[T3] Happy Birthday Hothe!

[dlstiefel]

On 2017-11-14 21:28, Keith Park wrote:
> Today is Hothe's 47th Birthday, and was celebrated with a tank of 
> Nonthenol
> 
> as it gets ready for its winter slumber as the snows and salts move 
> ever
> closer
> 
> to the capital region.
> 
> 
> 
> The engine just turned 161K, and even with the thick oil Im starting to 
> hear
> rumbling
> 
> when I first start it a bit.  I remember 15 years ago heading out to 
> the
> first invasion thinking
> 
> I was out of my mind driving a car with that old an engine in it cross
> country... it had half the mileage
> 
> then!
> 
> 
> 
> So... I must truly be out of my mind thinking a 1200mile trip to 
> Alabama is
> still in this engine, correct?
> 
> I suspect I have 2500 miles left in it, but I dont want to find out I 
> was
> wrong 1000 miles from home.
> 
> Its hot down there in June, and there are some sizable mountains 
> between
> here and there.
> 
> 
> 
> Opinions?  Should I guts it out to the 18 invasion with it?
> 
> 
> 
> Keith
> 
> 
> 
> Topnotch Restorations
> 
> topnotch at nycap.rr.com
> 
> http://www.a383ina68.addr.com/radiorest/main.htm
> 
> 71 Squareback  "Hothe"
> 65 Notchback  "El Baja Rojo"
> 
> 93 RX7  "Redstur"
> 
> 95 Chrysler Cirrus Lxi "Cirstallsalot"
> 
> 
> 
Well I wish we had it down here now we could rebuild here in our shop 
and winter test it here with out the fear of road salt (although we 
haven't had much snow for the last couple of winters so we are due for 
our occasional winter weather event).  We just got done making some 
adapters for out engine test stand that allows us to run and test AC VW 
engines on it although for an FI engine you would need the ECU and the 
harness and fuel pump to test one of those. Anyway hope you can figure 
out something. Is there no hope to get the T4 engine going in it? I know 
you were having over heating issues at one point.

-- 
Dennis Stiefel
72 Fastback FI MT
Rainsville, AL