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SixStringMadMan Samba Member
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:31 am Post subject: |
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justcruzin wrote: |
Added some emblems.
Which light up when the lights are turned on!
They look better in person. They are actually red. |
That is badass!! _________________ 1978 Kombi
http://www.vw-mplate.com/mplate-10020.htm |
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Tcash Samba Member
Joined: July 20, 2011 Posts: 12844 Location: San Jose, California, USA
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 9:03 am Post subject: |
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justcruzin wrote: |
Added some emblems.
Which light up when the lights are turned on!
They look better in person. They are actually red. |
Where did you buy them? Are they battery operated or wired into your lights?
Thank You
Tcash |
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pitbug Samba Member
Joined: May 10, 2010 Posts: 549 Location: San Angelo, Tejas
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Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2015 1:34 pm Post subject: |
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Tcash wrote: |
justcruzin wrote: |
Added some emblems.
Which light up when the lights are turned on!
They look better in person. They are actually red. |
Where did you buy them? Are they battery operated or wired into your lights?
Thank You
Tcash |
yea! what he said ?!?!?! _________________ 71' Bus "Sunshine"
68 Eriba Puck!! |
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justcruzin Samba Member
Joined: July 31, 2005 Posts: 1493 Location: United States
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GMATech Samba Member
Joined: September 03, 2012 Posts: 220 Location: South East Pennsylvania
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 7:51 pm Post subject: |
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Got the holes for the coolant pipes just about finished. The pipes fit through very snug, and both threaded right in. I just gotta open them up a little bit more.
Plus my Jamie Rivers trailer hitch just arrived and looks great. _________________ 77 westfalia vr6 project
72 standard beetle project - for sale
ASE Master Tech since '03 A1-A9 L1 L3 G1
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Jmack223 Samba Member
Joined: July 07, 2014 Posts: 60 Location: BC
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2015 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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GMATech wrote: |
Got the holes for the coolant pipes just about finished. The pipes fit through very snug, and both threaded right in. I just gotta open them up a little bit more.
Plus my Jamie Rivers trailer hitch just arrived and looks great. |
what are the pipes for??
do you have a build thread? |
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GMATech Samba Member
Joined: September 03, 2012 Posts: 220 Location: South East Pennsylvania
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:57 am Post subject: |
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Jmack223 wrote: |
what are the pipes for??
do you have a build thread? |
They're coolant pipes for my vr6 project. No build thread. More pics in my gallery tho _________________ 77 westfalia vr6 project
72 standard beetle project - for sale
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Bashr52 Samba Member
Joined: July 16, 2006 Posts: 5666 Location: On an island in VA
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:25 am Post subject: |
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GMATech wrote: |
Jmack223 wrote: |
what are the pipes for??
do you have a build thread? |
They're coolant pipes for my vr6 project. No build thread. More pics in my gallery tho |
You are kidding, right? |
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Amskeptic Samba Member
Joined: October 18, 2002 Posts: 8568 Location: All Across The Country
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 9:33 am Post subject: Type I Crankshaft stock pulley early and late |
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Bashr52 wrote: |
You are kidding, right? |
Here, quick, some cooling balm . . . :
Installed a correct "D" pulley for a little more fan rpm and the chance to use the proper 905mm belt. Apparently, the pulley that I got in Albuquerque in 2011 to get rid of the cheap new brazilian wobbler that came with the car was a smaller earlier pulley that gave me a floppy loose belt even when there were no shims between the generator pulley halves and even after I switched to a 900mm belt.
Then I painted the steering wheel with engine enamel because whatever the paint was on it before sucked.
Colin
(good luck with that VR6 cooling system, GMATech, will the diameter of that pipe over such a long traverse be large enough to maintain critical no-boiling-allowed pressure within the cylinder head at whatever volume is required?) _________________ www.itinerant-air-cooled.com |
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GMATech Samba Member
Joined: September 03, 2012 Posts: 220 Location: South East Pennsylvania
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 4:55 pm Post subject: |
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Bashr52 - no not kidding. What would I be kidding about?
The vr6 is naturally a hot motor, 6 holes in one head. It came with an aux coolant pump from the factory(and a second radiatior in the fender). I can always add another aux pump in my pipe if I need to. As with most home made cooling systems there will be some trial and error, but with plenty of airflow through the massive rad I plan to put on. Plus the volume of coolant needed to fill the system, it's gonna be fine. Will probably take forever to get heat in the winter time. _________________ 77 westfalia vr6 project
72 standard beetle project - for sale
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GeorgeL Samba Member
Joined: January 16, 2006 Posts: 7346
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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Also, what are the provisions for heat expansion on that long fore-aft run? That pipe will grow by about an eighth of an inch as it warms to operating temperature.
