Re: [vintagvw] Rear heater outlet flaps

2008-11-20 Thread Dave C. Bolen
Bert, You could probably make one fairly easy, but without a picture it would be difficultor require some engineering. Bert, you might get lucky and find a pic in the bently where they show you how to connect them. I'll do my best to shoot some pics on saturday if you remind me. It's

Re: [vintagvw] 1600cc Single Port

2008-11-20 Thread Sharkey's Garage
One of the reasons why people began running 009s is that it is arguably a cleaner looking distributor without the ugly vacuum advance unit hanging off of the side. But I think the real reason is that most dual carb set-ups won't facilitate the correct vacuum signal needed. It all dates back to

Re: [vintagvw] 1600cc Single Port

2008-11-20 Thread rayvwbug
The real problem I have seen with aftermarket exhausts other than not being drilled out, are that the flanges are both welded to areas that see the same amount of exhaust pressure.? If you notice the stock mufflers ran a pipe down to a low pressure area so there would actually be a flow of

Re: [vintagvw] 1600cc Single Port

2008-11-20 Thread Sharkey's Garage
You might get a back-and-forth pulse as the two connected exhaust ports fire, but the end result would be zero flow. If you wanted to recreate the same effect that a stock muffler has, you'd relocate one of the two preheat flanges to the center of the four-way collector. That way, you'd have