| [ Total Views: 294760 | Total Replies: 1178 | Thread Id: 80275 ] |
| Pages: 1 .. 27 28 29 30 31 .. 40 |
|
|
 Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 1st, 2012 at 04:30 AM |
|
|
This is interesting.
I just remember the other day that one of my friends has purchased a brand new Passat. And the accelerator pedal hinges off the floor like a Beetle.
So maybe Volkswagen have come to there senses and gone back to the floor mounted ankle saving setup for this reason.
I do agree with you both with regards to the ankle having to pivot the way it does on your right foot for the accelerator pedal. But both the brake
and clutch pedal are operated with a pushing motion using your whole leg, not with a pivoting motion like the accelerator. I suppose that the brake
uses a little of both depending on how well the brakes are working and how hard you are braking
So how's this sound, keep a floor pivot for the accelerator pedal and only move the brake and clutch pedals up to a firewall mounted underslung
setup. This will save me from the ankle fatigue on long drives but also allow me to move most of the mounts and bits up out of the footwell to stop
them filling up with sand and mud. Sounds like a win win to me 
People can let me know what they think.
Smiley 
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
BlueV2
A.k.a.: Mark
Seriously Crusin Dubber
Posts: 193
Threads: 15
Registered: April 22nd, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Blacktown - Sydney
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
|
| posted on June 1st, 2012 at 09:47 AM |
|
|
Smiley, if you then put in cruise control then you wont have to worry about fatigue on the accelerator foot so you can put all the pedals up
I agree with your reasons for moving them off the floor though, it would certainly make cleaning up a lot easier!
Sharpbuilt V2, EJ25, Subaru 5 Speed, Falcon rear discs, Heater & A/C, Rack Steering
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 1st, 2012 at 01:54 PM |
|
|
| Quote: | Originally
posted by BlueV2
Smiley, if you then put in cruise control then you wont have to worry about fatigue on the accelerator foot so you can put all the pedals up
I agree with your reasons for moving them off the floor though, it would certainly make cleaning up a lot easier!
|
Cruise control! That's going a bit far. I'm considering air conditioning, but cruise control! This is an offroad aircooled VW. Any electric
fance-pansery that isn't required should be left off. 
But in all seriousness it might be easier just to put them all up instead of two up and one down.
I've never had any issues with ankle fatigue driving any other model of car which have underslung pedals.
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 3rd, 2012 at 10:15 PM |
|
|
Since this time two weeks ago when I started driving the car again I have done 3437km.
1712km of that was done in the last two days with a trip down to Brisbane and the Gold Coast this weekend.
On the drive down and back the car averaged 11.89L/100km. With my best tank I managed 11.3L/100km.
The A/F ratio gauge indicates that the engine is running rich at all speeds and all revs (I still haven't adjusted it yet  ) So some more improvement is there to be had! Into the 10s would be
fantastic, single digits even better! I think I might have to go down a main jet size we'll see when I start tinkering.
Wow what a weekend! The car is still quite noisy even loaded up with pillows and blankets and camping gear in the parcel shelf and back seat. I think
sound deadening and a little more refinement are the next orders of business. If I'm going to be doing these sorts of kms all the time I'll be deaf
in 6 months!
I got a text message today with some great news, watch this space, there might be big things happening really soon.
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 12th, 2012 at 08:55 PM |
|
|
Dad says that my baking is really improving 
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
OZ Towdster
A.k.a.: Andrew Westwood
Custom Title Time!
Keen to finish some projects
Posts: 1921
Threads: 132
Registered: December 7th, 2003
Member Is Offline
Location: Alexandra Hills Brisbane QLD
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Yellow
Mood: Having fun in our great land
|
| posted on June 13th, 2012 at 04:05 PM |
|
|
I'll tell your mummy
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
|
|
|
 matberry
Super Moderator
Go hard or go home
Posts: 8114
Threads: 134
Registered: March 7th, 2006
Member Is Offline
Location: Cooroy Qld
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: enjoying waving at all my Kombi buddies from my T3
|
| posted on June 13th, 2012 at 05:49 PM |
|
|
| Quote: | Originally
posted by OZ Towdster
I'll tell your mummy
|
Ha ha
What's for dinner????
