Project Fredybender V2.1 : NA with an attitude for the track by fredybender

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Last outing of the season yesterday (Canadian thanksgiving) 

Ouch!!!

First started with play in the "new" ball joints (this car was tracked 6 days this year, thats it!)

Then came brake problems; pedal travel all the way to the floor almost.

Finished off, by having zero oil pressure coming back into the pits.

The car was flawless all summer, but I guess she was telling me she needs attention...

Just went totally nuts today, and bought a 6 speed Quaife Dog box & real VWMS clutch type diff... 

So, this winter:

02A shifter, 

Motor teardown & replace bearings

change clutch

Change booster & master cylinder

maybe looking for a floor mount pedal cluster

Quaife quick ratio Steering rack

Rod end tubular A arms

Ball joint extenders

keep you all posted 

11-11-11

Can anyone say DOGBOX? 

6 speed Quaife dog box with a VWMS LSD 
Totally insane purchase...

Dagomar is in the garage, awaiting transplant.

I will also raise the compression a tad, redoing the brakes, changing the master, and the brake lines.
I will also need to cut & re-weld the pedals, as its hard to heel & toe with the pedals as they are now, and the transmission, has no synchros, needs to be rev-matched. 

11-15-11

Found out why I lost oil pressure, at the last track day I attended...
Broken intermediate shaft, right next to the bearing next to the pulley...

Thus the importance of having no burrs and smooth transition radii's whenever machining parts with stress loads...

But I think the culprit is the oil pump, (bought a new Shadeck during the build) 
It has abnormal shaft play, and binds when rotating it by hand