58 DD Panel

D-Train · Post by **D-Train** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 10:54 am

Damn ZP, its gettin there slowly...an lookin better each time..

beerdoc · Post by **beerdoc** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 6:45 pm

Great work Keep at it is the only way

zeuspig · Post by **zeuspig** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 9:41 am

Heading back out Tuesday for the day so hoping to get stuck in.

zeuspig · Post by **zeuspig** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 6:42 pm

Got some more done on the bus. We don't have a great deal of welding left. Soon ewe will be getting into the running gear side of things.
Drivers side bottom dogleg now made up and completed.

zeuspig · Post by **zeuspig** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:02 pm

The drivers door was pretty bad. All the rust cut out and new panels made and welded in, ready to be fitted back on.

A plate had to welded on the inside hinge as it had been busted out.

zeuspig · Post by **zeuspig** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:04 pm

The steering box was a bit worn out, I had a spare so put in the new one.

zeuspig · Post by **zeuspig** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:09 pm

Jacking points completed

The dirty job of grinding the caked on mud and rust. Came up good in the end.

zeuspig · Post by **zeuspig** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:16 pm

Same with the sides all cleaned up.,

D-Train · Post by **D-Train** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:10 pm

holy mackrel, so much work, but i love the steering box...

zeuspig · Post by **zeuspig** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 10:22 pm

She was a beauty. The motor has turned up and is missing the alternator and the starter motor.

I have contacted the fella I purchased it off and he has said he will send it out........

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 11:07 pm

Which Subie motor are you going with?

zeuspig · Post by **zeuspig** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:17 pm

When I was in Adelaide I picked up a 2006 model 2.5lt Subaru Forester, only 50 000 on the clock.

kombi1976 · Post by **kombi1976** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 6:34 pm

That's the one to go for.
If you're on Volksculture you can message my bro Pete Wood and ask him for some tips with the EJ25.
Are you going a 2.0 litre 091 box or a L-bug single-sideplate box?

zeuspig · Post by **zeuspig** » Fri Apr 03, 2009 7:13 pm

I'm not on Volksculture, but I will be needing some tips that's for sure.

I reckon I will go the single plate Bug Box. You know where I can get one?

I think the porsche version would be too expensive!!

I also heard a 2lt box is a good one to use.

slowlearner · Post by **slowlearner** » Mon Apr 06, 2009 2:59 pm

if you drive with half a brain, a stock single side plate box will do the trick. if you don't have a brain or would like to do some drag racing, what I would suggest is putting a superdiff in it and thinking about an uprated 3rd gear. this is what always goes first in VWs with EJ20ts. expect to pay about $500 bucks for a usable gearbox with the real chance that reverse needs attention...which means a rebuild. reverse is the real weakness in these boxes, it's literally the size of a 50c piece. if you're in Sydney, Schimo at Dunhams is the man to rebuild it.

You could use an 091, but I think you'll find the gearing will be too short. You'll be doing around 3500rpm (or maybe even more) on normal diameter street tyres at 100 clicks. to give you an idea, I have a taller 4th (0.77 as opposed to stock 0.82) and mine does about 2600rpm at 100km on 31" rear 4wd tyres. The lbug box is much nicer for a street car with a big torquey motor like the EJ25....mine pulls from under 1000rpm. And an Lbug box should bolt straight in once you've swapped the nose cones over. Bus boxes are a lot more work.

ah, just noticed you're in QLD. Talk to Dave Butler, aka Dangerous . He's a great gearbox builder up your way.

p.s. try and add a berg style front mount or similar if you can. the subarus are very heavy compared to a 1600 and have enough torque to really make the gearbox move around.