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Sermons of Bob Hoover

It seems, as I search this newsgroup, that the Sermons of Bob Hoover is jumping out of every corner. Maybe it is because everything that I am searching for, he had at one time covered with detailed debate. I have found from readings, that he is a cult like image to some. Then their are the people with arguement, slandersous upon his character and opinions.

I have my own opinions.. If he knows something, it would only be cool of him to let us know. Without a fee.. So what if someone copies his CD and makes millions of dollars of of him? It makes him a legend. A real legend, because his name would be on that CD for all of eternity. So their is 2 ways to look at it.. he don't want people to make money off of him. I don't want people to make money off of me.. but most people don't throw money out the window, and only use it to gain something in life.. so they would buy something to make a resale profit, or something to make their life easier. The government makes money off of us everyday, with taxes. So all we have to enjoy in this world is our VW's. Then VW doesn't allow us to call it a VW or Bug, or Volkswagen on our personal webpage, because people may think we are them.. Maybe VW should just disappear, all the bugs just rot and never get repaired? So Hoover has a vast wealth of knowledge... He refers to several as kids, and what they bolt on.. I tried the bolt on, and sorry.. at that time.. I was just a kid.. someone without VW knowledge. I'd love to know what he thinks, since he does know what is right. Although he may be in depth way too deep on certain matters.. I am willing to bet an engine by him would outlast an engine by 90% of these newsgroup readers. So is he greedy for not producing the CD anymore, because people copy and violate making money on him?? If he was greedy, he would take the opportunity to be a legend to the fullest.. and get his name out their. You only live so long... Apperently, he doesn't care much about that aspect at all, he just doesn't like to be used or disrespected.

However, back to subject.. I NEED to know why not to buy a Phat Boy style muffler and 40mm Dual Kadrons for my 1960 beetle converted to 12v with 1600cc DP engine??!?!?!? I want my Bug to emberass people. I want it to be the baddest that it can be. I can't live without other peoples opinions.. I am saving to buy it a turnkey 1914cc engine.. Their is the reliable 1776, and the awesome 2000cc plus engines. I just want in-between. Something that will last atleast 5 years. I want to know about tranny gear ratios.. Mine has a 67 swingaxle in it.. I want to know what might happen with 125-150hp at those wheels.

Can we please get some Bob Hoover on here, or someone at the least who cares to comment. I write things and get not much of an answer.. back in the day, as andrewba.. this NG had so much help. You all told me to scrap my 71 Super Beetle Autostick.. I didn't.. I should have saved that 2k in parts.. I finally sold it and got a solid euro 60 bug. Now everyone is argueing, fighting, and claiming that the VW enthusiasts are dwindling.. VW is coming more alive than ever. I have never in my

27 year old lifetime seen more bugs on the road, than now. Prices are skyrocketing!! I think some people on here should get into check with what they say. It's not cool to bash someone over opinion. That is what this place is about. Everyone ocasionally will come up with something stupid.. whereas debate is very important to see all sides of the stories. I think if you think that enthusiasts are dwindling, that you need to rephrase that purists are dwindling. VW purists are dwindling.. not enthusiasts.. I am not a purist.. I am perfectly happy with my bug being converted to modern 12v, with a faster than stock engine. I want to get it a bigger engine, and an A/C. Not picking on a purist, I respect every vehicle basically ever made.. but not to look outside the box is like throwing away dollars and only looking at the loose change instead. I know a pure VW is worth more than some modified, but their is nothing wrong with a modified VW!! Modifying a VW is what kept this hobby alive untill this day. Why did they people slap 85.5mm P&C's into their 1500cc stock cases?? Before fire, you just ate food raw.

I just like to hear both sides of the story.. and both sides are being eliminated.

I'd like to know things like if a 1967 gas tank would fit my 1960 euro bug.. because I need a fuel guage.. not just some reserve lever.

I really really want the phat boy muffler on my ride, but scared because of all the people booing on upgrade and saying it will destroy my engine..

However, I don't want by any means, my vehicle to die. or be harmed.. it cost me too much!! I am willing to compromise any of my dreams for it, to keep it alive. Untill death do us part. I proposed in my new VW Bug on Christmas Eve. Only owned it for a month. We watched Herbie reloaded on DVD that night.

