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 Euro_67
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| posted on October 27th, 2006 at 07:20 AM |
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Yes the vw semi auto was sold here. I had one in a 1500 beetle, believe it or not it was actually fun. Great for traffic and really effortless to
drive.
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| posted on October 28th, 2006 at 12:27 AM |
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I love junk 
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| posted on October 29th, 2006 at 12:01 AM |
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I have driven the Stick shift bugs and the Auto TIII's....They are all fantastic to drive, if a little sluggish..... these Sporto's are tough
internally from what I have read and i know they are nice to drive in the 911... But just like most old school auto's they are quite lethargic in
stock form.... Like most things, they can be improved.... I know of a few auto drag dubs that are awesome performers.... A boosted engine will stay on
boost the hole time.... And thats gotta be a good thing for excelleration right? And possibly the reason nobody has done this before is because nobody
though about it, because everybody said it couldn't be done.... Sounds strangely familiar to me.... I remember when my brother and I first thought
about fitting a Turbo Subi donk into a Dub (over 10 years ago!), everybody said it couldn't be done.... Guess my brother proved everyone wrong
huh?
Go to it Neil.... I've been looking for a Sporto, still no luck....
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| posted on October 29th, 2006 at 01:03 AM |
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I will have this in the bug on sunday Simon , come over for a beer .
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| posted on October 29th, 2006 at 01:13 AM |
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That could happen... I have the little'un with me.... Will call as usual....
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| posted on October 29th, 2006 at 01:25 AM |
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Thats cool the kids have the toys here to play with...
we have the bug !
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| posted on November 12th, 2006 at 11:23 PM |
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up date , its a bit slow in here to night
I have stripped a 1600 kombi box down & use the out put shaft & female couplink
machined the gears off the sprocket to make it look factory .I am getting the shaft splines done with a mate as he is set up do this at his work .This
will then give me a out put shaft rather that a vacuum clutch & a converter set up .
I got the run down from Chris on the correct hydraulic push type cylinder to use & have purchased that .I am making a ally boss the able the unit to
bolt in to the casing .Need to make up some hydraulic lines for it as well.
I have also had to move the ring gear down the other end of the gear box , so I machined a big bit of pipe down to able me to attach the ring gear I
cut off the converter to .I will also drill some holes in the spool peice to get some weight out , this will all so able air to flow in & clutch dust
out .This will be fitted to my Seagull fly wheel I made .
any way back to the shed for me , The Dragons calling
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| posted on November 13th, 2006 at 07:49 AM |
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sounds like lots of work, any photos ?
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| posted on November 13th, 2006 at 11:33 AM |
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It will be interested to see how the engine bearings handle the added load of the flywheel extension..... By adding a fulcrum length to the end of the
crankshaft, you may be adding extra load to the main bearing. I realise the total weight wont be much different than a normal FW/clutch arrangement,
but the extended length of the set-up may effect bearing life..... We shall see..... Bloody interesting idea this....
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| posted on November 13th, 2006 at 11:43 AM |
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thats why they fitted a mid suport to the bell housing with an oil feed to the converter
This will be the same just with a bearing .
The fly wheel is hard up at the motor , its only the light weight ring gear at the othetr end , with holes in the cyl & mods by me the total weight
will be lighter than a stock 200mm fly wheel .
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| posted on November 13th, 2006 at 11:46 AM |
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There is not really a lot of work to do this mod , you just need one of my Subaru fly wheel & adapter plates , Simon has this .Mods to the gear box
was just a bit of open thinking .
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finding the gear box was hard work
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| posted on November 13th, 2006 at 12:00 PM |
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put some pics up mate, it will save you 1000's of words to my questions. Nice work!
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| posted on November 13th, 2006 at 12:02 PM |
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I haven't found anymore yet either.... Well not for a good price anyway....
