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posted on January 4th, 2015 at 10:39 AM
It was a beautiful day for the car show today (mid 60's) at Hero's hosted by DKK
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posted on January 4th, 2015 at 10:57 AM
I believe this table is worth more than my house -- and damn I want it LOL
From the Malloy Collection
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posted on January 7th, 2015 at 01:42 AM
Been trying to get my Ghia to the salt for the last couple of years and between the lack of cash and then the E85 issue, it just hasn't came to
fruition -- -- A while back a Company in the UK -- VW Heritage -- Opened a contest where they would help you have a
road trip of your dreams -- I just had to enter --
TODAY I GOT THIS EMAIL
From: AGregory
Subject: Your VW Heritage dream road trip made the shortlist!
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 14:53:46 +0000
Hi,
Thank you for entering the VW Heritage Win your dream Road trip competition.
Your entry has been selected to join a shortlist of our 5 favourites, so you are in with a great chance of winning!
We will be announcing the shortlist in our newsletter at the end of the week, and will open up a vote to find the winner (the vote will be open until
the end of Jan).
Each trip will be detailed on our website, blog and Facebook – we will provide the answer you gave, and accompany it with a basic map showing where
you plan to travel.
We would love to feature your VW, and a picture of you and anyone you were wanting to travel with to help bring the story to life even more.
The more information you can provide, the better your story, the better chance you have of winning!
We will provide you with web the links as soon as they are created, so you can inform friends and family, and get them to support you from the start.
Congratulations on making the final five, I look forward to hearing more about your trip shortly.
Happy New Year!
Andy
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posted on January 8th, 2015 at 09:29 AM
I had to back out of the VW Heritage promotion,,,, part of their deal was they wanted the owner to drive their VW to the location and back....
After I started looking at all the stuff I needed to have with me to participate on the salt, and looking just how small the Ghia was, I knew that I
needed to have a truck and trailer to haul my junk and car up there and back, and I couldn't afford to drive two vehicles. So I told them of my
dilemma and offered to withdraw and they accepted my decision and thanked me for being upfront on my attentions.... So now I need to start saving my
nickels and dimes to see if I can afford to make the trip on my own. DAMN ,,, I was sure excited there for a minute or two
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posted on January 14th, 2015 at 11:25 AM
Hmmmmmm
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posted on February 4th, 2015 at 01:22 PM
The Ghia has been setting like this for about a month chasing push rod tube oil leaks -- -- been so pissed at it I haven't even put the tools
away,,,, Did leave a BF hammer right there in case the need arose LOL
Just got a set of super whammy killer push rod tubes from Roger Crawford and it looks like they are gonna solve my problems (I've installed them on
the "problem" side and they're sealing) -- so now I've got to get motivated and do the other side -- you can see the problem ones (blue) and
Roger's new ones (silver)
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posted on February 7th, 2015 at 01:29 AM
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[quote="c21darrel"]I have had good luck with JayCees spring tubes.
One of the biggest issues I've had with having an engine this big (2989cc), is the amount of growth during the heating/cooling cycle. And a lot of
stuff that works fine on smaller engines, just doesn't hold up with this duty cycle. So I very rarely complain about parts issues I encounter. That
said, I've been looking for some super whammy large diameter tubes (to fit the bigger push rods) to address this issue.
During a casual conversation with Roger Crawford, I found that he had had these same issues on his race engines, and had developed these tubes with a
higher spring rate and triple oil O-rings -- -- From first impressions, these are perfect (I had to hit the gym to get enough strength to collapse the
springs for install LOL)... And instead of using oil for assembly, I used some high temp anti-seize goop I had laying around. SO, I'm thinking
(fingers crossed) I've finally solved this issue!!!!
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posted on February 9th, 2015 at 09:21 AM
So today the wife and I were coming back from Home Depot, and this primer Oval is making a left turn in front of us and I'm looking at it... and
looking at it ... thinking could it be ???? could it be???? -----
Sure enough, there's the Ovalholio sticker on the side window -- The kid I sold it to, has it running and going down the road -- I got pretty excited
to see the kid had done what he said and got it running -- It's been two years since I sold it to him, It's still primer and still has the same
wheel and tires on it..... But it looked way cool going down the road --
Wife couldn't understand why I got so excited...... LMAO
Here's some pictures I took the day I took it over to his house......
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posted on February 9th, 2015 at 02:20 PM
Wouldn't mind that DFV coffee table.
I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!
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posted on February 12th, 2015 at 09:39 AM
Well,,, The EFI has been in the shop for a while and I've been staring at the car, kinda just walking by and giving it the middle finger because of
the EFI screwing up again big time,,,,,, FINALLY, I get a call yesterday from the head honcho, and "they" have finally been able to duplicate all
the "issues" I've been having with the unit forever --- --- HOLY CHIT,,, I'm not insane, so they are shipping me a brand new unit as a form of an
apology for all my freaking banging my head against the wall trying to get this damn thing to work.....
YYYEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, I've found my ambition for the car again and been out welding and cutting and fixing and cleaning up and .. .. and .. .. you get the
picture...... So I've done a couple of thing of note
Also, I've made an appointment with the EFI Guru (His is a wiring harness super dude) and I'll finally be making the change to sequential on the
injectors since I've had Mario's cam sync setting in tool box for a while....
So , It's about time I've gotten a happy face about this POS car I've got!!!!!!
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posted on February 12th, 2015 at 11:21 AM
Thanks for all the pics and for sharing your journey
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posted on February 12th, 2015 at 12:25 PM
My Pleasure -- Just hoping that seeing my trials, can help someone to a short cut in the future
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Thanks for all the pics and for sharing your journey
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Awesome effort
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posted on February 19th, 2015 at 03:56 AM
She wants to drive the Ghia and says she knows how to drive a stick -- -- I've got my doubts -- guess I should just keep an eye on it
Just kidding -- she hates Ghias
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posted on February 19th, 2015 at 09:30 AM
She can drive my stick anytime................ was it ok to say that?
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posted on February 22nd, 2015 at 05:44 AM
So been working on the Ghia -- -- This car when I first got it had a Porsche 901 trans in it, that lasted about 30 miles, then I got a 091 from BENCO
trans in Riverside CA -- This thing has been bullet proof so far, but I was broke when I first had it done and didn't have a LSD installed...... So
after a few track days it was very apparent that the LSD was needed as I was frying the inside rear tire off as I left every corner --- -- So I had
the LSD put in and the trans freshened up. BUT because the 091 hockey stick comes out above the tunnel, I've always had some funky linkage for the
shifter... I've just welded in and above tunnel shifter and rod and got it all aligned up.........
here's where the 091 comes into the cabin,,, all the lines are for my air-to-water intercooler system
Also been meaning to change the EFI over from batch fire injectors to sequential fire -- I've been running a crank fire but never had the cam sensor
on the car to be able to do it.... Found 'The Dub Shop' up in Washington and Mario has developed a cool little cam sensor that plugs into the
distributor hole,,,, so been working on doing this change over
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posted on February 25th, 2015 at 03:19 PM
Got the new Cam Sensor installed -- What a PITA!!!!!! -- -- everything that could screw up did.... Finally went and got my Engine Guru and between the
two of us we were able to get the Distributor drive in,,,, it fought us all the way... the sensor dropped right in after that -- Looks good in there
now
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posted on March 5th, 2015 at 03:21 AM
HOW's YOUR WEEK GOING???????
Got this hiccup going on with the EFI in the Ghia, it starts, idles, and runs for about 30 seconds and then shuts off -- If you run it at 3K or higher
it stays running -- -- so Sunday the Electromotive guru says bring it over -- -- I load the car up and drag it over to Corona, we play with everything
for about 4 hours and can't find the answer - -- - He thinks it could be a electrical or tuning issue -- DUH -- -- So I decide to take it home and
tear apart the electrical -- -- On the way home in the rain, I driving in the rain and I must of gone thru where a dump truck has dumped a load of pea
gravel on the freeway -- rocks are going everywhere from the cars hauling ass -- I slow down and don't catch any on my Flex,,, cool ... Get home put
the Ghia in the garage, and put my hand on the windshield to push it back a little and look down,,,, Damn it,,, a HUGE rock chip ... If you don't
know I had a ton of trouble getting a windshield for this car that fit,,, and the crap glass coming out of China is too damn small and leaves the
rubber about 1/2" short in all the corners,,, then with a help of a friend in the glass world I was able to buy on the last USA made PPG front
windshield's,,, SO to say I'm a little mad is a under statement --
Monday -- - I start with the obvious, I load a old program into the EFI and it still doing the same thing, so with a help of a good buddy I start
trouble shooting the electrical, chasing lines front to rear,,,, so because you can't never have enough light for us old guys to see, I put a Halogen
light on the front hood to light up the interior of the car and put a little warmth into the car,, so were jumping in and out of the car chasing
electrical runs from the engine to the luggage area and then start working from the luggage to front trunk,,, we raise the hood and carefully
reposition the light -- -- -- so after about another hour we have determined there ain't no electrical issues as all the power is still on even when
the engine shuts down -- -- which leaves either the injectors aren't working (I need on of those little plug in test lights to see if the injectors
are still working) OR they are clogged,,,, which I find hard to believe since I run a 6 micron filter...... SOOOO, my buddy and I are scratching our
heads,,,, OK he is scratching his head, I'm scratching my butt.... and I decide I'll get a injector tester and another set of injectors AND another
filter and go that way tomorrow ,,,, So, we start putting stuff away,,, THEN,,, I start shutting off lights and look down at the light on my hood,,,
the halogen light had rocked forward and the protective wire screen was touching the NEW front windshield -- HOLY CHIT -- -- It's not a good week to
be a windshield around me
Damn you gotta love this chit -- -- at least both of these things are on the passenger side and I won't have to be looking thru them
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posted on March 13th, 2015 at 01:34 AM
Somebody provided me this link for a great technical resource for driving in a crooked manner -- thought I'd share
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posted on March 24th, 2015 at 10:26 AM
SO after 3 years .. .. .. enuff said
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SO after 3 years .. .. .. enuff said
Out with the old...... So what's going in?