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE
 |
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 20th, 2012 at 11:21 PM |
|
|
Well all my Christmases came at once on Monday.
I picked up my new front tyres, and my Country Buggy spindles showed up from SA!!
I've had the tyres mounted onto my new rims. They are Mickey Thompson Baja ATZ 5-ribs in a 225/75/16. So I'm going to have Bajas on my Baja!!
Here's a few comparison shots to my current 175/R14 LT tyres. It's safe to say I like the improvement
And here are the beautiful new spindles, don't mind the slight surface rust they'll be getting painted tomorrow. Freshly rebuilt by Tony Beven a
member of our forum. I really can't thank Tony enough. The work is second to none and there is no doubt in my mind that they are better than when
they left the factory. They were pretty grubbing when he got them and he has done a lot of good work to get them up to the standard that you see here.
All of the stub axle bearing surfaces needed welding up and resurfacing, all new king and link pin bearings were manufactured. And after a few
discussions we decided to upgrade the steering stop bolts to a much stronger design, cause if anyone is going to break them you can bet your bottom
dollar it'll be me.
These spindles are off the Volkswagen Country Buggy and give you approximately 3 inches of lift over standard. And are the only legal option for
lifted spindles in Australia. You can see here that the stub axle is attached in line with the lower link pin, whereas the factory ones the stub is
situated evenly between the two link pins. They also have a much stronger steering arm (about twice as think as the Beetle ones!)
In this photo you can see my caliper bracket mounted to the CB spindle. I was very keen to use these stubs but was not happy with the factory CB drum
brakes that came with it. They are basically the same brakes as a late split Kombi with HUGE heavy drums and twin slave cylinders inside. There was no
way that I was going to all this effort and sticking with drum brakes. They wear out way too fast!
So I've designed and built my own disc brake kit for the front using Commodore parts.
You might have see earlier in the thread that I rebuilt some VN V6 calipers ready for the car. Well I traded them as a part of another brake kit to a
friend. And got myself some V8 finned calipers instead!
And here are the rotors mounted onto the CB stubs.
The Country Buggy uses a double locking nut setup to hold the brake on, same as any link pin VW. But I was informed that Bay Window Kombi locking nuts
will fit onto my stubs and have the correct lefthand and righthand threads too!
I've only run into one slight issue with using these nuts. They don't quite fit inside the Commodore grease caps. So I'm going to grind them down a
little and hopefully we can sneak them in there.
While I was messing around tonight I decided to weight some of the parts old vs new.
One of my old wheels and tyres weighs 16kg, and the new wheel and tyre weighs 26kg.
One of the old spindles with stock drum brakes weighs 10kg, whereas the new spindles and brakes are 17kg.
Poor old Baja is packing on the pounds!
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 20th, 2012 at 11:35 PM |
|
|
Here are the old and obsolete brakes and spindles
It wasn't long before it looked like this. Might need some new snubbers soon too.
One thing I had to do was replace the outer balljoints. The Country Buggy spindles have a larger holes and taper and take a larger balljoint. Which
happens to be the same as the ones run on balljoint front end beetles. So I picked up a pair of out tie rod ends and swapped them in.
You can see in this picture the larger and stronger balljoint tierod end on the right compared to the smaller Link pin one on the left.
While I was tearing things apart I also drained and removed the master cylinder. I was still running a stock single circuit master cylinder. I would
have been no where near adequate for the discs up front (and planned rears too) so I'm upgrading to a Bay window Kombi master cylinder. The Beetle
M/Cs are 19mm internal bore whereas the Kombi is 23mm bore, which is the same as the M/C bore in the Commodore. I'm hoping that this is all going to
work, but it's proving a bit of a mission even to get the Kombi M/C to fit. It's quite tight on the tunnel in places, and I'm going to have to get
tricky with the fittings I think.
The car is booked in for a wheel alignment first thing on Saturday morning, so I'm hoping to have it all built and done by then. Nothing motivates
like a deadline! Wish me luck.
