Starting The Phantom Ghia prostock VW

First fire up after engine assembly. The Phantom Ghia is a 9 second 1/4 mile, 1958 VW Karmann Ghia door slammer. Built by Robert Cook or Cooker's V-Dubs in Clear Spring, Maryland and owned and driven by Rob Schultz. ****UPDATE**** this car now resides in France under new ownership.

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Volkswagen
• volkswagon
• beetle
• bus
• drag
• race
• street
• crash
• wheelie
• air
• cooled
• bug

[ChevyCorvette7k7]

very nice Ghia what is the purpose of the long exhaust pipe?

[Lordestroyer]

@ChevyCorvette7k7 That is called a stinger. It is the common tip used on a merged, tuned header on a normally aspirated air cooled drag car.

[upsdelivery]

I've watched this video like 100 times already. I love that thing. when are you going to upload a video with this thing at the track? I wanna see what this thing will do in the 1/8 or 1/4.

[Lordestroyer]

@upsdelivery The car was only raced a few times, then sold to a buyer in france. Car has been completely disassembled and in the process of rebuilding. Why? Who knows?

[loveanianimeme]

Where do you get the parts to tune up a beetle engine like that?

[Lordestroyer]

@loveanianimeme Get yourself a Hot VW's magazine. Lots of dealers in there. Cheers!

[hunterziegelmann]

Pounds per horsepower that engine is FAR more powerful then a stupid V8 :/

[Lordestroyer]

@tdog4608 PPfffttttttttttt, why would it need a V8?

[Doyalwcheese]

now drop in a hemi head underthe crank engine!

[Doyalwcheese]

356 technology IS COOOOOL, LORD OF THE OPPOSED ENGINE! IGNITE!

[ChevyCorvette7k7]

@Lordestroyer thank you and i found out that the 'Stinger' sort of creates a vacum helping the ehaust to flow better

[skrapmetal]

'Bad Ass' doesn't even describe that type of awesome. Sweet Ghia!

[hunterziegelmann]

@hunterziegelmann LOL it says it was posted 7 months ago and it has 7 thumbs up, Oh the irony...

[kiffing]

@MillerRacing95 On drag bugs most time they won't run a shroud or generator. No shroud and generator less drag on the motor spinning them.