All You CHT Gauge Drivers Report Here
- THall
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Wondering if/how those holes would impact the operation of the thermostat?
'78 Westy 2.0 FI
- airkooledchris
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If anything, I would imagine that they might extend the warmup cycle by a minute or two - by preventing the thermostat from heating up and expanding as quickly otherwise.
1979 California Transporter
- Amskeptic
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I have experimented with removing parts on the BobD at normal operating rpmsairkooledchris wrote: ↑Wed Aug 14, 2019 9:22 am
It would be worth compiling a list of all of the 'little' things that add up to better cooling.
Dump tubes
Fan guard (though not without monitoring head temps, because god forbid you suck in a bag or something and fail to realize)
pushrod tube guards
plug boots
body to tinware foam seal
underpants
profits
in abnormally high ambient temps:
Hatch open ................ no difference
no fan guard .................. no difference
pushrod tube guards ..... no idea because I have never run a VW without the sled tins
no plug boots ................. serious difference (20*F) because they are downstream of the fan
no foam seal .................. no difference
no underpants ................ no difference
profits ..................... are intact because I have never overheated an engine
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- Amskeptic
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For normal people driving their correctly assembled and maintained engines, I do not think "tricks" are necessary.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- Johnooot
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Go to your local FLAPS and look in the help aisle for broad grommets.
Inquire online for any creative solutions.
Last time, I liked my original wires and connectors and merely scarfed the new boots off the new set, which now awaits its day.
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- Johnooot
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I did ask around and one suggestion were these Tie Rod Dust Boots: https://www.sor.com/cat094.sor#094-05Amskeptic wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 1:07 pmGo to your local FLAPS and look in the help aisle for broad grommets.
Inquire online for any creative solutions.
Last time, I liked my original wires and connectors and merely scarfed the new boots off the new set, which now awaits its day.
Colin
Any experience with the OEM or Aftermarket versions anyone?
J
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Johnooot wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 7:04 pmI did ask around and one suggestion were these Tie Rod Dust Boots: https://www.sor.com/cat094.sor#094-05Amskeptic wrote: ↑Wed Aug 21, 2019 1:07 pmGo to your local FLAPS and look in the help aisle for broad grommets.
Inquire online for any creative solutions.
Last time, I liked my original wires and connectors and merely scarfed the new boots off the new set, which now awaits its day.
Colin
Any experience with the OEM or Aftermarket versions anyone?
J
Don't even bother with the aftermarket ones. They disintegrate in the heat. OEM might be pricier, but so is a dropped valve.
Colin
( I still have my original factory boots on the BobD at 42 years and 110,000 miles, they have trick reinforcement ribs)
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- airkooledchris
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Thank you for finding that link about the tie rod boots. I was going nuts trying to find that when you posted your question and I just couldn't remember where the heck I got those from. I used those for years until I finally went back to stock after swapping in new plug wires. Those tie rod boots do actually hold up well to the heat, but they are a huge pain in the butt to get in correctly. You have to work it down into the tin until the little groove seats around the edge of the tin.
If stock was good enough for VW, it's good enough for us.
If stock was good enough for VW, it's good enough for us.
1979 California Transporter
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If the engine is properly built by triple checking everything during build it will come down to...
State of tune.
What helps to stay at peak tune?
1. Regular valve lash check
2. Periodic timing check. (No more than 30 max in a bus preferably 28)
3. Periodic tune up
CHT gauge not needed. Purely aesthetic.
State of tune.
What helps to stay at peak tune?
1. Regular valve lash check
2. Periodic timing check. (No more than 30 max in a bus preferably 28)
3. Periodic tune up
CHT gauge not needed. Purely aesthetic.
1972 Westy tintop
2056cc T-4 - 7.8:1 CR
Weber 40mm Duals - 47.5idles, 125mains, F11 tubes, 190 Air corr., 28mm Vents
96mm AA Biral P/C's w/Hastings rings
42x36mm Heads (AMC- Headflow Masters) w/Porsche swivel adjusters
71mm Stroke
Web Cam 73 w/matched Web lifters
S&S 4-1 exhaust w/Walker 17862 quiet-pack
Pertronix SVDA w/Pertronix module & Flamethrower 40K coil (7* initial 28* total @3200+)
NGK BP6ET plugs
002 3 rib trans
Hankook 185R14's
2056cc T-4 - 7.8:1 CR
Weber 40mm Duals - 47.5idles, 125mains, F11 tubes, 190 Air corr., 28mm Vents
96mm AA Biral P/C's w/Hastings rings
42x36mm Heads (AMC- Headflow Masters) w/Porsche swivel adjusters
71mm Stroke
Web Cam 73 w/matched Web lifters
S&S 4-1 exhaust w/Walker 17862 quiet-pack
Pertronix SVDA w/Pertronix module & Flamethrower 40K coil (7* initial 28* total @3200+)
NGK BP6ET plugs
002 3 rib trans
Hankook 185R14's
- Amskeptic
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I agree with everything you wrote, except for this. In today's world, things happen along the nation's roadways, like plastic bags sucking into the scoops. I still get shivers ...
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BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
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That is quite a rare event. So rare VW never reversed it's course by installing them over the air cooled years.
1972 Westy tintop
2056cc T-4 - 7.8:1 CR
Weber 40mm Duals - 47.5idles, 125mains, F11 tubes, 190 Air corr., 28mm Vents
96mm AA Biral P/C's w/Hastings rings
42x36mm Heads (AMC- Headflow Masters) w/Porsche swivel adjusters
71mm Stroke
Web Cam 73 w/matched Web lifters
S&S 4-1 exhaust w/Walker 17862 quiet-pack
Pertronix SVDA w/Pertronix module & Flamethrower 40K coil (7* initial 28* total @3200+)
NGK BP6ET plugs
002 3 rib trans
Hankook 185R14's
2056cc T-4 - 7.8:1 CR
Weber 40mm Duals - 47.5idles, 125mains, F11 tubes, 190 Air corr., 28mm Vents
96mm AA Biral P/C's w/Hastings rings
42x36mm Heads (AMC- Headflow Masters) w/Porsche swivel adjusters
71mm Stroke
Web Cam 73 w/matched Web lifters
S&S 4-1 exhaust w/Walker 17862 quiet-pack
Pertronix SVDA w/Pertronix module & Flamethrower 40K coil (7* initial 28* total @3200+)
NGK BP6ET plugs
002 3 rib trans
Hankook 185R14's