STIDUB wrote:PS, never talk to rueb/vwrx before bed time, makes you want to work on your dub at inappropriate hours ๐
So now you're only talking to reub/vwrx AFTER bed time... WTF !?!?!
Boss lady must be one VERY understanding woman...
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No such thing as an inappropriate hour to work on the dub... just be vewy vewy qwiet....
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i was going to say earlier while at work, better to have an understanding woman that not have one at all eh sides? but now im home i change my mind, stuff them, and guess what im doing! im in the cave, doing laps around your freaking ghia playing with my toys, unofficially there may be bulk alcohol involved but thats not the point, you gotta come visit/so we can have a plan of attack on the ghia btw, your gunna have to be the apprentice on this one
does being vewwy vewwy qewwwit count if im "testing" the garage stereo that penguin donated to me with bliss & eso, eminem & hardstyle playing?
oh and reubs, ive decided it was a blessing not a curse, if had 3hrs sleep in 3 days but im doing stuff on the bug again & thotougly enjoying it, may be all the stimulants and cough alcohol cough cough going thru me currently but its a good thing, cheers man ๐ was probably the push to get into it i needed
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all this talk of welding lately, its not the best but it does the job for what it is...
overkill? never! just cos its shortened doesnt mean it wont hit the ground on occasion
unfortunately my free day to do bug stuff was interrupted so thats all i got done, better than nothing though!
feel free to pick on the welding- drinks were consumed earlier ๐
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ok so theres a few pin holes through it
can anyone pick the one i did prior to going out ๐
small update, the last 2 tubes are done, now to fill in the sides, add baffles & shorten the pickup to suit.
oh its approx 80-85mm deep for those playing at home, 10mm socket & extension fits thru the tube with about .5mm to spare
the outlet on the RHS of the water pump in the above pic is about to say bye bye also ๐
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Looks interesting, how thick is your plate ?
Will be an interesting design once finished, should have a descent capacity.
Here are some pice of how we do ours which might give you some ideas. We presure test them to 5 PSI once done to make sure they don't leak.
We have had some issues with the tig welds around the tubes on the earlier ones when they heated up as the tubes wouldn't expand at the same rate as the plates. We made some design changes and technique changes to sort this and have had no issues since, just something to think about.
Also keep in mind that you usually feed the sump on to get the dipstick to seat, if you make a straight bolt up you will need to remember to take that off before you fit it.
Oh and remember to include the oil return tube so that the oil goes into the base of the sump and doesn't get all aired up and bubled etc, this will cause issues with surge and running dry.
Anyway hope that helps, good to see people giving it a crack.
Brad
Why copy when you can own an original ?
Meyers Manx Australia2-3mm, baffles will be 1.6ish, my theory is that if it hits the ground despite being shortened i want it to be strong enough to take a hit or two, will see how it goes in practise once its all done i guess, & if it fails i can just go for a drive & grab a CVD one ๐
dipstick hole/tube will be the same as stock so should bolt on & off just the same with a little wriggling, hopefully ive got some free time tomorrow morning to continue it ๐ once ive done this it either coolant lines or exhaust manifold- cant wait for my electricity bill ๐คช
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by the time the nationals come around, i dont think i want to touch anything fiberglass again, my aero guards are getting some love, the bumper is mounted, pics to follow, i think it looks odd & needs to go wider, radiator mount/panel work is progressing, shift rod/shifter coming soon, oh and skinnier tyres at least on the front. with max castor adjustment on the sway bar & the tops all the way back they rub on the forward lip of the aero more than a little bit, oh and 18x10.5s with 265s on them fill out rear guard space quite nicely ๐
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We want photos, not cheap talk ๐
Kev
I thought rebuilding a VW would be cheap - Shit I was wrong, just don't let the wife know !!!!
Click here for my (slowy) modded 1961 Beetle build.if you do the dishes & clean you room i might post some up tonight/tomorrow morning after work :P
yours better be at the nationals kev, finished or not๐
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boring...
