180hp 1.8t in Bug

[Panelfantastic]

Similar prob the first fire on the Eco. There were two plugs out of the dozen that were the same, of course I crossed them. No damage and as soon as I figured it out, it fired on the first hit. Is prolly something very simple.
You've come a looong way! Don't get discouraged by this little hiccup.

I aslo struggled with getting my cooling purged and had to do just as Steve suggests to finally get it resolved.

Keep at it!


Jeff-

[ricola]

That's awesome news, really happy for you! Always a relief when they fire up for the first time..

Rich

[Panelfantastic]

FREAKIN' AWESOME!!

More video! Rev it, get some drive bys.

What turned out to be the glitch on getting it fired the first go round?

SUHWEEET!


Jeff-

[volkdent]

Thanks guys!!! I really appreciate the support you've given me all along for this project, as crazy as it is!

Jeff, the problem was that they didn't include a wire with the harness!!! I called them up and he's like "Oh, there's no wire there?" and I'm like "ah, no" and he's says, "Well there's yur prablem!". So, just put a jumper in from IGNSW to INJSW and whamo, she turned over for a bit, I think the computer was doing something and just slowly it started.

This site is acting funny, the answers you guys gave yesterday I just saw today, but I've looked at it a couple times since then.

I'll do the hole in the thermostat if I need to, but it seems to be running OK right now.

What do you guys think the fan turn on temp should be? That sensor is just coming out of the head, so that is water head temp basically. I can adjust the turn on by individual degrees on the software, so really it's wherever we decide to put it.

Jason

[GS guy]

That's great news Jason. Man you're gonn'a have one of the baddest Beetles around! Now git that thang on a skid-pad so we can get a full report on all the trick suspension!

But seriously, got to be a great feeling to have the car move under it's own power. That's seriously Cool!

Now where ya hid'in the radiator??? Don't see it in any of the car pics.

Sounds like you've gotten the cooling all worked out. I'd get more seat time in it before making any changes. Water temps should be around 190F???

Jeff

[Panelfantastic]

I kept trying to cool my Eco down too much. It would see the cool temp and go to closed loop and fatten everything up. better try to stay close to whatever normal temps are for 1.8s. 195-205??

[volkdent]

Originally Posted by GS guy

Now where ya hid'in the radiator??? Don't see it in any of the car pics.

With the thinness of the front plate of the A-arm suspension there is actually space between the front of the frame and the back of the spare tire well, part of the reason I wanted to switch to a different front end setup. If you look back through the pics you'll see where the rad sits. I cut the outer edges out of the body so the rad extends beyond the body slightly, although the plan was to have it all contained, I wasnt' that great with measuring. Air will be forced through it like in the new Corvettes, small opening ducting through a large radiator. Much of the air going under the car will be forced through the radiator by a plastic lower lip that runs the width of the front of the car, and about half of that width will be ducting into the radiator. Think of an air funnel that's not so obvious! I just hope it works....I'm going to leave it as a flat plane for now, and if I need more cooling at speed, I'm going to cut it in 2 places so the plane area in front of the rad area is hinged. I'll then get some small cables attached to the leading edge of that plane, kinda looking like those braces on the front lip of the COT NASCRAP cars. These cables will go through holes drilled into the spare tire well floor. From the floor up these cables will go through springs and finally have stops on them. At city speeds, the springs will keep the cables pulled up, out of the reaches of speed bumps, driveways, and rough roads. As the speeds increase, usually the road smooths out so clearance is less of an issue(in a perfect world), and the hinging plane will drop from air pressure to the stops, creating a larger funnel area, and it will trap and gather more air as it's needed. Think of a poor mans/passive version of those active intakes on the top back sides of the Veyron and Murcielago. If these are even needed, I won't know without testing, but I could also lock them out in the winter when temps are cooler and roads are poorer and then take out the locks for summer use. These are the ramblings of a crazy man, but at least they are well thought out...

Jason

[Steve C]

Hi

I use a conversion tool from coade.com or conversion buddy freeware. Celsius and Centigrade are the same, don't know why they use different names.

I find the metric system very sensible i.e. 1 litre of water = 1 kg

Steve

Steve

[beetle1303]

its called Celcius, after the physics guy and centigrade cos its based on a scale that water freezes at 0 and boils at 100 degrees. centi means 100 in latin

The Farenheit scale's zero is the absolute zero where something else solidifies fully if i remember correctly

Chris

[volkdent]

A little video my dad shot for me. I edited it on the windows move editor and it was pretty easy! My first real video.

Shakedown Dec. 22, 2007

Jason

[Scotts73SB]

Sounds and stops nice! Good work!
p.s. your dad is a good cameraman!

[Panelfantastic]

Coolness!

[1303R]

nice one! all done then. how do the brakes feel? i realise it's not full weight yet but is it locking up the rears?

[1303R]

ah, no worries, just read your brakes thread

[ricola]

Nice...
One thing I've never seen any mention of: are there general guidelines as to what sort of caster to run when moving the struts to the rear?

How fast do you think it is? Looks pretty nippy on the video.. Gone round any bends a bit faster too to see how the front end is?