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scirocco_crazy
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notchboy
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 Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 8:52 am Post subject: Re: AWD 1976 Westy with 3.6 Subaru Motor and Driveline |
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That is a great start. I love it when tings are repurposed. Be carful of where the axel is and where the weight will get placed.
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richparker
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notchboy
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 9:30 am Post subject: Re: AWD 1976 Westy with 3.6 Subaru Motor and Driveline |
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| Notch, Don’t you run a 31” tire on your bus? |
Dyna Pro MT Tires - 215/75/15
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scirocco_crazy
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notchboy
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| Posted: Thu Mar 18, 2021 1:07 pm Post subject: Re: AWD 1976 Westy with 3.6 Subaru Motor and Driveline |
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Your bus is exactly the height I am going for. did you do a suspension
lift like riser plates in the rear or torsion tube notching? |
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| I think being able to drive my bus will motivate me during the AWD fab time. |
I used a Wagens West lift kit. The spindles are lifted and has blocks at the rear.
Having any project remain as a driver always keeps the interest up.  
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scirocco_crazy
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notchboy
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| Posted: Fri Mar 19, 2021 9:23 am Post subject: Re: AWD 1976 Westy with 3.6 Subaru Motor and Driveline |
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Two more question about your bus, from the looks of the picture you are running stock wheels? With Nates lift kit do you have any rubbing concerns. The reason I ask is because now is the perfect time for me to index the wheel wells if needed.
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| scirocco_crazy wrote: |
Your bus is exactly the height I am going for. did you do a suspension
lift like riser plates in the rear or torsion tube notching? |
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| I think being able to drive my bus will motivate me during the AWD fab time. |
I used a Wagens West lift kit. The spindles are lifted and has blocks at the rear.
Having any project remain as a driver always keeps the interest up. |
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Stock? No brother. They are 15"s. They are VW steelies from one of their lines Passat or Jetta. I chose these because they have a stock offset close to the stock 14"s. I believe the Originals have an ET of 38, these are ET37. When it was stock height and I put the bigger rims and tires on - they did rub on the trailing arm when turning. Since the raise, the bus steers way lighter and there is zero rub, lots of clearance.
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tristessa
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: AWD 1976 Westy with 3.6 Subaru Motor and Driveline |
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| VW steelies from one of their lines Passat or Jetta. I chose these because they have a stock offset close to the stock 14"s. I believe the Originals have an ET of 38, these are ET37. |
IIRC the most common ET38 steelies are from the B5/B5.5 Passat 4motion. ET45 was on the FWD Passat and I needed a ~3mm spacer up front to keep from rubbing the sway bar and/or trailing arm (I forget which one) at full lock with 205/70R15 tires. |
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notchboy
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| Posted: Sun Mar 21, 2021 5:18 pm Post subject: Re: AWD 1976 Westy with 3.6 Subaru Motor and Driveline |
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| notchboy wrote: |
| VW steelies from one of their lines Passat or Jetta. I chose these because they have a stock offset close to the stock 14"s. I believe the Originals have an ET of 38, these are ET37. |
IIRC the most common ET38 steelies are from the B5/B5.5 Passat 4motion. ET45 was on the FWD Passat and I needed a ~3mm spacer up front to keep from rubbing the sway bar and/or trailing arm (I forget which one) at full lock with 205/70R15 tires. |
Yeah, I thought I was going to get those ET45's like the Vanagon crowd was pimping as well. Then I found the 37's.
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tjet 
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| Posted: Mon Mar 29, 2021 4:17 am Post subject: Re: AWD 1976 Westy with 3.6 Subaru Motor and Driveline |
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| Have any of you used a 31" tire on a bus before? I am trying to figure the offset for a wheel and tire set. I have to buy 7 now with trailer so I want to make sure they are correct |
Not a bus, but I have 31x10.5R15's on my syncro. Hope this helps.
Great build BTW, so awesome
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/album_page.php?pic_id=2028265
Front wheels are 15x7 with a 5.25" backspacing. I currently have them bolted to 1" thick adapters for A-arm clearance. Rear wheels are 15x10, 5.0" backspace & no adapters. |
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scirocco_crazy
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 10:55 pm Post subject: Re: AWD 1976 Westy with 3.6 Subaru Motor and Driveline |
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Thank you for all your advice on tires. I have selected 27 8.5 14 General Grabbers. The reason for this is a slight off road style of them and I can use them with out doing the suspension lift. I have mounted up two of them for the trailer. So the trailer is coming along slowly, I had to swap the left and right hub assembly so that the shock mount would allow greater ground clearance. When I adjusted the swing plates lower I also had to cut and remount the swing arm brackets. Everything is only tacked in place for the mock up and will get final burnt in later. The tongue weight is still hovering around 60 lbs. My goal is to have it max at 125lbs, with a custom torque distributing hitch it should have good road manners. I also installed the bike rack hitch mount. One step at a time. One item I did on the bus it installed the NACA duct for the radiator system. I know that there is a ton of debate about cooling and radiator mounts. I had success with a 300hp V6 a couple of buses ago so I am going to do this one the same.
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