[RWebb]

the hose barbs might be one way only -- I may have some pics of the injectors with the hoses off - but the 4 hoses were installed by the shop that did the refurbs on the injectors.

I see people on The Samba saying to get new Al rail (hey - they're BILLET!!!!) but the stock ones are carefully engineered to have a rubber diaphragm at the end of each one. Make yous suspect the VW engineers desinged in a safety blow off valve, or a pressure dampener or who know what ??) Curious if anyone has ideas on that...

jyl has a Sube conversion and can give you more info on them. if it was me going to that much trouble, I'd put in a 6-cyl. SVX or the later 6 cyl motors, esp. for towing.

Now, how IS my Westy turning out...

[1] I've discovered that I no longer enjoy crossing the burning hot desert without a/c.

[2] it is edurcatinal learnang about that new-fangled thang they call fuel injection...

[3] it is a bit noisy - I'll do some more soundproofing on it this summer (it's also a test bed for some de-noising ideas on the 911) - wind noise is the real issue tho; and after that tire noise (I'll switch to 15" alloy wheel this summer and new, maybe quieter tires).

[4] I've used the upstairs (pop-top) bed most of the time, but last summer, got incredible back pain one night (so bad I had to alter my breathing, grunt and etc. in order to get myself down onto the ground and then to walk or sit in the driver's seat). It went away after a day or two, but I've slept on the (downstairs) Z-bed since then. Unfortunately, that means I have to re-pack in order to sleep and leaves less room for the dog on the floor...

and [LAST] I really want a Syncro...