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grelland
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still no snow, so I cleaned the car today, and most likely this was the last time it was out of the garage before the spring....
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grelland
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Wow, time flies.
Spring is upon me and I have not quite finished my winter project of converting the engine to type-1 cooling and motorcycle throttle bodies, but it is getting close.
Here is a shot of the engine as of yesterday:
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sputnick60
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grelland
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Mostly having fun 
Jokes aside, the main reason is that I was not happy with the Porsche style cooling. I never had any known overheating problems, but my shroud had no internal vains, nor any thermostat function, so I was unsure of how smart that is... Somehow, I believe the engineers added all this stuff for a reason.
Also because I wanted to test one centrally mounted TB and plenum, back-to-back compared to individual TBs. I dont have the time nor resources to optiminse a runner/plenum design to really take advantage of such a systems potential advantages, so I was keen to see how well I can make individual TBs work compared to what I had.
I also take pleasure in making a set of $90 eBay TBs work as well as a $1000 set of purpose made ones 
So I guess we are back to having fun after all |
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c21darrel
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| good stuff, running a cable throtle of some type? |
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grelland
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NOVA Airhead
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Looks great!
Where are you located in Norway? I will be visiting friends near Trondheim in mid-July.
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grelland
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| I am on the coast about 1 hour south of Oslo, so that would be a 6-7 hours drive from Trondheim |
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Mrfun2fly
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| After the boys were in bed, I went out again, and while I was away, my wife had bought the pipes for my new fuel lines, so I spent the night on the floor, bending the pipe in a zillion places, to make it fit. |
What size pipe did you use? |
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grelland
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| After the boys were in bed, I went out again, and while I was away, my wife had bought the pipes for my new fuel lines, so I spent the night on the floor, bending the pipe in a zillion places, to make it fit. |
What size pipe did you use? |
Wow, this thread is like 7 years old Glad someone reads it
I must say I do not remember, but I am quite sure i use 10mm stainless for both feed and return. |
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jeffrey8164
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| Posted: Tue May 14, 2019 3:57 pm Post subject: Re: Grelland's Ghia project II - The Rebuild |
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Why did you abandon your thread?
Seems as if you left everyone hanging.
I think it’s time for an update.
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Mrfun2fly
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| Posted: Tue May 14, 2019 5:36 pm Post subject: Re: Grelland's Ghia project II - The Rebuild |
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Why did you abandon your thread?
Seems as if you left everyone hanging.
I think it’s time for an update. |
If you're referring to me I apologize, got carried away w my ghia....they have a way of doing that by know lol...
But, I ended up going to a hardware store, getting some steel cable, adding a drill to it and was able to unclog the main fuel line! Yahooooo:) |
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69isalive
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| Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 9:44 am Post subject: Re: Grelland's Ghia project II - The Rebuild |
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| The one for the engine compartment is smaller - it fits along the top and only about half-way down the sides. The one for the front should go the entire way around, because water can enter from any side - in the back they want it ti breathe and with the vertical part, it doesn't gather much water there |
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Era Vulgaris
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| Posted: Sat Jul 27, 2024 1:14 pm Post subject: Re: Grelland's Ghia project II - The Rebuild |
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The one for the engine compartment is smaller - it fits along the top and only about half-way down the sides.
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Wrong. The engine bay seal fits around the bottom and halfway up the sides. The engine bay seal isn't a seal for water - there's like zero engine bays on any car ever made that are sealed for water. The seal goes on the lower half to prevent hot air from the exhaust from getting into the engine bay, since the engine is air cooled. Cool air from the car moving enters the engine bay from the "open" top half. If you're putting the seal on the top half of your engine bay, you're doing your engine no favors.
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