Month: June 2021
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Vintage tuning equipment at Moritz tuning
this.IS.tuning – amazing old-school analyser at Moritz Automotive @PatrickMoritz from the dyno pulls with the #t3VW DOKA yesterday.
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LPG VW T3 DOKA double cab dyno tuning
The first pull on the rollers at Moritz tuning in Amsterdam for the LPG/Petrol dual fuel converted 1984 T3 Double Cab. The truck is a recent addition to the akciddento fleet and after a lot of spannering and fixing of poor maintenance and previous-owner wierdness it’s time to baseline the AFR and general tune of…
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Dyno Day results for the T3 Doka
Fueling etc is all good and 68 wheel Hp, they reckon just under 85 at the crank… On lpg – I’ll take that for now 🙂
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Speed parts arrive for the Doka
Speed parts arrive from USA to upgrade the ignition system in the doka – but you gotta make your own spark plug leads 🙂
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Engine swap in the T3 Doka
Remove engine day for the doka – intention was to replace leaking main flywheel seal (and do the spigot bearing while it was out) turn out there was no spigot bearing – just a small handful of dust from rusted out needle bearings Fixing all the bad things – new engine mounts and helicoil the…
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Stainless merged exhaust in the Doka
vwspeedshop stainless tuned oversize equal length headers sound wonderful – just rowdy enough – and seems to have woken the DOKA up – next stop is a date with a rolling road to dial in the tuning and exploit all of the awesome potential of 95BHP the 2.1MV motor promises 😉
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Compression test the Doka?
Dreading doing a compression test on the DOKA but hey ! Happy days all is ok 🙂 also discovered it’s totally retarded so wound in two more degrees of timing and found ten horsepower Also rented a lift for an hour at at diy garage and fixed all the (some of) things 🙂
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Steering wheel swap Doka
Steering wheel in the Doka … out with the new and in with the old – returning to original (and larger) #vwt3 truck wheel rather than the smaller scirocco type… top tip – when taking out the existing wheel, loosen the centre nut all the way then put back on a few turns so that…
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roadtrip fails in the Doka
going away for the weekend in your T3 ? just pop a spare starter motor in with your holiday stuff – you know – on the off chance that the one in the DOKA will pack up 300km from home….
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popping out for donuts in the doka