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In, kind of, turbo is touching bar between two coil overs so I either very gently notch and re weld the bar, or shorten exhaust on the LHS slightly, leaning towards exhaust, weakening the bar doesn't seem like a smart idea. RH guard doesn't fit, needs to be clearanced around RH post box, and clearancing required around the throttle body. Lastly, hole required in rear valance for oil pump, it's a close thing but too close... Busting out the choppers tonight.... Chur.

Gearbox is in, need to modify the rear mount slightly and cut into the tunnel in the front to get the gearshift rod to line up. Axles are rifle drilled and 930 Porsche cvs. Wheelie bars, need to fab up a mount to make them remove able under the gearbox mount Rims to mount some radials on, they weigh 5 kgs each.

All the gear is finally here, second set of rears for street rubber (need some 4.5" wide chev pattern 15" rims for the front ), wheelie bars, gearbox and the motor. Been doing a bit of cutting and tucking to fit the gearbox, engine in soon. Its a bit distracting when I have work stuff to fix in the shed... So should have engine in the hole over the next couple of nights. Big plumbing list coming up...

It did go backwards into a wall at 100mph, fortunately the engine and box took the bulk of the hit.

Been doing a bit on the car, sorting brake lines, putting in linelok and re routing the staging brake so it works on the rears. Also ripped out the old -6 alloy fuel lines and replaced with -10 feed and -8 return in stainless braided ptfe line. Mocked up radiator mounts ... Still a massive to do list but at least it's moving. Will get some pics. Running gear due on the 23rd of this month...

I've used a few dzus fasteners, locally you tend to get tucked price wise, Fraser cars sells them and probably any race car shop. They are small and light so freight isn't an issue if you grab them from overseas, probably depends on how many you are after ? I might have some spares kicking around if its not many.

Biggest you can go bore wise is 88mm before you have to either start boring the case or turn down the spigot on some 90.5s ( 1776 with 90.5s), still have to bore heads oversize. If you want reliable I'd stick with the std 85.5s or 87 (1641), I ran a set of 34 ict webers (single barrels) on a 1641 in a 70 kombi, went real well with that set up. Just check the case for cracks around the oil gallery behind # 3, being a mag case it doesn't like extreme heat cycles, can get a bit brittle. If you are interested I have a case from a 2110 in my cupboard of broken dreams, bored for 90.5s, needs a line bore and lifter bores sleeved = cheap.

Roger that, maybe I should've gone for a draw through four barrel setup.

This is a great thread. I had thought about getting the loom for my car made up by a shop, then I heard that for the new V8 series they were charging 8k a loom, so major change of heart, selfy coming up sometime soon (ish)...

Have a read of this ... http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=103157 .... It's VW stuff but I'd be really interested in any knowledge outside of this. I'm not convinced super car manufacturers would allow body shape to dictate a shitty manifold design....

That's awesome ! Great to see another VW hitting the shores. Once you get running that will make three 10 second potentially 9 second VWs in the country.... Should make for some great racing sometime soon !! What were you running in it when it was last running ?

You can get a sandwich plate that has the thermostat in it already for a tidy look. I'm a big fan of setrab coolers, small and very efficient but a bit spendy.

The one in this box is a peloquin diff, but this is a hybrid 091/bus box set up. For a type one box I have run both Quaiffe and ZF. My favorite is the ZF, awesome lock up, great for donuts ... nuff said ! The Quaiffes Im not sure on availability anymore, but the ZF's there is a guy in Canada, Bruce Tweddle, and he does a trip every 12 months down to Mexico and pulls ZFs out of dead cars down there (they were stock issue in some cars sold to sandy and snowy areas... especially the things), takes them home and rebuilds them... Mostly IRS, the swingaxle ZFs are pretty hard to come by and spendy.

Good news.... The engine and Gearbox are both heading this way, probably a month till they land then the fun really starts. Box is really tall 4.13 diff ratio 3.11/1.93/1.26/.89 so good for 140 - 150 mph in 4th at 7000 rpm with a 26" tire. Decided not to go for a spool, wasnt keen on potential axle / cv breakage and hitting walls, so it has a LSD. Dump pipe is just on to cover turbo, but probably will form the start of te exhaust Ready to roll. Only a month till Christmas !!

