bare bones, keeping it simple, getting back the the VW roots....
Jim Ratto:
Drove Russ Welch's car late last week, just on a slow, short jaunt across San Gabriel area. This car is really, exactly, what a hotrod should be. Nothing beyond a bad tempered motor that wants no part of doing anything except kicking ass and staying on the high side of 5000 revs, a noisy cabin, a hard ride and that's it. Don't kid yourself. even the most hard core VW guy wouldn't/couldn't drive it everyday, it would rip you to shreds. But to jump in when the time's right, let the oil come up to temp, rumble and cough over to the bad side of town... and let it off its leash. That's precisely what a full-on real Cal Look car is supposed to do and that's it.
Jim
Brian Rogers:
I'm looking at building one of the mileage motors like in HotVWs. Just need the forged 85.5. Stockish heads diy fluff and buff 110 cam 010 dizzy. 40 Dells, what ever big header I can score. Currently running the Dells on a 1600.
WCB Hitler's Hot Rod:
Quote from: Jim Ratto on May 12, 2015, 03:21:18 am
Drove Russ Welch's car late last week, just on a slow, short jaunt across San Gabriel area. This car is really, exactly, what a hotrod should be. Nothing beyond a bad tempered motor that wants no part of doing anything except kicking ass and staying on the high side of 5000 revs, a noisy cabin, a hard ride and that's it. Don't kid yourself. even the most hard core VW guy wouldn't/couldn't drive it everyday, it would rip you to shreds. But to jump in when the time's right, let the oil come up to temp, rumble and cough over to the bad side of town... and let it off its leash. That's precisely what a full-on real Cal Look car is supposed to do and that's it.
Jim
Who ended up with his car anyways? Just curious.....
andrewlandon67:
This thread makes me so proud of my little 1641 SP. Some very slight head work, what I believe is an Engle 100 cam, 1.25 rockers, balanced crank, 1 3/8inch header, Kadrons, and a 009 distributor gets my full bodied and interior'd '67 into the mid 18's at 6000 feet altitude, but is still good enough for a fun/slightly snotty daily driver. She'll hold 75 on the highway with a .82 bus 4th gear too, not too shabby for a motor my dad initially put together 24 years ago!
Jeff68:
This is a great thread! You guys got me thinking......I have a pile of parts in my garage waiting for an engine like this. I just accumulated them, got the parts for not much money when I had not much money to spare.....Bug spray carb with offenhauser manifold, 009 distributor, used 90.5 pistons and cyls, stock standard / standard 69mm vw crank, berg 1 3/8 header with single quiet pack, set of rebuilt stock vw rods, set of new vw dual port heads with 3 angle valve job, achiever pulley, new set of stock plug wires, blue coil, uncut vw dual relief case...ect Before I built my 2110 I was going to build just a mild motor so I searched high and low for good cheap parts. Then I gave up and just saved for the NICE stuff and built the 2110....Now if I just have to find some damn TIME to put it together and find a cheap decent car to put the engine in.....
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