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January 13th 2010, 22:02
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Hey there, my name is Jason. I'm originally from B.C., Canada, but after schooling I now live in Santa Rosa, CA
These are pics as my baby came together. All these shots are in our barn or outside my parents house. In retrospect, I should have been more thorough but this was back in '87 and I wasn't as smart as I am now  . Kind of rough but it worked. I completely stripped the pan, sandblasted, primered, sanded and painted it in my barn. Had the bodywork done by a stoner and the paint done by a place in Aldergrove. It was single stage and I have to say I think it turned out OK! The color of the pan is from a 60's British Cortina, if memory serves. Did I mention it was the '80's? The color was a sort of pastel green that matched one of the Maui and Sons symbols colors... I was a wanna be California surfer dude living in B.C. There was a really cool blue bug in England that was just monochrome that I thought was awesome too...     It looked like this until about 2002, when I got tired of trying to keep the aircooled motor going, I started thinking about reliable big power for a reasonable price. I started thinking about how a big powered bug would need to handle better, so I started thinking about f/r balance. Mid-engine would make that better right?I bought an old GTI for $100 and started taking measurements off of it and some pictures. I scaled them and a picture of the top of a vw pan and did some measurements and found out a VW watercooled motor would fit in the back of a bug. I didn't want to just open up massive holes in the bug, I still wanted it to be mostly bug, so making it fit without a ton of cutting was really important. Once I knew it would fit, I ordered a 1.8t and an O2J tranny from a now-defunk place called Ron's Parts Incorporated (RPI). The guy I worked with there had actually amassed some parts to do something like this himself, so he also had a Porsche Boxter shifter linkage and was able to get me some G60 hubs and some big brakes that would be used for the rear. Then the cutting began, and the jig from the GTI fitted. This is all very complicated, but this was my first attempt at something this large, I would have done it much more directly if I did it again. I also starting thinking that all this power would need to be controlled, so I knew the stock suspension setup wasn't going to handle it and the wishbone suspension idea was born:   The wishbone buildup forum is here: Wishbone Suspension Bolt-On Kit The 1.8t buildup forum is here: 180hp 1.8t in a Bug And the Brake buildup is here: Let There Be Brakes
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If I could just get paid for my sleepless nights.... 1960 VW Bug UBRDUB Walkaround 1st Drag Run Dyno Run Oval Ragster-'57 Rag/'04 Boxster S Last edited by volkdent; May 31st 2013 at 20:38. 
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January 14th 2010, 01:17
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If I could just get paid for my sleepless nights.... 1960 VW Bug UBRDUB Walkaround 1st Drag Run Dyno Run Oval Ragster-'57 Rag/'04 Boxster S Last edited by volkdent; January 14th 2010 at 02:03.
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January 14th 2010, 01:24
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January 14th 2010, 02:08
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If I could just get paid for my sleepless nights.... 1960 VW Bug UBRDUB Walkaround 1st Drag Run Dyno Run Oval Ragster-'57 Rag/'04 Boxster S Last edited by volkdent; May 28th 2013 at 18:54.
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January 14th 2010, 02:20
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January 14th 2010, 02:31
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January 14th 2010, 09:44
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Lots of nice work in that one Jason. I love the front suspension.
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January 14th 2010, 15:20
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Nice summary!
Any idea how much bhp that intercooler should be good for? I'm vaguely considering sticking with air/air in the back ducted from both wings...
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January 14th 2010, 21:32
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Thanks guys, long winded, but that's how it is. It's been going on since I was 15 and I'm 37 now, so I won't be resting anytime soon. You've see my signature, right?
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Small Intercooler BTW, would you consider making your own build thread? I know you maintain your own site updates, but it would be really awesome to have a few pics posted here and at least the update links as they come? Jason
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If I could just get paid for my sleepless nights.... 1960 VW Bug UBRDUB Walkaround 1st Drag Run Dyno Run Oval Ragster-'57 Rag/'04 Boxster S
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January 14th 2010, 22:20
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 Seriously though, I have enjoyed seeing all the "out of the box" ideas you've been doing with this project. Keep it up man! 
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January 15th 2010, 15:19
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I've got this one here (not that current really):
http://germanlook.net/forums/showthread.php?t=182 Volkszone: http://www.volkszone.co.uk/VZi/showthread.php?t=544689 Aussieveedubber forum: http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/v....php?tid=75812 Mainly due to higher traffic and thea fact that aussie's are more into subaru conversions...
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January 15th 2010, 23:56
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These just came today. I paid $670 shipped for them, a bunch of guys were asking over $800 without shipping or center caps for them, so I figured this was a decent deal. I'm very happy they are 55 ET for both, easy to add spacers if I need them, but I'd rather have clearance. I think I have 55s now, but I might have a set of 52s on the front, and an extra 3mm would be great. They have hardly worn Michelins on them too, but they are old, have some cracks in them, so they'll be fun for donuts and burnouts!
    Jason
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If I could just get paid for my sleepless nights.... 1960 VW Bug UBRDUB Walkaround 1st Drag Run Dyno Run Oval Ragster-'57 Rag/'04 Boxster S
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January 20th 2010, 22:13
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Wow....Just wow.
That front suspension setup is the cats ass. Wouldnt mind having one for a future build. You think something like that is possible for a bus?
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January 21st 2010, 01:06
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Jason
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