Grelland's Ghia project II - The Rebuild

[Era Vulgaris]

[69isalive]

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

[Mrfun2fly]

[jeffrey8164]

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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[grelland]

[Mrfun2fly]

[grelland]

I am on the coast about 1 hour south of Oslo, so that would be a 6-7 hours drive from Trondheim

[NOVA Airhead]

Looks great!

Where are you located in Norway? I will be visiting friends near Trondheim in mid-July.
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[grelland]

yup. From an aircraft supplies company

Have a look here for more details of the throttle bodies conversion:

http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=137798

[c21darrel]

good stuff, running a cable throtle of some type?

[grelland]

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

[sputnick60]

Hi Roy,

I thought the previous layout was way cool. Why are you changing to a standard type 1 cooling system? Was it over heating? Or are you just having fun?

Nicholas
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[grelland]

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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[grelland]

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....

[grelland]

The engine has been a project on its own, and here are a couple of crappy mobile pics of the current setup. It is an 1835cc with 42x37.5mm valves and home-made EFI system based on a center-mounted throttle body from a VW Vanagon.

During the winter I will convert it to std t1 cooling and a pair of dual 40mm throttle bodies sourced from a Suzuki motorcycle. I like a challange

[grelland]

Very quite here lately. Which is actually good news, as I have used the Ghia as my daily driver since Easter

I have covered about 7000 km (about 4400 miles).

Mostly without trouble, besides a minor engine rebuild in July

I have a small list of stuff to fix over the winter including fitment of new rear wheels, fix an issue with self-centering, new gear box, new seats and a few other issues.

Ghia driving is great

I made it to two shows this summer. One in a neighbouring town, where I even received a trophy, and the other was the SCC, and here is a shot from our club camp:

[grelland]

185/65-15 on 5,5" flat4s

Difficult to say if it is std, since it has been completely to pieces, but I assume it is about 1 outer notch lower than stock.

[Suicidesplit51]

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Hey,
What tire size are your running at the rear. Is it stock height on the suspension?

[grelland]

Progress is slow here... I am working on a new engine, so that takes most of the spare time and cash at the moment, but I have a couple of upgrades planned before the snow disappears.

One of these upgrades, was to get some cruising tunes. And the plan is to use my old trusty iPod, and put some speakers into the rear.

I looked at some pictures of other Ghia installations, and came up with the following plan.

I had an old set of speakers lying around, and was thinking of something like this:

I liked the idea, so I went on and made a matching one for the other side, and even boxed it in a little:

(seems like I need to clean up the wiring for my EFI...)

Then I had an old 8-inch sub lying around, and asked a friend of mine, and he recommended a 25-30 liter box, so I put this together:

Not the prettiest thing around, but the idea is that this sub is to be removable, so that should I need the space, I can simply unplug and take out the sub, and I wil have almost the full luggage space available.

Now I need to cover these with the same material as my door panels, and I will have music

[ovalboy]