Well another year and some hope of hitting the bitumen.
I have the CDS for the roll cage in my garage ready for me to begin fabrication. The panelwork is fairly complete (i.e. rear guards widened (front still to go), rear beaver panel shortened (for exhaust clearance, ease of motor removal, and some lessened drag), and the engine firewall has been moved forward to allow easier access and additional options for placement of fuel/oil lines, pumps, breathers and whatever else seems to fit.
The engine case has had bronze inserts installed to give the correct/desired clearance for the lifters (thanks Dangerous) and other prep work on the case is underway. The engine is with Matt Berry and should be alright (😉) Volksie Mag case, Scat crank, carillo rods, Mahle P&B, CB Wedge ports, Oteva springs and Ti retainers, Scat 1.4 rockers, Cam yet to be determined, DTM fan shroud, 45 DRLA Dellortos, 1 3/4 berg headers (Borla muffler I am thinking, don't have this yet), MSD 7AL with 2 step.
Now to get off my bum and do my part: pics of springs and retainers below
nice build.
go the fk10, i am running that with 040 heads with 44 x 37's, works great and not a pig to drive.
some useable rpm range with me 2332 combo and i got ngk cr7e spark plugs. 10 mm thread too. like yours, a tight squeeze. 👍
I have been working on the beetle though to look at it you can hardly pick it.
I will have the main hoop and half laterals bent up this week so I can finally get into the cage. Pics below of the pedal assembly getting close. I had to add a support to the underside of the pan so got the car up onto 2 wheels ... look Mum!! 2 wheels 🙂
I have the pushrods to complete on the pedal assembly along with the pedal to pushrod mounts. I will show a pic of this when done.
I scored some Dellorto 48 DRLA tri-jets for the engine. Heads and intake manifolds are receiving attention from Westi atm.
DB pulled apart the gearbox to check (3 years since it was rebuilt) and there was some bog dust and ants 🤪
Engine is moving forward. End float of cam being set currently and deck heights etc checked and measured.
Specailly the pedals. do you have a 'test set' lying around for sale? 😂
Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car. Oversteer is when you hit the wall with the rear of the car. Horsepower is how fast you hit the wall. Torque is how far you take the wall with you.
Thanks for the comments 😉
The pedals were more effort than you would expect (as usual) but the end result is looking good.
I dropped the 44.45mm CDS bar off to the bender yesterday so will have the main and half laterals by the end of the week.
Finally I can get into the roll cage and seat mount.
Cam is similar to an FK87 with slightly less duration and almost 10% more lift.
Well in between everything else I have found some time to work on the 54.
The cage is ready to weld up the second half of it now. The only parts I am yet to fit are the 'feet' (which are already fabricated), the bar for the harness mounts (once seat is mounted) and the cross bar under the dash (also after mounting the seat).
My goal was the cage before Christmas so I am happy. I have been doing a little more work with the pedals and their pushrods. Once I mount the seat it will start to move along nicely.
Mike did the TIG. He is a mate and a neighbour and currently is the man making the new Aussie Racing car chassis so he has some skills 👍
I went for maximum compliance and safety rather than lightweight for the cage (my personal choice).
Anyhow, some pics.
Just quietly I'm diggin the colour on that engine lid in the 4th pic too...
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01 New Beetle - gf's car, but I turn the spanners
great to see more air cooled on the circuit great to watch should be more of em bugger the boring other shit ???????? cant beat watching beetles going through the hillclimb events
My personal deadline is July.
I hope it will be sooner but will wait and see.
Colour ... hmmm. No good grey in original 54 colours so either L275 Light beige, L227 Strato Silver or non 54 and go :L255 Jupiter Grey or L21 Pearl Grey
(the blue on the boot lid in the 4th pic is my son's '71 Dave 😁 )
Craig Torrens6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion
I will have to look at the doors Craig. It is on the yet to be finalised list.
Haven't figured out a solution if they are not secure enough.
I was told the 54 latches were better than later oval but hey ... what do I know 😏
I think with that spec cage and if you tag it into the body at a few places you will find there will be zero body flex and your doors/latches will be fine.
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