65 beetle turbo

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fast65
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Re: 65 beetle turbo

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Transmission change as the g50 will only go to 600 :( so

New transmission is here :)

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order goes 930, g50, T1 lol

vertigate shafts

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i thought the G50 had a big diff that a G50 cover plate next to the 930

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the shifter

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cant wait to fit this tmw :)

cheers andy
T66
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Re: 65 beetle turbo

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Hello Andy - Your Beetle looks great , very envious.


Slightly off topic, what size is your chargecooler pipework, and where did you get it - Im after a few lengths for mine ?


Thanks

Ivan
Building a rather tutti frutti Italian commuter car
petercabrio
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Re: 65 beetle turbo

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interesting idea of preheating oil, i have a 1 mile slow drive before i hit main road so oil usually warm

hp1 filter has helped and aeroquip hoses
fast65
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Re: 65 beetle turbo

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So I haven't updated this for a while but so i got my arse into gear this morning and finsihed tigging up the rear end as the new turbo stuff comes the end of the week and the engine should be here the week afetr so i can get going on some interesting stuff

so dropped of the rear end

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welded it all back up and fitted it all back again

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already for the engine to arrive now and get making the header and exhaust :)

so 7 months in the making and its arrived :) very pleased with it

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RLR REV6 clutch

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mechanical fuel pump

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O-ring seals no gaskets

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little inlet valve

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so know we can get back on with the building woo hoo I'm aiming for 1000bhp with this

cheers andy
stevieturbo
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Re: 65 beetle turbo

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lol, mental !
fast65
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Re: 65 beetle turbo

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BOOM the turbos have arrived pls close your eyes if you dont like shiney power adders lol

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billet :)

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cant wait to get on with making the header at the weekend :)

cheers andy
fast65
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Re: 65 beetle turbo

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MK1 header not to happy may have a rethink tmw

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Cheers andy
Roverdose
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Re: 65 beetle turbo

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why is the turbo so far away?

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fast65
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Re: 65 beetle turbo

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hi its to give me more room as there are still things to go in and also help move more weight to the centre of the car

little bit more

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so thats it so far lol

cheers andy
Rob Stevens
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Re: 65 beetle turbo

Post by Rob Stevens »

But won't the exhaust gasses get board by the time they get to the turbo?
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