[Vwdiesel] Nice Audi & Spoke to soon

[lbaird119 at aol.com]

In a message dated 1/13/2010 5:55:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
tgott at hotmail.com writes:

> but yes it could get to be an electrical nightmare someday in the future. 
> Even the injectors are run from the computer on my car. Simple things like 
> a really hard start can set codes of of the cars. 

  Friend has to upgrade his interface cable to the newest version (he 
owns a repair shop.)  The fairly new Audi that was brought to him, 
for brakes, requires it.  In order to install new brake pads he needs 
to tell the (not sure if it's parking brake or brake adjustment) servos 
to back off via the computer.  Yes, the computer now handles brake 
adjustment.


> 
> Also my brother finally got to start the air cooled VW engine in the 140 
> JD. He said it was so loud it vibrated the snow off the roof of the shop. He 
> wants to put mufflers on it the thing it is so loud. He had to wait so 
> long to start the thing since it has been so cold there. It was 50 above today 
> here. 
> 
  Yeah, ever been around a bug with a hole in the muffler?  V-8's are 
tame!  You might be able to do something that works and is still 
aesthetic.  Since you're not likely to go full tilt, you might be able 
to make an insertable set of baffles that can go inside the upright 
pipes.  I made something like that for my wife's Yamaha DS6, which 
has aftermarket, nearly straight-pipes on it.  Worked great and didn't 
bog it until the last addition, which I'll just remove.  Then if you do 
go out racing, you can just pull the inserts and have full, ear-splitting 
power!
   Loren