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TastyTuner
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| so sweet man. love seeing the updates! |
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i should have another update tonight or tomorrow if i'm too tired. i decided to go for the wiring. the wires themselves are pretty good but they were tangled into a ball. I also added 6 more fuses to the system so the car wont burn to the ground in the future.
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A-Wall
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Pretty much got all of the wiring done. The only wiring left is the additional gauges and the glovebox radio.
Before
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I sat in the trunk to do this. I was in there for hours. I brought the phone, food and water... LOL
Testing 123
Motor still runs! lol
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 10:29 am Post subject: |
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Very nice work!! Its nice to see stuff like this!!!
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Thanks! i try to post as many details as i can. even tho the car looks crappy on the outside, i want to show the actual quality of work done to the car isn't crappy at all.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2011 4:03 pm Post subject: |
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| Awesome car look forward to seeing more updates. Are you planning on respraying the body or leaving it with the rat look? |
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A-Wall
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| Paulc1964au wrote: | | Awesome car look forward to seeing more updates. Are you planning on respraying the body or leaving it with the rat look? |
Thanks. For now it's going to stay ratty. But as time goes on I wiil be doing body work on it and some patina'y looking paint. The plan is to one day have an all black bug whether it be shiny or slightly dull. I sure do get a lot of thumbs up tho when driving it around now. I've always had nice cars before, it's nice to have a car like this now, that I don't have to worry about scratches or people leaning up against it. It's fun to not have to worry and probly the most fun I've had with a car yet.
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| A-Wall wrote: | | Paulc1964au wrote: | | Awesome car look forward to seeing more updates. Are you planning on respraying the body or leaving it with the rat look? |
I've always had nice cars before, it's nice to have a car like this now, that I don't have to worry about scratches or people leaning up against it. It's fun to not have to worry and probly the most fun I've had with a car yet. |
The very reason i probably will never respray my bug either, it looks clean but i can drive it around and park it. Some of my mates have bugs to die for but they actually have told me i am lucky as i dont have to worry about a scratch etc.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:46 pm Post subject: |
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Effin' suhweet! 
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| OG Swag wrote: | | Effin' suhweet! |
Thanks man!
Just a little update. I've been driving the Hell out of this thing the last couple weeks. Only ran into 2 problems. 1. The coil power wire fell off... I thought I ran out of gas! Easy fix, just crushed the connector a bit so it nice and tight on the terminal. 2. The throttle cable broke off at the pedal. I ended up turning the idle up and driving it home in 4th at 1000RPM LOL, ended up refusing the broken cable and making this little aluminum block the offset the cable on the pedal so its not pulled on an angle and it clamps the cable in the block. Works perfect but I think I'm going to put a pair of weaker return springs on the carbs.
Other then that, fun times as always. This little dual carb 1600sp just humms along and don't miss a beat (knocks on wood).
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Well you just inspired me to get off my lazy ass and go work on my car! LOL! I want mine on the road too!
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TastyTuner
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| great pics man. any work done lately to it? havent seen a vid in awhile |
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Very nice work you've done!!! I may have missed it earlier if its posted, but what size are the wheels and tires?
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TastyTuner
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| Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:37 am Post subject: |
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| any updates? pics? vids? |
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Just finished reading your thread, Love the car.
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Great build thread, love the work
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Sorry I haven't updated this in a while. I've just been driving the crap out of her and loving every second! Not much new with the car, just regular maintenance (oil changes, valve adjustment, lube, brake adjustment etc...)
My friend Ryan really wanted to do a small photo shoot of the car to add to his portfolio and I wasn't gonna say no! So we found this run down gas station and he snapped away.
Here is his facebook page, he takes a lot of car photos.
http://www.facebook.com/ryanceshan
Enjoy.
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