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• Re: How do you check compression?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 20:26:17 +0000
  ...A cylinder not in optimal compression > >> will require 6 - 8 strokes to reach max. reading. So the reading as > >> well as number of stroke...
• Re: Cam timing
  Historical mailing list - Bob Donalds
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:10:32 -0700
  Two strokes dont have valves to float Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sudhir Desai" <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Sunday...
• Re: 1.9L to 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 02:09:34 +0200
  ...9 has a 69 mm stroke (same as bugs) while the 2,1 has a 74 mm stroke. I don't know if the...
• Has anyone "stroked" a 2.1L motor?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:36:26 -0600
  Has anyone done the offset grind on their 2.1L motor to achieve a longer stroke? Has anyone counterweighted their crank?....details? Has anyone...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 19:36:02 -0700
  1) increased stroke doesn't increase cylinder pressure (it increases displacement and leverage). 2) increased bore increases displacement and allows the potential for valve...
• Re: Vanagon Math
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 13 Oct 2004 22:14:30 EDT
  ...V pmax = pi X stroke X 4000. Just plug in the stroke, whatever it is. George
• digifant injection
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 21:50:48 -0400
  ...Does the fuel vapor just sort of accumulate behind the intake valve until the intake stroke for that cylinder? Surely 3/4 of the...
• Re: vannie info on cranks and radiators needed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:39:29 EDT
  ...the cranks are different between 1.9 and 2.1 since the only real difference is stroke... they both take the same pistons and...
• Re: Fluid leaking from underdash
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:22:12 -0500
  ...When I put a new clutch master cylinder in my Honda, I didn't bench bleed, and it took about a hundred strokes before...
• Re: High Performance Wasseboxers?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:08:42 EST
  ...They install a stroker 76mm ?? stroker crank. I think the standard crank is also 76mm but bentley feels this is information that most ___________________________________________________________________ You...
• Stroke
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 7 Aug 2014 09:16:28 -0500
  As many of you know - by way of the kindness of List Member Jim Felder - I had a stroke back in the last week...
• Re: cylinder numbers
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 16:17:57 -0500
  ...You will feel the air being compressed when you are on the compression stroke.If you are not sure, go through the sequence by...
• Re: clutch pedal travel
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 10 Jun 2019 09:13:56 -0600
  ...near the Beginning/Top or the End/Near Floor of the Stroke & as You let the Pedal Up from the floor does the Clutch...
• clearancing cam shaft?
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 1 Jun 2003 21:25:13 -0700
  So this stroker crank i am putting in is looking good - clearances are checking out OK... the only problem is that there is likely...
• Re: Gene Berg and wasserboxer performance
  Historical mailing list - Brian Verbeek
  Tue, 08 Oct 1996 16:23:49 +0100
  ...I'm thinking what I need first is >torque, not hp, and that could be just a stroker crank. Is this correct? True, that...
• How do you check compression?
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 19:31:18 -0700
  I was told by a mechanic that when checking compression for a 4 cylinder engine I should get 4 strokes, no more than that...
• RE: hydraulic clutch
  Historical mailing list - Michael Radtke
  Mon, 19 Jun 1995 09:50:00 -0700
  ...I only got a tiny bit of air the first 25 clutch strokes. It probably took 50 strokes to do the whole job! Mike...
• Re: 1.6 -> 1.9 pistons ??
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 01:39:17 +0200
  ...and 86,4 mm stroke = 1588 ccm The 1,9 has 79,5 mm bore and 95,5 mm stroke = 1896 ccm I guess...
• Re: 2.5 litre upgrade kit
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 29 Dec 95 10:49:58 +0100
  Hub translates to stroke... Brian.
• Re: More horse power from the 2.1??
  Historical mailing list - sstones
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 13:57:50 -0400 (EDT)
  ...You get a compression stroke at a much higher pressure, there in lies the problem. Cheers, SStones, Toronto Ont. <sstones@io.org>
• Re: 2268cc engine wasserboxer engine 80 stroke and 95mm bore, smog legal and 9.3 to 1 compression and 120HP
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Mon, 19 May 2003 13:05:03 +1000
  ...2268cc engine wasserboxer engine 80 stroke and 95mm bore, > smog legal and 9.3 to 1 compression and 120HP > >GoWesty is advertising these, I...
