Questions about Bill K.s ride

[Bill K.]

All about guages here http://www.germanlook.com/Forums/sho...&page=1&pp=15&

I have a couple extra cnc dash plates for those interested.

[golde60]

damn, thats one awesome looking bug.

i'll bet it rips. did you plan on racing it or is it gonna be street driven?

[Bill K.]

Thanks. Do both -- race (limited for now) and street driven -- that's the beauty of GL.

[Blue Thunder]

Hi Bill, back in the US?

Just wanted to say your car is a real beauty (wish my car looked half as good), and just love those Fuchs alloy's :bowdown:
Also the tech-aspect of your car is very interesting: CHT and EGT sensors on all cilinders and the ability to log all the data is amazing!

Unfortunately I'm out of the running at the moment: one of my scat aluminum pushrods just snapped at 6000 rpm (due to a material flaw), and destroyed a lightweight lifter and the pushrodtube

Anyway, have fun with that car and send over some video-clips if you make some

Grtz. Robin

[Racelook]

Originally Posted by Blue Thunder

Anyway, have fun with that car and send over some video-clips if you make some

Grtz. Robin

Hell yeah...

Give us some vids

See ya next time

Wiebrand

[Bill K.]

Robin - sorry to hear that, but I like your make it and break it approach. You just needed a real reason to pull it and fix the leaks... It was a blast ripping around in your Blue Thunder and hanging out.

Adding video to the datalogger playback with gps track map would be very cool. The software plays back the graphs (temps, speed, revs, g's, etc), track map position, and video simultaneously. see http://www.race-technology.com/WebPa...e/NewInV5.html

I'm going to get back on the car after vacation. I'll be adding extra eccentric adjusters for more camber, installing adjustable spring plates, and getting it aligned finally. Then I look forward to carving some turns (with video).

Wiebrand - see you next time -- maybe this winter

[Bill K.]

Well the adjustable spring plates are in and modified for decamber. The ride height is re-set and cross-weight adjusted (50.8% LR-RF). The car weights 1950 lb with a full tank.

The front end still has a couple issues. First, the right front tire rubs the fender lip with the 1.5" spacer on. Appearantly, Porsche are known to have a similar chassis offset where the body seems to be shifted to the left. When I fit the spacers I only measured the left side . Next time, measure both sides and spit the difference... The offset seems to be a little here and a little there when I measure fenders, beam, arms, etc. I've removed the front spacers for now.

Second, the left front cannot be adjusted into negative camber (RF is at -1.2 deg max with extra eccentric adjuster). It is maxed at 0 camber now. Next up is to check the left control arms for bends. It figures that a brand new Brazilian beam with control arms would be bent... I'll be swapping in new left control arms to see if bending is the issue.

I've gone over the suspension and brakes re-torquing and tweaking, so I'm confident it is solid now (aside from the LF camber).

It continues to be a blast to drive. I love the torquey motor, firm suspension, and tight steering/shifting. I just got a video camera mount that I'm looking forward to trying out this weekend.

Before Memorial Day, I'll be road-trippin' with Jake from Atlanta to Sac in the Plague. Memorial Day will be Bug-O-Rama Sac with the T4 conversion crew gathering. And in June, Zen and I will be road-tripping from Sac to Anaheim and back for The Classic This will be the first big trip in the car since restoration



The Carbon Joe front spoiler turned out great and noticably holds the front end down at high speed. I'm thankful I got one. :agree: