I finally made some progress on the baja. I got it back in the garage and had a chance to get started on the FC engine. An auto counterweight is on it and the front 19mm bolt is now snug. It has one of those Atkins aluminum oil pellet things to allow full oil flow to the front rotor bearing at all times. An oil pan and pickup tube are coming up next.

Hey I helped your exhaust question on rx7club, didn't know you were on the board. Now I am glad I got to see the build! I love super beetles, I'm kinda a vw/audi guy too, my other ride is a 99 a4 avant.

Cool, yeah you are, kinda. :)

It turns out the core in the baja's radiator is apparently partially clogged. I pulled it today and gave it a quick rinse. I filled it all the way up with water and let it all drain out. It displayed tell tale signs of a clog. I've seen it before where after you thought all the water was out, you tilt it and some greenish liquid comes out (diluted coolant). You wait a little longer, tilt it and some more greenish liquid. I'll go with a 1st gen rad and mod it where necessary. At least if it gets damaged, I can replace it easily enough. Gotta get creative for how to mounts the fans, though. The core is smaller, leaving less room.

I gotta say I'm feeling relieved that I'm going with a 1st gen rad. I'll mod it in a similar way to the rad in the GLC.

1st gen rx7 or 1st gen beetle?

1st gen beetles came out many decades ago and none of them had radiators, so what do you think? :)

I think I don't know squat about old VWs! :)


dur air cooled, kinda forgot lol.

Yeah I got a couple of sciroccos too, some of their stuff is awesome and some of the stuff i see in the vw/audi scene is just absolutely retarded though.

I love my A4 avant, I just wish It wasn't open diff AWD. I wanna give it a rear ATB.

I wonder whether I should keep this thread going.

yes. :driving:

Only if your going to add to it.

Keep it going I want to see what it looks like when its done!