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 MickH
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| posted on July 20th, 2008 at 09:15 AM |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dV5YHOxquZA
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| posted on July 22nd, 2008 at 10:14 PM |
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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? 
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Baja Wes
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| posted on July 23rd, 2008 at 09:55 AM |
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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.
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| posted on July 23rd, 2008 at 11:07 AM |
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for what it is thats quite impressive
are the thousands n thousands of splits really rare???
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Baja Wes
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| posted on July 23rd, 2008 at 12:50 PM |
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for what it is thats impressive
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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.
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.
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| posted on July 26th, 2008 at 10:54 PM |
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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????
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u must be new round here
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| posted on July 27th, 2008 at 09:42 AM |
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posted by X-I-TED
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????
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u must be new round here
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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!
are the thousands n thousands of splits really rare???
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Baja Wes
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| posted on August 8th, 2008 at 11:16 PM |
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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.
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| posted on November 16th, 2009 at 09:12 AM |
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| Quote: | Originally
posted by Baja Wes
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.
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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
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Baja Wes
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 07:45 AM |
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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.
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Baja Wes
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 07:59 AM |
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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
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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!
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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.
For commuting to and from work I have this;
For real abuse in the dirt I have this;
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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 08:49 AM |
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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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| posted on November 17th, 2009 at 08:54 AM |
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thanks wes...i think...more reading heheh
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| posted on March 17th, 2010 at 12:15 PM |
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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
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