hello!
After a not so short stint away from vw i have come grovelling back. I bought my first dub, a 72 superbug orange with jellybean mags and checkerboard steps and the rustiest exhaust I have ever seen. I was 16 and kept it till i was 19 when i blew my gearbox and sold it because i was young and dumb (coincidently still am) and regretted it ever since. then i went and got into 80's japanese cars i started out modifying a ke70 (which got stolen then thrashed then burnt to death) then i got mitsubishi starion (which got stolen, presumably thrashed and hopefully roams free across the ranges like a true starion) and then an rt142 corona (which i actually got to sell) which brings me to now!
after a bit of looking around i found myself my new car which will be staying with me for good! it a 75 superbug with the rack and pinion and is mine!!! i just got it serviced and had new tyres fitted plus it has had new suspension fairly recently too.
plans are as follows
- harder/lower springs
- slightly stiffer sway bars
- new less springy seats so im not bouncing/sliding around all the time
- torsion bar
- wider wheels so i have more rubber on the road
- and then finally the engine... i am trying to replicate the feel and power of the 22re in my old corona so i am leaning toward a warm type 4 at the moment
so hello my names alex, i live on the central coast and if you need info on any toyota engines or any old JDM stuff id be happy to try and help! (not that i expect many to take me up on that haha)
p.s i still cannot fathom the complexities of vw engine building so am still very much learning sorry!
tangarine Learner Dubber
13 posts · joined Dec 2008 ·
