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« Reply #30 on: October 15, 2018, 12:10:58 pm »
Quote from: cassa on October 14, 2018, 16:05:43 pm
Good progress!  I think I have to upgrade my turbo  Grin

That big-arse turbo has a warning under it "Warning! - Reproductive and cancer harm".
HAH! What a load of crap!

A turbo that big is a chick-magnet for sure.  Grin
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« Reply #31 on: October 16, 2018, 08:10:51 am »
Closed my eyes and ordered ladder bars and coilovers yesterday   Roll Eyes

Went with double adjustable Strange ones.


One of many orders to come  Grin
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« Reply #32 on: October 17, 2018, 13:03:15 pm »
Quote from: Erlend / bug66 on October 14, 2018, 20:34:13 pm
Hah! All i did was to pick the car up and fired up the angle grinder   Roll Eyes

But really looking forward to get the car back!


Maybe I should plan for a new turbo also  Grin

No, your fine with your turbo  Grin Grin Grin
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« Reply #33 on: October 17, 2018, 13:26:18 pm »
Quote from: cassa on October 17, 2018, 13:03:15 pm
Quote from: Erlend / bug66 on October 14, 2018, 20:34:13 pm
Hah! All i did was to pick the car up and fired up the angle grinder   Roll Eyes

But really looking forward to get the car back!


Maybe I should plan for a new turbo also  Grin

No, your fine with your turbo  Grin Grin Grin



You are probably right. For mid 9s anyway  Roll Eyes  Grin
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« Reply #34 on: November 02, 2018, 21:12:47 pm »
Not much progress to show. Moving shop and the ?59 is in Sweden for caging and backhalfing.

Old 67 is tore down and sold, and almost finished with the move!


New shop is approved by Bax  Smiley

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« Reply #35 on: November 02, 2018, 21:15:56 pm »
Ended up buying ladder bars and coilovers from RLR/Strange. Based on the mounting points we decided on 600lbs springs.
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« Reply #36 on: November 22, 2018, 09:54:51 am »
New cage and tubes for the backhalfing is bent up. Progress may continue Smiley

The tubes are in Docol R8, which is a Swedish made chromoly tubing.



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« Reply #37 on: November 22, 2018, 21:20:54 pm »
Good choice on the shocks and spring rate
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« Reply #38 on: November 22, 2018, 21:27:45 pm »
Quote from: Ragtop on November 22, 2018, 21:20:54 pm
Good choice on the shocks and spring rate

Thanks, I think they will be a bit stiffer than 29mm torsion bars. I haven't calculated the wheel rate yet, but think that it'll be 450-475lbs?
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« Reply #39 on: December 03, 2018, 21:03:26 pm »
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« Reply #40 on: December 03, 2018, 21:05:22 pm »
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« Reply #41 on: December 03, 2018, 21:06:35 pm »
Ola is at it!  Cool

Gearbox raised 3". Next up is the correct 3" axles and placement of the main hoop Smiley
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« Reply #42 on: December 04, 2018, 23:26:52 pm »
A little more room againts the body with correct axles

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« Reply #43 on: December 05, 2018, 00:50:22 am »
Gday Erlend.
Nice build-up, thanks for sharing.
How much weight do you think you've saved by using the ladder bar and coil-overs? Is it a lot?
Regards,
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« Reply #44 on: December 05, 2018, 08:52:43 am »
Quote from: modnrod on December 05, 2018, 00:50:22 am
Gday Erlend.
Nice build-up, thanks for sharing.
How much weight do you think you've saved by using the ladder bar and coil-overs? Is it a lot?
Regards,
Dave

Thanks. All credit is to the fabricator  Roll Eyes


I'm actually not sure. My guess is atleast 50lbs. Hoping for a race ready car without me at 1600-1650lbs Smiley
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« Reply #45 on: December 06, 2018, 09:26:12 am »
Looking good mister! Ola sure knows his stuff.

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« Reply #46 on: December 06, 2018, 14:24:37 pm »
Quote from: BeetleBug on December 06, 2018, 09:26:12 am
Looking good mister! Ola sure knows his stuff.

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Agreed Smiley On both parts. Can't wait to see the result. Last additional request to Ola is a reinforcing of the mid mount plates on the frame fork side, to get some triangulation. He will also make the flywheel shatter shield. It will be the rear most connection between the frame forks and the horisontal bars over the gearbox and tubes going back from the main hoop.
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« Reply #47 on: December 14, 2018, 10:07:18 am »
Small but important update is that main hoop is mocked in place.

Next up is the cage forward of the hoop.

Then rest of the back half tubes.

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« Reply #48 on: January 02, 2019, 14:09:01 pm »
Anyone ready for more tubes to start off the new year?  Cool

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« Reply #49 on: January 03, 2019, 00:42:47 am »
Nice work  Smiley
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« Reply #50 on: January 03, 2019, 08:41:32 am »
Quote from: leec on January 03, 2019, 00:42:47 am
Nice work  Smiley



Thanks, but credit goes to the fabricator Smiley   Grin

I just did a small drawing of how I wanted it  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #51 on: January 11, 2019, 10:44:26 am »
The latest addition is a couple of bars to further brace the framehorns.

On my former 67 I hade 1 1/2” bars going from the gearbox mount to the cage at 90 degrees to the framehorns (straight up).

But at launches I still could see the engine “hopping” in the back (had to check it out on slow-mo footage..)


This car will be braced a heck of a lot more.. the bars vertically above the framehorns will be tied into the framehorns in front of and back of the axles. And of course to the main hoop.

The braces at the back are of course removable.

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« Reply #52 on: January 11, 2019, 13:07:42 pm »
I think I've narrowed wheel choice between Champions or Billet Specialties.

Need to get the car back to measure width and backspace.


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8-10" at the back and 3,5ish inches up front.
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« Reply #53 on: January 11, 2019, 14:55:34 pm »
Either will look great!
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« Reply #54 on: January 11, 2019, 16:28:17 pm »
Can't wait until this is finished!
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« Reply #55 on: January 12, 2019, 00:23:05 am »
Some beautiful work  , the notches on the tubing are perfect . Congrats on the build. Mike McCarthy
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« Reply #56 on: January 13, 2019, 11:49:21 am »
All the work looks really well done but why did you keep the frame forks? they need so much bracing to make strong enough and are heavier than some chromoly tube would be doesn't seem to make sense to me  Smiley
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« Reply #57 on: January 14, 2019, 08:47:49 am »
Quote from: dragvw2180 on January 12, 2019, 00:23:05 am
Some beautiful work  , the notches on the tubing are perfect . Congrats on the build. Mike McCarthy

Thanks! Ola sure knows how to put his game face on Smiley
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« Reply #58 on: January 14, 2019, 08:51:24 am »
Quote from: richie on January 13, 2019, 11:49:21 am
All the work looks really well done but why did you keep the frame forks? they need so much bracing to make strong enough and are heavier than some chromoly tube would be doesn't seem to make sense to me  Smiley

Good point. The original plan was a RLR backhalf kit, without framehorns.

But when the price jumped up almost 100% I really couldn't justify it.

Ola could sure build it himself, but the way we have done it now is faster and easier.





And I kind of like the idea that the car has a complete VW frame  Roll Eyes
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« Reply #59 on: January 14, 2019, 19:36:16 pm »
Quote from: Erlend / bug66 on January 14, 2019, 08:51:24 am

But when the price jumped up almost 100% I really couldn't justify it.



Welcome to the world of race cars Shocked Grin
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