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Discussion => Events => Topic started by: gsmitty on October 25, 2014, 01:42:58 PM
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Well the girls did good!! Drove so hard broke back torsion housing out of the car!!!! Will post track side photos latter. Now have a lowered baja!!!!!!
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Bummer about the busted housing. Looks like a great time though!
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Oval window Baja?
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Oval window Baja?
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looks like just the shell. couldve been super cheap....original car was to wrecked to restore.
pan could be late model....or still early pan with IRS trailing arms welded on. thats a good set up, link pin beam-IRS...
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looks like just the shell. couldve been super cheap....original car was to wrecked to restore.
pan could be late model....or still early pan with IRS trailing arms welded on. thats a good set up, link pin beam-IRS...
You hit on the noise we keep it from going to the junk yard.
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You hit on the noise we keep it from going to the junk yard.
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yeah....i built a 5/16 car once....super fun. silly me made it to SCORE race specs yet never raced....took it out to barstow a few times....followed the race course for a bit. that was my stardom....haha.
too bad about rear torsion. did it break the spline section in the center of the pan, by trans nose cone? wow....giddyup!
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Broke at nose cone!!! Going to do complete new build on car now$$$$$
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man....id love to help. my shop mate builds bajas in his spare time.....which has become of short supply as of late. :banghead:
also builds VW gearboxes. was one of Rancho's top builders.
but....as the racer i see that you are....no doubt youve got your bases covered. good luck with the build! im sure itll be faster, stronger....better. ;)
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Could always use help new to the offroad racing. This car is more for my wife. I do the drag racing circuit.
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cool man.
ill help any way i can, if i can. shoot any questions over if ya like.
also....beaveretriever on this site....has quite a bit of knowledge in the vw field as well. :thumbup:
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Good job and congrats either way to you guys!
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Could always use help new to the offroad racing. This car is more for my wife. I do the drag racing circuit.
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If you ever need shock help, lmk. I built many back in my days at Radflo.
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Here are some track side!
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Have any up close pics of the damage?! Compression looks soft. Could have been riding bump stop all day. The car looks badass!!!
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Have any up close pics of the damage?! Compression looks soft. Could have been riding bump stop all day. The car looks badass!!!
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will get some pics when get home. Car was broke already in that pic
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Here's are powder puff entry. It was a good race!
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Here's are powder puff entry. It was a good race!
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Would love to have one of those
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Here's are powder puff entry. It was a good race!
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Whoa! Nice man!
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will get some pics when get home. Car was broke already in that pic
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To keep it 5/1600 legal you have to keep the torsion housing in the car, as you know. I would pony up and put king Kong adjusters in the housing. This will let you set sag and torsion bar stiffness. Also what shocks were you guys running? I met you at long beach during the circle boat races with Omar.
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To keep it 5/1600 legal you have to keep the torsion housing in the car, as you know. I would pony up and put king Kong adjusters in the housing. This will let you set sag and torsion bar stiffness. Also what shocks were you guys running? I met you at long beach during the circle boat races with Omar.
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I remember ya!!! This car was low budget build was meant for camping and for me to teach how to drive and have fun with my nephews and nieces then my wife wanted to race the powder puff so added some stuff to make it legal. Didn't want to build a full race car and have her not like it. Now that we have raced the last 4 years and she loves it that means now have to build her a reliable race car $$$$$$. But would love to get together with ya and pic your brain on motor build and all that good stuff
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I remember ya!!! This car was low budget build was meant for camping and for me to teach how to drive and have fun with my nephews and nieces then my wife wanted to race the powder puff so added some stuff to make it legal. Didn't want to build a full race car and have her not like it. Now that we have raced the last 4 years and she loves it that means now have to build her a reliable race car $$$$$$. But would love to get together with ya and pic your brain on motor build and all that good stuff
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Sounds good. Let me know
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Dave
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I remember ya!!! This car was low budget build was meant for camping and for me to teach how to drive and have fun with my nephews and nieces then my wife wanted to race the powder puff so added some stuff to make it legal. Didn't want to build a full race car and have her not like it. Now that we have raced the last 4 years and she loves it that means now have to build her a reliable race car $$$$$$. But would love to get together with ya and pic your brain on motor build and all that good stuff
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you dont "have" to spend top dollar on this car. its a 5/16 class, which is limited....so driver skill/input plays a strong role. while still no stocker....its no where near a class 5 car.....unlimited. where each shock can be a grand :o
obviously, you dont want a cheapy roll cage or seats and belts. engine build, when i was into it....was almost fully stock, it had some blue printing-per rule book. 1600, dual port with a 30pict-? modified to handle being bumped around off road.....like extending the bowl vent tube. we just put a hose on it and ran it further up into the air cleaner, helped with sloshing gas out of tube in the rough stuff. suspension limit was stock dimensions....so you can squeeze out what ever travel you can reliably get. i think i had 10" all the way around. aftermarket components would be nice....but pricey. and can still fail. stock stuff is cheap....so having loads of spares is more affordable. i also used larger lights for warning lights, instead of the idiot lights on speedo. easier to notice while burning up the desert. haha. even tho i never actually entered in a race.....
