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  1. We have a very original and unmolested 1969 2002. It still has all the smog equipment that it was sold with and all was in working order. This system seems to apply to '68-'70 and consists of a smog pump and gulp valve only.

    At this point the hose from the gulp valve to the intake manifold has fallen to bits and is NLA requiring some action be taken.

    So I figured I'd try and document what is installed on this car. What is connected to where. And what the threads are on the manifolds. Figure this way I have a reference to put it back, and so do others.

  2. I've been playing with 3D printed bell mouths to smooth the air flow into the carb on smaller motorcycles and scooters and was thinking the same could be applied on our 02.

    From the work of Gordon Blair the ideal bell has an elliptic cross section and an opening quite a bit wider than any of the trumpets you can buy. Been playing with what angle they have to be tilted at to get them to clear each other and it looks like 30* does the trick. The intake length could also be changed to dial in the tuned length for a given setup.

    The material is nylon and is quite strong and seems to deal with the temp at the carb just fine (on the bikes at least).

    This is a design exercise for me (not looking for sales), but if anyone has been looking for a trumpet of a given length or shape that is not available, I could probably accommodate that. Was thinking it could work well in some of the Alpina air boxes, maybe.

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  3. So a M-NN-0000 just means a car registered in a suburb of Munich? OK.

    No, it would mean it's registered in Munich. The big cities get a single letter before the space (M for Munich, S for Stuttgart...). The suburbs get two letters (FS for Freising, TÜ for Tübingen...). Then the villages get three letters, best to stay away from these cars as they rarely know how to drive.

  4. you need to read a book about race car frame/suspension

    design to understand the direction of force/stress

    agreed!

    with this design you'd be applying a force sideways across the beam so you'd either have to make it massive or it would bend. Think of straws, how much force can they take just pressing on the ends vs applying a force in the middle?

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  5. Just go with those descriptions.

    The first one got me out of paying back registration in California as it showed the car had "historical significance". That combined with the fact that it was more than 25 years old and was owned by a "collector" exempts you from having to file a non-opp or paying back registration.

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