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Old August 23rd 2004, 08:50
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VERRY VERRY nice!!!!

WHat a great car
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Old August 23rd 2004, 12:10
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Do you have some pictures of your roll bar set up?

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Old August 23rd 2004, 17:50
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No roll bar pictures yet. See aircooled.net for pictures. Just have the rear bars installed because they are mounted to the traction bar. Car is back at the paint shop for touch up today, then I'll install the headliner/windows before installing the roll bar. I'll post some shots then.

The drive to the paint shop was a blast. I love the power and handling. Looking forward to doing some mountain roads.

I had an oil leak at the pipe threads of the filter adapter (made in Taiwan). I had tightened them down like normal pipe threads, but still had a leak. Finally, I torqued the sphit out of them and used Loctite 518. Now it's dry.

Mirrors turned out well. More pictures here.


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Old August 23rd 2004, 18:18
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nice headlight choice. :agree:
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Old August 23rd 2004, 18:43
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Thanks Zen. Your work inspired me in many ways.

Have you been able to fit lenses under the grills. I saw it done in a recent VWTrends, but haven't figured out the lens to get.
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Old August 23rd 2004, 20:13
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yea. i am running some H4 cheapies that i got off ebay. work nice...in my garage at least. here's a pic. not the greatest detail, but you will get the idea. they fit right in to the standard headlight bucket.

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Old August 23rd 2004, 21:40
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Nice.

Got the H4's and standard buckets. What I'm looking for is the glass lens that goes where the grill goes. I've seen both lens and grills installed. The lens would have to be almost flat for the grill to fit over. If you have it, see VWTrends Aug, 2004 pg 33. It's a fluted lens. I know there are different styles, but what's it called?
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Old August 23rd 2004, 21:52
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i haven't ever seen these grilles with glass behind them. i will ask my dad. he is a speedster guy. i actually would have preferred the chicken wire lens covers, but i like these almost as well. that actually may be what you are thinking of. i think one of the major parts houses used to have a close up of one on the cover of their catalog. maybe Tweeks??
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Old August 23rd 2004, 23:15
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I like the wire type too, but that's not what was in Trends. It's the same Mid Amer. Motorworks grill with a fluted glass lens behind it.
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Old August 29th 2004, 18:05
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bill,

a couple of questions for you:
  1. what of the tin did you have installed while putting the engine in? just the front tins?
  2. did your nut tabs have #30 holes already in them? the instructions lead me to believe that they should already be there and mine do not have any. seems like that could be pretty tough to drill through while clamped to the shroud tab. jake's on vacation or i would ask him.
  3. what the heck is a #30 anyway?
  4. what are you using for the throttle cable going through the shroud?
  5. how low does your left muffler hang down? looks to be below the sump, but is it lower than the pan? i'm debating about just bypassing the left muffler and inserting a straight pipe there. not sure though. main reason being to leave more room for the filter, t-stat and lines.
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Yours didn't come with a guide tube???

I have a stage 3 and mine is already in the shroud.
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Old August 29th 2004, 19:14
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1. front tins only
2. my nutserts had holes drilled. i'd drill em before installing. #30 = .1285". mark where the nutsert nut should go and drill it for a slip fit with the nut. then put the nutsert in the hole upside down to mark the rivet hole locations as pre-drilled.
4. Used a "universal" cable. Cut to length. Cut accel. tube about 1.5".
5. both mufflers are below the sump -- about 1". the cross tubes are at about the same level. the header is tucked up flush to the sump. my left might droop a little without the left muffler bracket to the tailpipe. theres plenty of room for filter adapter and lines with the left muffler on.



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Old August 29th 2004, 23:46
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I need to get out there and give you a hand, expect a call Wed. Lookin tough Bill.

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Old August 30th 2004, 20:31
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thanks for the extra info. i may just JB weld the netserts in place. no real pressure on them. i didn't get a guide tube, but it just dawned on me that i have any extra T1 one so i will use it. i put in a stock acc cable, so hopefully that is the right length.

on the filter, are you saying there is room to mount it on the bumper bracket? i thought you said you had to relocate it because of that??? pics make it look like a tight fit. my fittings come out of the top too.
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Old September 23rd 2004, 14:24
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Broken motor

Well I'm back online after morning the loss of my motor. It seized about a month ago while doing a full throttle, clutch drop burnout. I tore down the engine and sent the short block to Jake for failure analysis and repair. Jake found that the T4 flywheel snout broke and welded to the crank. This caused the front main bearing to seize on the crank. So, a new crank, bearings and flywheel and it's all good. Jake is going to set me up with one of his new lightened billet aluminum flywheels. I'm going to get a rev. limiter to protect the engine from my foot.

On the bright side, I got the experience of tearing down a RAT T4 motor. Ceramic lifters were perfect.

I've made some progress on the car -- wheel spacers, gauge wiring, bumper turn signals, sound dampening, and wing window assy. After getting the engine back together the plan is to get the headliner installed by a shop and finish up final assembly.

Keepin' on,
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