Thread: Stupid mod's

Originally Posted by moose

nah, it was a different car, still got ernie, but hasn't gone anywhere for a while

Nice to know he is still around

Not a Landy but a otherwise on-topic, from the young and stupid dept.:

some mates & I had an old Ford Thames van with 3 speed column gears. We pulled it apart for no good reason and when we put the gear linkages back together they were so sloppy we got 1/R mixed up with 2/3.
No problem, except the battery was knackered so we used to bump start it. We spent about 2 hours one day pushing it along trying to start it in 2nd gear, only to have the rear wheels lock up when we let the clutch out every time...then the guy who put the gear linkages back in suggested putting it in reverse gear but pushing it forwards - sounded funny until it worked!
What a waste of bloody time, but somehow better than Xbox which is what my kids get up to in their mis-spent youth...

Cheers
Paul

On the weekend I bought myself a Dune Buggy off eBay. Rover V8 with 500 Holley, huge tractor tyres on the back , and a kombi gearbox that has already shredded first gear (I'm going to have to find a healthy 2litre kombi box to help there).

Since I'm just trying to keep my Series2a healthy for daily driving, the buggy is going to cop a whole load of stupid and ridiculous mods. Fun for the uni-holidays

If anyone has any ideas for some fun mods, let me know

Originally Posted by SeriesKid

On the weekend I bought myself a Dune Buggy off eBay. Rover V8 with 500 Holley, huge tractor tyres on the back , and a kombi gearbox that has already shredded first gear (I'm going to have to find a healthy 2litre kombi box to help there).

Since I'm just trying to keep my Series2a healthy for daily driving, the buggy is going to cop a whole load of stupid and ridiculous mods. Fun for the uni-holidays

If anyone has any ideas for some fun mods, let me know

Yea.... Been there and done it They fun.... But chuck the bug and play with Old Rangies. If you want to have a go Reno R14 box are good. Tony

G'day All, When I was younger than I am now LOL I had a VW with a P76 mated to a early type reverse torque Kombi box, that was fun but bloody dangerous as well anyway cheers Dennis

17yo, my first car, 1991 Ford Festiva (the lunchbox)
ditched the 1.3L in favour of a 1.6 tx3 turbo mill, fitted with a ceramic Toyota MR2 turbo with front mount intercooler & sprayers, haltech chip and 16psi boost... 137kw at the front wheels and only 750kg
Stock gearbox lasted 3 weeks, then detonated on the start line at willowbank on my second pass, dumping it's entire content of oil in the lane... Gee was I unpopular that night.

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Yea.... Been there and done it They fun.... But chuck the bug and play with Old Rangies. If you want to have a go Reno R14 box are good. Tony

Yeah I've looked into the Renault boxes, but having owned a beetle and a kombi in the past I'm familiar with veedubs, and still know a few veedubbers around the place that may be able to help me out. Also I've heard the Renault boxes need a bit of work to be able to handle the torque of a v8. Plenty of people use them in the <3500cc classes though. I'm thinking a healthy 2L kombi box will take a fair bit as long as I'm not too rough, I'll still have to change the huge tractor tyres on the back for something more conventional. Mmm, lotsa fun for Stockton Beach

Originally Posted by SeriesKid

Yeah I've looked into the Renault boxes, but having owned a beetle and a kombi in the past I'm familiar with veedubs, and still know a few veedubbers around the place that may be able to help me out. Also I've heard the Renault boxes need a bit of work to be able to handle the torque of a v8. Plenty of people use them in the <3500cc classes though. I'm thinking a healthy 2L kombi box will take a fair bit as long as I'm not too rough, I'll still have to change the huge tractor tyres on the back for something more conventional. Mmm, lotsa fun for Stockton Beach

Stocton. They still allow this
The 2ltr transporter box would be the pick of the VW. Just don't dump the clutch. Mine was fine till I did that once to often. Ive 'got a book here on mods on VW boxes. One was 2 large plates each side of Diff area and clamp with long bolts. Prevents most common failure...The casting splits from side force of CWP.
What starter motor have you got. Can't remember who has them but you can get a hi torque starter. Tony