New guy, new build

[chriswillrise]

Damn... what spindles did you have?

I had the Empi front disk brake kit

[Piledriver]

ouch.
At least it sounds like the old girl protected you well, and the new ride looks great!

People buying new cars forget (way too common) multiple rollovers in pickups or SUVs seldom end well.
Back in the day Bugs were exempt from having a roll cage at drag strip times that required full cages from a Chevy...

[chriswillrise]

ouch.
At least it sounds like the old girl protected you well, and the new ride looks great!

People buying new cars forget (way too common) multiple rollovers in pickups or SUVs seldom end well.
Back in the day Bugs were exempt from having a roll cage at drag strip times that required full cages from a Chevy...

And I only had lap belts! It definitely helped that I didn’t hit anything just that dirt bank which kicked off the roll

[V8Nate]

DAMN Chris I'm glad the Volkswagen gods kept you safe that's one hell of a wreck!

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[Chip Birks]

Glad to hear the new project is coming along nicely. I'm a fan of the snowflake era cars. Keep up the good work!

[Ol'fogasaurus]

That extra door on top looks like a good idea.

Lee

[John S.]

It looks like your engine escaped injury. Glad your back at it.

[chriswillrise]

It looks like your engine escaped injury. Glad your back at it.

Motor and tranny are fine other than a bent axle and axle tube which I had replaced when the tranny was checked

[madmike]

Only lap belts? dude, I would of bought a Lotto ticket,damn,,,,,,Glad ur ,,Ok ,, bugs can be rebuilt,

[chriswillrise]

Body work is pretty much done on my 59 and my paint and body guy got it epoxy primed last friday and Saturday he unfortunately had a heart attack and passed away. If anyone knows a San Diego based paint shop that does decent work let me know!

I’m running a removable rear apron that I’m really excited about! It’ll make taking the motor in and out a bit easier

[chriswillrise]

Finally getting some painted parts back. It got my excitement level up again. I can’t wait to build this car.

[chriswillrise]

Back working on the bug full force. Hoping to be driving by June. I Ned to relearn all my megasquirt EFI knowledge since I basically forgotten it all . I’ll be starting the wiring for all the solenoids and auxiliary power this weekend

[V8Nate]

Looking good!

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[Chip Birks]

Glad to see things are still progressing on the new build! Looks great!

[chriswillrise]

As I get closer to putting in the motor I’m starting to think about stuff I’d love to do that I never had a chance to try with it before. Are there any good write ups on people using the flex fuel sensor with the megasquirt ecu in a VW application.

I assume I’d just need the sensor, get ethenol rated fuel line and some bigger injectors.