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Project Forums => ASF Member Projects => Topic started by: josh on April 09, 2007, 11:47:01 AM
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Well I figured i'd start a thread on what i'm changing on my new car. So far it's been tearing down the hurt 2332 and taking inventory, waiting on a wiseco piston from a guy on cal-look and trying to figure out what else I need to get this car up and running through a vehicle saftey inspection.
There have been a string of 12:30-1:00 nights out in the garage lately ( I get to sneek out there once baby and momma hit the bed) Striped out all the wiring going to the gauges and MSD stuff and ditched all the crimp butt connectors and rats nest. There was lots of wires going through holes without grommets and chafing through the insulation. Soldered all joints and 30' of shrink wrap later and it's all tidyed up.
BEFORE:
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AFTER: \"super sano\" as Hot VW's would say ;)
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around the battery box isn't done yet, ran outa zap straps ]:(
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Nice work!
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thanks man, suprizingly loads of hours later but I think it was worth it here's a couple of before and after dash shots, relocating the oil and cyl head temp gauges.
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I think I might pick up a land tach mount. Also gotta make a bracket infront of shifter for the LM1, and figure out something to do with the 2 step button.
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WIRING IS DONE DAMMIT :!: :!: :!: :!: :!: 24' of various sized shrink wrap, lots of solder, a full bag of little black zap straps and it's done:D
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I also installed a pin connector on the fire wall so when the motor is dropped all you have to do is un hook one thing rather than have the thing hanging of the floor jack and discover it's dangling from something you forgot to unhook........not that i've done that too many times :rolleyes:
Also found this cool stuff to route the wire, instead of that fugly accordian plastic stuff, it's woven nylon casing that changes size when you stretch or contract it.
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nice and clean Josh... i am like'n it
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thanks man, commin' from a guy like you with your attention to detail is pretty cool to hear :rockon:
Kinda funny actually cause when i was first calling jeff about the car he made referance to your 55 comparing the 2 cars condition wise or level of resto. Whole different ball game we both agreed, but i'm just trying to tidy things up a bit to a level i'm happy with and enjoy it. I'm havin fun so far :!:
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Looks great Josh!
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looks great the car looks real straight ,plus i'm a fan of that color,just got to get that hood painted .
--just keep the decklid unpropped and run a nice reliable nitrous motor :D
thats what all the fast street cars run :D
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Screw No2 - this year Turbo is where it's at!
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No funds for either of those endevors this season, it's going back together NA for now but the plan is to go t4 blowthrough SDS fuel inject/sparky.
I hope all the cool kids are still running turbos next year B) B)
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Screw No2 - this year Turbo is where it's at!
1 sec and 17 mph is alot of catching to do james :D
besides the only forced induction car that beat me, ran 1 race and i ran over 50
turbo more reliable than nitrous ?
...i don't think so
lol
p.s 11's was sooo last year
2007 is the year of the 10 sec street cars
and all it takes is a bucket of money
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Screw No2 - this year Turbo is where it's at!
i will second that.. :rockon:
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i will second that.. :rockon:
2 against 1 ...
thats not fair. :D
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better get a few more No2's out to the track this year!
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better get a few more No2's out to the track this year!
i could bring out the 55 :o
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Man that looks clean! I love your car... Its pretty much my dream car lol, I look foreward to gettign a closer look and seeing it haul ass down the track.....
Bottles are for babies!
But Jim's car is still really cool hehehe.......
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Bottles are for babies!
hair driers are for ladies.... :D
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It appears the car went to the right person, you've jumped right in and are doing it properly. I have to say that an origional hood is in order. BTW, painting carbon fiber isn't as easy as you'd imagine. I'd like to see some pix of the steel hood, it's saveable as long as it's German.
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Thanks Lanny. What's different about paining CF? The steel one that it came with isn't a 4 tab not that that's really a big deal but from the inside it looks like a crumpled piece of tinfoil it's been beaten back into shape so bad. Can't tell from the outside cause it's painted and i'm sure full or filler but I don't really want to use it. Sooooo if anyone has a decent 4 tab kickin' abouts ;) If I can find one the carbon hood will be up for sale.
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Sooooo if anyone has a decent 4 tab kickin' abouts ;) If I can find one the carbon hood will be up for sale.
steveo advertised one for sale. not sure if he still has it, and it sounds like it needs a little work, but it might be worth pursuing.
http://www.airspeedparts.com/community-for...24&t=10986&st=0 (http://www.airspeedparts.com/community-forum/index.php?act=ST&f=24&t=10986&st=0)
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yeah i got a pm in to him, see how bad it is.
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put the steel hood on it today, probably 50 lbs heavier but way better look i'd say
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Looks way better with the color matched hood!
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50lb's!??
I've never thought a beetle hood weight 50lbs period.... lol
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ok mabey not 50 but the diff between carbon one and steel was more than I thought. Now I need a wolfsburg crest.
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you are just going to make this into a huge sleeper aren't you josh :lol:
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na been there done that, sleepers are so 2005 :P :P :P :lol:
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other than the tach, t-bars and centerlines its not looking to mean anymore
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na been there done that, sleepers are so 2005
dang!! now i have to change my plans! :D
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I like the steel hood myself. But that CF hood is unique. Your car is really nice and the clean up your doing looks top notch. Great job. Is this a street car or race car? If it's a street car it needs another seat in it to give your friends a ride.
