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 1303Steve
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| posted on February 17th, 2010 at 08:55 PM |
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Hi Joel
I'm not sure about the no vent look. Have you noticed any difference in motor temperatures?
Steve
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| posted on February 17th, 2010 at 09:16 PM |
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well so far it hasnt even been off the farm yet but its not getting hot doing some paddock work  so we're sweet
i doubt it will have any effect, the only thing that needs air in there is the air filter and theres plenty coming up over the gearbox not to mention
off the roof from back window vent
besides theres plenty of early bugs getting around with subis with no probs
would be alot more heat under micks decklid than mine
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| posted on February 18th, 2010 at 08:08 AM |
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are u thinking gettin rid of that red stripe from the bars?....
Joel u will need to get as much air as possible around that engine.
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| posted on February 18th, 2010 at 08:47 AM |
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The vents in the decklid let hot air out, plus I think it looks better with the proper decklid.
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Jak
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| posted on February 18th, 2010 at 08:54 AM |
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But the lid without vents is good for keeping out rain..
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| posted on February 18th, 2010 at 11:52 AM |
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so i had to head into town this morn to run some errands, its 20km in, about 5km of round town running about and 20km back out here
as i expected absolutely no change in both coolant and oil temps
what people have to bear in mind is this isnt an aircooled motor
all the heat exchanging is done up the front in the radiator and underneath in the stainless pipes
you can see in the subabeetle thread when i pulled the heads off the old motor how thick the blocks are
the little bit of extra air coming in through the vents isnt going to have any cooling affect
VW only started punching the vents into the decklids in 70 when they brought out the twinport doghouse engines ( which we didnt see in aus till start
of 71) cos the doghouse fan is wider and sucks in more air than the rear window vent can supply.
the old singleport fans though get adequate air just through it though which is why all bugs before 70 have non vented lids, except cabrios which is
another story
the other thing to remember to this isnt sealed into the engine bay with tinware like a vw engine so theres all the road draft from underneath coming
up over the gearbox as well
a vw engine will run cooler with either the firewall tin removed or ducting into it like Daimo made
problem with removing it is the shit that comes up off the road gets sucked into the fan
i've just had to remove all the tinware off dads trike to replace some damaged tins and i found plenty of grass in the fins thats been sucked into
the fan
the vw engine is sealed into the engine bay so all the hotair stays underneath
the fan pulls in fresh air through the back window vent and decklid vents on twin port cars (not letting hot air out) and then blows it all out
underneath through the cylinders and heads
thats why its important to keep all original tinware in place and not have holes in it
the only thing that needs a supply of air on this EJ is the air filter and im sure it would get adequate cold air coming off the roof and dumping into
the vents below the window which its right in the stream of
the decklid swap was a few reasons
firstly for looks
i think it keeps nice cleaner lines without the vents and badge
but also it was a weather thing as well, theres lots of electronics on these engines that dont like getting wet, especially coil packs and AFMs
i havent had any probs yet after a few wet trips and washing it a couple of times but i know ians bug is allergic to water which was why he put the
rain tray inside the decklid
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| posted on February 18th, 2010 at 12:00 PM |
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Good explanation joel!. your trip on sunday will probably be the best test of how it will perform and the difference in temps on 'long'ish trips.
where is the list to add my name to for gettng a spin in 74L on the weekend  
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| posted on February 18th, 2010 at 07:32 PM |
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as long as the weathers ok
the rainfall forecast for sunday has 1-5mm predicted in that area
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are u thinking gettin rid of that red stripe from the bars?....
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funny you should mention it
i've never given it much thought, its had them for a few years now, abit of a trademark i guess.
it pops up from time to time in germanlook videos and picture threads so alot of people know it by them
but some french mob have just built a track bug.....
NOT HAPPY JAN!
anyway ive been thinking about changing over to the eurospec rubber impact strips like this just for a change
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| posted on February 18th, 2010 at 08:09 PM |
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"anyway ive been thinking about changing over to the eurospec rubber impact strips like this just for a change"
And where ya gunna find them???
Futue te ipsum!!!
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| posted on February 18th, 2010 at 08:32 PM |
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i have my sources 
only need a back one really,
the 76 bumper still had one when i got it
although it decided to shed several of the clips when i removed it and it is looking abit rugged in spots
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| posted on February 22nd, 2010 at 08:00 AM |
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Holy crap joel!!
