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Could you get some 1/8" round steel and bend a ring and tack it in place? Just a thought may not be a good one, but a thought
Neal Tovsen <nealtovsen@yahoo.com> wrote:Speaking of flanged tubes: Any suggestions for putting
a flange or bead on cusom boost tubes? I made my
tubing myself from 2.25" mandrel bends, and I don't
have a tube flanging machine...
Neal
--- Cory Langford wrote:
>
>
> Been there done that :) (although my tubes are too
> low to take out the
> distrib.) You learn a quick lesson though. Any
> boost required the correct
> fittings. Real T-clamps (not hose clamps) and
> flanged tubes ;)
>
> Cory
>
>
> At 10:28 PM 03/13/2003 -0500, Neal Tovsen wrote:
> >Sorry for the rant, but I had to tell someone.
> How's this for "wierd"?
> >
> >Katie and I were going to put some more break-in
> miles on the '77 by
> >taking a ~275mi trip to Ft Myers and back,
> caravaning with a friend who
> >happened to be headed that way in his MR2. We
> haven't even gotten five
> >miles from home, and I punched the throttle at
> 2500rpm in 4th gear. It
> >pulled quite hard to 4000rpm (superchargers are
> cool!). I shift into
> >5th, hit the gas, and NOTHING! Well, not "nothing",
> but more like I
> >would expect in any other 8v low-compression VW at
> 2500rpm. Barely any
> >increase in speed. What the heck?
> >
> >Pull into gas station, pop the hood, and find the
> boost tube popped off
> >the intercooler. No big deal. Clamp it back down,
> start it up, and move
> >on. When I get on the road again, I went to about
> half-throttle, and the
> >engine stutters BAD. Huh?
> >
> >My friend makes a wild guess and thinks maybe the
> plug wire came loose
> >from the distributor. It is near the boost tube
> that came off, and
> >didn't look like it was sitting quite straight. So
> I pull the plug wire
> >off, and with it comes a chunk of the distributor
> cap! The boost tube
> >blew off the intercooler with sufficient force to
> break the plug wire
> >off of the distributor!! I couldn't believe it.
> >
> >We managed to limp it home with the wire kind of
> pushed into the cap. As
> >long as I didn't stress the engine at all, it ran
> smoothly on all four.
> >
> >One less new Bosch dist cap in the world, I guess!
> >
> >Neal
> >
> >
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> Cory Langford
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> '79 Cheap Ass turbo daily driver - Restore in
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<P>Could you get some 1/8" round steel and bend a ring and tack it in place? Just a thought may not be a good one, but a thought
<P> <B><I>Neal Tovsen <nealtovsen@yahoo.com></I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">Speaking of flanged tubes: Any suggestions for putting<BR>a flange or bead on cusom boost tubes? I made my<BR>tubing myself from 2.25" mandrel bends, and I don't<BR>have a tube flanging machine...<BR><BR>Neal<BR><BR>--- Cory Langford <CORYLANG@DCCNET.COM>wrote:<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> Been there done that :) (although my tubes are too<BR>> low to take out the<BR>> distrib.) You learn a quick lesson though. Any<BR>> boost required the correct<BR>> fittings. Real T-clamps (not hose clamps) and<BR>> flanged tubes ;)<BR>> <BR>> Cory<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> At 10:28 PM 03/13/2003 -0500, Neal Tovsen wrote:<BR>> >Sorry for the rant, but I had to tell someone.<BR>> How's this for "wierd"?<BR>> ><BR>> >Katie and I were going to put some more break-in<BR>> miles on the '77 by<BR>> >taking a ~275mi trip to Ft Myers and back,<BR>> caravaning with a friend who<BR>> >happened to be headed that way in his MR2. We<BR>> haven't even gotten five<BR>> >miles from home, and I punched the throttle at<BR>> 2500rpm in 4th gear. It<BR>> >pulled quite hard to 4000rpm (superchargers are<BR>> cool!). I shift into<BR>> >5th, hit the gas, and NOTHING! Well, not "nothing",<BR>> but more like I<BR>> >would expect in any other 8v low-compression VW at<BR>> 2500rpm. Barely any<BR>> >increase in speed. What the heck?<BR>> ><BR>> >Pull into gas station, pop the hood, and find the<BR>> boost tube popped off<BR>> >the intercooler. No big deal. Clamp it back down,<BR>> start it up, and move<BR>> >on. When I get on the road again, I went to about<BR>> half-throttle, and the<BR>> >engine stutters BAD. Huh?<BR>> ><BR>> >My friend makes a wild guess and thinks maybe the<BR>> plug wire came loose<BR>> >from the distributor. It is near the boost tube<BR>> that came off, and<BR>> >didn't look like it was sitting quite straight. So<BR>> I pull the plug wire<BR>> >off, and with it comes a chunk of the distributor<BR>> cap! The boost tube<BR>> >blew off the intercooler with sufficient force to<BR>> break the plug wire<BR>> >off of the distributor!! I couldn't believe it.<BR>> ><BR>> >We managed to limp it home with the wire kind of<BR>> pushed into the cap. As<BR>> >long as I didn't stress the engine at all, it ran<BR>> smoothly on all four.<BR>> ><BR>> >One less new Bosch dist cap in the world, I guess!<BR>> ><BR>> >Neal<BR>> ><BR>> ><BR>> >_______________________________________________<BR>> >Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>> >Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>> >http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l<BR>> ><BR>> Cory Langford<BR>> '86 turbo project - running, just needs tuning :)<BR>> '79 Cheap Ass turbo daily driver - Restore in<BR>> progress...<BR>> '65 Ghia - The next project in the garage<BR><BR><BR>__________________________________________________<BR>Do you Yahoo!?<BR>Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online<BR>http://webhosting.yahoo.com<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Scirocco-l mailing list<BR>Scirocco-l@scirocco.org<BR>http://neubayern.net/mailman/listinfo/scirocco-l</BLOCKQUOTE>
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