The AI-generated cat pictures thread
02-01-2012, 12:43 PM
#7724
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The first one I owned had a motor that was very sloppily assembled. When I tore it down after years of operation, I found that the rods didn't even match (one of them was clearly a different casting from the rest.) That engine leaked a lot, but ran fine.
The other spun a #3 rod bearing while I was driving it home from having purchased it. Bought a new 1776cc engine from Fisher Buggies and it was golden.
CB Performance does a lot of interesting things with these engines, including turn-key EFI turbo systems. Their old engine management system was horribly primitive, but the new one looks pretty decent- wideband and all.
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02-01-2012, 01:42 PM
#7727
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That system is designed to fit into a stock Beetle, so the charge pipe has to clear the hood while also clearing the crossbar linkage to the throttle bodies.
The pressure ducts in their mid-engine / dune buggy kits are much smoother:
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02-02-2012, 02:15 AM
#7735
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I added data:
After watching the 2nd place vid on fresh R6s, and considering my tires are old as hell, I don't feel so bad anymore.
After watching the 2nd place vid on fresh R6s, and considering my tires are old as hell, I don't feel so bad anymore.
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02-02-2012, 07:59 AM
#7738
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do you guys remember a blue miata with weird as read fenders that pretty much covered half the wheels? I think it was posted for sale, along with some stupid youtube video to show a walk around of the car????
i just saw it yesterday and I'm trying to find the thread.
i just saw it yesterday and I'm trying to find the thread.
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02-02-2012, 10:17 AM
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Yep, pretty fail design.
Although that is a much more recent Beetle motor, the early ones had similar (crappy) heads.
You should feel sorry for me. I used to have to try to improve those heads in order to make my pile of a race car faster
Later when I got out of it, I found out that everybody was cheating by opening up the intake manifold tube. They did so by forcing a series of ball bearings through them with hydraulic pressure.
So all my head work was in vain because I was using the stock manifold like a good little racer.
Although that is a much more recent Beetle motor, the early ones had similar (crappy) heads.
You should feel sorry for me. I used to have to try to improve those heads in order to make my pile of a race car faster
Later when I got out of it, I found out that everybody was cheating by opening up the intake manifold tube. They did so by forcing a series of ball bearings through them with hydraulic pressure.
So all my head work was in vain because I was using the stock manifold like a good little racer.
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