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• Re: Tire Side wall info request
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Thu, 21 Nov 2024 15:45:13 -0500
  ...Probably still desirable for the stiffer sidewalls. > This will be a 27.7 inch tire, 730 revs per mile. Drop engine RPM another ~100...
• Re: sometimes it just won't go...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 6 Mar 2011 20:36:37 -0800
  ...Put it back on and now the engine doesn't die on rapid deceleration. I'll know next week if the fuel economy is...
• Re: $100 Reward to Solve Starter Problem
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Fri, 4 Jul 2014 09:57:39 -1000
  ...Shut off the engine, and checked the engine. Throttle and >>> cable were not binding. I disconnected the idle stabilizer and the revs dropped >>> to...
• Gearing Fuel Economy and Performance
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 8 Jan 2003 03:46:07 EST
  ...For the same velocity, the engine load is 28% higher for the engine in a 4.57 vehicle vs. a Diesel Westfalia trans. Clearly...
• On Transmission Ratios, Diesels, Conversions and Fish
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Wed, 24 Oct 2001 05:07:38 EDT
  ...For the same velocity, the engine load is 28% higher for the engine in a 4.57 vehicle vs. a Diesel Westfalia trans. Clearly...
• Re: Tire question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 16 May 2011 16:24:26 -0700
  ...rather a moot point if not knowing what engine is going to be pushing the van . or for what use you want it to...
• Re: Engine and Transmission Swap BS: was Thinking Swap ...(Now Full)
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Wed, 6 Sep 2000 17:22:06 -0700
  ...I like to rev my engines from time to time, hardly do so on every occasion but don't fear sustained revs under load...
• Re: maybe too much information is worse...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 18 May 2006 00:47:06 -0400
  ...Just drive gently and avoid high revs until the temp gauge clears the white bar. Before the inline engines had hydraulic lifters, those engine...
• Re: Transmission Ratios, Diesels, Conversions
  Historical mailing list - Robert S Keezer
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 00:54:33 -0800
  ...Frankly, I took the maximum speed I wanted (100 mph), divided by > the > engine redline (6300 for the normal I4), the tire revs per...
• Re: Found my Syncro project.
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Sun, 7 Jun 2009 13:30:02 -0700
  ...First I saw the > battery in it was sitting disconnected at 12.4V so I hooked up the ground > and turned the engine over...
• Re: Tire question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 16 May 2011 19:44:14 -0400
  ...Also keeping the engine under that torque stress increases NOx emissions and probably will even shorten it's life. As for rubber gearing a...
• Re: Diesel - too much oil saga
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 8 Aug 2010 14:28:29 -0700
  there is always oil in the intake tract of a turbo diesel VW engine . not because it's comrpession igntion, but because the intake...
• Re: Distributor Nightmare
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 23:08:11 -0400
  ...Shutting off the engine will allow some of the debris to float up allowing for normal operation for a short time later. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: Timing 2.1l WBX
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 27 Nov 2008 16:21:50 -0800
  ...If you have a steady idle and it revs out nicely from idle when it's running right..........I doubt you have an intake...
• Re: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:29:23 -0800
  ...start the engine, and see if it revs out. A clogged cat or muffler is semi-rare ..........and if an engine won't rev...
• Re: speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 6 May 2013 15:51:39 -0700
  ...Unfortunately, I did not get to checking the odometer against the GPS before my engine fire sidelined me. If the odometer is reading more...
• Re: Consumer Reports on oil/L
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 09:00:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...engines, particularly in heavier vans such as Westies, are working their little tails off, much harder than your average Honda. They turn more revs...
• Re: Seeking Input - Big Disc Brakes & stock rear brakes
  Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 12:43:10 -0800
  ...Add in more horsepower, more engine weight in the rear and larger wheels to bring the revs down and stock brakes just don't...
• Re: Update on AFM testing procedure
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Sat, 5 Jul 2014 09:53:28 -1000
  ...There is a > protective mesh on this MAF. > > The Jetta engine management uses a wiper & resistive strip in the > throttle position sensor. It is...
• Re: Flickering Oil Light at Idle
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 4 Sep 2014 20:44:25 -1000
  ...original engine >>> >>> Van for the most part runs well, bit of a loping idle and off idle bog but >>> runs decent at revs. Certainly...
