horror with the ghia

 as i have been hunting for the leaking places from the turbo-engine, it has been a really knuckle busting job, but one of the intake manifold is coming apart, (i guess that i will get it back one day) and trying to figure out how to glue it together, with something that really holds up. any suggestions?

everything looked good under valve covers... 

and no loose parts...

im helping JIMI with his kawasaki kx85, so 

JIMI helps me with the ghia occasionally... :-)

tough spaces to operate...

i´ve got a new package

are you trying to Find repair parts for a transmission with liberty gears? A very hard task ...1.31 keyed 4th gear to a liberty gear package... around 15 inquiries to different companys... + to famous racers too. huh. finally found them from dave folts - usa. thanks for dave, the transmission project might be progressing...

and this transmission is coming to the orange bug. 

slow progress, but getting better

I try to fix the leaks, the intake manifold has now 

better silicone hoses and clamps too, from Autosiliconehoses

but there's still things to do especially with the turbo header

The copper gaskets has been swapped to a different solution...

if they do not work, then have to change to the copper ones

In this picture you can see new copper nuts, 

one a bit burned oil hose, and the ASH silicone hoses & clamps too.

not so much space under the ghia. :-)

 

smoke detector detected.

Bought a smoke detector from amazon.com, 

and i was surprised that it really works and helps too.

its actually very helpful. this has been used on the turbo-ghia.

found couple of places that leaks. in the intake and the exhaust too.

the inspection is still on progress...

 

 

something is happening

just for the fun, the 1700 cc engine is getting parts, 

and the 76x94 is getting more complete, got to modify the engine tin, 

to make them first the oxyboxer...

the old kawell turbo set is a mock up to see what kind of exhaust 

would suit the massive sump-pump

 

taking the ghia to helsinki...

the orange bug will stay at saukkola for a while...

got to try to fix it there...

the weather wasn't the best, but the rain 

took most of the dust away...

the race buggy was not easy to move as there is a spool...

got to go to the garage to clean up...

but now i can start to locate the problems in the ghia...

at least when I'm in a better shape...

 

malmi cruising 1.9.2023

 went there with the wasserboxer bug, but sadly, talked too much and the result is that don't have much of pictures... but what can i say. way too good happening... loads of cars, and great people.

lightened gas foot

well after the trip to sweden, the two toes were toasted, first had to amputate, tip of the toes, and next day i got fever, and the blood poisoning, after that i was a week in the hospital, and they made a new operation, and amputated two toes, completely ...but now i better, have to get energy to go and fix the vw´s ... and walk a bit. sorry the graphic picture, but that's the situation. the doctors gave me two bad choices, but the result is better than i thought. :-)

 

the drag buggy

 ok, i couldn't resist this one. a street buggy from sweden, what a bad ass buggy. 10.7 in the quarter mile.

So i went with JIMI (my son) to Wasa with a trailer, stayed a night in a hotel, then in the morning after a good breakfast, went to the ship without a car or trailer, heading to UMEÅ.There was Mats and Palle, waiting with the buggy in the harbour already. oh boy, a drag buggy but street legal. a bottle of NOS and everything that one might need. we hadn't much time, but after cruising with the buggy at the harbour area...we drove the racer to the ship and then to the trailer and back to helsinki... 

a pretty long trip, but worth every penny. and the buggy.... its just awesome... and fast.