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 21st, 2012 at 11:07 PM |
|
|
Well I got a lot of little small jobs done today on the car.
Went to 3 different brake and hose shops before I found someone that had the right gear to help solve some of my Master cylinder clearance issues,
more on that tomorrow.
I got the spindles painted and the caliper brackets too. But I did have to make this little addition first. It's a tab where my magnetic sensor for
the digital speedo bolts in.
Then I went ahead and started grinding down the locking nuts until they fit nicely. Can still get an allen key into the socket and the grease caps now
fit over the top.
Speaking of grease caps. The CB spindles are longer in the thread than the Holden stubs. So the grease caps are too shallow to fit over.
Fortunately I've collected about 10 caps from the wreckers while getting brake parts. So I picked out 4 good ones and made them into 2.
Chop chop chop.
Standard next to modified.
Weld weld weld.
Just need to grind them down smooth, give the inside a buff out, a lick of paint and they'll be better than bought ones
Well tomorrow is crunch day. I need to have the car ready for Saturday morning. I'm at the stage where I'm ready to start putting everything
together, wish me luck.
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
matberry
Super Moderator
Go hard or go home
Posts: 8114
Threads: 134
Registered: March 7th, 2006
Member Is Offline
Location: Cooroy Qld
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: enjoying waving at all my Kombi buddies from my T3
|
| posted on June 22nd, 2012 at 08:50 AM |
|
|
Good luck
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE
|
|
|
sander288
Custom Title Time!
"Bolt-on Master"
Posts: 1404
Threads: 183
Registered: August 26th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Norman Park, QLD
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: This is my bug. There are many others like it, but this one is mine.
|
| posted on June 22nd, 2012 at 09:35 AM |
|
|
Smiley what are you doing with the old drums?
Are they original VW ones?
Loving this thread too btw
Cheers
Shaun
|
|
|
bajachris88
A.k.a.: Chris Leete
23 Windows of Awesome
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
Posts: 6661
Threads: 534
Registered: April 8th, 2005
Member Is Offline
Location: Tanah Merah, SE-QLD
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: A bee bit ma' bottom, now ma' bottom's big!
|
| posted on June 22nd, 2012 at 12:14 PM |
|
|
super friggen awesome
This baja is gonna transform from steroid pimp to uber wilder breast!. You know i'm gonna chuck a 10c piece on the bitumen in front of you at valla,
and expect you to stop on it lol.
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears.
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta! |
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 22nd, 2012 at 11:47 PM |
|
|
| Quote: | Originally
posted by sander288
Smiley what are you doing with the old drums?
Are they original VW ones?
Loving this thread too btw
Cheers
Shaun
|
I was just planning on putting them 'back into stock' at my place.
I'm fairly sure that they are original VW ones, not sure that they would be any good cause they have seen a lot of sand.
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 22nd, 2012 at 11:49 PM |
|
|
| Quote: | Originally
posted by bajachris88You know i'm gonna chuck a 10c piece on the bitumen in front of you at valla, and expect you to stop on it lol.
|
Challenge accepted! I plan on having the rear discs done by then too!
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 23rd, 2012 at 02:51 AM |
|
|
Well I've just pulled up working on the car.
It's 99% done but my master cylinder is leaking.
I'm running a standard bay window kombi unit without the booster. It's 23mm bore which is the same as the 15/16" of the VN Commodore.
I had to do a few mods and changes to make it all fit in there.
Two of the ports on the M/C face inwards towards the tunnel. And they were too tight to get normal fittings onto. So I'm using the top one for my
brake light switch. With a right angled fitting the switch clears the tunnel by about 3-4mm. And on the lower port I had a banjo style small flexible
hose made up. It loops around and joins onto the normal rear brake circuit hardline.
The standard brake pushrod had to be shortened because of the different offset of the piston in the Kombi M/C.
Here it is mounted in the car. I had to clearance the firewall slightly with a hammer to make room for the little reservoir that goes on top of the
M/C.
The M/C is leaking out of the back and onto the pedals. I have to see if I can get some more seals for it tomorrow.
It wasn't long before these were mounted to the car.
