| 73SBeetle |
Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:13 pm |
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Hi everyone, my name is Ido and i'm live in Israel.
this baja project is in memory of friend of my and us, this car build is making with help of all the peoples that know him.
the car ownes to Sasha, friend of us.
in 12 Aug 2006, Sasha died in the army serv in "second Lebanon war", he was a soldier in the israeli army, he was only 19 years old.
with help of my and freinds we decided to make his beetle to a baja project, Sasha was likes to runing with his beetle in the mud and on the sand, and he likes a baja bugs.
the build started at April 2007, and still in progress.
i'll upload now pics from the build.
my english is not so good and it could be a little problem to me with the tecnical words but if you have questions i'll try to answer you.
the pan was swing-axles and we has to convert it to Irs.
the rust
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| 73SBeetle |
Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:20 pm |
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August 2007:
chassis after painting
starting with rear suspension parts: 3x3 arms, 930 cv's, stronger axles and more.
we also take the body to a sand spraying, to clean the body from rust and paint.
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| joescoolcustoms |
Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:28 pm |
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Ido,
Your english is just fine. Your pictures speak the VW international language. We understand exactly what you are doing and most of us have done it too.
That is cool building the Baja for the memory of your friend.
Keep us posted, we are enjoying it too. |
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| 73SBeetle |
Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:28 pm |
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November 2007,
front suspension: 6" wider beam, 3/4" wider and 1 1/2" longer trailing arms and 8" shock towers.
mud tires, 33x12.5xR15
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| 73SBeetle |
Wed Dec 03, 2008 3:52 pm |
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Feb 2008,
the wheels, 15x10 in rear and 15x6 in front.
Marce 2008,
class-11 roll-bar
091 trany bolt on chassis
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| 73SBeetle |
Wed Dec 03, 2008 4:04 pm |
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Marce 2008,
front tires 215x75xR15 BF
rear tires 33x12.5xR15
Jun 2008,
Rear wheels on ground, after 15 month on the air
as now, 42cm from ground
August 2008,
starting with the front cage
more pictures tomorrow.
Ido |
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| geteminline |
Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:14 pm |
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amazing work and for an even better reason.
great work keep us posted |
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| runge9524 |
Wed Dec 03, 2008 8:47 pm |
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| this is awesome. you are inspiring me to go build one. |
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| perrib |
Wed Dec 03, 2008 10:31 pm |
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| Sasha was very lucky to have you as friends. It is great thing you are doing for a friend who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. |
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| 73SBeetle |
Thu Dec 04, 2008 1:35 am |
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thank you everyone,
more pictures from the last month
the engine, ej25 turbo, come off from subaru WRX 2007.
the engine with bigger turbo and made almost 300hp.
wiring
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| runslikeapenguin |
Thu Dec 04, 2008 3:30 am |
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| that wiring looks like its going to be a lot of fun. and i was complaining to myself about my buggy harness :lol: |
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| Bubba 72 |
Thu Dec 04, 2008 5:31 pm |
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Great build! I'd bet that Sasha would be proud!
Keep us posted. |
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| 73SBeetle |
Thu Dec 04, 2008 5:40 pm |
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little ask please, if you see something wrong in our build, or somthing that could be better if we do it differently, please let us know.
in Israel there is no baja builders or stors\parts shops that can direct our build.
most of the help and advices coming from the forums, so your posts and comments are importent.
Ido. |
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| kbwakesk8 |
Thu Dec 04, 2008 7:29 pm |
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Very nice . Im interested in how the motor will turn out.
Im always at the parts stores i couldn't amagine what it must be like haveing every thing shipped. and hoping that they are the right parts. keep up the good work. |
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| greg mgm |
Thu Dec 04, 2008 9:31 pm |
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Really good build!
Where are you buying your parts from? Just curious.
Looks like you've built bajas before. Very good job!
Looking forward to more photos. |
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| 73SBeetle |
Fri Dec 05, 2008 12:35 am |
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kbwakesk8 wrote: Very nice . Im interested in how the motor will turn out.
Im always at the parts stores i couldn't amagine what it must be like haveing every thing shipped. and hoping that they are the right parts. keep up the good work.
all the part are coming from califronia, it's not simple, somtimes we get the right parts and sometimes not.
and the price is real diffrent, it's like double 3 of the price in CA.
about the engine, we bought KEP engine adapter and pressure plate.
greg mgm wrote: Really good build!
Where are you buying your parts from? Just curious.
Looks like you've built bajas before. Very good job!
Looking forward to more photos.
I never built a baja before, this is my first one, but a lot of search and looking of your baja projects gives me the way to build to right thing.
Ido. |
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| 73SBeetle |
Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:21 pm |
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more pictures..
what do you think?
Ido. |
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| neonrick |
Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:23 pm |
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| Awsome work!! Love it! |
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| clay ford |
Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:50 pm |
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| does that subaru motor bolt right up or does it require an adapter how much did it cost very nic build how thick were the pans you welded in ? |
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| runslikeapenguin |
Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:06 pm |
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209slushee209 wrote: does that subaru motor bolt right up or does it require an adapter how much did it cost very nic build how thick were the pans you welded in ?
subaru engines require an adapter plate.
they can be found here.
http://www.kennedyeng.com/vw_por.htm |
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