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Eric&Barb Wed Nov 30, 2016 12:58 pm

Alstrup wrote: Hello.
His engine will hit 5000 rpm easy.

Sure it will. Just pointing out the question, "Does he really want to, or need to?".

oakman Wed Nov 30, 2016 1:15 pm

Awesome! I love your bus. Thanks for the update, great to see you guys enjoying your Westy to the fullest! Can't wait to start camping in mine soon.

DJ Pierre Thu Dec 01, 2016 1:42 am

Eric&Barb wrote: Alstrup wrote: Hello.
His engine will hit 5000 rpm easy.

Sure it will. Just pointing out the question, "Does he really want to, or need to?".

Hmmm... Yes he does!

I like to drive my van and i like to drive it hard.

I will have it propery tuned in the next two months or so, this might help to bring the heat down a bit.

Eric&Barb Thu Dec 01, 2016 9:42 am

DJ Pierre wrote:
I like to drive my van and i like to drive it hard.


Then just expect to do more repairs and rebuilds. That is the price of driving it hard.

Danwvw Thu Dec 01, 2016 2:28 pm

Whatever happened with the Zenith Carburetor?


DJ Pierre Fri Dec 02, 2016 1:45 am

Danwvw wrote: Whatever happened with the Zenith Carburetor?



It's still lying around. I had several reasons to change plans, first of all i found it hard to get the unit complete. Tuning is also hard and jets are not that easy to come by.

Besides that it has an intake without proper pre-heat and Zenith has no auto-choke. At last, i would have to fabricate an intake elbow. So too much hassle for minimum extra performance.

Danwvw Fri Dec 02, 2016 11:56 am

Yeah, I hear what your saying. I could not get my dual port to idle right with the Solex 34, I would imagine with that CB-2239 Cam a lot like the W-100 I used yours may not idle very well either. I think I will go to dual carbs of some kind on mine. Oh by the way I Like your photos and videos.

DJ Pierre Mon Dec 05, 2016 7:18 am

Idle was a problem on my engine too. It's a lot better with a proper solex instead of the bocar i used before...

DJ Pierre Sat Jul 01, 2017 1:22 am

Seems like photobucket destoyed my resto topic. Not shure if they will change their minds but i'm not paying $400 a year for this. It's a shame and a lot of work to repair...Means i have to restore a restotopic. Weird...

Z Sun Jul 02, 2017 8:01 pm

DJ Pierre wrote: Seems like photobucket destoyed my resto topic. Not shure if they will change their minds but i'm not paying $400 a year for this. It's a shame and a lot of work to repair...Means i have to restore a restotopic. Weird...

Wow, that stinks. I hope you are able to resurrect the pics, as your thread had a lot of good reference stuff in it, iirc.

DJ Pierre Thu Jul 26, 2018 5:58 am

Photobucket finally came to there senses! Nice!

oakman Sun May 26, 2019 9:35 pm

DJ Pierre wrote: Photobucket finally came to there senses! Nice!

Just re-read your thread, glad most of the pictures are back.

Beautiful bus, you did a killer job! Nothing like camping in an so-35 8)

BTW, thank you again for the deal on the curtains for my flipseat. They are the finishing touch that it needed.

thuestis Sat Feb 05, 2022 2:52 am

Just discovered this great thread on a really cool & rare SO 35.



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