You can see here the driver's side spindle fitted with the VSS.
And all tied back out of the way. I got someone to cycle the steering while I was checking the wires to ensure it doesn't bind on anything or pull
tight.
Awesome blue brakes fitted. Everyone knows blue is a cold colour so I won't have any issues with brake fade
I'm liking the height
Fitting the brake pads is as easy as removing one bolt and swinging the caliper open. Slot your pads in and the job is done
And by this point I just had to throw a wheel on to see how it looks.
Well there you have it. Still have to sort out the issues with the M/C. But the spindles are all fitted and shimmed. Grease nipple fitted and greased.
Wheel bearings greased and adjusted, brakes fitted. Steering connected.
All I need to do is get it bled then fit the wheels!
Hoping to have all the problems solved tomorrow.
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
grinderman
Officially Full-On Dubber
Posts: 378
Threads: 50
Registered: April 27th, 2011
Member Is Offline
Location: Grantham
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
|
| posted on June 23rd, 2012 at 07:52 PM |
|
|
You are are a legend in the DIY VW world Smiley. Find a problem, You solve it. Cant buy a specific part? You make it. And the amazing thing is this
aint a long term project stuck in a state of the art workshop, its Your daily driver!!!! Keep up the good work.
P.S. Good tyre size choice 225/75r16 are proper light truck rated 4wd tyres and are easily available everywhere.
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 23rd, 2012 at 10:12 PM |
|
|
| Quote: | Originally
posted by grinderman
You are are a legend in the DIY VW world Smiley. Find a problem, You solve it. Cant buy a specific part? You make it. And the amazing thing is this
aint a long term project stuck in a state of the art workshop, its Your daily driver!!!! Keep up the good work.
P.S. Good tyre size choice 225/75r16 are proper light truck rated 4wd tyres and are easily available everywhere.
|
Thanks for the kind words mate.
And yes, that's why I went with those particular tyres. And also why I changed to 16" rims, far more common and cheap cause it's what all the 4WDs
run.
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 23rd, 2012 at 10:46 PM |
|
|
Well today was incredibly long a frustrating. But we've finally gotten there. Just took her for her maiden voyage. I have to say it's fantastic.
Spent all day screwing around with the brakes. Had to change the master cylinder to a brand new one and swap that all back in. Then the new one had
one less port than the old one. So I took the T piece out of the rear circuit off a floorpan I had lying around. Finally got that in and they
wouldn't seem to bleed up nicely. More hours frigging around checking and double checking everything, plus it's been raining on my all day,
lovely.
I ended up pulling the fuel tank out and pouring brake fluid directly into the little split bottle that plugs into the top of the M/C. this got rid of
an air pocket and they finally bled up good. Pedal is still a little soft, half of this is cause the rear drums need adjusting, might do that in the
morning.
Put the wheels on and sat it down, the thing is massive! I'm really liking the stance. Though the front is higher than the back now, by a few inches
at least I think. Time to bump in up a notch I suppose.
Took it for a drive and noticed a number of issues that will need to be sorted out.
- Looking in the rear vision mirror, all I can see is the road about 10m behind me
- The headlights are pointing at the tops of the powerpoles, they will need adjusting.
- The steering is a little wandery. This is fair enough, I haven't touched the wheel alignment or even roughly measured it. It's booked in for a
wheel alignment on Monday afternoon. There is also a little play in the steering box. I'm going to adjust it in the morning and maybe put some oil in
it
- I can't seem to get the smile off my face. From the second I first sat in it and thought "Did I leave the jack under the front? Hang on, this is
how she sits now."
- The disc brakes are working well. It's raining here at the moment so I was taking it easy to make sure all was good. The car will lock the fronts
up if you apply the brakes hard. I attribute this to a number of things, obviously the drums on the back are hopeless trying to keep up but they do
need adjusting so that should move the bias rearward a little. I think I still have too much pressure in the front tyres so dropping them down a
little further will give me some more grip. I will have to start working on the rear disc brake conversion ASAP.
I also noticed the car feels a little more top heavy to drive. Which is understandable, it's built for embarrassing 4WDs not winning track days.
