1970 San Francisco westfalia resto

[K@rlos]

As you know I’ve just done this, have you used spacers?

I had wheel spacers on when I had gasburners on the van but my new fondmetal rims don’t need them

 

[K@rlos]

Are those the csp 5x130 drums used here too?

Yes, had them on the van for years but never got round do milling the snouts till today

 

[andrewblackwell]

Can you remember how many mm you took off the snout, so i can make a note of that for when i can fit them in our machine shop?

 

[K@rlos]

Can you remember how many mm you took off the snout, so i can make a note of that for when i can fit them in our machine shop?

24mm, you’ll need 71> onward stub axles too

 

[andrewblackwell]

Thanks for that.

 

[K@rlos]

So as I’m treating my motor to new heads I thought I’d splash out on some new valve train as well!





Nice shiny set of Scat 1.45:1 ratio rockers, same as what i had before but they were used from my mate Chris who’d brought them 2nd hand from Pete @ cogbox so probs 20-25yrs old and seen a lot of rpm over the years

 

[creationblue]

What kind of revs do you get up to on a build like this?

 

[K@rlos]

What kind of revs do you get up to on a build like this?

I shift at 6800 and the rev limiter is set at 7200.

Hector winds the 2276 in his beetle race car up to 8200 in each gear

 

[K@rlos]

What kind of revs do you get up to on a build like this?

Pete Shattock an outlaw flat 4 racer has a JPM built N/A 1776 which makes 230 hp and revs to 11000 coupled to a hewland 6 speed sequential it runs 10’s

 

[creationblue]

Pete Shattock an outlaw flat 4 racer has a JPM built N/A 1776 which makes 230 hp and revs to 11000 coupled to a hewland 6 speed sequential it runs 10’s

Wtf! That’s crazy, your average 1776 makes just under 100hp then there’s crazy mf

 

[K@rlos]

Wtf! That’s crazy, your average 1776 makes just under 100hp then there’s crazy mf

Sod all average about this mate

 

[K@rlos]

So, I’ve been doing an experiment….
I stumbled across Bilt Hamber laboratories a couple years ago when I was overhauling my bug, I used their rust converter/inhibitor product called Hydrate 80 and was very happy with the finish it leaves, it cures as a tough black primer. However as I’m sure we’re all aware these kinda things can often be branded as snake oil so I decided to do a test as I’m currently addressing a rusty inner sill and re finishing the entire underside of my bus with hydrate 80 before using stone chip as a top coat



Obviously left is raw sheet metal and right is with 1 coat of hydrate 80. They’ve both been sitting under a hedge on mud across the yard from my workshop for 3 weeks. The edge of the coated piece got a bit of orange but the BH instructions say apply the first coat vertically wait 24hrs then apply another horizontally. This is just 1 quickly applied coat held between my finger & thumb

Naturally these results don’t mean I’ll be content driving my bus in the middle of January when the roads are marinated with salt but it’s nice to know there is a product that actually does as advertised (so far). I shall continue to leave the metal under the hedge and periodically check on how it’s holding up but so far I’m pretty impressed

 

[ozziedog]

So, I’ve been doing an experiment….
I stumbled across Bilt Hamber laboratories a couple years when I was overhauling my bug, I used their rust converter/inhibitor product called Hydrate 80 and was very happy with the finish it leaves, it cures as a tough black primer. However as I’m sure we’re all aware these kinda things can often be branded as snake oil so I decided to do a test as I’m currently addressing a rusty inner sill and re finishing the entire underside of my bus with hydrate 80 before using stone chip as a top coat



Obviously left is raw sheet metal and right is with 1 coat of hydrate 80. They’ve both been sitting under a hedge on mud across the yard from my workshop for 3 weeks. The edge of the coated piece got a bit of orange but the BH instructions say apply the first coat vertically wait 24hrs then apply another horizontally. This is just 1 quickly applied coat held between my finger & thumb

Naturally these results don’t mean I’ll be content driving my bus in the middle of January when the roads are marinated with salt but it’s nice to know there is a product that actually does as advertised (so far). I shall continue to leave the metal under the hedge and periodically check on how it’s holding up but so far I’m pretty impressed

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,, great experiment for real time results.

 

[K@rlos]

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,, great experiment for real time results.

Thanks, Does inspire confidence in the product I think.

 

[ozziedog]

Photo your results and record your time periods and you might be able to sell it to the company as a completely independent experiment for their advertising.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,This Time Tomorrow Rodney

 

[K@rlos]

Photo your results and record your time periods and you might be able to sell it to the company as a completely independent experiment for their advertising.

Ozziedog,,,,,,,,,,This Time Tomorrow Rodney

I’d be happy getting a free care package of their products

 

[K@rlos]

So, We decided to completely strip my motor and give everything a full check over. All as good as the day it went together



While it was a part I took the liberty of putting all new bearings in it just for good measure, the set in there were perfect but seeing as this is a basically a race motor which is in a street driven bus I deemed it to be good preventive maintenance.



Rotating assembly put together and dropped in, the ARP rod bolts were still in spec when measured so they got a good clean before being reused.



The new cam thrust bearings needed a bit of a fettle to get the back lash to where it needs to be, 2nd part of my magnum straight cut cam gears was also deep cleaned, fitted to the new cam with fresh 12.9 bolts once happy with all that, sealant was applied to the case halves, we closed it up and torqued it all down to spec. Next big job will be setting up the CB650 valve springs in the new wedge port heads.


Yes I know, I need to leave stuff alone