On the other hand, I am fine with working on it every few years.. So what if it needs a new engine every 5 years.. atleast it was fun.. But if it wouldn't last 6 months, then I'd have to say no..

So why doesn't everyone stop bashing.. calling eachother asshats.. and creating over the internet wars.. and help the rest of us people who look up to you guys for the answers? RAMVA is a staple for the ACVWC!! People like Jan and Shaggy.. Maudlib.. were here way back.. Bob.. RICK HIGGENS etc.. Rick sold me a USED set of VHS Bug ME Videos cheaper because I was broke.. That was real! I can't believe what all I read now.. and what all lack of response.. and how all stupidly people are looking at eachother. I take on the whole ACVWC, I want to be the new leader! I am willing to listen to any one of yall, and soak in any knowledge you may have.. to carry on into the future ACVWC.I want to educate the world and be educated on how to keep a ACVW alive.. and fresh. I've paid people to install the wrong gland nut on my autostick.. I've paid people to sell me a distributor and end up with a world hated 009.. This information contained on this newsgroup is very important!! Hearing how someone is greedy or an asshat is not! Calling opinions BS is not.. alot of people don't know the first thing about a ACVW. What you heard, is what you believed.. Why does it have to be so hostile??

If you order a Sausage and Gravy Biscuit at McDonalds.. and they forgot the knife and fork.. that is reason to get hostile.. If you ordered a Coke, and they forgot the straw.. you ask for a straw, and they say it should've been in the bag.. that is reason to get hostile!! They're probably spitting in your food anyways.. This newsgroup is no reason to get hostile.. I was once called a troll.. simply because I inquired on a body kit to convert my 71 Super Beetle autostick into a new Beetle body from the 2000's.. Geez.. I wasn't a troll!! Wrong place, wrong time.. didn't know.. now I live with it every day.. scared of what I may say next... Then this Paterson guy mounts a rocket to his new Beetle, and speaking of him is nearly banned here because it is watercooled. Don't dare associate yourself as owning a watercooled Beetle to us aircooled Beetle Bug owners.. I support Vw Bug to the fullest, but would never condone a person driving an air conditioned, fully equipted, 1.8 turbo New Beetle. I still think a new Beetle body would be cool on an old ACVW. Troll or not.. so would a pulse rocket engine!

Everyone who doesn't like me can lick a ball. "via the internet"

Bob Hoover and your "The Sermons", I hope you come back.

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I agreed with almost everything he said but, once B.H. said he uses 40 weight in Summer and 30HD in cold weather.

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Jim347a

isn't this one of the things you said was not "important"?

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Joey Tribiani

if we all just get along world would be too dull, sorry...

as far as fat boy mufler goes, it's cool for the first days, then you have to invest into ear plugs or keep good supply of tylenol.

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anton

Sometimes I wish we could edit things on here :)

Joey Tribiani wrote:

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payments338

Is it really that loud? How about the quietpack muffler? Looks like it, but more rectangle? I definately wouldn't want to burn a valve. Is their anything in the extractor category for a 1600cc stock DP engine that can be reccomended. I'm not so worried about the HP gain... although it would be nice.. I realize without carbs, and all the other.. theirs not much HP to gain. I was only looking at the phat boy with a stock size 1 3/8th extractor. I am interested in a deeper more balls sound. Not neccessarily loud, just deeper. I have those bigger for stock p-shooter tips on alllready, is that about all that should be done? Or how about the black porsche looking turbo mufflers? They're like the p-shooters, but black with yellow tips?

ant> if we all just get along world would be too dull, sorry...

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payments338

if i only had one little nickel for everytime i thought the same thing..............i'd have it made...

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Joey Tribiani

i have a bugpack hideaway setup...decent sound but not deafening....and you don't even really have to see it....my advice to anyone that may be purchasing a cheaper header/muffler setup(like the bugpack) pass on the "ceramic coating"....it will rust off in less than a year....

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Joey Tribiani

Not uncommon. Before oil blends could better address engines running hotter (due to smog restrictions) straight weights were the only option for our air cooled four bangers. Those of us running highway speeds during the winter were careful to run 30w. I used an oil pan heater (replaced the sump plate) so the Bug would start right up -- even during the coldest months. But I did not use multi-weight oil.

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luftgekuhlten

Another option is monza exhaust. You can get those from motorworks they look cool and motorworks claims they have deeper throatier sound. I've never heard them in action, but might be an option as well. They do look decent at least in the catalog.

mamotorworks.com

As far as bugpack goes I think their coating is just to that the muflers don't rust during shipping! I am not buying another one. On merged headers, paint starts smoking and pills off after engine barely warm!

Joey Tribiani wrote:

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anton

Something to consider- The Bugpack "Mondo/Kymco/Magnaflow/Dynomax mufflers, IMO, are pretty much a waste of time, on a stock engine. They come into their own, when you have more displacement, compression, cam lift/duration/overlap, bigger valves, ported and polished heads, etc. The thing is this- If'n ya gets it IN, ya gots to get it OUT. There is a thing called E to I ratio (Exhaust to Intake Ratio), most commonly associated with cylinder heads, it says that your heads should flow 75% as well on the exhaust, as they do on the intake, give or take a few %. If you run a free-flowing exhaust on an otherwise stock engine, you run the risk over over-scavenging the engine.. that is, you are pulling exhaust out faster than the intake is coming in... that can result in a lean condition, which, especially on an air-cooled engine, is NOT good. By the same token, having a 2276, with a big cam, big valve ported and polished heads, yada yada yada, and a stock muffler setup, with restrictive heater boxes, will burn your engine up just as quickly, due to excessive heat being stored in the combustion chambers due to the exhaust not being to dispose of the gases as quickly as the engine is making them ( can you say "Back pressure"? I knew that you could..) Just IMHO, your mileage may vary.

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kaferdave

the ceramic coating is not paint.....

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Joey Tribiani

I might try the Monza.. That's good to know about the ceramic Joey.. it costs a whole lot more, and looks so much better in the pictures.. I can assure you I was shopping from the cheapest sources, such as Bugpack.. CIP1, and Seranno. I definately was not looking at quality ceramic. I don't really want any chrome eighter, because of rust. I built an engine a few years ago, and the rust of tin, etc.. was a major battle. Powder coating will be the new thing for me.

Anyone on here have a Monza? Did your engine blow up after a year?

Let me ask you all this.. I would like a 1914cc because I am assuming

150hp.. but alot of people reccomend the 1776cc due to reliability.. I can't afford a pro builder.. so don't know if the 1776cc that I purchase would push even 125hp.. Is it common for a 1776 to put out 125hp? Does the 1776 also stick with a single carb? as the 1914cc almost always runs duals with an extractor... I don't want to spend over $3000.. What is the most for my money in this situation??

Has anyone ever heard of Seranno on Samba? Are his engines ok?

Joey Tribiani wrote:

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payments338

Not in my household. My older sister-in-law got her 63bug on the road mid last year. My younger sister-in-law got her 74sb on the road about 2 months ago. I just bought my first car ever. (57 oval) I'm helping my wife get her 63big on the road before November.

I bought some bugme videos and am over halfway through the heaterchannel replacement (New channel is in place and just needs to be welded in)

I'm 23 and learning as much about VW's as I can. My uncle was a VW mechanic and he is helping me rebuild 2 motors.

Keepen the dream alive

Jesse

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zigford

Steve (serrano's) gets rave reviews for quality....his engine customers all agree that promised delivery times are way off, but the wait is worth it....i have no personal experience on his engines...i have ordered a few parts from him and was very pleased with the parts/service/etc....

a Monza exhaust won't cause your engine to blow, but as i hear it(ie:read) it is quite restrictive...i bought a bug many moons ago that had one on it, and honestly it sounded okay, but stuck out too far(i'm a fan of no bumpers) so i tossed it....

any highperformance engine you build will likely need dual carbs....remember the engine is an airpump, so you need a good flowing intake/carb setup that flows into a good flowing set of heads, then out a good flowing exhaust...and more importantly those parts/systems need to compliment and work together.....1776 or 1914 will both live happy lives provided they are built with good parts, built properly, and not abused.....time must be taken to assure the entire engine is designed to work together....you can order parts and just bolt em together and it will run...might even have good power....but it is a tradeoff.... you get better efficiency out of a well planned build...with greater efficiency you get better power, longer life, less wasted heat(causing overheating), and more smiles each time you mash the pedal....

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Joey Tribiani

i know, either option seems to be junk from bugpack.

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anton

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