Leon's Twin Turbo VW Powered Trike on the Dyno

This is Leon's twin turbo VW engined trike on the dyno.

[@SuperDaveVideos]

I have never seen anyone NOT tie down the vehicle being dynoed, until now.

[@DIYAmateurHour]

There's a reason that vehicles are strapped down in a cross pattern while on dynos, at the very least strap it down at least once... Enough said

[@pit32s]

Careless job my friends, specially the one in front of it during the run....

[@Shane-Singleton]

@stabbification I agree 100%. A chain around a ball hitch!? WTF!!! If it was unstable enough to walk right into the side of the dyno what was keeping it from popping a wheel up off a roller and shooting itself off in a spiral?

[@tnttrikes]

LOOKS GOOD AWESOME JOB!

[@ArnoldsDesign]

@jeremino263 Yes, nm can be described as torque, like lb-ft. However, hp describes how much torque was generated over a certain period of time.

[@bmancodgta4]

"If we all get on top of it" ... famous last words

[@themisiek2]

That was a circus lol... a chain looped on the hitch is just... amazing... imagine if it let go...

[@Landotter1]

WOW guys... Glad no one got hurt.... Very nice boke though!!!

[@19chucki74]

Gotta admit, when Aussies do car or bikes, they do 'em BIG. Crazy, yet unbelievable.

[@regfarwell]

Very nice trike they don't all look good and perform well, kepp up the good work?? Uk Triker

[@blueovalfan23]

@stabbification i like your thinking. honestly though i would be worried about the bolt holing that chain together (:48) that the ball hitch letting loose. that chain could have been wrapped better. who knows, maybe we'll see something in the future. they can only be lucky so many times right?

[@ElFreddoAndRubyScoo]

Awesome piece of kit - how long do you expect that engine to last, and how often does the front wheel see the black top??

[@sivrajinc]

My question is how light is this trike?

[@SlowC10]

what kind of transaxle and turbo are they using?

[@tpvalley]

why cant they strap it down properly? The things that look like cherry bombs on inlet pipes; r they water intercoolers/ heat exchangers?

[@TheMotorcycle123]

i bet everything i own that this trike would make your accord look like its standing still! i can guarantee that

[@SuperDaveVideos]

Regardless, your bike is very cool and so are you..

[@quito2382]

And if the engine were to blow?

[@ratmonsta]

It aint about the displacement or cubes its all about making that amount of horsepower with a simple aircooled engine... anyone can take a newer late model motor throw some bolt ons and whammo horsepower but it takes some level of genius to massage that much power out of an engine thats been around how many years........ I dig it man. Nice ride Its like they say Opinions are like as#holes everybody has one!

[@TFKelheim]

Klasse Power-Trike!!!

[@dharvie2]

That was awesome! I loved how it took about 10 rather big guys to hold it down on the rollers. 190hp???? Thats insane!! How much does the trike weigh without people on it?

[@ednerr7693]

yo quiero un motor asi en mi brasilia como isiseron para ponerle los Leon's Twin Turbo VW Powered Trike on the Dyno

[@boozobug]

think about it guys, its dragging on the rollers, and no way did it get all the power down. I'm surprised they managed at all...looked like fun :)

[@supradrifter]

exhaust hitting the rollers.

[@JMSpeedshop]

really cool very nice made! JMCustomcars

[@MiguelSanchez-ny8ne]

Son muy chulos

[@bababacardi]

super cool man, take care of blowing an engine right behing you.

[@RoflCoptr20]

thats a grenade waiting to go off

[@downunderockbar]

Where is this??

[@tattoomeewithink]

holy Shit! one fast trike with one expensive wheel repair. nice!

[@dashizl]

This video is great so many people putting their live on the line just to dyno a trike. LOL and you still didn't even get a good run.

[@yamahar87]

how fast can this trike go? god job.

[@TIMEtoRIDE900]

Now let's see the 1/4 mile times with 8 people sitting on the back.

[@lsrengines]

You went to the trouble of putting a dyno in but not having all the correct strapping available. Rolling liability.

[@rickburnout666]

+Tyler Sweat I guess that was the first Trike dyno run they done there, I hope they learned how to secure trikes after that run, or just never bothered again ?

[@elvislad]

+Tyler Sweat Yea omg shoddy shit there

[@MovieCentral990]

@bajaWes Why are You so Interested in VW's???

[@TheMotorcycle123]

very true you have me on that

[@georgejetson4540]

All of the negative comments on here suck ! It's a nice machine !

