Length comparison 915-shortnose G50

[chug_A_bug]

Wally... DUDE
I love it Keep up the Sweet Work
Some day I'll do the Same.... So thanks for doing the Grunt work

Chris.

[Xellex]

yea Wally makes something totally unknown (at least to me) look so nice and simple to an extent. Thanks for sharing all this stuff. Without you and a few others, this GL world would be so much more dull (and in the dark).

[Sandeep]

I've been following your G50 installation from the first day that you started to post information.

Very inspiring Walter, your GL beetle is one of my favorites, both in form and function.

Sandeep

[Wally]

Thanks guys

The G50 shifts fabulous! Very light and precise. Its also quite tall geared. The 915/40 I had before ran about 2800 rpm at 100 km/h in 5th. This G50 turns a littel less than 2500 rpm at 100 km/h in 5th!

[kuleinc]

Wicked install! Those are some pretty tall gears... Does it still go like stink?

[Wally]

Originally Posted by kuleinc

Wicked install! Those are some pretty tall gears... Does it still go like stink?

Yeah, just drop a gear and 'raw ****ing horsepower' does the rest

[ricola]

Well done Wally, glad it has lived up to expectations!
Rich

[Wally]

Thanks Rich,
Yeah, it really does.
Now I want to try to solve one little thing that could be improved upon and that is shift throw. The throws are pretty long, just like an original bug shifter, but there wasn't something to be had for short shifting besides the $$ Wevo and that one has an alloy shifter that cannot be bent in the straight position like I have done now with the original shifter..

Untill this recently developed baby:


I hope it gets here SOOON!

[ricola]

I saw that one but none of them give much % reduction in throw, most being around 25-30%? I'll be interested to hear how you get on with that JWest one...

[Wally]

The 25-30% is fine with me, especially since there is virtually no viable alternative. I was VERY happy just to find this solution

[Scotts73SB]

I like the subtle Max speed 195.3 KPH! Thats "goes like stink!"
Great job great build and details.. thank you!

[tom'72]

Fantastic build, don't want to hijack the thread but I recently found these measurement of a G50 on a kitcar forum. Might be helpfull for some of you out there.

Someone on that site also put these ratio's for the G50 boxes:

G50/00 3.5 2.059 1.409 1.074 0.861 (after 1988 0.868) diff 9:31
G50/01 3.5 2.059 1.409 1.125 0.889 (after 1988 0.892)
G50/02 3.154 1.895 1.333 1.036 0.861 (after 1988 0.868)
G50/03 3.5 2.059 1.407 1.086 0.868
G50/04 3.154 1.895 1.333 1.029 0.868
G50/05 3.5 2.059 1.407 1.086 0.868 diff 3.333:1
G50/10 3.154 1.895 1.407 1.086 0.868
G50/50 3.154 1.789 1.269 0.967 0.756
G50/52 3.154 1.789 1.269 0.967 0.756

[Supercool]

CAR PORN of the highest order!
it does make me feel the Neanderthal , hoping to fit up a 915 in a 1303. absolute ancient technology!
Great job on the conversion, now how about the money shot?
A vid of rowing through the gears would absolutely send me over the top.

[Wally]

Welcome 'supercool'!
Whats your name and pls show some pics of your 1303/project!

Maybe next year when the cage is in, I can attach my picture camera to the cage and shoot a 1/4 mile run. That way you can see what it shifts like when your in a hurry

[Supercool]

Here it is The day I bought it.

It doesn't look much different today, just much cleaner.
has around 30k miles and the only rust I've found so far is from long term storage with the battery still in the car. It appears to have rusted out and dropped completely through the battery tray.
The original 1600 was swapped with a 1964 motor, so I need to change that.