180hp 1.8t in Bug

[volkdent]

Well, she's back home now. Walt did a great job on making these strut mounts. There is adjustment for strut angulation front/back and then there is camber adjustment. Everything is tacked up, so I'll need to pull it all apart and do the final welding, throw on a coat of paint, then get the motor back in and see how she looks.



The hole got a little bit on this side, but when your doing things for the first time, a little elbow room goes a long way to keep the nerves settled!

[volkdent]

Here is is on the welding table. It's not perfect, but when all was said and done, this thing ends up being pretty close!





The welds are VERY nice. This will have a collar welded to it along the main plate to minimize flexing.

[volkdent]

Walt says he's an old man, but as you can see here, he still works very fast, he's just a blur!



Here's the radiator. I had it made by Brian McCullough at Custom Aluminum Radiators in AZ. He did a great job.



I had him make up this bleed srew as well. It will reside in the drivers front inner fender. It will allow me to bleed the air from the line up front, while the stock cooling system will bleed itself in the rear, or so the theory goes!

[ricola]

Coming on great Jason!

Rich

[volkdent]

More surgery. This JUST fits in here with the fans installed. It's butted up against the back of the spare tire area, but fortunately it's angled so airflow should still be great once the ducting is done.

[Panelfantastic]

Ahhh, radiator in the front. I like!

[Mikey]

Sweet design for the rear struts. :agree:

Looks like it's really taking off. Can't wait for the next step.

[volkdent]

Originally Posted by Panelfantastic

Ahhh, radiator in the front. I like!

You would! How's yours coming anyway? Is the house and the wife giving you enough play time? If your still having trouble, think about having Brian build you a really wide but short one. You could mount it at the front almost flat and duct air in from a front lip maybe?

Thanks guys, I think I'm still on target for it running sometime in the spring. It will be a rolling monstrosity, but I'll leave it rough till all the tweaks are done then rip it apart and make it look purdy.

I just got a call from Bruce at Eyeball Engineering and he's done with my chassis stiffeners, so apparently those will be shipped out shortly. $450 for 2 sets of jig bent stiffners and hardware ain't too bad I don't think. If you have been following along, I tried to build my own a long time ago and it was really difficult and not nearly as strong as jig bent ones, so I'm very happy to part with the cash.

Jason