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WillStang - Not sure if you have your engine overheating issue fully resolved; you are real close to GEMVW (Menifee CA). He is very knowledgeable; does all machining in house, and will break-in/tune the engine with your carb and dist. All you do is put in car and drive away. Just throwing this out ...

GOOD NEWS GOOD NEWS: I have picked up my motor from the builder and installed it yesterday morning. It has had its compression lowered quite a bit as it doesn’t shake much when starting, starts pretty easily and runs very nice. It idles smoother and most importantly didn’t get HOT! It did loose some...

So I finally spoke to my engine builder about the overheating issue and after he gave me his speech on proper engine tins and flaps (which I have) I asked about my compression numbers and he flipped out asking why I would build such a high compression motor. 170 psi for most cylinders. This puts it ...

Thank you manxvair. Is it going to cost us an entrance fee to Lake Hemet to come to that?


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As a local member who’s buggy is not able to make it is there a show and shine portion on Saturday or Sunday that my son and I could attend? We would like to check out some buggies and get some ideas for our continuing build.


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Check out Awsome Powdercoat at http://www.awesomepowdercoat.com they have a good selection of tins available and can powdercoat them for you as well. I have used them for a few parts and I think the quality is great.


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It’s been a long time since I have moved forward on this build. I was finally able to get the engine issues worked out. It was a very faulty distributor. It would test well but function poorly to make it seem to me and others that it was carb related so that is where I was focusing all of my attenti...

I did take most of November and December off of buggy work.After much hair-pulling and all that comes with diagnosing problems that seem to not have a source I have determined that the main culprit in all of my motor troubles were caused by a faulty distributor. It was brand new, as was most everyth...

Do you have the specs on engine other then the size of it? Compression ratio? What the specs are for the camshaft? Cylinder heads, valve sizes? Timing at idle and full advance? Spark plugs you are using? Exhaust size, that would be the size of the tubing? Muffler, what type? I know you are saying y...

Ok so I've been ignoring it for two months and it was time to get back to it. I was able to get a new thermostat and a jet kit for the carb from Redline along with some tuning advice. I upped the idle jets 10 each and am able to get it to idle now. It pulls well enough after 1600-ish rpm but really ...

lastmanx wrote:did you check the warm up vanes to be sure they open ?

The thermostat and the flaps open up fully pretty quickly, probably within a minute or so. It sure pushes a lot of hot air out the back.


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Nothing yet. I did get a replacement manifold from Redline Weber on Thursday and installed it Friday morning. It ran better but still too hot. I plan on having someone who is more able to jet this motor running right. I have a suggestion to have Jim at GEMVW work on it. Any other suggestions? If any...

Well I did what I could. Weber even overnighted me a new intake as it seems to me that the old one had a leak between the pre-heat and the intake side of things. Got it timed better but it is running too hot to drive up the mountain this time. We may see you all in the morning. Sent from my SM-G930P...

Poop! It looks like we will miss this year's Big Bear Bash as my new motor just isn't running quite right and is getting too hot. I don't want to break the new motor in like that. May cruise up in the morning and check out the show and shine. And we were looking forward to taco night too. Sent from ...

I wrote John at aircooled.net where I purchased the carb kit and he suggested that I check the intake casting for leaks between the pre-heat and the intake runner and sure enough there is a leak between the two. I will replace that section and try again. I really hope I can get this buggy running be...