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touring power, build an engine !!!! |
orangecrate |
Dec 7 2019, 11:33 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 16-September 13 From: Apache Junction AZ Member No.: 16,394 Region Association: Southwest Region |
So I been workin on the orangecrate off an on for what seems like forever... seems I now have rod issues. Knock knock.... Any way I'm lookin at building a motor, or rebuilding. Inexpensively (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif) I have only 2 real conditions I want to meet. 1- It will run 80 mph all day thru the desert in the summer in Phoenix and sit at stoplights with out cooking itself. 2- It will pull the 6% grades that you hit leaving the valley at 70 in the summer without cooking itself. 75 would be nicer. Guess I"m talking a torque motor. This is a stock 72 with stock gearing. And maybe one size up tires. Did I say it needs to be reliable? Like Phoenix to Portland and back any time of year reliable. And inexpensive.. I'd love to buy a Raby motor but $$$. Oh yea. I will be doing the assembly myself. And I'd like to use as much of the 1.7 as possible if possible. Thanks for the input. Build away. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)
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orangecrate |
Dec 10 2019, 08:48 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 152 Joined: 16-September 13 From: Apache Junction AZ Member No.: 16,394 Region Association: Southwest Region |
What are y'all's thoughts on a 1911 ?? I was lookin on Original Customs website. Turns out I guess I am cheap. I have a running 1.7 and like the idea of recycling parts. I also found a stock rebuilt 1.7 that has been align bored, pistons and rods balanced heads rebuilt Machine work done by Competition Eng. here in Phoenix and assembled by a seasoned VW tech for $1800. 0 miles. But I'm not sure I would be happy with the performance. Although it would be really nice to get the damn thing on the road again.
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Tdskip |
Dec 10 2019, 09:14 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,686 Joined: 1-December 17 From: soCal Member No.: 21,666 Region Association: None |
What are y'all's thoughts on a 1911 ?? I was lookin on Original Customs website. Turns out I guess I am cheap. I have a running 1.7 and like the idea of recycling parts. I also found a stock rebuilt 1.7 that has been align bored, pistons and rods balanced heads rebuilt Machine work done by Competition Eng. here in Phoenix and assembled by a seasoned VW tech for $1800. 0 miles. But I'm not sure I would be happy with the performance. Although it would be really nice to get the damn thing on the road again. More so than most cars, a Porsche will consume all available money and then some if you let it. That is especially true if you chase additional performance above factory levels. Is that worth doing – that’s a highly personal decision. I would offer up that I have a couple of these things and the one I find myself driving the most is actually a 1.7 L car with the factory fuel injection. It is not the fastest but it’s a sweet engine in an unmolested in honest Car that is well behaved and will still do everything I ask of it. Keep in mind that a 2 L won’t make the car stop, turn, handle transitions, write better or any of that stuff. There’s something to be said for being able to work a car at speeds that won’t get you arrested. |
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