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I saw this on the AC nwsgrp...
THIS is what I like to hear!!
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> From: Randy Post <rpost1@csulb.edu>
> Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.vw.aircooled
> Subject: 400,000 miles!
> Date: Tuesday, February 02, 1999 11:39 PM
>
> The Notch reached 400,000 miles Saturday.
> Her name is Ima -- the three letters on the license plate that go
> with three numbers
>
>
> Parts that have made the entire 36 year journey:
> all 5 rims (assuming 4 rims -- each rim would have made
> approx. 326,600,000 revolutions)
> (on 3rd set of front wheel bearings)
> front suspension out to spindles ('cept several ball joints &
> 2-3 sets of tie rod ends)
> rear: axles, tubes, end gears & fulcrum plates
> body, doors, fenders, & floor pan (Calif registered since '62)
> gas gauge; steering wheel; shifter
> headliner (just a couple of short tears)
> heat exchangers (aluminized coating)
> engine shrouding & fan housing (both recently powdercoated)
> gas tank (deserves a chemical cleaning)
> original front wheel cylinders! (mounted vertically, so water
> falls to end instead of resting in center of bore where rust
> would form)
> original tires (just wanted to see if you were paying attention :-)
> I think I got 50,000 miles on my last set
> door trim (too ugly to describe)
> 6volt wiper motor connected to some kinda Volt-a-drop
> (seems it never rains in Southern California ...
> but girl don't they warn you, it pours, man it pours
> -- Albert Hammond
>
>
>
> Parts that fell by the wayside:
> front hood and apron (icy road -- hey, it was my first time on ice)
> front and rear bumpers
> transmission support/torsion bar housing (cracked and broke apart at
> factory weld; lucky to find replacement two days later for $25)
> 3 engines (133,000 mile average)
> 3 transmissions
> several front drums (mostly used)
> two pairs of rear drums
> one pair of E-brake cab:µåclutch cables
> original single sidedraft carb
> dual Brosol single throat carbs (they paid for their $149 cost in
> three years due to gas savings; I junked them after 13 years
> when I couldn't find replacement parts)
> original speedo (gear wore out after 225,000)
> one pair of window winders
> windshield
> original push-button headlight switch wore out last year, replaced
> with push/pull type attached to bottom lip of dash
> one clutch pedal
> one brake pedal
> one set of seat covers
>
> Present condition:
> 1963 Type 3 Sedan
> needs paint and body work
> 1400 miles on all new engine which I assembled
> 1000 miles on rebuilt tranny
> 1678cc, 1.1 ratio rockers, Engle 100 cam, counterweighted crank,
> swivel foot adjusters
> 0 degree camber all four wheels; 165/15 tires
> swing axle
> 12 volt
> stock 32 PDSIT carbs from '67? T3; 145 mains and 120 air jets
> 6.6 compression with semi-hemi heads, stock valves; yeah, it's
> a Berg engine
> bunch of gauges
> EMPI 5/8" anti-sway bar front
> SAW adjustable spring plates
>
>
> Most disappointing aspect:
> On the previous engine, a stock 1584 rebuilt oil leaker,
> I got highway mileage of 32 mpg. This was on a 200 mile trip, mostly at
> 65 mph. Now for that same trip I get 25.5 mpg. And my 0-60 mph time
> only went from 21.5 sec to 20.3. My guess is that the cam is eating
> up the gas. It has valve overlap of 20 degrees, whereas the stock cam
> has 11.5(?) degrees overlap. Overlap is the period during which both the
> intake and exhaust valve are open. A larger overlap means that a greater
> amount of the incoming fuel tends to do an escape act through the
> exhaust valve opening resulting in lower gas mileage.
>
> Best vacation:
> Bristlecone Pines -- oldest living trees in the world, White Mts.
> (east of Sierra Nevadas) 11,300 ft elevation on the road,
> http://www.sonic.net/bristlecone/intro.html
> got 34 mpg with single sidedraft carb first day up Hwy 395
>
> I reached a top speed of 93 mplx rpm on El Mirage Dry Lake in the
> Mojave Desert on 1-21-99. http://aeve.com/digitaldesert/ddaa/em01.html
> I had the whole lake to myself. Hot Rod magazine makes reference to this
> place a couple of times a year.
>
> Now I'll have to drive it another 12+ years to get my money's worth out
> of the new engine. It's a symbiotic relationship.
>
> Randy
>
>
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