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BigAls Kristi #113 KT3 thread

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nice BigAl.......what size outboard can you mount on this????looks like a boat i was on one time,,,,just kidding.....VERY nice resto of something that most peeps would pass over.....kudos to you....Bill w
 
Thank you, thank you, thank you for reposting this thread and particularly for cleaning the refuse out of it. In doing the exhaust, were you able to build the pipe out of cylinder #3 without a sharp bend? Did you get a picture?
 
topog said:
Thank you, thank you, thank you for reposting this thread and particularly for cleaning the refuse out of it. In doing the exhaust, were you able to build the pipe out of cylinder #3 without a sharp bend? Did you get a picture?
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don, i am in portland for a couple days . sorry about the one finger typing but i now have a fickin brace on my right hand,as of last night :doh: . don't ask !!!!!i am doing everything left handed now. i'll grab a detailed picture and post when i get back home of all 4 exhaust ports on friday or saturday . i think it came out well. all exhaust bends are rounded with no extreme angles
allen
 
Exhaust Headers where they attach to the heads .4th and 5th picture is same exhaust taken from different angles
 

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Thanks for the photos. The last one was the one I was most interested in. The original Kristi pipes I have have an abrupt angle change just beyond the exhaust fitting. I was wondering if it could be done better -- obviously, it can.
 
topog said:
Thank you, thank you, thank you for reposting this thread and particularly for cleaning the refuse out of it. In doing the exhaust, were you able to build the pipe out of cylinder #3 without a sharp bend? Did you get a picture?
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WHAT refuse are you speaking of?






topog said:
Ah. The hoi poloi -- the unwashed and uninitiated masses whose inconsequential murmurings form an irritating background to the pronouncements of a master of the zen of Kristi resurrection. :halo:
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Did you mean the Hoi polloi?
Thought so.
There used to be a thread around here where all or some of the RARE Kristi members had their photos included too.
Are you kissing some Kristi ass, Topo Gigio?
Al's thread is nice.. but something about your posts doesn't sit well with me, for umm some reason.:whistling:
 
I don't mean to "rain on your parade". You've done a really nice job on the restoration and I'll admit right up front I don't know anything about VW engines...

But, if I am looking at the photos correctly, it strikes me that the exhaust headers are perilously close to the fiberglass "tub" (if that's the correct term).

Maybe their exhaust temperatures are a whole lot cooler than other engines, but I see a potential problem with heat damage to the fiberglass "tub". My understanding is that fiberglass is not particularly tolerant of heat.
 
YUP. Ypur right. That Krusti is toast...uh no pun intended.....

Blackfoot. Most Krrustis had there exhaust mounted that close or so. Ive never seen any problems. Other than the fact that its a Kristi that is.
 
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topog said:
Ah. The hoi poloi -- the unwashed and uninitiated masses whose inconsequential murmurings form an irritating background to the pronouncements of a master of the zen of Kristi resurrection. :halo:
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Oh.... So you mean the jabs at each other. :poke: Ahh but a bit of a History lesson for you sir is in order. Back when this Snowcat section first came to be it was a rather dry "British" type of place. All blahn. "Prim and Proper". Everyone was precise and never strayed from the theme of the individual thread. All that changed when the "now" Grand Poohbah himself became a member. This was of course before he became known as the Grand Poohbah. It was actually in a reply to one of my threads that BigAl made that changed the theme of that old snowcat forum. A reply that made it into the fun place for us young at heart Old Farts to come and enjoy. BigAl himself made that change way back when! Im glad he did.
 
Well this British Old Fart is not so prim and proper - well I own two Snowtracs, both of which actually work, which is more than I can say for yellow bathtubs called Yettis - so I am probably a bit of an eccentric British Old Fart!
 
