My >street/<strip '56

[fahrvergnugen]

Nice project!!
When I look at your work and your innovations it motivates me to go on with my plan för my car.

/Josef

Thanks Jozef,

Sometimes you need some motivation, I usualy get it at DDD, EBI etc.
Can we see your project somewhere, Always nice to see other projects

Cheers Paul.

[Josef]

I have som photos from my project but they are taken before the digital era.
If I got the time i will try to make them digital.
New pics will be posted under my "Sleeping beauty" thread.

/Josef

[fahrvergnugen]

I have som photos from my project but they are taken before the digital era.
If I got the time i will try to make them digital.
New pics will be posted under my "Sleeping beauty" thread.

/Josef

Oh, Is that your trhead.
I will keep my eye on that one.

[fahrvergnugen]

Today it was time to start with the steering.
The plan is to use a 1303 pivot to avoid bumbsteer. First I had to make a steeringbox arm fit the pivot, to do this I used a piece of an old steeringbox axle.

[fahrvergnugen]

Time to try some things

Welded a piece of pipe to the framehead and bolted the steering box, the steering rod is exactly horizontal and perpendicular to the chassis.
Also tacked the pivot in place, the plan is to connect the pivot with the steeringbox, and have a smal rod to the spindles.

Paul.

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

Time to try some things

Welded a piece of pipe to the framehead and bolted the steering box, the steering rod is exactly horizontal and perpendicular to the chassis.
Also tacked the pivot in place, the plan is to connect the pivot with the steeringbox, and have a smal rod to the spindles.

Paul.

Why not use a Rack & Pinion instead of a stock steering box?

[fahrvergnugen]

Why not use a Rack & Pinion instead of a stock steering box?

This way I can make the width exactly as I want it to be, an original rack&pinion will be to big, I want the place where the rods are attached to the steering box exactly above the center of the circle that the wheels make when they move up and down.

Paul.

[Sven/DFL]

Hey Paul,

Realy nice work! Very impressiv! I´m looking forward to see some more pictures!!!

Sven

[fahrvergnugen]

Hey Paul,

Realy nice work! Very impressiv! I´m looking forward to see some more pictures!!!

Sven

Thanks Sven,

As soon as I have time to work on it, I will post again.

Paul.

[fahrvergnugen]

between drinking beer, smoking sigarets en talking about DDD#7 (couldn't be there this year ), I found a little time for the oval.

Made a longer pipe to mount the steering box at one side and the pivot on the other side, and welded it in place.
It needs some more work, but it's a start.

Paul

[fahrvergnugen]

Did some more work on the steering today. To make sure I can remove the pivot when the car is finished, I drilled the trhead out of the pivot and welded nuts on the pivot bracket, This way it is bolted from the outside. Then I shortend the two short steering rods by cutting more thread and then cut it the wright lenght. The longer (middle) rod is cut in the middle, shortend and, after I put in some massive stee,l welded together again.

Hope it works

[Shubee2 (DSK)]

Did some more work on the steering today. To make sure I can remove the pivot when the car is finished, I drilled the thread out of the pivot and welded nuts on the pivot bracket, This way it is bolted from the outside. Then I shortend the two short steering rods by cutting more thread and then cut it the wright length. The longer (middle) rod is cut in the middle, shortend and, after I put in some massive steel,l welded together again.

Hope it works

Wouldn't  it be better to flip the pass side arm with the tall side in? that way the Wheels turn the same and it would center the center link evenly??

[fahrvergnugen]

After looking at my own pic's I was thinking the same, probebly do that

Cheers, Paul.

[fahrvergnugen]

I wasn't satisfied with the steering (the rod came in line with the spindle wile the wheels should steer some more), so today I cut out the beam where the steeringbox was mounted on, and placed it further to the front of the car. Now, even when I steer al te way, the rod still has an angle with the spindel.

Paul.

[mychatype3]

He Paulskie,

hello from the usa, looks good 

Greetings mycha

[fahrvergnugen]

He Paulskie,

hello from the usa, looks good 

Greetings mycha

Thanks Mych,

How's Vegas?

Paul.

[fahrvergnugen]

While I am still waiting on the last parts for the front suspension, I started with the gearshift system.

I am using a 901 box with the selecter on the undersite of the box, that is why I was thinking to use a cable shift system.
I bought a VW Corrado shifter, and today I started trying some things, it's not finished but you'll get the idea.

[fahrvergnugen]

Did some more work on the shifting today.
Made two brackets and installed them, needs some adjusting but I think it can work

Paul.

[fahrvergnugen]

When the car is ready I will probebly run it with my type4 2.0 120HP engine, this egine runs very well and is ready to go.
But in the near future I (offcourse) want to be faster, and because the car is not one off the shell the motor also will be different.

So I started collecting some parts;
WBX 1.9 engine.
Megasquirt motor management system.
A probebly to small turbo (golf 1.8 20V)
Water to air intercooler from a Mercedes
Porsche 964 100mm nikasil P/C
Scat split-ports with twin spark (airplane)
And lost of small parts.

Paul.

[tikimadness]

Hey paul how are you going to make all those different parts to work together?
Put everything in a kettle and cook it for half an hour and see what will come out?

Seriuosly you bought xsome nice stuff hope it will work together.

Michael

[fahrvergnugen]

Hey paul how are you going to make all those different parts to work together?
Put everything in a kettle and cook it for half an hour and see what will come out?

Seriuosly you bought xsome nice stuff hope it will work together.

Michael

Don't these parts fit I thougt it was a plug and play thing, you say it's more plug, pray run and hide

[sam P]

Wow, those heads look like they've got some serious potential! Lose the twin spark and get some bigger valves in there! 
Love what you're doing. Not an easy project. Good luck!

[fahrvergnugen]

Wow, those heads look like they've got some serious potential! Lose the twin spark and get some bigger valves in there! 
Love what you're doing. Not an easy project. Good luck!

The valve size is 40 and 35,5mm i think it's good for a 2,1 turbo.
It's not easy indeed, but it's nice to try something different

Paul.

[fahrvergnugen]

Today a bought an 2,1 WBX engine, just for the 76,4mm crank 

So the new engine will be a 2,4

Paul.

[fahrvergnugen]

Today a bought an 2,1 WBX engine, just for the 76,4mm crank 

Together with my 100mm Porsche nickies this will make a verry nice 2,4

Paul.

[warp]

How do you plan to cool the heads when driving on the street? ...not a lot of cooling fins on those things

/Jacob

[fahrvergnugen]

How do you plan to cool the heads when driving on the street? ...not a lot of cooling fins on those things

/Jacob

Not sure yet, when i have them in my hands (the are still in the USA) i'll see.

Paul.

[fahrvergnugen]

Today a bought an 2,1 WBX engine, just for the 76,4mm crank 

Together with my 100mm Porsche nickies this will make a verry nice 2,4

Paul.

This is how the cranck looks like at the moment.

[fahrvergnugen]

This week I picked up the brackets to mount the front brakes, and today I put them on.

Paul.

[JSL]

Love it!!

Still following this thread like a hawk! ;-)

Where did you get the caliper brackets made up? Would it be cool to PM me some details?

Awesome stuff!!! 

J