• Re: repost- guy wants to buy
  Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
  19 Jul 1995 12:37:41 -0700
  ...Keep in mind that this is a little 52 hp engine that works really hard and revs high a lot of the time. The...
• engine conversion experiences (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bj�rn
  Wed, 24 Feb 1999 10:49:05 -0800
  Engine Conversions for Vanagon During my recent stay in Germany I was able to explore several options of engine conversions for the Vanagon. I...
• Re: Front heater won't give heat
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 22 Aug 2018 10:39:43 -0700
  ...Fill up the pressure tank as much as I can, engine running idle, put cap back on. Disconnect at the pressure tank the hose...
• Engine Performance vs Tire Size/Comments Redux
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 18:36:57 EST
  In a message dated 12/14/02 4:00:16 PM, lchase@ATTGLOBAL.NET writes: << A while back my stock engine was rebuilt (stock...
• Re: A mystery
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:01:51 -0500
  ...A mystery > > I have a fairly new Subaru engine conversion in my van. The engine itself > is basically new by way of an overhaul...
• Re: Fuel mixture too rich?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:10:48 -0700
  ...Sitting still, and slowly increasing engine speed, it hunts at > 1500 to 2000 rpm, then revs rapidly after passing that sticky range. From > a...
• 77 FI - postscript to Chapter 1
  Historical mailing list - Dave Backe
  Tue, 30 Apr 1996 19:52:05 -0600
  ...low rpms), but it seemed to die out power-wise once the revs got above 2000rpms. You could feel it trying, though - it would...
• My AT Rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 22:00:37 -0400
  ...when cold, start engine and put in reverse right away, slipping sensation. engine revs but rearward motion is limited. It did that again today...
• Re: westys & climbing mountain roads
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 14 Feb 2016 21:22:59 -0500
  ...When the accelerator is floored the transmission should kick down to second gear and stay there until the engine gets just over 5,000...
• Re: An Engine Conversion Begins-Mixed Emotions! - 3A Comment
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:19:48 -0400
  ...For the Vanagon, torque, especially at low revs, is drivability. In my experience with the 3A install, the engine was a tractor puller compared...
• Re: Loss of power while underway, second occurrence
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Mon, 21 Feb 2022 18:09:39 -0500
  ...a quick inspection of all the small ground connections in the > engine bay to see if there is any sign of corrosion that could...
• Re: Electronic points -waste of time/money?
  Historical mailing list - Nathaniel Poole
  Mon, 15 Jan 2007 12:06:27 -0800
  ...Sometimes when you let off the gas the ignition just stops completely and the engine dies. When you restart the engine without revving it...
• Re: Help needed with engine running poorly
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 12 Dec 2011 23:49:56 -0500
  ...1 Liter gasoline engine with about 20K miles on the clock. Symptoms are that it start fine, idles fine, revs up fine without a...
• Re: No heat at stoplights.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 7 Jan 2010 14:37:59 -0800
  ...I have not seen the impeller surface badly corroded in waterboxer engines, but it is part of the engine block. You'd have to...
• Re: regearing a manual trans
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 4 Sep 2015 10:08:14 -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: Break-in.......new engine (your opinion?)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 16 Jun 2004 14:21:23 -0500
  ...On the last four engines I've built I've run them in on an engine stand for the first twenty minutes then after...
• Re: Climbing
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 30 Jan 2011 11:20:35 -0800
  ...Before the advent of variable valve timing and varible intact tract configuration in modern engines.. the torque curve of any engine was always the...
• Re: Engine Cutout
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Thu, 3 Jan 2002 07:41:44 -0800
  ...The latest episodes, which > now > occur daily, involve the engine completely cutting out. The tach crashes > *hard* to zero and the engine is *dead...
• Re: Fuel System or Electronic?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 14 Nov 2018 00:26:57 +0000
  Ahh, this is good.  Yesterday I inquired about proper method for cleaning engine bay and engine, whether by myself or "experts" on Craigslist.  The...
• Re: nasty AMC exhaust valve, photos here
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sun, 24 May 2009 11:32:52 -0700
  ...Thats the way it was taught to me in the early 70's when broken valves were the norm on aircooled engines...and why...
• Re: '89 2.1i digifant cutting out. Really need some help on this one... ; NOT SOLVED!
  Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
  Fri, 25 Oct 2002 13:06:19 -0400
  ...lasts for > around a second and then the engine recovers. If it had > enough revs to carry it through the second that is. If...
