How about a mileage thread?
Martin S.:
Quote from: Catbox on January 05, 2021, 02:34:02 am
You are assuming that my odometer actually works.
Mine has read the same 43,932.6 since I bought it....
I have put 60-80000 miles on it since I have had it.
I once fixed a odo by taking it apart and it was a tiny plastic gear on a shaft that was spinning.
I pulled the gear off with my fingers, added a drop of crazy glue and slid it back on.
Martin S.:
Quote from: andrewlandon67 on January 06, 2021, 17:09:54 pm
Quote from: Karlos99 on January 06, 2021, 13:57:04 pm
Yeah it is good fun and nice to drive too. No 3rd progression hole nonsense here ;) I’ve thought about efi turbo in the past and as great as 250+ Hp would be I love the sound of an N/A engine and it’s simple, if it plays up it’s easy to fix. I think the good fuel economy can be put down to a 091 box with .77 4th, does 70mph at about 3200 so nice low revs for cruising and never gets hot either. So for all the people who think you can’t run a big cam or ida’s in a bus.... here’s proof you can ;D
The way I see it, the EFI Turbo stuff is good for show cars that will never need to actually prove anything other than the owner's wallet size, or all-out drag cars running single digit 1/4 miles. The rest of us who just like driving our cars can keep running carbs and enjoying motors with character 8)
My EFI turbo has been fairly trouble free for a big-ass engine with a huge cam driven on the street and to work every day (when I could) ever since the mid 2000's. So far I've had the hand-made hold-down clamp for the injectors let go and start spraying gas (easy enough temp fix with a zip tie) and as well more recently the 009 points (which I forgot about) used for the sequential trigger for the injectors wore down and it started running rich and blowing black smoke. What was the most difficult to figure out (on my own with some advice) was a bad cold start sensor. The sensor is the one from a late EFI stock VW air cooled bug. Just by temp replacing it with a fixed resistor did the trick as it is basically just a choke equivalent for start up enrichment. Not bad for thousands of miles and over a decade of LOTS of driving. Fires up every spring without a delay (fingers crossed!!).
brewsy:
Quote from: andrewlandon67 on January 06, 2021, 17:09:54 pm
The way I see it, the EFI Turbo stuff is good for show cars that will never need to actually prove anything other than the owner's wallet size, or all-out drag cars running single digit 1/4 miles. The rest of us who just like driving our cars can keep running carbs and enjoying motors with character 8)
Andrew, Absolutely not meaning to start a FLAME war here.. ;D
I think the OG Cal Look always has a place for a pair of rip snorting IDA's, points and coil OR Magneto BUT there is a lot to be said for supercharging (exhaust or mechanical) and perhaps more importantly modern management systems.
Yes they 'used' to be somewhat unwieldy and expensive but now there are some seriously simple setups available and even they have the ability to 'work around' rather large mismatches and provide smooth drivability, idle and even starting ability.
Cam too big? A good system will probably make it 'somewhat' driveable.
Cold starts? Every time it will go.
Engine protection. Hook up a few more sensors and the system will help keep your engine alive by either shutting down or limping if it detects anything out of the ordinary.
At the end of the day its all personal preference, what your comfortable with and how much YOU want to spend... ;)
Cheers
andrewlandon67:
Quote from: brewsy on January 08, 2021, 21:46:48 pm
Quote from: andrewlandon67 on January 06, 2021, 17:09:54 pm
The way I see it, the EFI Turbo stuff is good for show cars that will never need to actually prove anything other than the owner's wallet size, or all-out drag cars running single digit 1/4 miles. The rest of us who just like driving our cars can keep running carbs and enjoying motors with character 8)
Andrew, Absolutely not meaning to start a FLAME war here.. ;D
I think the OG Cal Look always has a place for a pair of rip snorting IDA's, points and coil OR Magneto BUT there is a lot to be said for supercharging (exhaust or mechanical) and perhaps more importantly modern management systems.
Yes they 'used' to be somewhat unwieldy and expensive but now there are some seriously simple setups available and even they have the ability to 'work around' rather large mismatches and provide smooth drivability, idle and even starting ability.
Cam too big? A good system will probably make it 'somewhat' driveable.
Cold starts? Every time it will go.
Engine protection. Hook up a few more sensors and the system will help keep your engine alive by either shutting down or limping if it detects anything out of the ordinary.
At the end of the day its all personal preference, what your comfortable with and how much YOU want to spend... ;)
Cheers
I suppose that's a better way to describe how I feel about it, definitely not trying to start any crap with anybody on here, I just feel like if I wanted a turbo with EFI I'd sell my bug for a WRX. To each their own though!
Martin S.:
I like the hot rod aspect to the hobby and trying new things over the years while still staying with the theme of German air cooled no bling all business taking queues from traditional muscle car hot rodding blah blah. There’s nothing Japanese-looking about my engine.
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