My bug - ANGRRR - the ongoing project

[retrovan]

Well done Old Wise One,

May be able to sell that trailer any-day soon,



Herman

[hitlers revenge]

Now to sort out the body on rubber smell.

[Tony Z]

Yip, I'll be working on that soon, busy thinking it out and weighing up options

[retrovan]

All jokes aside, great to hear she is running long distances now.

You will have more confidence to run it more on weekends.

Good work.

Herman

(maybe it should have stayed wish)

[Barry]

So we'll be seeing you at Speedweek then?

[Tony Z]

Barry. I want to but it looks like those dates clash with my return to work dates.
If I can I'll be there, even if it is only for a day or two without the bug. But I dont think I'll be in the country....

[Barry]

I'll run it for ya

[bigboy 777]

You can also use a VW golf fuel pump relay... it works in the same way as the fp output of an ecu

how does the buzzer work on the old jetta and golfs? while your driving and when you loose oil pressure a buzzer goes of but not when the ignition is just turned on.

will also be a great mod as you can't mis it.

happened to me one night flinging my jetta thrue the corners in the pass chasing a bmw. next moment this buzzer goes of and I almost flipped the car. came down to that the oil was to low and through the corner it lost pressure.

[Wentzel]

Good to hear she's running nicely Tony! Hope to still attend the same event one day with out aircooleds. Any pictures of the superbug? Or do we have to wait for the topic on it? I always had a soft spot for them.

[Tony Z]

Good to hear she's running nicely Tony! Hope to still attend the same event one day with out aircooleds. Any pictures of the superbug? Or do we have to wait for the topic on it? I always had a soft spot for them.

You will have to wait for a new thread.
FWIW, I dont have pictures yet....

[Tony Z]

Since my last episode of jetting my carbs and getting them close to right, I did a few changes to the fuel system.
I changed out my fuel pump from a massive Holley Blue, to a more appropriately sized CB rotary pump. I also reduced my fuel pressure because I discovered that my fuel pressure regulator was infact the wrong one... The one I ordered wasnt the one I got.
I also adjusted the float level in the carbs.

So yea, I have had to start my carb jetting procedure from scratch. I am slowly getting closer to where she runs properly but still have a little ways to go.
Between yesterday and today I have managed 11 runs, some more successful than others.

I still cannot get over how quick this car really is. I am pulling 6000rpm in 3rd gear with the car still accelerating rather rapidly, this at 145km/h. I really is a laugh to drive. Now if I can only get to the point where I know the jetting is correct so I can stop concentrating on the gauges and start having fun.... soon hopefully.
I really am working on the last few percent, the percent that counts and sets the car apart from any other "hot" beetle.

[Wentzel]

Good to hear you are getting there Tony!! The question is will you be able to leave it alone once its done? or will there always be the "one more thing"? We need a video when you are happy with the tuning pls

[Tony Z]

Of course there will always be one more thing...
I am actually thinking about going back to the 15" VX1's but cannot get myself to get rid of the Porsche replicas.

I want to "complete" (for lack of a better word) this project before the 1302 arrives (which will probably be in Jan) so I can have some fun while I work on the 1302.

After that however... who knows?

[Wentzel]

I always liked the VX 1's but compared to Porsche I don't think there is much to say! You know what mags I have on my beetle don't you?

[acpaterson]

Time to BUMP this..

1) Because Tony, you need to update everyone on this build
2) Because I've had a great opportunity to go for a quick spin in Angrrr at last.

So, I hauled my ass through to Tony's Farm early this morning to collect two sideshaft boots for the Speedy. I'm REALLY enjoying my car now, it starts right, runs great, the ride is exceptionally smooth, and, I caught myself smiling as I was cruizing through the wineleands out to Tony's farm at how smooth and comfortable the car's running.

After some coffee and chit-chats.. (I can learn shit every day from Tony, literally), he said, "let's go for a quick ride"
So I'm standing outside the garage, he gets in, and suddenly there's this SERIOUSLY loud "whirring" sound, but it's more loud than any normal piece of equipment should sound, especially coming from a car. That stops, and the starter kicks.. a few turns, nada. The WHIR starts some more. "Oh don't worry about that, it's the oil pump"! Whir stops, Start kicks, and fookit, a loud BARK, and Angrr fires up, blowing dust and shit while Tony blips at it to get it running.

