Mick's 70 Lowlight

Did a little bit of work on the bus today. Spent some time pondering on coil locations and whether to go with a coil near / on plug solution or just stick with the trusty wasted spark setup. I also had a rummage through the EFI parts stash and dug out a fuel pump and turbo regulator. Need to figure out where to mount these but first need to figure out which is the outlet and which is the return on the fuel tank. (I have NFI).

Finally replaced my blown grinder with a new one. $21 well spent. Splashed out on a new disc arbor and some discs as well. Spent a few hours tidying up the tin wear where I had welded it up. Just need to take it into work and use the shot blasting cabinet to remove the paint before applying some new satin black. Also installed the oil filter bypass (although I must have missed taking a photo of it.)

Been toying with the idea of tearing the long block down and installing my new prototype cam. Can't quite make my mind up. I've got a sidewinder exhaust on the way so it's very tempting to take things to the next level (keeping to 1600cc of course). However, to take advantage of the cam I would need to do some head work which is a bunch of hours work. Plus if I'm going down that path I really should look to do something with the crank and rods. So I dug out a pair of heads from the junk pile and my copy of 'hot-rodding the VW engine' to take a look at what's involved in porting them.

I had planned to build up another engine to test the cam out. I've got pretty much most parts to build up a 2180 but figure that in reality it will be a while before I can get around to doing that, so adding it to the bus engine seems like a good idea. Plus as it's my daily it'll get some good use. I can always get another cam.

Decisions, decisions, decisions...