NOT YOUR AVERAGE VW T1! *Porsche Swap* Ring Lap

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[@nicleichtbauer1086]

Thank you for all your nice comments about this video and "Leichtbau", the name of the T1 Panel you`re watching. I´ve built this car over a longer period of time. Fourth year we´re driving it on the Nürburgring now and it´s been a constant evolution. This year it felt better and faster than ever. The Porsche brakes work very balanced and the engine works like a gem. You´re right about the steering,it´s a little heavy due to an altered VW 1303 rack and pinion. It lost 1,5 turn lock-to-lock last winter which made it much easier on the track but of course makes it heavier at the same time. The gearbox is a stock 1989 G50 Porschebox but with the shifts the wrong way due to the shifter. We reach almost 220 km/h over Schwedenkreutz and the Fuchsröhre at 185 km/h so it´s not exactly slow..;)Much better to drive on the track with just the driver though. Go and watch more videos on youtube "vw leichtbau"

[@tomaszjaowiec9554]

Great job!!! I really like your car. Greetings!!!

[@VVH1997]

Love it! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@All_Dead_In_Shimoda]

Thank you for sharing your van with us ! You should be proud of your build and your skills driving it 👊😎

[@markopolic9964]

Mischa, youve just been marked as excess weight xD but what an amazing vehicle that T1 is

[@CalamarTv]

love it!!

[@Phased_Array]

That light weight air freshener is the perfect G meter.

[@Grimm-Gaming]

i used to do something similar with my scion xbs Guage cluster and a matchbox car. it went up n down the half circle lol

[@CL-vz6ch]

But irritating...

[@masked3207]

I use a small obsidian ball on a necklace

[@nicleichtbauer1086]

Thank you all for your encouraging comments and likings. And thank you Misha for making this clip. The suspension was fixed that same Friday night and early next morning we headed back to Finland via Denmark and Sweden. Best trip so far and we got 12 laps around the Nürburgring which is about 240 kms! That lap with Misha abord was far from the fastest but a decent lap considering two persons. The main thing about this whole build is to keep it as light as possible,and that is also the secret behind it´s performance. And that´s where the car got its name "Leichtbau" which means Lightweight in english. Still improving the car and ourselves every year and next year it has to make sub 9 second times from where we are measuring which is about 20-25 seconds shorter than BtG. We were very close this year already but yellow flags and traffic disturbes a lot.

[@jenniferwhitewolf3784]

Very nice to see another one of these. Back in 1971 or 1972, a fellow near Portland Oregon put a 911 under his son's VW van, It was a multi-passenger with 2 rows of seats behind the front 2. No roll cage. The donor 911 had been totaled in a roll-over, about a 1968 model with the 3 barrel Webers. It was great fun to ride in, but yours is at a far higher state of tuning and chassis development. Bravo!! Well done!!!!

[@MicEE87]

I saw that car at the ring and i wondered why anyone would use a bus as a ringtool, now I know! This is an epic build! BTW, nice to meet you IRL Misha, wery humble and polite person! (I drove a blue Focus RS with big white stickers)

[@roderickwitte8474]

Love this! Maybe not the fastest, but damn you just want this! A bad-ass built and a great job!

[@pieterbuyens5238]

I love this content!! This is the stuff you don't find on other channels...

[@chrisgray318]

An awesome example of a visceral experience from a old school vehicle. Thanks for the work put in on that VW , sharing it with us.

[@rebelranter]

This is class, yeah the Ferraris & McClarens are cool, but this is definitely more fun!

[@bbayerit]

Close the vent windows for another 30 mph out of her! 😁😉 Love the sound of the motor at FOT!!! Well done, sir!

[@roadwarr]

Yaa, you guys got there first. But WE come with the beer and brats 😁😁

[@jimcole5359]

Very impressive ring tool. I have seen many VW to Porsche change overs here in the US, but this is the first van I have seen this done to. Most common here are VW Beetles. Sorry to see that a bolt had issues, but it is racing, you never know what is going to happen on track.

[@urd2119]

Him getting a call while recording through phone 😂😂😂😂 3:00

[@itfinyorkshire3150]

Wow what a work of art

[@williamerentfro9543]

Way over the top!!! Freaking crazy awesome!!!

[@williamerentfro9543]

Thank you for sharing. Unbelievable 😊

[@NiklasTuominen-h9l]

Thank You!!

[@wesleycook6921]

Wow. I love it. A Porsche 6 cyl drivetrain with a VW van body. Amazing how fast it was. Thanks for sharing

[@shmulikanglister]

Looks like a van, flies like a butterfly, stings like a beetle...

