Yesterday we got together with some other beetle enthusiasts in a track in order to see how our beetle handles.

It was a lot of fun driving without anticipation but only for pleasure!!!

I was very pleased from the way my beetle handles in the track and how smoothly the engine helps me to drive as fast i can.
Adjustments and some good parts needs to be introduced in the car in order to finish it.

and some pics from the track..


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Jim,

I love your car! Great work!

Where did your friend Christos get his roll cage?

Randy

Looks like you guys had a good time,

Where is that track?

We should meet next time i am in Greece.

The car looks great Jim. My hat is off to you.

Thanks in advance for all compliments:D

Pete,it was a friendly meeting outside of Athens.
Next time you visit Greece dont forget to send me a pm in order to meet you!

Randy, the roll cage purchased from CSP at www.csp-shop.com.

:cheers::clap::rockon::rockon::rockon:

Update...........

after looooong time in hybernation and some engine problems the time has come for me to proceed!

I new i was having an oil leak when i first bought the engine and first run it but this doesnt bother me to join drives and adding oil.....but.....in the truck the mistakes were payed and payed heavily.
After of 15 minutes pushing the bugaru hard in the corners i've heard a noice tickling from inside the engine deck:eek::eek::eek:
I check the oil and found that more than one ltr missing:(:(
A raf estimation was that one of the set of bearings inside the connecting rod was scratched but the engine must be open first!

I stop over and took the car back to home until i get ready for rebuilding
and here we are..

The problem is concerning the bearing inside the connecting rod and nothing more:cool:, so we choose to change some of the engine component parts and rebuild it such as:

New oil pump
New set of bearings
New gaskets kit
New piston rings and more...

Expected to be ready by the end of the month here are some photos in random

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more to come in next days:D

Today we got back the block & crankshaft from the machine shop and still waiting for the heads.
Block needs to be cleaned and painted and then will be ready for assembly again.

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Meanwhile it was a great opportunity for painting the engine bay.
All the "unessecary" sheet metal were trimmed and after sandpaper the hole surface
it was ready for applying the primer and then painting to metallic blue..

before..
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after..
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Next in order the intake manifold take new shape in colour!!

before..
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after..

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Wish everyone Merry Christmas!!!

Lookin' good!!!

Jason

Go man Go. Nice work.

Thanks a lot quys!!!

Even i've passed in the dark side... your interest is still unabated..!!

looking good :goodjob:

Thx Xellex,really nice your project too!!

New OEM subaru oil pump introduced and one final layer of enamel in engine compartment!!
Next week more to come...

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cu..

Very nice!! Love that color ;)

Thanks Scott!!

Well a few hours before end of the year last unexpected thing happened..
An old lady hit me with her car in the bumper but for my good luck my mechanic was there and with my insurance all the legal staff were arranged.

So, new polyester bumper will be introduced plus the painting job.

here are the evidence...
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so, its time again for engine update..

The block painted in silver colour and three more things that need to be painted is the water tube, valve covers and timing belt cover all in anthracite colour.
We will also re-locate the water tube in the back of the intake manifold so to achive better look from in front.

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and..

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and..

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and..
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some other good stuff purchased and new piston rings and connecting rod bearings introduced plus new head studs!

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The re-assembly has begun and in the few next days I will be ready again to hit the roads!!

more to come from next year............

Wish everybody Happy New Year!!!

At last... after 9 months without driving my beetle, finally the first ride take place this saturday in the road but now totally different then before.........rebuilded and painted:no:

The assembly of the engine is done and after painted is taking place back in to the engine bay and i must say that i am very pleased from the result.
Everything is in the right position as it has to be!!

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The first 200km after the rebulid came very smooth and easy, the rev's didnt pass the 3500rpm.I have checked the oil and water level until the first change in 1000km.

GAZ struts in combination with bigger rear torsion bars provide better handling and gives you the feeling that it "reads" very well the road.

After the bumper will be replaced and painted by end of the next week some things may left to be introduced:

1.oil pressure gauge
2.bosch universal lamda
3.throttle reversed cable.


and a few photos from the first ride... ::)

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Wow that fits right at home like its made to be there!
Great looking car!!
You got any radiator pics or plumbing? Always like to see how you guys come up with a way to do that.

Yeah.....it fits right at home Scott!!Thanks by the way!!

I will post some pics from the radiator for you..

Very Nice, that's a great ride all away around.

Jason

Thank you Jason! That is my goal, to keep the car in perfect shape all away around!!

