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| posted on December 19th, 2011 at 05:49 PM |
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Manx
This is my ride for the few months I'm back in wa. It's my old girls fun car:
From what I'm told it has a brand new 1800cc air cooled block in it. Carbs need a tune though. So I have planned: Sand blast and repaint the roll
cage and re wrap in foam and get it appolstered. Tune carbs so she runs a bit nicer. get some more bucket like seats and new seat rails to mount back
further so I can fit properly, current ones are rusted in place. A tacho so I know what revs it's doing and a service!
That's all for now, going to go ask questions around the forum. Cheers. Kurt.
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| posted on December 19th, 2011 at 07:14 PM |
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Taipan
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Kurt
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| posted on December 19th, 2011 at 07:42 PM |
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Serious? That's embarrassing. New to the vw scene so only going by what I've been told.
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| posted on December 20th, 2011 at 05:29 AM |
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get some more bucket like seats
what's wrong with the ones in it?
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
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Kurt
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| posted on December 20th, 2011 at 09:17 AM |
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The ones in it don't hold you in place much. Plus the seat rails are rusted so you can't slide the seat forward and the seat fabric is torn aswell.
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| posted on December 20th, 2011 at 10:28 AM |
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So you will need seat rails to match the slides that are part of the floor pan or is that the part that's rusted? A lot of buggys are a bit hard to
fit seats to as they are a bit narrower than beetles, I found that MX5 seats fitted well but I removed the rails that are part of the floor pan and
redid it from the pan up
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| posted on December 20th, 2011 at 10:52 AM |
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Are the seat rails apart of the floor pan? I'm yet to have a look. The seat rails are rusted and you cannot slide back and forth. I assumed they
would be bolted down and I was going to remove them, find something that fits in the buggy and then make up some adapting plates to bolt down the new
seats. I'll go pull one out later today to get a better idea. Cheers.
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| posted on December 20th, 2011 at 04:46 PM |
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If its on standard VW seat runners then they are part of the floor pan, which means if they are rusted in place you will have to get them moving to
get the seats out !
Looks like a Taipan, which is the WA version of a J&S. The rear and front guards are the same as a J&S, screen and bonnet are different.
Although, I thought a Tiapan had a moulded windscreen surround where this one has the same windscreen frame as a J&S.
Looks good!!
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| posted on December 20th, 2011 at 06:55 PM |
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It definitely looks good. A little tlc and it'll be a really nice ride. Ended up having a few beers so I'll have a look at the rails tomorro. How
much do you think one of these Buggy's weigh?
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| posted on December 20th, 2011 at 09:09 PM |
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mine weighs in at 530kg according to the rego papers, if the seat runners are totaled I have a good set of early types that I removed from the pan b4
I installed the MX5 seats
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| posted on December 20th, 2011 at 09:16 PM |
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Awesome. If they are rooted I'll most likely use the ones that go with whatever seats I find. I will keep it in mind though cheers.
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| posted on December 23rd, 2011 at 12:33 PM |
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Had a look and the rails are bolted in. So it should be really easy to put new seats and rails in. Finding something that fits comfortably and isn't
too heavy is going to be the hard part. That and they have to look the part and have plenty of adjustment back and forward! Not asking too much....
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| posted on December 23rd, 2011 at 12:51 PM |
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If you dont need them to be able to fold forward then SAAS make nice small based seats at a pretty good price. You then go to the wreckers and get
seat rails off a van as they are low profile and then you make some adapters and bolt them in....easy !! :-)
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| posted on December 23rd, 2011 at 12:54 PM |
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I like your thinking! Im going to try find a seat that isn't too tight if possible, my step father cant fit in smaller seats. I'll have a look and
see what SAAS have on offer though!
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| posted on December 26th, 2011 at 12:34 PM |
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No luck with seats yet, however, hoping some of you fulla's can help me. I need to change the oil, but i am unsure on what oil to use as i've never
dealt with a vw or a air cooled engine. And i also do not know the refill capacities, i'll change the oil filter while im at it too.
The other thing is that at low revs the car chugs a bit, and then once the revs build up a little it chirps along lovely, is this just a vw thing or
is it carb related? Im thinking it either needs the carb tuned or the ignition timing adjusted? What are your thoughts? If you need more details
please let me know.
Cheers once again.
