hjracing Posted November 22, 2014 Posted November 22, 2014 Meanwhile avideo to inspire us! http://www189.carbuzz.com/news/2013/12/29/A-Pair-of-Old-Baja-Bugs-Hit-the-Dirt-7717837/
Chromecop Posted November 23, 2014 Author Posted November 23, 2014 Thanks for all the kind words and encouragement, that's exactly what I need to keep going! This is actually not my cup of tea, as I prefere to build more "streetable" cars. But I kinda figured I had to do this to really fulfill my VW-collection....
Chromecop Posted December 9, 2014 Author Posted December 9, 2014 Still not sure about what Engine to use, but I've kept building on the VW-Engine and also started constructing a rollbar.
Chromecop Posted December 14, 2014 Author Posted December 14, 2014 (edited) Unfortunately the Porsche-Engine that i got from my friend Marc doesn't look as good as I'd hoped forin the rear of my Baja Bug, so I'll stick to the VW-Engine this time. Don't worry though, I have several other VW-Projects where the Porsche-Engine can come in handy..... Edited December 14, 2014 by Chromecop
chunkypeanutbutter Posted December 20, 2014 Posted December 20, 2014 You could go the other route and put a Corvair engine in it...
FASTBACK340 Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 You could go the other route and put a Corvair engine in it... While visually interesting, the Corvair engine rotates opposite the VW, which means if you just "bolted it in" you would have 4 speeds in reverse and a super low one forward gear! reverse-rotation cams were available as opposed to flipping the transaxle which put load on the coast side of the gears, leading to early transaxle failures. Besides, a turbo 2.4 litre beetle engine makes insane power!
chunkypeanutbutter Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 While visually interesting, the Corvair engine rotates opposite the VW, which means if you just "bolted it in" you would have 4 speeds in reverse and a super low one forward gear! reverse-rotation cams were available as opposed to flipping the transaxle which put load on the coast side of the gears, leading to early transaxle failures. Besides, a turbo 2.4 litre beetle engine makes insane power! They have adapters y'know
FASTBACK340 Posted December 21, 2014 Posted December 21, 2014 They have adapters y'know I know. That's why I said "if you just bolted it in…." The Corvair swap is one of those old "some assembly (and engineering…) required" conversions. The RIGHT way to run that engine is using a reverse-rotation camshaft and get it operating to work with the VW transaxle gearing. But in the modeling world, the Corvair is a more detailed, and easily modified, choice.
Chromecop Posted January 6, 2015 Author Posted January 6, 2015 Added more details to the Baja this evening:
hjracing Posted January 7, 2015 Posted January 7, 2015 I'm glad to see the Baja again! Keep it coming!
Chromecop Posted February 10, 2015 Author Posted February 10, 2015 Due to a bad flu and lotsa work I haven't done very much progress to this one lately. Only this:
Chromecop Posted February 17, 2015 Author Posted February 17, 2015 More work done the last couple of Days:
Zarana-X Posted February 17, 2015 Posted February 17, 2015 Great work so far. Those brake drums look cool, however, that's not something you would ever use on an off-road vehicle.
Chromecop Posted February 18, 2015 Author Posted February 18, 2015 Great work so far. Those brake drums look cool, however, that's not something you would ever use on an off-road vehicle. That's true...at least by today's standard.... This is meant to be a 60's Baja, and as such I think those brake drums would be periodically correct?
greymack Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Hi there well this is a great post . I owned a few baja bugs when I was younger its was a lot of fun building them. Me and my cousins use to cruise the junk yards for vw vans and take the front end and trans also engines for spares or parts. The van front end was very useful being the shock towers were longer which made for more shock travel and also added ground clearance and the transmissions had the reduction gear which made the buggy climb anything if you were so brave .But driving down the hwy would be slow going . Then we figured out how to adjust torsion plates to give use more ground clearance on the back but was hell on tire and cv joints because of the negative camber that produced. Then I got a bright idea of using a irs trans and components to fix the camber problem. I could keep going on and on with all the mods we did. So if you need some help and ideas just ask.
Chromecop Posted February 19, 2015 Author Posted February 19, 2015 ........ I could keep going on and on with all the mods we did. So if you need some help and ideas just ask. Thanks George, I'll keep that in mind!
Chromecop Posted February 22, 2015 Author Posted February 22, 2015 First coat of primer Went on this morning:
Chromecop Posted March 7, 2015 Author Posted March 7, 2015 First coat of colour Went on today and done some detailing this evening:
hjracing Posted March 8, 2015 Posted March 8, 2015 I'm glad you're still working on this Bug. Keep it coming!
Chromecop Posted March 11, 2015 Author Posted March 11, 2015 OK, so the homemade decals could've been better, but they're good enough for a Little race-car I Think!
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