Steve i normally dont bother either, its just for long topics like this where its easy for me to miss peoples questions
DaveCarter wrote:haha at least your projects always work. That is why there is such a big joel following. Can't wait to see this beast in the flesh
trust me for each sucessfull project i have theres lots more unsucessfull ones, they just dont get forum air time 😂
classic example was my turbo engine, wasnt a failure but it was one problem after another till i gave up on it
i never work off plans, just build and modify as i go
that one was pre digitial camera days but i was tearing my hair out over it so much i was just glad to see it gone
ummm well frankenstein v1.0 i ASSuMEd was a 1600 cos although it was an AB block which is 1300 i pulled if from a superbug and it had a 1600 carb and manifold and exhaust
i pulled it down after it grenaded to find it was still a 1300
frankenstien v2.0 that replaced it was a 1600 but had some bad piston slap and used to detonate pretty bad under boost it was a time bomb but the turbo gave out before it did
got it dropped out ready to pull down but currently theres just not enough hours in the day
im putting in 14 hours+ a day at the momemt just cos im so snowed under
no wonder im look like the walking dead at the moment
im deteremined to have it ready for run to the sun in acouple of weeks so i;ll make some time for it
only needs a few hours and some parts
got it dropped out ready to pull down but currently theres just not enough hours in the day
im putting in 14 hours+ a day at the momemt just cos im so snowed under
no wonder im look like the walking dead at the moment
im deteremined to have it ready for run to the sun in acouple of weeks so i;ll make some time for it
only needs a few hours and some parts
14 hours a day.
your nuts🤪😂🤪
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car forums. where a lot of peoples good intentions end up taking a good old car off the road forever never ever to see the road again. 🥲
it seems this is the month everyone on the interwebs has chosen to look at my pics and have burned out all my photobucket bandwidth
lucky for me i have a couple of others lol
so im stuck in the middle of that wonderfull situation known as awaiting parts at the moment
so ive decided to dress up the plant room alittle while everythings out and apart
subi engines arent much to look at so any help they can get to look better is good
and my engine bay was starting to look a little junkyard-ish now i've removed the chrome louvered firewall and tarboard
i was sick of them as the louvered rattelled badly when the stereo was cranked and the tarboard is doing nothing now i have sound/heat deadner on the inside of the firewall
ive been planing for ages to just paint the firewall but ive been holding off as a few people know already theres a colour change on the cards for my bug so i couldnt see the point in painting it yet
but with how things are going thats gonna be a while off yet
the contact glue on it everywhere that held the padding was looking very ugly
and those little spikes that hold the tarboard are just the ticket for skinned knuckles
and in the corners all the facotry seam sealer has long since crumbled and fallen off and you can also see there was a massive foam tumour that i had to scrape away years ago to get my kadrons to fit
where i removed the valance was also a lot of bare metal and various unpainted metal areas
so i did a heap of prep, removed all those little sharp bastards and painted away
ok thats the bug looking a bit better
so to tidy up the engine first thing to get attention was the timing belt covers
now the easy thing with them would have been get a new set, they're cheap and easily availble but wheres the fun in that??
first thing i did was degrease all the years of roadgrime, oil spills and powersteering fluid off them
the outter sections are in good condition but the center section has had the crank pulley rubbing away on it at some point and its had an intimate moment with the timing belt idler
and look theres even a love stain to prove it
damage is actualluy most curious
its obvious that the idlers been rubbing againt the cover and melted it abit
but in one of lifes little mysteries its managed to some how stop and position itself about 2" lower and leave a perfect imprint in the plastic
so perfect you can read the back to front JAPAN in the plastic
anyway with a dose of ABS plastic glue and some paint its loooking marginally better
i didnt fuss to much about the pulley rub mark as it will be covered up by the pulley
anther thing that sticks out like dogs balls on a subi engine is the inlet manifold
there was a few jobs i wanted to do to this while its off
firstly is remove all the hardlines that were for the charcoal canister
im connecting directly to the purge solenoid so they're not doinging anything and ive already had to cut off the canister ends to clear my top radiator hose
i wanted to remove all the wiring loom as well and rewrap the electrical tape on it as its starting to unwind in a few spots and check the loom for wear spots
ive heard that people have found on some EJ engines where the loom has worn through on something metal and can short out the wiring
i didnt find any of that but i did find the rubber hose on the canister hard line had worn through on the compressor/alt bracket
good thing i havent been using it
now before u go tearing things apart its a good idea to take lots of reference pics
the plug wire holders are like a friggen jigsaw puzzle
all the electrical plugs are different so they cant be mixed up....EXCEPT for the the injectors which are all the same
now im pretty sure theses engines arent sequential fire but they would most likely atleast be batch fire which means u cant mix them up
mine had one on each side marked
but i still marked each one indiviually to play it safe
anyway stripped down with the offending hard lines removed and a coat of paint theres an instant 20HP
goes faster already
i noticed as i was putting it back together that it looked rather animal like......
ive got the IACV still sitting here which im gonna give the clean out treatemtn tomorrow
its just a hobby
everything i know is all self taught
ive never done any sort of coarses or training
just abit of time working as a mechanic doing stuff i had already learned years ago
when i got my first bug i was too scared to even take the dissy cap off.
granted i was only 13 years old at the time but i soon learned just pull it apart taking note of how it goes together and its pretty easy to suss out how they work
vws are very simple cars and one of the best to start learning with
i once knew nothing about body work or painting either
all i did was bought a shitty $200 beetle, a heap of sandpaper and bog and a spray gun and had a go
10 years ago a $200 solid bug was easy to find but u can do the same thing these days with an old corolla or pulsar etc
its easy to have a go at anything, you dont develope skills if u dont try
yea i know what you mean
the blower had the "cool" factor and was on a par with the EJ22 power wise but this engine is just so much smoother
the bugs lost it soul abit but the reliability factor makes up for it
i know i could just jump in and drive to melbourne without any worrys except whats playing on the stereo
my gearbox is just stock
thats the joy of N/A subi motors they work in perfect harmony with a stock trans unlike turbo motors
but dont tell the others i said that 😂
just for those who are wondering i havent had a chance to do much with it
stripped down to a long block shows just how close in size to a vw engine it really is
i also got another treat for the bug
its amazing the new in box stuff you can find hidden in peoples atticks lol
bosch germany starter motor for a semiautomatic beetle
these are higher HP than a standard a starter and are self supporting so no more dealing with starter bushings
bit more clunkier than a stock starter
