My bug - ANGRRR - the ongoing project

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Sounds Like you had some fun Tony! Maybe someday I will come say hi and see your VW's. I hope to attend some events soon I need it.


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A drive like that definitely adds inspiration to a project that is slowing down...
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ANGRRR...how appropriate! That's the thought that went through my mind, driving back from Tony's place on Saturday.

I've been collecting parts for my own slightly milder T1 motor, for many years. Until now, all my research and spending was based on a theoretical end result, as I've never had the privilege of experiencing the culmination of all these expensive, specialised parts, in real life. Until Saturday, that is... when Tony offered to take me for a spin in ANGRRR.

His current combination is probably good for 200+HP (theoretical), but who cares about theory, when the car's real life performance blows your mind! A Beetle should not be able to do this... This car hooks up, and pulls like a freight train all the way, until it slams into the 6000rpm shift light. In a blink of an eye, the speedo has wound itself all the way around, only to realise there is one more gear! :shock: I think acpaterson described the sensory overload the passenger experiences well in his post on the previous page! Alan, I could not have said it any better. All this, while being pinned back into those awesome Recaro seats.

Hey Tony, then there are those 40m long black lines! I don't have to say more, the car spoke for itself. That says enough about how special your achievement is! Respect :hangloose:

Thanks for the motivation!
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Ohhh you two FINALLY got together... ;-)
good news..
Jaa, Angrrr, it's just so wrong, on so many levels.. lols..
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PS. I think a number of people's jaws will drop when YOU start posting pics of your Beetle young man...
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Oi just because you knocked up you seatcover and had a baby doesn't mean you get to neglect Angrrr.
What's happening with the jetting issues you were having? All sorted yet?
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Darth wrote:Oi just because you knocked up you seatcover and had a baby doesn't mean you get to neglect Angrrr.
What's happening with the jetting issues you were having? All sorted yet?
Welcome back vader! So now we're on first name terms?
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Vader??? He was PERMINANTLY BAND from this site for speaking the truth. Me I only tell lies... Dam shame he's got 10yrs membership. Me I only got one day, no project thread, or interest in standing up for the little guy.

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Darth wrote:Oi just because you knocked up you seatcover and had a baby doesn't mean you get to neglect Angrrr.
What's happening with the jetting issues you were having? All sorted yet?
Ja ja ja... been too busy with other project (yes, incl the baby) to spend time on Angrrr. When you visit you will understand...
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I visit. I see the new toys. I see Angrrr standing forlorn. I see the huge under over skid pan. I see you put a lift in the middle of it. Doesn't make sence. You gonna have a side swop if you do doughnuts on the skid pan.. Then you tell me it's a workshop and not a skid pan and everything be ones clear as mud. I like the outcome of all the building and that you left a little place for TieFighter to stand.
Thanks Sith Lord Z. Ill drop it off soon... :hangloose: :flash: :twisted: :TIC:
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Thanks Darth... updates will follow, but things are currently progressing at a speed that is best described as "painfully slow"
And yes, I do have space for a long term project, but not for a never ending project. So your Tie Fighter might have to stand in the rain.... ;-)
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Well we know it won't rust....
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As you may have seen, I have recently built myself a new man cave in which I have added a lathe and milling machine. Finally I can tackle custom work without needing to find someone who will do it wrong 3 times before its finally right.
With the baby and plenty work around the house, I didnt get as much time to work on Angrrr as I wanted to, but one project which I tackled was yet another attempt to correct my (very weird) oil pressure problem.
As some of you might remember, a while back I had to rebuild my engine due to a loss of oil pressure. At that point the oil light would come on almost everytime I gave the engine a good run. It really was odd. During that rebuild I found a few issues with the case and corrected them - this has lead to much less foaming of the oil, higher oil pressure and no more flickering oil light. Well, not entirely. As I have tuned the car and got it going better, I have also been driving it a bit harder and the oil light has started to come on from time to time again.
So after putting plenty thought into this, I decided that instead of rebuilding the engine again in the hope of finding the cure, I'll make up something fully custom that should definitely work. Instead of using the oil pickup in the case and the case's oil lines to feed the oil pump, I decided to take the oil straight out of the bottom of the sump and plumb it directly into the oil pump ensuring no chance of possible air leaks.

I took a lot more photos, but it seems I need a new camera as it has stopped saving pictures. These are all from my phone...

So I sourced myself a Scat oil sump pickup - I couldnt figure out how to make this and still have any form of ground clearance
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This bolts onto the bottom of the deep sump and serves as the new oil pickup and strainer.

From there, I bought myself a chunk of aluminium
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and proceeded to cut it into what I wanted.

First I had to make a plate which I could bolt onto my deep sump which I could then bolt the Scat pickup onto. If I had a Scat deep sump, it would have bolted straight up, but mine is made by CB performance and has a much larger drain plate.
drilling the plate
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final facing of the plate to make it perfectly flat
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final product
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Then it was onto the oil pump cover. I made a cover which has both the oil inlet and oil outlets on it. Unfortunately, the pictures of how I made it are all gone... so here are a few final ones
Drilling the cover, which was then cut to size with an end mill
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I chose to run a AN-12 hose and thus needed the correct fittings. It was cheaper to buy a weld on fitting and weld it on than to buy a 5/8" NPT tap and a fitting. So here is the cover with the fitting welded on
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and with the outlet fitting loctite'd in place
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Here we have the pump cover and sump suction plate side by side
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Mocking up the kit on the deep sump to figure out which fins to remove
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Removing the fins
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unsure which way will give the best hose route, so I removed enough fins to give me two options
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and now to put it all together
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Now for the oil pump
tap and plug both the inlet and outlet holes in the pump so that it cannot suck from or deliver to the case
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fit pump, fit cover and finish install
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Does it work?
Well, time will tell if this is a permanent fix. But for now, it seems to be working.
Before the mod, I had oil pressure pretty close to the recommended 10psi per 1000rpm. Now, it is much closer to 1bar (15psi) per 1000rpm. So even when driving normally, my oil pressure is up.
As yet, the oil light hasnt come back on while driving. So holding thumbs that this is a fix.
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Awesome mod there Mr z I love it when people can make custom parts in house as its always a hassle trying to find a decent shop to make stuff without cocking it up or making Boer maak n plans on it. Dig your awesome man cave
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Zenger workshop starting to take shape.. ;-)
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