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Title: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Tony M on July 01, 2009, 22:57:46 pm Am i ever going to get together ? My nut's are starting to rust. :o
Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: RFbuilt on July 01, 2009, 23:06:41 pm haha thats funny..
though i admit.. i too am curious to what jim has done to mr. sheep's motor lately Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Jim Ratto on July 01, 2009, 23:30:20 pm funny you ask... bottom end was going together (for the last time) Saturday. That FK87 is gonna rip. Wait, was that Sheep's cam? Or is that even Sheep's motor? I'm lost.
Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: RFbuilt on July 01, 2009, 23:33:43 pm mr. 1970.. tell me more what uve bin up to lately..
been a while ;D Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Jim Ratto on July 01, 2009, 23:39:15 pm mr. 1970.. tell me more what uve bin up to lately.. been a while ;D fixing a flooded house and broken pipes lately.... not much else. :( not much VW stuff.... Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: RFbuilt on July 01, 2009, 23:52:45 pm whoa.. that sucks man...
i think it needs An fittings and a few steel braided lines hahahahaha Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: stealth67vw on July 02, 2009, 00:30:03 am Who is this Sheep guy you keep talking about. There used to be a Sheep on this forum, but that was a long time ago. ;D
Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: kafercup on July 03, 2009, 04:02:24 am Sheep?? What's a "Sheep"? ;D ;D
Jim, since things have settled down (a tiny bit) here finally, do you want me to run the heads down to you? Yes, I admit it, i've been a slacker on this project....... now that the boys are racing it's been a madhouse here! Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Jim Ratto on July 04, 2009, 06:59:03 am let me get the bench cleared and Sheep's motor outta here, then yeah let's get yours done. We have lots of work ahead of us with yours..... "the lil bro" motor to Damon's I did in 2001.
Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: stealth67vw on July 04, 2009, 07:34:16 am let me get the bench cleared and Sheep's motor outta here, then yeah let's get yours done. We have lots of work ahead of us with yours..... "the lil bro" motor to Damon's I did in 2001. So it's getting 2 more points of compression that what Derek is expecting? ;DTitle: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: RFbuilt on July 04, 2009, 09:24:02 am hahaha unless mr Jim meant "lil bro" = younger more brash and wild..
that could be another 5points up hahaha Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: kafercup on July 04, 2009, 17:20:25 pm yes!! A "crazy young punk" motor! ;D
Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Jim Ratto on July 06, 2009, 19:38:31 pm yes!! A "crazy young punk" motor! ;D yours might be a tad more wild than Sheep's single port thing... ;D....life starts @ 6000rpm right? ;) Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: kafercup on July 08, 2009, 17:21:05 pm The poor neighbors have absolutely no idea what's coming to town....... ;D
Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Jim Ratto on July 08, 2009, 20:04:39 pm anybody have a dist drive pinion they can send?
Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Dave Rosique on July 08, 2009, 20:16:27 pm anybody have a dist drive pinion they can send? I have one. PM your address, I'll send it tomorrow. ~DR. Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Jim Ratto on July 08, 2009, 20:51:41 pm anybody have a dist drive pinion they can send? I have one. PM your address, I'll send it tomorrow. ~DR. thanks Dave.... much appreciated. :) Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Dave Rosique on July 09, 2009, 05:03:55 am anybody have a dist drive pinion they can send? I have one. PM your address, I'll send it tomorrow. ~DR. thanks Dave.... much appreciated. :) Happy to help. ~DR Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: stealth67vw on July 10, 2009, 05:56:14 am anybody have a dist drive pinion they can send? I have a pile, anything else you guys need? Just say the word and it's in the mail...if I have it.Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: nicolas on July 10, 2009, 07:55:32 am who's Sheep anyway? ???
Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Jim Ratto on July 10, 2009, 16:52:28 pm who's Sheep anyway? ??? my long time buddy from way back when... we went to high school together in the 1980's, then worked @ various jobs together for the next 10 years or so, including Original Sam's Pizza, Main St Unocal 76, Colombo Sourdough bakery (where we worked under my dad ::)) and finally Buggy House. Sheep's employment @ Buggy House forever changed how important a (good) parts catalog is. Sheep ran a Ruby Red sunroof '67 in the mid 1990's that was stock height, ran stock 5-lug wheels painted ultra-bright white (widened @ rear), no hubcaps, and 1914 with Pauter 40 x 35 heads, 48IDAs, K8, 9:1, 4-tuned merge header and it's crowning glory, an aluminum 6lb Crown flywheel. Can you say FAST? 8) Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: nicolas on July 10, 2009, 16:56:17 pm who's Sheep anyway? ??? my long time buddy from way back when... we went to high school together in the 1980's, then worked @ various jobs together for the next 10 years or so, including Original Sam's Pizza, Main St Unocal 76, Colombo Sourdough bakery (where we worked under my dad ::)) and finally Buggy House. Sheep's employment @ Buggy House forever changed how important a (good) parts catalog is. Sheep ran a Ruby Red sunroof '67 in the mid 1990's that was stock height, ran stock 5-lug wheels painted ultra-bright white (widened @ rear), no hubcaps, and 1914 with Pauter 40 x 35 heads, 48IDAs, K8, 9:1, 4-tuned merge header and it's crowning glory, an aluminum 6lb Crown flywheel. Can you say FAST? 8) really? i am confused. i saw Sheep as a fellow drinking buddy/goofball who happend to have a beetle as well. ;D ;) btw i want a Crown flywheel like he had. i have been reading my Bill Fisher book again... ::) Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Jim Ratto on July 10, 2009, 17:08:10 pm who's Sheep anyway? ??? my long time buddy from way back when... we went to high school together in the 1980's, then worked @ various jobs together for the next 10 years or so, including Original Sam's Pizza, Main St Unocal 76, Colombo Sourdough bakery (where we worked under my dad ::)) and finally Buggy House. Sheep's employment @ Buggy House forever changed how important a (good) parts catalog is. Sheep ran a Ruby Red sunroof '67 in the mid 1990's that was stock height, ran stock 5-lug wheels painted ultra-bright white (widened @ rear), no hubcaps, and 1914 with Pauter 40 x 35 heads, 48IDAs, K8, 9:1, 4-tuned merge header and it's crowning glory, an aluminum 6lb Crown flywheel. Can you say FAST? 8) really? i am confused. i saw Sheep as a fellow drinking buddy/goofball who happend to have a beetle as well. ;D ;) btw i want a Crown flywheel like he had. i have been reading my Bill Fisher book again... ::) he's all that too. ;D We found another Crown 6-pounder for this 1800 rig too... but 6 volt tooth pattern 8) Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: nicolas on July 10, 2009, 19:45:50 pm good then the engine cranks faster!
you can use a 6volt starter in a 12v car. otherwise PM me... ::) Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: stealth67vw on July 10, 2009, 20:33:50 pm good then the engine cranks faster! The car is still 6 volt. Sheep is cool like that.you can use a 6volt starter in a 12v car. otherwise PM me... ::) Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Jim Ratto on July 10, 2009, 20:36:32 pm hopefully Sheep will tire soon of the meek state of tune and let me do what I really want with his Bug....
Just a little matter of heads, Engle 140 and some 48's, Sheep..... we'll need some real HP for next year's rally. Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: kafercup on July 11, 2009, 01:13:31 am Rally? Did you say rally? Are we chasing down spray-painted sheep markings on the highway again? ;)
Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Jim Ratto on July 13, 2009, 22:23:26 pm actually, we're really planning on sticking with the s/p 88 x 74, I just like to upset Sheep. Here's some info on the CA Melee
http://www.californiamelee.com/ Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Neil Davies on July 14, 2009, 08:26:40 am actually, we're really planning on sticking with the s/p 88 x 74, I just like to upset Sheep. Here's some info on the CA Melee http://www.californiamelee.com/ 88 x 74? 88mm stroke and 74mm pistons from a 30hp motor? That'll be a torque monster, but run out of revs at about idling speed! That will upset Sheep! Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Jim Ratto on July 14, 2009, 20:27:15 pm actually, we're really planning on sticking with the s/p 88 x 74, I just like to upset Sheep. Here's some info on the CA Melee http://www.californiamelee.com/ 88 x 74? 