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New motor ? Shouldn't be driving at all till cam has been run in as the lifters and cam lobes will get chewed out ..unless old cam ..normal 3 x 5 min sessions reving between 2200-3000 from very first start up
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FrankenCab wrote:New motor ? Shouldn't be driving at all till cam has been run in as the lifters and cam lobes will get chewed out ..unless old cam ..normal 3 x 5 min sessions reving between 2200-3000 from very first start up
That's pretty much what we did, start run keeping it around 2200 to 3 around the block then switch off. Stan gave me a detailed run in procedure to follow.
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Nice .. Dyno session next ..my stinky junk 1916 made 74 rwhp built from 3 motors ..how's the ce air bag setup feel ?
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Next is getting the engineering passed, wish me luck :shock:
Air ride is pretty dam good not too firm at all and I still need to play around with pressures.
My biggest problem is I'm too dam tall for these things (lol)
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Should be interesting with engineer ..have you been talking with him/her while bus has been built about mods .?
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yeh, should be all ok, he's checked out the website and product and doesn't see any issues but time will tell hay.
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geniberg shifter, amazing quality

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Volkstrim head liner

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^^^ Dave does a great job. Looks great mate. Love the Berg shifter... though you were getting the lock-out as well :o
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yeh its a well done head liner, I did the doorcards and other trim as I had the time.
The shifter has the push button lock out for reverse which is all I need.
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kombi niko wrote:yeh its a well done head liner, I did the doorcards and other trim as I had the time.
The shifter has the push button lock out for reverse which is all I need.
yeah cool. i meant the lower lock for the gears :roll: :lol:
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oh the lock to stop peeps steeling it, yeh let them try I say, I have a few surprises for any would be thief :)
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whats the little black box in front of the shifter
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