Page 4 of 11
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 4:36 am
by railroad bob
just went thru your build at the link...
I am floored by what you are doing. Not sure even HOW you know how to mix and match all those parts, or
even make it all work together.
Serious skills there.
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:04 am
by DeathBySnuSnu
I like the smaller motorcycle sized trikes.
This thing is packed in there to make it this small.
- 8072306411_9dda93c0ea_o_zpsmfys6nxm.jpg (95.02 KiB) Viewed 2773 times
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Fri Jun 19, 2015 8:11 am
by DeathBySnuSnu
railroad bob wrote:just went thru your build at the link...
I am floored by what you are doing. Not sure even HOW you know how to mix and match all those parts, or
even make it all work together.
Serious skills there.
And that is basically just the engine.
The trans and everything else is a mix match hodge podge of stuff that ain't supposed to fit together.
When the original build happened was before smart phones and always having a camera in your pocket. I have just a few pics of the original build towards the end, I got me one of those new fangled digital cameras that had just came out.
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2016 10:18 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
It is finally coming together.
- 20160613_173432_zpszx5qrarv.jpg (181.77 KiB) Viewed 2772 times
- 20160613_173432_zpszx5qrarv.jpg (181.77 KiB) Viewed 2772 times
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 10:56 am
by DeathBySnuSnu
A couple current pics.
- 20160713_181245_zpsivskzoy8.jpg (113.86 KiB) Viewed 2771 times
- 20160713_181228_zpszp6qrpc6.jpg (113.44 KiB) Viewed 2771 times
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:13 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
- 20170429_105614_zpsww8xaqqr.jpg (126.57 KiB) Viewed 2770 times
- 20170417_184734_zpscywszt3g.jpg (158.73 KiB) Viewed 2770 times
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:15 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
- 20170308_192033_zpsubz6fenh.jpg (131.04 KiB) Viewed 2770 times
- 20161215_180623_zpsfvnfxacb.jpg (109.34 KiB) Viewed 2770 times
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:20 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
- 15067379495991.jpg (145.19 KiB) Viewed 2770 times
- 15067379331650.jpg (138 KiB) Viewed 2770 times
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 8:22 am
by budoka
wow, that thing is wickedly cool. even more so to me since my daily driver is a '69 VW Type 3 Squareback.
looks like the intake manifolds are custom made, and i can't quite tell what the carbs are. Dellorto?
-dan
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:26 am
by Jim Sawyer
You have a nice project going on there. One question though, is it hard to get on and off of it with all of the carbs and exhaust located where they are?
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 10:35 am
by DeathBySnuSnu
budoka wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2017 8:22 am
wow, that thing is wickedly cool. even more so to me since my daily driver is a '69 VW Type 3 Squareback.
looks like the intake manifolds are custom made, and i can't quite tell what the carbs are. Dellorto?
-dan
Ahaaaa....another vw guy huh?
I no longer have a vw car. Well....not entirely true....I do have a 61 Karmen sedan convertible that I want to make a volks rod out of. But it is just a pile right now.
Yes the intakes are fabbed units and no that is not carbs or Dells.
That is 44mm mikuni throttle bodies and Mitsubishi injectors.
This is a 2387 fuel injected distributor less stroker motor.
- 20161024_172620_zps1pvfb2no.jpg (149.02 KiB) Viewed 2765 times
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 10:40 am
by DeathBySnuSnu
Jim Sawyer wrote: ↑Sat Sep 30, 2017 9:26 am
You have a nice project going on there. One question though, is it hard to get on and off of it with all of the carbs and exhaust located where they are?
It is more difficult than a standard motorcycle to get onto.
Luckily it is low. When you swing your leg over the seat you just have to continue on over the air cleaner also.
Which in itself is no big deal but by the time you leg is that far out you are past balance point and just plop down on the seat.
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 11:20 am
by budoka
LOL, if i had just looked a bit closer i should have at least seen that they were injectors. been a long day.
2387 cc in that light frame is gonna be one wild ride for sure! great googly moogly.
i likey.
-dan
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 1:25 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
It spent a large number of years as a 2110 big head big cam with 44idf clones.
It was quite twitchy with 3.88 ring and pinion.
It wound up putting in a 3.44 ring and pinion, 1.26 third and a .82 fourth. That helped a lot. Before it physically took longer to shift it than it took to pull the gear. Was common to hit valve float before you could stick the next gear. The bigger gears put a little time between shifts.
- 7403264354_40b7e89b09_o_zpsupwi888r_edit_1423486509220_zps13repqlc.jpg (107.55 KiB) Viewed 2758 times
Re: Front engined VW
Posted: Sat Sep 30, 2017 1:34 pm
by DeathBySnuSnu
As this is a motorcycle forum, most of my posting is of the motorcycle nature.
I have not put much of the engine trans vw stuff up here.
If y'all want some pics of the less motorcycle type parts or info on the mechanical I can post that up.
- 20160613_173432_zpszx5qrarv.jpg (181.77 KiB) Viewed 2758 times