@Robert M, I ordered a welded fan from Pat Downs. So, at some point, I will be trying to sell my Andrig fan.
My car often runs a little rough the first time I start it after a long rest. The first thing I need to do is adjust the throttle linkage. It idles at 3000 rpm with the linkage hooked up.
@Michael McKelvey posted:@Robert M, I ordered a welded fan from Pat Downs. So, at some point, I will be trying to sell my Andrig fan.
My car often runs a little rough the first time I start it after a long rest. The first thing I need to do is adjust the throttle linkage. It idles at 3000 rpm with the linkage hooked up.
I'm hoping to have Friday off and some time to go see pat at his shop. If he hasn't packaged it up already I'll get it done for you.
@Robert M, thanks. I have never dealt with Pat before but I was very happy to be able to support his new business.
Living in a very cold climate the vanes and T stat are important. I have a great storage place now and rarely drive in the Winter. Because of all the cooling equipment my engine rarely gets warn enough to produce much heat. Without the vanes what warming it does would likely take much longer. I had to add them after the fact as they were not present on my car when I purchased it from Kirk.
@majorkahuna, when I bought my new Scat shroud from Awesome Powdercoat I had them modify it to accept the vanes. He didn't do a good job of aligning the holes on one side of the shroud with those on the other. I think he should at least do a test fit of the vanes on the shrouds he modifies.
@majorkahuna posted:Without the vanes what warming it does would likely take much longer. I had to add them after the fact as they were not present on my car when I purchased it from Kirk.
Same here. I pretty much had to drive a few miles up a grade to get my car up to “operating temperature.” With the new shroud and thermostat flaps, it warms up much faster. (Oddly enough, it also stays much cooler overall)
FWIW, the exhaust headers on my Spyder preclude using an actual VW thermostat so I just rigged up a choke cable to manually open/close the flaps. Last “winter” I never opened them once. I’m talking 40°-55° days.
Somehow, through all this, my throttle linkage got misadjusted. It is a little hard to understand since the pivot is attached to the engine case and that didn't change and the carbs didn't move.
I mentioned above that I was getting a lot of popping and the idle was at about 3000.
When the linkage was disconnected from the carbs it idled at about 1000. When I connected the left carb only it still idled at about 1000. When I added the connection to the right carb the idle went up to 3000. So, I shortened and adjusted the rod to the right carb and now the idle is good. Also, the popping is gone.
Check to see if this breather gives you clearances; it's farther from the hose outlet than your current one.
@Michael McKelvey posted:@Robert M, thanks. I have never dealt with Pat before but I was very happy to be able to support his new business.
So he left CB Performance? I wasn't aware of that....
@Impala, I have already replaced my CB breather with a CSP breather. It still impinges on the hose a bit.
Impinging on a hose might be more of an issue if it is a CPAP 
@Michael McKelvey posted:@Impala, I have already replaced my CB breather with a CSP breather. It still impinges on the hose a bit.
That sucks; sorry I put in my comment before reading and following to the end, which I did after posting.
No need to apologize. Thanks for your interest and for contributing to the conversation.
Stupidity -
I've always wanted to believe if we live long enough, experience will outrun stupidity. Like many SOCers my tune up routine is muscle memory, uh, check that, rote.
Having the clutzy gene, whenever I take off the air cleaners, I wad small rags, and put them in the carb stacks, so I don't gracefully drop something in the carbs. This works well, unless you forget to take the small rags out when you restart the car.
After blurting out dirtyphilaramicpacaloomis!!, I ordered caps to cover the carb stacks, they are bright red, though not stupid proof, less likely I will miss taking them off.
Actually, the language I used was so harsh, the neighbor's cat gave me a dirty look.
@Impala posted:So he left CB Performance? I wasn't aware of that....
Retired over a year ago and has branched out on his own as an engine builder and parts designer. He has welded/balanced fans on his webpage and he'll also have his own set of heads on there too.
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If you can make your head while all about you are importing theirs and blaming it on the economy...
@Sacto Mitch posted:.If you can make your head while all about you are importing theirs and blaming it on the economy...
... the world will beat a path to your door.
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...and — which is more — you’ll be The Man, my son!
