Holy heck, he's alive!

[DjEep]

Been a while, guys and gals. Been busy workin', and my shack in the woods has no net. But the shop just moved into the 1990's and got web-ified.

Still rollin' the '68, just put a damn-near-bone-stock single port in it. Balanced from plate to pulley, with Mahle pistons, re-ground German crank and cam and brand spankin' new oe VW heads ($300 a piece! ) Thing runs like a dreammmm! The last engine I built, if you recall, was slammed together in a week with found heads, then flogged mercilessly, and damn near shook itself apart after 40k harrrrd miles. The bearings had hammered their imprints into the journals, and the 4 case stud nuts left were hand tight !

Picked up a '65 Ghia for five hundred bucks from a friend in PDX a couple weeks ago. It has some minor body damage and needs a rear brake drum and new spindles after the wreck, but otherwise it's awesome! Well there is one odd problem... but I'll post about that in the tech forum.

[Amskeptic]

Been a while, guys and gals. Been busy workin', and my shack in the woods has no net. But the shop just moved into the 1990's and got web-ified.

Still rollin' the '68, just put a damn-near-bone-stock single port in it. Balanced from plate to pulley, with Mahle pistons, re-ground German crank and cam and brand spankin' new oe VW heads ($300 a piece! ) Thing runs like a dreammmm! The last engine I built, if you recall, was slammed together in a week with found heads, then flogged mercilessly, and damn near shook itself apart after 40k harrrrd miles. The bearings had hammered their imprints into the journals, and the 4 case stud nuts left were hand tight !

Picked up a '65 Ghia for five hundred bucks from a friend in PDX a couple weeks ago. It has some minor body damage and needs a rear brake drum and new spindles after the wreck, but otherwise it's awesome! Well there is one odd problem... but I'll post about that in the tech forum.

I had just asked about you in the Engine Forum against rules. So, here, how are you? I am in a 1970 sp stock bus this summer. That poor little engine has one tough summer in front of it.
Colin

[tristessa]

Hah! I was just looking at your profile a few days ago, wondering "what ever happened to DJ? He dropped off the face of the earth.."

Good to see you're still with us here .. in both senses of the term.

[DjEep]

I broke rules and replied.... haha. Man, those single ports are awesome. Your 70 will love the tender abuse. So they won't do 70, but dang, they'll pull anything. I stuffed the entire passenger side of the bus into a snow bank last weekend, and after a little digging and some chain-up, she clawed her way out sideways, crab-style. A little torque goes a long way.

Yeah, I'm just Mr. Eep now, the DJ'ing almost broke my spirits. Saw too many good kids go the wrong way in the name of music. Tried my best to steer 'em right, but one can't save d all.

The VW biz is goin' fine, was a good year for building 2liters. Did a couple of back-to-F.I. conversions and got some good folks back on the road.

[ruckman101]

Getting to know a SP in my bus. Kinda liking it. A new experience. Only knew my schooling engine DP that gave me a convoluted bunch of lessons and ultimately the expected almost 80k miles. Poor thing.

The transplanted SP has been running so well I haven't even checked the timing since install. How many miles now? A few months for sure. Did adjust valves a few weeks back without any undue alarm. Yet it still seems a tad peevish, and I'd like timing to be well dialed in for towing my baja project out of the backyard of the rental I moved out of just after Thanksgiving last year.

It's that last three and a half miles that climbs up a good thousand feet in elevation that concerns me.


neal

[Amskeptic]

It's that last three and a half miles that climbs up a good thousand feet in elevation that concerns me.
neal

Hill climb one spark plug spark at time . . .
Colinkoananfucious

[DjEep]

My driveway is a 25% grade that is often a river, and combined with some studded tires and the awesome traction of the bus in general, that little single port hops up it like a little mountain goat. I love it.

[DjEep]

For those that don't venture out of the Type2 realm much, I posted some pics of mah Ghia in Type1 land.

[anotherbluebus]

Hill climb one spark plug spark at time . . .
Colinkoananfucious

this seems like it should be on a t-shirt.

[airkooledchris]

Yeah, I'm just Mr. Eep now, the DJ'ing almost broke my spirits. Saw too many good kids go the wrong way in the name of music. Tried my best to steer 'em right, but one can't save d all.

What kind of Dj'ing were you doing, and what sort of venue's? Ive Dj'd on and off for 14 or so years now. Much less often once I moved here to Eureka, but I still play at bigger events a few times a year. Just curious, if you feel like sharing. I just don't have the time and energy to put into as much these days, due in part to age and having a kid that doesn't care if you were up till 4am or not.

[DjEep]

I mostly played psytrance, but dabbled in a bit of everything. Been doin' it for 12 years. Mostly played local warehouse parties, bars, and outdoor festies. Biggest "gig" was a trip to Mississippi a couple years ago. Yourself?

[Sylvester]

I mostly played psytrance, but dabbled in a bit of everything. Been doin' it for 12 years. Mostly played local warehouse parties, bars, and outdoor festies. Biggest "gig" was a trip to Mississippi a couple years ago. Yourself?

Got a picture of you DJ'ing?

[Hippie]

Hi, DjEep.

I had just asked about you in the Engine Forum against rules.

I should report you to you.

[Amskeptic]

Hi, DjEep.

I had just asked about you in the Engine Forum against rules.

I should report you to you.

I need to prune this jungle of babble. Thanks for offering . . . to moderate . . . .

[Hippie]

Thanks for offering . . . to moderate . . . .

You'll never rope me into that mess. Besides, I'm a bastard, and would alienate the members.