Well this is my ride in progress, please forgive me if I sound vague, sometimes I forget to put all the info in, if you have any Q's just e-mail me.

Body is an 1302S '72, brakes are 944 front and rears, rear, rear suspension is stadard in form but has thicker rear torsion bars (1mm) and adjustable dampners. front suspension is a bit more difficult to explan, I have biffed the standard arms that use the sway bar as a stressed suspension arm and made a new 'A' system withg rod ends, so there is now new barckets at the front and rear of the "hammer head " section and an inderpendent swaybar will mount off these suspension arms, the shocks are heaverly machined Golf Mk1 units, top monts are solid ball BMW adjustable for caster, (camber is done on the strut and on the arms).
The motor is to be a ( It's at the engine reco's now) Type 4 2366cc, running Microtech computer controled Toyota fuel injection (4 throttle plate type).

The look is going to be Resto Cal as thats what spins my dails but I prefere the German look mechanicals, I am doing most of the work myself hence way im into year 3 but there is not one week that goes by with out something being done.

Thanx for having a look

Mark

Thats not me in the picture, im much uglyer,

Oh I get it one picturer at a time.

'A' arms below.

more pictures please of that front end...looks interesting ...you don't have any with the front wheel pulled off so I can understand whats been done...should be really nice when your done.

Hello 555Bug,

Errr sorry about the large pic.

Still have not worked out to post more than one pic per topic box. So bare with me.

Please note that the pic with the wheel on is an early pic and the arms have been changed to the later black type. And the bottom ball pin has been painted black, to prevent rusting, please also note that the pin is made from 4730 or was it 4340 or 4530....... or 4560...darn I can't remember cromoly.

And

awsome setup...its great to see people doing some custom stuff. Just out of interest how has this setup improved the performance of your bug? and what would you do differently if you were to do it again? Hey have you checked out the thread on the germanlook forum...plenty of people talking about trying this mod.

Hello 555bug,

As far as improved performace of the car I don't know as I have not been able to drive it yet (mid resto) it rolls down the drive ok?? As for " if I was going to do it agian" I don't know of any thing that I would change, Im not saying it's perfect, but it all seems ok at this point, Ive had to do some interesting mods to make it work thou, if you have a look at the position of the master cylinder, and the longer push rod. The master cylinder is from a Suzuki swift ( Ithink they are called Holden Barinas in Aussie) as it had all the right things going for it , brake line ports to the right side, the right bore size, and a 2 tubes for the remote resvior so I can keep the standared one.
I'll check out the Germanlook forum now thanx for the tip.

Below is a pic of the inlet manifold that im making, Toyota top half and Hilborn Type 4 lowers.

just curious , the price of aluminium fabrication over there?
Did you pay for the welding on those manifolds ? How Much?

Hello Ovalglen,

I cut all the pieces that where needed, then a guy welded them all up for me, I also got him to weld the ends smaller as they where just to big ( made for a 2.8 ltr 6000 rpm TQ miget ) this all cost me $180 NZ dollars or about 60 pounds sterling in UK dollars. I still needed to fill all the flat spots and make a constant taper to the end, I have used Wurth F1 epoxy metal to do the final shaping, in total I have spent about 25 hours on them and they still need another 5 spent on them, a lobour of love ah!!

I was wondering how much the welding part alone cost ?
Yeah , those bits shore do add up.
And the time...... best not to count.
I just have difficulty getting out in the shed to do it.
This damm forum is too interesting.

The welding part along cost $180 NZ dollars, a bit pricey but the guy is as master and it was a tricky job.

Just heard from the beater, he has started !!!! this has been bit of a battle, as he is a very good panel beater which means he is busy all the time and does'nt like taking on the big projects, but final he has started, he told me that the sand blasting w**k*rs hit it to hard and my 30 year old streight shell is now all warped!!! so when you send you car off to the sand blasters watch out for cowboys.

Here is a pic of it at the panel beaters, a few mods have been carried out already.

The vents behind the rear windows have been removed, and the rear apron is being modifried to be a bolt on and bolt off type.

Roof and rear panels also done...

pic to big.

try this time...

This photo is about 3 weeks old, you can see the "cut outs" for the inlets of the type 4, as mine are a bit custom, and also the a start of the widning of the guard, about 50mm useing and old guard to get a smooth profile.

Ohhhh piss it was to big..... try this time.

thats a wicked setup

i like the type4 going into a resto cal bug.
i am a fan of the t4 too, although my funds dont stretch to a 2366 just yet, cos i wanna be able to afford the rest of my car.

good to see someone in nz on the forum and someone with good taste over there too.
too many people driving jap crap pocket rockets over there. turbo lancers, twin turbo subis, turbo toyotas and other 80s crap thats tasteless.

(sorry i do kinda like the twin turbo subis)

but damn, can t beat a big t4.

great work, but i wish i could see all the pics

Can't seem to find the pic of your inlet manifold

Hmmm they seem to have dissapred, here they are again. nbturbo I'll post them to you if you want.

Hmmm they seem to have disappeared, here they are again. nbturbo I'll post them to you if you want.

The strut towers have been finnished, they now hold a castor adjustable solid spherical ball mounting plate, from a BMW (Aftermarket) and have brought the camber closer to where it should be.

the missing pic of the master cylinder and inner mounts

thanks for the mail and keep up the good work.

looks like its gonna be onw awesome bug

Sweeet. Excellent work s1fter - you are doing a great job. Keep up the good work and updates!

Good to see you back again-Keep me posted on your progress with the fuel injection.Have started again on mine.

s1fter,
what's going on with that single cab in the last pic?
Cool to find some other kiwi's on here.

hey
do u know the guy from V-Dub Shoppe?? he is in hamilton???
he has heaps of cars there!!! anyway dude ur beetle is looking schweet!!!
cheers
rhys

Hello,

yeah it's great to see that there is a few Kiwi's here!
The single cab in the garage is mine, and I am welding it back together to use as a daily driver, with a type 4 2.0 ltr to push it. I have another thread going on that one also, but it has not been updated for a while also (It will be in the next few days!)

I have not heard of the guy in Hamilton... interesting..... how do I get hold of him???

I hope to post some more pic's soon......!

I live in Hamilton so see the guy from the v-dubb shoppe when I need something done. He's got heaps of cool stuff, and more hiding away in his sheds. Good guy to deal with if you need parts.

His number is (07) 824 1791.

I have the body off and at the painters now so I can show the front suspension in it's full. As I was looking back on it the other pics and they did not fully show what was really going on.
I hope this helps??
I get the shell back in about a month or so he tells me!

Did you have to do any mods to the hub / stub axle ? ie did you use the original bottom ball joint ?