pimp'in the pan,it lives and dies only to be reborn again.

westi · 2007-02-21T03:21:10+00:00

hi i was wondering if anyone else was doing any strenghening of there floor pans. here's a few pics of what i have done so far. if any one has any other idea's ,they would be welcome. the next stage is lifting the gearbox up about two inch's. i should have more pics up soon. [ Edited on 21-2-2007 by westi ] [ Edited on 22-3-2007 by westi ] [ Edited on 22-3-2007 by westi ] [ Edited on 2-4-2007 by westi ] [ Edited on 5-5-2007 by westi ] [ Edited on 4-6-2007 by westi ] [ Edited on 26-6-2007 by westi ] [ Edited on 29-6-2007 by westi ] [ Edited on 9-7-2007 by westi ] [ Edited on 11-7-2007 by westi ] [ Edited on 11-7-2007 by westi ] [ Edited on 2-8-2007 by westi ] [ Edited on 22-8-2007 by westi ] [ Edited on 7-9-2007 by westi ] [ Edited on 17-9-2007 by westi ]

reub VWRX is gone...

2,054 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 7 Dec 2007, 9:51 pm

#623895

Mate....we all like pink bits......😂

Nice work Brad! 👍

Reub

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 7 Dec 2007, 10:17 pm

#623899

cheers for the comment's
i am not over the moon about the pink ,but it won't take much to fix that.
i have put on some more goodies today,i will try to get some time to post the pic's.

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westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 8 Dec 2007, 12:53 am

#623902

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dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 8 Dec 2007, 7:11 am

#623907

What alternator is that Westi?

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 8 Dec 2007, 1:12 pm

#623926

hey i believe it's a falcon my mate got it for me it's a high current one to keep everything juiced up

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punchbuggyracer Seriously Crusin Dubber

152 posts · joined Apr 2006 · 8 Dec 2007, 10:03 pm

#623970

That's great I love it. The best part is 1000cfm at an idle! and no loss of power driving the actual fan blade.

As a side note I think the Porsche fan kit is about 25cfs which is about 1500cfm, apparently this is to much and at high continuous revs, it drops the engine temp out of operating range.

These going to be for sale Westi? maybe type 4?

Street N Park The experts in dialling scooters

555bug WRX Bug Boy

1,123 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 8 Dec 2007, 10:18 pm

#623972

amazing work, best of all it all left field stuff. I hope to see it in the flesh one day 🙂

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 10 Dec 2007, 8:45 am

#624080

yeh i supose i could sell some.let me be the gynea pig first .

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westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 14 Dec 2007, 9:30 am

#624621

as per usuall everything needs to be custom fit,so the process of putting the engine together and then into the car is always slow,with alitle luck the teething problem's will be minor and it should be running tonight.
i still have heaps to go,although it looks complete ,so i can see that the end is near.
enjoy.

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bond Veteran Volks Folk

2,456 posts · joined Jul 2003 · 14 Dec 2007, 10:25 am

#624624

some cool different ideas there! well done mate.

nick

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 14 Dec 2007, 10:54 am

#624626

That's not "All Motor"!!

Nice work westi.

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

Dasdubber DAS Resto Haus

5,746 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 14 Dec 2007, 11:10 am

#624627

Great stuff Westi - I am envious of your fabrication skills and access to cool parts and equipment/tooling!

www.dasrestoparts.com.au

reub VWRX is gone...

2,054 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 14 Dec 2007, 5:51 pm

#624655

looks shit hot mate...

great to chat briefly last night too👍

keep up the top work

Reub

matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 14 Dec 2007, 9:16 pm

#624666

Great work Westi. Interested to see this cooling work!
Are you going to lower it next?

Matt

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

Dero Officially Full-On Dubber

227 posts · joined May 2005 · 15 Dec 2007, 12:26 am

#624674

I guess this setup also could open a few more option for supercharging..................................................................... with the boot lid down!! 🤪

Hooray 😂

1303Steve Scirocco Rare

8,650 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 15 Dec 2007, 8:51 am

#624680

Hi

Great work.

I'm very lucky, I don't live far from Westys shop. I often pop in and this guys fabrication skills are amazing. He's done a little job on my intercooler so far and I plan on taking him more stuff in the future.

