Aussi Subaru WRX powered German Looker

[jakriz]

G'day guys

I havn't been on here for a long time. I just gave my 71 Superbug a facelift with new paint & interior. I've owned this car for 19 years now, the conversion has been done for over 5 years now & has clocked up 155'000ks (96'000miles). it has 204hp & 221ft torque @ the wheels on only 8 pounds boost.

It takes the kids to school & also gets a floggin on the track http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5oONJigD_I

Hope u like the pics
http://www.superbeetlesonly.com/forum/uploads/1257489749/gallery_295_6_234014.jpg
http://www.superbeetlesonly.com/forum/uploads/1257489749/gallery_295_6_307057.jpg
http://www.superbeetlesonly.com/forum/uploads/1257489749/gallery_295_6_27559.jpg
http://www.superbeetlesonly.com/forum/uploads/1257489749/gallery_295_6_255669.jpg
http://www.superbeetlesonly.com/forum/uploads/1257489749/gallery_295_6_192117.jpg
http://www.superbeetlesonly.com/forum/uploads/1257489749/gallery_295_6_145541.jpg

regards
Jak

[ricola]

I'm liking the colour change, new seats too? How did the brakes end up?

[jakriz]

Yeh new seats, they are my favourite bit actually, they are stunning. Retractable seat belts are fantastic as well.

Brakes ended up being awesome.

regards
Jak

[volkdent]

http://www.superbeetlesonly.com/forum/uploads/1257489749/gallery_295_6_234014.jpg

http://www.superbeetlesonly.com/forum/uploads/1257489749/gallery_295_6_307057.jpg

http://www.superbeetlesonly.com/forum/uploads/1257489749/gallery_295_6_27559.jpg

http://www.superbeetlesonly.com/forum/uploads/1257489749/gallery_295_6_255669.jpg

http://www.superbeetlesonly.com/forum/uploads/1257489749/gallery_295_6_192117.jpg

http://www.superbeetlesonly.com/forum/uploads/1257489749/gallery_295_6_145541.jpg

I'm lazy so here is the pics...

Jason

[MX67]

Wow, looks very cool :)

What about the cooling? I can see holes in the spoiler, but let's look underneath, what heat exchanger do You use? :)

[Jim]

Beautiful & Powerful!!!

[seangfy]

hay jak is there any way you could post up some pics of your radiator set up looking for some inspiration on my project

[Humble]

Your car has always been an inspiration and I'm glad to see it's still kicking. I love the new color and the seats look great, what are they from, RX8? Are you still on a stock tranny or has that long since died?

[jakriz]

I found some pics that I posted on Samba many years ago of the radiator setup. I have 2 radiators in the front, one for the engine, one for the intercooler. They lay on an angle & only come to the heightof the original spare wheel well, which means I still have all of the original luggage space.
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/175849.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/175850.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/240513.jpg
http://images.thesamba.com/vw/gallery/pix/240515.jpg

The seats are from ebay, the brand is Autotechnica, it tool me some time ot find the right ones, as most aftermarket seats are very large width wise in a beetle, with these, I have 3 inches between the seats. They stunning, I really like them, they alos have the holes for the race harness, which means I don[t have to swap seats for the track anymore.

regards
Jak

[jakriz]

Oh , I forgot, the tranny is a single side plate unit with kombi gears inside. the first one lasted 65'000ks (40'000miles) before some stupid drag racing killed it.
I had another already built the same so it was a case of simply swapping them
regards
Jak

[seangfy]

thanks for the pics jak awsome

[rtheru]

Hey jak, great car! what's the color code?

[jakriz]

I was originally going to go with either Audi or Porsche gunmetal grey, in the end I just picked something close striaght from the painters colour chart. Much easier to match if I need to paint something else
regards
Jak