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ratty 63 Custom Title Time!

1,083 posts · joined Oct 2003 ·

#634154
Looks fantastic - that manifold is a work of art!

Keep us up to date - I'll be hovering in the background, watching ....

R 🙂
40hp, 6V and ...er... slowly making improvements 😂

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice!

Founding member of the Gold Coast Dub Club Inc. 🙂

56astro Custom Title Time!

1,772 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#634185
Fuel tank is back

Manifold is going on tonight.
I have been putting things together this afternoon but having all sorts of trouble.
First attempt - got the manifold and runners on only to realise the alternator stand had to go on first.

Everything back off - stand on, alt on, manifold and runners on - fan not on.

Aaahhhhhhh!!! 😬 🤪

Having a spell and some dinner, then back into it.

Stay tuned

VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
35MPG on 101.3kPa

56astro Custom Title Time!

1,772 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#634221


Injector rubbers machined down to fit the camira injectors into the Mexican end castings




Valve covers have been vented




Electromotive trigger wheel behind crank pulley


Bracket serves 2 purposes: throttle cable junction and secure the TB


Fuel tank with swirl pot added


Big outlet and smaller return line


Tank vent


View of the inside - the swirl pot has a semi-lid over the collection area to help stop fuel from sloshing back out


Pre-filter, pump and pulse dampener. The length of hose is from a VL commodore (8mm to 10mm)

VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
35MPG on 101.3kPa

56astro Custom Title Time!

1,772 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#634226
The pics are a bit how-ya-goin' cause they were taken under lights without a flash.

I'll replace them with proper ones in a day or so. Gotta work tomorrow (double $ to help fund this).

VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
35MPG on 101.3kPa

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#634237
so what happens if it doesn't perform as well as the kads 😂


Looking good, Westi did a great job 👍


johny rotten Officially Full-On Dubber

366 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#634239
What air gap would u need with that crank trigger ?

Probably within .020" I would imagine, but then I could be way off the mark

56astro Custom Title Time!

1,772 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#634242
Craig Torrens wrote:so what happens if it doesn't perform as well as the kads 😂
😂 You sound like a broken record man.

Do you mean run-on and won't idle when cold. Oh, it won't do that.

VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
35MPG on 101.3kPa

Craig Torrens 6 times Australian, 7 times State Hillclimb Class Champion

8,040 posts · joined Jan 2003 ·

#634252
have you worked out the air gap yet ? 😀😀


56astro Custom Title Time!

1,772 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#634490
Intake system finally installed after the dramas of a couple of nights ago.


Drivers side.


Valve cover breather.


New bracket for TB. The bracket for the ignition coils is also a work of art.


Passenger side. Electrical connectors for injectors are positioned inboard for neatness.


Base of plenum. Dizzy - GONE! Fuel pump - GONE! New case breather.


Runners behind alt stand.


Magnetic crank sensor.


Tank completed with new coat of paint.


Outlet line (bottom) and return line (top).


Tank breather/vent.


Looking through fuel gauge sender hole at swirl pot with a 'lid' semi-covering the swirl pot.

VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
35MPG on 101.3kPa

nbturbo Veteran Volks Folk

2,171 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#634500
Top stuff happening there.Could you tell me the distance between your injectors where the rails fit on.I like how simple the OG fuel rails are.I am altering the manifolds on my Autocraft motor to fit Bosch injectors-and would save a heap of work having to make new rails-could make the injector positions to suit the rails.Thanks,Gary.

56astro Custom Title Time!

1,772 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#634514
Gary, do you mean the distance between the front and rear injector at the fuel rail?

VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
35MPG on 101.3kPa

nbturbo Veteran Volks Folk

2,171 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#634571
Yes-how far apart are the injectors.I am going to mill injector pockets directly into the manifolds-so need to know how far apart to drill the holes, for the injectors to line up with the cups in the fuel rails.

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56astro Custom Title Time!

1,772 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#634575


52mm between centres of fuel rail fittings.

Does that help?

VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
35MPG on 101.3kPa

nbturbo Veteran Volks Folk

2,171 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#634651
Yes,that's what I was after-thanks very much.The hole centres on mine are only 46mm,so would have to do a lot of welding to build them up,so it would be the same amount of work to make new fuel rails.Was hoping for an easy run for a change-thanks again.

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#636248
............and the progress Steve......?

nbturbo Veteran Volks Folk

2,171 posts · joined Dec 2002 ·

#636265
Guess I will have to make new fuel rails again.

BeetleJuice Officially Full-On Dubber

350 posts · joined Sep 2006 ·

#636667
56astro wrote:Intake system finally installed after the dramas of a couple of nights ago.


Hi Steve

From the pic for a moment,I thought you were experimenting with diesel!! {no ignition!}
😂

It'll be interesting to see how she goes.

Craig
FringeDweller

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#649326
how many weeks to Valla Steve...............8 ?

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#651564
want to loan some carbs Steve????🙂

give me a call if you are in need of some extra hands.

StenGuns Veteran Volks Folk

2,147 posts · joined Mar 2004 ·

#651595
Can you tell me who supplies these?

Thanks

56astro wrote:Crank pulley and trigger wheel turned up yesterday


60-2 trigger wheel


new sensor and bracket

johny rotten Officially Full-On Dubber

366 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#651655
you could a CV joint ABS ring 😊

or you could use a couple of flying magnets

Ampdub Officially Full-On Dubber

310 posts · joined May 2006 ·

#653123
I am also interested in who supplies the crank trigger wheel. i can do the electronic ignition without the injection.

Please post where you had this done, i am sure they would get a lot of orders and everyone will be doing this conversion rather than than the compufire conversion.

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#653129
Ampdub61 wrote:I am also interested in who supplies the crank trigger wheel. i can do the electronic ignition without the injection.

Please post where you had this done, i am sure they would get a lot of orders and everyone will be doing this conversion rather than than the compufire conversion.
here.........

http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=69781&page=1#pid652229

56astro Custom Title Time!

1,772 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#666883
It starts!!

Spoke with the fellas at the workshop last week to find out what progress has been made. Old mate said that it has been started and is running. They have driven it in and out of the workshop (to get other cars finished!).

He did say that the TB was way too big, so we may have to change it for the Camira one I had intended to use, or another one that suits.

We have organised to have some dyno tuning done this Wednesday. I will try and organise a video camera and get some footage.

VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
35MPG on 101.3kPa

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#666886
👍.........great Steve ready for 2010?😀

56astro Custom Title Time!

1,772 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#666896
What ........

no Spectacular in 2009 .............

that'd be right.



Better late than never, eh?


How did ya go with the gear ratio Q?
Do you still want me to run some ratios through the calculator?

VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
35MPG on 101.3kPa

hellbugged 48's and straight cuts

5,080 posts · joined Apr 2003 ·

#666898
worked it out mate thanx...........

glad to see the car is almost ready again, hope to see you about soon with that big VW grin on your dial.

those boys will give you a HP/tourque graph in shootout mode too yeah?..........that will be interesting for sure

56astro Custom Title Time!

1,772 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#666900
I'll ask them to 👍

VW car, VW engine ...... keepin it "real"
35MPG on 101.3kPa

johny rotten Officially Full-On Dubber

366 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#666999
what size TB would suit do you think
I would have thought almost any dual carb set up
to be better than the manifold in the picture as far as air flow is concerned
😂