Last Monday I was driving the car up to Rocky when some loud noises started emitting from the engine bay followed by a bang and then silence. I turned
the car off immediately and pulled over. Went round the back to find this, notice anything missing?
And this was sitting on top of the RHS cylinder tinware wedged against the exhaust.
The pulley had let go off the hub. I've since found out that this is caused by not having enough shims installed and the pulley halves are riding on
the belt. Causing them to wobble and crack.
I adjusted my belt a few weeks ago and have only done about 5000km. Something to look out for, for those playing at home.
This is the only picture I managed to take once the car was back on the ground. I'll get some better ones tomorrow in the daylight and up the beach
to should it all off. Can't wait to go and get her dirty!!
Thanks for reading. There will be more updates very soon. Next thing on the list is to build a speedo, I'm not sure if you can see it in any of the
photos but I had the hole in the spindle for the speedo cable plugged to prevent water and mud getting in.
More soon!
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 24th, 2012 at 07:03 PM |
|
|
She's back on the road alright! Aside from one tiny setback at the end of the day which put her back off the road
After a fantastic day of offroading up at the local beach spot 5-Rocks. While driving out the fan nut decided to come loose! Not a massive deal, we
towed her home. I'm going to pull the alternator out tomorrow and sort it all out.
I didn't get any pictures today as my camera went dead as soon as I turned it on this morning  So as soon as people put some up on Facebook I will repost them up here.
I did manage to get a few shots this arvo before it got too dark.
Here is a nice comparison shot of before and after.
Before...
...and after.
And as you can see from this next picture I now need to raise the back up a little to match!
Is it possible to raise it up a little bit without notching the springplates and not have it riding on the stops? It's currently set to factory ride
height on the rear. Dad has suggested 33"s, but the 31"s rub already and I don't really want to change to short torsion bars.
Let me know what you think.
And I will try to get some more pictures tomorrow in the daylight with a charged camera!
Smiley
PS - You all missed a great day up at 5-Rocks, when are people going to come and start visiting??
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 24th, 2012 at 07:14 PM |
|
|
Also. I measured the ground clearance with the car sitting on the ground and with it jack up at full droop with the wheels just touching the
ground.
The old ground clearance was 210mm, it is now 370mm
And at full droop, old was 280mm and the new is 450mm.
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 24th, 2012 at 08:04 PM |
|
|
Here's a few happy snaps I manged to snag off Facebook. Aside from the constant drizzle the day was quite great. I think I might look into wiring up
intermittent wipers, really needed them today.
We had one Patrol, one Hilux, one Cruiser ute, one Jeep, one Range Rover and one Baja. That just about every make covered
Look and see if you can tell who has the most ground clearance 
We found one of those nice logs stuck in the sand and every one had a go cycling their suspension.
I'm happy to report the tyres don't rub at all on full compression, not even on the headlight bucket which I thought they would. The only place they
rub is a little on the inner guard at full steering lock. I'm very happy.
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 24th, 2012 at 10:26 PM |
|
|
One more from today.
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
niall
Casual Dubber
Posts: 20
Threads: 6
Registered: January 16th, 2012
Member Is Offline
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
|
| posted on June 25th, 2012 at 07:32 AM |
|
|
love the thread smiley but i cant help thinking that its too much lift in the front now, how can you match that on the rear without going to kombi
boxes?
|
|
|
bajachris88
A.k.a.: Chris Leete
23 Windows of Awesome
The international telephone dialing code for Antarctica is 672.
Posts: 6661
Threads: 534
Registered: April 8th, 2005
Member Is Offline
Location: Tanah Merah, SE-QLD
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue ( Default )
Mood: A bee bit ma' bottom, now ma' bottom's big!
|
| posted on June 25th, 2012 at 08:09 AM |
|
|
Good on ya Daniel, you been waiting very long for this. Good on ya
mate.
What a change! Those tyres fill in the front guards perfectly! I gotta cure the whacky racer look on Frog one day... maybe so the some route. I'd
have to raise the rear then too which is the only thing stopping me atm.
