Hello to all you Bajabug nuts like me! I just joind this group to see what other Bajabug fans were doing with their bugs and to their bugs. My resolution is to...
Good plans. Mine: Lose 30 lbs Finish the baja (well, at least get it usable, skip paint for now) Develope the relationship my girlfriend and I have Go to a...
Haha! Erik, that was funny! I also hope to get my baja on the road....soon. Since I don't have a bender, I need to go to the fab shop and have them finish...
Hi Peter, It would have to be the same, right? Since the other pistons are pulling/ pushing the dead piston up to TDC... ... I am a 62 year old former drag...
Is he assuming a wrist pin offset or bore centerlines non co-planar with the crank journal centerline? Is he assuming rod stretch? Is he assuming normal...
None of these factors (pin offset, rod stretch, etc.) matters if the two pistons are affected equally, so let's not confuse the issue. Better yet, let's just...
The mathematician's argument, as stated, only addressed one piston & cylinder but left out a bunch of information. How exactly did he arrive at that...
The mathematican arrived at his conclusion using the "laws of cosines" of triangles where one side is the radius of the circle formed by the movement of one...
If they are connected to the same crank (and not assuming different journal wear) then their velocity would be the same. Otherwise you would have a very rough...
Hi Jeff I uploaded a drawing to the photo section to help explain. The mathematician says that the crank cannot be rotated 360 degrees when connected in this...
I found a graph at http://www.miata.net/garage/KnowYourCar/S11_Piston.html which shows the maximum piston velocity is around 74 degrees ATDC. The other piston...
No, it's sort of like a driveshaft with 2 Cardan U-joints in it. One side, at any given time is accelerating while the other is slowing down. I haven't wrapped...
ts This is not an easy one to get your head around. It might help to keep in mind that the velocity of the piston at any r.p.m. is zero at TDC and BDC. The...
That it works that way isn't a problem. I need to know why the greatest accel's & speeds happen where they do. I think I've hit it though. Given that rod...
Hello all, As per one of my new year's resolutions, I'd like to move forward on my baja. My roomate seeing an opportunity to get me motivated again, bought me...
... Thanks Erik Vancouver, WA >>> Hi Erik, One thing to consider is the amount of fluid that will be displaced, so if it is capable of pumping 4 slaves a T and...
... getting a little off the original question, it was not how fast the piston moves based on its position in the cyl, it was weather it was moving faster on...
... getting a little off the original question, it was not how fast the piston moves based on its position in the cyl, it was weather it was moving faster on...
The reason for the different piston speeds when the two rods are on the same journal is that they are at different angles relative to the crank throw in all...
Hello list, I have my stock 1973 beetle. I want to put a more aggresive tire on it for off roading. I want to use the stock wheels(5.5wide), and since the...
... I have used the BFGoodrich LT215/75R15/C. They are sggresive enough for almost any off-road application and great on the street. Not alot of tire noise....
Stock rims are actually 4.5 inches wide (you measure between the bead). I have fit the following on a stock bug with stock wheels... 195 60 r 15 (tight) 195 65...
Has anyone out there tried swapping a motor from a Rabbit or Jetta on to the back of a Bajabug? How about a diesel motor? A person would have to have a full...
At one time it was quite popular to use the 1600 Ribbit engine in Class 10 cars. Kennedy makes that adapter and flywheel. A friend has one in his baja. He...
Well I just brought home newborn Bajabuddy from the hospital today! Cant wait for him to be asking me for the keys to the baja! But maybe Im rushing things a...
Hello My project is starting to roll again, so I thought I would share some photos. The photos start when I bought the car from a friend of mine who restored...
Hi Brian, Thanks for the pix, and story, rolled 3x and not a single broken window, that is one tough bug! And glad your son is ok, what a story! -- Mike ...
Hello lists, as I am working on my 1973 beetle. I want to know your thoughts on fixing my leaky push rod tubes. I am looking at the Adjustable push rod tubes, ...
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