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Anchovy
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mikewire
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Anchovy
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 10:25 am Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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cdennisg
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| Posted: Mon Jul 31, 2023 10:28 am Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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Very nice!
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Anchovy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2023 1:36 pm Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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The new motor is installed and running. This is my first non-stock motor. It's a 1904 with 40 Webers. It has 1 1/2" heater boxes with flange fittings and a A1 sidewinder exhaust. It comes close to doubling the original HP and Torque versus my original 1600sp. I still have some tidying up to do but it runs nice.
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airschooled
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| Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2023 4:28 pm Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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Nice! Who built it? I'm always on the look out down there…
Where's the first road trip?
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busdaddy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2023 6:03 pm Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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Exciting!, can't wait for the review, and comparison to stock just last week!, but you are on your own when it's valve adjustment time, looks like big work to me. 
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Anchovy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:27 pm Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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Nice! Who built it? I'm always on the look out down there…
Where's the first road trip?
Robbie |
Hi Robbie, it was built by Chico Performance in Arcadia. Headed to a campout up the coast tomorrow. Will report back. Thanks |
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Anchovy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2023 10:38 pm Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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| Exciting!, can't wait for the review, and comparison to stock just last week!, but you are on your own when it's valve adjustment time, looks like big work to me. |
I’ve never owned a non-stock VW motor so any upgrade seems like a lot to me. There is test hill near my home that is my “4th gear hill”. When my 1600sp is tuned nicely I can make that hill in 4th gear, if it’s not running perfect I’m dropping down to 3rd. With my new motor, what hill? 😉
It’s two bolts to remove the muffler for a valve adjustment so shouldn’t be too bad. It has the V band flange so no gasket. |
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W1K1
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| Posted: Tue Aug 08, 2023 7:22 am Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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Nice, you'll like the extra grunt when you hit the go pedal
Why the short filters in a bus?
I would think some tall vents and tall filters would help the overall performance.
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Anchovy
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| Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2023 8:01 pm Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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I installed two LED light strips along the angled sheet metal at the top of the engine compartment near the deck lid. I ran a fused line from the battery post through a toggle switch that I mounted in a preexisting hole in the old air cleaner stand. Lights up pretty good.
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Anchovy
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| Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2023 9:44 am Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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Rad time at Familienfest 2023. We beat the Hurriquake so the weather was awesome. Brought home some hardware as well. 
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stripedbunny
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| Posted: Wed Aug 23, 2023 7:30 pm Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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| Anchovy wrote: |
I installed two LED light strips along the angled sheet metal at the top of the engine compartment near the deck lid. I ran a fused line from the battery post through a toggle switch that I mounted in a preexisting hole in the old air cleaner stand. Lights up pretty good.
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Nifty idea that turned out great -- one can never go wrong with extra lighting. Cool mug too! |
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Anchovy
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 9:26 am Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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Nifty idea that turned out great -- one can never go wrong with extra lighting. Cool mug too! |
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Anchovy
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 9:28 am Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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Road test report: I now have 300 miles on the motor including a 45 mile trip to work today. With my old motor I was at 50MPH on some of the hills. With the new motor I easily cruised 60-65 up those same hills with about 3/4 of a pedal left. I also changed out the air filters to see if that made any difference in performance. None that I could notice.
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W1K1
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| Posted: Fri Aug 25, 2023 12:38 pm Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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do your carbs have vents on the top?
they just help straighten the air flow into the carb, you probably won't notice a difference in the seat of your pants, but they should be a little more efficient than carbs without
Much nicer having the extra HP and torque when you need it though 
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| Posted: Mon Aug 28, 2023 2:54 am Post subject: Re: 1968 UVC "unidentified volkswagen camper" |
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| It’s two bolts to remove the muffler for a valve adjustment so shouldn’t be too bad. It has the V band flange so no gasket. |
Those are just f-awesome. One of the kids cars has an aftermarket cat , since it’s an AWD I need to drop the muffler to get to stuff
It’s a painless 1 minute exercise with the v clamp
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