Jeremy
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thanks, the CF hood is gonna be sold off. it's gonna se mostly street time and there is a pass seat matching the drivers, i'm gonna have to line it in plastic or carry some depends for them thou :D
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other than the tach, t-bars and centerlines its not looking to mean anymore
those are ercos.
car looks great with the diamond green steel 4 tab josh. great work.
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yes they are ercos, light as hell.......thanks
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Well not much action on my car until recently, i've started cleaning and mic'ing out all the motor internals, crank, pistons, jugs, case etc.
Ordered lots of new bits, found a couple lightly used 94mm wiseco's, one to replace the hurt piston and one as a spare, just gotta notch some valve reliefs into them and balance to match. Got a 6x11\" setrab oil cooler of a Nascar comming. I've had my eye on one of those billet washable ss screened oil filters for a long time so I broke down and have one and a jaycee external pressure relief filter mount on their way too (hopefully they wifes out when the UPS truck rolls up :ph34r: :ph34r: )
ditched the 135's on the front and had a set of 175/55/15's off a smart car mounted this morning, they look like they're gonna clear everything ok. I just got home from the wrecker and bought some 205/70/15's for the rear with lots of crusty old tread still for $20 each.................stay tuned for some smokey assed burnout vids hopefully soon :rockon: :rockon:
Something else i've been playing with is machining a replacement velocity stack for the missing one. Why not just buy one you ask.....cause jaycee just recently changed the size/ style- they're shorter and narrower without the rolled lip on top. Here's a couple shots of my progress, I should of got a shot of the lump I started with@ 4.5\" hunk of T6061 aluminum round stock
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shavings anyone???
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And eventually it should look like this
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Inside profile is done (the hard part) now on to the outside curve and flange. I'm gonna be pretty proud of myself if it actually turns out...I don't really know what i'm doing, just wingin' it :wacko: And when i'm done I just happen to have a connection in an annodizing shop to match the blue :rockon:
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:blink: ............wow!
do you own that lathe?
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nice work on the v stack josh. B)
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thanks silas.
yes I own the lathe, well half own it, me and the father in law went halfers on it a couple months ago. So mint havin' an inlaw that's into cars, he's doin a 57 chev 2 door post hot rod, his first car at 16 and he still has it!!!!! He's also got mig, tig welders and a plasma cutter....I married into the right family.
This is the first time i've used the lathe since we got it. It works great, weighs about 1000lbs, 5 ft bed with drop for doing large things like turning rotors, made in england in the 40-50's and the best part was only $500 with a ton of tooling :rockon: Just don't get your extremities anywhere near the open drive gears :o
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big brown truck rolled up yesterday and brought me some goodies.
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I'm planning on deleting my stock oil cooler and running the external setrab beside the trans.
here's how I was gonna set it up:
blank off the stock cooler ports, cut and fill the doghouse tin on the scat shroud and plug the stock relief plungers.
from the full flow pump outlet to jaycee relief filter unit, by-pass to sump
out of filter to an oil thermostat tee (to bypass the remote cooler for warm up) from the tee, to the cooler and full flow supply port on the case.
I think it should be pretty slick when all hooked up, the oil will come up to operating temp quickly with the 4 port thermostatic valve, and then when hot run up to the setrab cooler which will have a 180F fan switch on the outlet for those hot days.
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Pic or the Jaycee bypass releif mount and billet cleanable filter on exhaust hanger. The relief pops open at 80 psi and dumps back into the deep sump. I think I might try to modify it so it relieves at 60 psi. I really like the stainless mesh filter, way better than the paper element filters that all have a little relief that opens over 12 psi and sends unfiltered oil to your bearings so the only time you are filtering is when idling, pretty stupid. I just gotta remeber to clean it regularly cause there is no saftey bypass in the billet one.
Also got a replacement intake valve for my heads, now I can get them put back together :rockon:
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why do you want to delete the stock oil cooler? they work very well.
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cause the one I have leaks like a sieve, it blew up and was a real pain in the ass, not saying they don't work well but I wanted to try something different. plus I don't and I doubt many others do run a stock thermostat/flaps in the shroud and I like the idea of a quick warm up which I didn't see a way of doing with the stock cooler in place.
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kinda taking my time on this motor build. following jim martin's thread as I go (great write up by the way), tripple checking everything.
the case, crank, cam, pistons and bearings are all measured out, and mocked up and everything is looking good.
now i'm on to degreeing the cam, here's a pic checking the lift usin a mag base dial indicator and a couple old lifters with a stub of pushrod epoxied in to measure off of.
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also pissin around with a little detailing, here's my stealth alternator, I love the black crincle finnish
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now I need to make a descision on cylinders, I descovered the ones I have have a decent gouge in one bore, may just bite the bullet and go with some long jaycee jugs and trim em for deck rather than running barrel shims.
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stack is DONE!!!! WHOFUCKINRA!!!! That was a little time consuming. shoulda bucked up $250us for a new set of 4 but thats no fun :P
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the last one there is a shot of my super high buck cutting edge technology milling machine ( $39 cambodian tire special) shaping the 2 bolt flange on the base of the stack. that's the only give away ( other than color right now) that it doesn't match, the originals were 2 peice welded together.
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couple more goodies for the stash, setrab ran off a nascar I scooped off ebay, gonna mount it up beside the trans and a pair of CE fuel injection manifolds with extra bungs welded in to add alcohol under boost (for the next turbo project)
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