My Shop-car build thread

[Nate M.]

A short action video from Bonneville. . .

http://youtu.be/tPFrJx8GY6w
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Nate M.

Squarsche build
Heavy Metal Affliction feature

For heaven's sake, put a type4 and a Porsche 5-speed in there. . . It's the right thing to do!!

[vwfye]

The rear view was cool as the horizon changed! You weren't lying about the car looking stable. Nice job!
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[eyetzr]

Nice drive. I am with vwfye, the rear shot is cool.
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I think he meant "rare", as in "not well-done"

[VWporscheGT3]

hey Nate, up here we are almost at 5K altitude, there are long , LONG expanses of desolate Highway 50 with no NHP to speak of... to get that baby dialed in for next year. lol you would definitely have a place to slum it if you came down here. love your thread. it has inspired me just to get my car roadworthy again and then worry about the small stuff, thanks Nate!
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[vlad01]

engine has a good sound.


Sounds like you are taking it for a Sunday drive by the gear changes lol.
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[vwfye]

Nate, were you required to run a push/pull battery cut off on the car? Or did it have to include the alternator? IF so, which one did you use?
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64 No'back Speedster "Pearl"
1980s Sand Dragster "The Plunger"
LME "Little Giant Killer 3"

[Nate M.]

[Nate M.]

I just found this photo of the humble '67 Square that I purchased back in 2003 that would become the Squarsche. . .

So innocent. . . Like a nun who never left the convent since birth. . .

Now. . .

I can *just* see the chrome pole in the background and the dollar bills tucked into the fender vents. . .
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Regards,

Nate M.

Squarsche build
Heavy Metal Affliction feature

For heaven's sake, put a type4 and a Porsche 5-speed in there. . . It's the right thing to do!!

[Clatter]

[Mike Fisher]

Get it ready for the Maryhill Loops Hill Climb Oct 4-5 & we'll come watch you!
http://sovrenracing.org/maryhill-hill-climb/
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66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold

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[Nate M.]

[eyetzr]

Hey do not let rules get in the way. Just show up & play nice.
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I think he meant "rare", as in "not well-done"

[Nate M.]

Since our trip to Bonneville, I’ve been driving the Squarsche daily so I can sort out any issues that it has and to refine the front suspension.

The first thing I did was to remove the spacers for the fwd trans mount. Thankfulluy I never had a problem when it counted at Bonneville, but as soon as I got home, I had a hell of a time getting 5th and Reverse. Once I removed them and re-adjusted the shift linkage, smooth as butta. . . 1-5 & Rev.

When driving on the street, I was getting a lot of bump-steer input from the suspension. While it was fairly manageable it could cause some twitchiness in high-speed turns and when I would give quick steering inputs (like darting out to pass someone). The suspension geometry had been altered quite a bit in the grafting in of the Porsche 911 suspension/steering so a slow graduated approach was needed to bring back the responsive steering of a Porsche. I began by playing with ride height since a Porsche’s suspension is dramatically altered by height adjustments. On a Porsche, as you lower the car, it toes-in; as you raise the car it toes out so you have to find that sweet-spot. After a few days of playing, I was able to find the perfect height that balanced toe-in, neutrality and toe-out. There were also differences in how the car handled between a full tank and an empty tank which told me that the stock torsion bars were just too soft in the Squarsche. So I installed a set of Sway-A-Way torsions that I picked-up at the Porsche swap meet a couple years ago. I got them so cheap they were almost free (like $50). Holy crap!! The car is completely different animal now. Very predictable handling and it’s a 2-finger driver at 100mph!! Yeah, it’s loosing it’s soft ride, but I don’t care; it handles like a 911!!

Since the summer weather is pretty much over now, I installed the heater hoses that connect the H/Es and the body. Seat heaters help, but I need a little defrost in the morning when it’s in the low 50s to keep the fog off.

I also finally got the rear brake splash-guards powder coated so I installed those since the rains are finally upon us here in the PNW.

The stereo head unit stopped getting the noise to the speakers, so I’ll have to investigate that, but all I all, progress is being made on the refinements to the Squarsche. I am in work on door panels and arm rests and another accessory for it. No, they’re NOT stock and YES, they are Porsche inspired.
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Regards,

Nate M.

Squarsche build
Heavy Metal Affliction feature

For heaven's sake, put a type4 and a Porsche 5-speed in there. . . It's the right thing to do!!

[eyetzr]

Nate sounds cool, makes me a bit jealous you are out driving your car. post up some after pictures of new improved driving height. Will you need to raise it if you head back out to the salt?
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I think he meant "rare", as in "not well-done"

[sixfootdan]

Hey Nate, Just finished all 30 pages, It was cool to see the car in person and chat with you about it at the Freeland car's and coffee. What's next?
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[Nate M.]

[eyetzr]

Yeah that sits nice. i worked on a super beetle rally car a loooong time ago. We put the fuel tanks under the seats. 3 tanks, plumbing nightmare.
Car ran flat & sorta fast, he liked the ditches. Road course in the winter, car ran a 2 litre, widened fenders & some fat street tires with studs.
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I think he meant "rare", as in "not well-done"

[vwfye]

You could pull the air dam for the street and it would look more squareish...
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64 No'back Speedster "Pearl"
1980s Sand Dragster "The Plunger"
LME "Little Giant Killer 3"

[Nate M.]

[Mike Fisher]

I like the air dam on Dimebag Darrell. It is a Salt Flats car! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbYJcKTcu5Y&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs
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69 FI/AT square Daily Driver
66 sunroof,67,70,71,71,71AT,72,72AT,73 Parts
two 57 oval ragtops sold
'68 Karmann Ghia sold

Society is like stew. If you don't keep it stirred up you end up with a lot of scum on the top! - Russ_Wolfe/Edward Abbey