VW Bug Tracktoy
 

Hello everybody.

Well, after reading and learning a lot here, I finally registered as a user and I wanted to share my little project with you guys.

It's a little side project, so it will take a while (Full time job and independant after hours. A house to renovate, a wife and kids that also need some attention -you guys know how it woks, I'm pretty sure of that ;) ).

But now about the bug. The previous owner told that it used to be an old Belgian vw bug cup car that -when the bug cup stopped in the 90's - went to rallycross.

but now some pics of my find when I bought it.


https://i.imgur.com/0Hpz6W8.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/ijSYHtv.jpg



It's a 12/1300 model beetle with IRS, discs front and rear, plexy windows, safety devices rollcage, ...

teardown

https://i.imgur.com/cmDJ6ln.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/EEELJMU.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/wRnDVtR.jpg

I like the drilled pedals ;)

https://i.imgur.com/FKhDjM4.jpg

There was a very big tank in it

Well, the title said it all, even there isn't a beetle cup (in Belgium) anymore I want to make a track toy/racing beetle.

It's going to be a long project, when we find the time (and budget off course)

So if anyone has any ideas or comments at any time, don't hold back, just shoot.

We don't expect to be the fastest on track, we just want some fun building and racing it.

It just looks like a great start for a project!
Do you have any history on the car?

Thanks Walter,

for the moment I've got none of the cars history, but I'm still looking and asking around

and there are some good parts on the bug (also an early porche gearbox, that was shamefully messed up for the rallycross, you could see that on the first pic of my second post). So I hope it can live up to my expectations when finished

The front and rear were massacred during it previous life, so we put in some new parts

https://i.imgur.com/fA96n9A.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/36MS5Rj.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/08avEf1.jpg

a friend donated an old rear part, so whe could make the complete rear easily removable (2x3 bolt should be enough I reckon)

https://i.imgur.com/xfe8vsf.jpg

quick fasteners on al 4 of the polyester wings. Mostly for fun, it took a while placing them, there's a first time for everything ;)

and while we've got some spare time

https://i.imgur.com/YrgnlA7.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/tOakGPN.jpg

this was just a test, it has to be done a bit better, but I like it allready

and a few days later...

https://i.imgur.com/AnUiCrc.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/chWdV6a.jpg


a minor setback: the car's brakes -the biggest from a citroën c35 (what the f**k) aren't working along. parts are hard to find, and the pistons are very, very stuck

oh, yeah, I've got some polyester doors waiting to get in, if anybody has an interesting idea how to put them in (other hinges, or something) let me know, because i've never done that before

Me neither, but good job so far!

Well, it has been quiet here for some time, but I've been sourcing for parts, and from time to time we've also been working on our bug.

https://i.imgur.com/Ldl3wrh.jpg?3

we've been welding the last bits and pieces on the body, and here you can see how we are going to keep the oil cool.

Found another 901 5-speed gearbox. I allready have a 2.4 t4 engine, but found a larger counterweight crank for it. so it will become slightly bigger.

for the brakes, we're going 944 turbo as so well explained on this site.

Normally, next week I'm going to Holland to pick up some aluminium rear trailing arms.

I hope to be ready for the aircooled race weekend in Meppen 2019.

Nice goals!

Try to get the smaller width alu arms ;)

Well,

still welding fitting and adjusting everything. the car should be at the painter by now, but if everything went like you want, life would be dull, no?

well this weekend I saw something for sale on facebook. not new, but they haven't run a lot.

https://i.imgur.com/91ZRshI.jpg

and now they're in the trunk of my car ;)

Meppen is getting closer!

Very nice!

Where did you see these on Facebook? I'm looking for something like this for my project as well.

it's a remmele set, for track use I've got much more confidence in these then in a red9 set; everything looks a bit tougher

It came from a bloke who changed his set-up, he had only one set for sale.

https://i.imgur.com/gp9xBMR.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/SurEubW.jpg

blasted the chassis and put on some layers of aprotech rx5 and rx10

https://i.imgur.com/w6ryals.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/dvjKHQs.jpg

chassis fitting everything one last time before cleaning painting and last time placing...

https://scontent-bru2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...-A&oe=64E9FA33

this was our bug in 2019, with the 1641cc engine

https://scontent-bru2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...WQ&oe=64E9F134

this was 2021 but still some struggles withe the 901 gearbox and the 2.8 type 4 combination

https://scontent-bru2-1.xx.fbcdn.net...cw&oe=64E191C4

and this was this year on Clastres, finally without mechanic problems

What struggles were you having with that 901 gearbox?

What's the fuel capacity of this tank?

How much taller than standard is this tank?

Great update! Tell us more about the 2,8 ltr Type4 pls :-)

it was a 70 liter tank, homemade back in the day.



the problems with the gearbox, it wasn't only the gearbox, it was the gearbox and the combination of the used parts.

- The 215mm flywheel dindn't have the bearing, so we got the flywheel machined and that was a problem solved
- once the gearbox became hot, there was an oil leak. the modified nose (also previous owner) was leaking, and you don't want that on a racetrack, so we bought another nose, had to modify it a bit. another problem solved (we tought). But apparently the gears were damaged by the heat.
So, another gearbox, the case from a 914 is the same, so... But we forget to change the breather hole (stupid, I know) so once you drive a few minutes in high revs, he throws out the oil.

But for now it runs great. Maybe we'll be at Le Bug Show next weekend

82mm stoke Scat crankshaft met 104mm JE pistons and cilinders so a 2782cc to be correct.

billet Thorsten Pieper heads with type1 exhaust ports (CSP python 48mm)

322° camshaft. for now still the standard type4 rockers and 48 idf carbs.

good for 207 bhp and 280 Nm on the wheels.