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 Sbug 71
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| posted on April 20th, 2012 at 01:39 PM |
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Dyno tuning in Adelaide
Can anyone recommend a dyno tuner in the Adelaide region. I need someone who has the ability to tune and change the jets on my carbs. Apparently
getting way too much fuel.
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thatshimofficer
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| posted on April 23rd, 2012 at 12:10 AM |
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Theres a dude at Marion that does it, I forget his name... Ill try find out for you
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| posted on April 23rd, 2012 at 06:53 AM |
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Thaks Mate, That'd be great.
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| posted on April 23rd, 2012 at 10:49 AM |
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Theres a dude at Marion that does it, I forget his name... Ill try find out for you
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Are you thinking of SA Carburettor Sales and Service or Specialty Tuning run by Neville?.Neville can tune and SA Carby can rejet and test on their
rolling road style dyno for mixture settings. There are charts you find on the interwebs that give you a guide to what jets etc your combo should be
running..Im sure empi has one regarding the hpmxs..
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| posted on June 21st, 2012 at 11:18 PM |
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GHR motors on daw road i think
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| posted on June 22nd, 2012 at 12:29 AM |
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GHR do not have a dyno
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| posted on June 22nd, 2012 at 02:19 PM |
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Have you had any luck Sbug71?..Im running the same setup but still running in.
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| posted on June 24th, 2012 at 08:50 AM |
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No luck yet. SA carbs had a broken leg or something and couldn't do it and another bloke I was put onto at Thebarton was in the states so he
couldn't do it. I did take it to a speed shop local to me but he made a meal of it and I had to undo his work to get it to run properly. Just
submitted an official complaint through MTA to try to get my money back it was that bad.
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| posted on June 24th, 2012 at 08:59 AM |
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Did Peter Debiasi build yours? Are you happy with it? I find mine is a good daily driver. Goes well in traffic and is pretty reliable. It does always
run rich though and that's why it needs a proper tune. Apparently the carbys need to be rejetted to get them to run spot on for this engine.
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| posted on June 24th, 2012 at 12:41 PM |
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Recently i spoke to GHR motors when they overhauled our brakes and he recommended a guy at magill that is a good tuner.Yourself, like me may have to
ask Peter who he uses ..perhaps he knows this guy at magill?.If you look up Empi HPMX on utube there is a vid on tuning and installation.Half way
through the vid is a chart on the recommended jetting for 40mm hpmxs on 1835s,1916s etc.Ive yet to call ghr again and get the details for the guy at
magill but will either try this option or ring Peter Deb.If you have any luck before me drop me a pm..cheers jason
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| posted on June 24th, 2012 at 12:43 PM |
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Yes peter built ours and we are super happy with the motor..buy yes the carbys are rich out of the box..
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| posted on June 24th, 2012 at 03:20 PM |
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Did GHR do a good job on your brakes? Mine needs brakes as well but I need to find someone who uses good quality parts and do a good job at a
reasonable price. Did you get them upgraded or overhaul to original spec? I was just going to go with overhauling them to orig spec.
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| posted on June 24th, 2012 at 07:15 PM |
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The wife and I have always taken the car to Ziggy at GHR Motors. I would recommend Ziggy and his partner Steve for any factory servicing, repairs etc.
I only went to Peter for the motor as GHR are more purists and steer away from modifying VWs in general. Their work is excellent..they are both so
passionate about VWs and are easy to approach and talk to.
Ziggy replaced the rear brake shoes, new german brakes wheel cylinders, new flexible brake lines and Dot4 fluid etc.. Labour etc..all came to $350.
Only the rear was knackered so the front didn't need any work. Wherever they can supply and use german parts they try to . I recommend to go and have
a chat with them I'm sure you will be happy to use them. .
If you speak to Peter before me or end up getting your tune/jetting sorted please let me know..lol.
In another 300 miles we will be needing to tune the wifes car too.Their are good carby tuners out there but they are more word of mouth now..A bit of
a dying art these days..
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| posted on June 25th, 2012 at 04:55 PM |
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I'll definitely talk to GHR for the brakes. I have heard a lot of good things about them. I haven't spoken to Peter for ages. I tried to get hold of
him a little while back when I had problems after the last attempt someone made at tuning it but he didn't answer his phone and his message bank was
full.
Does yours have a flat spot under acceleration? Mine's particularly bad after idling at the lights for a few minutes. Too much fuel and not enough
air at idle I think.
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| posted on June 26th, 2012 at 12:06 AM |
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Ours has a bit of a flat spot maybe related to the OO9 Dizzy..Being a mechanical dizzy I think their renowned for the flat spot and I think the rich
idle doesn't help either.If you go to Ziggy before me ask him about the tuner in Magill that he knows if not i'll ring him soon and get some details
on someone who can tune out setups..cheers Jason. Just think with a proper tune will come better economy,response and more power!!..and I'm happy
with the power it already has!.
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| posted on July 9th, 2012 at 10:08 PM |
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There is a good tuner for old school carbs down in kent town. Has a rolling dyno. Sorted put dutchys type 4 hillclimb car.
Kent town auto tune. Little Rundle street.
T54
C'mon kids gather round,
there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.
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| posted on July 9th, 2012 at 11:58 PM |
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Thanks for the heads up Turbo54..I will have to drop in and have a sus and a chat when the wifes car is run in 300 miles from now...
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| posted on July 11th, 2012 at 08:35 PM |
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Thanks Turbo54. I'll check them out when I get the chance. I haven't even gone to see GHR yet. No time for the poor little Bug at the moment. It
just drives me to work every day with no love in return.
