All the exhaust and noise is out back behind me. These are mufflers with some waffling but you can see straight thru them, reminds me of the s/s mufflers I put on my vette.
All the exhaust and noise is out back behind me. These are mufflers with some waffling but you can see straight thru them, reminds me of the s/s mufflers I put on my vette.
pic of the exhaust sys. I built
Last edited by Mike; 04-23-2011 at 10:16 PM. Reason: fixed link to picture
That looks really good. Very nice work. How do you have the motor mounted to the frame? Is it hard mounted? I was just wondering how much rotation / flex you were going to get from the torque of the motor.
The trans axle is bolted in 3 places with (3) 3/8 and (4) 5/16 bolts the engine is bolted directly to the transaxle Identicle to a sand rail.
I can see what your thinking, there is no torque flex of the motor it is solid mounted no movement at all no rubber mounts. The cross bracing of the frame and the strength of the hull wont allow any flexing. This works great in sand rails but in the high horse power
motors all it has to do is rain on the sand and you start breaking axles and ring gears on engines with 125 hp and up.
Just purchased a 55 amp alternator to replace the 14 amp generator on the vw motor and bought a master cylinder for the brake pedal. next is to weld in my caliper mounts had to move them from the back of the disc to the front for exhaust clearence. Then its a battery gas lines and brake lines. I have to cut and cable clamp both the clutch cable and throttle cables as the stock length is about 4 inches to long.
chris davidson
What you have accomplished so far looks FANTASTIC!!
Built these today this one needs the plastic shoe and paint
will try to install both front chain tentioners today. Bought a CB today to install in the dash. will take some more pics when dash is in perm.
This weekend I finished two front chain tentioners, put in a center gutter for clutch and gas cables with little pullys, installed the alternator in the fan housing,cut shorter and installed a universal joint in the steering colume, started the first steps in wiring by running a 3/4 conduit thru the gutter from dash to motor. this gutter will carry the gas line, brake lines and an air hose for rear pump clutch.
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