MickH Hairy Gutted Sloth
3,389 posts · joined Sep 2003 ·
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GTMac Fahrvergnugen
976 posts · joined Nov 2004 ·
Wes dont those dohnuts make the 180 turns so easy. Didnt know they existed until the other day when I moded my exhaust on the fasty.
1971 Type 3 Fasty - EJ20T
I love 242HP sleepers. 🤪
How many sets of lights does it take a $229k Carrera S to learn? 😂 UPDATE: Cayman S, M3, B4 now added to the list.
I love 242HP sleepers. 🤪
How many sets of lights does it take a $229k Carrera S to learn? 😂 UPDATE: Cayman S, M3, B4 now added to the list.
Baja Wes V6 Baja Pioneer
3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Yeah, the donuts are nice tight bends, but probably aren't so good for flow 🙁
I have one in the exhaust, and one in the intake. This is my 3" intake piping, a little restrictive with so many bends, but it serves it's purpose.
I have one in the exhaust, and one in the intake. This is my 3" intake piping, a little restrictive with so many bends, but it serves it's purpose.
Wes - www.offroadvw.net - 200HP Quad Cam V6 in a VW Baja - with climate control... 🙂
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
X-I-TED Commited Dubber
55 posts · joined May 2008 ·
for what it is thats quite impressive❗MickH wrote:
are the thousands n thousands of splits really rare???
Baja Wes V6 Baja Pioneer
3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
As I say in that video description, that hill was a lot steeper than it looks. When we got to that hill there was a Landcruiser Ute that was having several attempts but couldn't get up it because he didn't have the axle articulation and he would spin a front and a rear wheel and get stuck.X-I-TED wrote:for what it is thats impressive❗MickH wrote:
I only started spinning the back near the top where the opposing ditches get particularly deep, but a bit of throttle fixed that. It's essentially only 1 wheel drive.
Wes - www.offroadvw.net - 200HP Quad Cam V6 in a VW Baja - with climate control... 🙂
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
Joel Now containing 100\% E-Wang
9,368 posts · joined Feb 2006 ·
u must be new round here 😂X-I-TED wrote:i very much doubt that a beetle that nice sees too much off road action i bet that its close to a conservative 70/30 split 70% on road that is
easy to have a second set of street wheels that wont stress the cog swapper and in guessing it has an adj front and rear end????
X-I-TED Commited Dubber
55 posts · joined May 2008 ·
ok enlighten me 70% road 30% off road was my guess if its much more than that id say it doesnt get driven much say less than 200k /week (thats still 60k's of off road torture) and i dont mean dirt road i mean OFF ROAD!Joel wrote:u must be new round here 😂X-I-TED wrote:i very much doubt that a beetle that nice sees too much off road action i bet that its close to a conservative 70/30 split 70% on road that is
easy to have a second set of street wheels that wont stress the cog swapper and in guessing it has an adj front and rear end????
are the thousands n thousands of splits really rare???
Baja Wes V6 Baja Pioneer
3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
So I got a new controller for the electric water pump, and this one works. Maybe.
It has a major disagreement with the engines temperature sensors. When driving around the engine temp gauge sits in the middle. The thermo fan cycles on and off occasionally and the ECU doesn't give any abnormal temp errors. So basically everything appears normal.
But the EWP controller beeps and flashes and reckons the water temp has exceeded 95 degrees. It's weird because it's on the cold side of the radiator. It's where the stock 82 degree thermostat was (and the gauge shows the same temp as it did with that thermostat). Not sure what to do with it at the moment. I guess I will complain to Davies Craig, and if that doesn't work try and put a resistor or something inline with the sensor to calibrate it?!?!?
It's annoying because using the controller I'm meant to be able to set which temperature I want the pump to run the engine at. I can't do that when it thinks it's overheating the whole time.
It has a major disagreement with the engines temperature sensors. When driving around the engine temp gauge sits in the middle. The thermo fan cycles on and off occasionally and the ECU doesn't give any abnormal temp errors. So basically everything appears normal.
But the EWP controller beeps and flashes and reckons the water temp has exceeded 95 degrees. It's weird because it's on the cold side of the radiator. It's where the stock 82 degree thermostat was (and the gauge shows the same temp as it did with that thermostat). Not sure what to do with it at the moment. I guess I will complain to Davies Craig, and if that doesn't work try and put a resistor or something inline with the sensor to calibrate it?!?!?
It's annoying because using the controller I'm meant to be able to set which temperature I want the pump to run the engine at. I can't do that when it thinks it's overheating the whole time.
Wes - www.offroadvw.net - 200HP Quad Cam V6 in a VW Baja - with climate control... 🙂
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
rocknrob Insano Dub Head
844 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·
Baja Wes wrote:So I got a new controller for the electric water pump, and this one works. Maybe.
It has a major disagreement with the engines temperature sensors. When driving around the engine temp gauge sits in the middle. The thermo fan cycles on and off occasionally and the ECU doesn't give any abnormal temp errors. So basically everything appears normal.
But the EWP controller beeps and flashes and reckons the water temp has exceeded 95 degrees. It's weird because it's on the cold side of the radiator. It's where the stock 82 degree thermostat was (and the gauge shows the same temp as it did with that thermostat). Not sure what to do with it at the moment. I guess I will complain to Davies Craig, and if that doesn't work try and put a resistor or something inline with the sensor to calibrate it?!?!?
