Bug Jam is nearly here!

With only 16 days to go till Bug Jam 23 you’d better get your skates on if you want to ensure you get your advance tickets for the original and best VW fest this summer!
Advance tickets close on Friday 10th July at 5pm online and 5.30pm via phone. We recommend you don’t leave it till the last minute as we wouldn’t want you to miss out on the advance ticket savings on offer.
This year’s event is certainly going to be a whopper, with activities and entertainment morning, noon and night, the anticipation is rising and the buzz is definitely buzzing. A true festival in every sense of the word, with a vibrant and fun atmosphere, bringing to life the very essence of VW culture.
Don’t forget, there’s free camping on-site all weekend and better still, the under 13’s get in for absolutely nothing! (Three under 13’s FREE per paying adult).
With a capacity crowd expected, show goers are advised to book their tickets early, you DO NOT want to miss this one!
For more information, or to book tickets, click to www.bugjam.co.uk or call 01234 782828.

EBI is right around the corner!

3-5 July 2009

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2332cc motor first fire-up

fired up a friend's 2332cc/FK89/IDA motor last night - all good, thank god! it gets a bit amokey as the greasy handprints and paint burn off the exhaust though... next time we'll run it up outside!
watch out for this one on a street near you sometime soon ;)

cool norwegian slammer

edit:- we just recieved a link from Tom Rune to this thread about a neat norwegian slammer belonging to Thomas (see comment!). we can't understand the words, but the pics certainly do the talking! if you have a good project thread going on, let us know..
here is an english version! thanks Thomas!
http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=3808554

richie webb runs a 9.33!

hats off to brit Richie Webb for running an amazing 9.33 second pass at 149mph in the USA! and that's in his full-weight, streetable cabriolet, too !! truly awesome

Keith Seume visits Southend on Top Gear!

check out this rare footage from 'back in the day'. Keith talks about 'the look' and they check out the legendary Chris Jory Oval, Gary Constable's Fasty and Ritchie King's 'Rad' red Ghia, too.
I remember seeing this on TV and, I have to admit, it's part of the reason I got into the whole VW thing. It was shot on Southend seafront, and all the cars were familiar.. in fact, I'd just bought my first Beetle and these cars were my influences!
So, thanks Keith, Ritchie and co., it was nice to see this nostalgic UK footage again, it brought it all flooding back!
PK

2500hp keith black motor!

wayne then showed off the 2500hp (!) blown, alki, keith black hemi motor, which is the kind of motor serious racers use to push into the 6-second bracket! serious sh!t, for sure!
that's £1200-worth of rods, doncha know!!
check out the carbon fibre injector scoop - awesome!
and we loved the old-skool 'lid with fireproof mask and goggles - madness!!!