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mighty-lime Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:21 pm Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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Got my long block together
Orratech fan on top of 2257cc stroker, 96x78. WEB 86b/86c cam.
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Chickensoup Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:26 pm Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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that thing is sweet!!
if those cyinders arent coated yet, i would remove them, clean them again, and coat them with bbq paint before its too late. mine started rusting the first rain. _________________ -'85 c10 5.3 LS, 222 cam, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP
'69 RIP
Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" |
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mighty-lime Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:00 pm Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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Thanks chickensoup
They’re Birals, aluminum fins over iron sleeves. Couldn’t stretch to Nickies, but I think Birals gotta to be a step up in cooling from iron fins.
Cover plates, PRV bolts, Studs and Main Bolts are Parkerized and Cerakoted. |
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Chickensoup Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:02 pm Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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mighty-lime wrote: |
Thanks chickensoup
They’re Birals, aluminum fins over iron sleeves. Couldn’t stretch to Nickies, but I think Birals gotta to be a step up in cooling from iron fins.
Cover plates, PRV bolts, Studs and Main Bolts are Parkerized and Cerakoted. |
awesome. i knew something was up with them. they seemed awfully white. yeah i get it. the nickies are STUpid money. but they are the best! _________________ -'85 c10 5.3 LS, 222 cam, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP
'69 RIP
Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" |
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mighty-lime Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 8:09 am Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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Epoxy base coat applied
Working with filler this week, hopefully re-epoxy and HBP this weekend. |
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Chickensoup Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 21, 2021 12:44 pm Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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Looks fantastic. What brand/line? _________________ -'85 c10 5.3 LS, 222 cam, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP
'69 RIP
Hosea 4:6 "My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" |
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mighty-lime Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2021 5:17 am Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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thanks
PPG Shop-Line Epoxy
USC PRO-Gold ES Premium Autobody Filler (USC-16400)
PPG Shop-Line HBP
TCP Global Single stage Acrylic Urethane Light Aqua |
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Lo Cash John Samba Member
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Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 7:14 pm Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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mighty-lime wrote: |
Thanks chickensoup
They’re Birals, aluminum fins over iron sleeves. Couldn’t stretch to Nickies, but I think Birals gotta to be a step up in cooling from iron fins.
Cover plates, PRV bolts, Studs and Main Bolts are Parkerized and Cerakoted. |
Are those the birals that EMW offers?
What are the assembly specs such a skirt clearance, ring package and gap, head torque, etc? _________________ www.LoCashRacing.org
More brains than bucks...Believe it or not!!
If you actually drive your VW, you need www.AirMapp.com
My boss told me I need to work on my mutli-tasking. So now when I use the bathroom at work I surf The Samba on my iPhone. |
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mighty-lime Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 7:29 am Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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LCJ, They are JE Pistons in AA-Pistons barrels, I don't have the clearance specs handy. but the stud torques would be a function of the studs and the cylinder pressure.
I forgot to get the pictures of the Epoxy over the filler and the HBP over that.
I didn't like the finish quality, so I cut it back and am awaiting availability of a professional painter to finish it properly. But while we're waiting I fit it up to the chassis...
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mighty-lime Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 8:13 am Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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For future reference we collected the cam lift profiles, it will be useful with head flow data etc to create base fuel map for fuel injection if I get around to it... much later!
GT Power model just because
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DerrickfromNC1 Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Dec 10, 2021 12:22 pm Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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mighty-lime wrote: |
Started building the rear
I will be modifying/adding gussets to the strut bar, the one that’s joined the original shock towers. I’d like to see it stiffened up. I think the kit for super beetles has a stiffer looking link, this one looks less stiff.
I can’t add the uprights till I’ve mod’d them for the CSP brake kit. It’s going to be more involved than other installations due to the CSP kit using a small rear disc which moves the caliper mount inside of the upright. It will look really nice when done, but it’s a lot more work. |
Love this setup and your entire workmanship. Big question….if you didn’t remove the body from the pan could you have still installed this suspension setup? |
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mighty-lime Samba Member
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Posted: Sat Dec 11, 2021 8:42 am Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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Yes...but
I asked this question to Imohr, it was my original project scope, just fit the goodies and be done
So yes, Imohr says you can fit the kits without taking the shell off.
