1970 San Francisco westfalia resto

[milfredo]

Fuel injected heads? Interested in these. How do they operated with the carbs? Do the carbs just have their fuel ports blocked? What’s the deal?

 

[K@rlos]

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Productive week on the bugs engine Spoke to big Pete at Cogbox and he’s building me something suitable based on a beetle GT swing axle box to bolt this too will be like a different car next season

 

[K@rlos]

Fuel injected heads? Interested in these. How do they operated with the carbs? Do the carbs just have their fuel ports blocked? What’s the deal?

They are the heads which were fitted to late 70’s fuel injected beetle engines, work as a normal head would but have Smaller inlet valves, chambers & long reach spark plugs. Carbs still work as carbs lol

 

[naskeet]

They are the heads which were fitted to late 70’s fuel injected beetle engines, work as a normal head would but have Smaller inlet valves, chambers & long reach spark plugs. Carbs still work as carbs lol

I presume one or both "fuel-injected" cylinder heads would have an M10 x 1.0 mm threaded boss for a cylinder-head temperature sensor, for the North American specification, Bosch L-Jetronic fuel-injection system and possibly the Mexican specification Bosch Digifant fuel-injection system, which was also used on Brazilian-built, post-1997 VW 1600 Type 2 T2c vehicles that were exported to Great Britain.

 

[K@rlos]

I presume one or both "fuel-injected" cylinder heads would have an M10 x 1.0 mm threaded boss for a cylinder-head temperature sensor, for the North American specification, Bosch L-Jetronic fuel-injection system and possibly the Mexican specification Bosch Digifant fuel-injection system, which was also used on Brazilian-built, post-1997 VW 1600 Type 2 T2c vehicles that were exported to Great Britain.

Yup has a thread in 1 head. FI heads weren’t something i specifically wanted to use but we had a good set in stock so we went with them.

 

[static]

I sometimes have wild fantasies about driving down into Mexico (I live only 100 miles away from the border) and buying a 1600 with fuel injection, electronic ignition and, most importantly, hydraulic valves.

 

[K@rlos]

Well the bus hasn’t been out of the workshop since October and not started for a month lol so I finally got round to fitting the new CSP oil filler, modifying the breather box and giving the engine bay a well deserved clean.



Changed it to AN-8 threaded fittings and added an extra port for the fuel pump block off to vent too. Now there isn’t a single push on hose or pipe on the entire van

 

[Bluesnailman]

what breather box is that? looks good

 

[K@rlos]

what breather box is that? looks good

It’s from Fast fab in California

 

[K@rlos]

Happy Christmas to me (although I don’t celebrate it)


160 NOS Volkswagen rocker cover gaskets.


Should keep me going for a while

 

[ozziedog]

Wow that looks the biz.
So happy Christmas to you too

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,from another that’s not a big celebration fan.

 

[K@rlos]

Wow that looks the biz.
So happy Christmas to you too

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,from another that’s not a big celebration fan.

I hate it, or as I told my mother in law “ I don’t agree with the commercial exploitation of a religious holiday”

 

[sparkywig]

Surely that should be the commercial exploitation of a midwinter celebration that's been hijacked by religion?
Anyway, back to the thread.
How often are you expecting to be removing the rocker covers?

 

[K@rlos]

Surely that should be the commercial exploitation of a midwinter celebration that's been hijacked by religion?
Anyway, back to the thread.
How often are you expecting to be removing the rocker covers?

Either way it’s a load of ****

Due to how high i Rev my 2276 too i check the valve clearances & rocker side play 4 times a year, excessive I know but I like to monitor things like that. plus I have the bug too. And I may use them on the engines of customers I really like also

 

[K@rlos]

Had some nice billet 40mm venturis arrive from Eurocarb today. Will fit them in the new year and re jet it accordingly, should hopefully release some more rpm and bhp

 

[K@rlos]

Had the carbs off: stripped, cleaned, float heights checked and new 40mm vents fitted. Engine has responded well and really likes to rev now, needs some slightly larger main jets to get the AFR where I want it but overall very happy with the changes

 

[K@rlos]

Passed the MOT this week

 

[dubselector]

Passed the MOT this week

Was there ever any doubt ? Clowns at DVLA didn't send me a tax reminder this year so just got letter saying it's not been taxed since August ! Guess they can't be arsed when it's free

 

[sparkywig]

Was there ever any doubt ? Clowns at DVLA didn't send me a tax reminder this year so just got letter saying it's not been taxed since August ! Guess they can't be arsed when it's free

DVLA haven't sent RFL reminders for nearly 5 years now.

 

[matty74]

I still get a RFL reminder, recieved it at
end of last month, it has the ref number on it to submit RFL online. Get one for my daily too.