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Rolling Thunder!, 2270 Raby Kit Rocks! |
ConeDodger |
Dec 17 2007, 08:35 PM
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Apex killer! Group: Members Posts: 23,612 Joined: 31-December 04 From: Tahoe Area Member No.: 3,380 Region Association: Northern California |
Just rolled into the driveway from a 70 mile trip back from McMark's Original Customs Shop in Napa... Wow. I left Mark's shop at about 4:30pm so I knew I was going to get some traffic. But magically, it was sporadic and I just cruised. This motor just never ceases to amaze me. 5th gear passes are no problem. The power is everywhere. Not peaky at all. just pulls from the bottom to the top. I love this motor!!!
I think my motor is a similar combo to Dave Hunt. He has Nickies which are actually good for a little power in addition to better cooling. I will be working out some details over the winter which will be small stuff at best. Possibly an external oil cooler. Though, I have to tell you guys this again, this motor runs cooler than my stock 2.0 liter. I strongly recommend the 2270 Raby kit. Build it yourself or have Mark do it. He has a couple of them under his belt now. This is the motor VW-Porsche should have used. |
ConeDodger |
Dec 26 2007, 12:49 PM
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Apex killer! Group: Members Posts: 23,612 Joined: 31-December 04 From: Tahoe Area Member No.: 3,380 Region Association: Northern California |
Thanks Dave for that interjection... Dave was one of my inspirations for going ahead with the kit purchase. I met Dave and his son Gerry at that Bugorama event I met Jake at... I was glued to that 2270. Dave's car is even the same color as mine...
I fixed the Whistle. I found the gaskets in my project drawer of the tool box. Yopu knows to put things that look 914ish in there. Although I still don't know where they came from. I ordered them from CB Performance but they thought they didn't have any. I will assume it was from Jake! Thanks Jake! The gaskets are thicker. Perhaps a bit of insulative quality? Anyway, no more whistle! It made the motor mount generated noise much more obvious and annoying though. That is next. Although I will be busy for the next few days. I took another 130mph burst and confirmed what Nicho said. I left him home this time with his new PSP to make you cybernannies happy. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) Yup! 130 with grunt to spare!!! Attached image(s) |
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