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posted on May 14th, 2009 at 08:22 AM



Camo, you telling me your trade secrets are you mate :lol:

for me to spend 4-5k on a g/box, i need to spend 4-5k on something shiny for my wife!

Ill keep saving my 'pocket money' and hope to get there before the end of the decade. Maybe Rudd will have another drunken night and apply more cash handouts :lol:

Hopefully she'll feel sorry for the beetle when its sitting there without a g/box!




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posted on May 14th, 2009 at 08:37 AM



Some shots of the fuels lines ETC.


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posted on May 14th, 2009 at 08:44 AM



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Hopefully she'll feel sorry for the beetle when its sitting there without a g/box!


Mick :no: If you think this is going to happen, I think you are sadly mistaken. Good try but :lol:

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posted on May 14th, 2009 at 08:50 AM



i predict a " YOUR THE GOOSE WHO PUT A SUBARU ENGINE IN IT "



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posted on May 14th, 2009 at 09:29 AM



Looking good Mick :tu:...I will probably pop in today and have a look.



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posted on May 14th, 2009 at 09:32 AM



Well you would of seen more than me then!!!

All the shiny bling is going on at the moment.




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posted on May 14th, 2009 at 09:35 AM



Mick,

will those fuel lines pass an engineer's test. I guess the lines might be protected by the water pipes or are you planning on putting some type of cover over them. Also where the fuel lines pass through the floor pan under the fuel tank, maybe put a rubber grommet or similar to stop them rubbing steel on steel.

With that said and seeing all the good work done by Westi, he has probably already addressed these things and has a plan.

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posted on May 14th, 2009 at 09:47 AM



Yeh i think it may need a rubber grommet or sleeve also. Will check with Brad.



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posted on May 14th, 2009 at 03:19 PM



A pic of some shiny bling.


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posted on May 14th, 2009 at 05:45 PM



I had a look at this project today.............very nicely done. You certainly picked the best place in Syd to perform the conversion Mick :yes:



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posted on May 14th, 2009 at 07:21 PM



Looking really great Mick.

Tell Westi to dust the dirt of it :no: it's not like he doesn't have the time :lol:




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posted on May 14th, 2009 at 10:26 PM



looking good Mick:yes:

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posted on May 15th, 2009 at 08:31 AM



Getting there.

Exhaust done.


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posted on May 15th, 2009 at 08:34 AM



Ooo Can't wait to see this at Nationals! (and get a ride) :lol:



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posted on May 15th, 2009 at 08:35 AM



manifold etc on.

As you can see the alternator etc has been moved, manifold rotated 180degrees which gives us access and ROOM (no need to cut firewall out to fit air to water cooler.

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posted on May 15th, 2009 at 08:37 AM



The engine bay water lines are all finished and stock lines etc were used which is great! (see top right of engine bay). Looks factory and means its easier to get parts when needed.



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posted on May 15th, 2009 at 08:39 AM



hopefully it will get there! Looking good i guess - rego is the key now!

Not sure how the interior will look...carpet mods on back firewall etc...

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posted on May 15th, 2009 at 08:43 AM



And last photos for today - gives you an idea of the size of the air to water pod.

This thing is good for 550hp (not that ill need that much!) so Plazmaman tells us. Nice looking unit. Should sit just in front/above throttle body - well i think thats the idea - in a 36hp engine bay you seem to run out of room pretty quick - but man it looks good - minimum cutting and very factory look!


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posted on May 15th, 2009 at 11:28 AM



Loving it :) very cute little intercooler there. Sure won't be any room under the bonnet once thats in.
So do you reckon you may get under 14 on the quarter? :lol:




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posted on May 15th, 2009 at 11:32 AM



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So do you reckon you may get under 14 on the quarter? :lol:


Not if i want the g/box to survive :no:

The tuner man (wrx man) saw the engine and said it had all the good bits on it, injectors etc - reackens it would be good for 200-220kw

What do you think a 300HP 950kg(im guessing - was 799kg without suby) beetle would do...

Going to be interesting!




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posted on May 15th, 2009 at 04:37 PM



New toy to come Monday.

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posted on May 16th, 2009 at 03:07 PM



Looking good.
One thing, what is that O2 sensor you have in the manifold? It looks like a dirty old Nissan thing which won't work with the ECU. The front sensor is not an O2 sensor as such, it is a wideband of sorts and the heating of it is controlled by the ecu. You will get half a dozen fault codes and an unhappy ecu without the correct sensor.
The rear(post cat) sensor is more a traditional O2 sensor but is also heat controller by the ecu. The current control to heat it is all monitored also and codes will appear if the current is too high or too low.
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posted on May 16th, 2009 at 07:32 PM



Hi

When I was over at Westis the other day he mentioned that O2 sensor that was fitted was just an old one to block up hole while everything was being fitted.

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posted on May 16th, 2009 at 08:58 PM



Ahh Ok, that's cool.
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posted on May 16th, 2009 at 09:26 PM



Looking good Mick! Can't wait to hear how it goes.
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posted on May 17th, 2009 at 10:35 AM



A few more from yesterday.

Pretty self explanatory, new brake reservoir, fuel system done, pod mounted - getting there!

Steve, Al, thanks for the info, appreciated all comments so we get the whole thing right first go.


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posted on May 17th, 2009 at 03:40 PM



The EJ20 looks claustrophobic in there ;)



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posted on May 18th, 2009 at 07:17 AM



Have you got a MHI turbo on there instead of the VF30 Mick?
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posted on May 18th, 2009 at 07:53 AM



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Have you got a MHI turbo on there instead of the VF30 Mick?


Its an '02' half cut, did the VF30 come from '03' onwards?

Im not to sure really. How can you tell? Pro's and con's of either?




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posted on May 18th, 2009 at 07:55 AM



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The EJ20 looks elaustrophobic in there ;)


Hey Reubs, did you mean Claustrophobic? OR does elaustrophobic mean something?

It is a tight fit - but we've cut bugger all really, happy bout that.




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