Grassroots Motorsports

Updates

• Dynoed! March 31

  Spent most of Thursday afternoon at the dyno getting everything tuned in. Not a good …

• Not much of an update, but.. April 21

  Tested at Atco a few weeks ago, just forgot to post it here. Trying out …

• Whoops. June 11

  On 6/6/09 the car ate some water while trying to ford a small road river …

• Getting back together Aug. 13

  The car is in many pieces but in a few ways that’s a good thing. …

• RUNS! Aug. 27

  New motor is in the car and it smokes like a champ. Not sure if …

• More progress Sept. 03

  Had a problem with the brakes dragging after about twenty minutes of driving. Apparently there’s …

• Been a bit Oct. 27

  New motor time. The current one’s comp numbers range 120-170 mostly in the middle. Oil …

• New motor is in, but more work to do.. Nov. 04

  Got the new longblock in the car but a little fab is required to get …

Comments

dansxr2:

Awesome car man!!!!!!
Jun 18, 2008 10:44 p.m.

Paul_VR6:

13.200 @ 103.83 at the VW-Waterama event at Atco on Sunday.. on drag radials!
Jun 24, 2008 10:17 a.m.

Paul_VR6:

More Test & Tune time for the KPTuned ALLMOTOR GTI! Still trying to figure out the clutch and the tubes, but the car is coming around. No changes since IMSTAR. Weight ~2450# The car came out hard with a 13.017@104.19 1.716 60′ besting the MIR times by a mile, but bogging a tiny bit. Launch 5500 slicks 10.5psi cold. Next pass new best 12.967@106.67 spinning a little 1.727 60′. Launch around 5800 slicks 11psi hot. Next pass another new best 12.833@105.48 still spinning a tiny bit 1.725 60′. Launch 5800 slicks 11psi hot. Here’s where things get goofy.. burnout, stage and launch 1.79 60′ but it breaks up before the 1-2 shift, I let off and get back in it, sputtering. Running out of gas, whoops. Try to limp it to the pits but I don’t quite make it. Luckily I bring gas, unfortunately it’s not in the car! With the wasted time of dealing with the fuel fiasco, and a few oil downs finally ready to run again. Car takes off spins the 1-2 shift, miss my 2-3 shift a bit and end up with a 13.203@105.58 best ET and trap missing a gear, and beating my best time at MIR. There ends up being a few more oil downs and a bike wreck so I pack it in early. The car still has some ET left once I get the launch where I want it. I think it has a .77-75 as it sits. Dyno results shortly!!
Sep 25, 2008 12:10 p.m.

Paul_VR6:

Took it out last night for some more seat time.. Demolished one inner cv into about 37 pieces and broke my clutch fork doing a burnout on the next pass.. Time for some real parts I think.
Oct 23, 2008 2:51 p.m.

Paul_VR6:

Megasquirt system is installed and working. Ended up breaking the clutch during a 2-3 shift while tuning. Details are at http://kptuned.com
Feb 24, 2009 10:17 a.m.

Matt B:

Man! Sorry to hear about your hydro-incident! I feel you on that one (don't ask). Sick car, get'er back up to snuff!
Jun 16, 2009 4:27 p.m.

Paul_VR6:

Thanks, trying to finish up putting the new motor together. Finally getting some of my trans problems taken care of as well.
Jul 27, 2009 11:22 a.m.