Finally, after every possible hurdle to jump, I was slowly driving around last night.....with my mate Dave furiously working the keys on the laptop which didnt like staying on his knees.

All I have to say is......it whsitles and whooshes although you forget that for a second or two when the front wheels keep wanting to leave the ground!

I think I just heard a bug in the garage calling..

Matt:o:o

[Edited on 6/6/2005 by boof2332]

Its a start Matt,the dark side is calling youJVLRacing

Congratulations Matt!

Rich

Get hold of a decent camera (not the one off ya phone!) and post some pics, Matt.

Good to hear that you finally hit the road, I know how you feel. I hit the road for the first time three days ago.
Welcome to the club. It is worth all the effort.

yeehaha! I might steer clear of cherrybrook shops
:duh

Congratulations Matt!!!

I'm hoping 4 weeks long service leave will be enough to have the Suba-reka up and running.

Thanks all,
The exercise has made me a bit of an after market ecu wiring wiz. This happens when every possible thing that can go wrong does! So if any of you guys doing the same conversion need a hand with the wiring, to avoid the pain and suffering I have experienced, please call and I will be straight over.

I will take some pics with the digital camera, although I do not know how to reduce them to put on the forum.

Anyone popping by the area wants a quick lap round the block, its 50c a ride although you have to book......for more info see the Sydney Weekender website.:thumb

Matt

LS1.351, he won't be bothering u .............

Congrats Matt !

Now looking forwards to some good old WRX Beetle heads up racing at WSID eh !!

coool, good work

pics please!

I drove around for about half an hour...looking for a little race, calling people on the phone to listen to the motor, and Rizzo calls to casually tell me about some Japanese car called a godzilla who doesnt like purple volkswagens. He then mentions seeing a new commodore smoke nearly all the gears up the main drag through Gosford, in one of the most impressive power displays he has seen , so he decides to pull up next to it....most people in Sydney give the nod of approval when their quick car gets beat....

Jak why do you just keep getting the finger out the window from embarrassed passengers?

Matt

Hi Boof

When your in your wifes car, work car or some shitbox the perfect sucker always pulls up next to you at the lights, just hang in there, theres a sucker born every minute when you drive a quick bug.

Steve

Cool to hear Matt.....

I actually heard mine running about 6 weeks ago now....jeez, better pull my finger out :thumb

Good to see this post Matt made me

seagull

I will have to pull the motor out again soon and put the new clutch in that is sitting on the bench. The one at present is a stock Kombi clutch, and without the motor being tuned at all properly, the clutch is giving way on occasions.....splutters above 4000rpm....we were left without the 02 sensor the other night and still have not been able to tune it.

Matt

sounds like its all just about ready for the track!

alex

There is a small ridge running across the entry to my street which shoots off at a 45degree.....
Warning: Do not accelerate hard in second gear over the ridge or the front wheels will leave the ground, only stopped by the sump scraping along the road resulting in a small tear!

I have the Kostya fight this morning at a mates, so I better put a little bead of weld along it and get it back together!

Matt

you're using the standard sump aren't you?

Ricola did the same thing to his RSturbo powered 356 copy the first time he backed it our of the drive.

i want pics!!!!:thumb

Welded up the stock sump this morning just to take Jak for a spin. We are taking it off and making the short one tonight.
It does not need to be that short for the street...maybe an inch or so. The headers and filter are only that much shorter.

Jak took some pics and will post them when he gets some time.

Matt, please take some pics of the shortening process. I'll be doing this soon too!
Rich

Can I here a Wednesday night calling at WSID????? Wona come and kick some V8 butt?
Great work Matt:o
I'm doing a sump now for a friends charity bash car.

This might give you some ideas
http://www.outbackmotors.com/oil_pan.htm 

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/211020.jpg 

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/211012.jpg 

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/211013.jpg 

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/211017.jpg 

http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/211018.jpg 

Even running like a dog it's still quicker than any vw engined beetle could ever be.

Jak

No worries Pete, I knew who u were talking to. It's a classic example of being scared of what u know nothing about.
regards
Jak