• Re: Whoa! H6 subie & Dieselboxer
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 4 Sep 2007 21:13:21 -0400
  Andrew, You said, 'H doesn't fit, and as others have pointed-out, doesn't discriminate between center-crank (boxer) or 2-stroke outboard...
• Re: engine bay mounted starter switch?/compression test
  Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
  Mon, 17 Apr 2000 14:31:56 -500
  ...Keep in mind the first stroke will vary the most from cylinder to cylinder since the initial position of the piston will vary. I...
• Re: OPOC engine
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:45:00 -0500
  That's interesting but I don't understand the claims of how this 2 stroke motor has lower emissions and less oil consumption than...
• Re: Better MPG or snake oil - baking soda voodoo
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:13:06 -0400
  ...Do you understand 4-stroke operation? > Something's not right with your line of thinking there, Chris............ > > Mike B. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris S...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 19:57:56 -0600
  I think you just hit on why there aren't any stroker WBs out there. Stan Wilder On Sun, 23 Mar 2003 17:32...
• Re: How do you check compression?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:22:20 -0700
  Engine warmed-up, cold, doesn't matter? Counting number of strokes -- is that the number of wuh-wuh-wuh sounds the starter makes? -- Mike...
• Engine Parts
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:29:50 -0800
  ...You can increase displacement by increasing the bore, or the stroke, or both. The stock stroke on a 2.1 is longer than a...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:10:04 -0700
  Just because the piston's at the top of its stroke doesn't mean its TDC. :) Pull the #1 plug and turn the motor...
• Engine/Compressor
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Wed, 5 Jun 1996 10:56:00 -0400
  ...The spark-plug air-compressor is in fact a >separate one-cylinder compressor, bore & stroke about 1x2. It uses the >compressed gasses in the...
• Re: Cam timing
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 02:59:30 -0400
  Not sure about other 2-strokes, but I from what I remember, the little 250cc one in my dirt bike has no "valves". Just...
• Re: Gene Berg and wasserboxer performance
  Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
  Tue, 8 Oct 1996 00:05:43 -0400 (EDT)
  ...PA) 72 240Z 1936 Chrysler On Mon, 7 Oct 1996, Cetin Seren wrote: > > My question is pretty naive, but, even if the increased stroke...
• Re: cylinder numbers
  Historical mailing list - Ivicz_vanagon
  Sat, 19 Mar 2005 12:48:59 +0100
  ...You will feel the air > being compressed when you are on the compression stroke.If you are not > sure, go through the sequence by...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 22:00:34 -0700
  ...If I'm understanding this correctly, as long as #1 is at the top of its' stroke, whether or not it is an beginning...
• Heard from John Rodgers last night--not good news
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Thu, 24 Jul 2014 07:04:33 -0500
  John Rodgers wrote me a very brief email to tell me he had had a stroke on his right side. He has moved from...
• Re: Engine Parts
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 09:51:43 -0800
  ...You can increase displacement by increasing the bore, or the stroke, or both. The stock stroke on a 2.1 is longer than a...
• Re: dumb fuel injection question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 27 Jul 2011 17:26:24 -0500
  ...As the piston moves down in the power stroke, the pressure gives the downward moving piston one heck of a kick driving it past...
• Re: Stroke
  Historical mailing list - Chris S.
  Thu, 7 Aug 2014 11:14:01 -0400
  ...of the kindness of List Member Jim Felder - I > had a stroke back in the last week of June. Yesterday, I walked the length...
• Re: air cooled? : non van
  Historical mailing list - UofT IC HelpDesk
  Thu, 25 Apr 1996 16:17:19 -0400
  howsabout a trabant (those e. german cars) weren't they 4 cylinder air cooled two strokers?? michael
• ECU - 1988 Van
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 19 Sep 2014 08:12:44 -0500
  Mine is dead. Anyone have an ECU you would care to part with. I need one.. John the Stroke-Man
• Re: considering a westy
  Historical mailing list - JordanVw
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 09:36:06 EST
  ...To begin with, the 2000cc Type IV is already bored and stroked out to within an inch of its life, by Volkswagenwerk AG. I...
