Vw 1300 72'

[Steve C]

Hi

There is already an unused factory mounting on the outer end of torsion bar tube.

Steve

[spannermanager]

Originally Posted by Steve C

Hi

There is already an unused factory mounting on the outer end of torsion bar tube.

Steve

There is indeed, VW deleted the fixing hole and bolt with the 1303, but the torsion tube still has the threaded mounting pad, early 1302's did have the fixings, probably why the 03's handle worse than a shopping trolly
And yes, the end of the torsion tube can move, but I use a very simple way to stop it because some more complex methods are not allowed in many race series regulations, first thing is drill the hole and fit the bolt in the stock location, a suitable spacer needs fitting between the body and the torsion tube to snug the bolt down solid, both sides obviously, next, remove all the rubber and the bolt ferrule from the inner wheel arch bracket and make it a solid fixing with suitable square steel plate spacers, in the cup cars, I made a 3mm bracket to support the top shock bolt, this in turn bolted through the inner wheel arch with fixings inside the car, simple and effective, but above all, weighs nothing.

[Wally]

Originally Posted by spannermanager

There is indeed, VW deleted the fixing hole and bolt with the 1303, but the torsion tube still has the threaded mounting pad, early 1302's did have the fixings, probably why the 03's handle worse than a shopping trolly

You b*tch! haha!

But seriously, any pics of that threaded mounting pad? I am at a loss wrt picturing it...