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Jak, nice work and the wheels look great.
Is this going to be purely a race car or will you get it approved/registered for road use?
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| posted on September 27th, 2004 at 12:59 PM |
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This is my true daily driver, I'm hoping to have it all finished in the next couple of weeks although I'm sure there will be a few snags along the
way as with all projects.
I'm finding it a little difficult driving my wifes Holden Vectra around ..........................having withdrawel symptoms at the moment with no vw
to drive
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| posted on September 27th, 2004 at 03:06 PM |
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three cheers for restocal (spanker ) keep up the progress shots  |
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| posted on September 27th, 2004 at 04:15 PM |
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Hi Jak
Do you have any shots looking down on the motor in the engine bay?
Steve
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| posted on September 27th, 2004 at 09:50 PM |
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Full steam ahead.....where are Pauls Pics???
Steve, all the motors were second hand..
I like the support we are giving each other with the projects....can only encourage more people to take on things they once thought were too difficult
or not possible....NICE WORK.
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| posted on September 27th, 2004 at 10:01 PM |
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I just love it unreal Jako keep going.JVLRacing I have as well!
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| posted on September 28th, 2004 at 12:20 AM |
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Brilliant Jak....Keep it up. Be interesting to see how she handles after the transformation?
By brothers Notch is a little taily when pushed, but he has done little to the rear suspension other than gas koni's and crap tyres! On the open road
it rides well and sure has some poke...Imagine it with tighter ratios...Absolute rocket. Now if Marks Notch with a (maybe)12 year old RS donk, does
high 12's with stock ratios and crap tyres, what do you reckon a bug will do with a late model REX donk?
And Craig T....I sold the visor on the weekend! Sorry 'bout that!
[Edited on 27-9-2004 by humpty]
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| posted on September 28th, 2004 at 01:00 AM |
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I have seen the tyres they are CRAP ! I would like to see the notch against the toyota at my place ( drag any one ) controlled area ect
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| posted on September 28th, 2004 at 01:08 AM |
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O i need to sort the diff first , go to( tims corolla page on the web )search required , its the same as that > all for $2500.00
O sorry to post my bit here Jak , admin can clear it if they wish , I cool with that 
[Edited on 27-9-2004 by seagull]
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| posted on September 28th, 2004 at 05:02 PM |
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Congatulations on the progress to date.
A couple of observations/questions from a noob.
Is there no way of avoiding cutting the firewall? I am thinking that it would be a lot easier from an engineering approval perspective if the firewall
is left intact.
The rear apron looks like its in the way. It might be worth investigating the possibility of welding it to the guards and making the whole lot
removeable with dzus fasteners or similar. This would make access to components a lot easier, but I am not sure if this affects structural
rigidity.
Also, that sump looks like its pretty low to the ground. Are you intending to modify it at all?
Apologies for the questions, I am just trying to get as many uncertainties out of the way as I can for my own project, and hopefully these questions
are occurring to others also.
Keep the progress shots coming. It will be worth it all when you give those porsches something to remember :beer
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| posted on September 28th, 2004 at 05:14 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by restocal
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[Edited on 27-9-2004 by Baja Wes]
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thats funny
wrong forum
cheers jak
are you Maltese by any chance?
YOU HAVE JUST BEEN DAKED
don't worry it's a VW thing
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by exwrx
Congatulations on the progress to date.
A couple of observations/questions from a noob.
Is there no way of avoiding cutting the firewall? I am thinking that it would be a lot easier from an engineering approval perspective if the firewall
is left intact.
The rear apron looks like its in the way. It might be worth investigating the possibility of welding it to the guards and making the whole lot
removeable with dzus fasteners or similar. This would make access to components a lot easier, but I am not sure if this affects structural
rigidity.
Also, that sump looks like its pretty low to the ground. Are you intending to modify it at all?
Apologies for the questions, I am just trying to get as many uncertainties out of the way as I can for my own project, and hopefully these questions
are occurring to others also.
Keep the progress shots coming. It will be worth it all when you give those porsches something to remember :beer
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There is no way of avoiding cutting the firewall, even without moving the gearbox forward 2 inches like I have u still have the intake pipe to
consider, even if u turned the manifold around I think that it still would have to go. With that in mind, I have cut mine the bare miniumum, all the
others that I have seen have just taken the whole lot away.
Yes I think that it would be easier to have the apron removable, especially with respects to getting the engine in & out, I want to keep all the
rear bumper as stock so I didn't cut all the bumper brackets away. I will make it removable later on.
The sump will only be shortened 2 inches, thats about the same depth as the oil filter, also , the wrx engine only carries 4.5 litres of oil so I
don't want to decrease the capacity to much. Wonder if a Berg wide sump would fit on...............LOL
If u like, email me as I have heaps of pics from other cars from around the world , I hassled the owners with questions for months before I even
bought anything for the conversion.
I'm more than happy to help u out.
regards
Jak
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| posted on September 28th, 2004 at 06:49 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by restocal
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[Edited on 27-9-2004 by Baja Wes]
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thats funny
wrong forum
cheers jak
are you Maltese by any chance?
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Nah mate, I'm as fardinkum meat pie eating vb drinking skippy aussie as anyone else out there......................just my parents are Pastizzi
eating Maltese.
regards
Jak (Joseph Savious) Rizzo:thumb
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| posted on September 28th, 2004 at 06:58 PM |
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Radiator setup sitting in a sub-frame thats welded into the spare wheel well, there will be a cover over the radiator so it will be a sealed unit, the
battery & swirl pott sits behind the sub-frame.
The air that comes through opening in the apron has no where to go but through the radiator, it has a Davies Craig on the front pushing through &
a fan on the back sucking air through. We'll see how well it works.
Jak
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| posted on September 28th, 2004 at 07:04 PM |
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1.5 inch mild stainless pipes that go pretty much all the way.
Jak
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| posted on September 28th, 2004 at 07:10 PM |
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2.5 inch muffler, but it's not a straight through like on the beetle engine, this is going to be really quiet (hopefully) I also have some 90degree
mandrel bends to make up the exhaust. It will also finish out the centre of the apron as before.
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| posted on September 28th, 2004 at 07:22 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Jak Rizzo
The air that comes through opening in the apron has no where to go but through the radiator, it has a Davies Craig on the front pushing through &
a fan on the back sucking air through.
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Forgive my ignorance, but what is a "Davies Craig" I looked it up on google and they seem to do a lot of radiator type products.
A query re the airflow Jak. Once the air is pushed thru the radiator where are you encouraging it out? Through he back of the spare wheel well?
Looks great. Very nicely engineered 
CU
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| posted on September 28th, 2004 at 07:44 PM |
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You going to do the cam belts? I just did mine doing the rebuild.
Like the s/s tube bending.
The first round of the Porsche supersprint is going to be a Subi fest......
The car will be quiet, I watched the footage from Wakefield park on the Friday and as my car went past at full pelt it sounded so quiet with just the
3" pipe and muffler, it was almost too quiet!
[Edited on 28-9-2004 by speedster356]
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| posted on September 29th, 2004 at 01:00 AM |
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well done , now to get me a subaru wrx donk
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well done , now to get me a subaru wrx donk
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Donk,donk does anybody else in the world say that accept aussies,i think ile just sit on the fence with the other gallahs and
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| posted on September 29th, 2004 at 12:39 PM |
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Jeza, I think Davies Craig is the brand of thermo fan Jak's put on the front of the radiator.
I've never heard of anyone fitting fans front & back on a radiator. Unless thay are matched CFM I would think that one would impead the other?
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| Quote: | Originally
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Forgive my ignorance, but what is a "Davies Craig" I looked it up on google and they seem to do a lot of radiator type products.
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google must suck.
http://www.daviescraig.com.au/
I've never seen a fan front and back either.
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| posted on September 29th, 2004 at 10:53 PM |
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Hi
I used to run an Audi 100 fan behind mine but the motor was so big it stuck out the back, it would blow dust & leaves everywhere when it came on,
I now have a huge V8 style Davies Craig fan and it only blow a gentle breeze in comparison. Im not sure how 2 fan will go either.
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Well I got the fans , radiator, header tanks etc all for nothing so it's a pretty cheap experiment. Both fans are switched independently, so I'll be
able to see which works the best, whatever doesn't I can just take off, pretty simple I think. This conclusion came after speaking to 3 different
radiator specialists after telling them the application.
Like I said, it hasn't cost me a cent.
Jak
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I'm all for a good experiment 
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I have a few more things done, header tank from a Toyota Corolla sits neatly in the engine bay, water pipes are all bolted on for the last time, I've
also changed my mind about the air to air intercooler in the wing, it just won't get enough air to cool it there, instead I've gone for a Subaru
water to air intercooler setup, this also gets rid of all the piping & brackets that I had to make. It comes with the water pump, header tank
& a coolant level warning sensor. I think that I'll use another bigger header tank for it though as I have 2 small radiators for the intercooler,
one up front & one in the back just before it comes back into the intercooler, probably a bit of an overkill but I want to be sure that intake
temps will be cool on the track under boost for periods of time.
Jak
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I've also made the rear apron removable as well, sooo much easier getting the engine in & out.
Jak
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1.5 inch mild stainless pipes that go pretty much all the way.
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it's looking fine jak, just a simple question why did you opt for stainless instead of copper pipes?
only reason i ask is all the bus guys seem to run copper pipes.
cheers
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this is the set up in my trike , my mate made me a custom radiator runs a singel thermo fan the rad is about 600mm long x 380mm in height .its a three
row unit .
The motor is a ej20 ( not turbo )
Sorry to rob your post jak , just gives others some ideas .
I have a bleed of on the top this goes back to my fill pot at the rear ( motor ) end .
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I went for the Stainless as it's what my muffler guy had on the shelf, he doesn't do copper & once again I got it for an extremely good
price.
Jak
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