yetchh Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Whoops.. not sure as to why I took so long to start a discussion. Good things take time according to the cheese ad. Project https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/39979-1979-bay-camper-of-love/&tab=comments#comment-2256153 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 You're a brave man Rust like that gives me the heebie jeebies 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted June 29, 2020 Author Share Posted June 29, 2020 Gives them to me too.. I think this was imported with the stuff, it's from the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gruntfuttock Posted June 29, 2020 Share Posted June 29, 2020 Never had anything to to with these air-cooled things, following with interest... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted June 30, 2020 Author Share Posted June 30, 2020 Neither really, they're actually pretty cool. Really simple, to stroke the 1600 out to 2007 including crank, heads, piston/barrels and machining will be sub 2.5k.. Try doing that with anything else.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
63Ragtop Posted July 7, 2020 Share Posted July 7, 2020 Hey man, good luck with the rebuild, body and the engine. Those cracked heads are very common on the old twinports, time to replace. Do your research, if the bore is to large the cylinder walls can be to thin and this can lead to problems. These things are strangled from the factory so carbs, cam and exhaust can improve things a lot. Like any engine, cooling is very important, all tinwear and seals need to be in place for the air to flow correctly. Oil cooling is also important, your engine has the later doghouse style oilcooler, with is the best, extra cooling and filter can add a good couple liters of oil to the system. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azzurro Posted July 8, 2020 Share Posted July 8, 2020 yay, came for the ACVW problems, stayed for the ACWV problems. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yetchh Posted July 9, 2020 Author Share Posted July 9, 2020 On 08/07/2020 at 11:57, 63Ragtop said: Hey man, good luck with the rebuild, body and the engine. Those cracked heads are very common on the old twinports, time to replace. Do your research, if the bore is to large the cylinder walls can be to thin and this can lead to problems. These things are strangled from the factory so carbs, cam and exhaust can improve things a lot. Like any engine, cooling is very important, all tinwear and seals need to be in place for the air to flow correctly. Oil cooling is also important, your engine has the later doghouse style oilcooler, with is the best, extra cooling and filter can add a good couple liters of oil to the system. Got the 90.5 barrels which are thick wall so all good. Was initially going for a 1641 with twin 34ict's but now I think I might need to go twin 40 idf's etc. I would imagine it would still go good with the 34's, I mean, my mazda 2.0 is a 28/32 with 80hp. Also been looking at the oil filter kits for these, this where it all starts to add up. Apart from the case, rods and flywheel, most of the engine will be new.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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