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Bursch
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| What a trip you had. I was following your trip to the game and then lost it. I just found it quit by accident. |
Thanks man, it was quite the adventure indeed. 
We are now preparing for a 'small' Euro-trip in 2012 before heading over to the Americas to do New York - Rio in 2014.
You can follow our preparations here:
http://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=448292
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2010: Amsterdam - Cape Town - FIFA World Cup -- 26.000km
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foxtail1
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| Posted: Fri Oct 21, 2011 3:50 pm Post subject: trip |
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What a trip you had. I was following your trip to the game and then lost it. I just found it quit by accident.
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Bleyseng
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They are going to ship their Bus to Suriname and drive to the World Cup in Brazil in a few years....another adventure waiting..
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RatCamper
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This thread made me smile. They both must have been amazing trips.
What's next? There are still some land masses left to traverse.
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Bursch
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| Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:54 am Post subject: |
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In it's day, the T2 was the safari vehicle of choice in Tanzania
Heading out, just before sunrise
Hippo's for breakfast
When the going gets tough, yadda yadda yadda
Vultures are GO
The going is easy
Did someone say something about lone bulls being the most dangerous?
the High and mighty
Some buffalo's
Iron Lion meeting up with the real deal
Sun setting over the African Plains
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2010: Amsterdam - Cape Town - FIFA World Cup -- 26.000km
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MadMax78
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| Jake Raby wrote: |
Guys,
what an accomplishment!! This trip was even more of a challenge than the Beijing trip, you have certainly earned my respect!
I haven't been following your trip as much as I should and just checked in on the thread today..
The fact that the megapuke system failed doesn't surprise me at all, chances are the either heat or vibration or both combined to kill the unit. The system has worked great for many, but few have put it through what you have.. Remember what my thoughts were on it?? They didn't come from anything other than actual experience.
How are the temps this time around?? What kind of ambient temps have you seen? How about CHT and oil temps? Was the engine running cooler with the MS system than L jet?
I'd love to tak an excursion with you! Where are you going next? |
Thanks man!
I'd just like to respond to the whole MS breaking down thing. It actually didn't break, I just did not get some injector settings right which probably caused them to overheat. I knew these settings were wrong because i found out a few days before we set out, but I did not have the time to tinker with them any more. It was just our own fault since we did not take enough time to tune it right.
The megasquirt did prove to be of help when we had some problems with the L-jet since we used it to troubleshoot the L-jet system. It didn't run on L-jet at that time but it did run on MS and hooking up the computer told us the TS1 and TS2 were ok, but there was a definite AFR problem. Turned out a hose clamp came of and it was sucking in unmeasured air, making the fuel pump stall at low rpm (afm flap closing).
It does run very nicely on MS and one of the main reasons of running MS is that it compensates for altitude differences, which L-jet does not. It is quite annoying if you have change the mixture in your AFM two times a week, which in a roadside case means taking out all the luggage.
Besides that the data logging can be very useful and it overall just runs a little smoother.
The engine itself ran a little cooler this time round, this can partly be attributed to the fact that it was winter in Africa and cruising speeds are lower. Besides that we had it running pretty rich most of the time so we didn't have any problems in the temperature department. We only had one though day in Libya when we crossed a desert (120F) patch with a very strong headwind. We could only do 40 mph slipstreaming behind a large landcruiser.
More pics to come!
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2008: Amsterdam - Beijing - Olympics -- 17.500km
2010: Amsterdam - Cape Town - FIFA World Cup -- 26.000km
2014: New York - Rio de Janeiro - FIFA World Cup -- 27.000km
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Bursch
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| you guys gonna come to the World cup in Brazil? Catch a boat to Suriname and drive around the top of South America and then down...Its really beautiful crossing several rivers on ferries, bandits, not much gas. |
Beating Brazil was nice, but beating Brazil on their home turf is even better
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Powered by Just Kampers, German Supply, Busted Bus & Aircooled Technology
2008: Amsterdam - Beijing - Olympics -- 17.500km
2010: Amsterdam - Cape Town - FIFA World Cup -- 26.000km
2014: New York - Rio de Janeiro - FIFA World Cup -- 28.000km
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Bleyseng
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 12:08 pm Post subject: |
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you guys gonna come to the World cup in Brazil? Catch a boat to Suriname and drive around the top of South America and then down...Its really beautiful crossing several rivers on ferries, bandits, not much gas. Should be fun too!
I have been thinking about driving my Westy...
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Bursch
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| Posted: Thu Jul 22, 2010 10:41 am Post subject: |
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Some snapshots from Egypt
First sighting of the great pyramids upon entering Cairo
Waking up after a sandstorm, on top of some sand dune
Black Desert
Of into the White Desert
Still the outskirts of the White desert
White Desert central, the piece of rock behind the bus is known as 'the chicken'
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Powered by Just Kampers, German Supply, Busted Bus & Aircooled Technology
2008: Amsterdam - Beijing - Olympics -- 17.500km
2010: Amsterdam - Cape Town - FIFA World Cup -- 26.000km
2014: New York - Rio de Janeiro - FIFA World Cup -- 28.000km
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aliennetwork
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Have you watched Long Way Down?
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman ride motorcycles from the northern tip of Scotland to Capetown, via a similar route to yours until midway down through Africa.
It's one of my favorite bits of TV ever, we just finished watching it last night. We watched Long Way Round (riding east from London to NYC) about 3 months ago.
I am SO jealous of your journey. |
I'm glad this popped back up again, so I didn't have to track it down.
My wife ad I are 7 episodes in to Long Way Round. Great stuff. Long Way Down is next.
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Jake Raby
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Guys,
what an accomplishment!! This trip was even more of a challenge than the Beijing trip, you have certainly earned my respect!
I haven't been following your trip as much as I should and just checked in on the thread today..
The fact that the megapuke system failed doesn't surprise me at all, chances are the either heat or vibration or both combined to kill the unit. The system has worked great for many, but few have put it through what you have.. Remember what my thoughts were on it?? They didn't come from anything other than actual experience.
How are the temps this time around?? What kind of ambient temps have you seen? How about CHT and oil temps? Was the engine running cooler with the MS system than L jet?
I'd love to tak an excusrion with you! Where are you going next?
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Bursch
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| Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2010 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks everybody! The trip was crazy, even more because we got to the finals. Too bad we couldn't bring home the cup, but we'll continue until we lay our hands on it!
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Yeah, there were good shots of your bus, the orange beetles, and the bigger beer-bus also. Was hoping the ESPN folks would get you in an interview. Congratulations on your successful trip.
What's next? Off to London in 2012, and floating to Brazil in 2014? Good job. |
They got me in the interview, you just didn't recognize me 
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2008: Amsterdam - Beijing - Olympics -- 17.500km
2010: Amsterdam - Cape Town - FIFA World Cup -- 26.000km
2014: New York - Rio de Janeiro - FIFA World Cup -- 28.000km
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WestyPop
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Yeah, there were good shots of your bus, the orange beetles, and the bigger beer-bus also. Was hoping the ESPN folks would get you in an interview. Congratulations on your successful trip.
What's next? Off to London in 2012, and floating to Brazil in 2014? Good job.
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timo78
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Just saw your bus on our local broadcast of World Cup, looked like the video cameraman was hanging out your slider door.  represent!
Good luck to your team in the final match!
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Go Oranje!
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germansupplyscott
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sweet photo! let's hope for a happy ending on sunday. win or lose you couldn't have expected any better than a trip to the final game.
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Go Oranje!
They are looking good for World Cup finals after taking down the big dog Brazil
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| Posted: Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:29 am Post subject: |
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The final stretch, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, 1000 miles to go to the world cup!
Pic from todays newspaper:
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I'm not sure what's more exciting: that you made it all the way to SA or that we may snag the world cup this time.
Hup Holland, both ways.
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MadMax78
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The final stretch, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, 1000 miles to go to the world cup!
Pic from todays newspaper:
Almost there now, always carry orange duct tape!
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2008: Amsterdam - Beijing - Olympics -- 17.500km
2010: Amsterdam - Cape Town - FIFA World Cup -- 26.000km
2014: New York - Rio de Janeiro - FIFA World Cup -- 27.000km
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Raketemensch
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Have you watched Long Way Down?
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman ride motorcycles from the northern tip of Scotland to Capetown, via a similar route to yours until midway down through Africa.
It's one of my favorite bits of TV ever, we just finished watching it last night. We watched Long Way Round (riding east from London to NYC) about 3 months ago.
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