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| posted on March 3rd, 2007 at 06:45 PM |
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yes we do all the tinwork and sheet fab our selves.
here is some work we did today,
i have put this bar in along the outer of the pan for two reasons
one , for strenght
two , for the cage leg's to land on,because the floor is so weak and flex's so badly.
has any one else seen anything like this,it would be nice to here how well is work's.
i will hopefully get started on the suspension next week so i will keep you all posted.
i would also apreciate any imput ,don't be shy.
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 09:44 AM |
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it fit's fine ,i might have to grind a little off some of the bigger welds to make it fit perfect.
but in saying that, it fits now ,so when i put the rubber pan seal in there should be even more clearance
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 11:57 AM |
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man that sure is some good work there, are you the guy who did some of the work on that tubbed matt DC splitty??
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 01:42 PM |
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steve,s black bus .the ute that came in 10 days before the nationals for sum wheel tubs.
what a night mare
but we made it to the nationals,what a head -----.
but we had alot of fun doing it.
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 01:54 PM |
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thats the one,
looks like you know more about vw than some think, excellent work mate.
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 02:38 PM |
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u may be right,who knows
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 06:58 PM |
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anyone got any pics of ladderbar or four link setup's for beetles.
i would like two run coilovers but i am a little stuck for idea's
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 07:20 PM |
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Just curious, but is a gearbox oil cooler really needed? Perhaps if you were building a circuit racing car, but its swing axel, ie handling not as
good as IRS.
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 07:52 PM |
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would your business do sheet metal work on a country buggy resto ??
If so let me know.
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 07:55 PM |
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a gearbox cooler might be a bit of overkill,and swing axle might not handle as good as IRS,but alot of guy's i know do a bit of circuit racing and it
would be so nice to bet some of them with the worst possible set up anyone could ever use.
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 07:58 PM |
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can i ask - how you have raised the gearbox using the machined spacer - what effect does this have on the nose cone and engine height to the body in
terms of how the engine tinware will sit etc?
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 07:59 PM |
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yes craig ,can you send me some pic's of what you need done
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 09:01 PM |
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will do.................will take some on the weekend, and can drop by the workshop to discuss.
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 09:07 PM |
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no prob's
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 09:49 PM |
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hi nick,
there are four bolts at the bottom of the nose cone i used these to mount to the plate,i also welded a bar between the two forks and the plate bolts
back to that.i have been tring to put up some pic's to show you. but the system keeps crashing so i will try some other time.as for the tineware ,i
have changed it in an atempt to make the mods to the fire wall minimal.some sheet work might need to be done,but hopfully not to much.
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| posted on March 5th, 2007 at 10:52 PM |
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Here's another question... 
Does the nose cone engine mount completely eliminate wheel hop or does it still require a kaffar style wheel brace to really eliminate the problem?
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| posted on March 6th, 2007 at 08:51 AM |
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the last car we did like this was an IRS and it didn't have any tramping while doing 1st or 2nd gear burnouts
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| posted on March 6th, 2007 at 10:02 AM |
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I like:thumb i like the coolers smart thinking:thumb Westi i want a gearbox brace but standand size not razed $$$$$cost?
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| posted on March 6th, 2007 at 10:48 AM |
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Bard
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| posted on March 6th, 2007 at 11:40 AM |
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jvl do you want a front nose or rear brace.
i have a spare nose brace that you can have .a case of beer should cover costs.
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| posted on March 6th, 2007 at 12:15 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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jvl do you want a front nose or rear brace.
i have a spare nose brace that you can have .a case of beer should cover costs.
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:thumb Rear brace Westi.Is that a made up one like pic? M8 send me a u2u and ill give you a ring deffently need that quailly stuff
on my car:thumb
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| posted on March 6th, 2007 at 06:35 PM |
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i did some more plate work today
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| posted on March 7th, 2007 at 02:14 PM |
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four link set up
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| posted on March 7th, 2007 at 03:45 PM |
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WOW dude that's pretty serious.
Make sure you only 'tack' it first, 'cause you may only be able to use parrallel 4-link,
or it may bind with swingaxle.
Very nice work!
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| posted on March 7th, 2007 at 06:24 PM |
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thanks for the advice about the swingaxle,but i welded it all late last night.
luckily i have 100mm travel up or down @ the wheel .
before it binds,the shocks i bought don't have that much travel
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| posted on March 7th, 2007 at 09:54 PM |
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greatstuff keep the pics comiing:thumb
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| posted on March 8th, 2007 at 11:23 AM |
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Nice welds, Looking great.
T54
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| posted on March 8th, 2007 at 11:00 PM |
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just finish of the arse end here's some pic's
i hope it works as good as it looks.
i am not real hppy with the shock mounts,so i have only tac welded them for now,has anyone got any pic's of something similar.
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| posted on March 9th, 2007 at 10:34 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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just finish of the arse end here's some pic's
i hope it works as good as it looks.
i am not real hppy with the shock mounts,so i have only tac welded them for now,has anyone got any pic's of something similar.
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:thumbIRS eat your heart out!Westi i wantone of those rear gearbox mounts!PLEASE
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| posted on March 9th, 2007 at 10:42 AM |
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out of interest why did you go to so much effort and keep the swinger instead of full IRS?
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