• Re: Found my Syncro project.
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 14:07:19 -0700
  ...First I saw the > battery in it was sitting disconnected at 12.4V so I hooked up the ground > and turned the engine over...
• Re: Auto transmission
  Historical mailing list - T. Thompson
  Wed, 5 Jan 2000 17:27:28 -0400
  ...In the morning when the van is cold the transmission will not shift into third until the engine and presumably the transmission warm up...
• Re: Hall Sender
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 10 May 2004 21:07:14 -0500
  ...between the drive and the gear? Out of ten or more engines I've removed from VWs .......... I've only found one that had...
• Re: Propane Conversion for Vanagon--head north!
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dorm
  Fri, 14 Feb 2003 09:43:07 -0800
  ...There is one main >over-all adjuster and one each for idle and running (this is >adjusted at 2500 revs). > >Since the engine is...
• Re: Fast German Auto chip--let's test it!
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 15 Jan 2000 14:39:08 -0500
  ...However, once the AFM is wide open, the ECU shifts to its internal map, and the engine would run lean unless the lambda compensation...
• Re: Comment on 2.1 WBx vs. 2.2 Sub vs. Tiico (was The problem with TIICO) <F>
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 29 Mar 2002 22:27:29 EST
  ...Rev it up, slip the clutch, use the trans, keep revs above 4K, it was a nice peppy vehicle. Little loud with the broken...
• Re: Help needed with engine running poorly
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 07:35:12 -0500
  ...1 Liter gasoline > engine with about 20K miles on the clock. > > Symptoms are that it start fine, idles fine, revs up fine without a...
• Re: Was Metallic sound when depressing the clutch---Now happens in neutral when depressing accelerator
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 13:15:24 -0700
  HI Harold, it's starting to sound like an engine rattle .......if noise is there with trans in neutral and not touching the clutch...
• Re: tach in an 85
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Rotblatt
  Tue, 7 Jun 2011 17:26:18 -0700
  ...Your method for climbing hills seems more in line with what I would imagine - get the revs up so you are higher on the...
• Re: Electronic points -waste of time/money?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Rouby
  Tue, 16 Jan 2007 13:36:11 -0800
  ...Sometimes when you let off the gas the ignition just stops completely and the engine dies. When you restart the engine without revving it...
• Re: rod knock on ivory '84 westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 15 Dec 2011 10:21:26 -0600
  ...I can possibly have someone dig in and rebuild my engine or I > > could go all out and invest in a refurbished engine. The...
• Re: Exhaust Design, Now Conversion for Function and Reliability
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:19:11 -0500
  ...The engine was designed for serious revs and I have run the unit across the New Mexican and desolate Texas deserts at 6,000...
• Re: Expected Life of a Cat Converter??
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sat, 15 Jan 2011 22:51:56 -0600
  ...Excess oil level, wrong viscosity, worn valve guides/rings excessive high revs and engine braking all lead to some oil passing through to the...
• Re: Found my Syncro project.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Mon, 8 Jun 2009 10:43:50 -0400
  ...First I saw the > battery in it was sitting disconnected at 12.4V so I hooked up the ground > and turned the engine over...
• Re: More 89 Bluestar questions
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 15 Jan 2014 19:54:20 -0500
  ...Hopefully you do have the correct rear support! Otherwise the rear of the engine will sit too low putting the oil sump and the...
• Re: Distributor Nightmare
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Sun, 11 Jul 2004 11:11:24 -0700
  ...After some time the engine will go back > to normal operation. Stopping, turning off the ignition, and restarting > does not seem to help. Usually...
• Re: Hello - Idiot oil light keeps coming on!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sun, 7 Nov 2010 16:42:09 -0800
  ...waterboxer engines are a little harder than most engines to put an oil pressure gauge on .. since OP switch location is between push rod...
• Re: The Sounds of $$$ ? (longish)
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Fri, 11 Oct 2002 04:03:53 +0100
  ...but not stopping - I'd give gas to > >accelerate and the engine revs and gas peddle feedback feel like the car is > >in neutral...
• a hoot of an explaination from a "mechanic"
  Historical mailing list - Tonya Pope
  Thu, 29 Apr 1999 15:36:20 -0500
  ...So I turn the engine off and restart it. A little rough, but revs, then smooths itself out. So, I figure (crossing fingers) it...