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Mon Jan 14, 2008 9:06 pm

yea ive got those rubber washers and a little bit of silicone on that bolt. but i do need to find some foam prefilters for that huge k&n so i can swap them out between heat races and between checkpoints durring desert races. i prefer the foam prefilters soaked in marvil mystery oil. those sand socks are crappy in anything but sand. silt just goes right through them. i am still thinking about making a custom air box to go around that filter but i realy like the way it looks right now.. decisions, decisions..... :D

Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:19 am

ok so i finished modifying the radiator last night. i had to cut off the original mounts and inlet and outlet tubes, and cap them off.. the tubes were 1 1/4" but my water in and outs on the motor are 1 1/2". so i then took some 1 1/2" tube, put it in the bead roller, cut them to length and then welded them on the end of the tank in the position that i needed. i then had to drill out the inside of the tubes for the water to flow.. the fans came in yesterday and then i had to modify the brackets to fit also!! why cant anything just bolt up?? hahahaah..

it will be mounted flat with the fans up and with the inlet and outlet pointed towards the back of the car and the water hoses running on either side of the air filer.. anyway, what do ya think?

Wed Jan 16, 2008 10:30 am

ok so to give you an idea i made this little drawing on my 5axis cad drafting program aka microsoft paint. :D

Wed Jan 16, 2008 5:07 pm

what were you doing for rear suspension upgrades ?

Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:29 am

1FASTHOE wrote: what were you doing for rear suspension upgrades ?

so far, nothing. :D i have large sway away tortions with adjusters in the rear and 3" body shocks with an internal bump set up to slow that bouncing weight down. even with the new motor installed and me jumping up and down on the back end the car to settle it, it still sits almost where it did with the VW motor. if it does end up sagging a tad after i finish the radiator install, fill it with coolant and finish the power steering. then i will just crank up the rear tortions a little. and then up my nitrogen pressure in the rear shocks to compinsate for the extra weight. and if that dosent work right when i take it out to test it, ill just throw some fox or king coil overs in the back. :D

Mon Jan 21, 2008 12:58 pm

ok so i diddent get to much done this weekend but we did get the header all tacked together.. here are some pics. the tube is all 1 5/8" to a collector with a 2 1/2 out that goes to a mangaflow strait through 21/2" in and 21/2" out muffler..

OHH and my buddy got a new puppy this weekend, hes an 8 week old american bulldog. he looks sad but hes realy not, hahaha

Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:08 pm

ok so i got the exhaust all done friday after work and then took it right over to the ceramic/teflon coaters.. these guys said that they could do a black ceramic teflon coating on the header and muffler. so i figured having it black gould be sweet lookin, but now i have to wait till thursday or friday to get it back. damn it i hate waiting!! ohh well.. here are some pics before i took it over..

Wed Jan 30, 2008 1:28 pm

ok so i got a call from the guys who were supposed to coat my exhaust and they said that the teflon coating they were going to use wont stand up to the heat now and they wont warrenty it, if it comes off!!! WTF is that? they want me to pay $275ish bucks for something that they arent sure is going to work? its funny cuz the guy that i talked to over their said "yea we have done headers with this stuff before" and then the owner called me and said "ive never put this stuff on a header so i cant say for sure if its gonna work".. they told me to go find an actual ceramic coaters.. :( lame, so i just painted it with high temp exhaust paint and called it a day.

now update to last night.. i got the radiator mounted and plumbed, exhaust mounted, and fans hooked up. i fire up the car and adjust the timing. car smooths out and idles great with a nice low drone to it. not to ricey, more like a street bike exhaust. :D we are all watching the (brand new) autometer guages in the dash. the temp guage hasent moved yet, so we wait some more, still nothing.. my buddy grabs the lap top and plugs it into the ECM so we can watch everything thats goin on rather than rely on the autometer. sure enough temp is at 180 and the autometer hasent moved. CRAP!! so i ground out the sender and it still dosent move.. stupid new broken guage!! hahahaah..

after running it for almost an hour and slapping it off the rev limmiter a couple of times, the engine never went above 212. hopefuly it wont get higher than that while under load and racing!! i guess the only way to find out is to go beat the piss out of it.. :twisted:

i just have a few finishing touches that need some attention. like remote oil filter mounting bracket, power steering pump mounting bracket, throttle cable, roll bar mounted tach, and toggle over ride switch for the fans.

i will take some nice new pictures soon and post them.. :D

Wed Jan 30, 2008 3:31 pm

Header looks great man!

As far as coatings, I've always used Swain coatings. The only problem is you need to ship them off. Another thing you can try if all you want is a flat black finish is BBQ paint. No, it won't be a thermal barrier of any kind, but it'll be flat black and won't rust... :D

Wed Jan 30, 2008 4:50 pm

twistingawrench wrote: got to work on the motor last night for a while it got new oil pump and front cover, new water pump, and powder coated pullys and a few brackets. more powder coated parts to be coming soon, like the uper and lower intake and valve cover. also ordered my clutch disk and oil accumulator today. :D whoo hoo!!!

here is a better picture of that 510 that was in the background. ill take some more of it too as it comes along. no its not a vw but its cool reguardless.
that sounds like the motor would be cool to do .....but the dime or 510 is friggin sweet.... all i seen was a red x in the post but can you post another 8)

Wed Jan 30, 2008 6:02 pm

the only pic i have of that 510 is the pic on the second page of this thread like 5 or 6 posts down.. i can get more tonight when i go over to my buddys shop to work on my car. let me know if there is anything in particular on the car that you would like a pic of and ill post it. he does awsome cage and fab work if anybody is looking for some work to be done. just pm me and ill give you his contact info, or you can go to www.dgrfabrication.com and give Dan a call and tell him jack sent you.:-)

Thu Jan 31, 2008 1:22 pm

ok so here are a few pics of the buggy almost done!!! :shock: i just need a throttle cable and make some tabs for my skid plate and fix the bracket for my power steering and thats it!!!! BOO YAHH!!! now all i need is to figure out a way to post a sound clip HAHAH :D

Thu Jan 31, 2008 9:49 pm

Kewl! Post it to Utube

Mon Oct 26, 2009 7:08 pm

i'm interested in the same swap, was this motor deeper (hang lower) or just interfier with your bumper cage? are you using the stock ECU? how is it working? Win any races??