hjracing Posted November 22, 2014 Share Posted November 22, 2014 Great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjracing Posted November 22, 2014 Share 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/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromecop Posted November 23, 2014 Author Share 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.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelmarknz Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 nice work !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromecop Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromecop Posted December 9, 2014 Author Share Posted December 9, 2014 A few pics: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromecop Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
68BigBug Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 Now this is awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted December 20, 2014 Share Posted December 20, 2014 You could go the other route and put a Corvair engine in it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTBACK340 Posted December 21, 2014 Share 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkypeanutbutter Posted December 21, 2014 Share 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FASTBACK340 Posted December 21, 2014 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromecop Posted January 6, 2015 Author Share Posted January 6, 2015 Added more details to the Baja this evening: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjracing Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 I'm glad to see the Baja again! Keep it coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromecop Posted February 10, 2015 Author Share 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: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromecop Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 More work done the last couple of Days: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarana-X Posted February 17, 2015 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromecop Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share 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? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greymack Posted February 19, 2015 Share 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromecop Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromecop Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 First coat of primer Went on this morning: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromecop Posted March 7, 2015 Author Share Posted March 7, 2015 First coat of colour Went on today and done some detailing this evening: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjracing Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 I'm glad you're still working on this Bug. Keep it coming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromecop Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjracing Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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