Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 4:16 am
man that looks great!
probably gonna make me second guess if i ever get into an accident
probably gonna make me second guess if i ever get into an accident
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Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 6:12 pm
Turned out great! nice work
Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:30 pm
I told you that horse shoe up yer arse for luck would come in handy 
great work Jesse. May be you've missed your calling, 'Jesse's Body and Fender Repair'.
great work Jesse. May be you've missed your calling, 'Jesse's Body and Fender Repair'.Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 9:56 pm
Thanks, fellas!
Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 11:50 pm
Wow, Jesse powers FTW!!! Nice work bro
Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 9:32 am
Nice JOB. I once wached my dad do the same thing to his car when I was a kid. Except he used a tractor. 
Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 2:16 pm
Nice work! Good as new.
Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 9:17 pm
Thanks, all!
I loaded a MegaSquirt map that Mark helped me tune (He drove the piss out of the car, while I sat in the other seat, tuning on the laptop). I later fine tuned it by driving up a hill many many times, sometimes with the E-brake on at different resistance levels, to tune different parts of the map. Yeah, it's weird, but if you made it this far through my worklog, you are not surprised 
She's running pretty well, again, and I can lower the idle to about 400, just to feel proud
When I was into air cooled VWs, we would have slow drags, to see who could finish an 1/8 mile run the slowest (NO clutch!). Guys would get out, and walk, while their car was puttering along in 1st gear, get on the roof, have a drink/ smoke. It was awesome. You could hear each cylinder fire; kathunk, kathunk, kathunk. That's tuning!
I am now going to clean her up! The interior has some light mold, and rust, and in the engine bay, I'm going to re do the wiring, and everything. Then, when the weather is good... PAINT! Mirror black, like my soul.
I loaded a MegaSquirt map that Mark helped me tune (He drove the piss out of the car, while I sat in the other seat, tuning on the laptop). I later fine tuned it by driving up a hill many many times, sometimes with the E-brake on at different resistance levels, to tune different parts of the map. Yeah, it's weird, but if you made it this far through my worklog, you are not surprised
She's running pretty well, again, and I can lower the idle to about 400, just to feel proud
When I was into air cooled VWs, we would have slow drags, to see who could finish an 1/8 mile run the slowest (NO clutch!). Guys would get out, and walk, while their car was puttering along in 1st gear, get on the roof, have a drink/ smoke. It was awesome. You could hear each cylinder fire; kathunk, kathunk, kathunk. That's tuning!
I am now going to clean her up! The interior has some light mold, and rust, and in the engine bay, I'm going to re do the wiring, and everything. Then, when the weather is good... PAINT! Mirror black, like my soul.
Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 10:35 pm
Keep kickin' a-- man, always loved your projects!
Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 11th, 2012, 8:48 pm
Holy loly that looks good... Can't wait to see it in person.
I don't have an ETA yet... I will let ya'll know.
I don't have an ETA yet... I will let ya'll know.
Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 17th, 2012, 6:49 pm
It will be good to meet you!
So.. I just ordered the Star Specs. It will be the first set of new tires I've bought, since having a Mercedes SL in Arizona, about 13 years ago I should do much better at autocross
So.. I just ordered the Star Specs. It will be the first set of new tires I've bought, since having a Mercedes SL in Arizona, about 13 years ago
I should do much better at autocross Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 17th, 2012, 8:18 pm
We should have an mx-3 meet for you!tripleMX-3chicMS wrote:I don't have an ETA yet... I will let ya'll know.
What size did you get?fowljesse wrote:I just ordered the Star Specs.
Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 18th, 2012, 12:27 am
Yeah! MX-3 meet!
The only 15" 205s they have are 50 tall. 205 is the widest 15" tire they make.
I am excite!
Eventually, I want bigger brakes, and 16" rims, even if it hurts my performance a little. I want to fill the wheel wells more. I read somewhere that a wheel should be 1/3 the height of the car, aesthetically. I wish I could get 215 or 225 50 15s. This will be the last time I complain about that! My car handles surprisingly well in the rain on bald tires that have thread showing on 3 of them I did some auto-autocrossing by the airport
The only 15" 205s they have are 50 tall. 205 is the widest 15" tire they make.
I am excite!
Eventually, I want bigger brakes, and 16" rims, even if it hurts my performance a little. I want to fill the wheel wells more. I read somewhere that a wheel should be 1/3 the height of the car, aesthetically. I wish I could get 215 or 225 50 15s. This will be the last time I complain about that! My car handles surprisingly well in the rain on bald tires that have thread showing on 3 of them
I did some auto-autocrossing by the airport Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 18th, 2012, 12:46 am
fowljesse wrote:I did some auto-autocrossing by the airport
I wish I could've seen it!Re: fowljesse's GS/SE DE/ZE ;)
Posted: February 18th, 2012, 11:12 am
i just went through EVERY page (looking for battery relocation tips) of this thread and this thread is LEGEN..wait for it..DARY...there is alot of ideas in here that i plan on doing myself, great work brother