Was thinking of using one for water, but I see the error if my ways !! Tank and pump will be at the low point of the system ( where rear seat was). Radiator up front, turbo and intercooler in the arse, bleed point back there somewhere.

Specs are. Dimensions FP119M22i 8.27 5.75 5.50 2.3/2.7 16,000-19,000 BTU per hour The last engine made 200 on the dyno an one of these kept the temps under control in a wet sump with about 5 lt oil in the system. This one will run about 10 l in the system, the extra oil volume plus potentially a peak of 500 hp should work ok I reckon ? Also when not on boost static comp is around 8:1 ( old heap was 10.5:1)

I was just trying to limit the amount of shit, and get away from a front mounted radiator and carving up the spare wheel well too much. Meth is a bit out of the park in this incarnation, E85 is where this is going with a street tune on 98. Radiator I have is a 600 x 200 x 60 thick, 20l water tank, boost will be well into double digits by the time it's done. Bit of time on the dyno will tell I guess. Will flag the setrab idea. Maybe water/meth injection would be an option, that's what the green bros are using on their work hack.

Been looking/thinking about the intercooler radiator situation. I was planning on running twin oil coolers, one each side of the gearbox, but I had a brainwave today and am thinking maybe I should use one cooler for water.... One less thing to mount up... Coolers are small setrab fan assisted units, just don't know how efficient his would be ? Any ideas ? Photo shows rough mockup and an idea of size. They are very efficient, but little...

Intercooler arrived (Garret core 65mm in/out), waterpump, and I have a 20l fuel cell that will be the main water reservoir, plus a radiator mounted... somewhere. Basically the reservoir and pump will mount in the passengers rear seat area along with the pump (pump weighs 6 kg !!) Plus I need to try and squeeze the oil tank on that side too. Battery is under passengers side so add it all together with the oil in the tank and Im picking it will be about 45kgs of crap on that side. If I stuff a goat in there it will go someway to evening up my considerable bulk. Water set up will run - reservoir - pump - turbo - intercooler - radiator - reservoir. Maybe turbo IC will be the other way round depending on heat soak from the turbo, see how it pans out. The turbo is a bit of a trick unit, because it is oilless you can mount it on its side if you wanted, http://compturbo.com/spotlights/oil-less Anyway a couple of photos of stuff

Did a bit of work on the car, rear guards all dzused up, just working on rear apron, one side to go... Once I have got this done Ill take the car back to my mates shop to sort the new seat and pedal position, get this set up then its wait time for the gearbox...

If its running I'd definitely be keen on coming.

I'm hanging around US forums too much, Ring and Pinion, steering is still the stock wormy box... With the clutch management, it looks like this Basically normal operation no restriction in the line, when the solenoid operates it forces the fluid to return via the adjustable (brake bias) valve. At the moment this is actuated via a switch and a pressure switch on the staging brake. I am changing it so it has a master switch and a first gear micro switch. Adjustable control of clutch engagement, and all I have to do is dump the pedal and it engages without the mega shock.

Box is a 002 with a 4.13 r an p, been waiting for diff for 4 months, running a peloquin lsd... Good things take time i guess. Will post a pic of the clutch management setup to help avoid lunching it off the line. Box is geared for around 150mph @7000 rpm in 4th. Its tall gearing but at the hp levels and weight around 850 kgs fully loaded itll pull like feck.

Here's a few more pics of the car New seat pan, had to lower it 6" to fit me in it, still need to get onto the yoga training to squeeze around bars. Interior, seats were originally done in the uk, hand formed alloy, doing the same with the redone seat Rear end, set up for 0 camber change Camshaft shot, it's a 5 piece case so unlike std VW cases the mains and cam bearings all run caps and can be changed without splitting the case Under bonnet set up. I'll update as it happens, it will be slow progress based on the last 10 months efforts....

This is the old car - - I did use it as a daily for three months, not a lot of fun at 4000 rpm in 4th at 100kph but fun from the lights....