After a fun & succesfull 2010 Hillclimb race season i decided after speaking with Larry that the little 1916 deserved a teardown and a little luvin.
Larry inspected all parts in his home garage ( oh yes, we are professionals ) and found all to be good with no signs of wear or oil starvation.
A new set of lifters and valve springs were purchased and a few tweaks her and there were made.
This footage is of the motor at it,s second start up after the rebuild, minus the msd ignition, on Larrys engine stand.
I will post furthur updates and photo,s in the lead up to my first event including a dyno session.

Cheers Col


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=eUJjQhWwqpU 

Sounds good Col.can't wait for my kroc ported street elims....

sounds sweet Colin............I will be running the evo this year, so I can watch yours scream up the hills !

Great to have you back hillclimbing again Craig, look forward to catching up.
Are you competing at Bathurst ( first 2 rounds ) ?.

Cheers Col

Yep I will be there

Nice to know all is well and freshened up inside.

Good luck with the 2011 season.

You got a mag case? Shuffle pins?

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Originally posted by matberry Nice to know all is well and freshened up inside. Good luck with the 2011 season. You got a mag case? Shuffle pins?

Cool Colin, keep up the good work.

I love your protective foot wear Col! all u need is some socks with those sandles & U will look like an old Nannu
Jak

I cant wait to race with you again Colin. Its been 6 years in September since this last occured. Cant wait to see your thing backout on the track with more HP.... Very exciting.

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Originally posted by Jak Rizzo I love your protective foot wear Col! all u need is some socks with those sandles & U will look like an old Nannu Jak

I have now installed the engine into my car.
It is running smooth enough to be able to drive it on and off the trailer.
Today i took the car to the my local exhaust shop to have them reinstall the muffler.
I tryed to take a short cut with it,s install and it all went pear shape.
That will teach me for not doing the job right the first time.
A keen eye will notice the dodgy coil wire. I have ordered a new set from VWparts.net as with the new coil position the original lead won,t reach.
When these parts arrive i will book the car in for a dynotune.

Cheers Col

Another photo including my best helper.

Cheers Col

Larry and i have finished all tweaks and magic tricks with the motor now.
I am booked for a dyno tune Monday evening and will post up the results.

Cheers Col

Loaded for dyno tune.

Col

How did you go on the Dyno Colin ?

Sorry havn,t been on for a few days i,ve been busy preping the car for Bathurst Hillclimb this weekend.

Well dyno tune was interesting to say the least.
Keith and i were after a little more hp and to extend the torque curve so i can hold the car and rev it a little more rather than changing gears.
The two changes we made were very minimal ie,
Collector size and polish the intake manifolds.
So after dyno on Friday night it indicated i have lost 12hp.
But i went up 2 sizes in main jets and 1 in venturi size.
Also the torque curve is identical to previous but holds on for another 300rpm.
So draw your own conclusions from that!.
Just goes to show that a dyno is only a tunimg tool and an indication of your motors output. I,ll reserve my judgement till after this weekend.
I will say though the car revs clean and strong with no slowing up to the limited 7500rpm in third gear on the dyno.
Anyway back to the shed i,ve got a couple of little things to tidy up before my trip on Friday.

Photo of car on rollers

Sweet, nice looking kit on that engine. What carbs are you running and with the hats... have you tried various sorts? or how did you choose those ones.

How radical are the 48 idas? Are they at all drivable at streetable speds? and how much better are they than idfs?

Your right your stacks are damn sexy looking

Old skool is cool

Hope it goes well for you Colin.

how much power did it make at the wheels? looks like a great car.
Good work col

Dyno figures interesting! maybe worn lifter produced less friction did you have them faced and/or polish them that would help....and maybe a big airbox over those trumpets would reduce intake pressure...hmmm anyway sounds great i rekon the beetle will go well with it

happy racing