[@vwflat4driver]

lol ! to funny! actually one of the best looking trikes ive seen! most are real lame and apear to be rushed together!an N/A 2275 is already hard to handle on a trike id love to see what a stab of the throttle at 70mph would do to that front end!

[@thejunkpunks]

Wheelie outa that like the Kenner TTP/SSP!

[@DOMO_ATL]

I was expecting like 500hp monster, what in the gods hell.

[@jeremino263]

@jonnyi What do you mean?

[@lotuscorpse]

That disturbing on a few levels, but damn that some crazy powere for a trike.

[@scubbipower07]

damn it took long enough to get a reading

[@kalfass]

nice

[@Unloadonyou]

@proctortoad Same thought ran through my head.... hell the new 11' ZX10R has 198hp

[@JeremyL249]

One guy, two guys, then about 14 guys. Lol sweet trike though!

[@TehShadowDeath]

@xXPUN1SH3RXx I'm sure it's producing more than 190HP but there isn't enough weight on that thing for it to keep traction. Those transaxles are very good about translating the HP the wheels. A factory 71 Super Beetle with the 1 bbl carb can keep up with most of these newer cars, stock for stock. It's a simple fact that his bike doesn't weigh anything and as you can see anything more than 190HP would be suicide.

[@blyndrotor]

It can go way more but it's at it's safe level. I saw this at maccas bit over a year ago and have kept the pics and video on my phone ever since. The bike is a work of art and is from what I've been told is damn fast. Lets face it, it would be with that power with that little weight. Besides no point having that much power & not being able to put it to the ground. Scary point though. Front wheel up, bye bye steering. On QLD country roads. No thanks. Fast but might not kill your self.

[@iminsane84]

this trike is sic

[@tpvalley]

usually they ratchet strap em down, u can pull em on to rollers with about 5 tonnes of force with enough straps!

[@DkpProductions]

These guys work full time at walmart service center or what

[@MrAtmosphereJunkie]

180 at the wheels they claim, I see a lot of comments about higher hp bikes but a lot of them are crank hp, I wonder how much this thing is at the crank....or do cycles not lose much hp before all the power hits the wheels? I'm not well versed in the typical conversion for bikes but this thing could be making some impressive numbers at the crank.. .still regarding the video, dangerous as hell lol

[@faster1k]

My 1000cc made 211 at the crank.. 193 at the wheel.. and Its an 05 with just head, cam, and compression. .

[@ArnoldsDesign]

Yes, lovely. Half billion hp at the back wheels and close to no weight on the front end. Oh well, I give them credit for their ingenuity. I thought when that trike slid toward the right that it would launch.

[@Bandicoot803]

Eight dudes holding the beast in place?!?

[@68Squid]

lets see how many people can get their limbs near a dyno?

[@kalfass]

maxi power very nice

[@joeguercio6646]

First of all....why is a trike on a dyno? Second a engine stand dyno is the proper way to test a VW motor as most industry motor builders use! Trans-axles loose very little horsepower as it is! I know many street cars from So-Cal where real-performance VW's were started, that run around 180-195hp at the crank (normally aspirated)! These are typically 2275-2332cc engines for street use with 100 RON fuel. VW's usually make way more power than that, with a singe turbo draw through system on a single DCOE Weber carb! Even with less than 2000cc running high boost rates, no intercooler on standard non-variable pitch turbos! So these guys should get the Darwin Award for their lack of safety sense!

[@TJVliet]

power at the wheels... the only real way to test horsepower for a vehicle.. sure an engine stand will tell you how strong the engine is... but it wont tell you how effective it is along with the whole drive train.

[@TJVliet]

but also you are correct... that was not very safe...

[@billboyd4051]

Volunteer Scatter shields.

[@Welchracing33]

@surrynet I never said people should go and do whatever they want. That's why we have controlled enviroments to do them in. I just see people complaining about this and figure they are the same people that complain about other things like Travis Pastrana shouldn't have done a double backflip, now kids all over the world are attempting it. We shouldn't stop pushing just because of the risks involved. Although it should be in as much a controlled enviroment to prevent a news story like you mention

[@matze367]

einfach der Hammer :) würd meinem buggy auch gut stehen der motor ^^

[@RedneckSwede]

Hey Look! A new sport! TrikeWrestling! ^^

[@huntman141]

dang

[@lukihadito1407]

good

[@waynemetevia7983]

Sooo........ why are we not seeing a demo ride???

