i need to vent

[Timmy_Barns]

Well I was going to work today, yes on Labor Day, and i just came home from a 10 mile drive from my aunts house, just put the motor back in, with the heat sheild. Change my cloths, come back out, get in, and about 1/8th of a mile down the road I hear a thunk-thunk-thunk from the back of the car. I stop, and call my bro. He comes and pulls the Bug back home. Tonight after I finally got outta work, I go out, pull the coil wire off of the coil and crank it via my hand (Which is hard when it is raining) and it went around about 85* and stopped. turned it about 90* the other way and it stopped dead. NOW I AM PISSED. So now after jsut putting the engine back in I have to pull it again. You know I have put over 2000 dollars into this engine. I dont know how many hours I have into it. I coulda ordered a nice crate engine from one of the companies. This sucks. I asked my Mom if I could stay home from school tommarow and she said 'Yes' then I asked Dad and he said 'No, I havta go to school cause I am not going to skip to work on that friekin VW' So now I am stuck with the Friecking 94 Chevy Lumina that every time you drive it 5 stinkin minutes it over heats so right now I am extermely pissed. Sorry for the rant. I am going to go and cry or something cause as of now I have over 2000.00 dollars invested in a heap of engine that is no longer useable, cause my engine has now been aling bored to many times. Im going to go now. I'm really thinking of selling the Super.

[Vincent]

man don't fret that sucks but it happens to the best of us. I rember one time with my old super i had just finished rebuilding it and went to the parts store and they gave me the wrong spark plugs and when i fired it they were smashed in to the pistons and messed up the heads.

[Timmy_Barns]

Oh yeah that already happened. What was that 2 times ago that I tore it apart

[Massive Type IV]

Sounds like something was ingested into the engine.....

[super vw]

Man... that DOES TOTALY SUCK!, but ya gotta keep your head up!
Id say screw what your dad says and listen to your mother... get out there and find out what went down. I GARANTEE you will learn more figuring out what happend to your motor than going to school (well at least you would here in the USA).

Stick it out man!

[zen]

sorry to hear it. it does happen to everyone though. and yes, you could have bought a crate motor for that cash...and have learned nothing. at least you have that learning experience and can use it right away on the rebuild. good luck with it.

[Timmy_Barns]

Thanks guys. i am not sure as of yet what caused the problem, but I am on the hunt. As for now I am just going to have to keep the faith. One day this car will run.

[volkdent]

2 words, H20 conversion. Been there, done that, and while learning a lot about ACVW motors I also learned that your money is better spent on a H20 motor. For a little over 2gs you could throw a rotary, suby, or wasserboxer that you don't have to tinker with every other day. If it fails, grab another one from the junk yard and away you go. My suggestion would be suby, they just keep going and going. That's why they are so popular with home-built aircraft guys, nobody wants and unreliable engine with a birds eye view. Just my $.02.

Jason

[Mikey]

that sucks, I remember with the '72 standard I have now, I drove to Washington state, 8000 miles a few weeks after it got rebuilt. It drove perfect there and back, then a week or two after I got back it was a cold morning, I went out to start it up and it spun a bearing. pulled it apart, rebuilt it. Me and my friend thought it was just debre in the oil. because of the marks on the bearing that spun. so we put a oil pump with a filter on it, then less than a week later it spun the same bearing. so we pulled it apart Again and aline bored it, it's been working perfect ever since.

Sometimes it just takes a few times to get it right. The thing is, don't give up. :righton:

[Timmy_Barns]

OK Volkdent, and along with the 2000 you spend on the engine, how much is the conversion? How much time do you have to take to figure the widths and all of that? Where did you run the radiator? I dont like the idea of something other than what the VW techies designed to put it in there, desigh wise. Im sure it works awasome, I just am not assured enough that i could do something like that, cuase I would prolly end up putting in backwards or something.

[boygenius]

Sorry dude, First off try to stay calm. If you go to work on your engine all pi$$ed off you might overlook something or break something else. I once forgot to loctite the clutch bolts on my "NEW" clutch and they backed off at around 10,000 rpm and 140 mph. It wasn't pretty... But I can laugh about it now.

[volkdent]

I agree with boygenius, take it easy, driving something is MUCH better than driving nothing, so your covered. Taking your time is actually what usually nets the best results, so maybe mentally take the car off the road for a few weeks and really get methodical with it. See what the problem is, it might be simple. If its expensive though....
My conversion comment was a little backhanded, sorry, I just had a flashback of how frustrated I've been in a similar instance that prompted me to go H20, but really, you can make the stock style ones go OK for quite awhile, although I personally wouldn't go over 1776cc. Anyhew, I'm not talking $2000 for the engine, I'm talking maybe $4-500, the rest going to adapter, clutch, radiator, hoses, that kind of stuff. The trouble with the whole stock VW configuration is that it is a money pit if you like power. It was never designed for high HP, so somethings always going to give, unless you've spent $k's on it. Even with the H2O conversion, while you may get a reliable-no-nonsense engine, you'll probably find that if your adding more HP and drive hard, the tranny is going to be your next week link. If you really love working on your car and have a back up vehicle, the stock configuration is great, because it is a neverending hobby, but if you just want to drive, you'll probably find yourself having similar thoughts as I in a few years. Sadly, what most do is abandoned the bug entirely and buy a new VW or (cringe) a Honda! For me, going H20 is a happy medium.

Jason

[Timmy_Barns]

AHHH HONDA. I would never trade in my Bug. Ill let you guys no what it is the instant I find it. I am giving myself some time to get unpissed and I am going to start working on it this weekend. Ok Ill ttyl

[super vw]

Well hope its somthing simple or inexpensive...

Good luck,
Jonathan

[Eurolook71]

sorry to hear about that. live and learn i guess. Next time around, start with a new case.....and a bitchin' balance job!