my punch buggy racer!
 

this is my supa bug. my dad gave it to me as a christmas present. i have a type4 2L motor for it and im waiting for vforce to finish their horizontal 3speed thermo fan kit with the reversable mounting kit(to shift the engine forward). by the end of the week i should recieve my 944T brake kit(apparently. ive been waiting like 2 months) but i cant fit that until i get the wheels and custom struts.

the first thing i did was fit the wood grain steering wheel and boss kit and ripped off the old scool whale tail. im going to fit the white one in the photo. ive also fitted new rubber to the wheels as im going to register it before i mod it, its easier that way.

nice nice can wait to see more Mod pics keep us posted.

Punch Bug,

Tell us more about this fan setup..
Thanks
Alex

the fan set up is being made by Vforce/ bettleracing.com its like in proto type stages at the moment but i think itll be ready after christmas. it runs a three speed thermo fan with a high amp alternator. i believe its designed for every day use. instead of just track. its been designed to allow the engine to get up to 94 degrees c, were all the power is made. apparently at high revs the porsche fan cools too much and can get as cold as 80 degrees celcius. yeah you can get a smaller pulley but then it sucks(or doesnt suck)around the street.

hey punch do you have any pics yet?

Chris.

pics of the fan? No.

just got most of my parts for the 944t brake conversion my parts list that i physically now have:

front hubs
front 4 spot calipers
rear 4 spot calipers
hand brake hardware (e-brake)
944 hand brake (i dont know why they sent me that)
hand brake cable

still in transit:

front spindles.

they didnt give me the rear hubs or bearing cap/backing plate/caliper mount. so im not happy. does any one have the part numbers for these two items. or the parts i guess. i do need the hubs yeah?(not intyrely clear on the vdubengineering site). 944t stub axles yah or nah with the bug trailing arms?

is kersher the only people that sell the 17mm ball joints? are they off another car that i can sorce one locally?

pictures to come after the weekend its kinda raining at the moment. how do i actually put the photo on the forum as a opposied to leaving a link?

now i have to save for 18 and custom struts

i have officially spent more than the car cost

nice nice, ya I think that we all spen far more the what the cars are worth and could be sold for, but we still do it b/c we love them :)
as for the loading of pics just go to photobucket.com and you can load them on to there adn then just copy the code and paste it.
hope that helps

Chris.

it was free.

Are you going to run the alloy trailing arms aswell or stock beetle? i noticed they were missing from your list thats all. what engine is going to be going into this aswell?

ripped off
 

aus im putting the early porsche bearing caps which arnt in my parts list because they didnt send them. the engine is a type 4 2litre kombie motor i got from ebay.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...6.jpg~originalthis is my 1303 front end. i grinded it right back and painted it with kill rust, readying the car for the big brakes.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...7.jpg~originalfront hubs and rear calipers, turbo 944 of cause.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...8.jpg~originalfront calipers and hand brake hard were. i have know idea why they sent the 944 hand brake lever????

really racked off
 

at closer inspection of front hubs whilst taking photos i noticed the difference between the "pair" of front brakes

1. i noticed the left one was year dated 89 part 20.892.00
and 88 part 20.4691.00
the right one was 85 part 20.4558.00
and 84 part 20.4557.00

2. this is what really racked me off the. left one was missing the "piston inserts"
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ive tried to high light this one so you can see what "inserts" im talking about.
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also the rubber seals are missing. i feel this auto dismantlers have really wasted my time and money and im going to fry them on there ebay feed back.

if some one can help me with the part numbers for this missing parts(piston inserts?), the rear hubs and the removable caliper brackets(for the rear) it would be a great help. as they are also parts left out.

german wreckers at rocklea might be useful for you...

Have you called the seller? They should replace the odd caliper. Those calipers have two different style pistons and seals. I went through the different seals issue before :rolleyes: . Do a search in "brakes" for "rebuilds".

spotted
 

seen you in north ippy yesterday sometime, or the day before, pretty sure it was yesterday tho.

Ha I only just Registered it on Tuesday and that has been its only outing. i need to tune it its running rough.

Considering we both dont live in Ipswich we sure live close lives. I've got a type 3 shifter and short shifter plate on the way.

Well guess what Aus Super. German auto dismantlers 6 months later have posted the missing items over:) , after Richard from V-forced got me the missing parts:confused: .

