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| posted on February 29th, 2016 at 05:24 PM |
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I followed your lead Mick
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| posted on March 16th, 2016 at 06:55 PM |
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stick the sti in it Steve.....
give the 86 guys a run for their money.....
and stop piss farting around with jap cars and get back to the shed to get the beetle back on the road......
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| posted on March 28th, 2016 at 06:22 PM |
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Hi
Between Nissans, my sons Beetle and other cars I haven't done much to my bug, but I went to Bunnings today and bought some timber and stuff to make a
body dolly. I saw this design on youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wG29Jjkrrlk
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| posted on May 3rd, 2016 at 08:23 PM |
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I've had whopping cough the last few weeks and it has hit me pretty hard so I haven't done much on the car, its just about ready to lift the body
off the pan.
But I have been doing a lot of planning so hopefully it all go well soon
Just got my Simmons wheels fixed thanks to Magman at Puncbowl, he stripped them, repaired an outer rim and painted them the same charcoal as my other
wheels.
All Alloy Welding welded and straightened one of the centres, excellent work by them and I had to buy a new inner and outer rim from Tempe Tyres
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| posted on May 23rd, 2016 at 06:08 PM |
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Car is at the panel shop now, working on the new chassis but I found another problem, the G50 bell housing is cracked very badly, anybody know anybody
that might have one?
sorry about the crappy phone pics
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| posted on May 24th, 2016 at 03:33 PM |
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Can you get it welded?
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| posted on May 24th, 2016 at 05:07 PM |
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Hi Barry
Thats the plan, if not maybe buy another G50, but at $8000 I will try welding first
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| posted on May 25th, 2016 at 12:24 AM |
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There is one on eBay for $6k 
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| posted on May 25th, 2016 at 08:44 AM |
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Thanks for that, thats an AWD box, bigger again
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| posted on May 25th, 2016 at 09:18 AM |
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I love my subi gearbox in the buggy might be time to get one Steve
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| posted on May 25th, 2016 at 11:19 AM |
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I'm thinking about it Paul but I'm not sure if it would handle my power output or hard launches that I do at the Snowy or drag racing, it would make
the car lighter. Cost wise a Subaru box with good stuff in it is getting up there as well
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| posted on May 25th, 2016 at 06:04 PM |
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dont forget the weight of a wrx and they have all wheel drive, my buggy is 840 kilos and I know my old vw gearbox would not have handled the 250 hp my
buggy has a the wheels..you could probably part the g50.. have a talk to Todd he backs his product
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| posted on May 26th, 2016 at 08:57 AM |
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already spoken to Todd, he said stay with G50, my car weighed 1160 stripped ready to race at WSID, a G50 weighs 66 kgs, what does a Subaru box
weigh?
Im taking the bellhousing to get welded next week, I will see how that goes then make a decision
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| posted on May 26th, 2016 at 08:56 PM |
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Steve, see if the welder can add some gussets to the box for additional strength.
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| posted on May 26th, 2016 at 09:41 PM |
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good idea. the bell housing is very thin in some areas as it runs a 240 mm cluttch
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| posted on June 17th, 2016 at 09:42 AM |
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Hi
G50 bell housing is at All Aluminium welding at Chipping Norton, they are confident that it can be repaired and made stronger, fingers crossed.
Chassis is well under way
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| posted on June 24th, 2016 at 07:40 PM |
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I picked up the bellhousing form All Aluminium Welding, they did a great job, I will take it back out to Michael Newton the Porsche specialist for him
to reassemble the G50.
I'm taking the pan to the panel beater tomorrow for a test fit
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| posted on June 25th, 2016 at 09:00 AM |
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Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on June 25th, 2016 at 10:24 PM |
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Hi
Body is now temporarily on the pan so the panel beater can give it a tug to line the front 1/4 back up again, once he's finished with it I will get
the pan finished off and painted.
On Wednesday I'm driving to Birdsville in outback Queensland for music concert http://www.bigredbash.com.au/bigredbash/index , after I get back from Birdsville I have 2 weeks of work then a week long
VW show http://volkswagenspectacular.com/, then after that I'm back into
getting my bug back on the road.
Entries are open Wednesday for the Snowy Mountains 1000 in November, if I cant get my bug ready in time I will take my rice rocket daily a 180SX
Nissan.
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| posted on July 13th, 2016 at 10:06 AM |
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My entry is confirmed for the Snowy Mountains 1000, the G50 is back together and ready to be picked up
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| posted on August 12th, 2016 at 08:31 AM |
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Panel work is finished, it will be painted next week, then I can get started on the chassis.
I'm going to fit an air intake in the right rear mudguard like Jak and Matt have done, I will pass air through a BMC air filter box http://www.bmcairfilters.com/eng/ota-oval-trumpet-airbox/acota70-85l230-b/812... Im going to lift and turn my turbo so I dont
have to run air under the inlet manifold and fit a V band housing to it
I've fitted a E85 Walbro fuel pump in place of the Bosch 044
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| posted on August 12th, 2016 at 09:00 PM |
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Sounds like you're making good progress Steve.
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| posted on August 15th, 2016 at 06:32 PM |
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Hey mate,
Good to see you at Valla..happy to help you with the rear guards if you need it. I can reverse mould mine and make you a set..
Glad your car is coming back together too.
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| posted on August 16th, 2016 at 06:38 PM |
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Hi Matt
It was good to finally meet up after all these years. Some help would be good with my scoop, I'm only going to do right hand side, what size hose do
you run off yours and do you have any tyre clearance issues with it?
Steve
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| posted on August 17th, 2016 at 05:04 PM |
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Hey steve,
Its a 90mm pipe however it is not a whole pipe..its more like a oval shape where it comes under the guard. I have had it rub a couple of times however
i was planning on making a few minor adjustments to fix this issue.
Ill have a go at making a mold of mine for you..bit bored at the moment..haha
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| posted on August 17th, 2016 at 05:17 PM |
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Thanks Matt that would be great
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| posted on August 18th, 2016 at 11:29 AM |
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Hey Boof2332 How much wider are your guards? is the scoop on both sides? Might be interested in a set!
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| posted on August 20th, 2016 at 01:31 PM |
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They are just aero guards on the front and rear that I have modified.
I made a set of aero style wide guards without the large tail light years ago and have the molds but one of them had separation problems and i need to
grind the mold back before i can glass a set. should get onto that as well The shape of the intakes will be slightly different depending on the style
of rear guard that you have.
Let me have a play this weekend and see if i can make a generic one.
Wife is out to night so no distractions!!!
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| posted on August 22nd, 2016 at 10:00 AM |
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Got the mold out I made years ago. supposed to be aero style rear for early bugs.
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| posted on August 22nd, 2016 at 10:01 AM |
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Didn't have any gel coat so I just popped out a glass one to see how it looked..!
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