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 Craig Torrens
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| posted on January 31st, 2011 at 03:30 PM |
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good work Steve............now its time to work on the next project !
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| posted on January 31st, 2011 at 03:51 PM |
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great news Steve, well done on a huge effort! There must be a back log of flat batteries and locked keys out there that will now get some
service.......
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| posted on January 31st, 2011 at 05:04 PM |
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 ..........keep the momentum going while it's there
Steve.......mines been "ready" for blue slip since August, but still hasn't been done 
fuel system looks good, nice and simple, same pumps as notch which has proven to take plenty of abuse and should prove nice and reliable for you too
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| posted on January 31st, 2011 at 05:05 PM |
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Hi Guys
Thanks for the kind words, still lots to do. I might hold off getting rego for a few weeks, my wife's car rego is due today and I don't want two
regos due in the one month.
I decided at the beginning of this build to fit early Golf switch gear and to mimic the wiring layout of the same model Golf with 16 fuses but the
blade type.
The ignition switch / wiper & blinker switch housing fitted with a bit of fettling, the wipers feature electric pump activation and variable
intermittent wiping and the blinker feature Euro parkers i.e. when you leave the blinker on with the motor off the parkers come on, on that side of
the car, not sure if this is a good idea or not.
The Golf switch gear feels much more modern as well. I also kept the old lock barrel and door handles from my old yellow bug when I sold the car as I
had just fitted Audi lock mechanism to them, these feature reversible keys, as in you cant put the key in back to front, good when your getting
old.
The mudguards I'm using are Aeros, they take 911 headlights, I bought these headlights from Design 911 in the UK when the $ was OK against the
pound.
Fuel system is a Carter lift pump with a Injection Perfection surge tank and a 044 main pump, the main pump is controlled by the factory Subaru boost
sensitive pump speed controller, this area needs finishing off in the boot.
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| posted on January 31st, 2011 at 05:11 PM |
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don't forget although you have to pay 12 months when first registering........you can switch to 6 months in 2012 to shift it away from the other
car......then just flip back to 12 months rego again..
one less excuse buddy.......can't wait for more pics!
been nice to watch what is obviously the culmination of years of thoughts and ideas of an experienced builder.
great that its not over the top for a change without the "big $ name overload rubbish", but still clean and no doubt will prove very functional and
reliable......it's a credit to you
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| posted on January 31st, 2011 at 05:12 PM |
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Hi
I forgot to mention that my "special flange gasket" dropped the from 98 dB to 90.5 dB.
Steve
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| posted on January 31st, 2011 at 05:14 PM |
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 .......is that the gasket like Ians had for a short period?
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| posted on January 31st, 2011 at 05:31 PM |
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.......is that the gasket like Ians had for a short period?
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thats Secret Squirrel stuff
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| posted on January 31st, 2011 at 05:46 PM |
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yup worked for my sound test too
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| posted on January 31st, 2011 at 06:11 PM |
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Hi
I forgot to mention that my "special flange gasket" dropped the from 98 dB to 90.5 dB.
Steve
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Its a shame that these special gaskets (wink wink) reduce performance, but that's life (for now)
Well done, Kev.
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| posted on January 31st, 2011 at 08:46 PM |
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Congratulations Steve,
Look forward to seeing and hearing the car in action
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| posted on February 3rd, 2011 at 05:00 PM |
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Hi
I removed the dump pipe and exhaust today so that Westie could weld in a O2 bung.
Its a pretty trick bit of work and it only takes about 10 minutes to get off.
Steve
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| posted on February 3rd, 2011 at 05:02 PM |
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one more
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| posted on February 3rd, 2011 at 05:43 PM |
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Nice work by Brad and is that a little 'Cat' just after the trubo flange?
Kev
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| posted on February 4th, 2011 at 10:00 PM |
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Hi Kev
That is a cat that you can see.
Steve
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| posted on February 4th, 2011 at 10:29 PM |
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he does excellent work.
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| posted on February 8th, 2011 at 11:37 PM |
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so no pretty pics on avd yet hmm? ive seen bits of a more complete looking stage elsewhere & want more - id say others want more too 
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| posted on February 12th, 2011 at 11:35 AM |
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Hey Steve,
You must be excited...
Just looking at the pics of the exhaust...really neat. When i was doing all the research on porting and headers etc, alot of people removed the heat
shield from the crosspipe. The heat shield is actually to keep heat in and give some consistency between the cast headers on either side which are
actually good for power. The more retained heat prior to the turbo the better for power. Ceramic coating or wrapping are a good option when the heat
shield is removed for more space at the back.
You may have had it covered, just thought i would mention it....lots of little mods all add up to response and power.
Matt
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| posted on February 12th, 2011 at 01:13 PM |
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congrats steve, the bug look great. i bet u cant wait to go for a spin.....hell i cant wait to c this thing going for a spin 
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| posted on February 12th, 2011 at 03:44 PM |
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Hi
Thanks for the positive comments, I still have all the heat shielding to put back on, I didnt think it would make that much difference. Is the the
heat shielding on the end casting as critical?
I'm doing all the boring bits now, nothing much to take pictures of.
Steve
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| posted on February 12th, 2011 at 07:13 PM |
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Steve,
Not as critical for other heat shields....i put them on as the oil filter side seems quite close to water and oil.
The cross pipe shield also stops it heating up and cooling down too quickly... the odd little jobs are time consuming although sort of fun as the end
is so close. EXCITING!
Matt
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so no pretty pics on avd yet hmm? ive seen bits of a more complete looking stage elsewhere & want more - id say others want more too
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Here is a pic of some not so boring bits on a orange bug, Just to keep you interested in the thread
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| posted on February 13th, 2011 at 06:03 PM |
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Nice bumpers! LOL M
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| posted on February 13th, 2011 at 10:04 PM |
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Ian,
Oh My God (said very slowly) her body is fantastic and if she is at Steve's I am there to help him work on it (the car I mean).
(slap, slap to face) wake up you idiot and remember you are nearly mid 40's 
Kevy
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| posted on February 13th, 2011 at 11:04 PM |
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Hi
That's one tough girl using pliers instead of wax.
I've moved my fuse box into the boot area behind the glove box. I'm tied of kicking the fuses with my foot in David's bug and I despise the ceramic
fuses that VW used. I bought these fuse boxes with 8 fuses each.
Still a few more wires to go.
Steve
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| posted on February 15th, 2011 at 09:00 PM |
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very nice Steve, I am using the same fuse boxes on mine.
where are you mounting the relays and flasher can??
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| posted on February 15th, 2011 at 10:23 PM |
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Hi Lou
I'm mounting the relays next to the steering column on the drivers side, when the dash is in place the relays will just poke out the bottom. I cut
the fuse area of the stock fuse box just leaving the relay section.
Time to fess up, I made major blunder with the relay plate, I put some captive nuts in the body to hold it, when drilling the hole for the captive
nuts I drilled into the fuel tank, bugger poo bum wee hole.
Steve
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| posted on February 16th, 2011 at 03:08 PM |
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hahahahahahahahahaha sorry mate couldn't help laughing... I won't mention all mine but we've all done it
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| posted on February 16th, 2011 at 05:19 PM |
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Pity about the tank, but if you don't tell anyone, I won't. Must be getting exciting now - so close.
Oh, and it's good to see 'boot' and not 'trunk' used, we need more 'Aussie' speak.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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| posted on February 16th, 2011 at 05:29 PM |
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when drilling the hole for the captive nuts I drilled into the fuel tank, bugger poo bum wee hole.
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hehhe u were looking at that pic of the girl above while drilling
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