(ô_!_/ô) (ô_!_/ô)
69' baja: kombi box, thing spindles, irs, disc front, type 3 rear drums, 2 inch lift kit, 31x10 rears.
New engine in process: 94mm p&bs, 74mm C/w chomol Crank, 35.5x39 SP heads, turbo. Wierd combo, hopeful torque monsta! |
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 25th, 2012 at 08:45 AM |
|
|
| Quote: | Originally
posted by niall
love the thread smiley but i cant help thinking that its too much lift in the front now, how can you match that on the rear without going to kombi
boxes?
|
Blasphemy!!! There is no such thing as too much lift, as long as you still have travel too and it isn't sitting on the stops. I already have a Kombi
5-Rib Transaxle in the back. Or do you mean a set of Split Bus/Country Buggy redux hubs?
The plan is to fit Kombi CVs on the outer to replace the Beetle ones I have currently. This will give me some more travel so I can notch the spring
plates a little. Then I can screw the back up a spline or so without it riding on the stops. And 33"s are also in the pipeline.
Any more brain busters?
| Quote: | Originally
posted by bajachris88
Good on ya Daniel, you been waiting very long for this. Good on ya
mate.
What a change! Those tyres fill in the front guards perfectly! I gotta cure the whacky racer look on Frog one day... maybe so the some route. I'd
have to raise the rear then too which is the only thing stopping me atm.
|
Thanks Chris. I'm very happy with the way the front end has turned out. The tyres only rub very slightly on full steering lock. And the good negative
offset of the rims means it's not stressing the wheel bearings as much and there is a lot less force being transmitted into the steering arms. Means
I'm less likely to bend long tie rods and there's less feedback through the steering wheel.
And as for your car, you certainly need bigger tyres on the front! And lifting the back up is a good thing. I'll do mine and then in can follow along
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
matberry
Super Moderator
Go hard or go home
Posts: 8114
Threads: 134
Registered: March 7th, 2006
Member Is Offline
Location: Cooroy Qld
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: enjoying waving at all my Kombi buddies from my T3
|
| posted on June 25th, 2012 at 08:48 AM |
|
|
Smiley, you'll need to upgrade all your cv's for increased lift as inner and outers all see the same angle. Don't muck around and go straight to
930's.
Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 25th, 2012 at 09:37 AM |
|
|
| Quote: | Originally
posted by matberry
Smiley, you'll need to upgrade all your cv's for increased lift as inner and outers all see the same angle. Don't muck around and go straight to
930's.
|
I already have Kombi inner. Just Beetle outer. I was going to set it up for Kombi CV bolts pattern with the intention of going to Type 4 CVs down the
track.
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
BlueV2
A.k.a.: Mark
Seriously Crusin Dubber
Posts: 193
Threads: 15
Registered: April 22nd, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Blacktown - Sydney
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
|
| posted on June 25th, 2012 at 11:31 AM |
|
|
Smiley, you will find that 33's will have a big effect on your acceleration and braking. You might not like that change, but you will enjoy the extra
height. Just dont make it so it looks like it will tip over on the first corner 
Sharpbuilt V2, EJ25, Subaru 5 Speed, Falcon rear discs, Heater & A/C, Rack Steering
|
|
|
Smiley
A.k.a.: Daniel Stephens
Veteran Volks Folk
Posts: 2125
Threads: 110
Registered: October 29th, 2008
Member Is Offline
Location: Yeppoon, Central Queensland
Theme: UltimaBB Pro Blue
Mood: Synchro'd
|
| posted on June 25th, 2012 at 11:38 AM |
|
|
| Quote: | Originally
posted by BlueV2
Smiley, you will find that 33's will have a big effect on your acceleration and braking. You might not like that change, but you will enjoy the extra
height. Just dont make it so it looks like it will tip over on the first corner
|
Yeah. I have considered that. I was probably going to change to 33"s when I fit the 5 Speed gearbox and a few other mods at the same time like a body
lift. Cause the 31"s currently rub at full compression, so the 33s would probably be too much.
Smiley
If you said I was a Volkswagen man, you'd be right.
|
|
|
| Pages: 1 .. 27 28 29 30 31 .. 40 |
