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Post by V8 Super Beetle on Oct 6, 2008 12:22:30 GMT -5
LOL! It does look pretty much like your pic. Since I don't have my tranny and motor in I figured I'd go by yours so I wouldn't have to wait til the engine and tranny were install to get the floor support done. So I pretty much knocked yours off. I'm wanting to have the frame finished, painted and rebuilt before I install the motor and tranny so I only have to do it once. If I had a normal garage it would be another story.
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on Oct 6, 2008 12:43:46 GMT -5
S10 2" drop spindles came in.  This weekend I finished welding the floor support in. Well, I didn't get to the welding underneath cause I'm not great at overhead welding. So when I take the frame apart to rebuild it I'm going to flip over the frame and tackle those welds and others. It's been a little while since I've last welded and I was working with different rods. I had to redo a few welds cause the rods I have are coat with less coating / flux so I wasn't use to them, but quickly got the hang of it. Not the greatest weld, but looks decent.  I made some mounts for the body to bolt to. Still have to weld them in though.  |
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Post by hellraiser on Oct 7, 2008 22:07:22 GMT -5
hey those body mounts look familiar too haha im glad my design is good enough for others to follow lol. ya mine turned out great
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on Oct 8, 2008 8:32:04 GMT -5
LOL! Yeah, the body mounts are pretty much the same but mine only utilize 5 of the 9 bolts that run down the heater channels cause I had to cut the rest out so the body would fit over the section of the frame that bowes out. I intended to use angle iron to begin with but you beat me to it. Although looking at yours did help!
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on Oct 9, 2008 10:15:29 GMT -5
Radiator for the bug. Courtesy of Ray. Thanks Ray! It was great meeting you, talking about our projects and I really appreciate you going out your way to drop off the radiator. Needs a little cleaning but it's in great condition.   I did some test fitting / mocking up of the radiator and seems like it'll have to go in the back cause the sway bar and steering box is right where I need the radiator to sit. So I'll be building a place for the radiator to mount in the rear. Having the radiator and battery in the back should help distribute a little bit of the weight. |
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Post by Roadrunna on Oct 10, 2008 2:12:16 GMT -5
Should be interesting to see how effective the cooling is with the rad in the rear as well.
Something I was interested in doing so that I could the front as stock without needing the vent holes.
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on Oct 10, 2008 9:30:04 GMT -5
Should work out pretty well. The guy with the white stock looking bug (Matt's car) set his up with the radiator in the back and he didn't have any issues from what I recall. And there's no front holes to cut out with it in the rear.  Putting the radiator outback should help distribute some of the weight as well. |
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on Oct 10, 2008 13:10:13 GMT -5
Last night I tack welded the "mount rails" that bolt down the heater channels of the body. This weekend I'm going to finish the metal work on the fenders and start laying some bondo, well, that's the plan.
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Post by Mock1racer on Oct 10, 2008 13:30:39 GMT -5
That's funny, I was planing on puttin mine in the back as well. I'm sure there won't be any cooling/heat issues, with more tubing to flow through, more water in the system. The only thing i'm worried about is road debris bustin the coils.Also need to mount the overflow tank above the rad for expantion.
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on Oct 10, 2008 13:53:57 GMT -5
Good call. I'm going to play with various way to mount it so I get efficient air flow with minimum way for debris to ping the radiator. I guess which ever one of us gets it done first successfully we can use that as a guide.
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Post by Mock1racer on Oct 13, 2008 6:40:31 GMT -5
Might be you, I got rust issues from hell.
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on Oct 13, 2008 9:38:37 GMT -5
I just might! I think Roadrunner is making progress pretty quickly.
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on Oct 13, 2008 9:46:39 GMT -5
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Post by Mock1racer on Oct 13, 2008 12:48:01 GMT -5
Lookin good! your bondo job looks better than mine did first time round! Never used the stuff, it was dry b-4 i got a chance to use it. Yeah, on sheet metal mig is the way to go, stick is too hot, but it worked so there you go.
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Post by V8 Super Beetle on Oct 14, 2008 8:53:13 GMT -5
Thanks! I found it kinda hard getting down how much hardener to use for a large area like these fenders. The first batch I did, in which I covered the front and rear of the fender, I put just the right amount and it didn't harden until I got it laid. So I had a little time to work with it and to do some cutting of excess bondo. The second batch though I added too much and it hardened pretty quick so I didn't have too much time to shave / shape it while it was still soft.
Yeah, mig would be the way to go. You can stick weld sheet but it's really tough. I've been using 1/16 6013 rods with the amps turned down to about 40. The main problem I have is not really knowing how much metal is laid down from the rod cause there's more slag build up then anything. So I'll chip the slag to see my bead and it either didn't fuse or the bead was in the wrong spot.
Once I start doing the firewall and floor I'm going to borrow my bro's mig.
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