Dasdubber wrote:Good stuff - Dave (Menangler) - how are you progressing in your preparations?
Alan,
I'm done, gearbox is in and tested, serviced the engine, tappies and oil change, also pulled the stock seats out and fitted a race seat, thats about it, ready.
Sorry to hear about your bearing problems, I think most engine builders have done that before, like Henry said, scribe a line.
See you at Warwick
Dave
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Thanks Henry - yeah I had scribed both sides of the full circle bearings prior to fitting onto the crank....as mentioned above I think it was on the last time I dropped the crank into place, I only checked my scribed line on one side which was okay....but the other scribe line was obviously above where it should have been! Ah well, it is one of those mistakes I won't make again as I've learned the hard way (best lessons in life sometimes!).
Cheers
Alan
my car finally hit the dyno for some preliminary tuning, just on low boost and rich tune, had a minor issue, but all sorted out now should be backon the rollers soon to get serious-going to the states next week but should be ready to roll after that
adam
Came over and saw it today. Best sounding VW I have ever heard. See you firday.
Heath
C'mon kids gather round,
there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.
Come on Adam ,horspower and pics ? Us Qld landers give and show everything ?
Finally finished rear engine cover ,never again ,theres about 4days work in this thing .
But I think it's looks shit Hot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Fuel system is all done and cleaned out , rear wheel studs are getting a little machined off the rear inside edge ,so they go inwoods sum more .
Next jobs : Electrics wiring , brakes hoses , windows to make , clutch disc change /when shop reco's it and more .
Looking great Pete - good progress. :thumb
Lookin' good Pete. Have you settled on a colour scheme or is this a secret to be unveiled at Warwick?
Nice work Pete!!
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I was leaving it to the last minute, but the car doesn't get a run. 😠
Got a last minute call up for the ARC this weekend.:o
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!
Panel shop is doing a fine job getting everything painted ,in old yellow colour .Boy's from Champ's are preparring body ,and hope to pick it up late this week finished . Body is Blaze yellow from ford Australia .
At a later date, we will do some cool grafics ,warwick first.
Wheelie bar arrived on Friday from Big Wig race cars (Ric Campbell ) .Very professional to deal with and does fine work .Bars are moly steel and comes with a weld on mounting brackets . More work !!!!!!!!!!!!! More pics at members rides above .
Hope everyone's cars are coming along well ,for Warwick
Pete,
Look'n good. Not much left of the old Dakattack.
:thumb
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Nice one Pete!
Is the engine cover going to be yellow too.... I couldn't see that panel work in the spray painters pile?
Looking Good Pete and yell out if you need a hand (sorry just no heavy lifting ) , now between you ,Dasdubber , and Dumone now would be a good time to buy shares in Nescafe as i believe sales are about to take off hahahaha
Andrew
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Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
wise decision on the coffee there Andrew, but the phone number!, did you get my message?, i've booked you a flight tonite for 10.30p.m. i will be your chafeur to drive you to your FREE, yes FREE!, 12 day coastal holiday when you arrive, CONGRATULATIONS!:kiss
drag racing, hhhmmmm,
you build a motor.....
pull the old one out of the back of the car.........
replace it with the new one,THEN GO RACING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
....you suddenly remeber about the front of the car too🤪
crazy days ahead!😵💫
I had the car all finished on Monday morning and my new licence and log book arrived.
After a few phone calls it appears I can not escape getting a tech inspection.
Even though NOWHERE in the rule book does it say cars slower than 10.99 need one.(log book NOR Tech)
Oh, joy.
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
I've got my oval packed but there are still a couple of things to do.
I found that the Yamaha rocker screws are wearing the lash caps. So I'll bung in another set of caps for Warwick then pursue a longer term solution when I get back.
I'm also working on an easy to remove alternative aircleaner set up to shut up the carbs on the long trip from Sydney to Warwick and back.
On Saturday at Warwick I'll try a few alternatives and see if the air cleaner hurts the miles per hour in some back to back runs down the strip.
The road trip should be fun (hopefully).
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esratrams
I know you have probabley being avoiding the inevatable but a good fix would to refit an exteior firwall insulation which is available at marine shops and could be made to be removable with some nutserts and eyelets in the insulation.
Having previosly worked in the acoustic engineering feild i did this to a mates car with the similar problem and aferwoods it was as if you were running standard carburation with very little induction noise transfered into the cabin.
The material i used on his was a multi layer foam type with the 1 layer of 3mm vynal with a 6mm layer of foam glued to one face and a 12mm layer of foam glued to the other face of the vynal and when fitted to the car the thinner foam side goes towards the wirewall.
