My attempt at building GL beetle

[graham]

Originally Posted by cookvw

love the build man. i also am looking to do the same mod to my gas tank here soon. keep up the good work.

Thanks for that,I have managed to get some new storage for the car this week as i don't have any at home.I will be doing a bit more work on it now, before it goes off to have the engine/box fitted.

[graham]

Finally life, time and money allows me to get back into the build .

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[graham]

The car is with Jim Smith at www.cotsweld.co.uk he is fitting the Porsche G50 along with a few other bits.


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Here is Jim's race car that he stuck in the wall at Santa Pod its now having having a tweak

[graham]

Jim at Cotsweld fitted the cage in my car and is well known in the UK for his roll cage work and fabrication.The cage in my car is like a work of art .Here's another pic of Jim's Race car.

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After I dropped the car off at Cotsweld I took the engine and a ton parts to Darren at Dccustoms.co.uk.
Darrens going to fit the engine and finish it all off

Here is Darren's 650 bhp scooby powered race car.I will let the pictures do the talking.

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Finally my car is in capable hands,and nearing completion

[Steve C]

Good progress, keep the reports coming

[graham]

Originally Posted by Steve C

Good progress, keep the reports coming

Will do Steve

[wrenchnride247]

Yes, keep posting pics!

[graham]

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Jim has also fabricated some sturdier seat mounts as the ones from the trimmers where not up to scratch.
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[graham]

Progress continues as Jim at Cotsweld works his magic and gets the G50 in place.

He has really put some thought into this and I am Chuffed with how its going

The pictures show how he has overcome the long nose cone, I thought this would of been a real pain but as you can see its pretty trick.

In addition to this I now have a nice access panel underneath, a solid mounted front mount and some extra bracing off the body/cage
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[ricola]

Why solid mount, isn't this a street car? Even when people solid mount a lot of the time they won't do the front as there is much less flex in the mountings which leads to cracked nosecones...

[graham]

Originally Posted by ricola

Why solid mount, isn't this a street car? Even when people solid mount a lot of the time they won't do the front as there is much less flex in the mountings which leads to cracked nosecones...

I say solid mounted more as a figure of speech rather than it is actually solid mounted, so i have retained the large front bushing and the Porsche cross member thats welded to the frame horns mount will have some bushings added.Do you think this could still present problems Rich ?

[ricola]

Sounds fine Graham.. Yours is in the same position as mine if what we discussed has been followed through, ie bellhousing about 70 and 50mm up from VW position. The H6 is -.7" longer than a 4 so depending exactly where that length is (height wise) you could juggle how much the trans is moved to get it to fit easily enough. There's no way it will go in without cutting the torsion housing

[graham]

Originally Posted by ricola

Sounds fine Graham.. Yours is in the same position as mine if what we discussed has been followed through, ie bellhousing about 70 and 50mm up from VW position. The H6 is -.7" longer than a 4 so depending exactly where that length is (height wise) you could juggle how much the trans is moved to get it to fit easily enough. There's no way it will go in without cutting the torsion housing

Nice one Rich

[kai4130]

That gearbox is mohoooosive!!! Nice work though getting it in there. Your car is coming along well. Obviously I'm more partial to a Ty754 as its loads smaller then that G50 and probably cost half as much. Although I did spank a lot of money changing my 915 out. I'm much happier now with mine.

Keep up the good work and we need more pictures!!!

[graham]

Originally Posted by kai4130

That gearbox is mohoooosive!!! Nice work though getting it in there. Your car is coming along well. Obviously I'm more partial to a Ty754 as its loads smaller then that G50 and probably cost half as much. Although I did spank a lot of money changing my 915 out. I'm much happier now with mine.

Keep up the good work and we need more pictures!!!

Yeah Kai, the g50 is a bit of a beast but I was lucky enough pick it up with 70 k on it with a brand new Quaife diff for £2250 . The diff alone is around £1200. I know thats a lot of dosh but it's also a lot of kit. A built bus box from bears was coming out at £3000 but obviously the fitting for me has been pricey as I haven't done the work myself.Also there is the adapter plate etc to factor in. If I where to do it again I would of considered the reversed Suabru r/p.Having said that I am more than pleased with what I have chosen and It will easily handle any future power upgrades if I ever plan them.Also Judging buy other peoples experiences with the G50 I am confident that its going to be a great choice, I just can't wait to use it

Hows your Notchback Kai ???

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