The Colorado Front Range had only received 2 inches of precipitation in the past 5 months and it had been balmy throughout the new year, so we all knew we were bound to get smacked with a spring blizzard. The snow came Thursday (3/26) morning and dumped a foot and a half in Boulder. CU was shut down and the governor declared a state of emergency to pull stranden folks off of US-36. To me, it was a nice opportunity to take some photos of surreal shapes in my front yard and to get out cross country skiing with Mike. Enjoy the photos!Sunday, March 29, 2009
March Blizzard 2009
The Colorado Front Range had only received 2 inches of precipitation in the past 5 months and it had been balmy throughout the new year, so we all knew we were bound to get smacked with a spring blizzard. The snow came Thursday (3/26) morning and dumped a foot and a half in Boulder. CU was shut down and the governor declared a state of emergency to pull stranden folks off of US-36. To me, it was a nice opportunity to take some photos of surreal shapes in my front yard and to get out cross country skiing with Mike. Enjoy the photos!
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Zetec Final Exam
Today marks the second week I have had my Zetec up in running in my
1985 Westfalia! I had already put 300 miles on it, so yesterday I gave
it a thorough check out and everything looked great.
This morning, I drove it up I-70 in Colorado to go skiing, which was
the final exam of this whole process for me and the Zetec. The main
reason I put the Zetec engine in was that I wanted to be able to take
the van all over Colorado up and down steep, high altitude passes on a
regular basis at normal highway speeds and without worrying about
breaking down. There are 2 or 3 hills on I-70 that are absolute
killers, and I got to test out the Zetec on one of them just west of
Georgetown.
I also created a playlist on Youtube with the 5 documentary videos I made in
the correct order:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D43034D72686EB02
In case you missed the 3rd video in the series that included the first start of the Zetec in the Vanagon, here it is:
And since I'm a big geek, I recorded my trip with a GPS, so you can check out the route, speed,
and altitude at:
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/player/7806254
Enjoy!
Pat
1985 Westfalia! I had already put 300 miles on it, so yesterday I gave
it a thorough check out and everything looked great.
This morning, I drove it up I-70 in Colorado to go skiing, which was
the final exam of this whole process for me and the Zetec. The main
reason I put the Zetec engine in was that I wanted to be able to take
the van all over Colorado up and down steep, high altitude passes on a
regular basis at normal highway speeds and without worrying about
breaking down. There are 2 or 3 hills on I-70 that are absolute
killers, and I got to test out the Zetec on one of them just west of
Georgetown.
I also created a playlist on Youtube with the 5 documentary videos I made in
the correct order:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D43034D72686EB02
In case you missed the 3rd video in the series that included the first start of the Zetec in the Vanagon, here it is:
And since I'm a big geek, I recorded my trip with a GPS, so you can check out the route, speed,
and altitude at:
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/player/7806254
Enjoy!
Pat
Bostig Engine Conversion Write-Up
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Cruising in the Zetec-powered Vanagon!
I can't believe how incredible the Zetec is in my Vanagon! Joe came down and provided a tremendous amount of help to me this weekend, and we got the van running beautifully today, 8 days after I tore out the old VW waterboxer engine!
I will let video speak for itself (PG13 for language)!
I will let video speak for itself (PG13 for language)!
Bostig Engine Conversion Write-Up
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