jrhone

Actually...the numbers work for early Mercedes 4 cylinder.  Also Volvo, Saab, and Porsche.  Interestingly enough it also shows that a 2002 cap and rotor should work as well.

Cap

BOSCH : 1 235 522 056

BERU : VK 106
BREMI : 8045

Rotor

BOSCH : 1 234 332 024

KW : D 5026

question....when was the last time you adjusted your valves? My car was running pretty rough. Rough idle, almost sounded like it was missing...ran better when warm, but when cold it would barely idle.  I changed plugs, checked cap and rotor...fiddled with my timing in the 123 Dizzy, adjusted the carb, nothing really did much.  Then I adjusted my valves and BAM...it ran perfectly smooth.  I find the timing on these doesnt go "off" alot...in fact...I was a beta tester for the BT version of it...and then bought a release version as well...and I have never had to "retime" the car once it was set.  Unless something has changed with the engine...I would look at other things as well.

Just a follow up. The pdf manual for the 123 BT dizzy has the cap part numbers for both Bosch and Beru.  Looking those up and a 1976 Porsche 912, 1977 (+?) Porsche 924, 1970-76 Porsche 914, 1972 Audi 100, Volvo 240. There are many many more as this is a common 4 cylinder cap and odor for 70s and 80s European cars.  The cap is also shown to fit BMW 2002s. I wanted to get this info out there so if one needed they can walk into pep boys, autozone, etc and get an off the shelf $25 cap and rotor kit if they need to, 

Great info.  Thanks!

Not sure u will get cost figures or anything like that but a good shop thats not far from Costa Mesa is Vintage BMW Racing in Long Beach.  Ken Blasko does great work and knows his stuff.  You can also look at 2002garagewerks in Ontario.  Le Tran also does great work.   Both guys are here on the FAQ.  My suggestion would be to show pics of your car and pics of what u want it to look like.  You can spend 15k or 100k. Depends on what u got now and what you want to end up with.  

Just curious...is there an off the shelf locally available cap and rotor for a BT 123 Dizzy? 

PM sent for early rear bumper.  

Here is my exhaust....first with a 4" Flowmaster on it and after with a 6" Flowmaster on it to quiet it down a tad.  Its got Ireland step headers, a flow master center resonator and a 6 inch round flow master rear muffler.  No drone..deep sound..great tone.

Man.  Want these bad.   Hmmmmm.   

1 hour ago, Geoff Raynak said:

 

@jrhone:

not sure where those motor numbers come from

in some cases folks have done some hand-waving to say it 'feel like' a combustion engine with XXX HP ... but it really only produces YYY HP.

I don't think ElectricClassicCars plays those games ...

 

 

Good info...I got that info from the show.  And yes on the show they say it will perform like a xxx Hp motor.  Not actual HP numbers.

I would fix what you have unless you are going to do some hard driving.  The stock brakes are great, but if you are on them hard like mountain and track driving you will start to heat them up after a while and get brake fade.  I upgraded the fronts to volvo calipers and bigger vented disc and the rears to the e21 bigger drums and wheel cylinders.  Great system for not alot of money but I did the work myself..got alot of used hardware and new pads and shoes.  If you upgrade brakes you MUST do front and rear or it will be unsafe.  DONT upgrade to bigger rear brakes and not bigger fronts or you will lock the rears more easily and imagine stop on the brakes while cornering and the back locks up...not fun.  

Im for getting it running right and then you decide if you want an upgrade for the type of driving you are doing.

Ok..so I have been mountain biking and with no rack...I pull the from wheel off and stick it in the trunk then if I lower the passenger seat, I can get the bike in the car.  Except when doing that I have put 2 holes in my passenger side Recaro seat.  GRRR!  So other than completely redoing them, which I will do in a few years as they are starting to show some wear, what are some good options for repairing them?  Anyone have good results with those vinyl repair kits?  Here is what the hole looks like...its not very big at all...I just know its there.

53 minutes ago, theNomad said:

How much of a trans does it actually need? I thought many are direct drive now?

In a different episode they broke down a few systems.  They have the Tesla motors with the direct drive built in and thats alot more cash...They put that in a Ferrari and the conversion including restoring the Ferrari was 60K pounds...so maybe 30-40k sounds for the motor and batteries.  Then they had another system that was an electric motor that they married to the existing transmission.  This one gives about 170-200 hp and about 150 miles range and is about 15k pounds in parts.  Not too bad at all.  Thats the system they put in the 02.  Interesting show...in other episodes they actually show the finished car driving and they do shakedowns, road tests and actually give you 0-60 times and performance specs.  My guess is they actually didnt finish the 02 for one reason or another as it ended very abruptly without the running and shakedown.  

