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I've said it before, and I'll say it again: The skill and talent out there astounds me. 1/32 Wildcat diorama...
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Tim k’s 1967 EJ20 VOLKSWAGEN discussion thread
Alfashark replied to Timk's topic in Project Discussion
Great to see another Beetle getting some love! As far as getting the pics to a manageable file size, open each one in your gallery and take a screenshot. Then upload the screenshot and you should be good to load up a pile with each post. -
Some incredibly talented people out there. The ill-fated Edmund Fitzgerald - Presumably appearing somewhat as she did before she went under and was immortalized in Gordon Lightfoot's song.
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Is this a 3.8 or the 3.6? Autodelta took the alloytec 3.2 (same core as the 3.6) to over 4L in one of their Alfa 159 projects.
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Big aftermarket parts and knowledge around them too. Not too shabby stock, but angrier cams and a decent exhaust wakes them up really nicely. Old mate has an Alfetta GT and even just a bigger plenum feeding the stock Solex carbs and a muffler delete gave it a shitload more top end.
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They came with a coupling to connect the crank to the driveshaft, and then on to a clutch/5-speed transaxle unit if from Giulietta/Alfetta/75. I can't see why the usual Fiat/Alfa parts bin shouldn't have everything you need to bung a conventional flywheel+clutch on it.
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Also living vicariously through this thread. The old lady had one for about 2 weeks and ended up taking it back to the dealer as "It were shite" and got her 635 CSi back... The brother in law had a red one a few years ago but since he has the mechanical knowledge of a banana, when it popped some plastic cooling system components he just pushed the car off to one side and left it for a year or two - I was very close to taking a bunch of cash to him and rescuing it: If it hadn't cooked up, replace the rooted plastic parts and proceed. Or if it had, remove the dorito and replace it with something terrible such as a well built 1.9TDI. Hopefully your WOF list is very minor and you can enjoy the car over summer!
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Were you driving it over the hill towards Ararimu on Saturday?
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How's the compression when it's warm? Thinking you may have the reverse issue that plagued a lot of Bountys - They'd smoke like a motherfucker when cold, then when they got a bit of heat in them it stopped - Cracked heads I think in their case. Seems like something expanding when warm in your case and allowing oil to pass.
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The weapon of choice for many heavily tattooed Scandinavian women in their late 20s/early 30s. They're a load-hauling lounge suite, but they sound so good and drive so well - Enjoy!
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My white S110L had been painted by a previous owner in white with a brush and roller. Couldn't really tell other than a few small spots of roller texture showing at the very leading edges of the front doors down low and the trailing edge of the rear door down low.
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Nicely packaged Helmholtz chambers! My Pug had a small one tucked under the inlet plenum for intake runner gains allegedly.
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Or make it many times worse... A few haircuts ago I was in a mate's 120L with our patented performance exhaust - Cast manifold, downpipe into 300mm Coby, meaning the entire exhaust from the fourth port to tip was in the order of 800mm - When we happened upon a well-modded Mk2 Escort. Side by side at 70 created an absolutely brain destroying resonance.
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Discuss here about Yoeddynz's little Imp project...
Alfashark replied to yoeddynz's topic in Project Discussion
Swing-axle life - If you think you've come in too hot, don't lift. Bury the loud pedal and keep that rear suspension loaded, left-foot brake to punch the nose in and as always, make sure your bollocks are safely tucked into the wheelbarrow you're carrying them in.