Trip to kangasniemi motorzentrum

My friend mika got his just painted type2 back from the painters shop, and the plan wss to get it to kangasniemi for a clutch job. The weather was awful, heavy rain, +4 degrees celcius, but we decided to try it anyways. 

I took my 911 rsr wannabe replica project to kangasniemi by trailer, even the sidewindows were missing... 

Theres sime vital organs missing to drive it to kangasniemi, like the engine, transmission. Headlights, seats, ... Well many things...

When we came back, there was a pretty thick fog i would guess that it lasted 200 kilometeterS... :-)

But the trip was as good as allways! 

Dropped spindle is in da ghia... 95% done

... But one thing still to do - Got to change the tie rods. They are pretty "dead"

Got to try one plymouth prowler wheel also, looks grat, but ill stick with the famous fuchs style wheels.

I hope the inspector gives the ghia a permission some day... 

And i had to adjust the porsches rear a bit, it was sky high, and poorly bolted together with 2 bolts... Now its better... Heheh. But now it also needs a thick spacer to get the wheel closer to the wheel arches... But thats another story...now i have to put things away and head to home...huh what a day...

Ghia is in da house... Sort of..

Theres a bit crowdy at the cottage... But have to make room for the black one, clean up the parts and install back again.

What a ghia-weekend!

2 last days, at kangasniemi makes a big difference with the black ghia.

Now theres many things welded or modified, plenums, header, tubing, wastegate, cooler... Huh, even my pauter motors header got a tube and bracket for the wastegate... Wow... Im pretty happy.

Back in black. The ghia i mean...

Yeah, even the DPD couriers did their best, i got my parts, but i had to drive to ( DPD = dumb post distillers? ) their head office to pick up my parts...so that today i will have em with me .... Then i will drive some 300 kilometers, to see my ghia and the welder, but this way we could succeed to put the parts where they belong. I have now a 90 degree silicone (2.5") hose, and the Silicone Polyester Reinforced Hose - Straight Reducers - 90mm to 60mm, the closest to the 2.5" to the cooler sizes...

But now, gotta get some sleep, its going to be a long day.

Vw things going on...

Ok, 1. hopefully i get the missing parts from auto silicone hoses before friday to the post office, because at friday i would go to the "dark side"- meaning to see the black ghia. We have intentions to get the parts together, weld and grind etc... And because i will go to see the special welder dude, i will take this bad ass header with me if he has some spare time... The big wastegate would like to connect with the header... ;-) 

2. I've been fixing the blue ghias tail lights, cleaning, changing new bulbs etc... So that there would be light one day, at least at the back. ;-) will see how it turns out...

3. The blue verts front needs some new stuff to get it in shape, i was thinking that i could also assemble one spare adjustable, narroved front axle with theše parts, paint it and bolt it in the old ones place. Would be a cleaner job... Maybe even a bit easier....lets see how it goes...

4. Have to remember to take all the stuff concerning the black ghia...especially the silicone ones.

5. Also cant forget the bad ass bus engine... I wish i had new race rods for that engine, because the rods might be one issue later to bolt one turbokit on it...

But anyways, keep on checking for updates, i have a feeling that they will be plenty again....

Re-slammed karmann ghia

'Ok, my brake swap with adapters didnt go as planned, mainly because the bearing differences, so i decided to go with the dropped spindles that i bought many years ago... First things went pretty well except the mix up with the shims, now i have to get the factory info how, what and where and especially how many to use... To get everything in order.... Some old service instruction needed, so if you have one pdf or similar, i would love to see it. :-) i also broke one part, that i need to replace... ok, due to the lack of time i had to put the parts back pretty fast but it sure starts to look good...

But, have to make this side ready, and then the next side... Oh and the discks has porsche 5-130, vw audi mb 5-112mm and 4-130 boltpatterns so its easier to get a set of nice wheels in to the ghia...