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  1. Nigel888

    carbon fibre beetle shells

    Neat idea ... I could do with a carbon tub if you're doing one ... fed up with having to repair it! :clown:
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    ebay stuff

    Ducky and I have been looking at making some parts but to match prices on ebay we needed to make 100+ wish bone sets and to drop the price it needs to be nearer thousands of them. The problem is, where do you stop? ... make the wishbone better and the chassis mounts take the brunt of the...
  3. Nigel888

    Lets see your internet speed!

    I always knew I was connected via a wet bit of string ...
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    Crack Head

    We stacked the gaskets to give a squish of .3mm ... I think it may be where I had to helicoil new treads into the carb mount ... maybe the insert grew with heat ??? Think I'll get a proper .4mm copper gasket with the new head/piston. :oops:
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    Crack Head

    Rebuilding ... Ok .. so all that snow outside and no car :no: had to do something quickly Original 26cc Zenoah head, piston, pin etc refitted with stacked gaskets to give correct clearance, retaining 2mm stroker. Just need to fit carb, replace upper rear wishbones and bleed up rear...
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    Crack Head

    ... figured it was dead ... going to copy the porting onto the original 35mm ... see how it goes and maybe grab another 36mm head
  7. Nigel888

    Crack Head

    :helpsmilie: Just stripped the motor to find it has cracked from carb port to the outside near head bolt. Has anyone experienced this? The head is a CY27 bored to 29cc (36mm piston) and ported, running a 2mm stroker stuffed crank. What now? Get it welded, bored and re-nitrided Bin in and use...
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    YOUR BRAKE SET UP cable/hydro/standard

    setting extra channel It's quite easy really once you get your head round it. You have two main options as I see it. 1) - use a Y-splitter to send signals to two servo's Advantage - Easy plug and play Disadvantage - you need to set springs on the servo horn/link to allow for the...
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    YOUR BRAKE SET UP cable/hydro/standard

    You get what you pay for ... Brake, for a start - you definitely need them! I started with standard rear ... thats pants! Upgraded to cable front, it was ok but my open diff meant that rears stopped working as soon as a wheel lost grip, and produced a spin. They were also hard to get enough...
  10. Nigel888

    FG two speeds/pinions/gears/ratios

    Running injured ... Yes the wheels are spinning all the time, it had been very wet WET ... and my tires are rapidly becoming SLICKS Mainly the lower wish bone is broken and moves about half an inch under power !!! ... just waiting for new set to be delivered. I also had the suspension...
  11. Nigel888

    FG two speeds/pinions/gears/ratios

    Ask and ye shall receive Got the gears installed, still nursing a broken lower wishbone at the rear, but it held up for a while. New gearing installed and trying out its potential. 30.5cc Oneil ported head, 2mm stuffed stroked crank, Samba exhast. Gearing 22/42 - 16/48 Not bad considering...
  12. Nigel888

    FG two speeds/pinions/gears/ratios

    I did have 18/46 (16/48 on diff) and the new ones are 22/42 giving a 25% increase in gearing. Video will be on its was as soon as my damn lower wish bones arrive!
  13. Nigel888

    Beetle Side Pipe

    Replace gearing I have now installed metal gears 22/42 to gain better top end and exploit some of my engines torque.
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    FG two speeds/pinions/gears/ratios

    First outing Its very wet here but I could wait no longer. and the result in a word .... :omg: this is fast, and its puts the power down so well. The previous gearing would have been spinning every where ... now it pulls away nice and controlled and allows the torque to build ... I'm...
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    FG two speeds/pinions/gears/ratios

    Easy ... Do I look easy to you ??? Really Ducky ... has my beetle EVER had it easy? :no:
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    FG two speeds/pinions/gears/ratios

    Gears from ebay Quality is good ... they are solid rather than rubber bushed though. Don't know what difference that will make.
  17. Nigel888

    FG two speeds/pinions/gears/ratios

    I got a delivery !!! Typical ... new gearing arrived (22/42), all metal, fitted first time ... and its so icy outside I can hardly stand up. I did get to try it in the garage and it doesn't stall on pull away so I can't wait to get outside with some grip :party-time:
  18. Nigel888

    Beetle Side Pipe

    Great idea I like your thinking trip, unfortunetely the pipe is steel. It doen't seem to effect performance though. Nige
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    Beetle Side Pipe

    Pipes great ... The weight to one side makes for interesting skids under braking but help keep the nose down ... (most of the time) Ducky runs a face book group ... I have a couple of videos on there. http://www.facebook.com/video/?oid=50343387305 Same on youtube as well...
  20. Nigel888

    FG two speeds/pinions/gears/ratios

    My car ... I have a beetle ... you can see a history of the mods and upgrades below ... when I remembered to take pics that is. https://www.largescaleforums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3221 ~Nige
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