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I'm a Kristi, not a coma patient!

luvthemvws

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Your Kristi looks SO AWESOME in those photos! I wish I could be there this year to see you leave that Sno Shu in your dust.
I need to get my tail in gear so I can get my KT3 out there as well. My Kristi has several performance improvements that should enhance it's over-snow capabilities.
 

KT3survivor

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thanks ken. what all does your cat need to run/drive? I remember you saying its partially disassembled but cant remember if you were missing anything. would love to come out and help you get it all together sometime. also think we should park them next to eachother at a VW show one day.
 

KT3survivor

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an interesting project for the blast cabinet. lots of angles to get but a fresh box of black aluminium oxide helped get it done.
 

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I feel pretty lucky to have a guy like Jim running a shop like A-1 close by. he has always treated me right the last 17 years and this this time he really knocked it out of the park for an incredibly low price. I really dont like subbing out work on my vehicles but this is one thing i cant do without a tubing bender and i couldn't be happier with how the new kristi exhaust turned out. tomorrow i'll put the heat shields back on and finish it up with some brand new flaps
 

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KT3survivor

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Is that a Coupe Quattro or a GT lurking in the background?
there is a coupe GT and a 4000q in the picture, i picked them both up for free. I also went to california last summer and snagged a cheap 5+5 (B2 2 door sedan) because it takes three cars to make one group B legend. . .

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Snowtrac Nome

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how do you get heat in a krusty with no j box heaters? I suppose you could burn old grousers in a wood stove.
 

KT3survivor

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the real joke here is that i dont have heater boxes but still wish i had air conditioning in january. its that hot. :yum:
 

KT3survivor

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once I had the heat shields tac'd on i removed both headers and realized why it was a cheap bill. he had some pretty ugly welds which tells me he welded most of it on the cat. whatever. i got what i needed which was a mandrel bent copy of the original exhaust. i took the time to grind down all the muffler shop welds both for looks and to make sure i didnt need to fix anything. turned out to be solid where it counted, i only made two small repairs. looks much better in black and the grey flaps work for me for some reason.



also got the new tach installed. love the look, just hope it lasts
 

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KT3survivor

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the colorado snowcat jamboree was great! had no issues this year. my high/low/reverse still likes to pop out of gear at the worst possible times, and i need a little more clearance where the exhaust is occasionally rubbing the top of the cab. but otherwise no issues. still needs more carb, more ignition advance and a balanced bottom end capable of more rpm would be a treat. but i really cant complain with the amount i have invested in this machine.
 

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KT3survivor

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so last spring i took my cat to work and had a good time driving it out on richmond ridge after hours.


then it was time to call it a season and take it home. decided to drive down the front side of aspen mountain via spar gulch. bad idea. about 2/3 of the way down i locked up the original 36hp engine starving two rod bearings of oil and bending a rod. it turned into a long day. hiked the rest of the way down, grabbed a snowmobile, rode that up, swapped out for a bombardier work cat, drove that down and proceeded to tow my cat by myself at first, then opting for some help from a coworker. got it down, pushed it onto the tilt trailer with the blade of the work cat, did a number on the rear door in the process. then towed it home to the grand valley and put it in the back of my mind for the summer.


now the colorado cat jamboree is upon us. a close friend donated a 1600 single port that had been sitting in his storage shed since 2004ish. I added a 1.5 quart oil sump along with a brand new solex 31 carb. i also had to.modify the exhaust to fit the longer stroke of the 1600. i never knew how different the old 6 volt engines are to a standard type 1 vw untill now. fired it up on a test stand last week and it runs great. will be installing it in the kt3 on my days off this week just in time for the colorado event. should be a good time this year come hell or high water.
 

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KT3survivor

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the 1600 is wider than the 1200. had to chop up the exhaust to make it work.
 

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KT3survivor

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a couple things worth noting here. the 1.5qt external oil sump will not clear the differential without modification. the 12v flywheel teeth will not clear a stock kristi bellhousing without material removal. that bieng said its all back together, running and driving again. that 1600 sounds huge on straight pipes compared to the original engine. cant wait to go break trail with more power and torque.
 

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KT3survivor

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New windows, new track treads and a new voltage regulator this season. Got brave and broke trail for a few miles on the grand mesa last Saturday. This thing goes just about anywhere in 3rd gear high.

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Popped out of gear at the jamboree hillclimb this year. I think it's time to chase that problem down. Going to try and get the bodywork and paint done this summer. Still have an electronic ignition pickup and an oil temp gauge that I need to install.

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