Mythbuster: continuing project thread of my 1303 '75

[-Alex-]

Thats what i thought, finnish vw fellow with 300hp on a splitwindow also thought that torsionbars need support more than just body bolted to it

http://ub-52.blogspot.fi/ (The tubechassis car is a different project, i have designed that rear suspension.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=QOrhwTLF3hA

I am thinking either cage tied to torsionbars or remmele style bars:


http://germanlook.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11601

[spannermanager]

Originally Posted by -Alex-

Thats what i thought, finnish vw fellow with 300hp on a splitwindow also thought that torsionbars need support more than just body bolted to it

http://ub-52.blogspot.fi/ (The tubechassis car is a different project, i have designed that rear suspension.)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=QOrhwTLF3hA

I am thinking either cage tied to torsionbars or remmele style bars:


http://germanlook.net/forums/showthread.php?t=11601

Very nice Alex, tho I think the Remmele solution is OTT and getting heavy for anything without a 800 hp Turbo Porsche motor, I like simple and subtle solutions that are hard to spot, then you can cheat a bit lol
Walter, is your's a clutch scatter shield?

[-Alex-]

Yeah, i think bars from mainloop to the torsionbar tubes will do the trick on most beetles.

[Wally]

Originally Posted by -Alex-

Yeah, i think bars from mainloop to the torsionbar tubes will do the trick on most beetles.

Maybe, but I think what I felt could have been a change in toe on one side at the rear suspension, so the diagonal bar 'on the floor' (end of torsion tube to the mid of the main tunnel, as with the Remmele example, but less extreme, just one bar) would be most beneficial.

Spanner: yeah, scatter shield for clutch or flywheel retention is the correct term

[Wally]

Fitted and all



Today I was at a shop that coincidentally had an engine with one of the very early Engoine Plus heads on the bench.
So I compared a little