Awesome collection
lovin the subie engined one though.. gives my lil piggy something to aspire to :P
schnell!! schnell!! schnell!! schnell!!
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| posted on March 7th, 2010 at 05:27 PM |
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The Rim Whore at it again
Last weeks rims were soooooo last week....
Going by my usual philosophy of why pay $160 each for new tyres when i can get 4 good second hand ones for $400 and as a bonus they came with some
perfect Lite-7s
so the bug is now on rim set number 11 i think this is
I've always liked Lite-7s but there a more upmarket lightweight rim and at $1699 with tyres new theres not many of them out there for cheap so when i
came across these for $400 i jumped on them
dated 2007 and not a mark on any of them I'm stoked
about the only aftermarket rims ive got that the center caps clear a vw axle nut
still deciding if i like the colour, its rally gold but its some kind of pearl, they go gold in the sun but are silver in the shade
they came off a drift car so theyve never seen gutters or dodgy weather etc
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| posted on March 7th, 2010 at 05:35 PM |
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white spokes and leave the dish machined!!
schnell!! schnell!! schnell!! schnell!!
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| posted on March 7th, 2010 at 06:20 PM |
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dunno bout white bit too much on a white car
if i go anything itll be gun metal grey
contrasts nicely on a white car
but seems a waste to paint them theyres not a mark on any of them
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| posted on March 7th, 2010 at 07:19 PM |
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...& now make the wheels feel at home & go hektic sideways round your nearest... roundabout
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STIDUB - yep its still a work in progress
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| posted on March 7th, 2010 at 09:15 PM |
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what do I look like? a boostcruising member?
last i checked my bug wasnt kebab spec
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| posted on March 7th, 2010 at 09:47 PM |
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Freaking love it Joel. Looks sooooo good. those wheels suit super well and the center cap is a mega bonus. the gold is quite an interesting contrast.
i agree, its a shame to paint it since there is no marks on them.
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| posted on March 8th, 2010 at 01:14 AM |
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You've probably mentioned it Joel. But what stud pattern are you using?
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| posted on March 8th, 2010 at 05:32 AM |
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 .....put the tyres on your other wheels Joel
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| posted on March 8th, 2010 at 10:13 AM |
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Jace, its 4x100 and Daimo that would be to easy and sensible, as people have probably noticed i dont mind a change..... every 7 days
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| posted on March 8th, 2010 at 06:54 PM |
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Hi Joel
Those wheels look hot.
I went rim shopping this week as well, got my dream wheels on Ebay, 18 inch Siimmons OMs.
Steve
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| posted on March 8th, 2010 at 07:16 PM |
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ahh hemm Joel.........
http://www.eastcoastmodifieds.com/
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| posted on March 8th, 2010 at 07:18 PM |
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I wanna know where you get these super cheap rims from?
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| posted on March 8th, 2010 at 07:20 PM |
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Boost crusing...
ebay.com.au
know what style of rims you want, buy then, then get brakes (discs and drums) to suit.... I may have learnt the hard way.
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| posted on March 8th, 2010 at 07:24 PM |
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well there goes 2 of my best sources 
yeah most of them come from boostcruising but these latest were an ebay score
you specialising in mind reading now?
those rims look awesome Steve 
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| posted on March 8th, 2010 at 07:30 PM |
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Joel ,
soon there wont be anything on your car that is Volkswagen
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| posted on March 8th, 2010 at 07:33 PM |
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i plan on keeping vw glass, can't speak for much else though
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| posted on March 8th, 2010 at 07:34 PM |
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The less you can buy.... up.... the more cash you have for some sort of EJ20 turbo turnkey package.
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| posted on March 12th, 2010 at 04:38 PM |
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Well while all the grass is nice and mowed (Thanks Dad!!) and the dams full but not spilling over figured I'd get a couple of glamour shots as the
bugs moderately clean
I havent really taken any decent ones since swapping the rims or raising it back up
chameleon wheels going from silver to gold
Seems like only yesterday those trees were only 2 foot high babies and falling over at a birdfart
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| posted on March 12th, 2010 at 05:23 PM |
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yeah..wheels look good .
nice pics...so green!
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