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VWMA DRAG BUG 11.13@119MPH
nbturbo - January 16th, 2011 at 08:48 PM

whathaveidone-well it looks you done got yourself a nice shed and a good collection of VWs-"welldone".How about a story on what you are doing to improve the car.

LIFE IN THE LOW LANE - January 17th, 2011 at 01:33 PM

Keep us posted dude on the results and fingers crossed no breakages!!

RAZ34 - January 17th, 2011 at 06:36 PM

Hey Ben ,
Good to see you have washed Morgans blood off it.
RR .

Stanley - January 20th, 2011 at 06:44 AM

600kgs....not bad plus it has a pretty substantial cage too from memory

I also know where to go now for type 3 front guards

humpty - January 22nd, 2011 at 05:35 PM

600kgs????.... Dang that's pretty light weight indeed!

1916baja - January 23rd, 2011 at 06:22 AM

where did you get the perspex done? mainly the curved rear window? was it expensive? i don't think craig had the peerspex in....

humpty - January 23rd, 2011 at 10:44 AM

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Originally posted by 1916baja
where did you get the perspex done? mainly the curved rear window? was it expensive? i don't think craig had the peerspex in....


Cheap!!!! $120 for a sheet of 3mm lexen, $20 for a sheet of 3mm MDF for templates ,a few bucks for rivits and lots of hours. Morgan did most of the shaping while i was away for work. Big thanks to him. Made up some tabs and rivited them all together


UV stable?

1916baja - January 23rd, 2011 at 11:39 AM

It looks great, Did you loose much weight by taking the glass out? Did Morgan have to heat and shape the rear window or did you just bend it to shape as you fitted it? I have been considering doing it to my drag car project but a little unsure of how to go about it??? when you weigh up costs for a set of new window rubbers i think it would be just about even right?

humpty - February 13th, 2011 at 03:07 PM

Morgan kick you out? :smilegrin:

But seriously.... Something happen at the TNT?

Stanley - March 3rd, 2011 at 07:50 AM

nice work....keep us posted

humpty - March 5th, 2011 at 06:44 PM

Excellent work!

1916baja - March 10th, 2011 at 05:54 AM

Where abouts did you get that cooling set up? Is it effective enough?

justkampers - March 10th, 2011 at 08:54 AM

hey there does the thermo fan on top do a good job at cooling it looks pretty awesome.

RISKY4LIFE - March 10th, 2011 at 12:12 PM

love the thermo setup
is it running the same engine ?
this is one of my fav car's in oz!

kempos - March 10th, 2011 at 08:32 PM

Hey Ben, nice thread. Ya pics look good. Hope the rest of the work goes smoothly... Thanks HEAPS for ya help this afternoon :-) I can't believe i've already had to push my car off the road :-(

essex - March 16th, 2011 at 07:27 PM

How did you go with the beam brackets?
cheers
Barry

essex - March 16th, 2011 at 07:28 PM

Its looking good by the way.

essex - March 16th, 2011 at 07:38 PM

Ive been trying to get a 4" Jaymar beam from Ralph at VeeDub parts, the're out of stock till new batch produced.

humpty - March 16th, 2011 at 09:03 PM

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Originally posted by whathaveidone
Rod penrose has some like mine. Not sure what brand it is. Come standard width but are easy to shorten.


Really?.... What sort of coin?

kempos - March 17th, 2011 at 10:46 PM

Nice work!!!

Congratulations on the baby!!!!!

Gracey - April 30th, 2011 at 09:33 PM

Congratulations!

Nice video, thanks.

humpty - May 29th, 2011 at 06:49 PM

Well done on the comp.... Good to see your not shy about cutting up the car!.... Have you sourced a frontend yet?

hellbugged - May 29th, 2011 at 08:24 PM

go to Westi for the f'glass stuff

Stanley - May 30th, 2011 at 06:50 AM

Any idea of the weight difference between what you've removed and the FG front.

This is something i'm keen on

1916baja - June 10th, 2011 at 10:12 PM

nice! Hey, do those westy cooling set ups run any sort of cooler or is it normally just the fan blowing over the heads?

Stanley - June 13th, 2011 at 08:05 AM

looking good. Keep us posted on the progress

Dak-A-Tak - June 13th, 2011 at 09:25 PM

Ben , as that car got drop spindles yet ? big air gap in wheelwell now . Go's on and on !!

matberry - June 13th, 2011 at 10:17 PM

No caster change with dropped spindles.

Dak-A-Tak - June 14th, 2011 at 07:37 PM

Don't forget guard bolts ,front bonnet hardware , hingers for bonnet , fuel tank ( what tank will you be running )
It's being coming a race car now Ben ! Chasing the 11's

Stanley - June 15th, 2011 at 06:59 AM

wow...33kgs. I didn't expect that much. Will be interesting to see the difference in times.
Keep up the good work