I've only put about 100 miles on it so far. I've had no time to play. I hope
to put a few miles on it this weekend, at least tomorrow, during the driving
tour prior to the show on Sunday. The tour should provide a lot of "stop and
go" so should give it a good workout.
I assume that you are not going to make it Sunday, at least not in the
Bugeye.
Larry
----- Original Message -----
From "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver at eng.sun.com>
To: <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>; <spridgets@autox.team.net>;
<millerls@ado13.com>
Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: bugeye 5-speed conversion progress (long)
> Larry,
>
> Thanks for the tip.
> How's your new clutch set-up doing so far?? Have you been able to put any
miles
> on it yet?
>
> - Bryan
>
> >To: "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver@eng.sun.com>,
<spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >Subject: Re: bugeye 5-speed conversion progress (long)
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> >Bryan,
> >I also had to "open up" some of the holes in the back plate to get it to
> >line up.
> >
> >It's easier to just buy a cable from Rivergate or Morriservice.
> >
> >Larry Miller
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bryan Vandiver" <Bryan.Vandiver@Eng.Sun.COM>
> >To: <spridgets@autox.team.net>
> >Sent: Friday, May 05, 2000 10:17 AM
> >Subject: bugeye 5-speed conversion progress (long)
> >
> >
> >> I'm almost done with my 5-speed conversion for the bugeye.
> >> I took last week off and was hoping to have the conversion compleated
by
> >now,
> >> but one thing led to another, and to make a long story short, I ended
up
> >having
> >> my engine bored and honed in the process (new pistons too). In any case
> >the
> >> motor is back together (except the head will need mounted) and I have
the
> >210
> >> tranny bolted up and ready to reinstall back into the engine bay. I
> >orginally
> >> removed the head on the engine so I could remove the engine without
taking
> >the
> >> bonnet off.
> >> In any case, I'm going to recheck the cam timing before I reinstall,
just
> >to
> >> make sure I got everyhing back together correctly ;-)
> >> I have the Rivergate kit, but I took Crash's and a couple other listers
> >advice,
> >> and had Paul Asgeirsson of Morris service, nodify my flywheel to accept
> >the
> >> Nissan pressure plate assembly (nice work). I did notice when I bolted
up
> >the
> >> Rivergate backing plate to the engine, I had to open up the locating
dowl
> >holes
> >> very slightly to get eveything to line up properly. I also had to open
up
> >two of
> >> the screw holes for the counter sunk screws that mount the plate to the
> >back of
> >> the engine. This was no big deal, since the back plate is aluminum, and
I
> >just
> >> used a very slightly over sized drill bit (1/64 over). The tranny
bolted
> >right
> >> up with no issues.
> >> I made a new clutch line from a prefab 42" copper/nickel pipe I picked
up
> >from
> >> Minimania ($13), and have bent it up in the 'stock' tradition, with a
> >couple of
> >> coils in it, simular to the 'original' bugeye clutch line. The line
> >already had
> >> the fittings on the ends, and screws right into the Master, and stock
> >slave
> >> cylinders.
> >> My next challenge will be the speedometer cable. Rivergate has some
> >instructions
> >> for this, however they seem pretty confusing. It looks like I'm
supposed
> >to use
> >> the stock 210 speedo cable, and replace the speedo end with the
coupling
> >off my
> >> sprite speedo cable. (Any suggestions here woud be appreciated:-)
> >> Since the car was running pretty well before I started, I'm hoping that
it
> >will
> >> fire up OK, onnce I get everthing back together. My only concern is
making
> >sure
> >> I got the timing gears and distributor drive back in properly so that I
> >didn't
> >> change any of the timing there.
> >> BTW - I picked up a new head gasket from Minimania, that looks pretty
> >good, it
> >> has a 'silver' finish to it, and has metal 'rings around all water
jacket
> >holes,
> >> as well as the oil and cylinders. They recommended this one over the
> >'copper'
> >> one, and said they used it in all thier race engines. It is about
25-50%
> >thicker
> >> than the 'copper' gasket, and is fibre material has a silver coating
> >simular to
> >> to the spray-on copper coat. Has anyone had any experience with this
> >gasket?
> >>
> >> - Bryan Vandiver (59-bugeye)
> >> San Jose, CA
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
>
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