Davy

Congratulations mate! Good choice! Hope you take good care of her. By the way, my dad had a Beetle and the number was 4 Sri 5791.

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Nice project! I myself was going crazy a couple of weeks ago over building a go-kart and I watched a series of YouTube videos on how to attend to various aspects of the machine as well. I bet this thread will give me some inspiration to start mine some day. What about parts? I guess you'll be fabricating most of the suspension and steering parts, but wheels and tyres for exaple? Do we get them over here? Good luck mate! keep the thread posted.

'Mushtang' ROFL! I thought I was hearing things until I saw your comment.

The web address on the door suggests that it was done ruined by Dum!nda.

What do you call it when two separate people think the exact thing at the exact time and post it on the exact thread?

Why in the world would someone even consider applying marine paint on a floor board of a regular car? You're not thinking of sailing across the Indian ocean once the car is done are you? If the floor boards are new, then all you have to do is apply a good layer of undercoating and it'll hold up just fine. Also: - The roughness in the undercoating also acts a bit like a sound deadening layer so that road noise is not heard inside the car. I'm pretty sure marine paint doesn't offer that advantage. - When stones and other debris on the road strike against the wheel wells and the undercarriage, it's a lot less likely for the layer of undercoating to chip off, unlike marine paint.

I hope you meant "all replies to mistakes on my posts", because otherwise it would seem like just gave the finger to all the members on the forum.

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="westcoast EK3" data-cid="242125" data-time="1371184537"><p> <br /> <br /> Luckily i found a Recon one. otherwise It will get a week to rectify.<br /> one more thing<br /> Can I repair previous booster ????<br /> As per the service manual they not recommend for repaired booster...<br /> only recommendation is to replace with a new one<br /> (The same thing said by the mechanic)<br /> but any how can i have any chance to repair and re use it ?????</p></blockquote> I'm afraid the servo is not serviceable, so you cannot repair it and re-use it as far as I know. I personally don't think you should even consider repairing the servo, because it's a critical component of the brake system. If your concern is not being able to find the exact servo, maybe you can slowly look around for one since ve taken out the defective servo and thus have the sample. Keep your original master pump in a safe dry place until you find the servo.

Oh look! Komi's car is on Top Gear! Any progress on the car machang? Rainy days resulting in the mechanics working at a snails pace? hehe!

Sorry for the long delay in replying. A stiff pedal on idle is a sign of insufficient vacuume in the servo (booster). Rarely do servos give in, but it turns out it was actually the servo which had gone bad in your case. Anyway, I'm glad you managed to fix the issue real quick.

Push Start!

Nice! Good work mensoft!

Yes, probably the best way to go. I managed to restore the 1400 Saturn engine of my A72 (not with me anymore) after doing some subtle performance enhancements such as port polishing and tweaking the carburetor and so on. I found it to be significantly more powerful than before. Certainly not Evo perfomance though! And one other thing that you might want to consider is to change your gearbox to a 5 speed (Some A72s had a 5 speed tranny), because I'm sure you have felt the shortage of another gear at high speeds. I personally think that dropping in a 4G63T on to an A72 just destroys its identity. If I were you, I'd worry more about the car as a whole than just the engine and its performance. Yes you can. I was not lucky enough to find a matching turbo at the time, but I have seen a couple of A72s with turbo.

I wouldn't be surprised if this was actually done in SL, but what I implied was that the photo is not real. The reflections on the front windscreen is identical to that of the old van and it's obvious that the driver's door border has been drawn. There are also smudges on the front wheel arch and the right parking light. Plus whoever did this made a mess re-doing the number plate, the numbers are not even on a straight line.

Could be due to a vacuume leak from the servo or the line from the servo to the intake manifold. Does the brake pedal feel stiff when the car is on idle?

1. it's PhotoShop'd 2. This was already shared in Post Whoring

PK Niwasa been discussed and condemned to death on the forum. Do a search. I personally wouldn't recommend the place to anyone as the others have already pointed out because I live relatively close to the place and I have observed how many people step into the place on Sundays and picnic around the cars with their families, ruining the machines in the process.

I believe this will help:

<blockquote class='ipsBlockquote'data-author="trinity" data-cid="241682" data-time="1370756218"><p> Guys who is the agent for Koyo barings in SL.. or any place you could get genuine ones..</p></blockquote> Not sure about who the agent is but try 'Central Bearings' at Sangharaja Mawatha, Panchikawatta.

For Jaliya...

I've always been a fan of the Lancer EX and the Galant Fortis that we have over here, so the first two would definitely be the Japanese Galant Fortis and the Lancer EX. Then comes the Taiwan Lancer io and the Lancer Fortis at the very end.

Yes, you're right. This engine does not have a PCV. It's just a tube running from the crank case to the air intake. (Same tube highlighted by mensoft in post #6)

And this is the Taiwan Lancer io which is the 2.0L version of the Taiwan Lancer Fortis. (Aparently popular in Vietnam according to one of my good friends who work there)

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