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« on: April 29, 2009, 20:58:15 pm »
turd polishing anyone?
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« Reply #1 on: April 29, 2009, 21:20:58 pm »
is this your car Huh
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« Reply #2 on: April 29, 2009, 21:24:25 pm »
Show us more ! Tongue
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« Reply #3 on: April 29, 2009, 21:29:25 pm »
That whas one of my favorite cars on the volksworldshow !  A really nice "late looker"  Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: April 30, 2009, 13:24:45 pm »
Quote from: speedwell on April 29, 2009, 21:20:58 pm
is this your car Huh

Mark Tomlinsons bug not sure if it is or isn't Gyles', but Marks was built up from a brand new VW pan.

2276 motor on 45 dells, pro street box, 911 front seats - a really nicely  done late looker! All being well he's giving it the beans at the UK Drag Day in two and a half weeks time...

Cool!

So Gyles, is that you Mark or someone else on with a late looker?
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« Reply #5 on: April 30, 2009, 21:40:13 pm »
Bloody Hell, you lot make Sherlock Holmes look slow! Wink, but I'm glad you approve.
I was gonna run with a few photos every now and then and show the build up over time, but I suppose thats that idea buggered.
Yup, that is my polished turd all finished at the Volksworld show, but I'm stumped as to how yer figured it out. Huh
Had a few teething troubles, but the motor is running smooth as a babys bum.  155.5hp(don't forget the point five!) and 145 torqes at about 5500rpm.
Hopefully I will be attending the drag day, although I am not booked in yet.  Being a racing virgin I am open to advice, but I suppose we disuss that elsewhere?
I have other outside influences trying to get me to run low pro tyres on the front.  Thoughts?
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« Reply #6 on: April 30, 2009, 21:55:48 pm »
Nice looker..............make that VERY nice looker dude.Well done.
More pics and info please.  Cool
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« Reply #7 on: April 30, 2009, 22:05:15 pm »
so whadaya wanna know and whadaya wanna see? Huh
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« Reply #8 on: April 30, 2009, 22:40:58 pm »
Quote from: gyles on April 30, 2009, 22:05:15 pm
so whadaya wanna know and whadaya wanna see? Huh
Year,engine specs,interior and dash pics..........  Wink
THX
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« Reply #9 on: April 30, 2009, 22:43:44 pm »
Quote from: vwcab on April 30, 2009, 22:40:58 pm
Quote from: gyles on April 30, 2009, 22:05:15 pm
so whadaya wanna know and whadaya wanna see? Huh
Year,engine specs,interior and dash pics..........  Wink
THX

Everything !  Cheesy
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« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2009, 00:26:43 am »
Yeah very nice car!

As for the racing advice: When the light turns green, smash the gas pedal with your foot and realease only when you pass the finish line. Change gears when needed.
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« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2009, 01:10:49 am »
F*cking Hell !!! nice ride!!! you realy do understand how cool a late looker can be Wink
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« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2009, 02:41:34 am »
WOW! Very nice looking car. Congrats on a job well done. The rest is rather simple, really... enjoy!
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« Reply #13 on: May 01, 2009, 10:11:31 am »
Well, here we have a 'pan.  Built on a brand spanking mexican lump of metal (converted from LHD to RHD), all etch primed and painted in the devils own black with lots of laquer.  Adjustable rear spring plates hold the stock axles with type 3 drums and an h/d anti-roll bar with spax gas adjustable shock all round.  Axles are spun via a Rancho Pro Street 'box with 4.125 r&p, super diff, h/d side plate and welded gears. Front beam is a 2" narrowed adjustable unit with 2" dropped forged spindles holding some 'BAD' brakes and hubs from Airkewld.  Also an h/d anti roll bar up front (this 'pan is super stiff!).  On wide 5 studs with the infamous Erco rims, running 155 Mich XAS (yes, I should put my mans pants on and run 145) up front on 3.5" rims and 6" rims on the back with Goddrich Macadam 205/70 tyres.  Then you have all the obvious new brake lines, bushes, z-bar, scat dragfast shifter, etc....
And now I got it all dirty and gnarled up the bottom of my front beam! Grin
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« Reply #14 on: May 01, 2009, 11:09:53 am »
You can't pull the wool over the eye's of the loungers Mark Wink

Awesome bug. Drop me a pm if you still need a ticket for the drag day btw I have a number of a guy who's selling one cheap as he can't make it. Drop me a line if its of interest.

