I started the upgrades with getting the vehicle to perform the way I wanted it to. Engine upgrades can be expensive, not only in initial cost of the parts, but if you go overboard, then fuel economy can suffer. I didn't want to build a big engine. I can go fast enough on the highway and it accelerates OK. It started with the carburetors. My son and I went to a VW aircooled show in North Carolina and found the swap meet. I found a pair of Weber DCNF 40mm carburetors. I wanted carbs that I could have one barrell for each cylinder so that I can tune them for each cylinder. The original carb was OK, but I wanted the performance from dual carbs. Well, it was very typical of what happens when I go to upgrade. Nothing fit in easily. The cooling fan shroud needed to be cut in order for the carbs to fit.
After that was all cut and put into place I had another problem. The air cleaner mount plate wouldn't fit. It was an easy fix, but it involved making new base plates for the filters. After that was done, I had to make the linkage.
This is my own design that was made from tubing, square rod and carb linkage ends. Hard to get good pics.
No comments:
Post a Comment