🙂 Well, I sold the Cheetah Roadster body in June 2015 to a Cheetah racer from the Chicago area, however to do this(I agreed to deliver the Cheetah from San Diego to Chicago area, which I did in 4 days) I had to buy a new truck as the transmission in my Ranger went out just before I left and I just got laid off from my job. A new (2007 anyway)…[Read more]

Just reread your initial post concerning a 5-speed conversion. I used a Thunderbird Turbo coupe bellhousing. I snagged the flywheel and clutch while I was at it. Any T-5 trans will mate with this. To simplify this, there are two you can use. A V8 trans and a 4cyl. trans. The only major differences are input and output shafts. The 4 cyl has a…[Read more]

Crash, you are probably thinking of MG Magic, which now is in California. They still have their Florida phone number, 954-680-2010. This is an excellent parts resource, TJ, and have offered several of our site members suggestions and solutions for their Fiber Fab Kits. Dave

I bought a harness from some guys in fla ,much cheaper than painless post their name next time I go to the garage oh also welcome these are a great bunch of guys

I’m running dual 40mm Empi HPMX carbs (Weber clones) on CB Performance narrow-mount manifolds (and linkage) and a 36 HP-style doghouse fan shroud (with heat outlets) to move them closer together to fit under the engine cover. You may or may not have interference issues with the heater air tube outlets on a stock fan shroud. The 36HP style shroud…[Read more]

Hey Kent,

You boys obviously are having too much fun and will need to be separated.

Thanks from the boys at VW Lab, Kent. But we knew that Ed’s manifold would not work with Bug Sprays. We are hoping to find a Zenith carb and/or a Weber progressive to allow us to allow us to experiment and test Ed’s manifold with. The SP manifold that we started out with here at VW Lab was a plenum type that we modified to become an isolated…[Read more]

Welcome TJ, we are glad that you found us. There are a bunch of talented folks here to help with any problem you may have, and we also have an excellent archive of former topics discussed, and problems solved. I have a Classic Roadster Duchess, that is VW powered so not much help on your engine and trans issue. Just one quick comment, when you are…[Read more]

Don’t think the progressive intake will work – the carb is oriented with the barrels front to rear. The Bug Spray barrels sit side by side. It also appears to have a plenum between the two barrels. You don’t want that on a street driven Bug Spray – you’f likely have a boggy low end that you can’t tune out… A plenum under a 2 barrel gives…[Read more]

I like it

Just figur out how many circuits you need and buy a Painless wiring kit. Go on there site it will ask what stearling coloum ect. I use the universal looms. It’s easy to follow. Remember it’s only one wire at a time.

Hey Ed,

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Great story & sounds hella fun.

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GROAN — 

Glad that’s sorted, Jack. And yeah, sounds like the early stock gears, which work fine,

Sounds like a “Holley”, Jolly New year!

We used an old Bug Spray single port manifold that I had lying around.  It had no heat risers and I was a bit concerned about carb icing.  With the adaptation of the single port manifold (which we cut) to the dual port intake end pieces with the rubber boots and the upgrade to an alternator, there simply wasn’t enough space to put exhaust m…[Read more]

Great ingenuity, yes, but aren’t you worried about what heat from the engine will do to the plastic? Are you sure it won’t catch fire or melt?johnsimion2016-01-09 11:44:19

Great story on great ingenuity. I’m glad you two have the TDr’s to occupy your time. The rest of the world remains safe.