I guess I better get cooking…

Drive!

Good advice from Kent! The Pertronix SVDA gives you the best of both worlds.

Well the reply that I posted earlier never showed up on the forum, though it showed for a while on the Activity stream – now that’s gone too…

Jack, I think you’re on the right track. Leave the jets alone for now, and focus on the accelerator pump and emulsion tubes. Putting a vacuum advance distributor in temporarily might make it easier to…[Read more]

I’m in — Rock Star parking and oceanfront room!! Who could ask for more!

Now the decision is:  drive or tow???  or “Am aI a Man or a Mouse?”

Happy Jack

Thanks Paul — looking forward to meeting up with you and the crowd at Va Beach!!

Good Info!!  One of the links (Rob and Dave) suggested increasing the stroke on the acc pump to max — that is going to be the next thing I do after the afternoon rainstorm passes …..

…As I said before, What Fun!!   If I keep this up I’ll soon know even m…[Read more]

It may be my tablet, or a caching issue, but I replied to Jack’s topic about Emma’s new carb – my reply, after 45 minutes still shows up in the Activity stream but does not show up in the forum topic. Similar thing yesterday led me to post a second (duplicate) reply yesterday. Not sure if that’s on my end, or on the server…

My Duchess is st up the same way John. Big hole under the spare tire.

The guy that did the final build on my 1776 is a VW Micro Bus fan and has decades of experience with VWs. He said I have nothing to worry about. So I don’t. 😉

Sounds to me like the infamous “009 flat spot”

Read the article on Rob and Dave’s air cooled page.

And here is a thread on the Samba.

Hey Kentt —

There is a slotted extension on the manifold that fits over the center stud on the engine case — We had to file that slot to get the manifold to fit in the space — but it does fit and it is good and solid.  I went to the local VW boneyard and got a set of preheat pipes which fit the manifold and just had to be bent to fit the…[Read more]

Looking really good Jack! I’m jealous of how accessible those adjustment screws are! Looks like you’ve succeeded in putting heat risers on it (though they’re locked down yet). I can’t tell if you’ve added a brace for the center section with the carb or it or not. I think you’ll likely need one. I don’t see much room for velocity stacks though.…[Read more]

Paul, the guy who is my “new” mechanic prepares and races sand rails, and he says that my car is just about like a sand rail in that the engine is just sitting there, wide open underneath.  I suspect my engine is like yours.  The only tin I have is on the fan, the cylinders, and the rear tin.  Air can freely move from the front to the back and fr…[Read more]

Oh yeah, one other thing…

I don’t have a temp gauge installed. But I have shot at the head and oil pan with an infrared temp gauge and have been with teh norms.

Ok, two other things…

Perhaps this is stating the obvious, but oil temperature and head temperature are two different things. If you have a temperature gauge on your dash, make sure…[Read more]