rotary beetle

[travellinbob]

So James, hows it going? Hanging out for some photos too.

[james]

well, that split has fallen through, never mind, were a long way off that yet

need to buy a digi camera, but work is quiet, so im a little skint, although the only progress ive made is getting gearbox out, removing front beam, and cutting front end off ready for the flip front, i will get a digi camera from somewhere this week!

[travellinbob]

A bugger that the splitty fell through. They seem sooo expensive at the moment too. Makes me glad to know i have hung onto mine for its dear life for over 8 years now. It is a dual cab pick up and would love to put a very simple 12a set up in when I am back in oz.
  Looking forward to you getting a digital camera!

[james]

some picks of the sad state she,s in at the moment, and pitty ive not a lot of time to do much else at the moment:(



this bug used to race in the vwdrc with a 2276 aircooled engine in, as the BEDROCK BUG
 

like it??

[Norton]

Rotary bug pic i found on the net

[james]

yeah, saw this on your other post, where was this taken??
would be good to speek to others in this country who had done them, only people i manage to talk to on conversion forum are in america or australia

[Norton]

I think it was in America (sorry, i cant find it again now). I hope you get your project finished, maybe then we can invite that 2.4 litre boinger beetle back to Rotorstock and you can \'sort it out\'
Photo by \'Phil the spill\'...

[Norton]

Heres another one i found on
http://volksrods.com/forums/index.php

[ninjasx]

Hi James,
 How much was the kit and where did you get it from, I have a bug in the garage with a turbo II engine sitting next to it :evillaugh
I was going to order a kit direct from Kennedy.
are you getting the auto counterweight as well?

[james]

got mine off HSL racing, tim moors, took bloody ages though, i struggled getting in touch with kennedy myself
i did get the counter weight, its needed if yours came out of a manual car
it cost about 550 quid, should be well worth it!
i dont know and havent heard of anyone else having done this conversion before in the uk, loads of people done subaru conversions, i think this will be better,
 im gonna look for a single turbo motor out of a gen 3 when ive got it all set up properly,
have to keep each other up to date with progress
ive also got a front and rear disk brake kit , and close ratio box for mine :evillaugh
just managing to get more time in the garage now, narrowing my beam 4 inch, and assembling front disks on my dropped spindles, ill try and get some better picks up soon!
have you looked at - http://www.geocities.com/zenjoe/vw.html

[james]

GB Engineering-- 01270 841081

Alfa, Audi, Rotary, Ford, Rover V8, Subaru, Vauxhall, VW wc
Regards: MadV

just found a posting on rotary into bug website, with this as a contact in uk for addapters, try them and let me know

[ninjasx]

I have seen that site before and the engine swap forum.
 I know Tim Moors, I used to have a MK 1 GP beach buggy with an 8v golf gti engine in the back ( I used the conversion plate that GB Engineering sell,they wern`t very helpfull when i was doing the conversion though, they couldn`t tell me what clutch and starter moter i needed :rolleyes: )
Whereabouts are you based?

[james]

im up near preston, in little old leyland
the kit from kennedy comes with some good instructions on what else you will need, and how to go about certain things!
its getting the shell sorted thats holding me up, not sure how much to cut off
or wether to use some alloy pannels in the foot well, and on the floor?
need to get my gearbox sorted too, mgonna wait till i can afford my LSD first, then get it all assembled at once :chat

[james]

ok a little up date, although, things arnt goin quite to plan
WELL ITS ONE OF THOSE, WHY DID I START TIMES
the pretty solid, only needs a few minor things then some paint, has spread to an almost full resto
i was planning on doing the usual trimming of metal under bonnet to make room for my fibre glas flip front, and heres how far the discovering, plate after plate, bodge after bodge, covered with 8 tins of fiber glas filler, and top filler has taken me :eek

im half tempted to ditch it now, and just fid a restored shell, to put all my shiney bits on
but i keep tellin myself it will all be worth it eventually
why dont people just do things propperly :bandit

ah well at least i have these :cool

[dubber91]

alright james!
ill post a few pics of my bug later but heres one... good to see yours is starting to come together!