Wreck to Race.

[beeza]

Ah, the headaches of carb tuning.
You may need a rolling road to get the most from them.
I had a mk1 1600 with only a single downdraught. I think it was a 28/36.
I took it in to a carb specialist that had a rolling road and i tell you what! It did wonders. I gained something like 18hp just from the tune and the tuner even asked me where i wanted the power band.
The carb was initially set up for a stock motor and when i did some work to the engine, i must admit i was initially disappointed, that was until i took it in for the tune.
Carbs are incredibly sensitive, and sometimes a small change within the engine requires a retune. So going from a 1.8 to a 2.0 the engine would definitely need a proper tune.
I love what you are doing though. Mk1/twin carbs/stripped/racing track. its the way it should be. I regret never taking my old mk1 to the track.

[Peter Jones]

Hahaha Been there, done that the Dyno tuning was 7 pages ago.

http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...=13857&page=35

At the time they didn't play with Venturi sizes though.

Pete

[beeza]

my bad. hahaha

[Peter Jones]

White's signed in for a return to Phillip Island on Sunday 16/8/09.

Regs are up on the PIARC site if you're interested.

http://www.piarc.com.au/

Nothing much has changed on the car recently although I do have a new seat now. I'm a bit too big for the old one and my hips were getting bruised.


Pete

[Peter Jones]

Just getting ready for tomorrow.







This is the new seat all mounted up. Managed to get it even lower than the last one whilst still using the factory mounts.








This is the finished trailer too by the way.






Had a bit of a mishap with the trailer brake lever. It snapped clean off while I was setting the handbrake. It's clearly been fractured for a while. Just as well it didn't fail in service. Forunately SuperCheap had one in stock.



All Fixed.



Weather sounds a bit wild at the Island tomorrow. Hopefully the wind will hold the rain off.

Pete

[Jarred]

good luck tomorrow Pete, hope you have a blast!

(a blast, but not in a mishap sense...lol)

[quozl]

Great project, looks like it will be a heap of fun, just one thing, am I seeing things correctly in that you have your harness's crossed over each other from the harness bar through to the seat?

If so and your car is going to be tech inspected it will fail with them setup like this. Left harness through the left hole looking at the back of the seat right harness through the right hole, any other way and you will have to change it.

You can always check out the CAMS manual online for any info like this on how safety equipment has to be set up.

Cheers Al

[16v_kid]

Pete, you should make a incar video footage of you racing at Philip island.

Good luck tomorrow.

[Peter Jones]

Great project, looks like it will be a heap of fun, just one thing, am I seeing things correctly in that you have your harness's crossed over each other from the harness bar through to the seat?

If so and your car is going to be tech inspected it will fail with them setup like this. Left harness through the left hole looking at the back of the seat right harness through the right hole, any other way and you will have to change it.

You can always check out the CAMS manual online for any info like this on how safety equipment has to be set up.

Cheers Al

It's been through scrutineering 4 times now with the belts crossed like this. I can see how Schedule I could be interpreted as not allowing the crossing of the belts. I'm sure I read somewhere that crossing them avoided your shoulders popping out in a collision. It might have been in the belt manufacturers own booklet. Either way it's only a few seconds to swap them over, they've got the clip in ends.

Thanks for the heads up. I'll straighten them out to avoid any confusion trackside.

Pete

[Preen59]

Good luck, Pete. Love the crazy eyes! hahahaha!