[@blake1405]

Although 190 hp is not impressive... the trike looks sick :)

[@fatqwert200]

well i guess dropping out of high school would be a good qualification for this employment

[@abdi862]

lool i thought it was a porche engine at the back ahahaha! silly me

[@csimvwtnt]

@xXPUN1SH3RXx wheelspin on the dyno, it won't pick up all the ponies. you won't get somthing that lite to hook up on that type of dyno.

[@yukonrott]

@stabbification ya i agree that was real intelligent and then to top it off all them holding the bike in the center if one of them tires woulda let go i think one or more of them woulda lost a body part or their life... but i was watchin sayin the same thing about that chain that was doing absolutely nothing.. i could wrapped a zip tie around it and woulda accomplished the same thing...

[@bullshit54321]

but you have to think 190 hp on a say 1500 pound chassis its like having 400hp on a 2500 pound hcassis when the boost hits the wheels will spin

[@jeremino263]

its not the hp that count, its the Nm that does. hp is just an other unit of 'energy' like 'watt' Nm is force, real power

[@Ryoukun16]

@sombody111: Someone must've have a short memory for NOT LOOKING AT THE COMMENTS BEFORE MINES, since it was for one of them.

[@salemcripple]

read the captions

[@AYEcorolla]

@xXPUN1SH3RXx Eh, its not a lot sure, but consider that the engine was designed in the 30s and they are FRAGILE as shit. The turbos are more for response then anything else.

[@basilhiggs1683]

amazing all the negative comments ,mainly from people that think they know everything,but actually know jack shit...lol

[@basilmoulds9762]

hey basil we have the same name!

[@nitmar5]

i know this, but the rollers have resistance in them, causeing the bike to want to jump off them so it just spins, that dyno is made for cars, not for a light weight trike, trust me i know what im talking about, ive been working on nething with an engine since i could walk, im seventeen now

[@24preacherboy]

@stabbification It was a professional atomisphere. Just look at their shirts, they were all the same.

[@blake1405]

@fbmbmx904 agreed.

[@mageac]

@fbmbmx904 twin turbos will not make any more max power then a single... just hit boost earlier

[@BoogieMain17]

I about pee'd laughing at 180 hp

[@jefflafferty3651]

ok dont you know what a dyno is, it spinning on rollers not the ground, it will read the speed and horsepower of the bike

[@Skroggn]

should of put dry bar soap on the rollers :)

[@nitmar5]

its got a car engine on a light weight bike, its gunna spin

[@ironheadjim1]

I wouldn't be any where around that thing.

[@krusher74]

I think some people were going to get killed when it came fell off that dyno. That's an accident waiting to happen

[@silverstangboy]

im sorry but if I only weighed in at 1100lb and made nearly 200 hp at the wheels with twin turbo I damn well better be doing more than an 11 second run

[@philtripe]

block the suspension so it doesnt sag and get straps on that thing

[@Welchracing33]

@surrynet No, Its just most people that use that word think they are smarter then others. Look at some of the posts below and you will see what I mean. Everyone's "level" of common sense is completly different and not a very good term of "measurment". People do things that are considered "unsafe" by "others" all the time. Even yourself, if you've ever sped or not wore a seatbelt that would be viewed as unsafe by some people and its "common sense".

[@smileycakes14]

there wasnt enough weight, it kepped spinning the wheels, he pushes way more hp then it says

[@BajaWes]

I removed some silly comments by what was likely a 13yr.

[@bababacardi]

yeap, even a foot inserted between those rods ñalskdfj

[@dharvie2]

Sorry mis-type: 180 HP not 190

[@rakerbill60]

It's a nice looking trike with a lot of power. But damn! You need to be safer when doing dyno pulls. Something BAD could have happened to any one of you at any time. Ratchet straps and no one on board during the pulls. I can't believe they even let you do the pulls like that.

[@fuzzballfury3022]

When it spins, get a fat guy, when it still spins, get another fat guy, when it still spins, get a fat guy to stand on the back, when it slips off to the side, get the entire team of fat guys to hold it in place.

[@KentuckianaRifleman]

At first I marked this as dislike since I don't care for three wheelers. then I watched the whole video and watching more and more people trying to contain this little monster was hilarious

[@MyMPPM]

honestly, at type speed you won't stop at the leg, at top speed you would likely go though whole like like a carrot in a juicer.

[@daimientaylor3108]

Where's OSHA

[@lievenaw]

1:18 LET's get seriously injured

[@DemonicRarityAdventures]

@stabbification really man if the engine decides to do that only safe place would be out side that dam building plus vw engines is one of the toughest engines out there so there is no worrie of these kind of engines blowing up but to the vid maker nice fucking trike