It's annoying because using the controller I'm meant to be able to set which temperature I want the pump to run the engine at. I can't do that when it thinks it's overheating the whole time.
Wes did you sort this out ok?
I want to fit one in the kombi to avoid the cold water at the thermostat issue and also on long uphill bushtracks i don't think the stock pump gets enough water up to the radiator at the front.
I was wondering whether it would work to parallel connect the pump to the fans or seeing i only run one fan use the connection from the other.
This way hopefully the engine would reach operating temp quickly as there would be no flow....
whaddya reckon🤓
Baja Wes V6 Baja Pioneer
3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Yeah I did, and posted the findings in another thread - I'll try to find where. The short version is that it reads temperature increments a lot more accurately than the Mazda temperature guage. The temperature really does swing all over the place without the factory gauge working.
As for your problem, the car facing up or downhill shouldn't change the load on your pump if you have no air bubbles. It's like using a piece of hose to siphon something, it's the height of the start and finish that matter. Where the siphon goes in between doesn't matter unless you have air bubbles. The except to that rule is if it goes too high the liquid will reach it's vapour pressure and boil, but the pressurized cooling system and coolant additives should stop that problem.
I wouldn't connect the pump to the thermo switch. It will let water in some parts of the engine boil before the water near the thermoswitch gets hot enough to activate the pump. That's why the Davies Craig controller cycles the pump occasionally.
If I was doing it again I'd probably consider not getting the fancy controller, and just running the pump flat out with a traditional thermostat. The controller just doesn't do as good as job as the stock thermostat. My warm-up times are quite long and the heater doesn't work as good as it used to.
As for your problem, the car facing up or downhill shouldn't change the load on your pump if you have no air bubbles. It's like using a piece of hose to siphon something, it's the height of the start and finish that matter. Where the siphon goes in between doesn't matter unless you have air bubbles. The except to that rule is if it goes too high the liquid will reach it's vapour pressure and boil, but the pressurized cooling system and coolant additives should stop that problem.
I wouldn't connect the pump to the thermo switch. It will let water in some parts of the engine boil before the water near the thermoswitch gets hot enough to activate the pump. That's why the Davies Craig controller cycles the pump occasionally.
If I was doing it again I'd probably consider not getting the fancy controller, and just running the pump flat out with a traditional thermostat. The controller just doesn't do as good as job as the stock thermostat. My warm-up times are quite long and the heater doesn't work as good as it used to.
Wes - www.offroadvw.net - 200HP Quad Cam V6 in a VW Baja - with climate control... 🙂
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
Baja Wes V6 Baja Pioneer
3,119 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·
Rob, here's the update http://forums.aussieveedubbers.com/viewtopic.php?tid=44693&page=5#pid679109 , info is on page 5 if you see 25 posts per page.
For commuting to and from work I have this;
For real abuse in the dirt I have this;
The car probably sees 10% offroad these days. Even if we drive straight to the offroad spot we still drive further on road getting there than we do offroad once we're there, so it's hard to get higher than 50/50 really. The Baja is an occasional weekend car.X-I-TED wrote:ok enlighten me 70% road 30% off road was my guess if its much more than that id say it doesnt get driven much say less than 200k /week (thats still 60k's of off road torture) and i dont mean dirt road i mean OFF ROAD!
For commuting to and from work I have this;
For real abuse in the dirt I have this;
Wes - www.offroadvw.net - 200HP Quad Cam V6 in a VW Baja - with climate control... 🙂
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
www.taylorcycles.com.au - My DH MTB racing brothers shop.
rocknrob Insano Dub Head
844 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·
good info wes...saves me a bit of experimenting and money! i havn't been running a thermostat at all because it would never open but i want my latest engine to run at optimum operating temp so will place an external one at the hot side...just need to make a spacer ...
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and bolt these two together
i have a genuine subaru thermostat and here it is sitting in a pot of boiling water...only opened about 1 mm
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had to actually sit it in the jug whilst boiling to get it to open 10 mm....
so...external thermostat, electric water pump hardwired(maybe with a manual switch for cold morngs) and ubeaut header tank to make sure radiator is full and should be sweet👍
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and bolt these two together
i have a genuine subaru thermostat and here it is sitting in a pot of boiling water...only opened about 1 mm
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had to actually sit it in the jug whilst boiling to get it to open 10 mm....
so...external thermostat, electric water pump hardwired(maybe with a manual switch for cold morngs) and ubeaut header tank to make sure radiator is full and should be sweet👍
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rocknrob Insano Dub Head
844 posts · joined Dec 2003 ·
thanks wes...i think...more reading heheh🤓
kevo Officially Full-On Dubber
371 posts · joined Mar 2005 ·
Thanks for doing allt he research for me Baj Wes,
I bought a davies craig 115L for the kombi then and decided not to go for the controller after reading this.
I plan to mount the pump under the front of the car and wire the pump to the ignition via the same manual swith as the thermo fan (for cold morning as you sad), and leave the thermostat as usual.
Good write up mate
Thanks
I bought a davies craig 115L for the kombi then and decided not to go for the controller after reading this.
I plan to mount the pump under the front of the car and wire the pump to the ignition via the same manual swith as the thermo fan (for cold morning as you sad), and leave the thermostat as usual.
Good write up mate
Thanks
76 baywindow kombi - V8 & Weddle racing diff and gearbox
Daily driven beach cruiser
Daily driven beach cruiser