my bus never ran like that LOL
I had a 1979 VW Rabbit pick-up once. I had to take the canopy off to make it go faster.😬
lol. did it work ?
The Bug finally did it. First thougt Fire Bus will make best time.
Ich liebe meinen Turbokafer! ❤
4:05 - When you barely got weight on the rear axle...
Só Kombi modificada show
Strongbay Camper Rules!
1:55 what's with the parachute? It's not like he's going top fuel fast, is he?
@paul austin DRIVE A VW KARMAN GHIA AND WATCH FEMALES SMILE AT YOU FROM EAR TO EAR .
KOMBI MOTOR PORSCHE 911 BADU 59 YOUTUB MUITO LOUCA
Kombi59HotPorscher bandum Kombis
see now this is way better than all those purist buses that have to be numbers matching in completely supreme condition
Poor rustang @3:00! He's goin' through some prettty serious denial after that beating.
That best part is the one that ran 15 but feels he needed a parachute on his bus.
the fire bus my fav what engine is in that bus
deptuty dog was a 2387cc type1 VW air-cooled engine with a 150 shot of nos. in the process of having a bigger engine built.
a bigger engine! it'll fly love watching your bus cheers from Scotland
Nina på väg till jobbet
Wow 11.92 and racing a brick.
ESA KOMBI PANEL ROJA ESTA TREMENDA
WOW THEM VW'$ KICK ASS👍☝
Hola, muy
Bueno
The fire bus! My god!😭👍
I Had a van catch on fire I am a nervous wreck I can t watch this I am going to drink the pain away
👍🏻👍🏻
That’s one bad bus
Wow congrats 80 mph
And yet... STILL wayyy faster than your scooter... That you stole from your kid sister 🖕🖕🖕🤣🤣🤣
- Yes, sweetheart I bought the milk, look in the fridge, dammit, and can you keep Sonny quiet please, Daddy is trying to concentrate here...
micro rocks
Chin gon 😍👍🤝✔️
THE BUSES. Burn the pavement !_# KOOOOOQL
david lopez yuģ
david lopez 1:53
This is very frightening 😬
Fire bus rules!
OvalWingNut raokarno
Woww😱😱😱
1/4 ers. OR 1/8ths ?
1/4 miles
👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Muito bom
Jose Guanabara x
loucura de mais
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
co???? proc???
دعاء كميل
Did that flat black one get beat by a yugo ? LOL !
Is this 1/4mi or 1/8
1/4 mile
6:42 oh yeah, kick ass
Oh my God Dragbus 😭😭🔥🔥
One of the best out there. Hopefully back on the track soon with an even quicker engine. The owner is going for that 10 second run 💪💪
@@VeeDubRacing yeah i have one of them , in Hot Wheels 😁😁
Seems they were all 4 cylinders, imagine dumping an old Porsche 6 into one!
A guy with a '72 stripped it some (no Alcoa Interior, but Spartan) stayed with the 1600 block and picked up
some Porsche 92MM jugs. Upped the compression to 12 even. Herpie was a puddle jumper in 2nd.
But I still want a damned flat 12. Destroyer of egos.
Imagine, if each Van had a faster reaction time.... the Vans would be even faster!
Reaction time does not change the time of the run. You could sit there for 10 seconds after the light goes green, and still record the same time. You would just lose the race, as you gave the other vehicle a 10 second head start.
me @ 1:00 like: FFFFFUUUUUUUKKKKK that would own my 911 lmao !!! i need a bug in my life lol !!!!
We see
Cal bugs forever!
like ✌️
WOW...
not bad for a campervan :)
call 911, now!!!