High
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Ignition System
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VolksWoman says, "I’ll admit, I have a bit of an attitude about pickup trucks. What started out as a simple, utilitarian vehicle has now become a status symbol, one with bells and whistles most owners have no idea how to use. Trucks with climate control, heated seats, global navigation systems, and tires tall enough to climb a small building, yet what does one do with all this?? In my opinion? Look silly. I have no idea what the first pickup looked like or when it was built. My brother has a 1929 Model A Roadster pickup, which is very cool, but I’ve got to wonder: a convertible PICKUP? A truck with no roof seems highly impractical, and to a farmer buying a vehicle for use this might be a turn-off. But then again, did the farmers of the Depression era care about the cool factor? Maybe they did after all. We may never know." Read - Pickup?? Hah!...
Tech Talk with Rick says, "In our last article we learned how easy it is to remove the body from the VW bug. With the body out of the way replacing the floor pans is pretty straight forward. But with just a little more effort they can be replaced with the body still in place. The first thing you need to do is remove the seats and floor carpet. Removing the battery, the rear seat front support, and the heater tubes will give you access to the edges of the pans. If you are replacing the drivers side pan you will need to remove the pedal cluster. You will have to disconnect the clutch cable in the rear to do this. Once everything is out of the way you cut the pan or what is left of it away from the center tunnel and the front and rear chassis supports. We do this from inside or the top of the floor. " Read - Floor Pan Replacement...
Imagine owning a 1957 Beetle and then finding a '54! That's what this months Feature
is all about! Pat says, "I had a 1957 Bug that needed a ton of work.
I was cruising Craigslist when I found the '54.
It was so cherry! I asked my Pop if he felt like driving
close to a thousand miles to go take a look at it. So there we were...up above San Francisco.
We rented a trailer, put the car on it and headed home. I was stoked. What a beaut! Of course I needed more power than the perfect running
1500cc could give me. So I dug up my money and went shopping." Read - So Cherry...
The Spring Spotlight at SuperBeetles comes to us all the way from Italy. It's the story of a Dancing Super Beetle that is one-of-a-kind and includes a video. "In January 2009 we started Project Maggiolone. Taking a 1973 Super Beetle and making a high-quality demonstration vehicle with some unique features that are one-of-a-kind. This is the first car in the world that automatically dances to the music with a neon light and smoke show. It all started with the complete removal of the body to get ready for the installation of the Della Air Suspension and the complete restoration of the Beetle itself. We built all the brackets and reinforcements for the front and rear to accommodate the air suspension, and also to reinforced the rear of the vehicle. We changed many parts, such as door housing in order to install the rubber grommets for electrical supply to the door itself. " Read - Project Maggiolone...
High Performance 101 gets to the point (and condenser) this month with an article on Electronic Ignition Systems. Ryan says, "Fuel mixture,
compression and spark/ignition are the three things that must come together
for your engine to operate properly. In this installment of High Performance
101 we are going to take a look at the ignition system and ways to maximize
it's potential. The two most common types of ignition systems are the Inductive and the
Capacitive Discharge styles. The inductive ignition system, also
know as a Kettering Ignition for is the
system your VW is equipped with in stock form. It consists of a power
source, a distributor, points, capacitor and coil.
Current flows through the points creating a magnetic field in the coil
while the points are closed. Once the points are opened, the field collapses
and the coil discharges through the high-tension lead, the distributor
and ultimately the spark plug in the combustion chamber. The purpose of
the condenser is to prevent arcing across the face of the points and prolong
their life span. Premature pitting or erosion of the points is usually
an indicator of a faulty condenser." Read - MSD Ignition System...
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