Come on already - pull the finger out, get some photos up - make something happen!
hows this for shit timing, finished off my dash JUST now, shutup i slept in last 2 mornings, its been a looooong week, anyway camera awesome, plugged it in to the computer... card error!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! raaaggggeeeee!!!!!! - getting the pics of the car stuff already done is fine but i had other stuff on there, boss lady was preeeeeettttyyy the other nite ๐ and yeah missed out on progress pics now ๐ but anywho i guess ill have another quiet drink & retake the stupid pics to post up, sorry mick, are you looking forward to the returned passenger ride when im finished? ๐
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ok camera/laptop learnt to talk each others language now, pics uploading ๐
ok welcome to the latest burst of bits & peices of dub work thrown in amongst the rest of life! - older im getting the less time & money ive got to use on this, its depressing!
anyway pics as promised ๐
replaced my "blue" parker bulb with the blue LED's im using in the guages, and farrrk they are bright! - probably just a touch too much but for shits & giggles it was entertaining
anyone ever seen spacers done like this before? off a friends car that im helping do a decent fitment on - without cheating/dodgy'ing it with spacers or any other shit, and its getting VOLKS! not cheap - bastard apprentices having disposable income
anyway for thrills i thought it throw it on STIDUB...
18x10.5 with 265/40/18 on it...
mounted up it would be approx +35ET, 33 preferrably, fit under the aero that i had loosely on, couldnt hold guard wheel and take a decent pic so didnt bother but you get the idea, but yes 10's fit very nicely ๐
big thanks to joel for the bumper brackets to suit the later bar!
turns out no mods needed to bolt it up, at least with 2 of the 3 bolts - relatively headache free
however.... this is where i have a problem... 4" wider body with stock bumper looks strange to me, im thinking 4-6" wider bumper would suit much better, it just doesnt... flow?
anyway you should get the idea from that lot
next up is the fun glass work ive given myself...
up next on the menu 4" ducts in both rear guards, tucked up as far as possible to give max tyre clearance, it sits on bumpstops compressed & still clears the 90deg silicone join, highest guard bolt is done with an open ended spanner but not a huge drama, just about ready to mirror it into the other side but the neighbours probably wont like grinding/drilling at 1am, that & i have a smashed r32 to fix tomorrow, yippee, skyline variety not golf - bonus is food & drinks all day & get to drive it at fri nite drifts coming soon ๐
ok and on the other end, radiator stuff
roughed out a panel to stop air recirculating through the rad so its constantly got cool air, should work, also have a similar shape scoop that drops down to the same level as the aeros if it needs more air fed into it, but hopefully not.
the above is a little rough but it was all just eyeball measured & scribbled out ๐
lastly, after months of waiting for postage from europa in england - thanks ricola for pointing me that way! my warning lights MOSTLY showed up despite not putting QLD on the damn package
so we will ignore the battery light being in the indicator spot for now ok
more to come, IF i order the other electric/dash stuff through them HOPEFULLY it doesnt take a month to send it.
think thats all for now, probably wont be much else changing till after nationals, see you there! can i go to bed yet? 5hrs till it all starts again.
can someone remind me what a weekend is again?
and how on earth do you guys with kids actually do this? your all nuts!
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Nice update, those gauges fit perfectly! I agree with you about the bumper, definitely needs to go wider, can you get widened 'glass ones over there or do you want to stick with chrome? These rear wing intakes are really taking off now, not surprising given the good results from boof and Jak.
thanks for the compliment rich, its only taken 6months of brain scratching while sitting on a milk crate holding a steerign wheel to work out what layout would work nicely with visability & cage etc
yeah since studying both of their cars i was keen to do it, just... BIGGER!
looking forward to the finished products
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looking good keep at it
Excellent progress dude since last time I saw it... well done !!!
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Love the look of the dash too... remind me to talk to ya about that, since want to make a few changes on mine.
Also... dibbs on that front bumper when you decide not to use it !!!
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You'll find with the brackets bolted in like that your bumper will be facing downhill a bit.
Here's how my brackets are redrilled.
I still think you're worrying over nothing with the bumper width.
All the other aero supers around look fine with stock bumpers
Hi
I'm doing the final fit-up of my bumpers now. On the front I only had to elongate the holes and put some new ones in.
