Volkswagons!!!

**thokk2** · 10-09-2009 08:42 AM

Originally Posted by Cann0n

I do agree with the lack of room to play with the engine. I gotta completely remove my air-intake components just to CHECK the brake fluid. Other that and the minor electrical problems, i don't have many blind spots; none in the front. It feels like I have more visibility than my past cars.

And you have to take the front end of the car off to do any major work... Like change the timing belt, which should be done every 60k...

Originally Posted by Cann0n

The selling point that got me was... I'm 6' 2" and I have a foot of head space before my head hits the ceiling while my seat is where i like it. even if i was to adjust the seat sitting at a 90* angle and had it jacked up all the way, i still have a few inches of head space. It's a roomy car 2 people.

That I can agree with.

**Ogre** · 10-09-2009 09:00 AM

Back in the day, I bought a 1970 Micro bus without a motor.. a buddy was redoing his baja bug AND TOOK THE MOTOR out.. It also had a 2276 cc jug kit and Dual Weber 48's (maybe 44's) we slapped that thing in the micro bus (It also had the mountain gear box. Thing would pull a wheelie from stop lights.. used to whip up on hot rods as well

**BOMB SQUAD** · 10-09-2009 09:02 AM

Ogre knows whats up

**TwinTown Skater** · 10-10-2009 09:16 AM

It's all my wife's fault. She had a '75 Rabbit when we met. We bored that out, balanced it, polished the intakes, and I had a little screamer. Had the transmission out of that thing twice on my own.

Since, 2 GLI's including a 16V, a Fox Wagon(!), Eurovan, and now I'm living large in a V-6 Passat.

Most of my flying has been firmly groundbased sorry to say.

**thebassman** · 10-10-2009 10:26 AM

I plan to get a manual gti v6

chyeah

**GoGreenLongboarding** · 10-10-2009 10:35 AM

i really miss my poor ol '85 golf. I'll get another VW someday.

**BOMB SQUAD** · 10-10-2009 01:05 PM

Years ago I have a 96 GTI VR6. That thing had good power

**stuff** · 10-10-2009 01:25 PM

Originally Posted by BOMB SQUAD

Years ago I have a 96 GTI VR6. That thing had good power

id love to find a good priced rear ended passat, Vr6 rabbit would be so fun.

**BOMB SQUAD** · 10-10-2009 01:36 PM

Some friends of mine put a 600hp single turbo VR6 in a 90 GTI. that thing was nutts!!. It ran like 9.90's in the quarter mile

**JohnW** · 10-10-2009 01:54 PM

Originally Posted by BOMB SQUAD

In the future this is something along the lines of what I want to be building....My style

rat rods are sickk

this is my favorite i've ever seen

i really want to build one with my old man, even though he can't do most of the physical work anymore, he just tells me what to do and i do it.
when i finally build one, tanner your strippin it

**HerBDerb** · 10-10-2009 04:07 PM

Originally Posted by BOMB SQUAD

Is it just me, or does the rear wheel look like it has a metric fucktonne of negative camber?

**JohnW** · 10-11-2009 12:42 AM

Originally Posted by HerBDerb

Is it just me, or does the rear wheel look like it has a metric fucktonne of negative camber?

thats from lowering it

**BOMB SQUAD** · 10-11-2009 02:03 PM

Old VW's have a swing axle so when you lower them you get neg camber

**HerBDerb** · 10-11-2009 03:09 PM

Originally Posted by BOMB SQUAD

Old VW's have a swing axle so when you lower them you get neg camber

Ahh, okay. I get it.

And I suppose that "Z"-ing the frame, to avoid the camber, isn't quite doable...

**BOMB SQUAD** · 10-11-2009 05:34 PM

VW's dont have a frame, they have a pan. You can do a fork drop which means you have to cut the back of the pan off where the trans mounts to andweld it higher up. thats one way to eliminate the camber in the back. The silver bug that all hot rodded out on the pic I posted has that done to it, thats why you see the dual carbs coming out of the body

**Cann0n** · 10-11-2009 08:35 PM

Originally Posted by thokk2

And you have to take the front end of the car off to do any major work... Like change the timing belt, which should be done every 60k...

Oh I agree. It's a hassal just checking the break fluid. Hell, I just installed speakers and that led to all kinds of and home-ingenuity. Even changing lights sucks.

Originally Posted by thokk2

That I can agree with.

Oh yeah... The big windows and the base of the wind shield being so far away make it feel roomy.

**thokk2** · 10-12-2009 07:06 AM

Originally Posted by Cann0n

Oh yeah... The big windows and the base of the wind shield being so far away make it feel roomy.

But the sun visors do nothing... Kinda hate that...

**Cann0n** · 10-12-2009 07:14 AM

Originally Posted by thokk2

But the sun visors do nothing... Kinda hate that...

True that ####! With this Florida sun and the cleared lands, they sun is always in my eyes. I'm pretty used to it because I wear glasses and never really liked prescription glasses. I'll wear old-peoples sunglasses that fit over my glasses. Plus, if you see me without a hat, that means I got drunk the night before, lost it, and didn't have time in the morning to find it.

**BOMB SQUAD** · 10-12-2009 09:46 AM

Sweet!! The old people sun glasses that look like virtual reality glasses....haha.. Not a big fan of VW after 98. Everything got crappy and that whole timing belt sux, you literally have to pull so much #### out to replace it, and that in it self ends up causing probs. But anything pre 98 im all about. Oh and do you ever notice that all the newer vw's always have a head light out? Try to pay attention to it, its really crazy!!

**krow** · 10-12-2009 10:32 AM

Originally Posted by BOMB SQUAD

Sweet!! The old people sun glasses that look like virtual reality glasses....haha.. Not a big fan of VW after 98. Everything got crappy and that whole timing belt sux, you literally have to pull so much #### out to replace it, and that in it self ends up causing probs. But anything pre 98 im all about. Oh and do you ever notice that all the newer vw's always have a head light out? Try to pay attention to it, its really crazy!!

I think we have the same taste man, im going to be rebuilding my dad's old '68 to something allong the lines of these: