black ghia update

while I'm busy with the brake overhaul (master cylinder change etc...), pekka from Kangasniemi modified a old gas tank, to look pristine, and also for the return line for the E85 fuel. its a beauty. 

Another great trip - to kangasniemi

Visiting kangasniemi is allways fun, this time we had one goal especially antd that was Picking up the 1960 vw of mika ritvos. But in the same trip, i could pressure wash my 2 blocks, one stock 1600 cc and the other one is a as41 block for a 94 mm bore, align bored and machined for the full flow... Pekka made a oil-line modification, that im not familiar with, but i trust for this super-pro wizard, the other block seems to need an align-bore, and thats what it gets, there will be one 1600cc and one 1915cc long block...later on. Econo-budget ones. ;-)

I had to take a photo of my two "piggies" the 911 and the 912... They are ...well waiting.... :-)

Heres the flywheel side of the modified 94 bore block, this could make a nice engine to one of the convert ghias that i have... Who knows, or for the bug?

The grey haired hippie, is mika ritvos, the owner of the bus behind us.... The other ugly wide-faced guy is me, as you can see im on the drugs, yes i really am, taking pills everyday for the sarchoidosis, that was almost fatal this time.

The cat came also to say hi, but too fast, couldnt get a decent picture ;-)

Washing the blocks, they dont shine, but they are pretty awesome now, next thing will be to wash the cylinders and pistons... And chase the correct bearings... I have cylinder-heads ofcourse, but they are autocraft 910's and angleflows, so they are a bit extreme for these...

I also took the turbo-ghias plenums to get more welds, for the injector-area and for some fuel rails too...

I also had to check my ghia vert, that really seems to like dust & grime, well a wash wouldnt do harm... :-) thanks to pekka for the nice day, coffee and everything. Getting back soon... ;-)

Trip to kangasniemi motorzentrum

My friend mika got his just painted type2 back from the painters shop, and the plan wss to get it to kangasniemi for a clutch job. The weather was awful, heavy rain, +4 degrees celcius, but we decided to try it anyways. 

I took my 911 rsr wannabe replica project to kangasniemi by trailer, even the sidewindows were missing... 

Theres sime vital organs missing to drive it to kangasniemi, like the engine, transmission. Headlights, seats, ... Well many things...

When we came back, there was a pretty thick fog i would guess that it lasted 200 kilometeterS... :-)

But the trip was as good as allways! 

Vw things going on...

Ok, 1. hopefully i get the missing parts from auto silicone hoses before friday to the post office, because at friday i would go to the "dark side"- meaning to see the black ghia. We have intentions to get the parts together, weld and grind etc... And because i will go to see the special welder dude, i will take this bad ass header with me if he has some spare time... The big wastegate would like to connect with the header... ;-) 

2. I've been fixing the blue ghias tail lights, cleaning, changing new bulbs etc... So that there would be light one day, at least at the back. ;-) will see how it turns out...

3. The blue verts front needs some new stuff to get it in shape, i was thinking that i could also assemble one spare adjustable, narroved front axle with theše parts, paint it and bolt it in the old ones place. Would be a cleaner job... Maybe even a bit easier....lets see how it goes...

4. Have to remember to take all the stuff concerning the black ghia...especially the silicone ones.

5. Also cant forget the bad ass bus engine... I wish i had new race rods for that engine, because the rods might be one issue later to bolt one turbokit on it...

But anyways, keep on checking for updates, i have a feeling that they will be plenty again....

Black ghia mods...

Ok, time to get forward... The smaller (or too small) kawell turbokit is going to rest somewhere else...

We will put a bigger and better setup asap, and sell some stuff...

Ok, i made a small mock up so that we know what will be modified and how. 

The garrett turbo is in kangasniemi so i cant check that for the moment, but maybe in the next weekend i will be next to my ghia!!!! this turbo is from a dragster engine... might be a bit too big.
but it would be fun to test if it "runs" at all with a 84x94 "starter-motor" 

Driving my turbo ghia for the first time!

This was the best day for ages! I drove to kangasniemi - to change the oil pump cover to to my turbo ghia...a csp cover, that has a valve did the trick and now it has normal oil pressures... Wow.

We got the engine running but it was smoking like hell, which was a bit a dissapointment, but i went for a small spin for test the other stuff... The best part was that the oil pressures were ok, and the smoke was gone after a couple of minutes driving. The rancho drag race gear box worked fine, and the rest of the car was allmost civilized, sort of... ;-)

I tested the third gear and the gauge was showing around one bar of boost, ... Yeeeeha! The kawell turbo setup from the stone age works fine! I dont know how fast i was going... Heheh....

There was some issues though, like one burned fuse, and the oil cap is missing now, and the fan is history also, but we managed to get the car back at the garage, and im on my way to home...

What a day, i feel better than james brown...!

Check the crappy video too ...http://youtu.be/IAOtvlYoAn4

German car show @ kangasniemi

We came to pick up mikas 1960 kastenwagen from pekka laitinen's place, and mika' s son casimir bought his first car, a wbx bug! Now we are learning him to drive a vw lupo in the cottage. Its a great trip. I saw my dear project cars, and drove the wbx bug. Let the picks tell the story...