Noname
01-03-2002, 04:15 AM
WARNING! This is a buggy post, saw a while back that at least one on here didn't like us "Buggy" types posting....... :-).......... Also posted on the other forum!
For those that have followed the "project" and have helped me for the last 7 months, I thank you, and leave this account...
1st day home with the engine it slipped off the truck and fell on my leg and foot; result, 3 crushed toes..
1st trip to the dunes found the new turbo had too long a rod on the actuator for the WG..., only 5#'s boost.
Now with the addition of the IC and some other up-grades I'm on my way to the dunes for the long weekend and just 10 miles from the turn off, on wet 2 lane hiway, a young girl doing 70 coming at me and loses control and, you guessed it!!!She missed the motor home but nailed the trailer right on the wheel tearing the axel out from under the trailer and catching the left rear wheel of the buggy. Fortunately she wan't seriously hurt but totaled her VW Golf.After about an hour wait for the California Hiway Patrol, standing in the rain, and reports finished, I watched the trailer and buggy go down the road to the towing yard 150 miles from my home. sigh.......Returned home to sit and pout all weekend.....Maybe I'll drown my sorrow in Bud Light......yea, that's the ticket!! Hope your holidays went much better!!
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(i)Fibre Tec( old one) sandrail, mid engine 83 TC. Totally rebuilt to stock specs, dial a boost, unrestricted 12" X 2 1/2" exhaust, new stock Garett Turbo, KN Cone 7", 87 IC, Bosch valve, Polished alum lt.wgt.wheels total weight around 1,000#'s with 2 seats and you don't want to ride in the passenger seat when I'm driving!! LMAO!!!Beefed up VDub transaxle....cost?????about 7 bucks a pound and 3 crushed toes.....ouch!!! and I did all the work myself, with lots of help from the forum!(/i)
For those that have followed the "project" and have helped me for the last 7 months, I thank you, and leave this account...
1st day home with the engine it slipped off the truck and fell on my leg and foot; result, 3 crushed toes..
1st trip to the dunes found the new turbo had too long a rod on the actuator for the WG..., only 5#'s boost.
Now with the addition of the IC and some other up-grades I'm on my way to the dunes for the long weekend and just 10 miles from the turn off, on wet 2 lane hiway, a young girl doing 70 coming at me and loses control and, you guessed it!!!She missed the motor home but nailed the trailer right on the wheel tearing the axel out from under the trailer and catching the left rear wheel of the buggy. Fortunately she wan't seriously hurt but totaled her VW Golf.After about an hour wait for the California Hiway Patrol, standing in the rain, and reports finished, I watched the trailer and buggy go down the road to the towing yard 150 miles from my home. sigh.......Returned home to sit and pout all weekend.....Maybe I'll drown my sorrow in Bud Light......yea, that's the ticket!! Hope your holidays went much better!!
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(i)Fibre Tec( old one) sandrail, mid engine 83 TC. Totally rebuilt to stock specs, dial a boost, unrestricted 12" X 2 1/2" exhaust, new stock Garett Turbo, KN Cone 7", 87 IC, Bosch valve, Polished alum lt.wgt.wheels total weight around 1,000#'s with 2 seats and you don't want to ride in the passenger seat when I'm driving!! LMAO!!!Beefed up VDub transaxle....cost?????about 7 bucks a pound and 3 crushed toes.....ouch!!! and I did all the work myself, with lots of help from the forum!(/i)