Oval Bugster

[volkdent]

Slow, tedious progress, but progress nevertheless.

Built the template for the side storage pods, the drivers side will house the rear relay block.



To close off the frame rails, I built a plug that also includes a nut to affix a bracket for the trailer hitch. I see myself building a trailer that I can haul track tires with and that is also a tent someday.







The inner fender seam between the Boxter and the bug is almost complete. Built a panel that merges the strut mount to body.









Jason

[volkdent]

Little update:

Got these aluminum mufflers, yes, I said aluminum. Got a buddy that builds big HP cars and he swears by them, very, very light, no cracks yet for him. I'm doubtful, but they aren't that expensive and I could flange them to a stainless system if I wanted and still get big weight savings.



Ditto for cheap Chinese headers. They are supposed to be stainless, and they are except for the severely warped flange. Had to spend a bunch of time on them to get the flange flat and to open the bolt holes up. Really surprising how simple some of the mistakes are, but equally surprising how little a complete header setup was.



Working on the fitment to the fenders, these will have to be widened ever so slightly unless I like the smell of burnt rubber around every corner. Looks kinda cool though...









Finally got the condenser attached to the rad, used aluminum spacers my wife uses for her business, re-threaded them for metric, and had Eric at NorCal Motorsportz weld them on for me.









A before shot of the area I need to fill between the Boxster chassis and the tubing.





The mess I have yet to tackle...



Jason

[ricola]

Looking good Jason.. Did you see that there's another one that appeared recently, on the front cover of the new Ultra VW magazine..

[volkdent]

cOOL!!! How can I get UltraVW over here?

Jason

[Kafer_Mike]

Originally Posted by volkdent

cOOL!!! How can I get UltraVW over here?

Jason

UltraVW Website -- http://www.ultravw.com



It's available in iTunes -- https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ultr...525983654?mt=8

[Luismj]

Originally Posted by Kafer_Mike

UltraVW Website -- http://www.ultravw.com

It's available in iTunes -- https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ultr...525983654?mt=8

The same?!

http://www.vwheritage.com/blog/2013/...orsche-beetle/

[volkdent]

I bought the online version. The interior is amazing, but it's clearly a street car that won't see much track time, like the Bugster, and I really wonder what the thought process was on leaving the rear edge of the rear fender as odd as they did. In the article they mention doing an early version, boy are they in for a surprise. Every one of these conversions I've seen have been Supers, the early body is soooo much smaller, like building a ship in a bottle!

Dave, what are your thoughts on aluminum exhaust systems? I'm sure they would have a hard time holding up on multiple rally stages, but what about a street car?

Jason

[ricola]

I'm pretty sure you can either buy a single issue or they do electronic copies too..

[owdlvr]

Just noticed you're using Vibrant mufflers. My first job out of Uni was with Vibrant, product development and tech support. Nice choice!

-Dave

[Jadewombat]

Updates??

[volkdent]

Nada, I've been tinkering with the UBRDUB, hope to have fixed a coolant leak, but really just treading water till I get the finals for permits on the new shop. It's very strange to go from working on something so complicated and exciting to essentially nothing. For the past year I've done less mechanical work than changing the oil... I'm seeing maybe 4 or 5 more months before I'm into the thick of it again. I can promise you that unless I die or something really crazy happens I'll be finishing this thing. I definitely have not lost any interest, in fact the delay has made me want it even more and given my mind a little rest that it probably needed.

On a side note, looks like using images off of my Facebook page wasn't a great idea, most of the link look broken, I'll have to get everything repaired and maybe host on Instagram?

Jason

[SportyBug]

I'm glad this project is still going. It is just amazing to watch it go together. It is too bad so many of the pictures are missing. I was wanting to share this project with a friend and did my best with what we can still see. I use photobucket for what I post online. Definitely looking forward to seeing more when you are able to work on the bugster again

Originally Posted by volkdent

I can promise you that unless I die or something really crazy happens I'll be finishing this thing. I definitely have not lost any interest, in fact the delay has made me want it even more and given my mind a little rest that it probably needed.

On a side note, looks like using images off of my Facebook page wasn't a great idea, most of the link look broken, I'll have to get everything repaired and maybe host on Instagram?

Jason

[Jadewombat]

You seen this?

http://vtwoconcept.com/2-7l-boxster-beetle/

Also, this guy say the wiring harness can be simplified a lot:

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/porsc...ine-awd-2.html

[Fiatdude]

All the pictures have disappeared?!?!?!

[volkdent]

I had used Facebook as the picture host, and apparently they don't want to be a picture host, so while the pictures still exist in my Facebook account, the links are different so I'll need to go through and find them then host them on the Samba!

Just seen this morning from one of my Facebook friends from Norway! I TOLD you guys it could be done! Just makes me want to get back on mine so badly...















Beautiful! Hoping to get ahold of the builder to get some build pics.

Jason