With Bills (aka Tiger-1 help we just rebuilt an engine for his 72 bug that he is doing a frame off resto on. If he ever gets the photos to me I will post them. Engine has a bad exh. leak because the muffler is made so poorly it won't bolt up to the pre-heater pipes. After we got oil Press. she fired on the first spin.
Starting Engine (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LRQv3V-J5I#hq)
Boy I'd hate to see when you guys get all excited. Bill might just take his hands out of his pockets. ;D ;D
Well to say the least, I was amazed! All the time and effort Jack put into building a stock engine for my wife?s 72 Beetle it started on the first pull. I?ve started a few new engines and they never start like the one Jack built! Jack is the Master. The internal spinning parts were balanced at Raz Performance machine shop. Most on the internal parts are new, new MoFoCo stock heads, new distrubitor, cam and lifters, pistons, heater boxes and a badly fitting muffler is now in place and a bunch of other parts. The pan is finished with all new parts and we should have the engine in Sat. My brother in law will also be over to sand blast his front bonnet on his VW Sat. This will be my wife?s [newest club member] every day driver. I will start on the body after we start on Jack?s bus interior and body work.
Nice work Bill. Will we be seeing it rolling for this season?
got to get Jack moving on the bus and rat car. Inside bus panels are easy out side body work won't be a problem. Inside rat car door panels are finished, just need to be fitted. So looks like bug will be done this summer!
Even with the exhaust leak, sounds great! good job!
Matt
Quote from: matt on January 31, 2009, 02:08:24 PM
Even with the exhaust leak, sounds great! good job!
Matt
I agree Matt. One thing I was wondering...at the end of the video the motor just stops, is that the point the motor seized up?? s#r
Steveo
Quote from: steveo on January 31, 2009, 03:41:24 PM
at the end of the video the motor just stops, is that the point the motor seized up?? s#r
Steveo
No its not but I know someone whos jaw should seize up. BO** 0085 banaafro
LoL (love I love this club.
Engine is now on the trans and I got the new gas line and hooked up the gas cable.
Quote from: Tiger1 on January 31, 2009, 06:29:14 PM
Engine is now on the trans and I got the new gas line and hooked up the gas cable.
Good, get a small can of gas and we will do all the final adjustments tomorrow.
PS make that CD for me.
Going to look at a 1600 next week and a 40 hp motor. Any one need one for cheap?"
More on Tiger1s engine build PHOTOS (http://sjvwc.net/Gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=386)
Cool. That's my next project to build a motor... Hey Jack, did you make a special rig to run the motor ouside of the car. Looks like it was made from part of a transaxel. I have the old transaxel from my Rat. How did you make it ???
The bell housing on a bus trans unbolts, thats what I use.