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posted on March 25th, 2015 at 09:58 AM
Spent the day making some brackets to mount the new coils -- Slowly laying everything out so that I will not get any ignition and injector feedback
into the crank and cam sensors
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posted on March 25th, 2015 at 12:32 PM
I've had a AEM EMS4 setting on the shelf for over a year -- -- so gonna try that out
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posted on April 2nd, 2015 at 02:15 AM
Man, With each coil sporting 5 wires, it is making this wiring job a bastard to keep it looking clean, I could of 'hid' it better with longer wire
runs, but I was wanting to keep the power wire as short as possible after looping it thru a ferrite core to kill the 'noise' from the coils -- -- I
do not want any interference getting into the cam and crank sensors this time ====
This took me 5 hours with building the harness and doing the plugs and it is still not done, This is with only 1 wire connected, 4 more to go --
hitting it hard today,,, again
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posted on April 2nd, 2015 at 05:35 AM
After::::::::::::::::::
Now I'm waiting on my Metricpak connectors to get here --- Should of ordered them before the weekend but couldn't find what I wanted until last
night late -- -- coming from Texas -- --
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posted on April 6th, 2015 at 11:42 AM
Was planning on having a nice relaxing day today, It's a beautiful day, shorts and t-shirt weather here in Cali -- Well, My wife and I are recovering
from having our kitchen completely tore apart from the ice maker line breaking and hosing the floor and cabinets and walls down -- but after about 29
hours of listening to the dehumidifiers drone on and on and on and on, I decided to go out into the garage where it's nice and quiet and plunk away
at wiring up the engine harness for the AEM -- so I decide to make a few runs here and there and get some wires about where they need to be and
complete the injector wiring -- I've got the ghia stripped down, all the seats are out so I can get my fat arse in to snake between the roll bars and
poke wires thru the fire wall, then I crawl out backwards and get into the engine compartment and pull them thru -- I've been doing this for about 4
hours -- in and out, in and out -- so I finally got the injector wires half way shrink wrapped and I'm getting ready to put the connectors on and
finish this chit up,, It's looking pretty good and then I cut them to the length I want -- -- Now AEM has some nice harness, each wire is labeled
with what it is for, and they put the harness together with a zip tie about every foot, But all the injectors are the same color and I just cut off
the wire .. .. and the labeling can't be seen as it is under the shrink wrap,,,,, Damn it, So I get out the ohm meter and poke a lead thru the fire
wall, walk around snake myself into the car, pop the connector off the EFI and start seeing which wire is for which injector,,,, easy peasy -- so I'm
backing out from inside the car and suddenly there something cold, wet stuck up my arse -- -- I scream like the little girl that I am and almost
launch myself out through the opposite side of the car -- -- -- The freaking neighbors Great Dane had got of its back yard and snuck into my garage
was checking out what I was doing ... O Holy Chit, it skeered the living crap out of me
The wife comes running out thinking I have attempted to kill myself .. again ... --So I then end up hurting my back lifting the wife off the ground
where she was rolling on the floor laughing and crying her eyes out -- F-it,,, I'm done for today......
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posted on April 9th, 2015 at 12:26 AM
My old '56 Oval is for sale -- Ovalholio -- Looks like the disc brakes let him down
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posted on April 9th, 2015 at 12:27 AM
I beginning to wonder if I'll find the ends to all these wires LOL
or
Dude, where's my interior
My Metri-pack connectors are here,,, Waiting for the CORRECT crimper now -- It never ends.....
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posted on April 14th, 2015 at 10:37 AM
In the never ending saga of the weirdest chit happens to me -- -- -- -- I bring you the ordering of the Metri-pack Crimpers
So, I had bought a chit load of Weather-pack connectors thinking that they were the best, I run into Scott Featheroff at Drag Day and he proceeds to
tell me the only way to go is Metri-pack and points me at all the problems the Scorpion were having with their ignition cutting out during tire shake.
So I talk to Chad and I'm converted.... SO, I buy a big box of Metri-pack connectors, stupidly thinking that the big buck weather-pack crimper I've
got will work .. .. .. oooops, Stupid me -- -- So now I'm needing a Metri-pack crimper -- -- OK, I go on Flea-bay last Monday and buy a moderately
priced one and click the 2 day shipping box -- cool, I'm ready to go -- -- I get the shipping confirmation, and with nothing else to do while waiting
for these crimpers, I start following their journey to me -- Tuesday they're shipped from Texas, OK -- -- Wednesday they are in Oklahoma, ??? ---
Thursday they are Kansas, WTF -- Friday they are Colorado, This is getting plain stupid -- Saturday they are in Vernon, CA,,, Cool at least its the
right state -- Sunday,,, Nothings happens on Sunday -- -- MONDAY 7 DAYS LATER, at 4pm I receive them,,, That's right, I get 2 pairs of crimpers. I
only paid for one -- -- And the kicker, the return address is from Orange CA
So, in my best Ricky Ricardo voice "Lucy, you got some 'splaining to do !!!"
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