Category: Tuning
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more tuning – and winter starting
I’ve not driven the bus now for a few weeks and so headed into the gloomy november afternoon light do give it a run through and warm the engine. Sadly – and predictably – the huge new Yuasa battery I swapped in just a few weeks ago after the old one (8 years and counting)…
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so i started building another, other engine for the wedge…
after the 2.1DJ wbx spat a head bolt late last summer I slowly build up a junk find 2.1MV (the low compression kind)
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VW t25 t3 vanagon waterboxer with EFI baseline dyno tuning
Baseline dyno tuning a VW t25 t3 wasserboxer 2.1mv engine with customDTA electronic fuel injection. first pull on the dyno at JR racing in yate, near bristol
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EFI Wiring loom tests
The loom is mostly build – now to lay it out and start to plan the route and wrapping for the EFI MV WBX motor.
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Breather and vacuum system on the EFI wbx
Added some more to the EFI MV wbx motor – the vacuum pipes from the manifolds – to drive the MAP sensor for the EFI and also the brake booster, plus some other small pieces of plumbing for the motor.
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EFI wbx engine build up
While the 2.1l DJ wbx motor is out the build up on the replacement 2.1l MV begins. The EFI system from Paul at VWspeedshop got cleaned and is now being prepped and installed.New crank pulley with crank trigger, bell crank centre linkage, twin Jenvey throttle bodies, temp and MAF sensors etc. everything gets washed and…
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wbx engine teardown
The DJ wbx motor we removed from the double slider is going for a rebuild – with some fancy things planned – but first it needs cleaning and tearing down. Mike and came down to the unit to get the motor onto a stand then we got into it –
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Back to tuning the MSD double slider
The grey double slider works just fine but needs a little more? Running with MSD distributor and multi-spark ignition box with a soft touch rev limiter – that was originally on Kevo’s type4 powered drag rail – it works ok – the Pierberg carb is originally for a 1.9 DG motor so it runs a…
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don’t hold your breath !
don’t hold your breath but iu think i’ve started the build up on the new wedge engine ! eek! i trawled up to raceshack in tewkesbury to see conor and matty and kevo and get the job kicked off.. i’ve been slowly assembling parts and bits for well over a year, maybe getting on for…