the secondary safety latch spring was jammed shut (the latch controlled by pulling the release on the hood, not the release in the car), we ended up cutting it off!
the second pull on a mk4 ALWAYS breaks and is a nightmare to get open at that point. normally, when you pop the hood from inside, then give it a slight lift, a little plastic T pops out above the grill and you just yank on that and its open. but they break off and it's neigh impossible to get ahold of the little bit inside there to actually pop it.
@@ghomerhust Exactly this! But we still had access to the T-handle that pops out. But even pulling on that didn't get the secondary latch to move. The connection between the t-handle and latch is what broke in our case making it even more difficult!
those are suzuki motorcyle engines. if they are watching this if those are bandit 1200 motors they need 150 main jets cause the pod filters change the pressure dynamics that mutch. that's the size that came in the long defunct ivans performance and holeshot kits. will also be witcked lean at idle but whatever. also get stiffer clutch springs, it will let you run car oil withought the clutch slipping. after that just put whateverW50 in it and those oil boilers will run till the end of time, prepare to dominate.
We built the Tempo. You are correct, they are twin 90s Bandit 1200 engines. The pod filters have been a topic of much discussion within the team. CV carbs always hate pod filters but the stock air boxes compete obstruct the driver's view so they are a necessity. We are experimenting with plastic restrictors in the pod filters to pull a stronger vacuum signal and just get them to respond like they do in stock configuration. Hoping not to go down the road of rejetting, but it may come to that. So far the Suzuki clutches are a non-issue, they are only used during the start-up procedure. We keep the motorcycle transmissions locked in 4th gear. They chain drive the input shaft in the transmission which has a conventional automotive diaphragm clutch used when underway and we shift the gears in the transaxle. We will be doing some testing at speed on a team members 1/4 long paved farm lane later this month. If we run into problems with those areas I'll reach out to you.
Or just run shell rotella T4, or most any heavy duty diesel engine oil, since they don't have the friction modifiers that'll make the clutch slip. Stronger clutch springs would be a good idea anyways since you're trying to get a fair bit more weight moving.
@@gregobrien4925 yea you will probably have to rejet. the stock main jet is around 103 if i remember correctly. witch is on a completely different planet to what you need with the airfilters. the float bowls are jis screwdriver. its easy to strip with a normal screwdriver, especially if they have never been opened before.
@@DeepBarney yea rotella is an option, it passes jaso ma2 like motorcycle oil. when I was building my bandit 1200 after airfilters, jetting, and a slip on exhaust the stock clutch would slip in a pull even with the expencive proper motorcycle oil. barnet clutch springs (they are big belleville washers on this bike) solved it. still worked through the friction modifiers of car oil too witch was nice when touring.
2009: Spin rod bearing, change engine ... 2023: Rerun of 2009. Tunachuckers learn from history, but it takes us awhile. Thanks for the Org Choice and the mention in the video. The Amazon is getting the damage inflicted by the T-boning Jaguar repaired, and will be back...
I would so love to bring a Seat Cordoba to Lemons one day, just to throw you guys off, and get a hilarious Cordoba meme about it. Unfortunately, I think that car is a Europe special, and shipping it would be damn expensive. And shipping myself as well.
Vannonball is legend! deserves his own trophy and or class. imagine a race combining the dodgeball balls with 2 vans with side doors surgically removed to allow peppering the competition with balls. Insurance would probably kybosh it but it would be a great team for the long awaited sequel cannonball run- revenge of the jedi!
Oh man, that poor Integra team. Last year in New Hampshire, they spent friday testing and tuning a new engine. It then blew 30 minutes into saturday. They spent all of saturday swapping it out for the one that had been in there. Finished up sunday morning, went out and burnt through their clutch immediately. Had to spend sunday dropping everything back out to replace the clutch, and maybe got 50 total laps in all weekend. Seems like their bad luck streak continues.
They are twin 90s Suzuki Bandit 1200 air/oil cooled engines. We chose them because they are simple, dirt cheap, and have a broad powerband for moving a car. One of them is pushing 100k miles 😮 😅😅😅
@@gregobrien4925- If you want a car-worthy motorbike engine, next time go for an old Yamaha FJR1100/1300 engine (the engine from Legends cars) - They seem to do rather well and have a broad powerband
