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Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Sat Apr 03, 2021 8:33 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 8:24 am
by budoka
the cage looks like a real good idea. i'm sure you don't plan on rolling it, but then again, does anyone ever?
looking back over some of the posts, i'm a bit curious as to how you got the starter matched up?
take care,
-dan
Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:33 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
I turned down the mazda flywheel until it would fit in the Porsche bell housing.
Then cut the ring gear off a vw type 1 flywheel, leaving a stepped inner flange.
Put the vw type 1 ring on the mazda flywheel.
With the 228mm Mazda pressure plate, a vw type 5 disc and throw out bearing. Modified the Porsche fork and guide sleeve.
So in the end I had a vw type1 ring to engage.....just at an odd depth from flange.
So I made an adapter flange that bolts to the Porsche bell housing that moves a vw jetta tdi starter out to depth and over to gear pitch diameter.
Simple enough huh?
It all looks like it is supposed to be that way........
Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:44 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
I guess I didn't get a picture of the adapter alone.
Here you can see some of it sandwiched between the starter.
It has the step and bolt pattern on one side to fit Porsche bell housing.
And the step and bolts for the tdi starter on the other.
The steps are not concentric to each other.....as the starter had to move over (different number of teeth on bendix).
Had to measure the difference in pitch diameter.
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Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Mon Apr 05, 2021 11:51 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
You do know this mod is almost commercially available?
The tdi starter to a vw type5 (vanagon) adapter is a part you can buy. I have heard claims that it can be made to work on a type1 trans.
Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 7:44 am
by budoka
i love learning stuff like that i didn't know. filed away for future reference. so what made you think to use the mazda flywheel? is that a pretty common thing too?
thanks for taking the time to explain!
-dan
Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Wed Apr 07, 2021 12:49 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
Well....no....I do not think is is a common thing to hook a Mazda KL v6 to a Porsche 901 transmission.
At first I thought I would have to make a flywheel from scratch.
Did not think I could get the mazda flywheel in the Porsche bell housing.
It is so close.....but it is in there
So it was the flywheel that goes to the mazda engine.....I had it already. But now the outside diameter is similar to the vw or Porsche.
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Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 7:50 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
Aluminum floors and the seat bottoms mount directly to the floor.
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Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:32 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
Most of the tube chassis is made and tack welded together.
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Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:42 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
Trying to settle the front body mods.
Those 70's flares are gone.....now making a wide body look.
The fenders had to be hacked a lot. I had cut around 4" out of them just to get the body down to position. It has drop spindles, beam adjusters, pie cut, and a body drop.
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Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:45 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
Of course all this will be glassed in and smoothed out......not screwed to the body.
Those tires are only 23" tall.
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Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Thu Jul 08, 2021 8:50 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
Working with splitter ideas.
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Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Sun Aug 08, 2021 11:02 pm
by budoka
i'm liking the new look, low and mean. what size meats are ya gonna run in the end?
-dan
Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Mon Aug 09, 2021 8:57 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
205-40 R17 on the front.
215-50 R17 on the back.
They are not huge.....but it will be hard to get them hot enough to stick being this light weight.
Just like the murdercycle.....it is light and I can not get the tires hot enough to even squeal a little.......just scratch and leave light loose powder black marks.
Re: Death By SnuSnu's Vokaro
Posted: Mon Nov 29, 2021 11:47 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
Tube chassis getting welded out.
Next will be the small details.
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