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pyr0 flame-on

4,457 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#63659
kool :thumb😎 :thumb

Andy42 Insano Dub Head

709 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#63668
So it should look like one of these😀

Andy42 Insano Dub Head

709 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#63670
So it should look like one of these😀

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daz67 Qld Manx

627 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#63673
Quote: So it should look like one of these


It should look alot like these, they are the same car different views.
They are going to do the bar work and a few other things a little different though.:thumb


www.reddogearthmoving.com.au

Andy42 Insano Dub Head

709 posts · joined Mar 2003 ·

#80871
i wish them all the luck to do it in that time, we struck a few probs with ours but mainly a lack of time🙂 I have sent you an email as well.

daz67 Qld Manx

627 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#80989
I have forwarded onto Mic, I think it would be a good idea to try and catch up with you and check out your buggy. Any chance of this Sunday?

Can call me on 0419665725.

Thanks


www.reddogearthmoving.com.au

Min-76 Casual Dubber

46 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#83177
Fitted kombi motor with help from my one armed helper (Dad)

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Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#83539
Funny place for an oil cooler
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx Australia

Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#83550
I dunno I have seen some pretty crazy ideas from up that neck of the woods😀:P
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx Australia

wibble Freakinbuggied

404 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#83882
Have had one mounted in front of the fan intake, seemed to work well, yeah I know it's heating the air going into the motor but in a buggy getting plenty of air flow it doesn't cause any probs-another bonus is that you can't see it there.
just some ideas for ya!!😀


http://www.waycoolbuggies.com

Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#83902
wibble wrote:Have had one mounted in front of the fan intake, seemed to work well, yeah I know it's heating the air going into the motor but in a buggy getting plenty of air flow it doesn't cause any probs-another bonus is that you can't see it there.
just some ideas for ya!!😀
Although I have a funny feeling this post is just fishing for a response, I am going to answer in case you are serious.

Running an oil cooler or any form of restriction in front of the fan shroud is a very bad idea. Not only will it reduce the amount of air being inducted into the low pressure high quantity fan it will begin the process of superheating the air it is using. The hotter the engine gets the hotter the oil gets, the hotter the oil gets the hotter the air gets, the hotter the engine gets and so on.

You have said you ran it and it ran fine, did you have temp senders and cylinder head temp senders and guages ? If not I would suggest that the engine running is not a good measure of if it was fine of not.

I have played with this theory before and by placing certain percentages of cover in front of the shroud I can vary the cyliner head temp quite easliy.

In short it is a VERY VERY BAD IDEA !!!
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx Australia

wibble Freakinbuggied

404 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#83999
The setup I had wasn't on there long enough to test properly it was setup by an unnamed "VW specialist" in darwin
it had about a 3" gap between the shroud and cooler, only had a dipstick temp sender but overall temp seemed good.
but like I said testing was short as it did a big end before doing 150 k's yay!
still trying to get some money out of the #*!k that was over 2 years ago.......


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wacked1 Custom Title Time!

1,508 posts · joined Jul 2003 ·

#84040
you have email, questions on setting up the oil cooler.
thanks
wacked1
:jesus

Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#84272
So the guy who decided it was a good idea to put teh cooler in front of the fan, also built a VW engine and got 150km out of a bottom end... must really know his stuff 🙁🙁

Out of interest how the hell did you get 3" between the rear of the buggy and the fan shroud, let alone 3" plus cooler ?
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx Australia

wibble Freakinbuggied

404 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#84916
cooler sat pretty close to the glass (bit too close I reckon) Yeah heard good things about this guy until I dropped the manx off and heard lots of bad things after the money was handed over, ended up getting towed by a hyundi (yeah scarey!) 100k took the motor out, dumped it on his floor and demanded most of my money back,still waiting..
Haven't trusted another machanic or "specialist" since


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Min-76 Casual Dubber

46 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#85542
Front end (ball joint) before we started fitting the adjusters.

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Min-76 Casual Dubber

46 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#85543
It looked & sounded easy in the Manx Club mag. One small problem they just did not look like they were sitting in the beam right. A quick call to Wes for a chat and things were back on track.

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Min-76 Casual Dubber

46 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#85544
As the directions in the mag said, as long as ya line your scribe marks up & keep it square ya can`t go to far wrong.
(Welding the adjusters in was easy, I didn`t have to do it. Thanks to my Dad! as being right handed and having to weld with the left because of a breakage isn`t easy)

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Min-76 Casual Dubber

46 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·

#85545
Both adjusters fitted. We also fitted the bump stops to each side.

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Brad Wolfsburg Elder

3,764 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#85555
Progress looks great, might make it to Fraser yet .....

The article told you how to install the adjusters, just not for the ball joint front end..... next issue will cover that so make sure youv'e got heaps of photos for me.
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx Australia