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dirtkeeper
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that thing is so badass
doesnt look quite street legal
cant wait to see it painted |
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northstarbeetle
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Location: golden co
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dirtkeeper..
colorado is pretty lax on open wheel and none dot parts.. already been regisered... so i dont need an inspection in colorado..ill just try not to draw unwanted attention.. lol
plates are either gonna be ..
V8BEETL
or V8 VW
finished window scoops..
LOOK WHAT I GOT!!!
have to do a few mods to get them on..should be on and charged by the end of the week!!!!
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bajamike560
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Location: Vancouver WA
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Like the scoops.
Drooling on the shocks.
Mike
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Darthdaddy
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Location: San diego
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OMG  That is bad ass! I've been reading this thread for two years. Since i had my baja. Keep it up and dont give up. you havent so far. needless to say i'm jealous. |
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riNR
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Location: Whitby, Ontario, Canada
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I think what I admire the most about this build is that you're thinking outside of the box. This vehicle really has some creative "one off" touches that set it apart from most high dollar baja builds I've seen. I know if someome told me they were going to build a super Beetle baja with a whale tale I would have thought they were nuts but you did an awesome job of it.
The other thing I like about this build is that while it has a pretty complex drive train it doesn't look like a super complicated vehicle. Everything looks simple to repair / replace and everything seems so accessible to get at.
You obviously have an incredible "mechanical" mind, and it surely shows in this masterpeice you have created. Keep up the awesome work. This is an inspirational build, and don't be suprised when others copy some of the aspects of your build.
Kudos!
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northstarbeetle
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Location: golden co
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Thanks for all the great comments on my build.. It's my baby!!! Love it!!
I finally got to take it for a ride last week!! It was a blast to drive.. everything worked out really good .. It shifted nice.. gearing seems to be awsome!! the shocks seem to be set up really Perfect... It handled great on the pavement.. No pulling or tracking of any kind!! Tons of power .. But handled it well.. No problem running super charger next year!!
steering was a little stiff to turn.. and Brakes are a little weak.. Reblead them and they got a little better.. Do u think I need to mess with different size master cyl bore?? Or just better brakes!!
Also the fuel pump was making some bad noise at one point.. shut it off and it went away.. i was wondering if the foam in tank is restricting flow??? Do I need some sort of tip in the tank hose? It Could just be a bad pump..
But all in all I was very stoked on the first run!!  l
Ill get some new pics posted with shocks... Also installed some mirrors can't see anything behind the car!!
I'm now building a trailer to haul it!! Bought a cheap beat up car hauler, Raising and widening the deck so i can drive over tires..
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riNR
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| If you're running one of those little anodized in line fuel filters they will kill the electric fuel pump as their flow rate is to low for the pump. |
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Bad_chopper
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Location: Portland, or
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Since your running a v8 are you using power steering? If so run a hydro boost brake set up. Then you can have a power rack and pinion also. Its been a while since I read threw the whole thread so I don't remember all the specifics.
Everything else on this build is cool as heck, power breaks and steering would just add to it lol.
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northstarbeetle
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i just got back from first breakin trip,we went down to s. rampart range... tore up some dirt roads and trails!!
I cleaned out all the foam lint from fuel filters and the car ran great the whole trip.. v8 has tons of power!! the northstar motor just purrred .. the car handles great! I love the mid engine!!!! shocks seemed perfect... on the stiff side!! no problems at all!! the car was sooo much fun!! i really couldnt be happier with the build... it so awsome to finally get to ralley it after all the hard work, research, sweat, blood and tears i put into this car !!
no heat in cockpit from motor.. and everything was very quite and smooth... a little work to turn.. but the v8 will turn it quick!!
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JabaDubRider
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Location: Highland Mi
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Wierdly enough right before you posted in your build thread I thought of you and your build. I came across a new car coating. I know you said that your weren't going to tear it apart and do any refinishing till this winter but you might be able to get some color on that thing for the summer because the best thing about this stuff is it is temporary. When you are tired of the color you just peel it off, and you don't have to tear the thing apart. It is getting a lot of good reviews. I think your baja would look sick with a flat Black coating on it. Give it a go. It seems relatively cheap for enough to do the whole car. Give it a look, It is called Plasti Dip.
https://www.dipyourcar.com
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bajamike560
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Great to here about the drive. How about some action shots, or should we just call it a trailer queen???  Just a hard time there. Most of the photos of my car are taken by me, so not many action shots here.
Mike
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Island Bumpkin
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This sir, is an incredible build. I'd love to see some pictures and videos of this thing in action. Hell, even just videos driving down the road would be sweet.
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northstarbeetle
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bajamike560
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Looks good and sounds good.
Mike
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northstarbeetle
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had to show the new addons....
finished pull back top .. made some slider bars for the top... bent them around my air compressor tank to get the arc to match the top of the beetle..
welded tabs for slider.. measured out had local boat cover shop sew me new vinyl.. i then pulled it tight.. pinned the corners... and installed all the buttons!! came out real nice under 100 dollars total!
also added some soft belt pads!!
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stever70
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northstarbeetle
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posting some pics of my fathersday trip to walden dunes co..
first day was awsome.. car did great ..except for me trying to roll it off the dunes.. some bad ass jeeps from wyoming pulled me out.. I need paddles bad!!
i got one tire over the lip back side of dune just sucked me in!!!
hit some jumps .. tons of fun!
then on sunday!!!
trailing arm gave out at hiem joint..shreaded metal not weld... need to gusset inside like i did outside arm!! broke shock.. did some other damage to fender and body...
endobear helped me get my trailer to the dunes got car loaded.. blew trailer tire getting car out of dunes.... i had no spare so i headed to wyoming to get a trailertire ... walmart couldnt mount ..tire machine broke... head back to dunes to mount with spoons..van breakes down..... fixed with some black tape and crazy glue in a wind rain storm!!(rotor failed)... thanks endobear for mounting my tire while i got the van back together and loaded up.. ended up being a lonnng day...but tons of fun... now time to fix all the damage!!!
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northstarbeetle
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stever70
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Glad to hear that you had a great time 
Sorry to hear that you had so many problems at the end 
But at least I know that you have the skills to make it even better than before.
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northstarbeetle
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i fixed arms ..i also did 3 extra support tubes tieing the two arms together around shock mount ..tubed the bungs together and gusset top and bottom of inside bungs like outside arm.. these things should hold up to some jumping now!!! beefy!!
im also gonna gusset the front arms around the lower hiem bung and shock mount... just for extra support!
old arm
new arms
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