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 Mick058
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| posted on May 8th, 2009 at 12:00 PM |
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Any more input re beam - to narrow or not to narrow???
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| posted on May 8th, 2009 at 02:01 PM |
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With all that power you will want control.
try and get as much rubber on it as possible
Keeping it real !
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| posted on May 8th, 2009 at 04:38 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Mick058
Any more input re beam - to narrow or not to narrow???
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yeah give it an 8 inch narrowed beam with some nankang 135's.........
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| posted on May 8th, 2009 at 04:47 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Craig Torrensyeah give it an 8 inch narrowed beam with some nankang 135's.........
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and no shocks, or plenty of shocks, depends on how you drive it
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| posted on May 8th, 2009 at 11:09 PM |
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you have a 2" beam atm right??
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Mick058
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| posted on May 8th, 2009 at 11:15 PM |
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Correct. Come on guys, I need more opinions.
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| posted on May 8th, 2009 at 11:31 PM |
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Obviously a stock width beam will give you more stability, but I don't think there will be that much difference. The centre of gravity is lowered and
you also have wider than stock tyres.
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| posted on May 9th, 2009 at 05:32 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Obviously a stock width beam will give you more stability, but I don't think there will be that much difference. The centre of gravity is lowered and
you also have wider than stock tyres.
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& U will have a minimum 240hp @ the wheels in an 800kg car.............yeh sure it will be fine........
Put a stock Beam in Mick. Give yourself half a chance.
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| posted on May 9th, 2009 at 07:23 AM |
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stock beam & dig those heavy sway bars back out
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| posted on May 9th, 2009 at 07:44 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Mick058
Correct. Come on guys, I need more opinions.
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Stock width beam is the best Mick.................but then you need to make sure the wheels will clear the shock towers, and the guards. Dont forget
you may need to get longer tierods (original ones) as yours may have been shortened for the beam.
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| posted on May 9th, 2009 at 07:46 AM |
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posted by hellbugged
stock beam & dig those heavy sway bars back out
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they've been sold..................maybe you can buy them back Mick ..............there's a set on Ebay !
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| posted on May 9th, 2009 at 09:05 AM |
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nah man as Simon said.. its not going to make a lick of difference..
at the moment your Tyre/rim/beam combo is working and your not
scrubbing out on anything.. you've got just as much tread on the road
now as you would without 2"beam.. its not going to make any difference..
just going to run into problems with trying to get your tyres to clear the guards..
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| posted on May 10th, 2009 at 03:23 PM |
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So you've lost an inch of track either side from the beam but do the new alloys/tyres fill the arches nicely? I mean out to the edge of the
fender/wing without it scrubbing?
I personally would prefer the point of pivoting to be further out as per a std beam but then you have clearance issues with wide tyres fitting under
stock arches. Without being able to try a std beam as wide as you can go tyre wise against the narrowed beam with wide tyres then its hard to say
which would be best but a think the narrowed beam with wide tyres gives you the best grip you can hope for.
The lowering obviously helps with the centre of gravity so I think the other main concern is trying to keep the rear end level when cornering to
minimise weight transfer and the chance of the rear end acting as a pendulum. The more level the rear then the better the weight/grip is distributed
between the two rear tyres and conversely the front end too.
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| posted on May 10th, 2009 at 03:45 PM |
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Hi Mick
Its probably somewhere in this post, what size and offset are your front wheels?
Steve
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| posted on May 13th, 2009 at 11:38 AM |
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Some small updates.
Water coolant lines finished and connected up.
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| posted on May 13th, 2009 at 11:41 AM |
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A few more of the piping set up.
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| posted on May 13th, 2009 at 11:48 AM |
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The shots don't really do it justice - if you look straight along the bottom of the car, the pipes are very well tucked away.
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| posted on May 13th, 2009 at 12:26 PM |
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less then two weeks 2go untill the Nationals, you better get your finger out
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| posted on May 13th, 2009 at 01:20 PM |
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Had a look today, looking good
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| posted on May 13th, 2009 at 03:41 PM |
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wow, my jaw dropped man, cant wait to see this at the nats!
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| posted on May 13th, 2009 at 06:24 PM |
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exhaust is done.
cooler and lines tommorrow,polish ali shit and start to wire on friday .
down sharon.
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| posted on May 13th, 2009 at 08:06 PM |
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go for it!.......can't wait to see it.
yay!.....more gearbox carnage
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| posted on May 13th, 2009 at 09:51 PM |
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fuck yeh.munch munch goes the box.
down sharon.
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| posted on May 13th, 2009 at 10:02 PM |
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Don't jinx me already!!
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| posted on May 13th, 2009 at 10:29 PM |
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Have you bought an 091 core yet?
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| posted on May 13th, 2009 at 10:46 PM |
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what your engine will do to your gearbox.is like what stocko does to a box crispy creams.destroy.destroy.
and there is no need to share.ie let someone else have a go .you may miss out on something.like having another go for yourself.
down sharon.
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| posted on May 14th, 2009 at 05:23 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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Have you bought an 091 core yet?
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yep  ........and lets really blow the budget and make it a five
speed "bus to beetle" intermediate housing whilst we're at it
i rekon you're just the dude for it Mick!
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| posted on May 14th, 2009 at 07:39 AM |
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You guys are cruel!! Just when a fella thinks he has finished spending his hard earned dollars.
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| posted on May 14th, 2009 at 08:04 AM |
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tell me about it Vassy!
But yes....i know - i knew from the beginning. I will TRY and take it easy.
If i make it to a drag day with the current g/box i cant wait for all the comments on how SLOW my time is because i didnt wanna blow the g/box just
yet.
I know its gonna go, just hoping to have a little fun first! then upto Dave it goes - and on my knees begging to my wife i go!
Ordered my 2inch narrowed Sway bar yesterday - should see it monday/tuesday (yes i did finally get one!!). So staying with the beam as in - ill need
to experience handling issues before going back.
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| posted on May 14th, 2009 at 08:09 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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You guys are cruel!! Just when a fella thinks he has finished spending his hard earned dollars.
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Vassy, you should know that this is not true. There will always be something to spend money on when you own a VW and its something else we can do to
piss the missus off
Looking good Mick and be positive about the gearbox, or just dont tell the missus you need to spend more. Or you could bullshit to her and say Westi
miss quoted you and its gonna cost a few grand more (sorry Brad) and of course you will make it up to her (lie, lie, lie).
Kev
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