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 ]

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 · 20 Jan 2008, 8:42 am

#628950

geez this should scream down the quarter !

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 20 Jan 2008, 9:18 am

#628958

we will soon see.
i will proberly take it out pretty soon.street tyres first.see how the box goes.maybe wed.
see how work is

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Golde60 Fahrvergnugen

858 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Jan 2008, 5:20 pm

#629293

can anyone give me an idea of what that might equate to at the flywheel?

I have been told once before that about 30% is lost in the trans......

comments......

?

Good nos though. I think best I saw at a Vic dyno day a few years ago was about 110
good work

...................( O \ l / O ).....................

vw54 Administrator Always Waiting 4 Friday

16,723 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 22 Jan 2008, 5:32 pm

#629298

That was a silvertop Taxi not a Copper if it was they WOULD have visited by now LOL

I read it on FACEBOOK so it must be true

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=91278&page=1#pid848630

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=63561&page=1#pid624099

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=4832&page=1#pid452603

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=60650&page=1#pid574409

dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 22 Jan 2008, 7:02 pm

#629331

+ 17hp....at a guess.

some say 10 to 15% but never 30.
If a transmission absorbed 30% of an engines power it would melt the case!

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

Golde60 Fahrvergnugen

858 posts · joined Aug 2002 · 23 Jan 2008, 5:09 am

#629392

cheers dave

...................( O \ l / O ).....................

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 6 Mar 2008, 9:29 am

#635598

it all starts again,why oh why do we do this to ourselves.

the way it was,and never to be again.what do we have install for it,not idea yet.but it is coming apart.

the interior is next.

after seeing peter's car in the flesh i realy want to make it light.maybe with a touch of pretty.

i will be doing heaps of little things on sat ,so i will try to put up some pic's as i go.

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reub VWRX is gone...

2,054 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 6 Mar 2008, 7:33 pm

#635664

Look forward to continued pics dude.

...and yes, having seen Pete's car in the flesh just before chrissie last year I know what you mean. His can is truely a sweet race car 👍

Reub

mactaylor Custom Title Time!

1,005 posts · joined Aug 2007 · 8 Mar 2008, 7:24 am

#635845

hey westi you could nearly make the 4 bar setup as a bolt in, like a triangulated kafer cup bar with benifits!! maybe with mid mounts and rollbar mounts

EVERLAST CONCRETE TANKS
1800 552 123

reub VWRX is gone...

2,054 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 8 Mar 2008, 10:30 am

#635865

also....that's that bug in the background??

Reub

London Bugger Seriously Crusin Dubber

164 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 9 Mar 2008, 12:59 pm

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WOW totally blown away buy your talent and JUNKA, I picked up a pic of your engine bay in the portland thread and a fellow member sent me over here! Just finished reading the thread well worth staying up till 3am here in the UK!

Have you put in many street miles with the cooling setup you have? I ask because I was planning a horizontal fan setup on my Turbo motor for space, was looking at modifying the Type 4/Porsche setup to run on my type 1 based case, but was told that they often throw belts which put me off. Last thing I want is to see all my money go up in smoke! Looks like your setup could be the answer? At idle does the engine not suffer from over cooling?

Thnaks,
Rob.

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 9 Mar 2008, 1:37 pm

#635985

been busy,and still going.enjoy

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westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 9 Mar 2008, 2:02 pm

#635986

yeh yor write i proberly could make it bolt in,but i like to weld,no chance of movement or twist.
thanks for the nice comment's rob,at idle it takes about 20minutes to warm up the oil.i start driving after about five and nurse it for about five before i kill it.
as for miles on the motor it has three days' on a dyno with a dicky operator that was dynoing with a manifold leak and the highest the head temp on that side got up to 180.it has only done about a thousand k's sofar but we have only realy been doing city driving,once the gearbox is fixed we are going to start doing some freeway testing.
as soon as we have done that there will be some testing done on a few different engine comb's and then release a kit.that way we can telll people what to expect from engine temps .
and yes rueby that's the other thing we have been working on,i posted it just for you.
enjoy.
once i get my other fibre glass door i will fit them up to show you guy's,there unreal ,superlight.
next stop gearbox ,we cleaned some up on saturday ready to ship to the man(dave).can't wait to see what he comes up with.
then while that is getting done i am going to send the car of to get some paint,maybe some cool graphics.who knows.then maybe a new license plate .
i will keep you all posted.

