Questions about volkdents ride

[The Pirate]

I have a few questions for you.

1- I see that you went with a double wishbone in the front. Why not in the back?
2- Have you considered dreaming up a double wishbone front end for supers?
3- Why is there what seems to be tie rods for a rack and pinion steering unit in the rear suspension of the car?
4- What spindles were used up front and what spindles in back?
5- How can I get as crazy as you? Are there lessons involved?

[volkdent]

Originally Posted by The Pirate

I have a few questions for you.

1- I see that you went with a double wishbone in the front. Why not in the back?
2- Have you considered dreaming up a double wishbone front end for supers?
3- Why is there what seems to be tie rods for a rack and pinion steering unit in the rear suspension of the car?
4- What spindles were used up front and what spindles in back?
5- How can I get as crazy as you? Are there lessons involved?

1) The front was a large enough project for awhile!!! I actually have plans for rear suspension redesigns too, I'm not sure if it will be double-wishbone though.

2) By just changing the mounting system, my front end would fit just fine, actually it might be easier due to the Super having a rack and pinion system already.

3) The rear end is actually the front end of a Golf MkII, so the rack is still there. It is welded in place, so it doesn't steer, but it was the easiest way to make things work for now.

4) Stock Karmann Ghia spindles up front, MkII Golf spindles in rear.

5) When I built the bug around age 17 I painted the pan and all the parts with very poor ventilation and no respirator, I think that was a good start!!!

Jason

[The Pirate]

2) By just changing the mounting system, my front end would fit just fine, actually it might be easier due to the Super having a rack and pinion system already.


Hmm. Walk walk me through this. I am very interested.

[volkdent]

My suspension bolts to the front of the frame head, so a bracket could fabricated and welded to suspension to bolt it to the stock front SB mounting points, and the rear mounts already attach to the standard body mounting bolts.

Jason

[The Pirate]

Last one.... for now. LOL. So would the the front trunk of the super have to cut or altered to make it fit? If yes would there be a way to alter the unit to minmize or eliminate any trunk intrusion.

[volkdent]

No, no cutting on the body, but I realized that the super doesn't have the space between the pan and the body to slip the suspension into like the standard, so there would have to be an additional plate built like on the rear of mine that made it split. I really think for a super I would just redesign the whole mounting system, I think it would be easier and probably end up being better than the standard one.

Jason

[volkdent]

Ya think maybe it's bent? It finally would not self-heal and just kept draining coolant, so a new one is now ordered up that is about an inch shorter top/bottom and about 3 inches wider to maintain the same surface area.





The right hand fan is totally crushed, so I've got a new one to replace that one. I'm kinda sad that the new radiator won't fit the fans so nicely, they're going to hang over the top and bottom slightly.