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1-9-2021
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
Nice job!
Posted by Diggymart on 3/3/19 @ 12:38:17 AM