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Since you are using a stock VW wide 5 bolt pattern wheel, I would suggest looking at CB Performance (www.cbperformance.com). They already manufacture a front disk brake kit specifically for this wheel pattern and stock spindle using stock bearings. I believe they have used these on off road type...

I have been trying to keep up with this topic and trying to make an educated choice on break in oils for strickly aircooled VW race engines. From what I have read so far, many manufacturers are reducing the ZDDP levels and, as a result, many flat tappet cams are wearing and going flat within...

The actual part in question is a lower wing plank with integral risers. At the rib caps, an H-Clip attaches between the risers of the plank and to the lower rib cap tabs. The short edge distance condition is caused by misdrilling the fastener hole in the riser common to the H-Clip. I made the...

The model is linear and is only used as a reference to verify that the stress distribution looks as anticipted. However, the prime contractor does not accept Mechanica models as an acceptable form of analysis, which makes this a little more difficult. The models were initially created to see if...

Sorry, maybe I included too much information. All of the anaylitcal methods I have come across so far deal with bypass stress and fastener loads that are in the same direction, i.e. two tension members fastened together. Is there an interaction equation for an axially loaded member with a...

I am wondering if there is an analytical method developed to include both bypass stress with fastener load for static and fatigue analyses. A simplified description of the problem is an axially loaded flat plate in tension in the X-direction with a perpendicular fastener load (bearing)applied in...

Thank you BillyShope, I have previously read many pages on your website, which, in a way, prompted the initial question here. I understand that anti-squat suspension optimizes traction, which at this time is not as much of a concern. Rather, I am more interested in trying to optimize the...

Hello Greg, Personally, my car has wheelie bars. The car launches very straight and stays on them pretty hard all the way through first gear. Other cars that don't have wheelie bars usually have enough torque and horsepower to initiate and sustain a wheelie, but not overcome it. Although, I...

As I mentioned earlier, the trans reaction was giving me trouble because I couldn't convince myself either way and I wanted a second opinion from people more experienced than me. Thanks Greg for clearing that up. I didn't consider the increased aero drag as a major influence because the wheelie...

Thanks again Greg, I now know what svsa is and I am one step closer. "That is wrong. Antisquat doesn't care about trivial details." Does this mean that the +Z load at the transaxle will just be reacted out by the chassis and not affect the line of action from the trailing arm? I have been...

Thanks Greg, I think I understand most of what you are saying and how traditional anti-squat set ups work. I'm not readily familiar with the svsa term and by compliances in the trailing arms, I am assuming you mean bending. Bear in mind that this is a rear engined/transaxle car. I am thinking...

I haven't been able to find any information regarding suspension set ups on rear engined cars. I have a 64 beetle with IRS (independant rear suspension) I use for drag racing. The problem I am encountering is that the car does great wheelies (good show for the crowd), but I feel the 60 ft...

When I worked on the shop floor, the common practice for cherry max removal is as giantguy describes. The only difference is, after the stem is drilled past the lock ring, a punch is used to drive out the remaining stem. The rest of the fastener is removed in the same manner as solid rivets...

kilrbee, Thank you for the informative paper. Again, I made very similiar arguments without going through all of the calculations. Somehow, everyone decided that a typical water cooled engine could not be compared as it was not the same as as a VW!? DRwebb, I did find a couple of SAE papers...

I would like to thank all of you again for the replies. Some went into more detail than the scope of my discussion, while others hit the nail on the head at what I was trying to get at. drwebb, I made a similiar point to pull the plug wires and turn the engine over at a specific RPM, to see...

Although motorcycle engines did come up in the conversation, along with traditional V8 water cooled engines, and recip aircraft engines, we specifically concentrated on aircooled VW engines. The oil coolers are small in comparison to newer motorcycle engines and they do not have oil squirters on...

Thanks for the expedient replies. We did not get into the details of the combustion process itself, but rather "normal" driving, either steady state (60 mph highway) or a quasi-equilibrium (around town). At first I tried to tie the oil temperature to head temperature, and since we were getting...

Thanks for the expedient replies. We did not get into the details of the combustion process itself, but rather "normal" driving, either steady state (60 mph highway) or a quasi-equilibrium (around town). At first I tried to tie the oil temperature to head temperature, and since we were getting...

Some collueges and I were in a discussion the other day about the influence of cylinder head temperature on oil temperature. In this case, we were specifically discussing an aircooled engine. The two sides of the disagreement are: Oil temperature was only influenced by the friction of the...

I definately agree with IRstuff, but don't get discouraged. I worked as an A&P/Sheetmetal mechanic for several years while attending a junior college. I finally made the switch to a 4 year school when I ran out of classes to take, and just finished my BSME in May. Although, I work with a friend...