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 pete wood
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I love my subaru motor.
Nothing serious, nothing new, but I took the car out today and drove it hard through a few gears and a few corners. LOVE it, LOVE it!
Awesome smooth torque, huge power and a great sound. I can't talk it up enough. I know my car is not perfect and I'd change a million things about
it and probably will eventually, but not the motor and certainly not back to a VW aircooler. The only upgrade I'd make is to a louder exhaust. :P
Love it. :kiss
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| posted on October 10th, 2006 at 07:17 PM |
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Soon to be joining you on the water cooled side
Heart Donor
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| posted on October 10th, 2006 at 08:06 PM |
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That looks very much like my donor car from memory...only had it here a week, stripped every possible part off it and called the wreckers to take the
shell away. My kombi is going to think it is a suby it will have so many of its bits...oh yeah...love the way the tach flicks around to 6000rpm
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| posted on October 10th, 2006 at 08:12 PM |
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Don't you just love insurance write offs
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pete wood
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| posted on October 10th, 2006 at 11:05 PM |
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welcome to the dark (wet) side. :vader
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 12:36 AM |
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Gotta say, Pete. I love mine too :bounce just got a coupla issues to sort.
Hopefully taking it on a 250 mile drive on Friday (first long drive since being watercooled) and get a bit of surfing in - Croyde Bay - North Devon,
England.
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 01:58 AM |
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love my subaru powered rides
out back 3ltr
liberty turbo
Mistres trike
bug
18 others on there way
Looking for that special lady : PM me for coffee & cake
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 06:46 AM |
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Don't you just love insurance write offs
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or no insurance and repairs are too exy. Its very confidence building to hear your new engine running:bounce
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 09:28 AM |
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I love my aircooled engine. Lumpy at idle, it rewards an enthusiastic prod at idle with a rowdy 'blat-bebump-bedump' as each of its 1916 cubes
gurgles its morning juice through dual 40mm chokes. As I gradually wake it up completely and its pulse gets quicker, I begin poking into its
mid-range, the snare of its exhaust richocheting back from the sandstone through my just-down-a-little-bit passenger window as I wind it out further
and further in each gear. With warm tyres, I'm 'up it for the rent', brake dancing and heel-toeing as I find motorbikes to play with in my
favourite playground.
It's so much more rewarding than the brand-new, cloned, sterile, late-model stuff I drive the other days of the week...
[ Edited on 10-10-2006 by VWCOOL ]
Pay your debts, CxxT
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 11:17 AM |
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you left out glen>>>>>>
& I lean forward on every hill , it helps
I sold my RS turbo
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pete wood
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 12:36 PM |
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I love a motor that...
has real fuel economy,
doesn't need it's carbs balances,
doesn't need it's rockers adjusted, hell it doesn't even have rockers,
doesn't have a dizzy or points,
has more than one camshaft,
tunes itself,
was designed after 1920,
runs properly on unleaded fuel,
kick the first time you turn it over, every time.
Doesn't need to anything done to it to produce 150hp standard. 
Love a subaru. 
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 12:51 PM |
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I love a motor....................that will still run after they drop the BOMB
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pete wood
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 12:59 PM |
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I swear, you and your brother need help. :o
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 02:05 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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as I find motorbikes to play with in my favourite playground.
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This is where your story jumped into total fantasy land....
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 03:21 PM |
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he is talikng about a postie bike WES 
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 04:15 PM |
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he is talikng about a postie bike WES
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or retired people that get a bike to attempt to look young and cool :P
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pete wood
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 06:08 PM |
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oh I get it, he's been racing harleys :alien
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 09:18 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by pete wood
I love a motor that...
has real fuel economy,
doesn't need it's carbs balances,
doesn't need it's rockers adjusted, hell it doesn't even have rockers,
doesn't have a dizzy or points,
has more than one camshaft,
tunes itself,
was designed after 1920,
runs properly on unleaded fuel,
kick the first time you turn it over, every time.
Doesn't need to anything done to it to produce 150hp standard.
Love a subaru.
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Hey, how'd yer buggy go on the trip up to Valla, Pete?!
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Pay your debts, CxxT
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 09:28 PM |
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 09:28 PM |
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ouch that was nasty Mr Cool.
Loves a lolcat
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 09:29 PM |
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:P
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Craig Torrens
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 09:46 PM |
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that wasn't a subaru problem.............................that was an act of GOD.
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 10:04 PM |
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Try a real engine a get a quad cam V8!!
Over 200Kws of rear mounted 4ltr V8 Quad cam action.....
In a Bay
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 10:17 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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& I lean forward on every hill , it helps
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Neil, most of your posts are senseless ramblings that I can't figure out, but that one I like 
I had a 1915cc twin 44IDF 044headed VW motor, and sure it's nicer than a 1600 and does sound kinda mean. If that's all you had to compare to you'd
think it's the ducks nuts.
But I swapped it out for a 2.5L V6, and I can say from first hand experience there is absolutely no comparison what so ever. The only advantage the VW
engine had was it was lighter.
But this is the conversion forum, so we won't talk about those people still stuck on air cooled engines. Although it is strange that they hang out in
the conversion section so much :P
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 10:20 PM |
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love the aircooled poem glenn "the right engine struggle could go for hours " i recon drive a car/bus with the motor that was in it then work it to
your own delights and suffer its original character and enjoy it or buy another car .
P.S im not that single minded i did go for a spin in a beetle
with a suby in it great fun until the 2nd gear smashed and we crawled back in 3rd
show us your gates
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 10:25 PM |
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Hey, how'd yer buggy go on the trip up to Valla, Pete?!
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I suggest you let sleeping dogs lie, coz I can't tell you how upset I was about ruining my 2 yo daughter's special weekend away coz I missed bogging
up one miniscule hole. The thought of that whole scenario still literally brings tears to my eyes. You've succeeded in upsetting me a great deal. So
walk away please Glen. You were off topic when you started making comments on this post. Stop now please. We can all abuse eachother but that's not
what we're here for. Craig I'd appreciate it if you'd do the same. I ask you both to do so as mates.
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 10:25 PM |
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yeah but Wes your 1916 had about 70hp less than mine, so maybe you should stop comparing all 1916's to yours
I prefer my Cummins V8 :P
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 10:31 PM |
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| Quote: | Originally
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yeah but Wes your 1916 had about 70hp less than mine, so maybe you should stop comparing all 1916's to yours
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Yours might have made 50% more power, but it probably cost 400% more.
In fact it no doubt makes less HP than my V6 and costs about 500% as much.
So it's obvious there will be no comparing of apples with apples here.
And besides, I have digital climate control
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 10:36 PM |
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Damn that climate control gets me every time :P
Maybe that's why I drive a new car :kiss and leave the toys for the weekend !
[ Edited on 11-10-2006 by Craig Torrens ]
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| posted on October 11th, 2006 at 10:59 PM |
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Glen and craig, thank you for your U2Us apologies accepted.
But let's take minute to reflect, every time any one mentions the word "air-cooled" in connection with the word "subaru" it becomes a watercooled
vs 1916 crap fight and someone ends up upset while others rain poo on each other. Then the mods come in and have to clean it up.
let suby people talk about subys.
let 1916 people talk about 1916s.
Don't start fights. Ok. That's why people stop loggin on. OK my rant is over now lets kiss and make up... and that means everyone.
:o
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