subusolo2nut Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 Well-Its been long road & only the last couple of days have been fun--:-\ The GLF was a a fully loaded car--Power Steering--A/C--Cruise control & now it has NONE of these--Basher (the '85 GL Hatch) got a few things he never had before------ It started on Friday after work-I R&R'd the engine-A/C & Power Steering/Front crossmember out of the '82--that took about 4.5 hrs--went home--came back the next day (Sat) at 7:30am (LOTS OF COFFEE) & R&R'd the engine & manual steering/crossmember out of the hatch & then installed the power stuff & A/C in--then checked the engine & re-installed it---this took until about 5:30 or so---then installed the manual steering/crossmember, a '84 GL wagon 8 7/8" flywheel/clutch & a .5mm overbore engine I had into the GLF--it was about 8:30pm at this point--went home & crashed:dead:--Sunday I was back at O-dark 30am (more COFFEE!)--and removed all the computer controls--set-up a basis wire harness & preped for a custom exaust system--took until 1pm or so--called it a done deal for the weekend & went home-- Now the fun stuff--- Got the exaust shop to do a dual 2" system (from head back) balance-piped at the bellhousing area, to a dual in/ dual out Flowmaster with twin tips--had to add a couple of small glas packs about 2/3's back to cut the sound a bit. My 40MM Delorto showed up & I got a welding/machine shop to start building the intake---- Pics will be coming this weekend---hoping the manifold will be done Thur/Fri:clap: The car performs MUCH better--& I am working on about a -20hr sleep load:grin: First race is May 15/16 --- still have to finish the body mods---wish me luck---- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WJM Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 40MM Delorto Um....whats that? My guess is a huge throttle body. But an XT6 throttle body is 63MM. Carb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
subusolo2nut Posted May 6, 2004 Author Share Posted May 6, 2004 40MM Delorto--think of a side-draft Weber (two 40MM throats), but the Delorto has a REAL choke & a ported vaccum source (for the Dist)---The internal size is 32MM--the throttle plates are 40MM. So, the pair is 64MM--not far from a throttle body. It's a big, honkin' carb--- It will live where the spare tire was--- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris W. Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 Really looking forward to more pics of this project! Nothing like living vicariously through other peoples projects Cheers, Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWX Posted May 6, 2004 Share Posted May 6, 2004 40MM DelortoMan, I wish you lived close to me thats the carb my rotary RX(well mines a 48 but same thing really) uses, and its kind of intimidating me. you seem to have a but of experince with them so let me ask you this should I swap over to a weber dcoe,(I think thats what it is, its the side-draft weber) which I feel a bit more confident with or keep the dellotro(which I might have to rebuild and I'm going to have to re-jet)? sorry for "hijacking" your thread and you can reply either thru PM or email at justin_shahan@hotmail.com if you want too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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