MadMike's 'Casper' 76 bug

[madmike]

Ha,, Not gonna happen the MSD box is analog not the new digital
Ya I do have quiet a collection of carbs
48 IDA's
44 Idf's
40 DCOE
45 DCOE
600 cfm Holly w/vac secondaries

[petew]

I'll give you $200 for the lot. Get them off your hands.

Seriously though. You'd learn most of it in a weekend. It's no harder to work than a word document. You can make smart comment on here, you can run Tunerstudio.

[madmike]

My wife sez ; I'm 'Tecknowledgey Challenged'

[madmike]

I was heading to a carshow yesterday , Pouring rain ,no wipers then the motor was going lean?? then stalled,,nursed/idled it home, ended up taking the VW Bus to the show,, got the T-shirt,LOL
it was the fuel filter almost plugged on the bug
rain-X does absolutely NOTHING for a Flat windshield

[66brm]

You need to drive faster, rainex is great on early bugs

[madmike]

I was thinking I'm INSANE (could barely see
If the boost kicks in
76 bug so it not early

[petew]

You need to drive faster

That's exactly what I was thinking!

[andy198712]

On motorbike you need atleast 50/60mph to clear the visor as you move your head side to side

On the plus side you got the t shirt! I've been stuck with a clogged filter before! Anouying huh?!

[madmike]

I've installed a rebuilt Turbonetics waste gate yesterday and I seem to work
more test driving soon,,,,,
FYI selling all my MSD stuff,, add on theslambla,,

[madmike]

Gate works, Pings on Premium @12lbs took it on a 50+mile cruise yesterday next weekend is racing
wknd 110 race fuel and crankin up the boost

[rubenski]

Sweeeeet!

[madmike]

Had such bad luck,,
first thing the car sat on the trailer all night and leaked half my race fuel (frontend too high no shut off on tank) bought more fuel on the way to the track
went to unload
hydrolocked my motor for a second I though all the fuel ran out the velocity stacks
weird oil pressure (gauge jumping from 5-40lbs ,, usually 50lbs cold
fuel in the sump
the good=found a parts store open on a 'Sunday'
The bad= $81. for 4 qt's of joe jibbs oil & one Mobil 1 WTF
couldn't get the filter off,,,,
screw it,, filled (too much )with new oil an pray ,,good oil pressure
with a qt, too much it lifted the left Valve cover and I spayed oil on the track(so sorry guys
lucky I had 2 gaskets with me cuz on the next pass it sucked the gasket in on the top (I even have tabs welded on the inside to prevent this I thought I bent a pushrod,, plug wire fell off
fitted the second gasket, It didn't seal,messed with it 'got it to seal' fun stuff workin of a Piping HOT motor with by standers watching
my time slips show my age I made a total of 6 passes ( over 100 cars ) I only lost twice once on the V.C issue when it blew off #2 spark plug wire(lost to a 69 Falcon 351ci & a SBC rat rod)
re-raced the falcon and spanked him good on the next pass did a better RT with a .533 instead of 1.002 last race of the day my Son ask if I'd race him and his Civic,, Ok
fater & son grudge match,,,
I spanked him ,,,again 8.7 to his 9.4
my best was a 8.4 @ 86mph with a too small turbo and carb
even with all the Bad luck I did have fun what's that say'in "a bad day of racing beats a good day of workin"
Cheers, Madmike

[panel]

what's that say'in "a bad day of racing beats a good day of workin"
Cheers, Madmike

I thought you were retired

[petew]

Nice!

[madmike]

Yepper,I'm retired,, and still recovering from that day never get old