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Far out! Wow, even a "phat", cool! Hey, take off the air cleaner, keep the engine lid off, wear a long sleeve shirt and jeans, close every window, and take her down the 1/4-mile in 95+ degree weather...I think you'll notice the heat from the blowtorches then! :) The sounds you are hearing sound normal to me -- I mean, that's what the engine sounds like with the lid off, not that I can hear your engine from here :) Toby "going for the 'no-heater-boxes' look as well" Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com <-- Please use this address for email '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L, Berg five-speed '75#’$n 914 1.8L, R.I.P., ORPCA member '95 VW Jetta III GL 2.0L, P-Chipped, Jamex sport suspension Portland, Oregon, http://www.pobox.com/~toby_erkson/ > -----Original Message----- > Hey volks, I just got back from the 2nd official drive in my > fastback... The burger-tosser at McD's flipped out when he > saw it - "Oh > man, what kind of car is that?"; "that's old school..."; even > got a "phat" > out of the deal...Oh yeah, > there's not really a rear trunk floor yet either, and hence > no engine cover. > Had to shut it off to hear my order being repeated, right now > it sounds and > feels like I'm being chased by a herd of angry sewing > machines wielding > blowtorches. Seems that either the unconnected heater boxes > (sorry, Toby, > it's Florida) or some vacuum effect sucks the heat off the > engine pretty > well. I didn't realize how much hot air it would be putting > off. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/