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 grinderman
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| posted on August 20th, 2012 at 08:02 PM |
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type 3 mods
I'm in the process of putting my daughters 71' fastback on the road and she has been driving our 160hp lancer with all the mod cons. Now she is
concerned about whether the fastie will have enough grunt to keep up with traffic especially being an auto. She wants to keep it air-cooled and fairly
original so an engine swap is out of the question but seeing as the engine needs rebuilding would a set of 044 heads, mild cam and say twin 40mm
webers spice it up without spending big dollars on upsizing the engine? Do the carbs need modifying to work with the auto? Or should I tell her to
adjust her driving style to suit the 40year old car and deal with it.......what do you reckon?
Any advice is appreciated.
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| posted on August 20th, 2012 at 08:57 PM |
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I think that upgrade is a great idea. Maybe a good exhaust and a little lowering.
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| posted on August 20th, 2012 at 09:01 PM |
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tell her to adjust her driving style to suit the 40year old car and deal with it.
or , you drive to the conditions
.or Dont waste money on tricking up a vw , just buy her a hyundai 
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| posted on August 21st, 2012 at 06:18 AM |
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no need i been driving my 71 auto notch as a daily for 2 years, no drama keeping up with traffic at all
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| posted on August 21st, 2012 at 06:43 PM |
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Yeah, I reckon it should go OK when rebuilt with all new parts. When she gets off her P's she can get a turbo 2332 put in and smoke those
hyundai's
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| posted on August 21st, 2012 at 07:05 PM |
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yeah but then those Hyundai's will smoke the vw for reliability if you go down that path.
what you need is a type 4 engine conversion, still air cooled and has much greater performance potential and if done right the first time the
reliability can be in the 200,000km + range.
She would total it before the engine dies or needs looking at.
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| posted on August 21st, 2012 at 07:43 PM |
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Ha ha vlad I'm not game to tell her that ! Like most teenagers she thinks she is a better driver than most and the thought of her writing this car
off in a prang is my ultimate nightmare because I'm doing all the work on the damn thing. She wants a show stopper but I think maybe the best bet is
to have an alternative daily driver (she is fond of audi tt convertibles) and keep the fastie for good.
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