Aircooled VW South Africa

looking good.... enjoy the sound

Whats the bogroll for

Expecting sh1t are you

dont temp fate Mr Vader, not all our powers are like yours.

Murphy rears his head to stupid comments....
you ever watch the Sour Kraut Monster Garage???

Mmmmm forgot about him........

How was the 1st aid course.... I did a cpr course a while ago but I cant remember if you can use your tounge or not

course was a joke, went on the screaming piss for 5 days, one day recovery and am nursing a hangover again.... our electrician is sleeping with his head on the toilet roll. Yes, its 08:25 now...

The best thing for a hang over is an overly friendly blond with big juggs. Does nothing for the hang over BUT is good for the eyes.... But knowing the type I've woken up with.... they always look better in the dark.AAAAAGGggg

At first it had a backfire through the left carb... It also sounded too loud at idle etc. I bet there's a manifold leak somewhere. Whistling on acceleration. I have to check the Ign timing, valve gaps and maybe make the heads a bit tighter. Also wants to die sometimes when you open the throttle.... I'll go back to the book tomorrow....too tired.... Makes an awesome sound though...

once you get the carbs tuned 100%, they only sound better

Well this is just from the preset settings.... didn't set anything yet ...

But at least your telling me I've got something to look forward too.

the more you enjoy the sound, the higher your fuel consumption and the quicker you get to where you are going
I cant wait to hear my 48s one day

And with the fuel price that might be going down again I might have some time to enjoy it before the next hike

By the way. The machine shot messed up my one head so they replaced it (after I told them where to stuff the broken one). They gave me an AMC head that is even stronger than the original castings so I'm pretty happy with that....

PS We have a little ad in the readers forum of the December Car Magazine so I hope our membership will grow a bit.

Sounds good... I am sure more people have the bug...

anyone driving a convertable????

Glad to see you have the carbs in and running, that whistling sound you hear is a sound the air does running thru the carbs, I wouldn't worry about that, follow the instructions in the book and take it from there, if it's poping then the carbs need balancing, it can at times be frustrating setting up the carbs, make sure that any adjustments you do must be done with the motor at running temp, so take it for a short drive round the block before you try set anything up. Very important to make sure you have no air leaks, use new gaskets, with a tad of sealant on manifolds, it helps. Remember what I told you about the oil level keep an eye on that or you could trash your motor in no time. Get it set the best you can, I would then recommend taking it in for a dyno tune.

Thanks Rui,

I sorted out the oil problem, changed all gaskets etc. Relocated the dipstick to next to the breather tower and filled up according to the manual. I think i'll chuck out the stock metal manifold gaskets. What do you reckon I use instead? I have those thick bakelite elring ones I can use or I can cut some from Flexoil..... what would work best?

YIP, dump the metal gaskets all they are good for is as a template to make paper gaskets, use some sealant (RTV) any gasket that is not metal is better, use the Erling ones you have. You can also get yourself a sheet of thick gasket paper (about 0.7mm thick) from a spares shop and make up your own using the old gaskets as a template, or using a small ball-peen hammer on the manifolds to cut their shape.