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• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] 1.9 diesel (non turbo, 75 HP) in my vanagon? Help needed.
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Fri, 5 Apr 2002 16:30:10 -0800
  ...The block is a bit taller (~10 mm.) to accomodate the longer stroke, but I haven't heard that presenting any problems. Will this...
• Re: AW: Water deliberately added to gasoline?
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Tue, 10 Dec 2002 09:42:32 -0700
  ...of "stuff" to push the piston more strongly on the power stroke. IIRC. -Simon On Tuesday, December 10, 2002, at 08:56 AM, John...
• Parts Needed for Rebuild-1.9l or 2.1l?
  Historical mailing list - Steve W
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 06:44:10 -0700
  ...What is the difference that makes up the extra 0.2l? (Crank? bore? stroke? combination?) 2. I need a complete rebuild gasket kit for...
• Re: how do i bleed my clutch.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 14 Dec 2008 15:48:59 -0800
  ...a push-the-pedal method, and on the clutch, you can stroke the pedal full distance to the floor of course. Scott turbovans ----- Original...
• RE: Humor+passing=flying fur....
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 19 Oct 1995 11:23:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...But it also created more criminals in one stroke, than anything since Prohibition. And, in fact, by requiring people to do something they had...
• Re: GoWesty fridge modification -- which way around?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Hertzog
  Sun, 6 Aug 2017 10:16:02 -0700
  ...so the pump pushes air to chamber, but on pump back stroke the > air doesn't get pulled back. > > Alistair > > > > > Stuart Hertzog <mailto:stuart...
• Re: Injectors - 2.1L WBX - '91 Carat/autotrany
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:46:03 -0700
  ...I did all the work > myself and for a guy just past a stroke it was an effort, but it was good > therapy. -- Neil...
• Re: Steering Wheel !
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 19:31:22 -0800
  ...show car) 1982 Rabbit P.U.(1.8 lt > 16V conv.) 1985 Jetta (2.0 lt > conv.) 1983 Chev Blazer > 4X4 (383 cu stroker)
• Re: Can't get '80 Vanagon to pass emissions
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 21:44:48 -0500
  ...chip/cam/lowered (most useful) > 69 Beetle 2.0ltr stroked/cam/45mm Dellortos (not your fathers bug) > 85 Audi 5ks, my first, bought it...
• Re: Battery discharging too soon?
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 14:41:10 -0600
  ...from the starter--i.e., it hesitates on the first compression stroke but will start after it gets turning. Subsequent starts are fine with...
• Re: Coolant mystery
  Historical mailing list - Scott - IMAP
  Sat, 18 Jun 2016 12:48:37 -0700
  Hi, not likely to happen on exhaust stroke, but compression stroke for sure. The pressure developed there is super high ...numerous hundreds of psi...
• Re: $100 Reward Results
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 18 Jul 2014 16:33:45 -1000
  ...select about 40 emails off your inbox list ( know how to do that , right ? ) then delete all 400 in one stroke ! man...if I...
• Re: 2.0L I4 Opportunities
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Tue, 14 May 2013 07:41:07 -0700
  ...3A and ABA both have the same bore and stroke rendering my premise mistaken. The word on the street (VW Vortex) is that the...
• what motor parts interchange???
  Historical mailing list - Street Bugs
  Tue, 17 Dec 1996 02:15:50 GMT
  ...still using digifant.i know the the 2100cc has a longer stroke, but are the rods and journals the same. is the exahaust the...
• FS: '84 Vanagon Camper
  Historical mailing list - Fred D. dyen
  Sat, 4 Dec 1999 02:03:01 -0900
  ...and AM/FM radio with tape Engine has a perfect circle stroked crank, 2.1 liter liners and pistons, performance cam Spares available with...
• Re: Slight pressure after oil pump install?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 7 Jun 2005 06:17:24 -0400
  If the sparkplugs are in, you are feeling the compression stroke. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On...
• Re: Knock & Ping?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Diehr
  Mon, 6 Mar 2006 15:17:48 -0800
  ...So I'm not actually sure what it is -- a 2.1 long block? Or a 1.9 that's been bored or stroked...
• Re: Injectors not firing ?
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 24 Feb 2007 14:51:13 -0500
  ...You could see the spray pattern get better and better in one stroke of the pump. 1 infusion of cleaner was all it took...
• Re: G.W. 1.5" lift springs
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 20:23:28 -0500
  ...The fronts, not so much! Thinking the shocks may be a bit too > short of up stroke now. Any suggestions? > > Velma 82 1.9L...
• Why not fix it? was:Syncro Left Front Brake Caliper
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 09:45:35 -0400
  ...When you've pumped at least as many strokes as the previous one, that wheel is bled. It's messy, and you are more...
