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Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: Tyrel on February 24, 2005, 09:45:23 PM
hey guys i thought id just post some pics of my turbo baja project, see if anyone has any ideas on what else i should do to my bug.  you can see more pics at  http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/view...25&val=1&page=1 (http://www.cardomain.com/member_pages/view_page.pl?page_id=795701&cat=25&val=1&page=1) . so let me know what you think!!!

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Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: Swartz on February 24, 2005, 10:17:43 PM
Sweet! Where around here can you drive those things?
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: KOOL-AID MAN on February 24, 2005, 10:19:14 PM
looks as tho it could HAUL ASS!!!



 :rockon:  :rockon:  :rockon:  :rockon:  :rockon:  :rockon:  :rockon:  
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: Tyrel on February 24, 2005, 10:35:52 PM
its my daily driver, i live in kamloops lots of places offroad it, lots of deserty areas. i cant wait to zip around with some speed now!!  i havent mounted the turbo yet that should come together on the weekend
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: Hansk on February 24, 2005, 11:16:17 PM
Looks good but.....you seem to be missing something,............a FAN SHROUD :P



Naa....dont get me wrong ,  I like subaru motors..................    in subaru's :P


Looks good otherwise though ;)  
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: Shane on February 25, 2005, 06:17:45 AM
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Looks good but.....you seem to be missing something,............a FAN SHROUD :P



Naa....dont get me wrong ,  I like subaru motors..................    in subaru's :P


Looks good otherwise though ;)
Hans you forgot your famous line

\"There ain't no water in the desert son!\" ;)
 
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: epic3 on February 25, 2005, 12:00:05 PM
Hey cool baja but do you have an electric fan to force some air through the radiator it'd be the shits to see all that work go up in smoke while in traffic or on a slower trail and where did you get the adapter plate from or did you make it.
Phil
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: Hansk on February 25, 2005, 01:23:57 PM
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Looks good but.....you seem to be missing something,............a FAN SHROUD :P



Naa....dont get me wrong ,  I like subaru motors..................    in subaru's :P


Looks good otherwise though ;)
Hans you forgot your famous line

"There ain't no water in the desert son!" ;)
I stole that one from you guys :P  
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: Tyrel on February 25, 2005, 04:32:28 PM
i will have a flex lite fan on the rad/oil cooler and hope it works, if not ill work something out. i made the adapter plate myself and now ive gotta make the exhaust to turbo header.  
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: dannyboy on February 25, 2005, 06:37:34 PM
that baja looks quite familar!
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: Tyrel on February 25, 2005, 07:46:21 PM
familar eh? it came from geoff air speed!! ive been hard at work on it though as you can see :P after i get my 3x3 front and rear arms im gonna paint it up real nice! (then probably roll it, lol)
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: Mowser on February 25, 2005, 08:44:49 PM
Kamloops huh..... I may just have to check it out in person.  Looks great!  
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: silas on February 25, 2005, 08:59:23 PM
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that baja looks quite familar!
good call dannyboy. i was thinking the same thing.

it's the old magnum pi island hoppers baja.  :rockon:

good job tyrel.
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: Tyrel on February 25, 2005, 09:00:59 PM
hey guys id like to here more about the history of this bug if you know it!!
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: Tyrel on February 25, 2005, 09:02:01 PM
where do you live mowser?
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: dannyboy on February 26, 2005, 09:00:35 AM
as far as i can tell, that was an old show baja from the late eightys, then it was neglegted for a long time.... i found a picture of it, in its heyday a while back, but i cant remember where
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: Shane on February 26, 2005, 11:15:55 AM
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hey guys id like to here more about the history of this bug if you know it!!
I saw Geoff take it off the ground about 4 feet , Jumping.. then twisted the body and saying\" I need sell this roach\"....Kidding :lol:  
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: buggysam on February 26, 2005, 06:24:46 PM
hey mowser let me know when you go over sounds like a road trip  :D  
Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: Tyrel on February 26, 2005, 08:12:44 PM
well ive got the turbo mocked up now, id like those pics dannyboy if you could find em for me!!!

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Title: Baja Bug Pics
Post by: dannyboy on February 27, 2005, 08:04:59 PM
they werent my pics, i saw them somewhere, i just cant remember where