Pikes Peak

[werewolf]

Anyone ever ride their vw trike to the top?
Any issues with the trike?
Its a long way up.

 

[matman1972]

I had mine up there earlier this year. Ran a little better towards the top. that nice thin air helped my off idle stumble! Otherwise, it was just a little taxing on the arms and my clutch foot.

 

[vwbuild]

I have Pikes Peak out my window here. I'm working on a trike build also. In the old days when people didn't have fuel injection in their cars, there would be lots of cars stranded up there because of the thin air. I was concerned building this old VW 1600 engine for this altitude for that reason. I mean these Beetle engines are slow to begin with and taking one into the mountains slow them down more. Don't think they make fuel injectors for this engine though.

 

[champsman97045]

I have Pikes Peak out my window here. I'm working on a trike build also. In the old days when people didn't have fuel injection in their cars, there would be lots of cars stranded up there because of the thin air. I was concerned building this old VW 1600 engine for this altitude for that reason. I mean these Beetle engines are slow to begin with and taking one into the mountains slow them down more. Don't think they make fuel injectors for this engine though.

Yah they do as I had one on my 1915 cc VW trike

 

[Bikerbozo]

I remember going up to 14,000 ft on a '77 HD. Took the air cleaner out to get more air. I was passed by an old VW. I also kept fouling my plugs. The moral of the story? That VW seemed to do fine. Carry extra plugs.

 

[vwbuild]

Yah they do as I had one on my 1915 cc VW trike

Any idea if a fuel injected system on a VW engine is a good idea for an altitude above 7000 foot? Is this engine you had one on just a built up 1600? Have never seen one for sale.

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Didn't mean to hi-jack this thread. Back to Pikes Peak. Lots of Bighorn Sheep up there if you look hard enough.