Mythbuster: continuing project thread of my 1303 '75

[judgie]

whats the slight upgrades? i'm guessing some rods that are not banana shape!

[Wally]

Originally Posted by judgie

whats the slight upgrades? i'm guessing some rods that are not banana shape!

Yeah, that part for sure: a set of slightly used Pauters (taken over from Jake Raby) will take their place.
Also a new cam with a little more lift and duration, lighter clutch/flywheel and the new cooling system.
Maybe a smaller turbo for track (the corner type) events.

Thats about it.

[Bogara_ZO]

Don't know if you've seen this.
0:51
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mz9OA...eature=related

[Wally]

Yeah, its in my favorites album. It was a damp track that day with a few slides here and there.
Cheers for that mate!

Have cut the (new) fan housing to shorten it as my engine is still extremely short:

[TSAF]

Wally I told you in the past that since you are a pioneer in type4 turbocharged engines you should do it professionally. Nice work by the way.

[70Turbobug]

There´s no money in it really if you consider the time and hassle involved with parts.The only way to go is to make as many parts as you can yourself which requires a whole park of expensive machines and tools.Nowadays that´s the only way you can stay in business and build quality engines.Also 80% of the aircooled community are cheap and are not willing to pay the price for quality custom made parts.An engine like Wally´s would have to sell for about 10-15K at least in order to be able to live off of it owning a business.

[NO_H2O]

Sweet. Grip is good.

[70Turbobug]

Nice! Toyo R888? How's the engine coming along?

[judgie]

i had good fun trying to chase the race taxi round lydden hill a few weeks ago.

[ricola]

Surely you will be faster than the race taxi Wally?!

[Wally]

Originally Posted by ricola

Surely you will be faster than the race taxi Wally?!

I doubt that very much. He's ace at taking corners. I have much less confidence. Hopefully the new tire will help some with confidence

Engine long block is sort of ready Mark, shroud is 'fixed' again


Flywheel and clutch are finally ready too, so hopefully hang the block in the car this WE

[70Turbobug]

I love that clutch! Do you have a hydraulic throw-out bearing? Looks like you´ll be back on the road soon! It will be interessting to see how all these new mods will perform!

[70Turbobug]

I would say the fan belt is one reason...

[judgie]

I think only by actually using the system and seeing what it does or does not do on a certain engine, can give an idea of how well something works.

I think thats the best bit of advice i have seen on any forum.
looking good.

[Wally]

I knew if I wrote enough, there must be something that makes sense now and then
Cheers guys

Anyways, I finally remembered a little thing that was almost forgotten: maching the flywheel for the central pinion bearing...
Got that done today, so finally the flywheel and clutch are on the engine.



Also bought a set of new CV's for the outer sides only as these Lobro/GKN ones are quality but 4x as expensive as chinese Empi ones (assuming those are the cheap ones).
Hopefully I can finally put the engine in later this week and finish the install over the weekend.