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Posted by: Headrage Mar 11 2006, 02:50 PM

Okay, Got the car washed and went to fill er up with 91 pump gas.

The first thing I noticed is that it seems to take forever to warm up. Pops and sputters quite a bit when first started cold.(I know this is the nature of carbs) After about 6 - 8 minutes it smooths out and when up to temp it seems to smooth out even more.

Oil temp stayed under 180 the whole time.

One thing it does is after coming to a stop light, the idle stays up around 1500 rpm and after about 30 seconds will drop to 1k. Normal?

I didn't run it up over 6k but up over 2200 or so WHOA FREAKING SHIT!!!!

THIS THING ROCKETS...

I think it'll need some fine tuning to make it perfect but it's a world of difference...

Posted by: LvSteveH Mar 11 2006, 03:01 PM

Contratulations

Posted by: olav Mar 11 2006, 03:05 PM

Nice!

Posted by: jim_hoyland Mar 11 2006, 03:28 PM

Good ! Sounds great !

Posted by: Aaron Cox Mar 11 2006, 03:29 PM

is the linkage returning all the way?

Posted by: Headrage Mar 11 2006, 03:39 PM

QUOTE (Aaron Cox @ Mar 11 2006, 01:29 PM)

is the linkage returning all the way?

Don't really know. Haven't really looked at it. Just something to tinker with maybe tomorrow.

Now get yer car done.

Gonna go take some pics. I'll post them later...

Posted by: Cap'n Krusty Mar 11 2006, 04:06 PM

Too fat. The Cap'n

Posted by: goose2 Mar 11 2006, 04:12 PM

Posted by: DonTraver Mar 11 2006, 04:29 PM

Temp sounds fine, considering the weather, summer time will tell more. Sputtering until she's warms is normal too. She will probably need to be dialed in after breakin, better to run rich during breakin than lean.

Try a light oil on the trottle linkage, no grease especially as cold as it is now. Grease just about turns solid, lol. I also oil the throttle cable with 3 in 1 oil before I put them in.

All in all, sounds like she's running good for you. Congrats.

Don

Posted by: Flat VW Mar 11 2006, 04:58 PM

Posted by: Headrage Mar 11 2006, 07:15 PM

I know the car is running a little fat. The mechanic told me he set it up like that for the break-in.

I had alot more and better pics but I let them get opened and save with some shitty adobe program so they wouldn't post. Here is the only one I have. It was taken 10 minutes ago. Can't go outside because of hail.



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Posted by: Aaron Cox Mar 11 2006, 07:17 PM

kickass image resizer

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?act=ST&f=16&t=18420

Posted by: Eric Taylor Mar 11 2006, 07:19 PM

Allan - It's great to see that you have your car back and start to put that fiasco behiend you and just enjoy the damed thing! Have fun and be good to that new motor

Eric

Posted by: Gint Mar 11 2006, 08:34 PM

QUOTE (Headrage @ Mar 11 2006, 01:50 PM)

I didn't run it up over 6k but up over 2200 or so WHOA FREAKING SHIT!!!! THIS THING ROCKETS... I think it'll need some fine tuning to make it perfect but it's a world of difference...

Fun huh?

Posted by: campbellcj Mar 11 2006, 08:59 PM

Congrats...first drive in a sixer is somethin' you'll remember for a long time!

If you have the factory-style throttle linkage, another thing to check is the adjuster at the trans bellcrank. If the cable adjuster is even slightly too tight then the throttle won't close all the way consistently. There needs to be a teeny bit of cable slack.

Sorry if I missed it, but what's the engine and overall setup?