• Re: 3.2L waterboxer, and 2.6L 5cyl in vw van
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 2 May 2002 18:21:15 EDT
  ...It's basically the same motor that started > > out as a 2.2 litre in the Microbus, was bored to 2.3, stroked to...
• Re: Overheating problem 91 2.1
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 5 Mar 2011 13:49:09 -0500
  ...should start to open around 185F/85C and be fully open (minimum 8 mm stroke) at around 220F/105C. Bentley 19.11. And as...
• Re: Oil Fill Level - Only go halfway. Makes a difference! Thanks Dennis.
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:38:14 -0500
  ...same, but on the other hand the >> > stroke is slightly less. (What IS the difference in stroke?) >> > >> > If you have a pressure gauge, you...
• Re: FTE Brake Master Cylinder: Failing Seal? PICS
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Tue, 21 Jul 2015 21:12:36 -1000
  ...Then feel for a good firm pedal ( engine not running ) works for me ...hundreds of times. ( on a used MC ..never stroke the pedal...
• Re: dumb fuel injection question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:37:52 -0700
  ...and not during say, a give cylinders intake stroke, as you would expect. it's kind of a sloppy way of doing it ..but...
• Re: Oxymoron Alert: AC While Camping
  Historical mailing list - Rowan Tipton
  Wed, 9 Jun 2010 11:20:46 -0400
  ...deal with heat very well either - I once had a heat stroke when doing nothing much at all and it was in the low...
• Re: Air Filter Intake Assembly
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 10 May 1997 13:39:13 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Good Luck, Curt Long 87 GL Syncro Westy 71 Big Bore/Stroke Camper 87 Acura Legend 94 GAS GAS Trials bike
• Re: Thinking swap? Engine options are only half the story...What about the t...
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 16:10:53 EDT
  ...This includes swirl, squish and valve overlap as well as the detailed shape of the piston surface and the stroke (piston dwell time). The...
• Re: My Engine Has Bit the Dust
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:43:05 -0400
  ...I don't like making 1.9s into 2.1s or bigger because that requires a stroker crank to increase displacement, and those can...
• Re: Big Valves for me?
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 24 Apr 2003 21:37:40 -0600
  ...So I ask the questions.....Who provided your big valve heads? Who did your stroker crank, and what was the offset? How much did...
• Any feedback on the GoWesty 120HP WaterBoxer motors
  Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
  Sat, 5 Jul 2003 10:12:51 -0400
  ...I also dont think welding WBX crankshafts to increase stroke is a good idea ever I invite anybody that is thinking of a upgraded...
• Re: Stuck Head
  Historical mailing list - Geo & Kathleen Hahn
  Mon, 10 Apr 2006 11:09:26 -0700
  ...You remove a spark plug and, with the piston somewhere near the bottom of it's stroke, feed several feet of nylon rope (quarter...
• Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Wed, 24 Mar 2010 20:34:16 -0800
  ...But if pedal pushed really hard, at bottom of stroke, it stops on something. But not like when engine off. i.e. rock hard...
• Re: Source for reliable axle assemblies
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 19:23:07 -0600
  ...If simple lubrication is your problem, this technique, if done right with say 15 strokes of the gun, could help. If you have some...
• Re: Vanagon a/c
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Wed, 25 May 2011 13:30:31 -0700
  ...It's sometimes isn't worth the key strokes and resulting use of bandwidth. BTW, good point Jim(?) for mentioning Westies. Each of the...
• Re: fuel sender repair
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 6 Oct 94 22:38:21 EDT
  ...He also drove something called the DKW (Das Kleine Wunder) 2 stroke -- german car.) Later in life (after he had sold that one to...
• First ride was in a VW and a name...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 4 Dec 2001 12:53:22 EST
  ...crib to keep him smooth while sleeping, His stroller will be stroked and bored, ported and polished to give maximum power to the pusher...
• Re: Best source of parts for a rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Tue, 14 Oct 2008 07:02:51 EDT
  ...According to the Pro Training Manual, the 2.1 simply has a 7mm longer stroke (94mm piston, so 4.7 * 4.7 * pi * .7cm...
• Fwd: lug nuts--broke a socket--socket strength investigations...
  Historical mailing list - Pfunky
  Tue, 7 Apr 1998 12:21:26 EDT
  ...They're made for impact use, softer, I guess to prevent shattering of the socket during the impact stroke-not a pretty sight, BTDT...
• Re: Cooling system over pressurizing?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Jul 2016 23:07:34 -0400
  ...of torque with less than a 3 inch stroke. If caught in time I say I have around a 50/50 chance of successful...
• Re: Strange problem in Belize
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Fri, 14 Jan 2011 09:45:59 -0800
  ...com> wrote: > other pistons are in other phases of the 4 stroke cycle ..so they all > overlap, smoothing things out. > It's both genious...
