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Old April 19th 2010, 10:08
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Hello, I almost have the same rear suspension setup as you have. I've almost made the mistake to mount the right Torsion Bar on the left and the left on the right. Do you know for sure that they are on the correct side off the car?

Great looking car by the way. I use the 944 S2 TB's and also yellow Koni's.
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Old April 19th 2010, 11:25
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That came to my mind a while ago, but I went thru all my build pictures, and tried to remember exactly what I did, and now I'm 90% sure I didn't mistake the L-R sides. Anyway first time I take them off, I will double check that. From what I remember, they should be stamped L and R.
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Old April 19th 2010, 11:28
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Yes, congrats! But that should also be visible on the tranny itself where the type 915/72 is stamped in (underside, lowest bottom rib) by the addition of '12' with that code. So, should read s/th like 915/72-12 according to porsche's own publications wrt tranny numbers.

40% is quite a lot. Must have been a very sporty driver to order that much.
Most LSD's have worn a lot though, but can be renovated with new disks.
That's cool, I will also check the code stamped on the tranny. One more thing I noticed: it has a transmision oil cooler, did all of them have that? And do we use it in the bugs or just remove it and close the circuit?
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Old April 19th 2010, 21:49
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That's cool, I will also check the code stamped on the tranny. One more thing I noticed: it has a transmision oil cooler, did all of them have that? And do we use it in the bugs or just remove it and close the circuit?
The cooler is an "upgrade" it helps with higher HP engines, or heavy track use. If you stay under 280 HP you shouldn't need it.
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Old April 27th 2010, 07:01
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I just realised I didn't update the topic back a few weeks ago when I went to the biggest anual tuning show in Bucharest. Me and a friend of mine who owns a yellow 911 carrera represented the aircooled division of my club (anonymous motorsport). He won 2 prizes (best oldie with his Porsche and best import with his Nissan 350Z Veilside). I took alot of pics, most of them not aircooled related, but still interesting to some:

For the entire album from that event click HERE



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Old May 19th 2010, 19:26
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I've been working on my car again lately, and I'm pretty happy with the result:
I cut off the whole dashboard off the wrecked 911. Much more than I needed in the end but it took a bit of fitment and cutting till the finished product.



Than I took off the beetle dashboard, and I ended up with these:



Which in the end I combined into this :P



A friend came with the idea to take the leather off the dashboard face and paint it blue. I think it came out nicely.



It took me 2 days to do all the wires (no electrical experience whatsoever) but I managed to do it right. This is the finished dashboard, both in daylight and by night:
I couldnt get the tachometer perfectly centered above the steering wheel, because I kept the lateral vents functional, and I will adapt the center one too. It still needs some finishings, the electronic speedometer will not work until I will install the 915 gearbox, I have to install the oil pressure and temperature senders, and the tachometer is set for 6cylinders, which I will have to adress. Everything else works as it's supposed to. I want to get a vdo voltmeter to replace my old tachometer.




So what do you guys think?
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Old May 19th 2010, 20:42
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Nice job.
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That looks like it could of come that way from the factory!
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Old May 28th 2010, 18:07
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I have also been working for a while now on a EDIS4 + Megajolt setup, that I want to use on the type 4 engine if that's ever gonna get finished, and it's working good now... I have made about 400km's on it already.
I also made and installed a small shift-light.
Took a video of the dash. I'm planning on modifying the 911 tach to show the real RPM, but it works for the moment. Just have to multiply by 1,5... I guess I exercise my mind that way too :P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWQDJH6xVZA

I have to change the engine mounts, they are completely toast. That's the knocking sound. I ordered those yellow "Rhino" mounts and I'll change the cradle to the early style. Anyone using them? Are they worth it?
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I ordered those yellow "Rhino" mounts and I'll change the cradle to the early style.

Anyone using them? Are they worth it?
No, euh, no.. imho.
I have always used the original VW, high-duty rubber, old-style cradle mounts. There are two types in the black original stuff: stock and HD. The HD is plenty if you have something else (for example GB tranny support mount) to prevent torsional movement of your engine.
Sorry, haven't got the part nr. ready for ya...

BTW Dash looks cool!
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Old September 8th 2010, 20:02
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I couldnt resist, so I bought another set of wheels... They looked so yummy
I still like cup3's more, but these are in much better condition than mine. Hope they will look nice on the car
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I couldnt resist, so I bought another set of wheels... They looked so yummy
I still like cup3's more, but these are in much better condition than mine. Hope they will look nice on the car
I bet they did!!!
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Looks like a good buy to me! I'd like to say i've never done this but I have, a lot Are you going to get these on the car soon or hold out until after winter?
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Old September 10th 2010, 11:23
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it's probably a great idea to keep the old ones on the car until spring...

Today I sourced a set of new upper strut flanges. It's the older model (pre '73). And a Topline Parts strut brace
I started installing them, and as I almost finished on the left side, the bearing came out of the rubber sleeve, and it seems nothing is holding it in place AT ALL. I have read about this over at superbeetlesonly, and it seems that's the way they make them, but it doesnt feel safe at all to me. On top of that, if I lower the car back on it's wheels, the bearing moves up and comes out of the rubber, into the luggage compartment )

So, I had this idea, inspired by the uniball flanges, to just weld the bearing onto the flange, after cleaning the rubber off. I know it's not a uniball bearing, and it only moves on 2 axis, but I think it's better than the stock flanges which are usefull at the moment.
Gonna give them a bit of camber and caster while I'm at it.
Pics soon, I didn't have a camera with me.

Any idea why I should't do this? Is it a bad thing?
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Old October 7th 2010, 18:55
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A few days ago, I took the engine and the tranny off, as I'm not going to drive the car during the winter, so this gives me time to try and install the 915 gearbox.
I'm trying to do this on a budget, so I'm going to use what I already have, as much as I can.



The clutch part is a puzzle, and I'm lucky with all the info on this forum, otherwise I wouldn't have had the courage to take on a project like this.

So, this is what I already had: A 915 pressure plate, a 915 good used disc, a bus 228mm flywheel, pressure plate and disc.
The bus disc is useless ofc, and I tried the 915 disc in the 228mm bus pressure plate but it will never fit.

Today I sourced one of those Lancia 228mm discs that have been discussed about here, and it seems perfect. I alligned it's center with the porsche one, and it's a perfect match. Haven't tried it on the gearbox yet. Oh, and it fits inside the 228mm sachs pp



I also welded and redrilled the 915 flanges for the 944 drive axles.



also, the new wheels and the topline strut brace are in

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