Hi all, I am building a car for warwick, anyone got advice and pictures of raising the complete rear torsion assembly... Chris

progress pics of my new bug

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Good stuff happening there Chris.The bloke who owns the white van with WPVW on the side should be able to help you with everything you need.

yes , your right , his friendship, expertise, advice and guidance has been and is priceless,

cool........there would be some pics of raising the rear torsions in both volkomen arts "junka" thread and also some in Peter Pages dak a tak yello car.

New mule for your turbo motor hey?

you should be working on it now! Not long to go and alot of work to do!!!!

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Originally posted by hellbugged cool........there would be some pics of raising the rear torsions in both volkomen arts "junka" thread and also some in Peter Pages dak a tak yello car. New mule for your turbo motor hey?

still thinking about narrowing , will keep it in mind thou, thanks

get the glass on saturday, so a bit of progress will be made

ok let me start again
wow you have a lot of work to do
this is what i did to the rear of my buggy
i have so brackets laser cut same size as od of the rear housing
65 mm i think and 10mm in the middle which gave me a 3 " rase rear housing and tones of travle with the buggy at 100 mm of the ground ok so i setup all 4 brackets on so 65 rhs and lined them up till they where spot on then tacket the down then cleaned up a type 3 rear end bit of cutting and grinding then welded the setup to the housing then set it of on the pan (what ever was left) and it lined up great the welded the shite out of it then boxed it all up and added some braces and that how i did it im not sure how everyone else goes about it
here are some pic the will show you better then i can spell it out ..again lol

another pic
and here is my build up
http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=75458&page=1#pid804484 

and a few more pic on a slide show
http://www.youtube.com/user/RISKYRACING?feature=mhee#p/a/u/1/XtDZzkIOmww 

no audio track anymore

DUMMY FITTED GUARDS AND FRONT

Screwed into position temporarilly

Plan was to gut the beetle put in my existing motor, a coat of paint and go racing ready for warwick.. And yet i am asking questions on raising and narrowing rear , LOL

any idea on the weight of the fg front?

all linings removed and glue removed, doors have been lightend a bit and alluminium panels will be fitted to them

How did your cage work out?

still working it out....development stage

More late nights at the WPVW workshop... Project seems to be taking on a life of its own and is growing bigger everytime i do something...Will all be ready for warwick...Cant wait

some more pics

G'day mate, if you still have the rear firewall aside I wouldn't mind working out a way to try and get it up here. We are after one for a restoration on a customer's beetle.
Let me know either way.
Cheers
Al (Gold Coast)

Stick it in the oval body Wayne has donated to Nashy

A bit more of an update for all who wish to know.. many more nights filled with the sound of an angle grinder have been had .. and the car has been lightened a bit more . To the point that i do indeed need a cage . Also have purchased an alloy front beam which is now narrowed by 1 1/2 inches each side and solid plates made for the shock towers (thanks to allan & Morgan for there help)

here are some pics of some of the new bits and peices to go on the car

and more