88mm stroke and 74mm pistons from a 30hp motor? That'll be a torque monster, but run out of revs at about idling speed! That will upset Sheep! Say! I never thought of doing it that way. That would light up Sheep's temper. "why the f--k won't this thing run???" funny you mention that.... because back when Sheep was driving his 1914 IDA motor to Buggy House as his commuter, just before he left one day, a few of us snuck out to his car and swapped the stock distributor rotor out for a Bus rotor that shuts spark off @ 4800rpm or something. So he warms car up in back lot before leaving work that night, car sounds like a lion trying to get out of its cage back there... we're all waiting snickering and cracking up...we all knew he'd stand on it leaving the driveway... Sure enough, he rolls down driveway, waits for traffic to clear, gives it a few free revs "WHUUUMP! WHUUMP" and roars out on to Mission Blvd.... "Braaaawwwwwwoooohmmm.... put put put...cough...burp...gargle, pop.... braaaawhaaaaaaaooooommm...put put put POP!!!"... then silence... we see him coasting back south on Mission back to shop, really PISSED. ;D Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Dave Rosique on July 14, 2009, 21:10:15 pm actually, we're really planning on sticking with the s/p 88 x 74, I just like to upset Sheep. Here's some info on the CA Melee http://www.californiamelee.com/ 88 x 74? 88mm stroke and 74mm pistons from a 30hp motor? That'll be a torque monster, but run out of revs at about idling speed! That will upset Sheep! Say! I never thought of doing it that way. That would light up Sheep's temper. "why the f--k won't this thing run???" funny you mention that.... because back when Sheep was driving his 1914 IDA motor to Buggy House as his commuter, just before he left one day, a few of us snuck out to his car and swapped the stock distributor rotor out for a Bus rotor that shuts spark off @ 4800rpm or something. So he warms car up in back lot before leaving work that night, car sounds like a lion trying to get out of its cage back there... we're all waiting snickering and cracking up...we all knew he'd stand on it leaving the driveway... Sure enough, he rolls down driveway, waits for traffic to clear, gives it a few free revs "WHUUUMP! WHUUMP" and roars out on to Mission Blvd.... "Braaaawwwwwwoooohmmm.... put put put...cough...burp...gargle, pop.... braaaawhaaaaaaaooooommm...put put put POP!!!"... then silence... we see him coasting back south on Mission back to shop, really PISSED. ;D Nice one... how about the old wire from the stoplight switch to the horn trick? ::) ~Dave Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Jim Ratto on July 14, 2009, 21:21:13 pm actually, we're really planning on sticking with the s/p 88 x 74, I just like to upset Sheep. Here's some info on the CA Melee http://www.californiamelee.com/ 88 x 74? 88mm stroke and 74mm pistons from a 30hp motor? That'll be a torque monster, but run out of revs at about idling speed! That will upset Sheep! Say! I never thought of doing it that way. That would light up Sheep's temper. "why the f--k won't this thing run???" funny you mention that.... because back when Sheep was driving his 1914 IDA motor to Buggy House as his commuter, just before he left one day, a few of us snuck out to his car and swapped the stock distributor rotor out for a Bus rotor that shuts spark off @ 4800rpm or something. So he warms car up in back lot before leaving work that night, car sounds like a lion trying to get out of its cage back there... we're all waiting snickering and cracking up...we all knew he'd stand on it leaving the driveway... Sure enough, he rolls down driveway, waits for traffic to clear, gives it a few free revs "WHUUUMP! WHUUMP" and roars out on to Mission Blvd.... "Braaaawwwwwwoooohmmm.... put put put...cough...burp...gargle, pop.... braaaawhaaaaaaaooooommm...put put put POP!!!"... then silence... we see him coasting back south on Mission back to shop, really PISSED. ;D Nice one... how about the old wire from the stoplight switch to the horn trick? ::) ~Dave hmmm... never tried that (yet). ;D I did have an ex that really pissed me off. I built her a nice 1776 for her T3 about 2 years prior. She asked me to store car for her, after our falling out. I declined. She got nastier. I yanked the pushrods out of her motor one dark night. Happy driving! Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Rennsurfer on July 15, 2009, 00:53:08 am I yanked the pushrods out of her motor one dark night. Happy driving! WOW. That's truly awesome! Sounds like something I would've done to my ex before we later became friends. You scare me, Jim... we think way too much alike. :o Title: Re: This is Sheep's engine calling Jim - Are you home ? Post by: Neil Davies on July 15, 2009, 09:13:12 am I did hear about someone replacing the sump plug with a candle - by the time the oil heats up enough to melt the wax you're a REALLY long way from home... :o ;)
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