• Re: Optimum WBX rpms; was RE: 4 speed/5 speed shifter
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 21 May 2010 13:15:35 -0700
  ...it's a short stroke, naturally balanced opposed four engine ...not that bad for it at all. Scott www.turbovans.com ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Re: motor swapping
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Tue, 3 Jan 1995 08:47:54 -0800 (PST)
  ...The "1835" engine has the same case as a 1600, just with bigger pistons and cylinders (and a stroker crankshaft? Damn, I can't...
• Re: Measuring engine RPM based on Hall sender/coil signals
  Historical mailing list - --------
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:48:38 -0400
  ...RPM related to ignition pulse frequency? >The motor is a 4-stroke, 4-cylinder, where every cylinder gets a spark >once in a complete...
• Leak-down Test - How to??
  Historical mailing list - JRodgers
  Sun, 23 Mar 2014 13:24:19 -0500
  ...On an airplane, you turn the propeller until the piston in the cylinder in question is at top dead center on the compression stroke...
• RE: A 1776 for a 70 bus
  Historical mailing list - Armstrong, Charles L.
  Fri, 11 Nov 94 14:42:00 cst
  ...I think you would need to go with the stroker crank to get the torque to handle those mountain roads. Charles Armstrong carmstro@ssf3...
• Re: Boxer engines
  Historical mailing list - David Richoux
  Wed, 2 Jan 2002 17:03:56 -0800
  ...Rotax was Swiss, now owned by Canadians, I think; thought > they only made skidoo engines and dirtbike 4-strokes. Haflinger... no > idea! The Haflinger...
• Re: 2.1 waterboxer oil temp gauge?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:52:51 -0800
  ...The longer stroke requires > the oil cooler. > > Dennis ===== '84 Westy (Sparky) w/2.3L WBX Vancouver, BC __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Send holiday email and...
• Re: Electric Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 14:25:42 -0800
  Hi, Short stroke, large bore is definitely called 'oversquare' And the opposite...................long stroke small bore is called undersquare.' I'm 100 % sure on...
• Re: Audi motors vs. VW (reformatted) vs Modified Wasserboxer
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 12 Dec 1998 20:23:06 PST
  ...2309 2109 2109 Turbo/Supercharger Turbo No No No Bore x Stroke (in.) 3.19 x 3.4 3.25 x 3.4 3...
• Type 4 headwork??
  Historical mailing list - G. Matthew Bulley
  Mon, 5 Aug 2002 19:36:17 -0400
  ...a 1982 Westfalia that in retrospect, I wish I would have stroked, rather than bored. But nonetheless, it is a 2056 cc with 96mm...
• Re: Vanagon or Econobox?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 12 Jul 2007 20:00:21 -0400
  ...The power strokes are usually in stock. Make sure you use the additives or the special Diesel antifreezes. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing...
• Haltec and other stand alone engine managment systems.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 1 Dec 2008 22:24:38 -0800
  ...When we built the motor (6.5liter stroked 928 motor with a custom intake) we started from scratch with the Motec at the dyno...
• Re: Platinum Vapour Injection for fuel savings etc.?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 12 Jun 2000 19:36:05 -0700
  ...Extra air slows down the burning process so some of the fuel is burning to late in the stroke to be beneficial. " why are...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
  Sat, 15 May 2004 07:33:42 -0700
  ...Diesel cycle engines produce CO2 as an exhaust >component in approximately the same quantity per stroke regardless of the >fuel source D1,D2, McDooDoo...
• Re: regearing a manual trans
  Historical mailing list - vw_van_fan_Mark
  Fri, 4 Sep 2015 10:39:29 -0700
  ...The Waterboxer is a short stroke engine developing horsepower >>> at higher speeds and more designed to operate at higher speeds for longer >>> periods of...
• Re: Slick 50 for Manual transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:20:59 +1300
  ...is >being applied to them and washed off again with every stroke of the piston. >The corrosive by-products build up in the oil...
• Windscreen wiper prelim review
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Tue, 25 Oct 2016 09:28:48 -0700
  ...For what ever reason, the blade wipers had trouble making full contact over full stroke. Last weekend made the semi annual trip to Costco...
• Freyday fun
  Historical mailing list - Phil Zimmerman
  Fri, 18 Sep 2015 16:44:24 -0700
  ...Insults are solicited, strokes and money are always appreciated� :-) I'd latch onto Angus' how many people will fit into a Vanagon thread and...
• Re: Parts Needed for Rebuild-1.9l or 2.1l?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 24 Sep 2003 10:13:10 -0400
  ...What is the difference that makes up the extra >0.2l? (Crank? bore? stroke? combination?) > >2. I need a complete rebuild gasket kit for...