Timing

On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 15:10:09 +0200, "Kevin" ran around screaming and yelling:

Kevin, first off get those sealing pieces NOW,not later....without those seals you are losing pressure of the cooling air, and in turn you lose *alot* of cooling straight out those holes...they may look small and insignificant, but so does the "Hoover bit"....stop messing with the timing till you fix everything else....too far retarded will cause you to run hotter than normal...you are most likely overheating your heads due to the loss of cooling performance....get those seals...they are not for decoration....cooling for the heads is the

Wide Open Throttle (Pedal to the Metal) or gas pedal all the way down to the floor. :-)

You could give us some more info on this engine. What pistons are being used, their width and if they are flat-topped or have recesses? Is the camshaft stock? Is that distributor set up for an auto-stick trans, or manual trans, or a singleport engine?

Correct me if I am wrong............. I always think that 1300 heads are singleport heads, but I think you said this is a dual port engine. Carb is a 34PICT-3 (I wonder if adjusting or opening up the accel nozzle might help some). I think the engine might be running a little lean at part throttle.

I hope I remember things correctly. :-) later, dave

Also "l=E4m=E4 tiskiss=E4", "nappi laudassa", "kaasu pohjassa". But you = propably already knew that.

Also "l=E4m=E4 tiskiss=E4", "nappi laudassa", "kaasu pohjassa". But you = propably already knew that.

Luta lattiassa kaasujalka konehuoneessa nilkka suorana hanat auki urku auki

Also "lämä tiskissä", "nappi laudassa", "kaasu pohjassa". But you propably already knew that.

...............I think that I like nappi laudassa the best. Of course, without Bill Merrill here, we don't know for sure what you're teaching us 'mericuns to say...............LOL

I didn't build the engine myself, but from what I have gathered it consists of the following: It is a 1600 (flat top stock pistons), with 1300 dual port heads opened up for 1600 jugs (not sure exactly of the compression ratio because of this). I live in south Africa and over here we had both 1600 and

The dizzy which is a SVDA is setup for a stock 1978 manual bug, I've never seen an auto-stick in South Africa. The camshaft isn't stock, I suspect it is this combined with the opened up heads giving me this pinging headache! The camshaft to my knowledge is has a 276 duration with I assume a stock lift. That'll teach me for getting a non-stock engine!

As for those plugs, I agree they are important otherwise they wouldn't be there but why I haven't rushed is that I can't feel any air coming out of the holes. So I figured the it wasn't losing that much. My other problem is that the engine doesn't have the flaps or thermostat installed. I realise their importance but to find ones in this country is near impossible.

Hope this helps. Regards Kevin

"kaasujalka konehuoneessa" needs a bit acrobacy with ACVWs... ;P

On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 14:03:09 +0200, "Kevin" ran around screaming and yelling:

maybe Bob Hoover can step in with a link or cut and paste of his writings on teh cooling system...(or you can google "veedubber)...it works on *pressure* you are losing pressure(and air) *above* the hot head....this leads to less cooling air going over the head, and cooling it....they are vital...it only takes a small leak(say *one* missing sparkplug seal) to really upset the cooling system....get those seals as soon as possible, and in the meantime break out the fix all.....DUCT TAPE!!!!! JT

To clarify, that is in badly translated english: the throttle foot in = the engine compartment.

Thinking about it now, you have a point! I don't use the car often, but I think before it gets used again I'll plug those holes up. I guess it's similar to a hole in a water pipe? A little hole results in a great loss of pressure.

Regards Kevin

Oh yea, right....

But I *have* performed some very interesting.. umm.. acrobatic moves in a beetle before... back when I was young and limber.. ;)

Jan

Jan wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@rocketmail.com:

And just how many breathes does that take to say? LOL

I assume you mean the black rubber air seals. THOSE ARE IMPORTANT. You lose a lot of cooling air if those are out of place.

WOT = Wide Open Throttle

I would not expect a significant amount of buildup in just 3000 miles. I'm assuming that it was clean at mile zero, however.

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One. ;)

On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 16:21:53 +0200, "Kevin" ran around screaming and yelling:

yes do plug those holes....yes *kinda* similar to a water leak....either way don't cook your engine....*ALL* cooling tin and seals are vital to an aircooled engine.... JT

...silly me... whe I saw little hole in a water pipe...I thought of a carb... =-)

...Gareth (who hasn't owned a awater pipe in years...but used to prefer US Pipes)

On Sat, 03 Jul 2004 09:50:30 -0400, Gary Tateosian ran around screaming and yelling:

LOL....truthfully i'm not *that* surprised by that... JT

"Tim Rogers" wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@uni-berlin.de:

Happy 4th, everyone!