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Post by **Piledriver** » Wed Nov 17, 2004 7:25 pm

I don't think they have gotten that far...

cidarfritz · Post by **cidarfritz** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 1:22 am

my65notch@aol.com wrote:Am I missing something ? - please set me straight if I am.
But what drives the alternator/cooling fan ?
Dan

guess!

what about using a belt?

danielzink · Post by **danielzink** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 4:55 am

what about using a belt?

yes - that's fine - I just don't see any provision for it in the pictures on the website.....

Dan

Wally · Post by **Wally** » Thu Nov 18, 2004 2:06 pm

Hi Dan,
No, your right; its not visible from the pics, but there an extra pulley on the crankshaft end after the toothed pulley for the fan belt drive. The 964 fan will be positioned somewhat further forward because of this. That may actually also be a better position for the fan.
Roberto even had the plan to position the fan more centrally, instead of to the right side, as is usual. This is possible as we won't be using a traditional distributor, but a DIS (distributor less) system as part of the EFI system.
In the end, there will be a 'sepentine' pulley for the fan drive, in order to save some extra hp's.

Actually, the distribution of the test set-up will be practically done after the weekend

Regards,
Walter

cidarfritz · Post by **cidarfritz** » Fri Nov 19, 2004 11:26 am

Hi Walter

what does this have to do with the topic?
nothing, but i think it's a beautiful picture!

http://jhu.skynetblogs.be/

greetings
Stephan

Frallan · Post by **Frallan** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 3:01 am

Yepp, that is Mika Jansson of Sweden. One of many versions that he did with singele and double turbo and even one engine had twin whipples.
We have had more VW dragracers like Anders Fridh in a a fastback doing low 9 s on the quarter with similar 911 conversions.
This picture is more than 10 years old...my wild guess.

cidarfritz · Post by **cidarfritz** » Sat Nov 20, 2004 7:30 am

Frallan wrote:This picture is more than 10 years old...my wild guess.

Sure Frallan, the picture is mid 90s.
I think i remember that car racing quartermile at Mantorp Park and Santa Pod.

the idea of a ohc engine in a Volkswagen really isn't new.
it's still a good power/weight ratio that's winning the races.
these Karmann Ghias were Dacon's racing team,
doing endurance racing in Brazil, mid 60s.

http://www.obvio.ind.br/665.jpg

http://www.obvio.ind.br/670.jpg

http://www.obvio.ind.br/60kgporshe_Sp.jpg

even earlier, there was a crazy guy racing a Bug sedan with a Porsche engine:
Paul Ernst Strähle from Germany, also doing endurance racing.

Wesayso · Post by **Wesayso** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 1:02 am

New Distribution pictures are online...

It was a great moment for us to see this come together for the first time

Post by **Piledriver** » Mon Nov 22, 2004 1:41 am

Let me be the first to say....

Yeahhhhhh!

Frallan · Post by **Frallan** » Tue Nov 23, 2004 9:54 pm

Let me be the second to say AHHHHHHHH!
Amazing activity and very much apreciated sharing of what you are doing.
Pictures, simulations and text.
I will always look for news as one of my priorities as I log in to the computer
I really envy the fun you guys are having.
Wish you the best of luck!

Wesayso · Post by **Wesayso** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:59 pm

Thanks for your wishes Frallan, and Yes, we do enjoy ourselves!

Lots of text has been added to the site in the last couple of hours...
We made a team effort to get the outlines of the project online.

We hope to share more soon

The Apfelbeck Team

Wesayso · Post by **Wesayso** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:08 pm

I made some changes to the html structure of the site to get more browsers to work right,

I tested the site with IE 6, Netscape 7.2, Mozilla Firefox 1.0 and Opera 7.54

Let me know if you have problems viewing this site...

The above list should cover most I hope

Tristessa · Post by **Tristessa** » Thu Dec 02, 2004 4:23 pm

Wesayso wrote:Let me know if you have problems viewing this site...
The above list should cover most I hope

I can't see the pictures in lynx!

Kidding..

Looks great. Looks awesome. Now all I've gotta do is win the lottery.

Wesayso · Post by **Wesayso** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 11:48 am

I just finished putting up a few new photos Roberto shot of the Distribution...

www.apfelbeck.nl

And: Yes, that strap is temporary

and so are the cylinders by the way...

Enjoy!

moggy · Post by **moggy** » Fri Jan 07, 2005 3:21 pm

Guys...... what can I say

INSPIRATIONAL...as always

Can't wait to see this project come to fruition,. looks like you're cutting no corners and taking you're time to do it right, kudos to you guys. One off projects like this really get me going and rarely come along very often; and considering it's being done so professionally and being posted on here and your website it's real nice to see it all coming together.

Keep it up guys, what you're doing rocks

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