My old man was a mechanic, and I always used to watch him at work, and help him out. Always been around cars, and tinkering so it was a natural progression really!!
Still going to do the decklid. Car is booked in for the 19th to get the motor put in, so I need to do it before then.
I tackled the pushrod tubes last night, and I must say they were quite easy. I had a quick read through a couple of how-to's with the spring loaded pushrod tubes, and it seemed that everyone struggled with them. I didn't have any dramas at all. Nice and easy.
Out with the old...
In with the new.
Also, I really hate the slip joints on most VW exhaust systems, so I whipped up a couple pairs of flanges, and had a mate TIG them on for me. No leaks here!
Well, bar a few tweaks that GCVD will sort out, the engine is together. It gets dropped off this avo, then the car goes in tomorrow, so I should have it back Friday. Can't wait!!
I totally forgot. I did the decklid Wednesday night in preperation for the new motor.
I marked out a bunch of holes behind the plate, and cut them out with a 54mm holesaw.
I made a couple 30mm spacers from some aluminium tube I had, and bolted the plate back on, with a piece of mesh behind the decklid. The mesh is simply held in place with the plate bolts.
And you can't even tell unless you're standing right above it. Still unsure as to whether it's best to prop the top of the plate, or the bottom, but I'll see how it goes.
Its in! So happy. What a difference over the 1200. From going up the hill on the way home in 2nd gear, to being able to cruise up it in 4th. So good!!
It's backfiring a lot, and running rich, so I might have to get it looked at again this avo, but hopefully it just needs a couple minor adjustments.
Muffler hangs waaay too low, and would tag the ground on takeoff, and changing into 2nd. Its for sale if anyone wants it....
Went to my mates shed on saturday and whipped up a temporary fix until my new system comes.
Yeah looking sweet as! Good vision and execution on this ride!
Yep yep new motors exciting hey....
Just finishing a big bore single port for my stocka and looking forward that fresh paint baking for the first time smell... Never gets old that!
I always planned to go lower with my beetle, but ran into similar issue's to you. My engine cost me way too much money to risk ripping exhausts and cases to pieces. There is video of my exhaust VERY close to the ground on a mild launch, so a hard launch when my traction issue's are fixed will see my exhaust dragging the ground...
Looking forward to seeing what exhaust you run permanently...
Can't seem to find the exhaust I want in Aus, so I'm getting a friend to ship one over for me. Haven't seen one on a car here yet, so I can't wait to get it. Has even more ground clearance than a stock muffler
Okay, I should explain what happened there.
GCVD said they didn't have any clamps for the intake boots, and said i'd just have to look elsewhere for clamps. I used hose clamps which seemed fine, but obviously weren't as they split the boots. I thought they would've either replaced the clamps or at least told me they were wrong when I dropped the motor off, but nope. He still managed to come up with 4 of them when I went in yesterday.
So this happened...
Now the paint on my tinware is fucked from the fuel, but it still doesn't run right. Still coughing and backfiring. I'm really pissed
They reckon those red ones @ $11.50 each were better than the black rubber ones @$5 each, as they lasted longer.
I just put another set in. I didn't want to cheap out on anything and regret it later.
Thanks Dion. Looks like I got it sorted though. Turns out my coil is frying the points. I knew it would bite me in the ass. The only second hand part I used on it - of course it had to be stuffed. lol
What muffler have you ended up ordering? The best system for your set up would either be a complete sidewinder system which is headers and muffler. Otherwise you can do what I have done in the past. Get an exhaust place to make you a pipe that comes from where your headers merge (at the 3 bolt plate). Bend the pipe 180 degrees and run the pipe forwards, throw on a muffler and dump the exhaust out in front of the back wheel. You just have to get crafty when you take the pipe past your rear axle but it works really well and if done right will never hit the ground.
Joel wrote:I ruined several quiet packs and hot dogs on mine and it was never anywhere near as low as yours.
The Euro Tri-mill systems give great ground clearance on lowered cars and are fairly loud and obnoxious if you liked the fatboy.
Where did you get this? loud and obnoxious and clearance tick all my boxes haha....
It's just the tri-mill ceramic coated Euro twin tip system.
Empi do a knock off but it has smaller baffled tips so not as loud and I don't think in ceramic coated or stainless and most people complain the fit is terrible and they end up noisy in short time.
George sells them:
