Old school

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Also I noticed that the linkage came with PTFE bushings. No bueno from my past experience. I ordered a set of bronce bushings and a friend is graciously going to mill them down to spec. I am going to give them a shot since I hate the crappy ones the linkage kits come with.

[BDKW1]

HAha, yeah, I saw one explode as a kid, looked like someone took a shotgun to the shroud and cylinders.

No if you had just gotten a real shroud to go with it............

[Rmc]

Doghouse?

[hobbyturnedobsession]

There isn't anything wrong with the shroud I have. Its been there for 18 years and its never over heated. My dad drove the piss out of it. If it ain't broke don't fix it.

[BDKW1]

I prefer 36HP without the heater outlets. The one like he has does not have the internal vanes to properly direct flow to the 3-4 side. In a light car like that you can get away with a lot, but as the suspension gets better the load on the motor will go up. With crappy suspension you can only take so much of a beating till you have to back out of it.........

On the 36HP shroud, if your not running an internal oil cooler, I like to put a mesh dummy cooler in there to keep the airflow balanced. Also, stock cylinder tins with the deflectors in tact. Super tins on the bottom.........

Funny thing, I have been working on V-dubs for over 20 years. I have never seen a set of thermostat flaps in person. Seems that in sunny SoCal, they were the first thing to hit the scrap pile.

[BDKW1]

Its been there for 18 years and its never over heated.

How would you know if it overheated?

[hobbyturnedobsession]

You'd loose the #3 piston if the motor ran too hot. The motor builder laughs at the 36 tin because the rail is so light. He said sure a 5 car but the damn cooler never gets hot.

[Rmc]

Did you put those wrist pin circlip eliminators in it? I think pauter makes em. I've never lost a circlip I always blew the heads off first but I hear its a good upgrade when you do the next rebuild.

[Rmc]

It was very nice meeting you Randy.

[hobbyturnedobsession]

You too Robert! Thank you again for the beam and tech info. Well have to meet up again.

[hobbyturnedobsession]

Well I've been tuning and clearing all bugs. Now its time for some suspension and more. I picked these up Saturday and in the process of adding gussets.

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Got the long gusset in. I'll finish grinding it tomorrow to clean it up. Since this one worked I'll cut the remaining plates out as I need them.[attachment=-1]uploadfromtaptalk1401248899477.jpg[/attachment]

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Finished one spindle with all gussets and paint[attachment=-1]uploadfromtaptalk1401941064334.jpg[/attachment][attachment=-1]uploadfromtaptalk1401941073586.jpg[/attachment] the spindle gusset should keep the flexing down and keep from premature king pin wear.

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Picked up some new parts. Well some new some used. Some spring plates which I sanded down and repainted along with torsion bars and supertrapp muffler. Also scored some 930 CV axles complete (swayaway) with forged stub axles for 200.00 new.

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Beings the axle shafts were too short I found a set of 300m axle shafts for cheap. They're older swayaway but were only used as mock up and one test run. They were then garaged for a future project that never happened. I cleaned them up and painted them.[attachment=-1]IMG_20140622_172614950.jpg[/attachment][attachment=-1]IMG_20140622_172622287.jpg[/attachment][attachment=-1]IMG_20140622_215801270.jpg[/attachment]

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Stupid tapatalk puts them in backwards order

[Rmc]

A few more pieces and it's go time huh? The collection is growing. Glad to see the progress.

[hobbyturnedobsession]

Yeah I only need some bushings for the rear motor mount brackets for arms and bolts. The rear should be ready for install here sometime next month.