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 minutes.
It was great to visit and see someone in person(and his lovely wife) that
has been on the list so long!...is it really 26 years!!!?
Cheers, dave
On Sun, 19 May 2019, No Quarter wrote:
Hello gang...NQ here...things have been pretty quiet here on the list since I
last posted back in January. Since that time my wife and I spent a wonderful
month in Australia that went way too fast. The trip was punctuated with the
sad fact that a young man decided to check out of life by jumping off the
bridge we were walking on. He was right behind us about 20 feet and even
though we didn't see him jump, the sound and sights afterwards will be burned
into my mind until my dying day.
On a brighter note, after being on the list here since around 1996 (23 years
ago), I finally got to meet one of our long-time listees! Enid and I just
got back from spending a wonderful weekend with the Bolens in Fayetteville,
AR. The reason for the trip was for Dave to share with me his knowledge
about how to fuel-inject a VW engine and what a wonderful treat it was! I
learned so much my head is still swimming, but Dave patiently peeled back
layers of the fear of the unknown for me and gave me new-found confidence on
the entire fuel injection process. It's a bit involved, but so worth the
effort.
While Dave's wife kindly took my wife under her wing and went and did lady
things together with her, Dave and I hit the books so-to-speak. Actually, I
hit the books more - but Dave was kind enough to have a laptop with larger
screen plugged in - all propelled with linux - as well as a well thought-out
syllabus to help teach me how to do this. I've come away with a
crystal-clear view of what needs to happen in order to convert to fuel
injection.
One of my dreams was to build an upright DTM style 2L Type 4 engine, but the
dual carburetor thing always scared me off. My experience with duals hasn't
been good and I absolutely hate dorking with dual carbs. In my climate, the
lack of chokes makes starting a VW engine a pure joke and having to
synchronize carbs every so often is just not worth it to me. I like the
center-fed style like what the 1600DP has and now armed with the knowledge
Dave sent me home with, I think I could do a DTM T4 2L and create a custom
manifold that would mimic the 1600DP style and then fuel inject it!
As icing on the cake, Dave took me for a ride in his 1968 Beetle with a
1776cc engine. The turbo has been removed for various reasons while things
get resorted out, but I'm telling you guys - I have *NEVER* felt a 1776cc
engine pull like this. It was absolutely unreal and now I understand more
than ever why some dub owners like fuel injection and even turbos. You know
when you accelerate and you hit 3rd and 4th gear how your engine starts to
kind of run out of steam? That point where the cam has done it's job and
your pistons are moving so fast that only so much air-fuel mixture can enter
the cylinder? With a turbo, this doesn't happen. It just keeps right on a
pulling! I didn't experience that, but I understand the lure so much more so
now.
Our quick little 3 day vacation ended this evening when we arrived home ready
to start another work week, but we left with gratitude in our hearts and with
much thankfulness for the hospitality shown to us on our quick stay. Dave's
friend Randy was an absolute pleasure to chat with and we hope to make our
way back down there again soon where we felt welcomed with open arms.
In closing, I share with y'all a photo of the 2 of us...the teacher and the
student with the project in the background. If my eyes look a little
crossed, it's not without good reason because I got schooled hard and enjoyed
every single stinkin' minute of it.
https://elassleybie.incolor.com/temp/DaveBolenNQ.jpg
Thank You Dave and Marion (and Randy!) for the wonderful and all-too-short
time spent together.
NQ
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