Winter projects...

[baz]

Vws have taken a back seat while I build me a house, or more importantly a garage with a house attached.

Now you see it



Now you don't



Building starts proper at xmas

[henk]

Should be the last winter on this,almost finished.

Henk!!!

[beetletom]

Vws have taken a back seat while I build me a house, or more importantly a garage with a house attached.

Now you see it



Now you don't



Building starts proper at xmas

Wow! Where?s this?
Have you moved back to Ireland?

What happened to the bug?

[Fiatdude]

I've gotten the shop finished and heat installed. What I've decided to do is pull the engine, find that damn oil leak from hell, replace all the engine and surrounding tin, and tear apart the top end and get rid on those damn 3/8 cylinder spacers and pulling some compression out of it.....

And I've been trying to make a decision between:

(A) Doing the Mike Lawless coil over rear end narrowing project so I can get some bigger tires and some traction, or:

(B) Pulling the turbo off and just driving it NA.... (and yes I know, NA sucks LOL)

[baz]

Vws have taken a back seat while I build me a house, or more importantly a garage with a house attached.

Now you see it



Now you don't



Building starts proper at xmas

Wow! Where?s this?
Have you moved back to Ireland?

What happened to the bug?

Yep moved home in July, wanna take a step back from the rat race and retrain myself so hopefully once the house is built I can put ideas into actions.
Bug is still in London, going over with a box van before Xmas to gather it all up

[StewRat]

Priority #1 is fit double valve springs which I think/hope/pray will solve most/all my recurring problems.

Then either replace/upgrade DRLAs or invest in sorting them out once and for all (if there is such a thing).

And a deep sump.

And fit DTH drip tray.

And get line loc working properly.

And ...

[Neil Davies]

I've gotten the shop finished and heat installed. What I've decided to do is pull the engine, find that damn oil leak from hell, replace all the engine and surrounding tin, and tear apart the top end and get rid on those damn 3/8 cylinder spacers and pulling some compression out of it.....

And I've been trying to make a decision between:

(A) Doing the Mike Lawless coil over rear end narrowing project so I can get some bigger tires and some traction, or:

(B) Pulling the turbo off and just driving it NA.... (and yes I know, NA sucks LOL)

How much do you use the car? What do you use it for? How close is your nearest drag strip now? I like the Mike Lawless conversion but I seem to remember you talking about autocrossing the car at some point?

[brewsy]

Yep moved home in July, wanna take a step back from the rat race and retrain myself so hopefully once the house is built I can put ideas into actions.
Bug is still in London, going over with a box van before Xmas to gather it all up

Have you got a garage in London? Can I have it?? 

[beetletom]

Vws have taken a back seat while I build me a house, or more importantly a garage with a house attached.

Now you see it



Now you don't



Building starts proper at xmas

Wow! Where?s this?
Have you moved back to Ireland?

What happened to the bug?

Yep moved home in July, wanna take a step back from the rat race and retrain myself so hopefully once the house is built I can put ideas into actions.
Bug is still in London, going over with a box van before Xmas to gather it all up

Wow good luck with it all!

If you want a hand loading it up, give me a shout, as I?m back in that area again

Would your old landlord rent out half of the garage? As I need somewhere to store my 67 over winter!

[Fiatdude]

I've gotten the shop finished and heat installed. What I've decided to do is pull the engine, find that damn oil leak from hell, replace all the engine and surrounding tin, and tear apart the top end and get rid on those damn 3/8 cylinder spacers and pulling some compression out of it.....

And I've been trying to make a decision between:

(A) Doing the Mike Lawless coil over rear end narrowing project so I can get some bigger tires and some traction, or:

(B) Pulling the turbo off and just driving it NA.... (and yes I know, NA sucks LOL)

How much do you use the car? What do you use it for? How close is your nearest drag strip now? I like the Mike Lawless conversion but I seem to remember you talking about autocrossing the car at some point?

I've been auto crossing the heck out of the car since moving back to Missouri with a track/parking lot about 30 minutes away (and they race there almost every weekend) and having a lot of fun doing it.... The 2 drag strips I've got are about 1.5 to 2 hours away in opposite directions (NHRA track in Rogersville, MO (hosted a day of the rocky mountain speed week) and MoKan in Asbury, MO)? IF I leave the turbo on, I need more tire whether I'm drag racing, auto xing or even just driving it down the street. So, it's just a matter deciding which direction I want to go with the car....or if I can have fun with less HP than I'm use to....LOL

[baz]

Vws have taken a back seat while I build me a house, or more importantly a garage with a house attached.

Now you see it



Now you don't



Building starts proper at xmas

Wow! Where?s this?
Have you moved back to Ireland?

What happened to the bug?

Yep moved home in July, wanna take a step back from the rat race and retrain myself so hopefully once the house is built I can put ideas into actions.
Bug is still in London, going over with a box van before Xmas to gather it all up

Wow good luck with it all!

If you want a hand loading it up, give me a shout, as I?m back in that area again

Would your old landlord rent out half of the garage? As I need somewhere to store my 67 over winter!

Thanks Tom may take you up on that offer if I get there and find nobody home to help.

I tried renting the garage for years, landlord wasn't having it though, shame as room for 4 cars comfortably and pretty secure too.
Your only option is to rent a room in his house and commandeer the garage while you're there 😁

[Martin S.]

