--> KR-List message posted by: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Look up the battery on Embay. There are several listed there for a good price.
Interesting information about the carb and moving it to the top. I am just trying to think of the space at the top of the motor and it seems to me that it's a little lean for space up there. What would you do? Put a hump in the cowling? My mind has been contemplating the idea of fuel injection. I have done a lot of work in this area on my turbo charged car including adding an intercooler and bigger injectors a manual boost controller ( homemade) and reprogramming the ECU ( computer) to gain an additional 175 HP on what was only 175 HP 4 Cylinder 2.2 four cylinder. I now have ( depending on boost settings) between 275 Hp and 363 HP. I believe if kept below 300HP the engine will be very reliable. But this is a totally different engine the VW and design constraints would never allow the same things to be done to the VW engine and maintain reliability. However, the knowledge I gained on this , I would think could be used to consider the possibility to fuel injecting the VW engine and maybe turbo charging it. The obstacles would be how to control the fuel injectors, i.e. how to computerize it and how to control the waste gate on the turbo ( reliably and effectively) and of course the heat. I would much rather inject the engine then to turbo charge it because I believe you could gain a few HP with injection without much if any weight penalty. However I do not think turbo charging would be able to provide the reliable power gains over a weight penalty and heat and reliability penalty. The most reliable turbo's require both water and oil cooling. More weight penalties and the water you do not have with a VW motor. All that said I would not hold this idea back if using a SUby motor or even a Corvair. I am just really more interested in getting rid of the Model T Zenith carb and gong to something better and not having to worry about carb ice. I have a Posa carb and everything I have read on that one leads me to believe I should not even consider using it. Then again, I do not feel I know enough about the VW motor to really claim anything. Jeff York Lexington, KY. KR-2 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Gibfried" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: KR-List: Battery site > --> KR-List message posted by: "Bob Gibfried" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Jeff > > Thanks for the reply about the battery. The site you listed just comes up > as "under construction". Will do some research as my local supplier has to > order the battery also. > > I'm using the old, standard baffles too and the snorkels are interesting. > The homebuilt featured in the latest Kitplanes also showed the snorkels. > One of my future projects is to move my Revmaster carb to the top of the > engine which will require a new top cowl and baffling. Great Plaines > reports picking up some 2-300 rpm by shorting the intake manifold. Worth a > try but will have to solve the dripping of gasoline on top of a hot engine > first. > > Bob, Wichita > > _-===================================================================== _-= _-= -- Please Support Your Lists This Month -- _-= (And Get Some AWESOME FREE Gifts!) _-= _-= November is the Annual List Fund Raiser. Click on the _-= Contribution link below to find out more about this _-= year's Terrific Free Incentive Gifts provided by the _-= The Builder's Bookstore www.buildersbooks.com! _-= _-= List Contribution Web Site _-= _-= http://www.matronics.com/contribution _-= _-= Thank you for your generous support! _-= -Matt Dralle, List Admin. _-= _-===================================================================== _-= - The KR-List Email Forum - _-= This forum is sponsored entirely through the Contributions _-= of List members. You'll never see banner ads or any other _-= form of direct advertising on the Matronics Forums. _-===================================================================== _-= List Related Information _-= Post Message: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _-= UN/SUBSCRIBE: http://www.matronics.com/subscription _-= List FAQ: http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/KR-List.htm _-= Search Engine: http://www.matronics.com/search _-= 7-Day Browse: http://www.matronics.com/browse/kr-list _-= Browse Digests: http://www.matronics.com/digest/kr-list _-= Live List Chat: http://www.matronics.com/chat _-= Archives: http://www.matronics.com/archives _-= Photo Share: http://www.matronics.com/photoshare _-= List Specific: http://www.matronics.com/kr-list _-= Other Lists: http://www.matronics.com/emaillists _-= Trouble Report http://www.matronics.com/trouble-report _-= Contributions: http://www.matronics.com/contribution _-=====================================================================
