Re: [TECH][OT cabby A1] rebuild

[Brian McGarvey <brianm@zbt62.eastnet.gatech.edu>]

On Thu, 24 May 2001, T Berk wrote:

> Brian McGarvey wrote:
> >
> > hey ya'll
> > Just convinced the wife she wants a rabbit cabby. her requirements are
> > that its Red, White or black top , gray interior, and not lowered, and NO
> > louder than stock.
> >
> > I already decided the not lowered is gone out the window. she wont notice
> > and inch :-)
>
> Black top is easier to keep looking fit.
>
> Softsport springs won't lower it (much) but will still help over stock
> springs. You put a front resonator in the exhaust chain (if you swap out
> the cat-back part) and it will quite down the whole thing.  Larger
> throttle matched to the manifold and a med-large diameter cat back will
> offset the restriction add by the front resonator.
>
> > But how does one build up a strong motor that is quiet? If the cabby is in
> > good shape structurally what can i actually stick in it? 8v + turbo ( i
> > cant stand turbos...), G60, 2.0L 16v? or just a little kick ass 8v?
>
> You should think simple, simple, simple. The wife will not think highly
> of you and your little obsession if it acts up one day and she gets
> stuck somewhere with a hybridized mobile a'side the road.

Yeah that would piss her off to no end. She got rid of a perfectly good
Jimmy s-15 cause the clutch slave cyln + one other breakdown. her Limit is
2 breakdowns and then it is considered "unreliable". I'll have to keep a
full description of year make model etc in the glovebox for any (perish
the thought) other grease monkey besides me that works on it/ fusks it up.

Tho one thing i did convince her of this in NOT to be her daily driver,
but the goto the beach / take the dog for a top down ride car.

>
> I'm thinking 8v with a few trimmings, maybe a hydro head swap if it's an
> early car- (quieter), for sport you can get a short ratio trans and swap
> the 5th to a taller touring gear ratio,  factory dual downpipe and
> manifold work decent without too much noise,  no straight through muffler.
>
This definately sounds like a plan.


> You might also want to consider a bit of sound proofing behind the door
> panels and under the carpet, in the bottom of the trunk area- makes for
> that refined auto feel. "I like it, I don't know why...".

Refined describes my wife, but hey as all of you are about to find out im
a little rough about the edges, hmmm alot rough... < I look around
sheepishly> What me drive a car just because it was free? nah never... (
just the last 3cars i owned were free and up until the 87 rocco I never as
a point of pride spend more than $500 to buy a car ... ever. Tho the
motorcycle and 4 wheeler cost considerably more.)


That reminds me.

Hey anybody wanna trade an 87 Honda FourTrax 250X with low hours for a
nice cabby/rocco? (only problem is the plastic is a little scraped up and
the decals are old. modifications: nerf bars, K&N filter. needs key --
brother lost it. It runs and drives. single clyn, 250cc 4 stroke. mostly i
liked to flat track it on the back roads.


> > oh and where do I look on the cabby for structure damage (rust)?
> > brian
>
> Rear axle beam mounts on the underside of the body, pull up the carpet a
> bit to peek around the door sills, the rear shock towers (rear seat
> area), front of the doors' hinges (between the fender and the door, down
> low), wait a min- I live in California; what do _I_ know about rust?
> ; ])
 .
Cool Got a free one you can bring? I'll trade ya a beatup nearly rust free
mk1 :-),


>
> hth,
> TBerk
>


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