Ice Queen said:
Well this British Old Fart is not so prim and proper - well I own two Snowtracs, both of which actually work, which is more than I can say for yellow bathtubs called Yettis - so I am probably a bit of an eccentric British Old Fart!
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Wow ! Some Cranky old eccentric British fart got outta the wrong side of the bed this morning . I never called your Snottrac bad names ..... Ok maybe I have ,I just don't remember .
Its ok . at least I am always clean in my bathtub !!
Good Morning !
Coffee's on
 
Blackfoot Tucker said:
I don't mean to "rain on your parade". You've done a really nice job on the restoration and I'll admit right up front I don't know anything about VW engines...

But, if I am looking at the photos correctly, it strikes me that the exhaust headers are perilously close to the fiberglass "tub" (if that's the correct term).

Maybe their exhaust temperatures are a whole lot cooler than other engines, but I see a potential problem with heat damage to the fiberglass "tub". My understanding is that fiberglass is not particularly tolerant of heat.
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Your right Dirty butt Tucker :biggrin:. It is close , but not any closer than the original set up . I still plan to wrap it in heat cloth to be safe .
 
One Thing I forgot to mention at the start of this Thread , There are basically only two parts that are "Kristi Made" other than the Body design . Those two parts are the Clam Shells and the Transmission . Anything else can be made or gotten from other Parts sources .If the case on either one is broken or cracked good luck finding another :doh::unsure:. I heard of a few donor rigs that you can salvage parts from if need be .
 
Hey Big Al. I just got a new Kristi snowcat but i need a new clam shell and the smaller sprocket and the chains inside, on the passenger side. Know any where i can get these parts?
 
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Hey Big Al. I just got a new Kristi snowcat but i need a new clam shell and the smaller sprocket and the chains inside, on the passenger side. Know any where i can get these parts?
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I think AL is gone for awhile ......maybe he won't miss his if you borrowed them..:whistling:
 
bosstoby said:
Hey Big Al. I just got a new Kristi snowcat but i need a new clam shell and the smaller sprocket and the chains inside, on the passenger side. Know any where i can get these parts?
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I am in Panama for the next 2 months .I'll need to access my notes back home to see what is avalible . May be tough to find those parts ,
Allen!!!!
 
I have been bad .... I been everywhere this past year ,except working on the KT3 . The KT3 has been sitting in the shop waiting for my return .

There's really only two things that basically need to be done , Assemble the new tracks that are lying on the bench and paint and install the upper half of the body . I am in the process of moving everything to my new shop in Idaho where my KT7 is located .

I've started her up and ran it through the gears . She purrs .Still thinking that I would like to make the upper body open like a clamshell using air shocks . It sure would make it a lot easier to enter and exit .
 
BigAl said:
I have been bad .... I been everywhere this past year ,except working on the KT3 . The KT3 has been sitting in the shop waiting for my return .

There's really only two things that basically need to be done , Assemble the new tracks that are lying on the bench and paint and install the upper half of the body . I am in the process of moving everything to my new shop in Idaho where my KT7 is located .

I've started her up and ran it through the gears . She purrs .Still thinking that I would like to make the upper body open like a clamshell using air shocks . It sure would make it a lot easier to enter and exit .
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There Al the madness to my thinking a little krusty bashing and you are out working on her again with out friends like me where would you get the motivation, and by the way benz-9 sent me some maple syurp tasted good on the waffles this morning.
 
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There Al the madness to my thinking a little krusty bashing and you are out working on her again with out friends like me where would you get the motivation, and by the way benz-9 sent me some maple syurp tasted good on the waffles this morning.
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Just had to get the dig in about eating waffles, did'nt you !!!! You , my friend are a cruel man . :sad:
 
Al your still the coolest krusty owner around and if i ever get down that way i'm going to knock on your door with a plate of waffles and a hand out for a hand shake good luck and be safe
 
Moving to the ranch in Idaho . Much bigger shop to work in !!!:clap:
Don't give up on me ..... Tracks are ready to reassemble but I just don't have any time to get it done before the move . I been a bad boy !!!!:doh::whistling:
 
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