Grelland's Ghia

[Nico86]

Wow nice looking Ghia !

[Grelland]

Thanks,

I took it out for a spin today, to check that things are oke before the road authorities will go through it, and I also managed to get some tuning done. It started out on the lean side, but after a few minutes in autotune mode, I saw the AFR values normalise, and it ran better and better. Pure magic...

I will have to go through the maps to smooth things out a bit, but I would say it is 90% in tune after 1 hr on the road.

I took a shot of the car during one of my pit stops

Temp looks good (180-200°F), pressure looks fine 12-15 psi at tickover, 20 psi around 2k.

But I need to have the front end aligned, as it was all over the place at speed, but that will be done professionally the next few days.

[louisb]

Looking good. So was all that hard work worth it? 

--louis

[Jon]

Congratulations Roy! What's another hour of adjusting in the big picture?? Nothing!
Keep on driving... soon you will be driving of the island to! 

[Grelland]

Looking good. So was all that hard work worth it? 

--louis

ooooooohhh yes 

[Diederick/DVK]

cool, must be rewarding!!
make sure to post some pics now that you're out in the daylight with no snow around

[Grelland]

Sure, as soon as the plates are on, I will shoot some more pics

[Wout]

Verry nice!

Hurry and make some more foto's before 'BP' goes down 

gr
Wout

[Grelland]

hehe, that gas station is not operating any more, it's a local car club that resrtored it.

but I do realise that BP is probably not the hottest brand around these days....

[Nico86]

Nice !

[Neil Davies]

hehe, that gas station is not operating any more, it's a local car club that resrtored it.

but I do realise that BP is probably not the hottest brand around these days....

I've just been told about a new type of car that runs on water...

Unfortunately it's only water from the gulf of Mexico!



Looks awesome Roy! I was a little concerned when you started talking about Fuchs instead of the Empi's, but when they look that good it all makes sense!

[Grelland]

WOW, time flies,

Since the last update, I have managed to drive the car a little, kill the enginge, then rebuild it by line-boring the case, and put in an original 69mm crank, and last but not least, the car FINALLY passed all the applicable tests last week, so now the car is officially legal, including lowering, the wheels and the engine.

Now, the bad part, is that it is November now, and statistically, we should have a foot or two of snow, but thankfully the temperature is still above the freezing point, and the roads are dry, so I drive the car as much as I can.

Here are a couple of shots from when I drove it to work today, and the latest version of the engine:

[Grelland]

The to-do list for the winter is long, and includes the following
-detailling and fitting the deep-6 flat-4s at the rear
-replacing plastic VW fuel rails with alu ones
-mount VR trigger behind pulley
-mount dual throttle bodies on intakes, and decide whether I should mount them or not..
-clean up wiring and plumbing
-start building my next engine

[bathing ape]

been a while since i looked,the ghia has turned out really nice

[Grelland]

thanks,

here's a short video from today, where one fellow VW fan wanted to hear what the csp exhaust sounds like:

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/Jayy8VQ6Jfc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/Jayy8VQ6Jfc</a>

[BossHogg76]

It's taken me a couple of hours to read this thread and it is epic, truely an inspirational read.

[Grelland]

Thanks, truly inspiring to have such feedbacks

I have had some comments on the video I posted, with people wondering whether I have a diesel engine as I didn't rev it higher than about 4500 rpm, so if the roads are free from ice this weekend, I will try again, to see if I dare taking it further

[Harry/FDK]

Roy, i'm going to detail my 17" Fuchs reps. for my T4 bus the way you did them. Did you already detail your centercaps ? Any pics ?

Thanks,
Harry

[Grelland]

sorry, haven't touched the center caps yet