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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 11:39 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

halbug wrote:
During the holydays I spent some more time on the aluminum cylinders...
I may have overlooked the details Embarassed; will these be akin to nickies™? (https://lnengineering.com/products/aircooled-cylinders-pistons/vw-type-1.html)
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PostPosted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 12:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

crocteau wrote:
halbug wrote:
During the holydays I spent some more time on the aluminum cylinders...
I may have overlooked the details Embarassed; will these be akin to nickies™? (https://lnengineering.com/products/aircooled-cylinders-pistons/vw-type-1.html)


not really Cool - I would say they will be very akin to Porsche Nikasil. I have pretty radical ideas on these. I will open an own thread on the engine. First I need to find someone making them for me... The design is altmost ready.

But you caught my teaser Wink
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 04, 2020 1:47 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

Yes, things are moving forward!
What is getting welded on the chassis?
Looking forward to the future development here!

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PostPosted: Fri Feb 07, 2020 2:43 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

TRS63 wrote:

What is getting welded on the chassis?

Antoine


Hi Antoine, The bulkhead and the reinforcement sheets where only tac welded in place. I have someone welding it all up.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 7:11 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

Wow... it's been a year now Rolling Eyes

Very little progress during this time, but I will not complain... my family is healthy and we are dealing with these crazy times as good as we can.

I bought a small mill to support me in my projects... well the machine turned into a project by itself Laughing

Tranny is back from the builder and the pan back from welding. I am happy with the welds. The bulkhead turns out to be very solid now. I will share some pics below:

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I bought CSP vented brakes with wide 5:

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Was first worried, that they may not fit with my up-side-down steering knuckles idea... So I reamed them to fit the offset Golf/Rabbit knuckles and tried it out - and got lucky! Everything still works well.

I could not find a reamer with the correct taper so a good friend made me one from on old tap Cool Thank you!!!

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Finally I fulfilled myself a long time dream and bought throttle bodies that look like carburators with hidden injectors and sensor. I have been in contact with Jenvey on this for years. When they finally introduced them, I could not resist Rolling Eyes

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Now I am waiting for warmer weather to get going on the chassis again.

Cheers and stay healthy!
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 9:45 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

Those look really cool. So they are set up to look like and mount like a regular Weber IDF but are actually fuel injectors? Interesting.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 2:04 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

Jep! Exact copy of IDF bodies, except for the barly visible jet pockets.
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:29 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

I like the way you have stiffened the Mendeola front frame, I am just starting to make some pieces for mine.
The issue seems to be the possibility of the the upper arm mounts might move forward or back relative to the lower arm mounts.
I see you have triangulated with the square tube and created box sections between the front 2 plates.
Is there any more we can't see in the photos?
your work keeps me thinking about how to improve these cars. "thumbs up"
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PostPosted: Sun Feb 07, 2021 3:38 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

Hi Ian, Thanks!

If you check out all previous pics and read my comments you will find all the plates and bars I added. Two plates are to stiffen the sway bar mounts.

I think I have covered all the forces that will be transferred from the A-arms and steering rack into the bulk head. No weight added, as I have taken out some sheet metal as well.

Much much stronger than before.
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PostPosted: Tue Feb 09, 2021 5:25 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

Hi Lars,

really cool hearing again from you! Keep the good work and keep us updated, we love your project!

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 11:01 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

Thank you Antoine! Nothing compared to your body art work Cool

Some more detailing of the trailing arms:

A) To be able to get the bearing out again:
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B) Because I do not like squeaky suspensions Wink
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Hoping that the grease will always find its way between the metal bushing and the PU grommet.

You all have a nice Easter weekend!
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 02, 2021 7:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

Lars, are they the bushings that came with the arms (urethane), or are they new? Delrin?
I do like the grease idea Smile
Another thing I noticed looking back at you photos.....
The wheel studs in the CSP disks, they look like screw in?
If so, I think press in studs are much safer, particularly in alloy, something to think about?
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 03, 2021 12:45 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

Hi Ian, these are the bushings that came with the set. I think there is nothing wrong with them. If anything comes up it will be easy to replace them.

For the studs, yes they are screw in with Loctide. I suppose there is not enough room for press from the rear side. They are approved by an German inspection body, so I will not mess,with them Very Happy

Rear CSP's I will have to replace the bracket for the calipers, as it does not fit the Mendeola trailing arm Sad

Cheers
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PostPosted: Tue Apr 13, 2021 10:50 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

I had miss the latest Update.. As usual, a well thought modification, love this project !

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PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2021 1:47 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

I got done withe the most frustrating work on my project yet...

To fit the CSP rear brakes to the Mendeola arms, I choose to have the caliper brackets welded to the arms. The paint on the trailing arms had been damaged during transport, so I had to repaint them anyhow...

No big deal - so I thought Rolling Eyes

Until I found out, that no paint remover or chemical bath or sandblasting would remove the plastic dip on it Shocked Shocked Shocked

I spent endless hours to chip the plastic off, using cutters and chissels. Got done!!!


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BUT!! to color match the fronts, I probably have to get them re painted as well Embarassed
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PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2021 6:19 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

Pssst... Needle scaler.

https://www.harborfreight.com/compact-air-needle-scaler-96997.html
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PostPosted: Fri May 14, 2021 12:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

Really??? Thanks for the tip!

Next time Laughing
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PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2021 12:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

Who had thought that I'd be so happy to see them naked one day Cool

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And freshly powdered seat track adapters.

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PostPosted: Mon May 31, 2021 1:26 pm    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

Nice progress, fresh paint is always good, especially for motivation 😉
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PostPosted: Sat Jun 05, 2021 8:04 am    Post subject: Re: Ghia coming home Reply with quote

Hi Antoine

you are very right, it feels like things moving into the right direction Laughing

I addeded the brake caliper brackets and brake like holders that I had lasercut, based on VW design. To not having to use cable tie downs Laughing I also added holes for handbrake cable brackets. Here are some pictures


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Final welding will be done by a professional welder again.
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