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 Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2019 6:16 pm Post subject: What did an SP2 have for suspension/driveline? |
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| First time venturing into the “other” section after seeing an SP2 for sale in the classifieds. I did some searching, but didn’t quite find what I was looking for. What did a SP2 have for a suspension, engine, and transaxle? I’ve found the chassis is the same as the Brazilian Variant, and some resto pics I found from them looks like the front suspension is a Type 1 based ball joint with the rear being similar to a swing axle Type 3. Also some Variant pics show a 1600 Type 1 style engine using the pancake Type 3 cooling tin as opposed to the pancake Type 4 of the 411/412. And the trans appears to be a Type 1/3 swing axle. Are my findings correct? |
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| Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 5:45 am Post subject: Re: What did an SP2 have for suspension/driveline? |
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| Anyone....? This really must be a mystery...... |
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vaughn bros.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2019 1:57 pm Post subject: Re: What did an SP2 have for suspension/driveline? |
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These pics were on the interweb. I've never seen one in person.
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finster
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| Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 7:20 am Post subject: Re: What did an SP2 have for suspension/driveline? |
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One website said the sp was designed on a type3 floorpan/chassis but this website (below) has the handbooks which show a brazillian type chassis with type1 front end and irs rear end
http://vwsp2.zbr.com.br/manual/
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| Posted: Sun Jul 28, 2019 9:06 am Post subject: Re: What did an SP2 have for suspension/driveline? |
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| I’ll have to take a closer look with Google translator on that site, but it looks interesting. Judging from the picture above, it looks more like a swing axle Ghia than any Type 3/Variant. |
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BKiller
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| Posted: Sun Dec 15, 2019 11:06 am Post subject: Re: What did an SP2 have for suspension/driveline? |
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Type 3 Front Beam with a Swing Axle rear.
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72MUST
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| Posted: Tue Dec 17, 2019 6:44 am Post subject: Re: What did an SP2 have for suspension/driveline? |
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| Type 1 balljoint beam & discs , swing axle 3.88 afaik , type 3 cooling ,but 1679cc |
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