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| posted on July 16th, 2012 at 10:51 PM |
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Sbug, Get a quote. I spoke to Dutchy about it. It is the best his car had ever run but it was very expensive.
T54
C'mon kids gather round,
there's a new sensation hitting town,
It's moving straight, low to the ground,
it'll pick you up when your feeling down.
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| posted on July 16th, 2012 at 11:11 PM |
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I went through this whole drama with trying to get Webers tuned and rebuilt in Adelaide for my Superbug. I bolted on a pair of used 36mm IDFs and
couldn't get them to run. Asked around and couldn't find anyone to do it. Eventually I was recommended to send them to a VW shop up north. I sent it
on a tow truck. He had it for two weeks and couldn't get it to run properly whatsoever. I picked up my car on a trailer, with the carbs disassembled
in a cardboard box, and shoved it in the garage to think about it's actions. Then I bought a Holden ute. This was a year ago now, the Superbug is
still sitting in the shed with no carbs on it. The Holden is running good though!
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| posted on July 29th, 2012 at 10:20 AM |
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Thanks Waveman. I've had similar issues with a lot of work I've had done since I've lived in Adelaide. That's mostly the reason why the bug's for
sale at the moment. But if it doesn't sell I'll either spend more money on it or park it up for a while until I have time to get it all sorted. I
still love it but I'm getting sick of throwing away good money on average tradesmen. I'm moving to NSW at the end of the year and hopefully can find
someone up there that can take good care of it.
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| posted on November 29th, 2012 at 07:39 PM |
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So I finally got the bug tuned by Kent Town Auto Tune. Turbo 54, you're right about the expensive but this bloke is old school and very thorough.
He's been tuning carbs for a long time and has plenty of experience. He gets pretty technical as well so he really understands his stuff. If you go
to him and he refuses to change your idol jets that's because he had a bad experience with mine. Don't expect to get a colourful computer print out
of the power and torque curves because his dyno is so old that it doesn't have a computer attached to it. He seems to be less about figures as
apposed to getting the best performance and reliability out of the car. I was OK with that.
The bug is still not 100% but I will change the plugs yet again and get valve clearances checked and hopefully all will be well.
P.S. I don't recommend these carbs to anyone building a motor. I don't know what you can buy that's good quality these days so maybe get some old
webbers or delortos and have them rebuilt or something. From what I've heard, the older carbs seem to be much better quality.
Let us know if you disagree or have had experience with dual carbs. I'd be interested to learn more and I'm sure it could benefit other members.
Cheers.
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| posted on November 29th, 2012 at 08:00 PM |
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Hey mate,
I had problems with my 40 Kadrons, they always had a flat spot. Since moving to electronic ignition, the flat spot has gone. I read up elsewhere and
found that ignition itself is one of the leading causes of flat spots. Might be time to get away from points?
When tuned properly and jetted correctly, dual carbs definitely make a huge difference over the single carb. Nothing beats fuel injection though....
*wink wink*
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| posted on November 29th, 2012 at 08:17 PM |
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So Sbug71..how is it driving now in general?..Does it still have the flat spot or running ruch still?.Sometimes a bit of fuel on the plug renders them
useless unless you put some fresh ones in.Are you still running points or electronic dissy?..I cant give you any definative answers either as the
wifes beetle is out of rego and still needs another 300 miles to be put on it..lol.
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| posted on November 30th, 2012 at 08:27 AM |
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Yeah Lads, got an electronic module in it now. Did that right before having it tuned and also put iridium plugs in it the day before. However, even
after the first tune it was heaps rich just off idle. He didn't have the smaller idle jets in stock on the day so took it back a week later and had
the idle jets replaced with smaller ones. That week of driving in between was enough to foul the plugs so I will change them again tonight probably
and having valve clearances checked today. Will keep you posted on how it all goes.
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| posted on November 30th, 2012 at 10:53 AM |
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Hope it all runs sweet for you today..
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| posted on November 30th, 2012 at 02:25 PM |
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Can't remember if anyone mentioned these guys, and I can't be bothered to read through the thread again, but I heard along the grape vine that these
guys are the bees knees.
West Torrens Dyno Service
23 Starr Ave North Plympton
SA 5037
(08) 8294 3591
Supposedly they have a lot of the webber jetting in stock and are quite thorough.
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| posted on December 1st, 2012 at 09:31 AM |
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what carbs you running ? kadrons , webers , hpmx'x , dcnf's, solexs, type 3 twin ? as some need fuel regulaters to run properly also what pump ,
have u stuck a fuel pressure guage on it .. there's no reason why you cant get them running properly unless your engine has issues ...
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| posted on December 1st, 2012 at 06:23 PM |
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West torrens dyno
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| posted on December 2nd, 2012 at 07:41 AM |
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Got HPMX 40's Klaus. Standard fuel pump. Haven't put a fuel pressure gauge on it. Never thought of it actually. Was told that the standard fuel pump
is up to the task. I'm really hoping there's nothing wrong with the engine because it's not very old and it cost a lot of money and I haven't been
treating it harshly. I am toying with the idea of putting an electric pump on it but just to tidy up the engine bay mainly.
So that brings me to another question and may need to start another thread for this.
Where does everybody mount their elec fuel pump? Need somewhere out of sight and hopefully keep the fuel lines out of sight as well. And do you need
to run a return line back to the tank and if so, how?
Please share your advice Dubbers.
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