my street,hillclimb ,circuit race car...

thought id start a thread mainly for peeps to have a look at....

this is how i bought her/him? years ago with a stock 1680cc with kads...swing axle and k&l.....


then slowly changed bits over the years.to discs and t3 drums,home made camber compensator etc, old koni reds..

damn beams to low..had to take the beam out and recut the adjusters..
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now its a irs bj pan,6" cookies,195/50 ao50's,front discs are same as glen torrens's kit,kombie mc,comp rear linings that are getting to costly to buy so ill change to discs,HD bilstiens all round,custom adjustable sway bars...

some sway bar pics




here some quick pics i took today,i tried to get some cage shots..i just got the cage done which im still waiting for cams approval...





oh empty

I thought the new cage regs required 2 bolts per join ?

What motor is going into it ?

hope not.will see..anyway if its just the bolts should be easy to do.....all i had to do was send them a sheet filled out by the builder.it didnt say much bout how many bolts...i did give him the new cams manual and he does build them for escorts...

engine should be here next couple of days..stan built it...his crank , sump & twin plugs ,48 idfs,cb 2289 cam with 1.4 rockers,cb lightweight lifters,mag case,cheapo 1 5/8 exhaust with 2 1/4" muffler,custom darren krewenchuck ported street elims,44x37.5,10.5:1 comp..yadda yadda,should be a big jump from my last combo...it ended up 16mm narrower then a stock 1600....

damn floods have delayed my engine getting here...my first event is on 31st of march

Looking good Chris.
Single bolt is possible with M10 but get a pre-logbook scrutineer to come and visit.
It is a sure and easy way to know ti will be passed for logbook.
Pic below of extract from 2012 Schedule J

I used the cnc joiners that have a bolt that holds a tounge and grove type joint together. not cheap or light but strong as f!*k. Nice car by the way looks great! hows the bars goin?

Engine sounds like a goer ... looking forward to vids

mactaylor wrote:I used the cnc joiners that have a bolt that holds a tounge and grove type joint together. not cheap or light but strong as f!*k. Nice car by the way looks great! hows the bars goin?

i have only raced on them for one weekend from the softest to the second hardest settings.soft had to much body roll and i was picking up the inside rear wheel and it was spinning even with the zf so i went straight to the second hardest setting and it was so much better,night and day better.so im hoping they work even better now with the cage..my first event back will not be a big tester for them as the corners are slow and tight...but i will post some vids up...

vassy66T1 wrote:Engine sounds like a goer ... looking forward to vids

yes i hope so...darren was very good to deal with and he suggested that i use that cam for my application.they flowed 201cfm at .550"-205cfm at .600" & have very good port velocity..... which he aims for....im trying aircooled.net alloy pushrods..if they dont work out ill kick swear and strike things then order some of jpm's alloys,,too much $$$$ though...

fk87 cam certainly works well in a few motorsport VW's over here, so you should enjoy the results 😎.............pity the twin plugs is a waste of time 😂

vassy66T1 wrote:Looking good Chris.
Single bolt is possible with M10 but get a pre-logbook scrutineer to come and visit.
It is a sure and easy way to know ti will be passed for logbook.
Pic below of extract from 2012 Schedule J

Cheers Marcus, I was getting confused with the "bolt in cage" joins......I think they need 2 ?!

Craig Torrens wrote:fk87 cam certainly works well in a few motorsport VW's over here, so you should enjoy the results 😎.............pity the twin plugs is a waste of time 😂

i will appreciate the ex pobjoy team breakup thing not to be on this thread craig....

I thought it wasn't worth it even when I was being sponsored (I have Dyno results to prove it did nothing).......so my opinion hasn't changed Chris.

I like the black cookies 👍

Who supplied the cage?

Car looks good....well done.

JVLRacing wrote:Who supplied the cage?

i guy here in WA built it,works for himself.he does metal fab work... he had never done a bug before and said it was a pain in the ass,lol...he said next time he wont be doing it for the same price....

Great stuff thanks

Nice work mate, looks neat.

Cheers Col

Looks cool - particularly the black wheels.
What happened with the old engine dude?

cnfabo wrote:hope not.will see..anyway if its just the bolts should be easy to do.....all i had to do was send them a sheet filled out by the builder.it didnt say much bout how many bolts...i did give him the new cams manual and he does build them for escorts...

engine should be here next couple of days..stan built it...his crank , sump & twin plugs ,48 idfs,cb 2289 cam with 1.4 rockers,cb lightweight lifters,mag case,cheapo 1 5/8 exhaust with 2 1/4" muffler,custom darren krewenchuck ported street elims,44x37.5,10.5:1 comp..yadda yadda,should be a big jump from my last combo...it ended up 16mm narrower then a stock 1600....

damn floods have delayed my engine getting here...my first event is on 31st of march

I think you will be very happy with that combination, especially with Darren's head work.
He has always been a good souce of knowlege in my tinkering.
Make sure you have some good valve springs in there.
The original duals that come on the CB heads wont hold pressure long if you use 7000 or more.

reub,old engine got pulled apart,bits kept and bits sold....

dave,im running the cb 650's...yeah darren was great to deal with......stan said his work was very nice...he even cut the gaskets and all. i know thats not a biggy but its good service...

bits sold... 😵

Porting work looks nice 👍

Hi Chris.
What the f..... are you doing in South Africa, if you have your car to finish? Hahahaha.
It looks great and I like your new engine, Just too much plug wires to worry about (you know what Ithink about all those plugs)🤪
What is next, EFI?
Cheers, Hermann.
Ps: Heard about a body boarder killed by a Greatwhite shark in South Africa. Thought it was you.....🤪

some sway bar pics





Chris,

Everythings looking pretty sweet, especially like the home brew sway bars.


any chance you have a picture of how you've attached the front sway bar links to the lower trailing arm?

Looking for ideas to improve the existing whitline mounts I currently have.

Cheers
Brendan

hey brendan they are mounted the same way as the rear..some 40mm thick wall box tubing....

I am still impressed by the lateral thinking to come up with this design of sway bar for a bug.

Hey Herman, why u move to oz? Africa's a wicked place.
I'll be back on the 18th may.

Vassy , I'm still yet to confirm they are big enough. I have a 3 day event when I get bam to do more testing

So still off the lower shock mounting bolt? I'm trying to come up with another way. I have got enough thread length to be confident that they are secure. May have to remove the shock mount bolt/pin & put in a longer one at a later stage.