For those who have not seen this on our site, we are having a tech weekend at Jake Raby's shop in Cleveland. Jake has built a new shop with a chassis dyno and a lift. We will be dynoing cars and using the dyno info to fine tune them for the drive to Bug-A-Paluza. Go here for more details- http://www.athensvwclub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=666

Jake's address is 47 Raby drive
Cleveland GA 30528 GPS and google maps can find Raby Dr.

We are leaving Athens at 7:30 am. All the details can be found at http://www.athensvwclub.com/phpBB2/index.php

Can't wait to see my bug on the roller!

Well, tech day at Raby's was awesome. Jake was nice enough to open his doors and let the club in for a tech/dyno day. There were engine pulls, muffler mods, dyno and the list goes on and on. I got the 40/44 EIS KADS rebuilt, tapped for vacuum, the pumps set and rebuilt a 205P SVDA that Jake donated to the cause. Winnie was the first up on the dyno and we all agreed that she did OK for the piss poor set up I have right now (single Weber/009). We'll put her back on the roller after the duals and SVDA are installed. The pulls were sampled 3rd gear at 5200rpms. Complete photos to come!

What I learned at tech weekend:
Use Brad Penn 20w50 or Royal Purple 20w50 motorcycle oil in A/C VWs.
My newish Ford Van needs synthetic instead of regular 5w20.
Do a tune up before any dyno time (sorry about the wild goose chase).
I need to install an electronic ignition.
I'll never build a boxter engine.

Here are our individual pictures. I'll have the rest of the event pictures up soon. My apologies to Scott A. You are the only one that I do not have a picture of on the dyno but I do have your results. For full size picture please click here.

Got the full gallery finished. CLICK HERE The last one is my favorite! MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM