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The motorcycle world might have a solution for you: http://www.tailgunnerexhaust.com/ro...n-exhaust08.php
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Sagebrush posted:What does that involve besides extra spark plugs in the exhaust? Do you need a separate fuel injector, or is it just some kind of enriching device, or are there enough unburned HCs in the exhaust that it just works with an ignition source? Do you cut the ignition to a few cylinders or something? Since bugs are air cooled, they already run rich, so just adding a spark plug is usually enough to light the exhaust. Hell, my 68 would throw flames out the stinger just buy revving and letting off the pedal.
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| # ? Mar 26, 2012 19:25 |
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ultimateforce posted:
You're just jealous and wishing you could weld like that.
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| # ? Mar 26, 2012 19:32 |
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Blood Magnet posted:
I'd just make it circular rather than square and lose the sheet metal on the sides. Just a couple discs or rings around the four pipes for support along the shaft and it'd look great.
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| # ? Mar 26, 2012 22:09 |
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veedubfreak posted:Since bugs are air cooled, they already run rich, so just adding a spark plug is usually enough to light the exhaust. Hell, my 68 would throw flames out the stinger just buy revving and letting off the pedal. Badass. Good to know.
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| # ? Mar 27, 2012 00:20 |
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If you really want to piss off the neighbors just leave those pipes wide open  I used to run a stinger that I could easily pull the baffle out of if I wanted to run around being a dick. One time on the way to a car show my parents were driving their 66 type 2 with a stinger on it and the screw that held the baffle in came out, so while my dad was gunning it up a hill the backpressure was enough to shoot the baffle out of the stinger. Was pretty hilarious to a 17 year old kid.Haha, the bus just busted a nut.
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| # ? Mar 27, 2012 14:07 |
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veedubfreak posted:If you really want to piss off the neighbors just leave those pipes wide open I must be a huge dick since I never considered even putting any kind of sound deadener in at all. It's a hot rod.  I decided to do stainless steel bands and paint the steel tube black.
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| # ? Mar 27, 2012 21:45 |
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Looks sick. Needs an exaggerated crosshair over it, like someone said before.
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| # ? Mar 28, 2012 04:48 |
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Put potatoes in it and rev hard
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| # ? Mar 28, 2012 08:46 |
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So I took the bug for a spin today. As soon as I pulled out of the driveway I see 3 bicycle cops rolling by. I about poo poo my pants thinking about the 2 dozen citations I was about to get. They stopped to take some pictures and that was it. I drove up and down the block a few times. I got all the way up to 3rd gear. It is super fun and scary to drive.
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| # ? Mar 29, 2012 00:38 |
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I hit a pot hole and bottomed out. The steel ground against the asphalt as sent a spray of rocks into my face. Good times.
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Blood Magnet posted:I hit a pot hole and bottomed out. The steel ground against the asphalt as sent a spray of rocks into my face. Good times. MORE BLOOD FOR THE CAR GODS
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Blood Magnet posted:I hit a pot hole and bottomed out. The steel ground against the asphalt as sent a spray of rocks into my face. Good times. More reason to wear a leather bomber cap and goggles.
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| # ? Mar 29, 2012 01:02 |
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So how loud are the pipes?
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| # ? Mar 29, 2012 13:31 |
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Wait, did you ever get a title for it? I see tags. Do you have insurance on it? I think technically you need to have a tag to tow it. I have Geico on my wagon. Yup, it's stock.  I got stopped in the wagon once, but the cops just wondered what the pumps were for and wanted to take a look. They poked around and sent me on my way.
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| # ? Mar 29, 2012 13:46 |
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veedubfreak posted:So how loud are the pipes? Quieter than the trumpets I had before. No louder than a Harley, I'd say.
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rear end in a top hat Bicycle posted:Wait, did you ever get a title for it? I see tags. Do you have insurance on it? I think technically you need to have a tag to tow it. No title yet. I'm getting a trailer for Saturday, just in case.
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veedubfreak posted:So how loud are the pipes? "WHAT? STOP SPEAKING SO QUIETLY! WHAT IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE TODAY?"
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| # ? Mar 29, 2012 22:18 |
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I seem to be having some problems with the carb. It either won't idle without stalling or won't let you rev without stalling. I'm pretty sure it is a problem with the choke. I've been trying to manually adjust it, bit nothing seems to be working. Any sage advice?
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Blood Magnet posted:I seem to be having some problems with the carb. It either won't idle without stalling or won't let you rev without stalling. I'm pretty sure it is a problem with the choke. I've been trying to manually adjust it, bit nothing seems to be working. Any sage advice? To be honest that could be a few things. First thing that comes to mind is a fuel delivery issue. It may be overkill but the way I diagnose it is to "T" in my trusty fuel pressure / vacuum gauge and see what's going on. When you say the choke, do you mean it's open or closed when it shouldn't be. If you think it's open when it shouldn't be just cup your hands over the throat. If it starts to run better as you seal off the air it's running too lean. Of course if it isn't getting enough fuel that doesn't apply. At the risk of sounding like a sambanista, what's the condition of your distributor, points etc. Do you have a dwell gauge? there' snot much that can go wrong with these motors, but when something does it's not always something you expect. Oh, what condition are the rubber boots on the intake crossbar in? they can crack or split letting in heaps of air and making it run like poo poo.
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| # ? Mar 30, 2012 01:17 |
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I used to have this problem with my 2 stage single carb, for me the jets would get clogged so I'd rev the poo poo out of it and slap my palm over the intake till it died, the pressure would clear it up for a few days.
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General_Failure posted:To be honest that could be a few things. First thing that comes to mind is a fuel delivery issue. It may be overkill but the way I diagnose it is to "T" in my trusty fuel pressure / vacuum gauge and see what's going on. The funny thing is it was running great a few minutes prior. I tore rear end around the neighborhood and it was fine, but it stalled as I was backing up the driveway. I couldn't get it to run at all without giving it a ton of gas pedal. The choke appears to be open when it is supposed to be closed and closed when it is supposed to be open. The distributor is new, and we just checked the points. It is getting plenty of fuel. I have all day tomorrow to mess with it.
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Blood Magnet posted:The funny thing is it was running great a few minutes prior. I tore rear end around the neighborhood and it was fine, but it stalled as I was backing up the driveway. I couldn't get it to run at all without giving it a ton of gas pedal. The choke appears to be open when it is supposed to be closed and closed when it is supposed to be open. The distributor is new, and we just checked the points. It is getting plenty of fuel. I have all day tomorrow to mess with it. Wish I could have a look but you're a little far away. What you say doesn't make sense but is interesting. First question. Assuming it's a cool-ish bit of weather how do you start it? Do you know about stomping the accelerator once to activate the auto choke? Is the choke always getting power while the engine is running? When that wire loses power the choke will close again. I'm just assuming you have a standard electric choke solex. If it weren't so busy here the next few days I'd grab the one from my beetle out of the shed for reference. Sure I have a manual but having the real thing is just easier for me.
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Quoted for Goddamned Truth posted:
Holy poo poo. After 4 hours of micro adjustments to the choke, I look down and see something suspicious. The loving pilot jet (or whatever that brass fitting right next to the choke is called) had backed its way completely out and has fallen between the crossbar and the fan housing. I put it back in and it started like a dream and revs perfectly again.
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| # ? Mar 30, 2012 16:52 |
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I took the bug to the Spring Turkey Run in Daytona. It was pretty fun. It got a ton of attention. There was a beautiful '56 Chevy parked next to me and no one gave him a second glance, but people surrounded my heap to take pictures. On the other side was a giant truck so it made my car look super low and tiny. My son rode in with me so he was super excited. Good day.
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| # ? Apr 1, 2012 00:07 |
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Well the '56 is the ugly sister of the tri-fives. Given the choice I would totally be all over your car compared to another cookie cutter chevy.
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His car had immaculate paint, bright chrome and was perfectly detailed. I didn't even wash my car beforehand. It had dirt and cobwebs all over it. It kind of seems like an odd trend, lately. lovely looking rat rods get a ton of attention and really nice stuff gets ignored. Are people getting burnt out on nice restorations? Or are they just too commonplace at car shows?
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| # ? Apr 1, 2012 00:34 |
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Photos to come, I hope?
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| # ? Apr 1, 2012 00:36 |
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Money buys a perfect restoration. Creativity builds a proper rat rod.
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| # ? Apr 1, 2012 00:40 |
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simplefish posted:Photos to come, I hope? Yeah, I forgot batteries for my camera, but my parents came up so I took a bunch with theirs. As soon as they send them to me, I'll post them.
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| # ? Apr 1, 2012 00:58 |
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Yeah, I'm only impressed by a concourse restoration and gawk at it when they have a photo book you can flip through showing the progress the owner took taking a rusty hulk to the current beauty sitting in front of you.
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Blood Magnet posted:His car had immaculate paint, bright chrome and was perfectly detailed. I didn't even wash my car beforehand. It had dirt and cobwebs all over it. It kind of seems like an odd trend, lately. lovely looking rat rods get a ton of attention and really nice stuff gets ignored. Are people getting burnt out on nice restorations? Or are they just too commonplace at car shows? A little of both, perhaps, and I think maybe people see a rat or non-perfect car and that's a little closer to what they think they can realistically build. I'm more interested in "drivers" myself. If I owned a perfect car, I wold be worried all the time about scratches, theft, dirt... A rat or a even a nice driver, and you;re far less anal about it. I love what you're doing with your Volksrod. You've got something of a theme in mind,and the hand-built parts are kick rear end. I like rats, but sometimes the "I found this junk in a barn/on the road/buried in the back yard, so I'm going to throw it on the car" gets just a little irritating. You're actually making parts to fit the theme. Nice work!
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| # ? Apr 1, 2012 02:48 |
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I had a pretty ridiculous idea today. What if I made some kind of mechanism out of an old scissor jack to raise and lower the front end. I could extend the handle under the dash for a quick lift.
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| # ? Apr 2, 2012 22:43 |
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So some kind, generous person is giving you a hydraulic setup, and you'd rather do that? Okay dokey.
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| # ? Apr 2, 2012 23:27 |
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I still need a compressor, batteries, hoses and a bunch of stuff I don't even know about right?
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| # ? Apr 2, 2012 23:44 |
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I have the pair of 6" stroke cylinders, the motor and pump, two 12v batteries, 1 solenoid, and the high pressure lines. All you need is another solenoid and a switch box from eBay. Probably $60 in parts. It'll run good at 24 volts. I'm keeping one of the solenoids so I can run another battery on my setup. Asshole Bicycle fucked around with this message at Apr 3, 2012 around 02:01 |
| # ? Apr 3, 2012 01:59 |
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I bought these at he Turkey Run. The two of them cost $15 total. Pretty good deal, I think. The VW symbol is around 8" diameter. Something a little different. I'm indulging my wannabe machinist side with this little door. I only have a band saw, jig saw, grinders and a drill press, so the emphasis is on wannabe. I saw something similar on BoingBoing a few months ago and made it from memory.   I don't have any plans for it yet.
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| # ? Apr 4, 2012 00:54 |
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That's sick! Looks like its designed to remove your children's arms.
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| # ? Apr 4, 2012 01:07 |
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Sweet fuel filler.
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| # ? May 22, 2013 23:59 |
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Blood Magnet posted:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qFwB3ChyJ4#t=41s
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