My 65

[Andy Sykes]

My first so hi to you all, i purchased this bug for my wife in 2007 and looked like this



Previous to this the car had two owners the first for nearly 40 years



i wanted her to stay like this but claire wanted me to lower her so she then looked like this



so that was it the car has been messed with so i took this out



and put this in

2332cc CB high roof case, Scat crank 84mm, CB H beam rods, 94mm B+P, Total seal rings, Engle FK10 cam, Scat lifters, Berg chromoly pushrods, Jaycee pushrod tubes, Scat 1.4 rockers, A1 1 3/4 Sidewinder exhaust ceramic header and stainless back box Vband clamp , Deep sump, Jeff Denham welded heads 44 x 37 valves heavily reworked with matching manifolds, Berg linkage, Fuel injection kit-CB throttle bodies, DTA .

Gearbox by Cogbox close 1,2 and 3 gears tall 4th for cruising all welded gears heavy duty side plate, superdiff Sway away short race axles.




then to stop i made these fit







so all is going well then i find loads of the ginger stuff bottom of door, some in the wings and heater channels. I found some NOS 65 doors and got hold of some day mouldings wings and painted them then started on the channels



















she runs low 13s at the mo but will turbo over the winter and should be in to high 11s

the tele dials are going now ive saved up for these og burners



now thw wife wont drive it so it looks like shes mine


cheers andy

[wolfswest]

mmm, I like the way you prepped those teledials... 

[vwcab]

I like the way you purchased yourself a bug,you bought the car for your wife and in the end you are racing it. 
(hmmm.....must remember that  )
Anyway,welcome to the lounge,and keep us updated.

[dannyboy]

another dkr member 

[Dez]

Lovely car mate Not seen many done in that green but it works well!

It's cool there was only a couple of owners from new

[Rocket Ron]

nice looking car mate

love the burners 

[GreenTom]

I've seen it on Drag day... looks really grate. runns sweet.

[Andy Sykes]

 thanks for the replies  Here we go then :)not much to look at so far but hoping for around least 300 BHP



took me 3 hours to make the exhaust manifold



the snakes nest







seams to take ages but getting there now got weld it all up then start on tha charge cooler

1 mod the exhaust manifold
2 make turbo flange and mount turbo
3 make inlet pipework
4 mount chargecooler
5 make plenums for throttle bodies
6 remove engine take a part and lower compresion ratio 9.5:1 to 8.5:1
7 remove gearbox, solid mount make and fit torque bars
8 upgrade clutch
9 fit engine
10 fit rear coil overs

racing woo
 

cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

 
did a little more today making the mounts for thr charge cooler and header tank









Cheers andy

[Peter]

looking good
what turbo and cam do you use now?
still the same heads as the NA motor?

cheers, Peter

[Andy Sykes]

looking good
what turbo and cam do you use now?
still the same heads as the NA motor?

cheers, Peter

Hi im still going to use the FK10 cam im told it will be ok, the turbo is a Holset HC1 havent seen any used on a bug but seen them used on other cars with the same displacment making good power and its a brand new turbo that only cost me £200 so worth a try

thanks for looking Andy

[Andy Sykes]

Hi more progress today ive made the inlet plenums took ages to make the flanges to on top of the throttle bodies you dont seam to be able to buy them but a few hours with a hacksaw and a file and i was there .



thanks for looking

Andy

[Andy Sykes]

trial fitted the gas burners today got to get some 15mm spacers for the rear to clear the calipers 145 on the front and mickey tompson race treads on the rear, cant make my mind up about the exhasut pipes looses the sleeper look some what lol







this is were the charge cooler is going got to leave a bit of room for the water injection



thanks for looking cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

bit of an update nothing that intresting but new cage





and we are going dry sump lol = bit more power



the driver has had her seat test fitted and harness corrected



now sorted



ch

[Andy Sykes]

bit more, made a thing i call it a black tank with a pump on the end. As i dont have a swirl pot i need to make sure i have fuel presure all the time as i dont want any melted heads or pistons lol basically the fuel system has two returns one from the low low presure and one from the high.



The low presure pump under the tank (front) supplys the fuel to the tank (back) and returns whats not used keeping a constant presure of 1 bar to the high presure pump that supplies the engine fuel rail and then returns to the tank down the third line so fingers crossed it should never let me have low fuel presure fingers crossed and gives the fuel time to cool a bit more than just taking straight from the tank

bit better under here now







everthing tight and wired up in here



kafer bar fitted an coil overs fitted and adjusted





thanks for looking cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

bit more making a rear seat fit around the cage and testing the dry sump system i have a slight leak from the pump so ive got to take that off tmw to sort that but the interior is done so a few more electrics to sort, oil pump and MOT and im done apart from tuning but thats another job all together lol

 







thanks for looking cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

bit more still got wiring to finish but 

as ive lost the sleeper look ive now gone for the race car look 



and some vintage style number plates



no more work on the car this weekend taking the girls away for the weekend to make up for living in tha garage for the last few months lol

thanks for looking cheers andy

[71CALRIPPER]

Very cool dub dude...but should this not be in In da works section ?

[Black Sheep]

That's some serious plumbing going on in there fella , not a real fan of turbo's myself but I'd say you've pulled it off well  
If you still need the spacers I've got a pair of 10mm ones knoking about  
Glenn

[Andy Sykes]

Very cool dub dude...but should this not be in In da works section ?

yes should be lol so if anybody has the power feel free to move it

cheers andy

[Nico86]

Nice project !

[Bathtub57]

Did I miss the ragtop installation post?  Admirable engineering skills.

[Brew 66]

Has your wife been out to the garage to see what you're up to with her car?

[Andy Sykes]

moved on a bit  good day today fitted a anti-shock to the clutch so fingers crossed that will keep the gearbox alaive a bit longer untill the G50 is in





changed the charge cooler ice/header tank





then went for a drive about the estate wow im still buzzin ive got a new favorite nosie wastegate chatter i cant believe how quick it feels picks up boost in second and third so quick its going to be scary on the road lol it all happens to quick  :evil:  :evil:









cheers andy

[Andy Sykes]

the first and only run this year roll on next year







cheers andy

[Diederick/DVK]

sheez, looks like you caught that dude in the second pic off guard 

[Jeff68]

Great post......The evolution of a stock car to a mean street machine to an all out asphalt assaulter.  Great work!  Best of luck with your car!

[Andy Sykes]

cheers thanks  some big updates been a busy boy
















cheers andy

[mr horsepower]

Nice hardcore transformation dude.
Ik like it nice fab work to.
keep us updated.

Gr henri

[Black Sheep]

Nice plenim's  Unusal shape ?