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| posted on November 13th, 2006 at 03:05 PM |
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photos soon then
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| posted on November 20th, 2006 at 01:39 AM |
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Tonight after Humpty just about ate all the food in my house we worked over the drive axels & other bits we need to order for the bug to run in the
10s with out snapping drive shafts & scraping the sump on the ground when it squats on each gear change .
at this point I have not welded the gear box mounts in place untill the drive shafts & axles turn up .I can them fit them & get stuck into fase two
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I am having a brake from the bug as my new lets going racing toy has arrived .
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| posted on February 4th, 2007 at 02:23 AM |
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up date
( due to other custom rides I have put the dragon on the back burner + I needed drive shafts to locate the gear box )
these are coming so making some head way
28 spline drive shafts wil 911cv,s are coming from the usa
after market torsion bars coming
I got hold of a set of duplex headers made in the usa for the subaru motor I am running .This will remove over 8 kgs from the rear of the bug , it
will lose the boxer sound , but I dont care , the car need to be light .
I also got hold of an ecu with speed cut removed it also has a performance chip inside &
some jap cold air intake system that removes the intake silencer .
Have the 4 wheel disk brakes now , running RX7 4 pots on the front , rears are V force custom ( vented )
fire wall is cut in with new section half in + I have gutted the inside of the car .
collected some body pannels due to some rust issues with the ones I had .
simon have some of those 4 stud disks & calipers here for you ( come & get them as they are going in the bin )
W come & get your bits ( every ones asking about the headers I have for you )
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| posted on February 5th, 2007 at 01:27 AM |
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Simon ,vlsd is back on I need to get some shafts machined , but I can
make it work
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| posted on February 6th, 2007 at 10:03 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by seagull
Simon ,vlsd is back on I need to get some shafts machined , but I can
make it work
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Cool.... Will call on Sunday..... Make sure the beer's cold!
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| posted on February 6th, 2007 at 11:57 PM |
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I ran out of beer & now only have rum !
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| posted on February 8th, 2007 at 10:56 PM |
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I ran out of beer & now only have rum !
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Dang..... yo ho, ho and a bottle of rum...... Aaahhhrrrrrr!
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| posted on February 9th, 2007 at 12:04 AM |
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its been in the shed for around 7 years & it was in the sun .It was all right & there is nothing wrong with me :duh
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| posted on February 9th, 2007 at 06:46 AM |
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Seagull, how much longer is the sporto box compard to a IRS VW box???
Been thinking about a replacement box in my 911 powered T34. I like the sporto. Fun to drive.
Where are you running the oil pump?? On a 911 Sporto the engine and sporto share an oil pump mounted on the end of one of the cams.
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| posted on February 9th, 2007 at 10:37 AM |
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I run the tape over it tonight .
looking back I have made this box into a full auto , dont tell any one
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| posted on February 23rd, 2007 at 08:07 PM |
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Axles and torsion bars are here Neil.... Im picking them up on Monday night....
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| posted on February 24th, 2007 at 12:45 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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I run the tape over it tonight .
looking back I have made this box into a full manual , dont tell any one
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| posted on February 24th, 2007 at 12:46 AM |
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Thats should say full manual , I think I was pissed that night !
good nes mate , can make a start on some more mods
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| posted on April 23rd, 2007 at 02:26 AM |
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well guys the Dragon is no more a project for me .The gear box will be sold off very soon , just about all my collection of vw gear is sold or in the
bin .
I have one subaru > vw fly wheel left from my kombi gear box set up for sale
cheers to all & good by
Neil
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| posted on April 23rd, 2007 at 09:41 AM |
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| posted on April 28th, 2007 at 02:52 PM |
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The gearbox is now for sale with adapter plate & fly wheel for subaru, new drive axels & I even throw in some cvs
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| posted on April 28th, 2007 at 09:58 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by seagull
well guys the Dragon is no more a project for me .The gear box will be sold off very soon , just about all my collection of vw gear is sold or in the
bin .
I have one subaru > vw fly wheel left from my kombi gear box set up for sale
cheers to all & good by
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:jesus?????????????? what happened i really enjoy reading your post mate good luck for the future anyways
its just a car for f*%k sake
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