Re: [vintagvw] My weekend with Dave and Marion Bolen

2019-05-23 Thread No Quarter
I have indeed checked out Raby's stuff and boy you have to pay a mint for some of that stuff. Raby takes it to Porsche level for sure and then some. If I can get a good set of heads, I've got a mild stroker crank I could use and then it's just getting the DTM cooling stuff situated. I really

Re: [vintagvw] My weekend with Dave and Marion Bolen

2019-05-23 Thread Dave C. Bolen
Dean, oh, that is nice one! Wish a could weld aluminum! The contour throttle body was one thing I suggested to NQ. Cheers, dave On Tue, 21 May 2019, D Johnson wrote: NQ, I've always been a lurker (since the 80's) but certainly enjoy your posts. I will try, in the future, to comment

Re: [vintagvw] My weekend with Dave and Marion Bolen

2019-05-23 Thread Dave C. Bolen
Dan, You must have hit Jake on a good day or maybe he has just mellowed over the years. He used to be pretty gruff and crusty and suffered no fools. Cheers, dave On Tue, 21 May 2019, Dan Moy wrote: NQ, have you checked with Jake Raby, wealth of information and reminds me of Gene Berg,

Re: [vintagvw] My weekend with Dave and Marion Bolen

2019-05-23 Thread Dave C. Bolen
NQ, Thanks for the kind words! It was good for me to go back over a lot of things both learned and forgotten 14 years ago when I first installed megasquirt. Hopefully the side trips down memory lane added to the entertainment value of "class" and let you get "un-crossed" eyes for a few