putting the fast in the fastback

[nicolas]

hey i have been asking a lot of questions lately regarding engine specs and gearboxes and what not. i am not a great mechanic, but i consider myself enthousiast enough to tackle the job. of course i will need a lot of input of you guys. all your help, suggestions and comments (good or bad) are welcome. this project will take a while to be finished as it will be money consuming... but nethertheless this is what i have been dreaming of since i got drawn to the callook.

here is what i start with:

my brown fastback that has a stock 4.12 trans and a 1641cc engine at the moment.

i have a DMS 84 journal crank with matching flywheel
rods 5.5 (collecting tthem tomorrow, thanks richie  )
48 dellorto's on cb manifolds
an aluminium case (for fitment of the crank)
ported and polished heads (i have to check which ones as i bought them on the phone)
type 1 setup

[ESH]

Good luck with it. Unlike a lot of things the fun isn't in the anticipation, whilst that's good playing with a whole new power band's something else, enjoy the journey!

[wolfswest]

looking good!  A very nice fastback and soon with real raw power!

I'm gonna follow this post!

Dem

[kev d]

Not enough fast fasty`s in the world...keep us posted

[Bryan67]

Nice. I really like your car.

[nicolas]

ok some news allready. i got the parts from the UK connection today and went to the shop rightaway to talk engine again.

so the crank, flywheel, rods, pistons and pulley will be balanced, so i guess that will take a few weeks at least and the case will be checked for clearance. i also wanted to run a type4 main bearing, but i need to have the crank ground as well?? not sure how that works. but i heard that the seating of the crank would have been better with it...
anyway the case will have shuffle pins and after that i think i will debur and clean it myself... i think i can manage that part 

as for my heads they have been done here in belgium many moons ago, nobody remembers where,but they have a D port shape. now i only need to match the ports. is there a lead on someone who can do this in belgium or can i do it myself?

[Neil Davies]

ok some news allready. i got the parts from the UK connection today and went to the shop rightaway to talk engine again.

so the crank, flywheel, rods, pistons and pulley will be balanced, so i guess that will take a few weeks at least and the case will be checked for clearance. i also wanted to run a type4 main bearing, but i need to have the crank ground as well?? not sure how that works. but i heard that the seating of the crank would have been better with it...
anyway the case will have shuffle pins and after that i think i will debur and clean it myself... i think i can manage that part 

as for my heads they have been done here in belgium many moons ago, nobody remembers where,but they have a D port shape. now i only need to match the ports. is there a lead on someone who can do this in belgium or can i do it myself?

Nicolas, you can match port things yourself! Matt Keene (All Torque on here) did a nice article for Volksworld on it this month!

[nicolas]

ok some news allready. i got the parts from the UK connection today and went to the shop rightaway to talk engine again.

so the crank, flywheel, rods, pistons and pulley will be balanced, so i guess that will take a few weeks at least and the case will be checked for clearance. i also wanted to run a type4 main bearing, but i need to have the crank ground as well?? not sure how that works. but i heard that the seating of the crank would have been better with it...
anyway the case will have shuffle pins and after that i think i will debur and clean it myself... i think i can manage that part 

as for my heads they have been done here in belgium many moons ago, nobody remembers where,but they have a D port shape. now i only need to match the ports. is there a lead on someone who can do this in belgium or can i do it myself?

Nicolas, you can match port things yourself! Matt Keene (All Torque on here) did a nice article for Volksworld on it this month!

ok i will look for a copy of volksworld and read it. suck up all the info... but maybe someone can send me a copy as i don't think i will be lucky getting it locally... vw mags are not the 'norm' on the stands.

[Neil Davies]

If you're struggling, give me a shout and I'll scan it for you.

[nicolas]

If you're struggling, give me a shout and I'll scan it for you.

thanks
i will look around for it. otherwise you will hear my cry

just thought about putting up some pics of the parts i have as well...