Front:
I couldn't make that happen as hard as I tried. I thought this was because the car had a bent in front clip from a fairly large hit that may have closed the clearances needed to get it in. *Or more likely, that the "get it in scenario" only really works for ball joint cars as the upper torsion tube is taller and therefore the body mounts are higher for more clearance. Although if I had removed the front most bolts and loosened the middle ones to open some clearance it probably would have gone in. *now I'm really thinking about this! the front clearance from the very front body mounts to the clip seem very close, so much so that it occurs to me that the front clip may be designed for a ball joint car. link-pin beam tubes are about 4 3/4" apart center to center, while the ball-joint tubes about 5 3/16". I dont know for sure, but that sounds like a 7/16" difference in front mount height. I may have to raise the body mounts or lower the clip mounts.
Rear:
But also consider that on later bugs you don't need to add the rear torsion tube brackets for the front of the rear clip. Early bugs (don't know the change year, could be ball joint chassis?) need the welded extra brackets. Its easier to weld the right-side-up than up-side-down
* as i wrote the reply to this I figured out some issues I'm having that I didn't have answers for before - so thanks for the question! |
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mighty-lime Samba Member
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Posted: Wed Jan 12, 2022 3:56 pm Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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Made some YouTube videos of the chassis and body:
Part 1 - Chassis build
Part2 - body repair
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mighty-lime Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2022 7:17 pm Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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I made these a while back to mount Porsche seats to the Bug OEM seat rails.
But because of they mount the seats exactly on top of the original chassis seat frames, the seats are too close to the cage door bars.
its a shame but that's the way it goes sometimes... they will be ebay'd
The cutout on the LH adaptors are to clear the oringinal seat detents so nothing needs to be modified. The hooks (6 blocks) mounted on the diagonal, grab the mount rail, while there are M10 button heads to thru bolt the existing holes in the bug mounts.
Much less fancy, but you will hardly see them anyway behind the door bars. And they are light |
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Chickensoup Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Mar 31, 2022 10:37 am Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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Updates? _________________ -'85 c10 5.3 LS, 222 cam, long tubes, x pipe, 3 inch spin tech's
-'05 B5.5 TDI Wagon 17in sport rims ;EGR + BSM + ASV Delete, Stage-2 Tune, straight pipe
'65 Tourist Delivery Build
'66 RIP
'69 RIP
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mighty-lime Samba Member
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Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2022 6:22 am Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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Hey Chickensoup, I was thinking the same thing, thanks for the nudge.
This was something I decided to do because it was the right thing to do!
in fixing the LHS i must have made some mistake with the wheel arch that made the rocker sit ~3/8" inboard. It really didn't align with the pan, and I also measured to the floor with a plum-bob and laid out the hole pattern, center of the car, everything you can imagine, and came to the same conclusion. So I slashed-and-spread the LHS and now it works.
I also found that my fenders were asymmetric when trying to establish the blinker holes, so I moved the bucket 1/2" outboard. as you do!
seats are at United Auto Trim Fond du Lac for upholstery to Champagne Beige in a Porsche Cayman stitch style.
Prescott Phillips built Transaxle installed, after I realized I needed cutouts for CV joints on the forks! Also added extra connectors while I was at it, 2 bolts in front of CV cups locating the frame to the forks. this make the load path the the center of the forks and not the tips. I also have some very stout connectors (not shown) that join the new shock towers to the old shock towers. 930 CV axles arrive from Wicked Creations next week.
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mighty-lime Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 7:05 am Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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I got a friend to take care of the paint, he's done an excellent job.
These photos don’t really show how good it is.
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mighty-lime Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 8:24 am Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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Petronas Green |
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Rome Samba Member
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Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2022 5:59 pm Post subject: Re: Mighty-Limes '63 Käfer |
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You're doing an incredible job to revive the Beetle!
I hope you noticed before painting, that the left taillamp housing is mounted tilted outward compared to the right housing... The two holes for the lens screws should be parallel to the ground. And when you draw a long imaginary line across those two holes from one housing over to the two in the right housing, the line should also be parallel to the ground. Any tilt in the reference line indicates mismatched housing heights. You should be able to drill new mounting holes for the left housing so that the original, incorrectly located holes will still be covered by the housing and its gasket.
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