It's at this point, standing just behind Angrrr, that you start to understand this is no ordinary car or engine. I prepare, and Tony rolls out the garage. I shoe-horn in to the Recaro Seat, and belt up. Tony's moving cables out the way, and just generally carry on preparing to go for a ride. Let me explain there's at least 8 to 10 gauges\dials and LCD displays all directed at Tony! Shit's suction-cupped onto the Windscreen! it's not a GPS! It's an electronic Air Flow meter. In my head I'm expecting fast, but this just seems a little OTT in my opinion.

We finally roll reasonably smoothly down his double track driveway. You can feel it's a tight ride, there's very little suspension here. Motor's not really purring, more like growling in short bursts. At the end of the long driveway, we turn right, and start up a very bumpy tar road out of his little neighbourhood cluster. Tony talks about the slight flat spot I just felt, and what ideas he has to fix it, this was a subtle jerk as we took off, nothing too major, however, I felt it, and it would get to me as well.

This stretch of 4 to 5 Km's is a 4th gear warmup at around 70 ish. You know you're going, there's a lot of banging and knocking with the tight suspension, which apparently, is a lot more comfortable that it used to be! Really... We get onto some main roads, a cross road, and head in the direction of Stellenbosch, Tony goes through the gears gently but firmly, and we're at 100 Km's, RPM's around 3 K I think, and I comment on the noise again.. There's a combined growl of the exhaust pipe, argueing with the Carbs which are hissing, it's a sensory overload. We're apparently warming up the oil along this 7 to 8 Km stretch of road into the winelands. I sit and listen, arms folded, keeping out of the way.

Tony demo's the "usability" of the car, the fact it's a "Street Car" and not a dedicated Drag car, he slows down to 60, maybe 55, in 4th, and just putters along. This motor, 2.3 Liter, with a LOT of Degree's on the CAM, still behaves, it's an excellent demo, there's no blubbering or spurting or anything of that nature, it just purs along, a traffic car and very drivable as well, with a usable first level\grade clutch or whatever, that still allows him to drive the car in slow moving traffic pretty well. Impressive..

Tony pulls over, and U-turns the road, checks his mirror, and mashes his right foot onto the loud pedal. If I wasn't aware of the noise, I certainly am now, and well pressed back into the seat, un-seen clenched fists under my folded arms. Angrrr kind of JUMPS up, and we're going. The Shift light comes on at 6 K (I think) and we're in 2nd, in and out on the clutch, no pussy-footing now, 3rd, the Speedo needle has gone past 80 Mph rather rapidly, and EVERYTHING is happening at a very fast rate. Your senses are struggling to keep up, the noise, the wind, the howl, the hissing, Tony shifting , It's all very purposeful. Bang into 4th, and we're seriously shifting, up and down hills, and I've managed to split my eyes, one on the road, one the Speedo. I watch the needle sail past the warning lights, past 6:00 on a clockface, and start again at 0! That's just wrong.. It goes all the way round!!! Tony say's we're at 190 and there's traffic approaching us at a RAPID rate... I'm braking hard on the passenger's floorpan. Tony climbs on the Discs and we slow at an incredible speed behind the line of cars.

Yes im grinning like a chop!, I un-clench my fists and stop braking\bending his floorpan.. He quickly demo's a 4th gear "spurt" overtaking move, and it literally just whizzes past the car, who probably also couldn't understand how the f#Ck a beetle could go past THAT fast. Now, the last sense I have still working ok detects some mechanical burning, "oh yeah, there's probably a little oil somewhere" Tony chirps. I'm still smiling, but the ride was certainly one for the memory banks. All of that, out of a Normally aspirated 4 Cylinder Flat 4! I'm mechanically blown away. I am feeling sorry for the engine, but I also understand that's what it's been built for. It seriously is an attack on the senses.

I'm pretty certain this is one of the quickest Beetle's in the Country, so is Tony, and yes, it's a Shitload of fun, it's ridiculously fast, everything about it screams wrong at you, but what a sensory overload. My ride back home in my Speedy was a lot slower, and much smoother... I'm still smiling.

Thanks Mr Z, you'll certainly have a good business following based on this mechanical experience. I'm one of your customers, and VERY happy..

Regards

Alan