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
I had underbonnet insulation on the firewall but it was still bloody noisy. I removed it because it was actually full of oil and probably a fire hazard. I was thinking of putting the standard stuff back in but its a bit heavy.
esratrams
The product i have previosly used is a little heavy due to the vynal interlayer but you can't have everything + this product will work far better than bonnett underlay
Don't let body work get in the way of real suspension travel
I might give that stuff a shot when I remove the engine over Christmas. If this stuff is 20mm thick I imagine it would be quite effective.
I pumped space invader foam into the C-pillars to reduce the noise too.
Interestingly I had the underbonnet foam glued to the firewall of my old daily driver oval and it began having over heating problems. When the engine revved the fan would suck the insulation in and reduce the air intake. So with my oval I held the foam in place using the glue and the factory spikes.
Thanks for your thoughts.
esratrams
Just buy some 20cent ear plugs from Woolies......:P
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Well my brother's car is proving to be somewhat of a nightmare with nothing totally going to plan LOL.
things that have gone wrong;
Bottom pulley and oil slinger drama.
pick ups for ECU on bottom pulley.
Flywheel(something in there) touching on bell housing.
turbo drain.
injector bosses on manifolds installed incorrectly.
fuel rails didn't fit due to mounts for injectors not being right.
Minor electrical gremlins
Relying on other people
running out of days to get it finished.
well all of these things now have a fix or are fixed except for relying on other people and running out of days. Can't do much about those.
things that have gone right;
engine in car
fan housing modifed to fit nicely
alternator tested out 100% ready to roll
fan,housing etc all cleaned,painted and assembled and fitted to car
breather tank and all lines fitted
electrical check of pumps and thermo's turned out ok
guages etc all work
brakes work
engine turns over in car(thank goodness for that LOL)
turbo, intercooler,exhaust,wastegate all fitted ok
clutch feels good
Progress is being made although it seems like the mountain of work is getting bigger but the job list is starting to get somewhat smaller( I hope!!)
If the tuners can do their thing without any major drama then it will be ready but if not then it will still be at Warwick but not running for all to have a look at.
A big thanks to Pete Page and Dangerous for all your help and guidance/info over the last couple of weeks(or was that months). Cheers guys!!
Next time I am at Troy's I'll get some pics. Have kinda been too busy to get any lately.
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Great work by all above ! I think the number of guys doing different mods , cars , motors , is
a good sign that vw scene here is live and well ( Dak-A-Tak shed is out of control )
Bummer Dave ! but had to happen with ANDRA ! Who are going to for tech ?
Electrical work is Done :P seems to all work but haven't run motor yet .Took sparky 8hrs of work to do job from start to finish .Still have buy new battery yet ,old one is weak .Will buy
a Pulse battery .
Next job is fitting of wheelie bars . More pics at memders rides .
Nice Pete, looking good.
I just wrapped up for the night a little disappointed - looks like I got one too many 1.7L type IV exhaust rockers, and hence one short intake rockers from the US. These are standard 1.7 rockers but have been clearanced for the 911 swivel feet adjusters....I'm going to get in touch with Damo (66deluxe) to see if he has one I could borrow until I can replace it from the US to get me out of trouble - also have to pinch Damo's oil filler/dipstick adaptor as mine won't arrive in time.
Apart from that all the geometry is now sorted and pushrod lengths measured - at half lift all adjusters have been dialled into good alignment with the valve stems and although only the outer springs are in at the moment, looks to have miles of clearance before bind at full lift (0.500").
Now I just need pushrods cut to length, piston rings back on, heads back on and pushrod tubes installed. If I can get the 1.7 intake rocker off Damo maybe tomorrow evening, I'll hopefully be able to button it up. Solid mounts (mid and front) should be done tomorrow thus g'box firmly in place. New front brake lines were made today for line lock (but I buggered up one length so I'll hopefully get it remade tomorrow).
Lots to do, so little time!
Alan
Dak-A-Tak wrote:Bummer Dave ! but had to happen with ANDRA ! Who are going to for tech ?
Hey dude,
I spoke with Simon Holgerson and was able to get him to do it with a bribe of many muffins.
He has quite a busy business but came over after work.
He is the only one on the Gold Coast,
otherwise I would have had to shoot up to The Jones'.
The Jones' are great, but the drive and petrol was just not in the time and money budget right now.
Remembering that I have run 147mph in this car,
most of the car was more than safe, with only a couple of logical safety impovements suggested.
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
Alan give me a call as i have 1.7 kombi rockers sitting on the engine out of my kombi doiing nothing atm if damo can't help you out.
0412 559 592
cheers😁
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55 cars entered for Warwick so far, with a few late entries still to come. Could nudge 60.
This is 20 up on last year, and most have been built specifically for the drag racing weekend. Now that's gotta be good news for the Aussie scene.
Pete
your old yellow car is looking light
