Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Lowering the Rear Torsion Bars - Chart

How Low? How Many Splines?
INNER SPLINE
ROTATION
OUTER SPLINE
ROTATION
SPRING-PLATE
ANGLE
APPROXIMATE
DROP IN CM
+1
-1
50'
0.55
+2
-2
1º40'
1.10
+3
-3
2º30'
1.65
+4
-4
3º20'
2.20
+5
-5
4º10'
2.75
+6
-6
3.30
+7
-7
5º50'
3.85
+8
-8
6º40'
4.40
+9
-9
7º30'
4.95
+10
-10
8º20'
5.50
0
+1
8º10'
5.50
+1
0
6.00
+2
-1
9º50'
6.55
+3
-2
10º40'
7.10
+4
-3
11º30'
7.65
+5
-4
12º20'
8.20
+6
-5
13º10'
8.75
+7
-6
14º
9.30
+8
-7
14º50'
9.85
+9
-8
15º40'
10.40
+10
-9
16º30'
11.00
11
-10
17º20'
11.55
0
+2
16º20'
11.00
+2
0
18º
12.0

The above table was taken from www.bugbabe.co.uk

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Interceptor Bug


The Blount County Sheriff's Office's "new" 1973 Volkswagen Beetle cruiser, pictured on March 22 in Maryville, Tenn, was refashioned after being seized in a DUI case.

Whole story at USA Today

Sunday, June 15, 2008

VDO Kienzle Clock

The "new' clock for my Bug, bought it for approx $5 :)