My orange bug

Mr Scoops wrote:

I had a set of those on my 75 Sunbug. I saw a set with 5x130 pcd not long back on VZi, I wish I'd bought them now!
I would even consider converting my bug to 4 stud I think......

If it's the set from Vzi I think you're thinking of! The guy who painted my bug bought them for his split panel van

Seeing a bug brought back from the brink to a solid state gives me such a warm feeling inside, I cant help but smile! The bug is looking really good man...

love the work you have done on the beetle. What engine have got in it now? i See you have twin chokes but what sizes?

The orange peril looks sweet, are you going to be at the meet tomorrow in it??

1584cc wrote:

spennyp wrote:

have you fitted an oil cooler to the car?? i only ask i have just been out in the garage trying to firgure out the best place for the external cooler bearing in mind that the horisontal section of the torque bar is going to foul where i had the cooler mounted previously??

No I've not fitted an oil cooler, so can't help you on that one I'm afraid. I'm hoping over the course of this year to buy the parts for a bigger engine with a view to building it up over the winter for next year depending on funds...


Your car close to being on the road again? Looking forward to seeing it.

I'm sure you'll be taking it up to Shakespeare County Raceway to test out that big motor... right?

no problem dude.....i'm getting there its been a slow week in terms of progress hoping to get some time on it over the weekend.....and yes i'll be hitting the strip when the gremlins are ironed out and the motor complelety broken in i'm interested in seeing what the motor will make after the 6000rpm.....it made 211.8hp.....and it revs to 8500 rpm

moup wrote:

The orange peril looks sweet, are you going to be at the meet tomorrow in it??

I think we're booked in for an indian with some friends tomorrow night. I'll find out in the morning. If we're not we might pop down, be interesting to put faces to names and cars to faces!

1584cc wrote:

moup wrote:

The orange peril looks sweet, are you going to be at the meet tomorrow in it??

I think we're booked in for an indian with some friends tomorrow night. I'll find out in the morning. If we're not we might pop down, be interesting to put faces to names and cars to faces!

It would be good to see you there

spennyp wrote:

1584cc wrote:

spennyp wrote:

have you fitted an oil cooler to the car?? i only ask i have just been out in the garage trying to firgure out the best place for the external cooler bearing in mind that the horisontal section of the torque bar is going to foul where i had the cooler mounted previously??

No I've not fitted an oil cooler, so can't help you on that one I'm afraid. I'm hoping over the course of this year to buy the parts for a bigger engine with a view to building it up over the winter for next year depending on funds...


Your car close to being on the road again? Looking forward to seeing it.

I'm sure you'll be taking it up to Shakespeare County Raceway to test out that big motor... right?

no problem dude.....i'm getting there its been a slow week in terms of progress hoping to get some time on it over the weekend.....and yes i'll be hitting the strip when the gremlins are ironed out and the motor complelety broken in i'm interested in seeing what the motor will make after the 6000rpm.....it made 211.8hp.....and it revs to 8500 rpm

8500

Should be good for 13's...

Have you taken it down the strip yet in it's previous guise or will this be your first time?

soapbox wrote:

love the work you have done on the beetle. What engine have got in it now? i See you have twin chokes but what sizes?

It's a 1584cc at the moment.

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It's actually an old Arnie Levics lump which I have caned the f**k out of. It's had a little work on the heads and some 36's.

Amazingly it's got no end float or leaks

Just picked this car up from it's resto. (well 2 weeks ago). First time I'd really driven the car for about 7 years, so I was a bit nervous. Had to drive it 180 miles to get it back.

Got two miles down the road and the wife who was following me flashed me to tell me one of my rear lights had just gone out (a fuse had blown).

Got another 20 miles down the road and the windscreen wipers stopped working luckily the drizzle had just stopped.

Thought that would be it, but no. Got to the M6/M5 interchange where all the roadworks are and there's no hard shoulder and the generator warning light came on

No way was I going to pull over until I got to the hard shoulder, so had to keep going for a couple of miles, until I could pull in. It wasn't the fan belt so I carried on, hoping there was enough juice in the battery to keep the engine running all the way home as it probably wasn't being charged.

I had planned to drive at a steady 60 to get home but then speeded up to 70, then from Bristol to Bridgwater it was 80

Car made it back, just, went to restart after I got home and the battery was flat!

The wife reckoned it was like a Herbie film as I was weaving in and out the traffic, no indication to preserve the battery

They say every journey in a VW is an adventure!

1584cc wrote:

spennyp wrote:

1584cc wrote:

spennyp wrote:

have you fitted an oil cooler to the car?? i only ask i have just been out in the garage trying to firgure out the best place for the external cooler bearing in mind that the horisontal section of the torque bar is going to foul where i had the cooler mounted previously??

No I've not fitted an oil cooler, so can't help you on that one I'm afraid. I'm hoping over the course of this year to buy the parts for a bigger engine with a view to building it up over the winter for next year depending on funds...


Your car close to being on the road again? Looking forward to seeing it.

I'm sure you'll be taking it up to Shakespeare County Raceway to test out that big motor... right?

no problem dude.....i'm getting there its been a slow week in terms of progress hoping to get some time on it over the weekend.....and yes i'll be hitting the strip when the gremlins are ironed out and the motor complelety broken in i'm interested in seeing what the motor will make after the 6000rpm.....it made 211.8hp.....and it revs to 8500 rpm

8500

Should be good for 13's...

Have you taken it down the strip yet in it's previous guise or will this be your first time?

hopefully.....but i'd love to get in the 12's never taken a car on the strip so expect 15's

spennyp wrote:

1584cc wrote:

spennyp wrote:

1584cc wrote:

spennyp wrote:

have you fitted an oil cooler to the car?? i only ask i have just been out in the garage trying to firgure out the best place for the external cooler bearing in mind that the horisontal section of the torque bar is going to foul where i had the cooler mounted previously??

No I've not fitted an oil cooler, so can't help you on that one I'm afraid. I'm hoping over the course of this year to buy the parts for a bigger engine with a view to building it up over the winter for next year depending on funds...


Your car close to being on the road again? Looking forward to seeing it.

I'm sure you'll be taking it up to Shakespeare County Raceway to test out that big motor... right?

no problem dude.....i'm getting there its been a slow week in terms of progress hoping to get some time on it over the weekend.....and yes i'll be hitting the strip when the gremlins are ironed out and the motor complelety broken in i'm interested in seeing what the motor will make after the 6000rpm.....it made 211.8hp.....and it revs to 8500 rpm

8500

Should be good for 13's...

Have you taken it down the strip yet in it's previous guise or will this be your first time?

hopefully.....but i'd love to get in the 12's never taken a car on the strip so expect 15's

I think you'll do better than 15's

Got fed up with the standard gearstick, so picked up a new shifter at the weekend...



Shiftings a lot quicker now.

Nice gearstick love the steering wheel to diffrent

Looks great bud it's surpising how much better they are..

Ticking over a fast isn't it

thecrewkid wrote:

Ticking over a fast isn't it

That's the FK87 cam buggers the idle right up ...






Nah the ignitions off and that's where the needle sits for some reason

my rev gauge does that but it stops about 3000 rpm dont know why

lowriderbug wrote:

my rev gauge does that but it stops about 3000 rpm dont know why

Long as it goes to zero when the gauge is powered it's fine.

Looking good Buddy.........

looks sweat dude love your bug

your bugs lush, you got good taste!! you made that resto look easy

love it!!!

Your ride does look sweet, very understated, I like that.