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westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 9 Mar 2008, 4:26 pm

#636001

fibre glass door

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London Bugger Seriously Crusin Dubber

164 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 9 Mar 2008, 10:52 pm

#636108

Great stuff westi, I will be watching closely from now on, my projects a long way off but if all goes well with your fan setup put me down for one!

Do you plan to do any testing with the setup on a turbo motor?

Thanks,
Rob.

Dak-A-Tak Volksie Pete

1,381 posts · joined Jan 2004 · 9 Mar 2008, 11:22 pm

#636110

Westi ! what are you doing Man !! Thanks for the kind words above , was cool to catch up at portland . I think simple is the word i kept telling myself ,when I was building my car .Look at how much horsepower you will have then build to that plan !
Other bug is that Mike Waldron's new toy ??
Check out www.dragsterbrasil.com some cool chassis work happening there .Look at links .

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 10 Mar 2008, 1:19 pm

#636169

yeh that de pauli does some pretty crazy stuff,obviously they don't have anything in there cage rules about seamless steel most of those crazy chassies have seams and look like exhaust tube,know wonder there light.
i am not going that crazy just yet.
i am just cleaning it up abit.i would like to build a drag car but not enough money for that yet.one day.
as for the other toy i will keep you posted.

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westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 26 Mar 2008, 12:24 pm

#638238

i will post some pic's when i get back.but before i left the head's came of for a look all good,but the valves looked alittle small,nah just kidding.they are perfect but will get sent away to be checked.the barrel's and pistons have a few minor scores in them,no air filters will do that,damn portland return road.nothing to worry about yet,they are heavier wear patterns more than normal but nothing mayjor.when i lose my finger in one i will let you know but at the moment you can only see them in the rite light.
the heads should be back in the shop before i get back on monday.so should be the shell.i can't wait to se her all dolled up,i am even more excited about the first scratch,it usually comes from someone giving you a hand,ahh well that's life.lol
i will also post up some pic's of some brakes and tinware and cage stuff we had done in the mad rush before i left.not on my car ,but still VW stuff.
i am back off to the pool.
cya

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Turkeyss Seriously Crusin Dubber

132 posts · joined Jun 2007 · 26 Mar 2008, 3:56 pm

#638267

haha just watched the video of u doin a burnout and saw the cops in the traffic out front....

very nice, Rowan

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 1 Apr 2008, 1:12 pm

#639222

cheer's rowan.

here is a few pic's of the PAR racing drag bug.

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westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 1 Apr 2008, 1:26 pm

#639223

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westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 1 Apr 2008, 1:28 pm

#639224

this is what i would like mine to look like.
what do you guy's reakon

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reub VWRX is gone...

2,054 posts · joined Sep 2002 · 1 Apr 2008, 2:29 pm

#639232

westi wrote:this is what i would like mine to look like.
what do you guy's reakon

nah....that looks shit Brad 😂

Go for it I say 🙂

Also looks like I've found someone to do some aluminium panelling?? 😀

Reub

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 1 Apr 2008, 6:10 pm

#639258

sweeet.

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westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 1 Apr 2008, 6:19 pm

#639260

more to come ,just takes to much time to upload.

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dangerous 23 Windows of Awesome

5,901 posts · joined Jan 2005 · 1 Apr 2008, 10:01 pm

#639322

Awesome dude.
Your parts are on the way from Erco.

westi wrote:That's mad Alan.

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 1 Apr 2008, 10:23 pm

#639327

cheer's dave.here's another video.

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LUFTMEISTER Veteran Volks Folk

2,041 posts · joined Jul 2005 · 1 Apr 2008, 11:16 pm

#639348

how many rattle cans will that paint job take😂

Customer service is not dead in Australia.

Always after HAZET & MATRA & VW factory tools

westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 2 Apr 2008, 7:51 am

#639385

i took out a small business loan,so i hope i can afford enough.lol

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westi what the

1,610 posts · joined Aug 2005 · 2 Apr 2008, 9:21 pm

#639504

and still some more to come.
my computer is mega ssssllllllooooowwwww.

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