good luck, keeps us posted on progress.
anyway. the Beave is a smart cat. no doubt he can advise you as well.
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you dont "have" to spend top dollar on this car. its a 5/16 class, which is limited....so driver skill/input plays a strong role. while still no stocker....its no where near a class 5 car.....unlimited. where each shock can be a grand :o
obviously, you dont want a cheapy roll cage or seats and belts. engine build, when i was into it....was almost fully stock, it had some blue printing-per rule book. 1600, dual port with a 30pict-? modified to handle being bumped around off road.....like extending the bowl vent tube. we just put a hose on it and ran it further up into the air cleaner, helped with sloshing gas out of tube in the rough stuff. suspension limit was stock dimensions....so you can squeeze out what ever travel you can reliably get. i think i had 10" all the way around. aftermarket components would be nice....but pricey. and can still fail. stock stuff is cheap....so having loads of spares is more affordable. i also used larger lights for warning lights, instead of the idiot lights on speedo. easier to notice while burning up the desert. haha. even tho i never actually entered in a race.....
good luck, keeps us posted on progress.
anyway. the Beave is a smart cat. no doubt he can advise you as well.
The rules have changed alot since then. Nownyou can run power steering, disc brakes, 3" bypass, micro stubs, dual port motors. The different racing clubs ruined the 5/1600 and 1/2-1600 in my opinion. Go the money you could spend building and prepping those cars now you can do a 12 car with less prep cost. However, I still think 11, 9, 5-1600, 1/2-1600, and 12 are my favorites. The cool part about 5/1600 is it can be a drivers class because there isn't a ton of money and parts are still parts and they break when you go to fast. The shock set up is key in the lower class cars along with trannys. If your tranny isn't geared right you will never keep your momentum up and you will be slower. The old school set up with dual shocks in the rear and a single up front are good if you can't pop for the 3" bypass. Thats were to spend extra money if you had it there are also differnt style of stubs out there if you wanted to go to disc brakes. There are some cool ones that my brother is running on his 12 car that are super cheap to replace, which is nice for prep. Just throw them away and put new ones on. Let me know if you have any questions. I have been playing with vw my whole life. I drove them for a long time and still have a pretty fun little sand car.
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Sounds like I got some educated guys that can help on my build!! Would love to build my wife a car that she could have a fair chance on winning with her driving skills
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Sounds like I got some educated guys that can help on my build!! Would love to build my wife a car that she could have a fair chance on winning with her driving skills
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I have a lot of ideas and tricks that I have learned and seen. I can help you
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Dang....bypass shocks are nice. Even if they allowed it back then....too rich for my blood. Even with being part of team sponsored by sway-away.... I would agree tho....good suspension will help keep you moving faster. Engines don't put out much more than 100-120hp....57-60 stock. I've got a good tranny builder.... couldn't tell what internal parts would cost. 3Rd & 4th start at 100 a piece for custom ratios.
1&2 are quite a bit more due to It's construction. Ring n pinion....you can drop coin there too....or stick with good stock units. Hell....you can even get away with some that not broken but not good enough for street rebuild as they would make noises....in an off-road race car....should work fine.
There's lots of opinions on shock set up(Some prefer the spring/torsion to just support weight of vehicle and rely on shocks to handle all of dampening....others a combo of both)....gear ratios. it'll take test n tune days to dial stuff in. all part of the fun. Must be fun.....BR is still suffering the effects of being bit by the vw beetle bug.....;) just like me...