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Ep 203 RAD Designs Rodney Adams Feb 04, 2023

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Rodney Adams with RAD designs out of Turlock California has been enthusiast for many years starting off with his first bug when he was 15 converting that to a water cooled 2.3 L Ford Pinto motor. He's had years of experience in different lines of work learning to TIG welder young age working in food processing plants repairing and machining equipment. He took that skill set and developed one of the coolest turbo set ups that's out there to date. He has a 1600 cc car that runs 12's in the quarter mile with a turbo set up on it parentheses. On this episode we discuss turbo charging cars fuel injection versus carburetion the advantages of E 85 fuel and what makes his turbo kits different. Great detailed conversation for those looking for a little more power in there VW.... Enjoy

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Ep 202 The most expensive 1977 Beetle Jan 27, 2023

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Lately we've been going down the rabbit hole of the late model Beetles. Late model Beetles were the most technologically advanced type 1 Volkswagens of the air-cooled brand. As they got later into production sales numbers dropped considerably for multiple reasons we talk about that on this podcast. We also discussed Mike Goode and his collection of Volkswagens that he's had over the years and his passion for the hobby. He has an affinity for late model Volkswagens growing up in Chicago not a lot of the early ones were around. Building a collection over the years. Only to find himself in a bidding war that ends on bring a trailer for the most expensive 1977 beetle sold to date. He like us has a passion for this hobby and he's got a varied collection from a 67 beetle 73 super beetle that was recently featured in hot VW's magazine and he loves those turtle backs. And the crown jewel of his collection is the 130 mile original 1977 beetle great listen.

Ep 201 Import & restore a VW From Brazil with Brien Hamrick Jan 20, 2023

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3 years ago we had Brien Hamrick on the podcast. He owns USA KombI Connection and imports may cars from Brazil. On this podcast we discuss starting a buisness of passion. How the process goes and the callenges in between. Since just before the pandemic we started to see a rise in shipping cost. How have the shipping challenges have effected the cost of importing theses cars and the recent change in the shipping costs. Its not jsut Volkswagens he can get you either. There are Chevy C-10's Toyotas and much more. Brien also discusses cars he has in inventory right now. Great Deals.

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Ep 200 Joe Cali Type 4 upright conversion Jan 13, 2023

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The Type 4 engine known as the VW big Block. VWs 2nd gen aircooled engine. Its a touqe monster. The was always an issue with getting it into a VW. Well Thanks to Joe Cali the average VW enthusiest can convert the pankace type 4 engine into an upright engine. He was lucky enough to score a 2.0L type 4 914 engine. Joe literly wrote the book. Back in 1993 Joe an engineer by trade decided he would make a manual for the conversion that he did. Joe has an impressive story and some great luck as a VW enthusiast. We talk about the performance of a type four and what he had to go through for the first conversion not to mention owning a VW in the Bronx. Joe's a great guy who's contributed a lot to the VW scene especially to the average backyard guy who wants to put a big block in his VW! Enjoy

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Ep 199 Red E Motorsports Eric Allred Jan 06, 2023

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Salt Lake City in the house this week on the podcast! Eric Allred is the owner of Red E Motorsports in Salt Lake City. Eric's been a long time drag racer and has been in the VW scene in Salt Lake for 20+ years. His commitment to the hobby was so great he decided to open up his own shop a few years back. Putting it all online to see if he could make his passion work as a hobby. From Dino tuning, engine building, and general work on your VW. Eric loves the Volkswagen hobby and you can tell his attention to detail is as meticulous as his shop. From 356s to turbo kits to anything and everything he does all of this in his small shop with one other guy. On this podcast we go into a bit of a deep dive on the holly sniper EFI set up for your VW. What Eric does to make those work and some of the details behind it. We also discuss racing at the salt flats turbo cars and other fun VW stuff. Great episode enjoy…

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EP 198 Distributor talk with Josh Honel Dec 30, 2022

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The VW Distributor is a critical part of any VW engine. On this episode, we discuss the differences with the VW style distibutors avaiable. On the points side of things. Josh Honel is a VW enthusiest who has gotten into the VW distributor to the point where he owns a Sun distributor tester. Like most of us, we take this passion to another level. He's been rebuilding VW distributors & carburetors. He also Dyno tunes engiines. He's locates in Midlothan Texas. We discuss if your 34 pict 3 is not running right, will a vacuum advance distributor make it run better? Is a 009 the go to? How the advance works with vacuum to adjust advance for best drivablility. Maybe the vacuum advance is more important to you after you hear what we discuss. Great listen and if your looking to have your distributor rebuilt, hit him up here. https://www.facebook.com/aircooleddynowerks

Ep 197 2022 Year end wrap up Dec 23, 2022

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Bill ,George & Tory Alonzo review 2022. We walk through the year of podcasts & events that happend this year. From the GNRS, to the SEMA and much more. The poeple we interviewd some of our favorite podcasts. Which cars made an impression on the scene. We talk about some people we lost. Some crazy events that happend. A lot of good VW talk .

Ep 196 Superbeetles with Wayne Dean Dec 16, 2022

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The superbeetle is the last generation of the VW Beetle 1971 -1975. Produced as an evolution to the beam front end the Mcphearson strut front suspension, larger front cargo area & curved windshield were some of the major differences in the model. We go over the histoy of the Superbeetle with Wayne Dean who runs the website https://superbeetles.com

Wayne has a history as a contributing writer to VW Trends magazine. His La Grand edition VW Superbeetle is all original 1975. The first year for a fuel injected Super Beetle. we breakdown the year by year production numbers all the way to the end. Check out his other site https://allaircooled.com

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Ep 195 Chuck Beck builder of the Beck 550 Spyder Dec 09, 2022

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Chuck Beck loved racing, he was building tube frame cars while in the SE Pacific testing Atom bombs. When he got out of the air force he built a one good VW out of a 46' & 53 wrecked beetle. He would build whatever he could. He liked racing so he bought a Devon kit car and started that build. He made a chevy powered racecar. His first car he started making a mold from was a Porsche 910 before he could build one he came across a 550 car that his customer let him make a mold from. That began the legend known today as the Beck 550 Spyder. While he was building the first one, a magazine photographer comes to his shop and takes pictures of his 550 replica. From there the rest is history. His current 904 Porsche is quite a legend itself at 1500lbs and 450hp . Its a great story of a man who went from Air Force to building cars in his garage to working for Shelby as a fabricator. Leaving Shelby to founding partner in FUNCO the company that builds sand cars. Hes done it all.

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Ep 194 Real Street 2022 Champ David Ruiz Dec 02, 2022

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As the 2022 Triple crown real street class wraps up this year we talk to David "Volkstroke" Ruiz. Hes been battling out on the 1/8th Mile with the real street racers for a few years. This year David stripped out last years car and swapped everyting over to a super clean Oval Rag. This car debuted heavier than his last car but ran a bit faster. He then shaved some weight to get close to the spec and then he was ready for battle. With that he's probably the fasest Member of DBK car club. For those of you that wonder what real street is well, its street legal cars that race at the track with limited motor size, weight limits, no power adders and thats about it. You'll need to be registered and insured, 5:00am meet up at the gas station and fill all the gas you'll need for the day. Tanks are sealed off and drive 20 miles on the freeway to the track from there the only thing you can change is your tires. Each year this class has been heating up and geting very competitive. This class really comes down to the driver with only thousands of a second seperating competitors. Davis also has a youtube chanel you can check out Here

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