Not sure if this has been here...but I just saw a 1602 being done on Vintage Voltage.  If you haven't seen this show its a shop that takes old European cars and restores them with electric motors.  They are doing a 1602 with Rabbit arches. Watching it now.  They have done a Karman Ghia, Porsche Speedster, Fiat 500 MG Midget and a Ferrari 308 as well.  Pretty cool show.  For those thinking about electric power in an 02...here it is.  Show os in MotorTrend.

thanks!

I probably have at least 75k miles on the 123 units.  I had an early bluetooth prototype unit that had an electronic bug that was fixed before release.  It worked perfectly but once warm you couldn't change curves until the int cooled down.  They said it was a firmware issue, but I never sent it back.  Bought a production unit so I could support the company and probably have about 35k miles on that unit.  no issues with either unit.  

Gonna be doing a complete cooling system overhaul soon.  Radiator, water pump, silicone hoses and clamps.  Just curious what's the capacity of the 02 cooling system?  I want to get enough pre mix coolant for the job and then some....

Thanks!

13 minutes ago, Triggerpullerturbo said:

Price: $300

Location: Los Angeles, CA

 

Description:

 

I have a rear bumper here from my old 1975 that got totaled. I was hit in the front so the rear bumper wasn't effected. It has the mounts still attached to put on a 1974-1976. I got them from a guy who does them custom on here but forget the name. 

The bumper's in good used condition.

interested.  You have pics?   Is it a long or short?

4 hours ago, Lagaeze said:

Can I use your video? For a possible video on YouTube about this problem? Thank you in advance

sure no prob

Ok.  What an ordeal!!!  I finally got the car shipped.  Long story short most shipping companies are shady. Lol. Here is the new project getting unloaded.  Needs alot of work but should be fun!!  The bonus was when the transporter started the car and the old girl fired up and ran SUPER smooth. Now to deal with the key stuck in the ignition and those drum brakes to make it drivable. 

1 hour ago, tech71 said:

It appears not, been doing a lot of reading/searching trying determine that. Really want to see a pic of them installed in an 02

I have been chasing my tail on seats since I got the car. What to do?

I made several false starts: 

Bought a set of early style seats (redone and puffy) in saddle tan: Changed my mind. My interior is Gobi Tan

 

Looked into adapting a set of Civic hatchback seats I got for $20: Changed my mind.

 

Looked into refurbishing original seats to OE: Recoiled in shock from the price. Are you kidding?

I would buy these before I did that. 

https://www.classiccarseats.com/sports-seats.php

 

Still browsing for suitable Recaro's, have considered these:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RECARO-SEATS-BMW-E21-E10-GERMAN-VINYL-REUPHOLSTERED-REBUILT-BEAUTIFUL/264306286640?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3D448bdfd90e0040609afa7bdb30e2694d%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D122689314939%26itm%3D264306286640%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A3a2e8179-2fdf-11ea-9b39-74dbd180afaf|parentrq%3A76b6084316f0a861afe0fa6fffc21629|iid%3A1

Your choice of color.

My car is coming off jacks soon and I need to address seats, I worked too hard on it to put crappy looking, broken down seats back in.

But I also need a refinish badly and thats going to cost . Seats are dynamic, don't like, you can change.

Not so with paint (ok you can but you know what I mean)

 

Yesterday I ordered these from Summit Racing.

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/csu-90070pr/overview/

 

$629 for the pair delivered (prices went up 1 Jan)

 The GTS II is not available in lighter colors.

I already have 1 Corbeau adapter bracket.

Basically an $800 experiment ?

I'll post updates of course.

It seems like you could have bought a good pair of either period Recaro LS/LX seats that we all know work well, or e21 Recaro that bolt in.  I see these seats for sale all the time and even if you have them recovered you would be in less money than you probably have spent.  

1 minute ago, Emyers said:

122/Amazon....nice

 

wagon 

30 minutes ago, '76mintgrün'02 said:

We still have not seen photos of your new old Volvo!  First things first!!  (please)  Tom

thats what im shipping......

ok here is a teaser.  

Shipping a car from Washington State ro SoCal.  Anyone have any suggestions on cheap and reliable shippers?  From what I read most companies are brokers and they take the shipping job and put it out and the actual shipping companies take the contract at the offered price or counter. Its cheaper if they happen to be going on that route and more expensive if they are going out of their way.  I have a company working in bids just wondering if someone has had good success with anyone.  Doesnt need to be covered.  Heck if someone with a trailer wants to make some cash lemme know!!!