Aircooled VW South Africa

My new toy....

That's a great colour! Please, I want to see more!

Looks really nice, is it from Replicars?

Still in process.... Hope by end April to have it on the road.

Yep, she is at Replicar - For 6 F@#$ months now.

popped in there a few times and they always seem to be on "lunch" very little work going on no matter what time you get there, good luck.

Stuart

Well after a year of fighting with replicar and everything that can go wrong. it is finally coming home to me.

Still tons of work to be done -a bit of electrics and a spot of seats etc.

Here she is now. Still need to get the chrome hub-caps on

Cool ! Nice colour, how about some more photos

When she arrives today I'll take some. She is standing to high of the ground.

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice colour.......so how are you planning to drop it?

".......so how are you planning to drop it?"

Soos n rugby bal!!!!! (Jammer ek moes...................)

Going for the "Select-a-drop" on the front beams. And the rear end - lift engine/gearbox by 50mm then a couple of splines on the torsion bar.

Gear lever is the only trouble I can see.

triton wrote:Going for the "Select-a-drop" on the front beams. And the rear end - lift engine/gearbox by 50mm then a couple of splines on the torsion bar.

Gear lever is the only trouble I can see.

50mm lift on the engine gearbox would mean not needing to adjust any splines. KCW in the states reckon that you can do a 2 inch (50mm) lift without moving the gear lever.

Do yourself a favour though........get hold of an old set of shocks for the front as brand new shocks make the front of the speedster ROCK hard. If you need a set, let me know as I kep an extra set when i changed mine.

flatfourfan wrote:50mm lift on the engine gearbox would mean not needing to adjust any splines.

How does that work?

Maybe this thread should be moved in projects Eben???

You lift up the gearbox/ engine from the nose cone and the frame rails as well as install a midmount. (this mod is not for the feint-hearted)

http://www.kustomcoachwerks.com/forums/ ... php?t=2739

In a stock AC set up you have to look at the following.

-Clearance partial shelf above the bell housing
-Clearance partial shelf above the nose cone.
-Cut rear and side engine seal areas out of the engine bay
-Notch frame horns and weld mid mount in place.
-Re-dimple hockey stick so that the shifter work correctly
-Install nose cone
-Install 36 horse style fan shroud
-Fabricate or modify and aftermarket exhaust to clear apron.



This is a 2inch lift in a beetle.

If I lift the main engine/ gear mount up by "say" 50mm (Weld two engine mount together - top of each other) the rear one could move up by 25mm max( new bracket with old mount ). Would the engine/gear not be at an angle and cause oil problems. I would need to adjust a few degrees on the splines too get neg 1 degree on the rear wheels. Any thoughts - I see this done on http://www.volksrods.com forum.


Shame - I just tossed the old skocks and got new ones on. I need to drive the little first to see how hard it is.