First Start VW Air Cooled Vintage Speed Racing Engine 36hp Okrasa Will it Run?

[@67VWForever]

Man sounds good with a head set on..

[@Mikefngarage]

yea it really does. Driving video coming maybe tomorrow. Drove it today.....WOW....using my better camera with better sound too.

[@jimihendrix1575]

Mike, that engine looks great and sounds incredible. Fantastic job.

[@TheDasbull]

Congrats on your 36 Okrasa! 👍. The exhaust sounds good - great work building your own. Thank You for the video!

[@jeffsousa399]

Mike great work on the Car, I went to San Clementine today, time driving the 58 Rag, started right up, after 3 Months in storage!. Car sounds like it will be a strong runner..! I’m relocating to Vegas in March, and unfortunately won’t be able to catch your 54 in Person..:( Great Build, love the process Video Series.. Enjoy and be safe My Friend!..

[@charleslawrence7194]

Another very interesting video Mike. That is an awesome little car. Well done and very informative.

[@DeanGelsinger-wq9lr]

Polarize the Generator again and I love the Throaty Intake sound, the exhaust sounds geart out of that mean 51 Hp!

[@vayabroder729]

I looked at the old EMPI address in your town and the old building is still there. 😉 Like the sound with the cam; it’s not too mild.

[@Mikefngarage]

yea it is a lot bigger than I thought. got a short drive in today......WOW....Filming the first drive tomorrow did a little today. and fixing a few more things in the morning.

[@vayabroder729]

@ total sleeper!! Yes!! 👍

[@SterlingWheel]

I never realized what EMPI stood for 😂. Just thought it existed like SPAM. Clyde's Buggies has always been a personal favorite.

[@Mikefngarage]

the original EMPI was super high quality. todays Company is NOT the same company they just took the name. It was all about the best but the market was VW people and they were super cheap. So the brand did not do well. That is why all the original EMPI parts are worth so much money. Original Empi was all about Super high quality performance parts that worked.

[@DemopVWgarage]

Great to see Mike, what a pain they are to set up right hay, just fixed all my oil leaks. I can get you an okrasa badge for the fan shroud but they aren’t cheap.

[@DavidLewis-cs8nc]

Awesome build! Thanks for sharing. I want o build one now! Looks like you painted your generator strap. I did that to mine and it wasn't grounding to the case. Had to clean of a section of the inside of the strap. Just a thought...

[@martinharris5017]

Just catching up with this one. Looking forward to the test drive vid next on my watchlist. Love any SP performance build, can't wait to see how it runs!

[@chrisbegger8684]

Loved watching this series. Lots of good info, but still plenty of your ramblings and gesticulating with your hands as you explain something. Love that Exhaust too! Find a way to get that to market ASAP!! I love Vintagespeed ( Have one of their spendy shifters in my Ghia), but you are right, their pricing has gotten out of hand.

[@youtoobe169]

Would love to see a driving video when it's all sorted

[@CSWmanofsteel]

You can actually mig weld stainless steel using stainless mig wire and trimix gas then sand and buff it and it’ll polish up great 👍🏼 it’s great on thin stuff. I’ve repaired and built stainless sinks for restaurants and slaughter houses 🤙🏼💯

[@NTNGMAN]

Killer job! Thank you for the vids.

[@NTNGMAN]

Tons of gremlins in putting one of these together. Took me 6 months. From uneven carb manifold flanges to carb jets. Tons of fun to build and frustration but very fun to drive with pride. Hope all goes well. Can’t wait to see the on the road vid. Take care.

[@Mikefngarage]

Yea I can vouch for the frustration part. OMG fitting and working everything.

[@ebutuoyebutouy]

1958 $250 inflation adjusted would now be $2729. Ouch? What was the price of a new beetle in 1958?

[@Mikefngarage]

yea Like a new beetle was less than 2 grand back then. If you ad the kit at 250 that was 25% of the cost of a car for a few more HP.....that is why empi was having so much trouble back then. they made nice stuff that was just too expensive.

[@ebutuoyebutouy]

@Mikefngarage In 1971 a new beetle 1600 in RSA (Republic of South Africa) was

[@CSWmanofsteel]

It’ll look grayish black but just sand and buff it with a flapper wheel and it’ll look seamless 🤙🏼

[@MischaFellner]

That was awesome.

[@vintage76vipergreenBeetle]

Sounds good.

[@jimmywilkinson9190]

Hey Mike ! So on Rambus I don't know where I got it but the throttle cable is braided heavy duty .

[@Mikefngarage]

yea I am putting a buggy cut to fit clutch cable size throttle cable in there......It aint breaking on me LOL

[@bugnut82]

Is that Pre67 website still updated and current? Looking to support other sites besides thesamba.

[@ianhardin1148]

Man I love that color combo! Looking fantastic! Have you seen/read "The Unbelievable Genesis Of Volkswagen Performance from 1937 Till 1968" by Mike Walraven?

[@darryldh]

$10 more for Ohio... lol. In case you were serious, it said "Ghia coupes" not "Ohio coupes"... presumably for the carb elbows required on the Ghia to clear the decklid.

[@Mikefngarage]

Yeh I could not read the small writing you could see on the video. You could clearly see it said ghia LOL. I could not see much of anything on that camera. it was super small and I did not have my reading glasses on.

[@mikelobao]

Is the colour strato silver 227

[@Mikefngarage]

yes and a really perfect match.

[@williambroer64]

@@Mikefngarage Mike who did your color matching? I'm looking to get some Ultra Maroon mixed.

[@67VWForever]

Okrasa supposed to perform like a 1600cc I here sounds ok

[@Mikefngarage]

Yea I think I overshot the 1600 though. probably 60 or more HP. pulls pretty hard.

[@andymaurice7693]

Original transmission?????? FREEWAY RIDE VIDEO......PLEASE

[@robbiedill4307]

Now..mike..it.not.that..Hot...

[@Mikefngarage]

No I was worried about the fresh rings. dry on those cylinders running it too long without the fan. If they were broke in it could run for several minutes like that.

[@joshimhof6426]

$10 more for Ohio 😂 it says Ghia