Cheers
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« Reply #15 on: May 01, 2009, 15:05:07 pm »
Thanks for all the great encouragment chaps.  It's good to get a stoke from other people Grin
The 'pan and body were kinda done separate.  I built the 'pan up (except the paint) and the body was taken care of by MAL down here in Cornwall.  It was only ever meant to be a patch up job, but we got carried away.  I had already replaced both front quarters, spare wheel well, rear valance, both heater channels and the A post bottoms.  All that had taken since 2000, so it was decided to get serious or I would never get it done.  After shot blasting we could see there was no point in a patch up job. Sad and  Grin
On top of the work I had done myself, Mat and Adrian at MAL fitted another spare wheel well (the one I fitted had started to rot Cry), a pair of original VW rear quarters (a pain in the arse to source), front bulkhead (not easy to convert to RHD), pair of original VW doors, VW bonnet, another rear valance as the one fitted was just dreadful quality, rear cross members, new rear floor/engine firewall and a quartet of day mouldings 'glass wings.  Phew Shocked
After all that the fun really started..., but your not interested in that surely!
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« Reply #16 on: May 02, 2009, 20:27:34 pm »
OK, maybe a bit heavy on the body work details.  Shall I skip the rest (dechroming, VW safari beige paint etccc...) and get to the fat bit? Tongue

ITS ALL ABOUT THE MOTOR Wink
It was built by the industrious M.K. at Airkraft in deepest Cornwall.  Originally destined for his own bay window (so it's built to meticulous tolerances) it is built to deliver endless torque all day long rather than a short scream then a rebuild.  Obviously it never made it into his bus as it now resides in my '73.

2276cc type 1 built around a new 'case, drilled and tapped for full flow oil system
82mm CB cro-mo crank
engle FK8 cam with s/c gears
CB 1.4:1 ratio rockers
Manton cro-mo pushrods
Scat H beam con rods
Scat super D 94mm heads.  42mm exhaust 37mm inlet, 3 angle valve job
Scat cro-mo flywheel
Kennedy stage 1 clutch
Twin dual Dell'orto DRLA 45mm carbs, Gene Berg linkage
Pertronix ally distributor, electronic ignition
Scat deep sump
CR 8:1 (future turbo material Wink)
All balanced to 0.5 F1 tolerance by John Maher
Recently tested on rolling road at 155bhp at flywheel, 145 torques at around 5500rpm.

Its no slouch, I think it hits 60 around 6 secs.  Never been up the strip, so I don't have any 1/4 mile times.

 Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin Grin all day long!
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« Reply #17 on: May 02, 2009, 21:27:28 pm »
From 0-60 in about 6sec.,not bad,not bad at all.  Grin that's FAST
thanks for the info and pics so far.
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« Reply #18 on: May 02, 2009, 23:19:09 pm »
If Matt's built it don't think you can go far wrong, have heard some very good stuff about his work. Start blushing now Matt Wink hahaha
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« Reply #19 on: May 03, 2009, 09:45:11 am »
Just to keep all you power perverts happy, I remembered I didn't post any pics.
The hose unions have since been replaced with satin black ones and the coil is now a black flamethrower.  The twin quiet pack was just for the cam break in and is now a large stainless header.  If I remember will post a more up to date image.  Enjoy Wink
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« Reply #20 on: May 03, 2009, 12:27:53 pm »
Nice thread Gyles! Not sure about the camp looking bloke grinning at the back of your engine though Shocked
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« Reply #21 on: May 03, 2009, 14:43:35 pm »
Nice car Gyles ! Wink
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« Reply #22 on: May 03, 2009, 15:25:34 pm »
Quote from: All Torque on May 03, 2009, 12:27:53 pm
Nice thread Gyles! Not sure about the camp looking bloke grinning at the back of your engine though Shocked

cheers mate. well you kinda have to take what you can get down this way.  The only nice gentleman in cornwall Wink Cheesy Wink
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« Reply #23 on: May 03, 2009, 17:49:59 pm »
Very nice car! looks very good  Cool
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« Reply #24 on: May 04, 2009, 11:24:48 am »
hello gyles.good to meet you at volksworld.many thanks for the loan of the allen keys Embarrassed much appreciated Wink love the car mate.are you running a heater then? cheers barry
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« Reply #25 on: May 04, 2009, 18:40:54 pm »
Once again, thanks for all the good thoughts chaps, and possibly chapesses Smiley

Quote from: 67worshipper on May 04, 2009, 11:24:48 am
hello gyles.good to meet you at volksworld.many thanks for the loan of the allen keys Embarrassed much appreciated Wink love the car mate.are you running a heater then? cheers barry

no heater, just dummies if your looking at the hoses.  No problem with the allen keys, but I was beginning to wonder if they were coming back! Wink  see you at the drag day?
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« Reply #26 on: May 04, 2009, 19:32:41 pm »
yep.jade and i will be there Wink i hope she behaves herself Grin
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« Reply #27 on: May 04, 2009, 20:43:32 pm »
Quote from: All Torque on May 03, 2009, 12:27:53 pm
... Not sure about the camp looking bloke grinning at the back of your engine though ...

That's some scary shit!  Shocked

Nice car.  Cool
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« Reply #28 on: May 05, 2009, 20:53:41 pm »
As promised, an updated pic of my motor.  Not much difference, but it's the small things that count.  Well that's what my missus tells me Cheesy
Thought I had better throw in a pic of the interior too (just pretend I had been arsed to clean the floor mats, OK! Wink).
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« Reply #29 on: May 10, 2009, 19:45:36 pm »
Quick update.
Seeing as I am taking the car to the 'Drag Day' next weekend something had to be done about wheel hop. Cry
Just spent all day fitting a set of CSP Torque Bars to the rear end. Smiley
It's actually a reasonably straightforward task, if time consuming.  If anyone is bothered I will report back on the outcome. Wink
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