Jim just a reminder, can you tell us about some "Ty" stories
you bet I can...
in fact this guy "ty" is related to sheep... no kdding
he taught us all what not to do when tuning a VW for more power. Drained his mom's To#¤ta Celica's oil from the motor, ran it through a pair of her panty hose into his Bug motor when it was low. He didn't believe in exhaust manifold sealing (of any type), rear windows, working electrical, or brakes. Watched him port a head with head on engine, with a hand drill, then blow port out with air. Watched him "do a valve grind" by slathering valve-grind paste onto seat, inserting valve and runing the stem in a drill chuck. Yes with heads on car. Best though, had to be his carburetor linkage. He "got" a pair of Weber 44's from his uncle that raced 914's but no linkgae. So he "fabbed" a setup that I have yet to see again... he made a simple swivel off top of case, out of an 8mm stud and pipe-strap. From there he ran two lenghts of pipe strap to each carburetor, but he had to cut slots in the fresh air ducts for the pipe strap to push and pull through. Ugly doesn't begin to describe it.
Car always sounded ragged..... wonder why...
Jim
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