When was the last time black iron pipe was used on an automotive cooling system? |
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Zeen Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2004 Posts: 1308 Location: The Sunny Part of Michigan
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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2015 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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GMATech wrote: |
...it's gonna be fine... |
We'll see, please share your results.
30 feet of 1" steel pipe with sharp-angle fittings is a different animal from a few feet of 1.25" smooth rubber hose, auxiliary pump or not. You might consider experimenting with hoses before cutting up the body and committing to rigid pipe. _________________ The consequences of your decisions should not be confused with fate. |
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secretsubmariner Champagne Wrangler
Joined: January 08, 2011 Posts: 3104 Location: Tulsa, OK
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:36 am Post subject: |
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No wonder GMATech doesn't have a build thread!
Naysayers gonna naysay.
It looks super cool, good luck on your build!
btw Prickle rocks dude! _________________ -Tony
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melville Samba Member
Joined: August 09, 2006 Posts: 1247 Location: Just Outside the Redwood Curtain
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 6:55 am Post subject: |
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Zeen wrote: |
GMATech wrote: |
...it's gonna be fine... |
We'll see, please share your results.
30 feet of 1" steel pipe with sharp-angle fittings is a different animal from a few feet of 1.25" smooth rubber hose, auxiliary pump or not. You might consider experimenting with hoses before cutting up the body and committing to rigid pipe. |
I get it! It's a SteamPunk build!
Emphasis on the Steam! _________________ 2000 M Roadster
79 R100RS
78 R100/7
75 R75/6
65 Standard Micro
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GMATech Samba Member
Joined: September 03, 2012 Posts: 220 Location: South East Pennsylvania
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 3:43 pm Post subject: |
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secretsubmariner wrote: |
No wonder GMATech doesn't have a build thread!
Naysayers gonna naysay.
It looks super cool, good luck on your build!
btw Prickle rocks dude! |
Nailed it, you all can see pics when it's done. Not lookin for any input. _________________ 77 westfalia vr6 project
72 standard beetle project - for sale
ASE Master Tech since '03 A1-A9 L1 L3 G1
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melville Samba Member
Joined: August 09, 2006 Posts: 1247 Location: Just Outside the Redwood Curtain
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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GMATech wrote: |
secretsubmariner wrote: |
No wonder GMATech doesn't have a build thread!
Naysayers gonna naysay.
It looks super cool, good luck on your build!
btw Prickle rocks dude! |
Nailed it, you all can see pics when it's done. Not lookin for any input. |
You could mount a blow-off valve to that rear-facing nipple and then mount a steam whistle to that for a temperature gauge. _________________ 2000 M Roadster
79 R100RS
78 R100/7
75 R75/6
65 Standard Micro
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Zeen Samba Member
Joined: July 24, 2004 Posts: 1308 Location: The Sunny Part of Michigan
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Posted: Thu Apr 09, 2015 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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melville wrote: |
You could mount a blow-off valve to that rear-facing nipple and then mount a steam whistle to that for a temperature gauge. |
GMATech wrote: |
Not lookin for any input. |
That's a choice. There's no downside to asking for assistance. There are people who are willing to help, some of whom are experts and make real money doing what they'll share with you for free. All it costs is a little ego control (and indulgence of their humor). _________________ The consequences of your decisions should not be confused with fate. |
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Amskeptic Samba Member
Joined: October 18, 2002 Posts: 8568 Location: All Across The Country
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Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:59 pm Post subject: |
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Zeen wrote: |
melville wrote: |
You could mount a blow-off valve to that rear-facing nipple and then mount a steam whistle to that for a temperature gauge. |
GMATech wrote: |
Not lookin for any input. |
That's a choice. There's no downside to asking for assistance. There are people who are willing to help, some of whom are experts and make real money doing what they'll share with you for free. All it costs is a little ego control (and indulgence of their humor). |
I really like that steam whistle idea . . . that would cut through the Grateful Dead and the pot haze blocking the temperature gauge.
Colin _________________ www.itinerant-air-cooled.com |
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GMATech Samba Member
Joined: September 03, 2012 Posts: 220 Location: South East Pennsylvania
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 12:19 am Post subject: |
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My wife says I love this hole to much, cleaned it up a little bit more.
_________________ 77 westfalia vr6 project
72 standard beetle project - for sale
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khalimadeath Samba Member
Joined: June 24, 2014 Posts: 768 Location: Reno, NV
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Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2015 8:50 am Post subject: |
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I dont even really know what to think about that. ^ |
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