Wreck to Race.

OK, Got a few things done this weekend.

16v injectors are in. These made a difference and were definatley an improvement.

Then I set the mixture levels, they weren't too far out of whack, around 3.0% CO initially.

Once I'd baselined all of that I swapped out the fuel metering head for the Volvo 2.4 L one. I took it for a quick trip 'round the block and wow, what a difference! The original must have been playing up, the new one has given me back some of that torque I was missing. There's still some tuning to do but this thing has potential! The mixture was well off @ 7.0% CO, it took a couple of turns to wind it back down. Now for the fine tuning and road testing.

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Jodie bought me a new harness for the car for my birthday so I spent some time sorting out the mounts. The new harness is a 6 point clip in affair so there was a few eyebolts to install.

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I also managed to finish off the gauge install and repair factory temp gauge.

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I never listen to the radio anyway! The fuel Gauge is just to fill the hole, it's not functional, you can't see that position past the steering wheel. I'm not sure what will end up in that spot.

I'm still thinking about the best layout for all of these, there's another 2 in the console.

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Pete

Replace the fuel with a big orange light so if there is no oil presure it turns on and that means shut the baby down... Saves some money just incase things goes wrong...

U can get the presure thingo in the head :biggrin:

Your belt pickup eye bolts are very nice, Pete. Very well thought out.

Q: Did you purchase that rear tower brace or make it? The welds are very neat on it. If it was a reasonable price, i'll buy one instead of making my own.

Also, your oil pressure and volt gauges are identical to the ones i've got for my car!

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Originally Posted by Water Boy

Replace the fuel with a big orange light so if there is no oil presure it turns on and that means shut the baby down... Saves some money just incase things goes wrong...

U can get the presure thingo in the head :biggrin:

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Thanks for the tip, I'll add it to the list.

I need one for lack of water too!:biggrin:


Pete

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Originally Posted by Water Boy

Replace the fuel with a big orange light so if there is no oil presure it turns on and that means shut the baby down... Saves some money just incase things goes wrong...

U can get the presure thingo in the head :biggrin:

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You mean sender unit? :)

Yeah good idea. Thats what i'm going to do with my car.

Yeah thats the one prusure sender... The one that opens up when there is presure and if there is no presure it completes the circuit which then turns the light on...

Of course it will flick when u start the engine but then all should be gravy...

U dont want to see it pulling up the back straight at Sandown :driver:

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Originally Posted by Water Boy

Yeah thats the one prusure sender... The one that opens up when there is presure and if there is no presure it completes the circuit which then turns the light on...

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Normally closed type. :)

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Originally Posted by Preen59

Your belt pickup eye bolts are very nice, Pete. Very well thought out.

Q: Did you purchase that rear tower brace or make it? The welds are very neat on it. If it was a reasonable price, i'll buy one instead of making my own.

Also, your oil pressure and volt gauges are identical to the ones i've got for my car!

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I had it made to mount the harness to. It cost $250 to have made and fitted. These are the guys that did the work http://www.browndavis.com.au/

There's more pics a few pages back http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...=13857&page=12

I could have made something up myself but this way it's all 100% legit and there's no way any scrutineer should have any issues with it. It even has a serial number on an ID plate which is traceable back to the engineers job records.

If I wanted a cage done I'd be using these guys, I seen quite a few rally cars now with their cages and their work is excellent.

Pete

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Normally closed type. :)

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Yep , same as the the existing idiot switch for the oil pressure light, they make to earth on low (or no) pressure. I've got 'em here in all shapes and sizes and a few T pieces too. The pressure sender is in the head outlet and the temp sender is in the oil filter bracket (for the moment, it might be better off in the sump.)

I'll add a T piece to the cylinder head and add another idiot switch in there to run the great big warning light on the dash.

Pete

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Originally Posted by Peter Jones

I had it made to mount the harness to. It cost $250 to have made and fitted. These are the guys that did the work http://www.browndavis.com.au/

There's more pics a few pages back http://www.vwwatercooled.org.au/newf...=13857&page=12

I could have made something up myself but this way it's all 100% legit and there's no way any scrutineer should have any issues with it. It even has a serial number on an ID plate which is traceable back to the engineers job records.

If I wanted a cage done I'd be using these guys, I seen quite a few rally cars now with their cages and their work is excellent.

Pete

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Cheap as chips. I'll be making a call to them i think. That's too cheap for me to jerk around and make one myself when i could be doing other work and making money.

Thanks again, Pete.