Jan meet
 

hope everyone enjoyed the holidays.

do you guys want to meet up on the 18th?

If I'm not away on business I'm in.

BTW, Can someone PM me Peter (Beetlejuice) email address ?
The one listed in his profile does not seem to work.

Thanks,

Rob.

I'm in for the 18th ... have to discuss shift rod options with you guys. I've got the 901 installed but still have to make the front mount.

Let me know if anyone has a spare shift rod coupler (for T1 ) they want to bring to the meet to sell. I also need 2 front motor mounts (urethane cyclindrical shape) from any car that I could use for my front mount.

My attempt is to make a U-joint shift rod using stock beetle parts.


Pete,

I've got the T1 trans sitting on my workbench with your name on it.


Sandeep

oh yeah... i'll have to come by this weekend. PM me your number.
thanks


your best bet is to call Performance Improvements in guelph during the day. he may be working, but i'm sure he wouldn't mind.

As far as I know I can make the 18th.
Sandeep, I think that I have a stock beetle shift coupler somewhere... I'll look.
I need to pick everyone's brains about tranny rebuilding, gear ratios, etc...
Hope everyone had good Holidays!
Cheers,
Dave

A the present time, it looks like i will be available for the 18th.

Jamie

Hey,

I was just in Canada with my girlfriend for the past 3 weeks, and I was hoping to make a BAG meeting, but I had to come home for school.

I was wondering if the meetings are open to anyone? If so I hope to make a meeting with her sometime in the new year. :D

BTW.. She lives in Hamilton, so she's close enough to Toronto. :)

The meeting are only for people who enjoy talking vw's, drinking a pint, and having some wings at a local pub... if this is not you, then please do not attend :laugh:

Hamilton is about a 15-20 min drive from where we meet.

Sandeep

Is it at a bar? :rolleyes: if so, my gf can't go and I won't go with out her, she'd kill me. ;)

Hamilton is about a 12 hour drive from here, so that's not far at all. :laugh:

Sorry guys.....I am working the 18th night :(

Alex

Works for ME
 

Happy New Year to All !

Next Tuesday is fine also for me and look forward to talking Trannies !

Sandeep: I thought the tech info article addresses tranny mount options;
also an option might be to use a GM automatic tranny mount, cheap and
reasonably easy to adapt; just a thouth

See you all soon.


Allan

PS. I have started my P-car with V8 conversion and learning lots of
interesting way to solve some engineering challenges including a
tranny swap.

Sorry guys, I won't be able to attend.
I'm in the States for work....

Rob.

I am working overtime tonight and getting up at 4am tomorrow.
Sorry, but I won't be there.

Jamie

the meet was good. should we start the "sticky" we talked about?

Yeah Pete that would be great... Sandeep are you still able to do it? I'd try but dial up is a bi**h.
Cheers!
Dave

Done !

It was a good meet ... I ordered all the items I needed for my 901 shift rod project and they arrived last night :agree: so I know what I will be working on this weekend.

I also modified my code for my datalogger to include a shift light :laugh: comes on when the engine rpms reach 5500.

Sandeep

hey Sandeep,

i'm not able to PM you so:

i have aluminum rod in 1' and 1/2'. which is 25.4mm and 12.7mm. i can turn down the ends of the 1' rod to 15mm, but the rest of it will be huge. i think the 12.7mm rod will work as your using set screws, and its not a press fit. want to give it a try? i'll continue looking for some 3/4 rod, so it's not bulky as the 1' rod will be.

Pete

Pete,

After the meet, I sat down and redesigned the system, and had to order some u-joints, they arrived a few days later. I've got the rod basically fabbed up now from mild steel tubing. Hope to install it soon and see how it works. If it does not work smoothly, will have to look at this again.

Sandeep

Hey Sandeep,
What where those throttlebodies that had the same bolt pattern as the IDF's? I found a set of GSXR ones that look close...
Thanks,
Dave