You should look at my combo for streetable power. If you drove it you?d know what i mean about a smooth tractable power band. It?s got the right cam, along with the right compression chambers valve size and right boost.

I've gotten the shop finished and heat installed. What I've decided to do is pull the engine, find that damn oil leak from hell, replace all the engine and surrounding tin, and tear apart the top end and get rid on those damn 3/8 cylinder spacers and pulling some compression out of it.....

And I've been trying to make a decision between:

(A) Doing the Mike Lawless coil over rear end narrowing project so I can get some bigger tires and some traction, or:

(B) Pulling the turbo off and just driving it NA.... (and yes I know, NA sucks LOL)

How much do you use the car? What do you use it for? How close is your nearest drag strip now? I like the Mike Lawless conversion but I seem to remember you talking about autocrossing the car at some point?

I've been auto crossing the heck out of the car since moving back to Missouri with a track/parking lot about 30 minutes away (and they race there almost every weekend) and having a lot of fun doing it.... The 2 drag strips I've got are about 1.5 to 2 hours away in opposite directions (NHRA track in Rogersville, MO (hosted a day of the rocky mountain speed week) and MoKan in Asbury, MO)? IF I leave the turbo on, I need more tire whether I'm drag racing, auto xing or even just driving it down the street. So, it's just a matter deciding which direction I want to go with the car....or if I can have fun with less HP than I'm use to....LOL

[Fiatdude]

I've got a Laufer's mystery cam in it right now --- and three more on the shelf. So when I get tore down I'll make a decision on what's going to happen...

[karl h]

i thought i could just slowly finish my 63, but no, i had to buy this 

[richie]

i thought i could just slowly finish my 63, but no, i had to buy this 

Karl its like a disease  

[karl h]

i know, i am sick since 1983 

[richie]

i know, i am sick since 1983 

 

[Neil Davies]

I'm doing my best to infect the youth with the Cal Look sickness too! We're getting a '71 1200 to restore at school, and we've already got most of a 15-second 1641 motor to go in it. It's going to take a while, but hopefully it fires up the next generation of car enthusiasts.

[richie]

I'm doing my best to infect the youth with the Cal Look sickness too! We're getting a '71 1200 to restore at school, and we've already got most of a 15-second 1641 motor to go in it. It's going to take a while, but hopefully it fires up the next generation of car enthusiasts.

Good effort, its has to help

[andrewlandon67]

I'm doing my best to infect the youth with the Cal Look sickness too! We're getting a '71 1200 to restore at school, and we've already got most of a 15-second 1641 motor to go in it. It's going to take a while, but hopefully it fires up the next generation of car enthusiasts.

Sounds like a good use of your winter! Hopefully you'll end up with a nice and quick little late looker!

[Eddie DVK]

Try to do this over the winter.

- New Engine
- Rear disk brakes
- Short swing axles

But sometimes time is in the way.

[Steve67]

I  converting my 67 to 12 Volts and try to finish my 1776 single port engine until spring.
Also I'm thinking of Pedrini wheels instead of the Rivieras for a change.


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[Garrick Clark]

My winter project is fitting a dub shop micro squirt kit to my 67 bug.
The dizzy just has to go.

[DaveN]

Got bored doing nothing over winter and fitted this in my bug

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[leec]

Bus box? Irs as well?
Lee

[alex d]

Rebuild the ( stock)fastback's engine, while still hoarding parts for an eventual big engine for the 67

well, in the end the stock rebuild will not be that stock anymore, 88s and a cheater cam should wake up a little the poor engine pushing a heavy late type 3 with a slushbox, I willl be able to outrun those mopeds at the stop light finally
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[DaveN]

Bus box? Irs as well?
Lee

No got mine back from Peter and fitted it so I can move the car.

Bus box is Danny’s new spare for little Lizzy I picked up for him while I was there

[Neil Davies]

Bus box? Irs as well?
Lee

No got mine back from Peter and fitted it so I can move the car.

Bus box is Danny’s new spare for little Lizzy I picked up for him while I was there

That was a bit of a tease!

I've not touched my car at all over the winter,  but I have been busy - the school project Beetle has been delivered to school, the body has been cut free of the floorpan and the pan is in the process of being stripped down ready for soda blasting and new pan halves.
Unfortunately the latest photos are on my new phone which I dropped and broke while breaking up a fight at school on Friday...

[richie]

Nothing really Cal look based but they still are all aircooled VW  
Spare time at moment is used on trying to finish this 1303 I picked up couple years ago but didn't start on until this summer, so far it has gone from stock to not quite so stock, plan is a "normal looking beetle with nice wheels" to anyone that doesn't really know any better then IRS my daily 67 cabrio as I got a good deal on a better geared IRS box with ZF fitted and also race car is getting new rear suspension as well which means also turbo & dry sump tank has to be moved so new intake and exhaust fabrication & bunch of other small stuff that's in way

Part one on my list is just about done, 1st start up today and cam burn done  Going to upset some locals & there "fast" modern cars with this as my daily


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQnuDTanyjU&feature=share

[Neil Davies]

Richie Webb builds a car without Gasburners? Has hell frozen over?

Seriously, not what I expected from you at all until the engine view! Then it all made sense! And you know what? I really rather like it...