• Re: Aircooled transmission options
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 09:18:44 -0500
  ...Kits were available to bore or stroke the engine or both. In your case, I'd recommend a big bore instead of a stroker...
• Re: How do you check compression?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:29:46 -0400
  ...Count the number of strokes. Should be 4-5. The design of the gauge can affect this. The hose length and placement of the...
• Re: .01 Main Bearings
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 29 Nov 2000 10:18:11 EST
  Todd, If you cannot find a set. �You could look to welding the crank BUT have the crank offset ground to increase the stroke...
• Re: Better MPG or snake oil - baking soda voodoo
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:19:52 -0400
  ...Do you understand 4-stroke operation? Something's not right with your line of thinking there, Chris............ Mike B. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris S...
• Re: vannie info on cranks and radiators needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 11:59:56 -0700
  ...it is my understanding that the only difference about bore and stroke 1.9 versus 2.1 waterboxer is the stroke is longer on...
• Re: Heard from John Rodgers last night--not good news
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 24 Jul 2014 12:12:22 -0400
  ...John Rodgers wrote me a very brief email to tell me he had had a stroke on his right side. He has moved from...
• Any feedback on the GoWesty 120HP WaterBoxer motors
  Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
  Tue, 1 Jul 2003 03:14:30 -0700
  ...There are several "stroked" engines available and I was wondering if anyone on the list has had any experience with any of these. Has...
• Re: digifant injection
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:20:55 -0300
  ...Does the fuel vapor just >sort of accumulate behind the intake valve until the intake stroke for >that cylinder? Surely 3/4 of the...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:48:31 -0500
  ...The compression and power strokes sort of cancel each other out, but the intake stroke has to try to pull air into the cylinder...
• Re: Odd Brake Bleeding issue in 90 Westy
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 23 Jul 2015 16:57:37 -1000
  don't stroke the pedal fully to the floor.. half strokes only. pause at 'pedal up' . On 7/23/2015 4:05 PM, Jack...
• Re: How do you check compression?
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:35:30 -0400
  ...How do you check compression? Engine warmed-up, cold, doesn't matter? Counting number of strokes -- is that the number of wuh-wuh-wuh...
• 88 van - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 17 Sep 2014 17:42:14 -0500
  Wha's happ'ng! My '88 van was broken down and I couldn't start it before my stroke. Was working on when the...
• performance and reliability
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 27 Mar 2002 18:16:37 -0600
  I've been getting conflicting info regarding performance cams, stroker cranks, heads, rod bolts, etc. Here are a few topics for the gearheads to...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 10:59:08 -0800
  All i'm doing for now is increasing the bore and stroke... the engine will end up with a 2.3 displacement. Turbo is...
• Re: Stroke
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Thu, 7 Aug 2014 09:26:50 -0500
  ...of the kindness of List Member Jim Felder - I > had a stroke back in the last week of June. Yesterday, I walked the length...
• Re: Fluid leaking from underdash
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Alden Pegden
  Thu, 8 Jan 2004 19:19:00 -0600
  ...When I put a new clutch master cylinder in my Honda, > I didn't bench bleed, and it took about a hundred strokes before...
• Re: NVC rare DKW MUNGA form sale (forerunner of the VW Illtis)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Norville
  Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:30:42 -0500
  I saw that, almost bought it....Then was reminded of the 3-cylinder 2-stroke engine.
• Re: Stroking a type 4
  Historical mailing list - Scott Morrow
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 06:29:32 -0500
  ...Stroker cranks are available in about any stroke you want similiar to the type I. But be careful with the stroke because if you...
• Re: Thermostat opening vs. all open temperatures
  Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
  Thu, 14 Jul 2005 16:32:21 -0400
  ...185 Degrees F) Fully open ~ 105 degrees C (221 degrees F) Stroke: minimum 8 mm (0.35 inch) And yes, it's in the...