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Re: My type 1 turbo project
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:07 pm
by Surge
4agedub wrote:
One other nifty trick I used on my red bug. The gear shift has been relocated closer to the seat and lifted up slightly. No more bending over to reach the gear lever.
Now that is a smart mod that I'd consider doing as well. The gear lever in a beetle is too far forward for us long legged people who have the seat slid right back.
I actually find myself hunched over the steering wheel most of the time.
How do you connect the shift rod to the gearbox?
Do you cut a slot in the tunnel further back?
Re: My type 1 turbo project
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:13 pm
by 4agedub
I shortened the std beetle shift rod and bent it a bit. I had to cut a slot for the rod to pass through. Also my tranny is lifted a bit for the rear camber compensation, so that also helps a to connect the shift rod on the top.
Re: My type 1 turbo project
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:15 pm
by 4agedub
Some more news... I got the turbo exhaust flanges today, so this weekend I can finish my exhaust
Re: My type 1 turbo project
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 2:35 pm
by vuyo
sweet
Re: My type 1 turbo project
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:50 pm
by 4agedub
shiftrod.JPG
Here's a pic of the shift rod at the back.
Re: My type 1 turbo project
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:40 pm
by Surge
4agedub wrote:Here's a pic of the shift rod at the back.
Cool. Not as bad as I thought.
Does reverse still work?
I'm not sure of the motion the reverse selection makes on the shaft but I assume it's only an extra twist?
Re: My type 1 turbo project
Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:50 pm
by 4agedub
The reverse still works.
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:03 pm
by imraan
flatfourfan wrote:awesome, be sure to post TONNES of pics......the best my 1.5 VTEC ever did down westbank was 16.8.
Niiiiiiiiiiiiiice.
Hi freind thear is a beetle in capetown 2.3cc with no turbo that did in the late 12s that i now has got magnum 044 heads ets that is fast
Re: My type 1 turbo project
Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:08 pm
by Chris
1.5 VTEC?
Re: My type 1 turbo project
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 1:25 am
by eben
Ron Metz's maybe imraan?
Re: My type 1 turbo project
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:38 am
by 4agedub
In Cape Town you got the advantage of sea level... we're at 4000ft above sea level. But still 12's are good.
Re: My type 1 turbo project
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 5:08 pm
by hitlers revenge
Wrong Eben. Ron Metz does not have a beetle. Maybe you are thinking of the ex Dave Ingle Beetle.
Re: My type 1 turbo project
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:37 pm
by Blitzkrieg
The ex dave ingle car is the original Blitzkrieg Beetle
Re: My type 1 turbo project
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:37 pm
by Blitzkrieg
The ex dave ingle car is the original Blitzkrieg Beetle
Re: My type 1 turbo project
Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2008 10:23 am
by 2BugMe
Hey 4age....
Things are coming on nicely with your fasty??
2 things I would like to ask:
1: What are those pipes coming out of your tranny as per your pic of the bent gear shaft above??? Turbo? Oil cooler??
2: Are those second hand 90.5's still available?? and at what price. I will be up in Joburg on the weekend and would like to see them if they still available..
Shot