[@mducheine2784]

The analogy doesn't fit perfectly, but very funny!

[@Marco-ns9nj]

German Car-engineering! Very good work!! @Nic Leichtbauer: Du hast es drauf!

[@Jorge-Tamacas]

Interesting engine swap in this T1. I remember seeing a T2 with a 993 turbo engine swap in a video

[@nicleichtbauer1086]

That was "Race-taxi",a phenomenal beast which unfortunately isn´t road legal.

[@Jorge-Tamacas]

@@nicleichtbauer1086 oh really? In my country it would not be a problem, we don't have so estrict regulations

[@thedemonking6143]

Keep up the good work misha

[@mayansachdeva7402]

Bus tours should be in this with 10 bucket seats behind😂

[@edhoffmann9387]

So if we take an average speed since production date we come up with 52 mph. A few more laps should get you in the 60 range. Love the bus. Mine still has 36 hp

[@jamesshields9079]

This guy hasn't bought a drink in the clubhouse since 89... VW T1 WTF should be the official name.

[@Encom0]

Damn - The perfect van!

[@fitmaximum]

Great!! Beautiful and faster t1

[@keithbjelland1813]

Wow a race bus love it.

[@danielseghers8214]

Hey man you just got your doors blown off by an old VW Bus!

[@giorgiopiccini]

hallo Misha, amazing lap and amazing t1 !!!

[@petersilie3431]

A cool guy in a cool car.

[@terra2805]

What an absolutely awesome build! It sounds fantastic. I would be so tempted to make it road legal. Then you would have an awesome street sleeper. Lol. It has to be said, I wouldn't like a head on collision in it though. :/

[@nicleichtbauer1086]

It is road legal and driven daily during summertime. Was driven to the Ring from Finland and back.

[@videojockeysword]

What I wouldn't do for a ride like that right now. Next try making it electric...beating VW to the street!

[@unklskee689]

Now that was crazy. Good video!!

[@gonzaloandresvazquez6439]

Supreme sound!

[@charlesdecker9870]

Dominos should have a fleet of those vans.

[@GasolineNicenstein]

you can actually see that the drivers muscles got bigger to the end of that lap

[@Lucky-ou4vz]

Take it to Las Vegas F1 show them who the BOSS IS

[@itisjustacomment]

I would love this thing put a bed in the back and just travel everywhere also it would be perfect on the motorway vroom vroom..

[@HalfblindTV]

Thats me in the Mustang at 3:42 and i wondered how this Vw Bus could be so quick...now i know :D

[@mgcharoudin]

Awesome car and great driving!

[@HalfblindTV]

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[@Jaroneko]

@@HalfblindTV 1:07 - 1:53 in the linked video for the Mustang hunting the T1.

[@Vampirebear13]

Great video!!! Thanks for sharing!!! Thumbs up from Ohio!!!

[@BBROPHOTO]

@@HalfblindTV That's super cool!

[@kobbetop]

I spot an old style Finnish licence plate...it fits the theme because only a Finn would build something like that :-)

[@pilviniemi]

Dam right!

[@billbrillford7883]

the flying Finns!!

[@Aro800]

Doing pretty well considering it has the aero dynamics of a brick.

[@lopezb]

and the roll characteristics too! of a brick on edge...

[@RobertKarlBerta]

Actually a VW van is MORE aerodynamic than an original Jaguar XKE. The van has the perfect balistic coefficent of 4 to 5. If same weight and power the bus would be faster than the XKE!

[@thiagoherbert1214]

the ultimate track weapon, and grocery getter, and also you can sleep in it, the perfect ring tool hahahah keep up the good work misha❤

[@clausmadsen6754]

This is BY FAR the greatest vehicle I’ve seen. The sound, man, pure music. Love it!!

[@onetwo3706]

Do a lap while smoking a bong in the T1

[@betaich]

Problem with that weed is illegal in Germany and the driver could loose his license and car.

[@nagow_360]

@@betaich think you just got woooshed

[@97Flyer]

@@betaich thats the point

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

🤣

[@danielb2145]

That's what a sleeper van should look and sound like, I wouldn't want to go around that track any faster. Epic ! I love these old cars that surprise people.

