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 jacky_moo
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 posted on February 8th, 2010 at 12:51 PM |
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74' L Bug - Convertible - Pig
ladies and gents introducing ' Pig'
He is a 74' L .. 1600 t.p .. convertible
extractors, lowered, full carrera fiberglass kit, 14inch weldracing mags (rears 235 front 215)
and some pics!
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 01:13 PM |
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ahhh now I can see why it shakes all over the place and burns a bit of fuel 
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 01:22 PM |
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are there any vents in the top of that whale tail?
theres were alot of your overheating probs are coming from if it hasnt
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 01:27 PM |
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Yeah its still got the slots in the back of the body and the whale tail is basically a giant chute that sucks out the hot air
ian.mezz - what do you mean ?
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 02:15 PM |
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Don't try and understand Ian, It will hurt your brain..
Question, how does hot air get sucked out? more like cool/fresh air going in.... if air isnt going in there, you have issues...
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 02:28 PM |
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posted by colonel mustard
Don't try and understand Ian, It will hurt your brain..
Question, how does hot air get sucked out? more like cool/fresh air going in.... if air isnt going in there, you have issues...
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Yeah what he said.
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 04:09 PM |
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i just thought that given the design of the tail the air that comes over the car and down across the air duct drawing the hot air out
.... hot air rises then the cool 'clean' air coming across the car draws it away from the car
all that aside theres heaps of ventilation more so then the standard bug
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 05:03 PM |
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Hi
When I had 14 inch wheels on my old 72 bug I could never cure the shakes properly, then I went to 15, 16, & 17s, no more wobbles.
14s, 
15s, 
16s, 
17s, 
Steve
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 06:22 PM |
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So What you're saying Steve, is that I shouldn't get vforce wheels, I should go bigger.....
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 06:46 PM |
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its cos all the old school 14" rims like the centerlines on jacky_moo's bugs, the jelly beans on steves, hotwires, globes etc all use square shank
bolts so they never center the wheel truely
nearly everything 15" and bigger all use taper acorn nuts/bolts so they center the wheel up as they tighten
i had the same problems when i had hotwires on
50mph shimmy city was the highlight of my day
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 08:10 PM |
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Hi
The shimmy went when I went to 15s and all the urethane bushes. The 15s that I had on my bug were Performance Challengers, sort of Globe copies, they
still used the square type bolts.
When I was running 14s they were deep offset Magnum Eliminators, perhaps the dish had something to do with it, but when I was running these 14s I used
to go to extremes to get rid of the shimmy, I used to get on car wheel balances and centre punch the wheels and brakes so that they would go back on
properly.
Colonel, there is some nice Design 90s on the bay at the moment, would look good on your car.
On David's 1303 at different times it had a stuffed lower ball joint and tie rod end, no shimmies.
Steve
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 08:16 PM |
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Hey Steve do you mean these ones?
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Porsche-964-911-944-928-16-factory-design-90-wheels_W0...
They're local to me, but I'm not sure it's the look I'm going for.
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 08:25 PM |
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I probably should have thought about that before I spent $275 on new discs.... ooops...
plus - they are $500, and the vforce wheels are only $750....
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 08:26 PM |
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Hi Craig
Barry has them on his bug, I really like them, maybe not everyone's cup of tea.
Steve
Sorry about the post high jack
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 08:49 PM |
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Thanks Steve (and also sorry about the post hi-jack). When you say Barry do you mean Bizarre? Last photos of Marty seem to have different wheels. I
actually really want the wheels on David's car.
Colonel, I'm hanging out and not spending a cent on wheels, brakes and suspension (apart from that which is necessary to keep it safe) until I have
enough cash stored to do it all at once. It's hurting me to wait, but in theory it should save me money.
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 08:58 PM |
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yep, mine is hurtinig me currently.... trying to find work, but there just isnt a whole lot around brisbane.... thinking seriously about going
'rural', potentially with SU qld. fun stuff.
Colonel needs all new bushes, tie rods/ball joints, and soon. But, on the positive side, May be getting a set of the vforce wheels for my 21st (in
october) - if my suspension is sorted. I have many other plans of things to happen before then too..
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 09:01 PM |
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well happy to report that after todays repair work to the tinware the heat problem has pretty much gone, its now running MUCH cooler, previously a 15
min drive would result in the bonnet handle getting so hot you could barely touch it.. now its yes still hot but its at a normal level!
pig is going to look much better soon.. just gotta get the shake fixed... i know what your all saying about the size of the wheels etc but it never
used to do it so its just something worn out!
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| posted on February 8th, 2010 at 09:08 PM |
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swaybar bushings are the first thing to go in a super usually followed by the ball joints
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| posted on March 8th, 2010 at 04:58 PM |
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OK after some clean up work and a few things here and there pig is finally running nicer!
has gotten some nice chrome bits here and there aswell as a general clean up, the intake boots have been temporarily mended and as a result have been
able to actually tune the carby and its now running well.
did timing and valve adjustment too and its much happier.. exhaust is still too loud for my taste so the 'thunderbird' system thats on it will be
making way for some stock style extractors and twin pipes... im thinking non baffled pipes
heres a pic of before and after... i just wish i had a picture of what it looked like when i first got it... looking so so so much better now!!
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| posted on March 8th, 2010 at 07:21 PM |
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On a side note,
baffleless stock exhaust is very loud. I puilled the baffels out of the tai pipes and it was really loud.
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| posted on July 21st, 2010 at 10:23 AM |
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Thought it was time for a whee update on piggy,
have been sorting out little issues with the car (mainly wiring) and thanks to the oracle (Joel) have actually got just about everything working!
Have never had working parker lights (well they never worked when they were supposed to) i changed the globes last night and got one side working...
pass side still nothing so i cleaned all the contacts and earths... still nothing.. was not until i was about to give up i noticed the brass negative
contact was not actually touching the globe... kinda felt dumb haha but they now work and are VERY bright!!
i fitted the halogen reading light globes from my falcon and they are well bright.. tbh they are about as bright as my old 6v headlights (keep in mind
the following pic is of the parkers only NOT low beams
also here is the many exhausts of piggy, first one being the exhaust from eden (EgeWorks) tuck away empi branded system with extractors sanded back
and repainted, looks the ducks guts and sounds rather sweet if not a little quiet. second in line is a stock muffler i bought to replace the original
extractors and zoom tube that were fitted (removed due to a crack in one of the pipes + it did not really look that good with the body kit.
have to get some proper pics of the custom LED tail lights but need to remember to take my slr home because my phone camera does not show them up for
how good they look.
pics will follow of custom dash fittings/lighting when finished and a pretty and shiny engine bay ... when its finished haha
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| posted on July 21st, 2010 at 03:52 PM |
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Haha, my car will live on in yours (and about half a dozen others too)!
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| posted on July 21st, 2010 at 07:33 PM |
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I ve got a stock system here that has 52mm stainless tips instead of the stock skinny pipes.
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| posted on July 22nd, 2010 at 07:32 PM |
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On our 1302S it had bad shimmy, and a set of new urethane bushes instantly fixed it. Now 5 years later the shimmy came back a bit, and a wheel
alignment fixed it. The toe setting was 11mm out, and was changed to 1.5mm in. A total of 12.5mm change. It was very bad.
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| posted on July 24th, 2010 at 10:30 PM |
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EgeWorks - As All good bugs that go to god should do!
71-BEETLE-SEDAN - cheers but really starting to enjoy the tuckaway system!
helbus - Yeah im looking for a full set of urethane rubbers
piggy now has working LED interior lights switched from the drivers door ( only because i dont have a passenger switch ) Such a difference having
interior lights again!!
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