Tuesday, November 12, 2013
Flames all buffed, plus new parts.
Well I got my flames painted sanded and buffed and I think they turned out pretty good. Maybe I should do some more!
I also had some mail come in, some CB Performance throttle bodies, FI rails and fuel injected manifolds. Plus a kit from Coolingmist which is a methanol and water injection systems-In a piston engine, the initial injection of water cools the fuel-air mixture significantly which increases its density and hence the amount of mixture that enters the cylinder. The water (if in small liquid droplets) may absorb heat (and lower the pressure) as the charge is compressed, thus reducing compression work. An additional effect comes later during combustion when the water absorbs large amounts of heat as it vaporizes, reducing peak temperature and resultant formation, and reducing the amount of heat energy absorbed into the cylinder walls. This also converts part of combustion energy from the form of heat to the form of pressure. As the water droplets vaporize by absorbing heat, they turn to high pressure steam. The alcohol in the mixture burns, but is also much more resistant to detonation than gasoline. The net result is a higher octane charge that will support very high compression ratios or significant forced induction pressures before onset of detonation.
So in short more HP and a cooler engine.
Trailer built for Beetle
A little side project I worked on so I can tow the Beetle when we move in a couple months. Just the right size for the car.
Friday, November 8, 2013
Quarter Glass in and some Flames
A few more things done. I got my quarter glass cut and put in. I also added a few flames to the top near the A pillar. This was not in the plans but I need to fix a spot on the drivers side A pillar and when I repainted it I wasn't happy with the color match with the rest of the car. So instead of trying to match the paint exactly to the rest of the car which might take awhile I thought I'd add some ghost flames. I'll give it a couple days for the clear to dry then wet sand and buff and it should be good to go.
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
More Megasquirt Wiring
Back to wiring. I hooked up all the wires that go out to the back on to the busbar. Then I move on to the doors and started to figure out how I was going to install the poppers to open the doors. A small brace welded at the front of the door with two holes drilled in to it seems to work. I hooked up some power to it and it did work fine. I hope I have it far enough forward that I don't have any problems getting the glass in for the door.
Monday, September 2, 2013
Getting caught up on my blog
I made a board to hold all my electronics for my Megasquirt, as well as running all my wires out the back to the engine compartment.
I also changed out both rear seals as both were leaking pretty bad. Plus starting working on the door and rear panels.
Monday, October 1, 2012
More updates
Well the car is coming along, started on the wiring up front. Both of my 9 prong 1967 flasher didn't work so I had to make my own. A little it larger but still fit in the same area and only cost me about $25 to make, a new one is about $65. Got my signals and lights working. Also put in my wiper motor and hooked it up. As I'm using new beetle door panels I need to come up with something inside where the door handle was to finish it off.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Seats and the start of the Headliner
Well it's been awhile since my last write up on here, last Sept I think.
I was able to hit up a pick n pull two weeks ago and found some good leather seats out of a Saab.
The drivers seat has power which I was able get all working. Of course I had to fab some brackets
for the seat to hook up to. Next I moved to rear for the seat install and well the ones from the Saab just would not fit. So it was back to pick n pull to see what I could find. A newer Tiburon just came in with something that would work. The rear took a little more fab work because I wanted the 60/40 split on the seat to work so I can get to my Megasquirt box.
I had the weekend to start on the headliner which is always a fun job to do. This one piece kit is not the best I think for doing the choptop with the 56 rear section. But it is almost done and then I'll move onto sound deadening the floor and installing the carpet.
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