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I drove it some after work today. Disconnected the wastegate and turned up the fuel 1.5 flats. It makes smoke now and I saw egt a little over 1000 when accelerating from 35 to 45mph in fourth gear. Boost was around 12 to 14 psi when cold before turning up the fuel. After it warmed up it would someti...

That is wayyyy cool!!!

Bet that with all that thermal mass it will radiate some heat for those chilly evenings this fall.

I spent most of the day working on the car today. Installed the new rod bearings and the oil pan. Modified the oil drain hose. I couldn't get it off of the old hose barb and had to cut it. Must have been the wire braiding in the hydraulic hose I used. http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee412/79300s...

I have been busy with the kids the past day or so, but finally got a couple of hours on the car tonight. I cleaned the oil pan, and worked on the down pipe and got it almost complete. I just need to cut the last joint at an angle and weld it. The remaining items on the list should go pretty quickly ...

The red wire is it for electrical line heater,and if which temp and haw meny Ampere. Yes it is an inline electric fuel heater. I made it a couple of years ago and it was calculated to be 100 watts which should be a little over 7 amps. I don't remember what the temperature rise is, but it seems like...

Pics of the car: http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/6631/17gtdrightsider.jpg http://img696.imageshack.us/img696/7784/17gtd.jpg I spent some time learning how to bend BBS RAs straight and ended up with a whole set. I'll get some engine bay pics. Those wheels look great, but would look even better on...

I didn't have a lot of time for the car tonight because the wife and kids stopped by for dinner and to visit, but I did get a little done. Drilled and tapped the exhaust manifold for the egt probe, installed the manifolds and turbo, and changed the lower hoses that fuel had dripped on and swelled. I...

I didn't get much done on the golf tonight. I worked a little late, and had to stop by my friends shop to pick up the kolbenschmidt rod bearings that I ordered the other day. He had a hydraulic cylinder on one of his lifts leaking so I helped to reseal it. When I finally got home, I visited with a n...

Thanks for the advice. I'm glad to see that 80 ft lbs is working for you. Makes me feel better. I did notice that the gasket and the head could both move around a little. I was expecting that once the washers and nuts were on that the head wouldn't move. I did sit there and think about it for a seco...

I went to my shop this afternoon and did the valve job. It got all new guides, new valve stem seals, ground the valve faces, lapped the valves, and ground the stems to get the correct valve clearance. I didn't grind the seats because they still looked good. Sorry for the crappy pics. This new phone ...

I measured mine today with this tool that I had made at a machine shop years ago, but I'm not sure how others are doing it.

I was able to work on the golf for a few hours today. I started by honing the cylinders. I thought it was neat to see the cylinder wear from the top two rings....I heva never seen that in all of the gassers I have rebuilt. http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee412/79300sd/Photo0188.jpg This is what ...

I have had very good luck using an electric fuel pump to free up the vanes. I usually get part number E8012S from the local parts store. It is 30 gph and 5-9 psi.

I just got the head off tonight, so I haven't done the valves yet. My valve grinder will also grind the stems so I'm hoping to match them to the shims I already have. I'll take some pics when I get to that in a couple of days.

LOL....should I blow up your phone by texting them to you. I bet you just want to see the finished pictures so I can get to the other project.

I feel like I'm posting too much already, but I'll take some more when I make some more progress.