just hoping to fill the gap at the front (3 inches?), and rear - running standard wheels and tires, untill the budget allows me to go a bit lower. thinking the veeforce spyder wheels with Federal RS tires... mid next year. 🙂
Amazingly, I still haven't got the momo steering wheel on yet.... it will be on soon, as well as this.....
thanks again to kombi saint 🙂
I still have a set of new guards lined up with dave (stidub) that i have to get cash for, then its just little bits and pieces for the body work etc.
as for brakes, i need a new MC, hoses, seals, and bearings and some machining.
I secured some new carbs (thanks to steve carter 🙂 ), but im just going to use one, so need a manifold and linkage stuff for it... 🙂 should go well with the new exhaust, once the body work is done... good fun.
Hehehee that tacho is just a tad optopmistic😂😂 (11000rpm) lol. Btw $20 for that stinger... how is that possible?
Anyway your cars sounds like its going to be awesome, keep us all posted😀
2.0slow 92 MK2
Made in Germany, Assembled in Africa, 'Migrated' to Australia
Should be able to get 6. I was revving mine to six at warwick and it is a mild cam with the timing hugely retarded to the problems we have had with pinging
tuned my carbs up today and it easily revved up to 4500rpm but didn't want to push it past that. I'm sure it would do 5200 if i wanted it to but dont really wanna warp the crankshaft 😂🤓
oh, incase anyone was gonig to ask, the twin manifolds and linkage have gone to a new home. > there will be a single manifold, end ports and the other DCNF for sale soon.. 🙂 - or pm me if you are keen keen keen!
Its a bit rusty, and the heat risers are gone, but i dont need them here.. it rarely gets cold enough.
the single is a good upgrade for the 1600.. and has worked out a crazy load cheaper than kadrons.
I am trying to get out of this setup for a little as possible, because its only going to be like that for 12 months. But from what I have discussed with Joel, it will be heaps heappppppppppps better than what im running now 🙂
This is just a mess around edit of a post, probs best not to pay any attention to it......... unless you care about my dreaming... haha/
Suspension:
front - tapered springs to run 6inch wheels (below - vfroce spiders). rebuild for all front end components [ tie rods/ends, ball joints, bushes ]. new swaybar for lowered front end. flip kit to avoid tie rods hitting body.
I will most likely invest in something with a flat top to avoid water coming in, once i have a bit more cash. I think they are about $40 each from micks. might even find them cheaper on ebay...
nice videos dude. good to see the colonel. i have been meaning to do a walk around of mine for a while now. looks like i need to pull my finger out lol
yeah, it was good weather and had a few minutes. 🙂 thats the first time most people will hear the scaryness of that sound. hopefully, it will change in a few weeks 🙂
haha. well.... you can have it. haha. its pretty much stuffed. when i got hit, it bent one of the tubes.
the thunderbird is what i should have purchased originally. i guess i just wanted to be different from my mate. silly choice since i only had a 1600.
once i can get a bit more cash together. just managing to pay the bills at the moment. i finish all the assessment for my course this week, so i will be able to pick up a bit more work after that.
the brakes hopefully in the next 2 weeks. (then if they dont get better, its another $200 for a M/C)
then body work 🙁 - $1500 is the guess.
I've never pulled an engine from a vw before, but im thinking about doing it myself. I know i can do the exhaust and intake myself. just need a hand with clutch alignment (my mate is a mech and has tools i can use) Its also having another car that i can use while mine is out of action for a week or so. the last parts i need are...
That should get me stopping, intake, exhaust, clutch and oil breathing done..... Hopefully by new year
then mid-mount for the gearbox, and strutbrace(early next year...). then front end lowering. and after that is wheels/tyres (probably 6 months away).
The biggest choice i have to make is, do the body work or just bodgy it up with a large hammer. - that would save me $1500 that i just dont have.... its a fun game.
uh yeah... already spent that. Paid for my course, which was just a bit more important.
its not a huge job given that with a few hundred $$'s more in parts, it would just be labour... i just dont have the money for it, and i cant find anyone that is reconmended for VW's locally.
It doesnt need to look pretty, but it needs to be straight.
next one the to buy list is gaurds and bumpers/brackets. trying to avoid non german stuff. (but planning on doing the bumpers and light surrrounds in matt black..... 🙂 - but still keeping the rest of the body rat style.)