Steve

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 16 Dec 2007, 1:00 am

#624761

all throttle no bottle hey dave.just wanted to have a little extra something to keep me happy.
hey reub ,i watched all the vid's.took forever but they were all pretty cool.i think you need a different box in whitty.the ratio's seem a bit tall.

story so far
everything together friday night engines first start 10.30 pm,yipy😵. engine stops 10.35 literally.
🙁
1.00 am same night the engine is dissasembled to see problem.f--kin pulley.i always cheak the ali pulley's to make sure there is enough clearance,but for some stupid reason i didn't this time.
1.am engine has been cleaned(from shaving's)re-assembled and checked thrice and re started.🙂
it sounds tuf as nails,can't wait for the first drive.
so far so good with the cooling ,i have had it running on and off for about 40minute trying to chase idle mixtures.it's getting to late and my head isn't working properly,so i will finsih jetting tommorrow.

cheer's for the input and comments over the thread so far.
i will try to take some footage of it's first trip ,and i will post up some more pic's as soon as i can.

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westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 16 Dec 2007, 1:23 am

#624762

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fullnoise Fahrvergnugen

964 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 16 Dec 2007, 4:14 pm

#624812

Great post! I just finished reading it from start to finish.

The electric cooling fan is neat. I hope it works. It would give you more room for a super charger!

Is the compression ratio still 14:1?

Good luck with the first drive of the new donk. You should hose off the Pathfinder now (Pending more than one serviceable wheel nut on each wheel).

CT

esratrams

kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 16 Dec 2007, 8:16 pm

#624848

,looks funkin awesome, love to here it on , youtube...

show us your gates

063bug

0 posts · joined Feb 2005 · 17 Dec 2007, 6:30 am

#624868

the threads a credit to you Westi and the work on the car and engine is something to behold.... really interested to see how it performs. Maybe when it's all done and dusted you could post a specification sheet with all the details of the car. Anyway, you've done an awesome job. Congrats 👍

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 17 Dec 2007, 10:24 am

#624895

yeh i can do that,
it may need to be it's own post though,i started trying to explain all the mod's to shannon's (insurance).
he sayed that i would need to have a certain amount of mod's to qualify for insurance,and then asked me to start at the front of the car and work my way to the back.
he then asked me to stop and i was only getting to the dash as he only had so much room to write all the mods in.lol

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westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 17 Dec 2007, 10:42 am

#624897

nah it's only 11.2 : 1
we decided not to go to high,because we have done so many things different to the norm,we didn't want it to get to complecated

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westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 19 Dec 2007, 8:23 am

#625177

because everything hangs out alittle ,i thought it might be best to cover them up,so i fibreclassed some of the wifes tuperware containers and here are the results sofar.

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matberry Moderator Go hard or go home

8,114 posts · joined Mar 2006 · 19 Dec 2007, 8:30 am

#625178

Ahh the itchi dust
Welcome to fiberglass Westi

Matt

Matt Berry Motorsports...air cooled advice, repairs and mods Ph 0408 704 662
OFF-ROAD,CIRCUIT,DRAG,STREET,ENDURANCE

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 19 Dec 2007, 9:51 am

#625188

i get ichy just saying the word

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dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 19 Dec 2007, 6:44 pm

#625235

Coool!
How's it run westi?

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

kroozzn63 Bishop of Volkswagenism

3,005 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 19 Dec 2007, 7:10 pm

#625237

there like homers speed holes... cool.... i drove past today and looked into your w/shop but couldnt stop, id love to see it in the flesh

show us your gates

VWFREAK VWFREAK

2,577 posts · joined May 2004 · 19 Dec 2007, 7:41 pm

#625245

Crazy, she's a credit to you and an inspiration to others. Great to see some more reworked ideas.

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 19 Dec 2007, 8:16 pm

#625255

thanks guy's
it goes great,but the mixtures are way out.idle is 11.1a/f
mid is 11.1 and i am not gam to rev it just yet,it's raining.it was its first real drive tonight,i had sticky throttle issues the other night.
idles' are 55's with a 120
mains are 180 with 200
f11's
44 venturis
the fine tunning will take aliitle longer than first thought.
i will keep you posted

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