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Ian Epperson
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| At the rear is 2 2 stage external air cleaners. The engine lid is made up of Thing lid cut and flattin then the ribs from a late bus engine cover, front bus grill all welded and finished. Total of 9 pieces for the lid. |
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| The dash has been cut out from the pinch weld down and has a one piece dash with Porsche 914 guages. |
| Ron Domeck wrote: |
| Forgot, the hood was made using a spare tire area from a Dodge Omni. |
Beautiful! Is that a T3 or T4 engine? I see many more things than you mentioned  Turn brakes, odd hi-beam switch, odd turn signal switch... Is that a spare fuel tank switch under the dash?
Wow!
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npconnor
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| Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:06 pm Post subject: |
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Now, I'm not familiar with turbo-charged engines... all my cars are naturally aspirated.. but is that a turbo in that thing? (2nd picture)
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Towel Rail
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| Posted: Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Ian Epperson wrote: |
Beautiful! Is that a T3 or T4 engine? I see many more things than you mentioned Turn brakes, odd hi-beam switch, odd turn signal switch... Is that a spare fuel tank switch under the dash?
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He said it's a 2.0L 914 engine. Thought you'd recognize those by now.
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Video Bob
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Nice job on the conversion. I believe Ferdinand would approve. :lol:
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Ian Epperson
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| Posted: Mon Oct 29, 2007 6:50 am Post subject: |
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| npconnor wrote: |
| Now, I'm not familiar with turbo-charged engines... all my cars are naturally aspirated.. but is that a turbo in that thing? (2nd picture) |
Nope, that's naturally aspirated. The carbs are on the left and right - he's got an external air cleaner per carb, each sucking its own air from behind the car through the black tubes.
I think the blower in the engine compartment is for moving air over heat exchangers for providing cabin heat.
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| He said it's a 2.0L 914 engine. Thought you'd recognize those by now. |
 My T4 looks significantly different. That pancake tin requires a lot of cutting to get it to fit in the compartment, but it certainly looks clean. I've not played with T3's at all - I suppose that oil filler and dip stick configuration gives it away as not being a T3.
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Ron Domeck
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| The level under the dash is for the reserve valve from an old beetle, blower on the engine is for the heater from a bus, then the heat in sent up front thru the 2 in. square tubing that was used to lift the body. Steering column is from a early ghia so dimmer switch had to be used from early beetle. |
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