Just a reminder: Jack’s car’s bodywork has been modified to fit an engine that ran something like dual 44 Webers. Basically, anything you throw at it will fit under his rear gas tank. 

Kent, I tried to fit dual carbs under my engine cover a couple of years ago. Simply won’t go under a Daytona cover which is about 1-1/2″ too narrow for the most compact rig I could find. That’s why I decided to go Bug Spray. Thought about progressives, but everyone has them (what’s the fun there?). And I got a good deal on three manifolds and…[Read more]

Black leather cat suit…beautiful.

Congratulation on the near completion…ain’t it fun?

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]

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

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]

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,

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

Warning! Do not try this at home. This modification upgrade (?) Was performed by untrained reckless amateurs with too much time on their hands. (Not to mention – too much coffee.)”Have Holley – Will travel.” (Paladin. Protector of the weak.)Royal2016-01-09 03:07:44

It really is a question that only you can answer. But, were it me, I’d steer clear of the Mustang. I drive my cars and hate (as in HATE) rust which is inevitable on the Ford as well as the Porsche [:-)]! And if you don’t think Porsche parts and repair are costly, make a few phone calls and ask how much to tune up a Boxster. Read and re-read…[Read more]

Hey Ed,

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If you go Boxster make sure it had the IMS bearing replaced already. 

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I’m glad they chose a couple shots with you and your car, Vicenc. Couple years ago they had Bridget in the slideshow. It was a proud moment.