6 Cylinder Subaru
 

Hi, if you shorten the frame horns and move the engine/trans forward, is it possible to install the 6 cylinder in a super beetle? Sand Sport mag showed a story on the mods that can be done. The four and six cylinder shows great pormise?

Guys..advice need it..

I've noticed that this intake solenoid is tapped after the rebuild but before the rebuild was leading somewhere..


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Do you know were or maybe someone can provide a diagram for all the NA solenoids?

Thanks & regards,
Jimmy

Jim,
see pic below. It hooks up to a tube that goes to the controller/sensor on the right with the green sticker on top. Not sure what it is for though :o

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BTW, great buildup :)

Rob

Thanks a lot for the pic and the compliment Rob!

Luckilly a guy from the aussies explain me that this solenoid is acquired if i have a subaru charcoal canister which i did not:D and advice me to block it.

The strange is that the solenoid it was plugged before the rebuild somewhere(i dont know were) but for some reason now it's tapped but the engine runs fine.

Anyway i will ask my engineer!

Small update...

Finally I have changed the old lamda with a new Japanese one NTK.

The old one has been damaged and the engine was running to rich.
Now the mixture is stabilized in stock conditions and maybe a dyno will show us the new results.

With half of tank I have made approx. 230km and if you consider the very short ratio transaxle and the 2.0lt engine I think it's a very good result for me.

and 2 photos from my baby!

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That's all for now..

Minor updates...

New Avon ZZ3 tyres introduced in 205-45-17 for the front and 205-50-17 for the rear gives you a much better feeling & handling than the old ones :smt023

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Also i fabricate a new center console and moved the radio cd on it until i will be ready to trim the dashboard & console

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In future plans these instruments will light up my interior and who knows what else.......

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Now lets get back to business....

During the past days i have encounter an oil pressure problem and after the fact i've changed the oil pressure sender with new one the problem still persists.

New semisynthetic oil 15w50 and nipon oil filter introduced but the only change is to see higher pressure at cold 6.7bar and at hot idle around 0.9bar.

I have noticed some oil leak from this solenoid (i dont know how this called) and I strapped it.

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Through my plans it was to cut my intake "Injen style" manifold and add the air filter as closer as i can to maf sensor.I dont know if this has a better efficiency but i like the result!

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After the cut and after reset the ECU some times the idle plays from 400rpm to 700rpm and i was wondering if the time has come to clean the idle control valve & MAF but i cant locate the valve!

Also does anyone reverse the oil tube succesfully?

Any info would be appreciated guys!

Rgrds,
Jimmy

Where is the photos of the radiator. Would love to see where you guys put this.

The radiator is on the front of the car in the spare tyre location and you need some metal trimming in order to fit it down there..

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Merry Christmas to all!!

In the last few days some minor problems came up.

1.When the engine warm up and during the ride i have instantly three or four stall, it's like that someone to cut the power or the petrol.

This only happens(dont' know if this is by accident) in winter time and i've noticed when the humidity is up.
So first came in my mind to check the fuel pump and i have in idle 2.5 bar and in full rpms 3.5bar with regular flow.

Next i thought the MAF sensor because i dont have a knock sensor.

So i buy a CRC MAF cleaner and with carefull i sprayed the MAF and let it to vaporized (like photo).Then i bolt it back and i think i have gain some power.
Till today i have done 3 rides with no hesitation at all.

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Next step( if it aint MAF) is to change the spark plugs or the coil.

Do you suggest anything else that might be checked???

2. I tapped one oil evaporasation leak and change also a handbrake cable because it brokes.

3. I re-assembly the MAF and intake air filter.

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4.Change one brake hose line cause it was worn out!!!
New oil 10W-40 castrol magnatec + oil & fuel filter introduced.

5.From next week i will finally make some progress in interior(new dashboard & central console)

more photos from the progress next week.

update..:D

After raised this thread on aussies http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/v....php?tid=87474 i have realized that the dimming lights were the source of the problem.
The driving distance is every day the same, home-work-home so back to home in the afternoon i need to open the lights and that cause the stall.
The fuse is overloaded with power and is gets really hot with result of losing power somewhere and instantly cut me off.

So the simplest test was to open the lights during the day and see if the problem comes up.

And guess..... Yes it stalls once more so it has something to do with the dim lights. I'm thinking tol bypass the big scale and send it directly to battery or tol add a relay.:lol::lol:

Regards,
Jim