Down and out in 2008

[70Turbobug]

Coming along nicely Sandeep!

I have all of the parts to put the long block together, then need to build a horizontal cooling system

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Riechert still sells the horizontal fan set up.If you want one or need help ordering let me know.

[dub_crazee]

nice work sandeep! looks very trick!

[V8SuperBeetle]

Nice work! I'm guessing you're going to repaint the whole car?

[Luismj]

Sandeep,

Nice job!

Only to show you an interesting solution that is being born in Brazil.
Full touch 4,3" realtime programmable or by computer. (This is not only one display is full programable injection)

http://www.fueltech.com.br/br/product/detail/198/ft400

The rest of the family is more simple and already a champion on the track.

[Luismj]

English....

http://fueltechusa.hydra.kinghost.ne...tail/215/ft400

[NO_H2O]

Looking good.

[Luismj]

Originally Posted by NO_H2O

Looking good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rm3pu...layer_embedded

FT400 I love it... im buy one!

[Sandeep]

Just secured a G50/01 gearbox and now need to swap out the 915. 2 steps forward, 1 step backward, but all for the better. The bellhousing will need to be shortened to avoid cutting the torsion tubes.

The 915 will be up for sale soon.

Sandeep

[Sandeep]

Some more progress....

G50/01 fitted in the chassis






Got it installed far enough forward to be the exact same distance as the old 915 bellhousing was, with only minor clearancing of the torsion tube. Had to cut a 1" dia hole in the torsion tube to accomodate a bump in the G50 nosecone. The G50 bellhousing still needs to be machined shorter.








Had to cut a small notch out of the upper frame horn to fit the bump in the gearbox that houses the internal shifting gate. I'll weld in some metal to try and make this look like a factory "pocket" in the frame horn.




Shifter and front mount installed, was able to use the old 915 front mount with very minor modifications.






The annular TOB is a LUK unit from a 2006-2008 VW Passat with 2.0T engine. I'll need to cut off the feed tube, tap it for an AN fitting and plumb it.




More to come when the bellhousing gets machined down, and need to find some 964 front diff axle flanges that use 100mm CV's.

I'll use my old 915 rear mount with some minor mods. Thanks to Wally for leading the way with his install.

Sandeep

[ferfre007]

incredible! spectacular
The Käfer

Congratulations!


pereira zito in USA ?????? floor and skirting boards are not made in USA?

[70Turbobug]

Looking good Sandeep nice work!!

[Wally]

The way you do it now seems almost easy and straightforward
Looks very familiar and without the body it is indeed even more easy to do.

Be carefull how much you shave off the bell housing though. I did leave a few mm before the second rib on the bell housing and you will need that with the height of the TO bearing being what it is. Leaving one or two mm more then I machined off might be even better still. So, instead of the appr. 1 inch, make it 20mm or so?
Also check the splined pinion shaft: with a type 4 crank being hollow the first part, you may not need to have the shaft shortenend at all. The length of the splines could be a little too much/long, but that depends heavily on the clutch set-up you will use.

Greets,
Walter

[Xellex]

Great stuff! I love how a good, already installed and much sought after Porsche gearbox becomes "old" and makes room for the G50. That has to be dedication to the project!
Keep the pics coming!

[Sandeep]

Thanks guys.

Its always easy to do something when its been so well documented before you make the attempt

I'll be using a my WBX 228mm flywheel with 6 puc solid disk and kennedy stage 2 PP that are a carry over from the 2.0T motor (should hold 340 ft/lbs torque). I'll need to measure their combined installed depth and get an idea of how much the PP fingers must compress to release the clutch before determining how much to machine off the bellhousing.

I can't recall the exact TOB measurements but believe its ~ 40mm compressed height and ~ 60mm extended length, will need to look at my notes.

I woukld like to upgrade the power in the future but am not sure if the Kennedy twin clutch set up is any difference (installed depth wise) from the setup that I will currently run ? That would be the next logical step, but if it is too different, I could go to a stage 3 PP (378 ft/lbs on stock disk, 450ish ft/lbs with the 6 puc). The annular TOB should not increase the pedal pressure by much, just based on the design.

I'll keep Wally's recommendations in mind as he is the pioneer

The 'old' 915 shifting mechanism seems 'lost' when I try to shift gears with the shaft only, the G50 just clicks from gear to gear , must be the internal shift gate. The shift rod installation will be quite easy I think, may have to shorten the rod, but that is trivial.

More to come !

[Wally]

Originally Posted by Sandeep

I can't recall the exact TOB measurements but believe its ~ 40mm compressed height and ~ 60mm extended length, will need to look at my notes.

I woukld like to upgrade the power in the future but am not sure if the Kennedy twin clutch set up is any difference (installed depth wise) from the setup that I will currently run ?

Yes, mine was ~40-41mm fully compressed as well iirc, so that must be right.

Kennedy twin clutch IS the same thickness overall, BUT.... (large but) only if you use twin thin black magic disks... There, you found the reason I went BM...
If you want twin organic, leave ~6mm (5mm MB vs 8mm organic times two)more meat on the bell housing