[@monkey0550ify]

Agreed not when they say sleeper but can see intercooler and piping with blow off noises

[@danielstokker]

@@monkey0550ify i have a volvo amazon swapped to electric and beat a tesla dragracing 🤣🤣🤣

[@LukaszRox]

Waiting for special vlog about this T1, love it :D

[@oliviermaresch4395]

OMG So much yes!! Lets make it official: a GT2 T1 Endurance Cup!!!

[@sncLP]

Endurance Cup without power steering? Sounds challenging^^

[@97Flyer]

@@sncLP like the old times

[@sncLP]

@@97Flyer yep, and the more I think about it, the more I like the Idea

[@F1ll1nTh3Blanks]

Get the Ford V10 Van and the Renault Espace F1. 🤣

[@oliviermaresch4395]

@@F1ll1nTh3Blanks X5 Le Mans V12 as a pacecar :')

[@xXxH8TERxXx]

He is manhandling that wheel 💪🏻 No ps here

[@mgcharoudin]

Correct!

[@OnkelzFanatiker]

whats more upsetting than being raced by a sub7up? - a sub7bus!

[@jpsabbey]

I'm not easily impressed but that is Fricken awesome!!! 🤣👏👌👍

[@dukerwd]

What Gearbox is he using - very short throws !! Lovely build - great guy Great car

[@henrymacleod6592]

I think it has nothing to do with the gearbox, but with the shifter, probably something like a CAE shifter.

[@FMSLO]

He does need both hands on the wheel at all times for this one... Thats a nice workout

[@tonyfry2070]

porsche G50

[@maximojuve5967]

I've had this idea for many years, put a Porsche engine into vw bus. I'm glad this man has done it.

[@corradoracervwvrt8276]

This why ilove your chanel Misha! Mix match and interesting content. car enthusiast will always follow you. Love the new school car & ols school car!!! Not boring at all. Keep it up from NYC

[@wernerbloemwagen6878]

That Christmas Tree in the middle is the G-force indicator showing to which side the bus is being pulled.

[@flatsix666]

FUN with a capitol F ! ! ! That's why the chap does workout, to handle the steering, lol Love the interior . Very well presented indeed. Superb VW

[@Kalandaari]

It's not about going fast, it's about having fun. That's what the Nürburgring (TF) is about, and this T1 is the embodiment of it !

[@Individuo80]

I can't think of a better racesuit to drive this than a sleeveless shirt and shorts

[@pineyLt]

The ultimate definition of a sleeper! Insane! Here and there you can hear it moan and creek like an old fighter plane taking a lot of G’s in a tight bank.

[@vincenzodipisa3237]

I like the driver's outfit, I wouldn't be surprised if he is wearing flip flops. He reminds me of Giorgio Francia making the best lap in the Giulia wearing a polo...

[@mk2design]

Don´t know if mentioned before (didn´t read all comments) : *BUT* Sabine Schmitz has to steer this T1 !!! ;) ... with Lars Kern in a Porsche GT2 RS MR as slipstream-driver *:)*

[@Qytrh]

I am *really* passionate about racing and would like to follow a career in racing possibly. And therefore I am interested in how you got to where you are today, if you don't mind telling me. Thankyou. P.S You are a great driver

[@AdrianosClassicGarage]

God, I wanna bring my 500 to the ring ever so badly!

[@MrTycoon1995]

just need to paint it as the mystery machine from scooby doo and that's the most epic sleeper :D imagine you are in your supra and this passes you inside junkies smoking fat blunts heee e ee hee

[@cynandjesusetein4415]

I'd love to have this vw camper. Classic n performance!!

[@hpt08]

All the while, Mum's in the back trying to make a cuppa. 😁

[@staudtj1]

That's the most fun I've ever had in VW Bus! ...Love the lightweight scented tree/Lateral G Meter, very useful.

[@DjNikGnashers]

Vantastic. Love it. Pointless trying to film the lap on your phone though mate, especially when there is a go-pro or something recording it properly, and missing out on the whole experience of the ride because you're staring at your phone screen trying desperately to keep the tarmac from wobbling and swaying out of view lol.......

[@bdrakman]

Saw the engine (smiled), saw the roll cage (surprised), heard the sound exiting the cones (bigger smile). Still the thought in the back of my head was "If this guy passes anyone I'll be impressed". Well that was epic. I loved it immensely. The best part was that this guy at some point said to himself "I should do that", so flippin' cool!!!!!

[@miguelfiestamk1]

Crazy build T1, thanks misha for providing us this great content

[@hazeleger9011]

Damn a racing suit wouldn't fit with those arms! Nice driving! Love how happy you are in the car 🤪

[@BogattheMoon]

love the resonance of the motor inside that breadbox!

[@jacobmarianoguron9333]

The ring with no power steering, perfect daily morning workout. What a dream to be living.

[@jeanlefranc3817]

Way more interesting than another BMW M5 lap round the ‘ring.

[@Vampirebear13]

Wow another wild ride!!! That VW bus is just about the ultimate sleeper and I love that steering wheel !!!!

[@algrayson8965]

The VW Bus/Kombi, etc. is very aerodynamically efficient for a vehicle of its frontal and cross-sectional area. Later models that have more rounded corners to the windshield panel are probably a little better. What limits its speed? Does it run out of power or hit the red line?

[@TheOperator404]

Massive driving skills, especially through brünnchen

[@mariof.5936]

Hi Misha!...light weight air freshener, light weight steering wheel, light weight gear knob..👍👍😍

[@Chr0meTiGeR]

I saw this beast when I did my first trackday in a Golf GTI rental car. Awesome to find a video about it a year later.

[@ugobug]

Pretty wicked ride! how it handles those corners so well is astounding! Only thing though....That's a Type 2, not a Type 1. Type 1 is a Bug(Beetle). just fyi.

[@db7db]

I had a 1959 VW Delivery Van ((no side panel windows)) identical to this one cept I went with a 'hotrodded' 2180cc - it had a factory bench seat, same dash & I added a roof vent plus a sunroof as well as some nice 15" MT's on custom chromed steel rims - hella Vdub!! today they fetch 7 figures @ sale

[@autoroom21]

A helmet, a full roll cage, and wearing a vest... brilliant

[@vwfanatic2390]

GOD! I love that flat 6 911 engine symphony, and to hear it in a 60’s VW Bus is just so radical man.

[@artmchugh5644]

BODY BY VW ,ENGINE BY PORSCHE, STEERING BY ARMSTRONG !!!!😄😄😄😄😎😎😎🍺🍺🍺🍺🇺🇸🇩🇪

[@lucianodebarros4797]

Absolutamente hipnotizante! Parabéns ao projetista, ao piloto, ao proprietário e ao youtuber!

[@csj9619]

Wow! I don't believe I've ever seen a flat-6 in a bus. Somewhere there's a 911 owner wondering why his car won't start. Haha

[@koeskss]

why wont buses like this drive around cities :( ...also, no food shot, but we got a bolt shot instead :v

[@gentibici]

now this is my favourite video :)

[@sucapizda]

This is where Brian Cranston is hanging out now a days. Driving a Porsche bus on the Nurburgring. Cool.

[@stefangoetzke3542]

Insane and wonderful! Thank you!!! :-)

[@IAm1InTheIAm]

My face hurt after watching this video i have a permanent smile on my face!😂Thanks.

[@stephenmiller5023]

Love the sound of those old Porsche 6 ‘s & the straight cut gear whine in those transaxles !! Cool rig & thanks for the track footage 😊👍

[@w0utar]

another amaaaazing lap video :) Mr Charudin, you are killin it! And thx to the owner of this wonderful T1.

[@cj64crosser]

Awesome ride.great vid, thank you for 12.02 minutes of fun... 😁

[@jorgschroeder7511]

That VW is Crazy it will blow my 460 ls Lexus V 8 off the track ,haha

[@prinzkoenigkaiser]

the most beautiful vehicle to find on this channel. 🤩

[@Nocrii]

That's a new definition of a sleeper I think :D

[@johngeary8534]

Want to see more, suspension, engine compartment

[@netmatrix75]

Thanks Misha, all my questions about this anomaly of a track bus was answers in this video. That thing is not slow at all. Needs lots of work and tuning in the suspension department though. And that steering.... lots of brute strength to keep in in place. Steering definitely needs redesign and engineering. Really one one of the more interesting vehicles to grace the ring. 👍👍👍

[@hoen2009]

Nah the steering is fine, gives the vehicle some character.

[@Cochyn1]

This is my kind of motor, home built with a different engine :)

[@sixstrings1490]

Doesn't handle too bad except for understeer, and the aerodynamics of a Shipping Container ! Don't get me wrong, I love the Kombi , having regrets for selling the two I owned back in the 80's ..........sigh. 😪

[@nicleichtbauer1086]

It handles much better when driving alone. Adding another 90 kg on the frontaxle makes it understeer a bit,but that feels a lot safer than oversteer in this car..

[@deanweller5789]

the dude driving that bus is a legend! Ahh man that thing would be so much fun to own...