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| posted on December 26th, 2011 at 12:40 PM |
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Kurt, lose those wheel trims, it deserves better! ALSO if you get to lanclin about 10am 27/12 (tomorrow) there are quite a few buggy guys having some
dunes fun, fishing, etc and a trip to wedge island. have fun! cheers jon
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| posted on December 26th, 2011 at 12:53 PM |
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Ah serious? Is there a link to this? I was planning to go to Perth on the 28th. might sneak up a day early if i can find the apartment keys! Mum put
the hub caps on, she wants me to track down some of the moon dish hub caps with the vw symbol on them i think. Cheers for the heads up
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| posted on January 1st, 2012 at 12:34 AM |
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Some BIG carburetor there...
distributor looks like a 009 type..
timing at 3000 revs : 28-30 degrees BTDC
idle wherever it falls..
looks like a type 1 engine..
tail lamps same as a country buggy..
front blinkers aren't VW... MAN- Mercedes Benz trucks..
looks like it may be difficult to use a timing light on it with that HUGE exhaust...
someone spent a lot of money on the engine...
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| posted on January 1st, 2012 at 12:39 AM |
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Yup, mum spent a lot of money on that engine.
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| posted on January 1st, 2012 at 12:40 AM |
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Also, thanks for all the info. You sound like you really know your bugs.
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| posted on January 1st, 2012 at 01:07 AM |
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Hi Kurt,
I got interested in Beetles when My Dad bought His first one in 1962...
I've had a few beetles and a type 3 wagen in the 70's
and now have a 1968 semi auto beetle which I've had since 1996
If You have DST in WA.?? its now 2012... lol
I did run one of those types of distributors for a few years but they aren't as good as the Single Vacuum Dual Advance distributor on standard types
of carburetors..
and wouldn't work with Your Very Large Carburetors etc..
Once You get that carby going correctly, that Buggy will really get going... lightweight and BIG power...
cheers
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| posted on January 1st, 2012 at 01:15 AM |
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Ah I can see how you know your beetles. I've been in the vw crowd about a month now. Haha. No intention to go bigger with the carbs. Should I be
changing to the vacuum dizzy you mentioned? Or is the current one sufficient?
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| posted on January 1st, 2012 at 01:39 AM |
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VWs that are raced etc or use large twin carburetors etc all use the NON vacuum distributor...
as there may NOT be enough vacuum there to advance the distributor...
so, the Bosch 009 is the distributor to use... although with the money spent on the engine, I would have thought it would have had an MSD Ignition
system -dissy electronic-
that inlet manifold is HUGE.... lol
it looks like what someone would use for drag racing... lol
My Son has an 1835cc engine in His 55 beetle with 8 inch wide tyres on the rear, and He can spin them any time He wants..
He has twin weber carburetors..
from what I've read etc... twin carburetors are better than a a very large carby in the middle..
With Your set up... it may be like a rally car... idle at 1500rpm
or more so You really do have a lot of vacuum to suck the mixture in... when You touch the throttle..
that is one hot engine.... made to GO..
anyway, there are some very switched on guys on here who do race their cars etc... who should be able to help You..
The power to weight ratio of this buggy is going to be HUGE.. YIKES....
Has the engine been tuned lately? Do You know if the carby has been tuned for the engine?
IMHO... I would say a normal 1835cc engine with twin webers or even Kadrons would have that buggy really moving
cheers
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| posted on January 1st, 2012 at 01:58 AM |
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Yeah I don't know the history to well. Only got second hand info from the old girl. Gonna get is all sorted out and running at its full potential
ASAP. It has a fair bit of go as is but I can feel that it's not getting all it has!
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| posted on March 8th, 2013 at 05:10 PM |
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Sooo.... been a while, purchased this off the old girl so i'm gonna slowly get it 100%. Turns out the sucker has been stroked out to a 2.2L with all
the other bells and whistles done internally as well. Running really well now and go's like the clappers. Ordering a new clutch cable as the one in
it has finally let go and the standard cables are too long. Didn't really wanna chop one like the current one was, so, i have sourced one at the
correct length and that should hopefully be here mid week.
Any one know of any meets around Perth on soon?
Cheers.
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| posted on March 9th, 2013 at 04:00 PM |
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http://www.sandscene.com.au/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=2890&sid=c06c...
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| posted on March 10th, 2013 at 02:58 PM |
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Cheers. Waiting for my registration to be approved.
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