In 2 weeks im going to checker plate (diamond plate?) the front floor infront of the drivers seat up to the front fire wall. I was going to cut out the section and leave 1-2cm around the edge to silicon and pop rivot it all down. Will i loose any strength from the seat mounts?

was taking the girl to the shops, she felt like getting an ipod, why are you putting the checker plate on the floor exactly? moisture between the two could be a future issue, and seat mounts loosing strenght doubtful, not from how im picturing in my head, it wount touch the seat rails so should have no affect. still dont see why you would do it tho... other than looking neater than the stock floorpan, in my experience checkerplate or any alloy on the floor or those "racing pedals" can be abit slippery so im not a fan from what ive driven, just a thought, slipping feet can be very bad thats all.

Just drove the 1302 properly for the first time on saturday. After a bit of a tune up, turned out cylinder three spark plug was very fowled and the lead was burnt/carbonized. Boy did it run a hell of a lot better.

Took it for a drive on the high way. Engine was good, suspention was stuffed, i think the front left is dry as.

Pulled into the servo to put some fuel in thought i would check the engine was still ok. The two oil stripes that went all the way from were i had been to the pool below my car told me it wasnt. Checked the dip stick i had used maybe a third from high to low on the stick in 20min. So i filled it up again and drove home.

I think the rear main oil seal is gone. I will check/replace it on the weekend as well as change the suspention to 1303 in preperation for the 944 turbo set up.

you have the tool to replace the seal? it can be easily damaged when installed so im told from 100s of people... my super ran on 3cyl for awhile, amazing what happens when it runs properly tho, you have power haha. sounds good, will keep my ears & eyes out for it round the place then.

Howd ya get your pics on
 

Hey can you let me know how to get pics up like you have done ,mabe private message me so as not to bore others,thanks mate JS

I'm not working on weekends any more and now Ive got time to work on my car. So i installed my 5in Speco tacho. I love it, it makes me like my car so much more. The needle is very jumpy maybe Ive got dirty points?

Ive had to take the engine out to fix the rear main oil seal and replace the fly wheel o ring. I thought that this would be a good oppertunity to replace the suspect engine mounts.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...9.jpg~original
yeah it looked like they needed to be replaced to.
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I think the technical term was engine rests.
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Red New parts just look great!

I also got my hands on a shift kit and type 3 shifter.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...0.jpg~original
You can see the type 3 on the bottom of the picture with the bent back rod and the pin to keep it in location.
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This is the selecter rod from the Type 1.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...2.jpg~originalThis one is after i cut a slot for the T3 pin. I took my time to try and make it a nice snug fit. I used a 1mm cutting disc on an angle grinder.
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This is how Ive tried to put the shifter in, I don't know that it is right. I think it was actually upside down, it was slipping into reverse when going for 2nd from 3rd previously. The metal tabs are bending down now.

Sorry about the photos, I only have my Mobile to take pictures with.

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I fitted the new bushes. I removed the sway bar ones by going very slowly with a hack saw to cut the steel ring that is pressed in from factory, after drilling out all the rubber. I then used a vice to press in the new ones.
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All fitted up easy up untill i went to install the 1303 struts. Turns out you need the 1302 Thrust bearing caps (the top of the strut). The thread on the top of the 1303 strut was not as long as the 1302 so i tosed two washes and the large one that must be like for the bump stop and it all went to gether nicely.

I must note that the springs are quite soft and i didnt use a spring compressor, to disassemble or reassemble (although it did take to people to reassemble).

By now i was in the mode and decided to remove the bumpers and make a tidier front number plate bracket. I just cut two strips of aluminum 185mm long 80mm wide by 1.6mm? thick, stuck them in a vice. Bent them by hand and them used a raw hide mallet to get a nice ninty degree bend. dilled the holes, rivoted them together, fitted the number plate and attached to the car. I had to elongate on of the hole to get it to fit. Im happy with the result. Ill do the back next week when i can afford a LED light.
http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r...7.jpg~original
the rivots
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back view (before i elongated the rear most hole)
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Fitted, nice and snug.

The left hand ball joint turned out to be stuffed so ill have to take a look at that.

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Now my beetle is awaiting next week end, when the boot lid gets a coat of black (mostly to hide the dirty yellow it currently is). A new shift rod tube bush, having gear selection problems (probably because the plate is still in wrong) and apparently i wasnt supposed to clean all the grease off, opps.