www.aircooled.net sells lexan windows for your car in three and six piece sets. They have both bolt in and direct replacement for your car.:D

Hmmmmmmmmmm...

i couldn't find them right now, but I'll keep looking. That would be sweet to run lexan on all six windows, i just wonder if there are any down sides to doing that. Do they make the driver windows one peice or standard winged windows, can you roll them up easy, what about tinting?
I'm glad you let me know aircooled.net has direct replacement windows, I already knew about there bolt in kits? I'll keep up on my home work!

John

They should be right in the drag racing body parts section.;)

what about the Remmele style CF ducts that mold into the section in front of the rear fenders below the quarter windows?

Sorta similar concept as the NACA ducts but in the body instead of the windows?

Does remmele have a website? I have tried looking but everything I find is in a differant language and I can't translate them all to find the correct one. Does remmele have a distributor in the USA? Any informationm would be appriceated.:D

you can use Babel Fish to translate any webpage into english. Just copy the URL of the website you want to translate into the space allotted on the above website.

Remmele used to have aircooled.net as a US distributor, but they had a fallout and now you will have to order it thru Oliver @ Power Tuning Parts in Germany. He can get you anything from Remmele & is more available too.

Thanx.:D

Thanx vujade, I've been looking for a site to translate a couple of sites into English for me... I've wanted to do the carbon fiber ducts from Remelle for a long time ever since I saw them in a VWt magazine article on the German Look. I'm gonna check it out.:D


John

how canb we reach ptp? the link in the main site didnt work for me?

neil

ok sorry. found it on jakes site. here it is. www.powertuningparts.de .... not .com. maybe someone could please update this sites link section.

thanks

neil

Got some more news... I figured it out.
I've been contemplating wether or not the "roof cowl" would create wind drag, since it's about 3" above the roof line. I am going to make "wings" that will go in the opening and angle them slightly to reduce drag. The way it's set up, they will look mor elike window shudders than wings... I still need to do some more research and figure out the exact angle to put them at so they will reduce drag but not interfear with the induction prosess...


John

What about recessing the scoop into the roof line. You have plenty of head room so you could afford to loose a few inches in head room for a way cool scoop. Just a thought since it would have less drag than a raised scoop. You would just have to find out how the air behaves over the top of the car at speed to know where to place the inlet of the scoop.:D

I second that :silly: hahaha......

LOLLLLLLLLLLl mwhahahahaaaaaaaa

Great minds think alike.:hehehe:

MWHAHAHAAA:D

Yes they do! But how am I gonna find out how the air will behave over the car without taking it to a shop? I have never done something like that befor!

John

Got some more news...

I have partialy finished the inlet for the intake. I still have a little wled and some minor body filling, but it's almost done.

I'll see about getting some picture up in the forums through some one else.

Just don't hold your breathe :laugh:



John

Flat 8 Bug air intake
 

I have been trying to find a picture of it without luck, but in I think it was the 70's Emerson Fittipaldi had a twin engine (3200!) bug eight cylinder. He raced it in Brazil. As I remember the flat windshield was laid back and that became the air intake for induction and cooling for the big eight. Anybody else remember this creation. Just a thought if you could find a picture. Also one of the Road and Track type magazines published a cut-away drawing of the car.


Thanks,

Randy

check out the April issue of Hot VWs. There is a drag car with a roof mounted intake.

Boygenius

Can you please scan in that article and PM it to me. I'm also planning on making an intake into the roof so anny info would be helpfull.

Greetings Wiebrand :laugh:

Eric has the best looking roof intake I have seen... if you could afford to go this route, it is wayyy sick!
http://www.bigwigracecars.com/ellis.html

Hey Brendan,

Yeah, tell me about it. I just got the issue in a few days ago, it looks good and should be very functional. I don't know about boxing in the carbs for my set-up? But it looks good, and to think I wanted to be the first guy to do it on a ACVW. Oh well I guesse I'l have to settle for being the first guy to do it to a German Look :laugh: !!!

Panel:
I looked at the site you posted, and I have to say that was almost the exact same thing I am doing, I am running the airto the rear quarter panels (exact spot as the cresant vents) and to the engine bay. But I am also going to make my own scoops to go over the cresant vents to get MORE air to the engine...

Though I'm kinda sad to say, I like the fact that other people around the US have the same basic idea for air intake :rolleyes:


John

OH yeah I forgot to mention something...

The cresant vents don't really leed to the engine bay at all. They vent to the rear window...at least on my '72 they did.

Has any one else known about that?



John

You'r damn right!! What a nice roof intake. :laugh:

Only damn expensive too :(

Greetings Wiebrand
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/i...+Racelook+name

How is it that expensive?

All you need is some sort of metal fab skills.

I'm doin my own, and should have pics up fairly shortly.

John

Do you see al that pre-stamped metal.. that's cost alot if you don't have the machinery for it. BTW.. verry nice motive they use :laugh:

Greetings Wiebrand

Oh I see what you mean now! :rolleyes: I'm not going to have pre-stamped steel, but I might bead roll it a little if I feel like it. BTW, doesen't it make the metal stonger? If I just weld it will it be strong enough?

Don't know....


John

What about using fibreglass? No corrosion and lighter? :)

I might do carbon or fiberglass, it's what I originaly planned, but I don't know for sure right now. I'm thinking time and money here as well.

We'll just have to see.:)


John

Yes the motive makes the metal stronger.. with this motive there's less flex in the metal..
And if you weld it it will be strong enough.. (or there must be welded verry bad)

Greetings Wiebrand

Hey thanks man!!!

I didn't know that before. I still might do glass or carbon. I'm a ways off from doing this so I have time to make up my mind:D


John

The link of J/Sports is here.

http://www.ne.jp/asahi/jeffreys/vw/

Street Car
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/jeffreys/vw/g.../Gall5Top.html

Race Car
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/jeffreys/vw/gall/gall1.html

Others
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/jeffreys/vw/g...Style_top.html

:laugh:

Writing mistake ･･･

nice Yuki...I like the street car the best...although the racer is just awsome :laugh:.

Though I was thinking about doing something like this to my 72 Super, I was going to graft on a front and rear bumper from a Porsche 996 Turbo....

If that didnt work out for me the way I plan it too...I will keep your company in mind when looking for a different front spoiler!


Thanks for the links :agree:


Oh....I would just like to add that I have cut into the roof and have started the intake...but I might redo the whole thing....I hope to get some picture of the work ive done onn the roof so far...just to see what other people think!

I am building a ram air scoop for the decklid on my bug....Ill have pics of the whole process on my thread in fiber parts verv soon.....

cant wait to see em!

i have manufactured a scooped decklid for 70s beetle, (my 1303 in particular), it is all steel and before it got final painted i had a local make a few fiberglass copies, if anyone would like to see the lid pm me or reply here with you email, i aint figured out how to post pics,

currently 2 available for £70 each plus postage to wherever you are, more can be made to order.

the scoop is about 2/3 the width of the decklid and about 1.5" opened out.

Almost 2 years....any progress pics???

how about naca scoops in the deck lid not ram air but it would force ir over the engine

nasc car ducts could be done but as they are basically designed for a flat panel ther will be a lot of filling and shaping to get them to fit a curved panel like an engine lid.

i put one into the front quarter of my bug and it was a lot of work to get the curve exactly matched.

basically i ended up buying one duct then using it as a mould then i made a fiberglass one that i cut and grind into shape.