[tcb] Re: mike everet
- From: "Will" <evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 14:34:40 -0500
You're running eagles then. I had the bosses cut down as well.
I have a flat set of early EMPIs that don't have those.
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Denis wrote:
I removed cleaned and replace the torsion bars
inside the beam, Andrew put my wheels on his mill and cut off about a 1/2"
inside at the lugs, and I raised my springplates just a little. I am running
185/60 15 tires. No rub no mo.
----- Original Message -----
From:
Eric
Woodall
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 11:42
AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: mike everet
I'm nowhere near hitting my steering box.
The tops of the
tires hitting the front wheel arches when I hit bumps.
Not so much when I'm
by myself, but if I have somebody in the passenger seat it gets pretty
annoying.
Denis wrote:
Do you mean your tires are rubbing or are you
scraping your steering box?
-----
Original Message -----
From:
Eric
Woodall
To:
tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent:
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 11:25 AM
Subject:
[tcb] Re: mike everet
I'm bottoming out the front of my bus. It started
happening after I put on the Hankook RA-08 tires.
I think I'm going to
go for some lower profile 14" tires and maybe put the Hankooks on the
Vanagon.
Denis wrote:
No. He is still officially lowered, and I
like him that way, but I was working on how not to have the front tires
rub without narrowing the beam. Along with some other tweaks, I raised
the settings on the springplates and maybe brought him up 1/2 inch. It
did pretty much eliminate the rubbing.
-----
Original Message -----
From:
Eric
Woodall
To:
tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent:
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 10:35 AM
Subject:
[tcb] Re: mike everet
Did you take the drop spindles off?
Seems like it
was still lowered the last time I saw it (him) at the
Classic?
Denis wrote:
I raised Murray using the springplates. I have
a little camber, but the tires are wearing smoothly. It may change
when you load the bus and get in it. Springplates are easy and if
you don't like it, you can put it back and it's free.
-----
Original Message -----
From:
Brian Denning
To:
tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent:
Tuesday, August 04, 2009 10:16 AM
Subject:
[tcb] Re: mike everet
i meant 205/75r15's
just reread my post, sorry, i'm so used to typing 14 thanks
to being in bay hell
From: i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx
To:
tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:
[tcb] Re: mike everet
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:07:37
-0500
from all my readings it's looking more and more like fred will be
getting 205/75r15's
i was going to do 215/75r15 but i really plan on going
offroad with this thing and the thought of the tires getting into
those perfect rear fender lips just kills me a bit inside.
after discussing with mike through email it was all coil
overs, he says it rides good, but again, after much reading i
don't think i'd want to go that route
205/75r14's are about 2" bigger than stock, that's what
hershey now has on him thanks to his new owner, and it looks bad
ass. so that's what i shall do to fred.
sucks, i wanted to raise him, but there's no good way of
doing it without getting alot of positive camber out back, which
woudl make it a bit squirelly on the highways.
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2009 10:00:07 -0500
From: evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx
To:
tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:
[tcb] Re: mike everet
The tires
were a lot of it but the spring plates were cranked up quite a
bit
too.
Too bad you couldn't do an easy body lift
on a bus like you can on a bug to get more tire
clearance.
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Eric Woodall wrote:
.and Mike's bus isn't that much taller
than stock.
Maybe about 2 inches, which was gained by
tires.
w.wood wrote:
really?
Wow, I guess all those years of fixing up cut wheel wells
didn't
teach me much about redux boxes then. I don't know
much about yours and it could have been modified. If you
have 46mm axle nuts and you're planning to run big tires I'd
suggest getting a set from a 55-63 bus which have lower gearing
for the taller tires you sound like you'll need. You could
always cut the fender wells out and go 60's retro with
fiberglass fender flares. That and a set of air scoops
would look totally mod for the new millennium.. ;-)
Also
since presumably yours is a 58 you should read the crazy 8's
thread on thesamba before you make mods. You may have
something rare there. I realize under the rust you
may be expecting Doubloons but I'd bet just rot..
Then
again you could always get a Ford chassis and put your bus
on top of that. Wait, that's been done
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=358633&start=0
But
at least you could get parts at the local ArkaCan O'Reilly's or
Canada Tire and keep it running.
The point I'm trying to
make here Brian is that if you're going to modify a 51 year old
bus you should think about the end game and the
serviceability. If it's going to be something for fun then
you want contemporary components that are relatively easy to
get. I'll also get a *gasp* from that from a few folks on
here on that statement but if you've priced stock 1600 parts
lately, the ones that aren't made in Taiwan, then you'll know
what I mean. Redux gear parts aren't exactly being made by the
bucket full anymore, neither are stub axles for RGBs
either. If you want real fun, try buying Barndoor
parts sometime.. So if you're committed to modify,
go big or go home. Don't try to modify 50 year old parts
without expecting the requisite problems and pocket book
gouge..
To illustrate the problem, after futzing around
with a Type 3 this weekend, I'm having it hauled to Doug's for
some more work.. and that's for my kid for High School..
Why? After putting new heads on it, new tubes it wouldn't
mate back up to the transaxle. After re-aligning the
clutch 3 times to see if I could get it to seat, I said "f*
it." But then again CB 044 heads, dual 44 IDFs and a 1700
Kennedy may be fighting me somewhere but oh well... It
needs some other things too, so might as well whip out the
checkbook....
fix the z-bar.. new wheel cylinders.. oh
well.
Right now I'm thinking Honda Accords look pretty
damn good. Maybe a Prius.. in Pink.. Naw, he's cadet
commander in NJROTC and that'll be against the don't ask don't
drive a Prius policy.
On Mikes bus he
went with some very tall tires and wound up denting the lower
portion of his dog legs and his rear rockers. A lot of the
height he gained was by the tires as far as I
recall.
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 8:47 PM,
Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
will, i know i'm new to pre 67, but i'm pretty sure
they all have redux. boxes from the factory
;)
including both of mine
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 20:15:17 -0400
Subject: [tcb] Re:
mike everet
From: evil.scientist.boo@xxxxxxxxx
To:
tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
What???
This sounds like ArklaCan engineering here?
Get a set
of redux boxes and tall tires, it'll go up high enough.
THe coil overs from what I recall was in the front end.
On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 12:11 PM, Brian Denning
<i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
the only raising busses thread is the one kevin did and
i'm not gonna cut my tranny hanger to do a 2" tranny drop
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 08:18:23 -0700
From: bugcollections@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject:
[tcb] Re: mike everet
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Brian: I have 2 phone #s for him:
Home 214-350-5373, cell 214-837-1379. Will not
guarantee that those or good. They are rather
old and I haven't called him in a long time. If
they do not work you might call Jack Wenk at Black
Gold Imports in Arlington and ask him either how Mike
did it or how to get in touch with Mike. Phone #
at Black Gold is 817-633-1135 I think. I do know
that Mike did not do any major suspension
modifications to his bus. I think just coil
overs and larger tires. There is also a thread
on the samba about raising busses.
Sammie
--- On Mon, 8/3/09, Brian
Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
From:
Brian Denning <i_am_cool_fred@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:
[tcb] mike everet
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date:
Monday, August 3, 2009, 9:25 AM
anyone have any kind of email or samba name on
this guy??? mike hayes suggested i talk to him
about
how he got his bus raised using coil overs, would
like the same effect on the 58, or even better, any
of you know how i can get the bus up about an inch
without to much drastic work???
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