maandag 10 mei 2010

Bayclub meeting

This weekend i went to the Springmeeting from the dutch bayclub VCT2.
The friday was rainy and a bit cold. The rest of the weekend was having better weather and some nice bays!

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Rainy friday.

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Yes, i'm an early bay-fan!

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Children's disco!!

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Westy Kees (photo by Eveline)

Below some rolling shot photos from the Surfbus made by Daphne;

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My son Joris is peeking behind a curtain!

woensdag 7 april 2010

First meeting 2010

Last sunday i went to my first vw-meeting of the year. Together with my kids (in the Surfbus), Surfpanel and KeverPeter.
Meeting was held at "De Waerdse Tempel" in Heerhugowaard,
the Netherlands. Nice te be cruising with the Surfbus again!

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Busses

Beetle's backTOback

Beetle rear-end

Beetle's light

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woensdag 24 maart 2010

dinsdag 9 maart 2010

Oldspeed-style filters

Received my new oldspeed-style airfilters from Hoffmann today;
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Nice detail:

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vrijdag 5 maart 2010

Ninove 2010 Early Bay Bonanza

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I am going to miss it....

Wide 5 Bays

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I woould love to go wide 5! Maybe in the (near) future....

zondag 21 februari 2010

Weber carbs

Last summer i bought a pair Weber 34 ICT carbs with some worn out bushes (the ones on the throttle-shaft). It makes the engine run a bit bad.. So last week i finally started to dismantle one of the carbs.

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I also bought a very handy book!

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These screws have to come loose!

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The bushes are marked with the red arrow.

On the dutch bay-forum there was someone who offered to help me out with replacing the bushes and check the other parts of the carbs. I asked him about placing a fuel regulator because the Weber carbs like lesser pressure than the (standard) fuelpump will give. It wouldn't be nessary if the float needles close perfect.
This guy is somebody with a lot of knowlege on vw engines. Here's a photo of his own oldspeed baywindow engine:

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This engine has enough torque and power, even from 3rd gear going trough a corner and it picks up beautifull and there are no rpm drops between the gears.
Engine specs: stock crank,1641cc, Schleicher 292 degree cam, Riechert 34 pci carb set(polished inlet manifolds), NOS stock heads with a compressio ratio of 1:7.8 and polisched inlets ports and valves, Bosch 010 distibutor,the crank, rods and flywheel are fine ballanced. This engine runs with a modified beetle exhaust. And the gearbox code is CE.

This guy is also going to help me place the Weber carbs. It will take about 2 months due to work. I don't mind as i can learn a lot from him!