I'm using 75/76 style brackets like Joel has shown, the middle slot on the end of the bracket I opened out to the very end to give me some to guard clearance and I made new slots for the other two holes, this gives me a decent clearance between end of the bumper and the mudguard.
The rear the bumper was really close to the guard edge, I needed to extend the bracket about 35 mm.
These brackets have place to fit a K mart jack handle in to get them to line up nicely.
I agree with Joel, the stock bumper length looks fine.
Steve
hard to tell what angle the bumper is at, its cable tied on ๐ skyline/silvia engineering is tainting my beetle haha
the bumper in pics is a mostly mint, its got one ding in the bottom original 76 bar, get ya mits off it sides!
your dash is just ally, not steel, ally would be 10000x easier, this was a pain, if it wasnt so late & i wasnt up so early i might be cutting my original metal out right now, damn neighbours & work!!
also in other aero'd bug pics the bumpers all look slightly different, just cant pick what it is, perhaps like the minor bend differences in the supers at the gold coast show joel?
oh on a side note, club meet this week, super urgent chat about the amarok to be had - sides u want to pay attention ๐
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Heh heh - can't blame me for tryin !!
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For super urgent Amarok chat better ring me dude - have got uni on Wed nights, so I won't be at the next couple of meetings....
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you say call, i leave it till a respectable hour, and your busy, bugger ya! no amarok for you! ๐
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not a bad view i reckon ๐
now just need to cut more out NEATLY to make it sit flat with the stock dash sheeting, its a VERY cosy fit with the curve/bend above the speedo & over the original speedo hole, the wiper motor has heaps of clearance, now to find matching switches for hazards & lights, so far so good, oh big hole up the front for my radiator is in, no pics of that it was rushed in as people showed up for dinner at ours ๐
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I think u will need a "no junk mail sticker" for the those air intakes. Postman will mistake them for something else
Maybe some mesh so that low flying wildlife or small children don't get sucked in?
Jak.
ill take that as a compliment jak ๐ guess when im done ill have to get the sunday paper & put it in the hole ๐
cant decide if i want to leave it open or mesh over just yet, both have pros & cons, will play around a little more once its glassed ๐
and sides thanks for the tracking thing, my shift rod is mostly back in now too so should be ready to bolt in on arrival
also, told u u would like what i had to say about the amarok ๐
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Dave, are the side scoops running straight into the intake or for intercooling? any issues with water being sucked into the intake?
I have no sympathy for my car, only the wallet that pays for it!
Go hard or go home!!!!
scoops feeding cooler, possibly some assistance to the intake but currently not, depends on how much i adjust the location of the turbo
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ARRRHHHH
a Little bit of water will keep to top end clean. ๐
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came home to find the other indicator light had arrived in the mail sometime today, yay
after picking up my bug tech shifter from side's place!!!!!!!! its... shiny and VERY chunky
so anyway unfortunately working both tomorrow (ippy show holiday) & sunday for quite generous pay rates ๐
so hoping to have my shift rod back out & shortened & put back in with shifter attached saturday, fingers crossed the thirst for sleep doesnt hit too hard & ruin the plans ๐
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soooo, ever had an issue that the shift was so short you could barely tell the difference between gears? the ORIGINAL shifter that i checked alignment with moments before putting this sucker in was... 1ft long, under the dash 1st, over the handbrake 2nd etc you all know the deal....
pics speak 10000 words right?
first - the process
the bit we wont talk about
and done
i can think of far easier things to measure than this bloody thing
installation was assisted...
i have a lovely bent rod to help persuade the shift rod down the tunnel through the bushing if anyones interested, prescision bent with a milk crate, concrete and a 60mm nylon hammer ๐
in unrelated, but done at the same time news...
indicator light is in its hole now!
and to the main event and the final act of the evening...
FIRST
SECOND
THIRD
FORTH
REVERSE
save these & scroll thru them in a slideshow or something, its scary small difference
different view...
the rest of the side view is now uploading on photobucket, ill link later, i NEED sleep
hope you like it! nite all!!!!!! ๐
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haha good work on the update. you must be up late. only 930 here in the middle east
shifter looking good
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