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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 10:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thankfully we are allowed to have different opinions here and this thread is not being locked or stuck into a 15 thousand post thread on one subject. If you don't like or want a fast bus, you have the option of remaining stock and not reading this thread. Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:35 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Keith wrote:

What's your gearing and what RPMs are you turning in 4th at highway speeds (55,65 MPH )?


I have a stock 002 transmission for now. I already bought a six rib 091 to build with taller gears but haven't gotten started on that yet.

I don't have a tach installed yet but from this video with Tuner Studio on my buddy's laptop, the tach display looks like its around 3500 rpm but it's too shaky to really tell.


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Actually, given my tire sizes and the 002 I used a calculator and found that it's actually 3500 RPM at 55 mph. That puts me at 4100 RPM at 65 mph Shocked . I've never actually calculated that before. Clearly my drivetrain is not optimized Laughing. It won't be this quick when I put in the built 091.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

GeorgeO. wrote:
Why go Fast? All you need is speed to pass a big rig up hill! Yeah it's good to go fast, buy Honda for God sakes!


If I wanted to go fast I probably wouldn't buy a Honda. Just sayin'.

The rest of your argument is sound though Rolling Eyes .
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Don't you know about VTEC? That shit is the bomb yo!
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 12:17 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Red Fau Veh wrote:
Thankfully we are allowed to have different opinions here and this thread is not being locked or stuck into a 15 thousand post thread on one subject. If you don't like or want a fast bus, you have the option of remaining stock and not reading this thread. Wink


Or remaining stock and enjoying this thread too Wink
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 1:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Fast bus. 90 mph all day long, and 30 mpg too!

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and I am LYING! It's a weird speedo cable problem, it worked fine for months, then went wild, bounced around and then settled down but is now about 15 mph fast. This is actually about 75.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 1:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Who has the fastest Bay window bus here Reply with quote

Red Fau Veh wrote:
I just want to see, I might be putting a bad boy motor in a bus of mine shortly so I wondered if anyone has 150 hp or more. Any turbo bays out there? I like a big type 1 motor with all the trimmings. Very Happy


Are you interested in the fastest bus of the one with the highest wattage (most horsepower)?
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 3:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

stop screwing around and do it this way or this way. All this petty talk of who can go fast is too limited. Think BIG

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 6:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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stop screwing around and do it this way or this way. All this petty talk of who can go fast is too limited. Think BIG

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Well first, neither of those is a bay bus, and secondly... THEY ARE NOT YOURS! Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Why don't you just go all out stupid strong?


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I don't have that problem like the one in the video is having, with my Bus!
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 7:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mild-Core wrote:
Keith wrote:

What's your gearing and what RPMs are you turning in 4th at highway speeds (55,65 MPH )?


I have a stock 002 transmission for now. I already bought a six rib 091 to build with taller gears but haven't gotten started on that yet.

I don't have a tach installed yet but from this video with Tuner Studio on my buddy's laptop, the tach display looks like its around 3500 rpm but it's too shaky to really tell.


Link


Actually, given my tire sizes and the 002 I used a calculator and found that it's actually 3500 RPM at 55 mph. That puts me at 4100 RPM at 65 mph Shocked . I've never actually calculated that before. Clearly my drivetrain is not optimized Laughing. It won't be this quick when I put in the built 091.


how far off is your speedo again? the engine sounded way happy when you bury the pedal. just at that light cruise it wanted to just keep pulling when he rolled his foot into it
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 20, 2013 11:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

LeeE wrote:
Fast bus. 90 mph all day long, and 30 mpg too!

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and I am LYING! It's a weird speedo cable problem, it worked fine for months, then went wild, bounced around and then settled down but is now about 15 mph fast. This is actually about 75.


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My speedo is working Smile
I don't recommend doing this for too long. Was crusing most of the way around 70, kept slipping up to 75 and 80 at times. Figured Id try once to hit 90 for a photo. 1977 GD 2.0L FI
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 21, 2013 11:22 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

skills@eurocarsplus wrote:
how far off is your speedo again? the engine sounded way happy when you bury the pedal. just at that light cruise it wanted to just keep pulling when he rolled his foot into it


Yeah I know what you mean, the rpm numbers I got from the calculator above don't really match up with how the bus feels. I used the calculator on the John Maher Racing website.

I haven't checked it with a GPS or anything so I'm not certain but based on the 175/70r14 tire size compared to a 185r14, I think it's 9% fast. I thought I read somewhere that the aspect ratio on a tire with none specified is 82, so that's where the 9% comes from.

So Jeff was rolling on the throttle from about 65 mph and let off at 82 mph in the video. The caveat is that the speedo wasn't really designed to be reading accurately at those speeds, plus it's 42+ years old, so who knows?

The rev limit on the EFI is set to 6200 rpm so that would get me to 99 mph maxed out. From where that needle ends up in my first video, pointing down at the MPH, it probably came close to it. This makes me want to get some 185r14s for the rear.

On the real though, I'm totally freaked out that I'm going to destroy this transmission with these shenanigans. I've been taking it much easier lately. I do have a spare 091 sitting on my side yard but I don't know if it's good. When the 002 is built and ready to go in I'll feel much better Smile
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PostPosted: Wed Feb 12, 2014 1:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

vassy66T1 wrote:
Well I know it is not mine, but a good friend has a 20B rotary in his baywindow. 11.37 sec quarter mile. (the vid is an 11.86 pass)
Let us know when you have bettered that Smile

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Is this guy on the forum somewhere? Maybe a build thread?
This thing is wicked!
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 8:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

No he isn't, but all the wannabees post up other peoples fast buses because they don't have they own but they need daily affirmation anyways. So far the fastest bay on the forum has 65 horse power and loose pushrods. Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 9:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Red Fau Veh wrote:
So far the fastest bay on the forum has 65 horse power and loose pushrods. Laughing

Just noticed this thread...

No idea how fast mine will go because I've never felt the need to push it that hard, but it'll cruise comfortably at 75-80 (GPS speed, not speedo) all day long. Around 100HP and no pushrods -- SOHC FTW! Laughing
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 10:20 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Red Fau Veh wrote:
So far the fastest bay on the forum has 65 horse power and loose pushrods. Laughing

Just noticed this thread...

No idea how fast mine will go because I've never felt the need to push it that hard, but it'll cruise comfortably at 75-80 (GPS speed, not speedo) all day long. Around 100HP and no pushrods -- SOHC FTW! Laughing



You haven't noticed this thread? Well then I bet its because you are secure in the size of your penis, oh sorry I mean motor and or speed at which it propels you Wink


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 11:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Red Fau Veh wrote:
No he isn't, but all the wannabees post up other peoples fast buses because they don't have they own but they need daily affirmation anyways. So far the fastest bay on the forum has 65 horse power and loose pushrods. Laughing




looks to me that mild-core has the fastest bus here, as in, he owns it and has proof of what it can do.

i think the question should be asked who has the fastest, most streetable/reliable bus here.
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PostPosted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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tristessa wrote:
Red Fau Veh wrote:
So far the fastest bay on the forum has 65 horse power and loose pushrods. Laughing

Just noticed this thread...

No idea how fast mine will go because I've never felt the need to push it that hard, but it'll cruise comfortably at 75-80 (GPS speed, not speedo) all day long. Around 100HP and no pushrods -- SOHC FTW! Laughing



You haven't noticed this thread? Well then I bet its because you are secure in the size of your penis, oh sorry I mean motor and or speed at which it propels you Wink


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PostPosted: Thu Feb 13, 2014 4:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

The original owner of my Mexican single cab (Bill Jones of Autowerks in San Antonio, a high end Porsche engine shop) took out the original 1600 and hot rodded the thing. He said it would go 100 mph on the flat. After seeing the engines these guys are putting together a few months ago, I believe him.

That hot rodded engine is long gone, though...
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