10Speed

I had a rumage through my box of spares tonight and have made a pile of parts that I reckon you should put on the car... free if you want to use them anyway...

steering wheel with complete horn ring and a lot less cracks than the one in your car

handbrake boot (think yours was missing)

new hoodhandle

and a replacement set of interor handles and winders if the 'custom' ones in yours aren't your cup of tea

I have one of the  screw in type,  I live in Parnell and work in Ellerslie...

luckily I don't head up the rise anymore....

cars are stupid

How'd you get one ol' 4speeddave?

That set of lights didn't look fun for your clutch

yeah, slightly up hill was a bit tough on it... sorry for making you miss the phase... however the box had sorted itself out by the time I got to the lights down on Stanley St.

01Speed

still having transmission issues (cheers for the escort home from burgers Chris and Tara), new trans is on the way - will hopefully be here in time for OS trackday...

in the meantime I have been talking to an old school formula vee racer/builder guy about how they made their cars handle, as they use the same front suspension that I have.  And he has kindly sent me a set of camber bushes and hand written instructions on how to fit them

These will take the front end from positive camber into negative camber...

coming to burgers tonight?  I'll bring a crow bar 

I've also just clicked, that means you can't put gas in it

has the bonnet cable broken?

fyi speedo runs off the front left wheel you can see the cable fixed to the bearing dustcap if you take the hubcap off...

opps

what is the definition of a good sounding horn?  loud?

in Panmure this morning...

like...

low, steels & whitewalls

I'll put some cash towards it...

yeah, as soon as it cut out I knew exactly what had happened...

tidied the oil line, sorry for the break down on Sunday's cruise...

ohhh a trekka

my vote, would be auto 3.8 v6... would seem to be overall the cheapest when you consider parts availability for the future etc... and keep it auto so you can keep the bench as a working 3 seater...
 
http://www.v6conversions.com.au/hq_wb.html
 

 
or a 2zzge

are there proper pics of it?

what parts are you after?  I have most of a horizontal jog motor...

you dont want it too small/tight once theres glass in there the corners can pull in towards the glass leaving a gap in the corner between the body and the rubber...

but yes you can cut and super glue rubbers

Anyone going want V.W. parts?

what parts?

I've just washed the beetle ready for this... fingers crossed the gearbox behaved itself

yeah I will once I get some disks on the front... and maybe a new gear box...

originally I had ideas of swapping over my old engine for WOF's but its just too much work... the old engine comes in and out as a unit but the new one needs everything taken off it (carbs, exhaust, oil system etc)  for installation and removal....

yeah, I'm pretty pleased

I've taken a car that came with a 40hp engine swapped in one that is probably something like 300hp and upgraded nothing

it's a 2387cc

yeah I'm a bit paranoid about the potential engine temps,  but the oil cooler(s) should be helping a lot with this and the tinware is sealed pretty well. The next phase of the project is to fit a bunch of sensors to the engine so that I can keep an eye on things besides remaining fuel...  and your call on brakes is accurate... will need to source some discs asap

would be keen to have a look at your project, and also p-stars buggy at some point so a trip out west is on the cards... but also I'm hoping to take it to caffeine and classics in the weekend...