A tale of Taz

speedtek · Post by **speedtek** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 1:52 am

Time for pics of the new toy for Taz, just got it in the mail on Friday and installed it last night. This should give us lot's of tweaking fun this spring.

speedtek · Post by **speedtek** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:07 pm

I painted Taz's eyelids on permanently today (the vinyl just wasn't working right) and waited till dark to get some shots with the running lights on. Now THAT looks like the real Taz

1lowcab · Post by **1lowcab** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 9:34 pm

evil

dubchickshubby · Post by **dubchickshubby** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 8:55 pm

I can't help but hear Mrs. Potatohead saying "..and I packed your Angry Eyes, just in case."

Seriously though, looking badass. I amy just have to start rebuliding mine now.

Post by **kuklaki** » Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:31 pm

I really like the angry eye shots. And the best part is that you can get yur money's worth by printing them up for Halloween cards, it's that evil

speedtek · Post by **speedtek** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:43 am

speaking of evil...there was 666 views on this thread when I went into it just now...

Anyways, had the little beast out for a run today to work some of the bugs out. Now Taz is all dirty, but I think he's happy. Damn this little sucker hauls ass......you really appreciate how much power he's putting down after driving the Corolla all winter.

Of course I have pics:

Also managed to toss in my new AFR guage today

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lowredcabrio · Post by **lowredcabrio** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 9:03 am

ATFT!
(almost time for topless!)

speedtek · Post by **speedtek** » Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:40 pm

So close.....so very, very close

1lowcab · Post by **1lowcab** » Fri Mar 31, 2006 1:11 am

it's getting even closer here.... it got up to 68 today!!! i even had my window down in the diesel on the way to work.

BTW, hot pics!

dubchickshubby · Post by **dubchickshubby** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 8:45 am

Lookin' sweet!

Have you hooked up the Volvo box yet? What kind of problems (there's ALWAYS problems) did you encounter?

I have one potentially lined up!

1lowcab · Post by **1lowcab** » Sat Apr 01, 2006 11:26 am

http://forums.vwvortex.com/zerothread?id=2528906

WWR just put one in his race wabbit, pretty slick install too!

speedtek · Post by **speedtek** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 1:58 am

Hmmm, interesting....no I haven't put mine in yet. I put it on the backburner as I had just too many things on the pile and I wanted to prioritize things to get everything running first then worry about the extras. I like what that guy did on the Vortex though.

lowredcabrio · Post by **lowredcabrio** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:39 pm

LOL coffe can! i gotta try that!

lowredcabrio · Post by **lowredcabrio** » Sun Apr 02, 2006 7:41 pm

oh yeah, as for topless weather, check it out!!! Today was the first day out! just my VW toque and fleece and i was good to go!

edit: sorry, nasty resize there..

speedtek · Post by **speedtek** » Tue Apr 04, 2006 1:48 am

LOL, yeah it's nice to be able to slap the top down....even if you have to brave hypothermia to do it.

On another note, I had a chance to play with my adjustable timing gear finally and it is definitely a fun tool to tune with. However, the cheap ass screws that the guy put in this one are a real pain. I was not a happy camper last night when two of the allen heads stripped on me. I managed to get one out and relocated it to the inner ring where it wouldn't cause problems, but the other one refused to budge. I tried using an easy out tool but no go. Finally I cut a slot in the head with a dremel wheel and cracked it off with a big ass screwdriver. Needless to say, all the outer adjuster screws have now been replaced with good stainless hex screws with a proper head on them. Now if one strips (don't know why, they are good ones this time) I can just grab it with a vise grip and turn it off.
Pics, of course:

One of the crappy screws:

Inner ring will keep them, no need to mess with it:

Adjuster ring gets nice new shiny stainless steel ones with a proper shoulder on the head.

I think I will keep the cam at around 4 degrees retard as it seems to start a lot easier and runs quite nice. Lot's of power. B-)