New classic manx #93

[MrGoodtunes]

[matthewl]

So here's part 2 of the video from Sickweek25

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[matthewl]

So I completed Sickweek 2025. Had a awesome time with several other vws and ran a 12.84 at 105 mph.
Below is a video of day 1-2 ( it's five days total and around 1000 miles)!

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[matthewl]

More work done on the buggy. Plus are short burst down Mexico
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[matthewl]

Some more progress on the Manx.
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[matthewl]

So I've been playing with the buggy and finally got it to run with the turbo. Still needs some tuning and sorting on plumbing and wiring. But good to hear it run again.

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[matthewl]

[oprn]

You welded that carb manifold to the compressor housing?
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[matthewl]

Been a while so..... Here's where I'm at. Going single turbo as the twins took up to much space to work on things that should be easy on a buggy ( like starters, clutch adjustment and so on).
So now we have a 40 Weber side draft and T3 turbo on the 2386. Still got a lot to do but it's getting there.
By the way an EMPI progressive throttle linkage ( uni link) kit looks like the ticket with the CB air filter base that hold the cable.

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[matthewl]

Well the big motor is back in. I had the twin turbos on it, but the starter went out several times and it was such a pain to work around the turbos that I took the system off. So it is just carbureted for now.
So I finally put the seat covers on and boy does it look so much better. Been putting this off as I didn't want to get them dirty with oil and grease

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[matthewl]

So got the broken transmission out and put in the solid trans mounts and pro street box. Started putting the 2386 back together.

Hopefully it will be running next week.
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[1956Napcoron]

Question on your wiper setup. Did you reduce the arc of the motor and
witch wiper arms are you using? I'm building a new Manx and need to modify the motor arc and find longer length arms.

[matthewl]

So I put the twin turbos back on the buggy. It still has the stocker on it, so takes a bit to spool as expected.

Had to get innovated to set up the CB black box as the software was on a disc and all my laptops do not have a CD drive.

Setup the two step for 3200 and a rev limiter of 5000. Should have went higher on the
Rev limiter as she is really coming a live at 4000 and pulling hard at 5k but it still has stock springs so better safe than broken LOL.
Tried to hook up the two step to a momentary switch , but it was not a momentary switch as advertised just a push on and it locks push again and it turns off. Not what I wanted but what I had and we were off to the races.

The switch was a real let down as it would stick and I thought I was hitting the over rev limiter in first gear. But I was hitting the two step again and that really killed the ET, I was in the left Lane.

She went a full second faster than it did just carbureted tho.
So at the end of the night I got a fire lit in me to make it stand on the sump or break trying lol.
So I pulled the wire off the two step switch so I could manually ground it. Let it. I let it sit on the two step to build boost 9# of boost ( for some reason when it build boost on the two step it blows through 3200 rpm and goes to 4000) and side step the clutch. Well the stock transmission has been taken all my stupidity well but the spider gears have had enough and left the party. Leaving me sitting 10 ft from the starting line lol. So a friend of mine went and got his truck and tow bar to take the wounded Manx home.
So I have a rebuilt pro street transmission that needs installed , now I have a reason to do it hahaha.
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[516swg]

That Turbo pedal is fantastic. I need to post pics. But I went with the big boy pedal modification. I did the pedal spacer kit that pushes the clutch over an inch. And. I bought a roller pedal, threw away the roller and put in a green skateboard wheel to match the body color. Also, on the big boy mods, I cut the steering shaft down by 3 inches.
But I found the rollr pedal wasn't giving full throttle. I had to gring down a little material to give full throw

[matthewl]

wow I have not posted anything for a while... Will try to get everyone cought up.
Well I got the twin turbo set up on the buggy and.... Well..... Let's just say I had some technical difficulties lol. That happened right be for Sickweek 2024. So I borrowed a stock motor from a friend so I could go. Not a power house like the 2386, but it has proven to be reliable.
So with a stocker and some 36 Dell's she was ready to go.

Surprisingly it pulled the wheels at every track even though I launched it so soft. I actually didn't believe anyone that said it was pulling the wheels until someone showed me the picture lol.

On day one of this five day adventure before we even got to the track it rained. And of course I had the side curtains but they were not installed LOL. Here is a small video to enjoy while I go eat dinner

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[matthewl]

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[matthewl]

So it RAINS ...........a lot........when I drive the buggy.😒😒😒😒
So it is time to make some side curtains.

Not perfect by a long shot but should keep most of the rain off me.
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[oprn]

Thanks for the update! A picture is worth a thousand words but a video is even more so.
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[matthewl]

It's been awhile so here is an update

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[oprn]

Thanks for that! Good to see someone else not afraid to actually drive a Buggy! We have done many long trips with ours in all sorts of weather and we do not have a roof! Just take a page out of the biker's book and invest in rain suits. Get a good quality one and you have nothing to fear from the weather!

We NEED more travel logs like this!

This picture was taken on one of our first trips with the Buggy at the Summit of the Rodger's Pass (4364 ft) 8.5 hours from home and 3 hours from our intended destination.

Lots of forest fire smoke that trip! That was with the original oil burning 1600 DP that came in the Buggy. Note the jerry cans and canoe on the trailer. Ready for either a gas shortage or a flood!
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