Category: T2
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VWSP21 – Drag Racing Bay Window Specifications
1969 VW Dormobile Camper Full camping interior and elevating roof Porsche 944 front brake conversion GAZ coilover front suspension in addition to original suspension – slammed all round 1600cc with twin dellorto ’36 carbs (soon to be upgraded) Stock 1600cc gearbox Porsche teledial wheels, 6×15″(front) and 7×15″(rear) Tyres 175/55 (front) and 195/60 (rear) Porsche 944…
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Roll Cage installation in the Samba
Installed at the end of the 2003 season by Paul and Joss at Der Botcheinvolks the cage is constructed as a 6 point full hoop from certified CDS tubing. here you can see the main hoop over the top of the walkthru and the hoop running around the roof line behind the peak. it also…
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take it all apart again!
dragged the engine into the house and onto the kitchen table and started stripping all the cooling and tinware off it. martin at TMS had phoned me during the day on friday to let me know that the porsche fan kit had turned up from CustomSpeedParts in Germany. Only two months after i ordered it….…
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Samba Engine Specification – 2332cc type 1 EFI engine
2332cc type 1 engine with DTA electronic fuel injection 2332cc Engine (84mmx94mm) * New AS41 racecase,bored for larger cylinders,drilled and tapped for full flow, clearance for 84mm long stroke. * Case fitting kit. * Scat Procomp 84mm forged chromoly crankshaft, 8 dowel, counterweighted. * Bearings for above. * Scat “H” beam chromoly conrods with “ARP”…
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here’s the snow!
more images from avoriaz last week
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look where the ak racecar was seven days ago today !
parked at about 6,000ft in the ski resort of Avoriaz in the the French Alps. all i need to do now is change the snowtyres for slicks and it’s off to the track 🙂
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wahey! maybe heating (again)
parcelforce (bless ’em) turned up at the door with a parcel from germany for me… and guess what it contained ? this…. it’s an eberspacher B1L petrol air heater. it’s got a fancy 7 day digital timer and other stuff and after connecting to a 12v battery pack it all seems to work but the…
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the verdict on the engine!
got the verdict from Martin Taylor at taylor machine services onthe damage to the engine… martin mailed me some pictures from his phone showing more detail… luckily the damage is not too bad, the big end bearing on number one cylinder let go and disintegrated, the extra ‘slop’ on the con rod meant that the…
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your sump should not contain this…
doing this… and found this on closer inspection it looks like this.. …. not the sort of thing you want to find in the sump… it appears to be the remains of a big end bearing…
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guess who came today !
Tim and Neil from top gear magazine turned up this morning to do a photo shoot of the bus. tim got in contact recently and we had a chat about the bus and racing etc. sadly i couldn’t take him out and scare him witless but we had a chat and then neil took a…