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• Re: CARB requirements for 5cyl. conversions
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 18:36:39 -0500
  ...US-certified Audi block from the required donor car into a "stroker" with a new crankshaft, pistons, and possibly the head -- all from South...
• Re: Fiberglass Taped Exhaust?
  Historical mailing list - Ken Hunter
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:14:43 EDT
  ...Years ago I had some modified big bore stroker Ti's in my 61 and 71 vans. I was looking in the yellow pages...
• Smog part sought...
  Historical mailing list - Dan Schmitz
  Mon, 14 Sep 1998 10:45:30 -0700
  ...It is an Adventurewagen conversion, and has been upgraded with a 2.2L stroker engine for a bit more power. I have had to...
• Re: Eurocars 2.2 Engine - anyone have more info?
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
  Sat, 24 Aug 2002 19:47:56 -0400
  ...Not too shabby. > > This means if we got our hands on the larger pistons and cylinders and the > stroker crank we could make a...
• Porsche flat 8 on ebay...from digest.
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Mon, 11 Jun 2007 19:42:06 -0700
  ...The motor I ran in my 928 was built with a stroker crank and 8 individual throttle bodies, titanium con rods..crap like that...
• Huffer motors..Turbo and SC...
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 17 May 2007 21:05:20 -0700
  ...method of getting over 400 rwhp, which is to use a stroker crankshaft. It'd seem to me, from looking at some of their...
• Interesting item on eBay web site item#1824482147: Volkswagen : Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Thu, 25 Apr 2002 23:04:10 PDT
  ...Completly overhauled engine into a Stroker to give the extra power needed in the mountains.Only 11,200 miles on overhauled engine. 18,556...
• R&T letter about vanagon up-engines ...
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Thu, 25 Apr 96 21:32:30 CDT
  ...VW engines, where an entire industry has been created that manufactures stroker cranks, big-bore cylinders, high-flow heads, etc. Scanning the ads in...
• Non-Transplant: Prices of Ahnendorp Wasserboxer Mods
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  18 Dec 1995 11:43:11 EST
  ...kit, this will suit the 92HP "SS" and 95HP "MV" Engines. Stroker Crankshaft 82mm 2783DM Piston and Barrel Kit 98mm 2748 Head Seal Rings...
• Re: Okrasa (was Fryeday - What kind of VW are you?)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sun, 12 Mar 2006 23:00:57 -0600
  ...think. > > ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ > >Max, >Okrasa became Oettinger who yes, made 2.5L long stroker kits for the >wasserboxer as well as a complete 6 cyl waterboxer...
• My Hi-Performance WBX Trip Update
  Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
  Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:57:18 EDT
  ...I've driven over 4k miles with my new 2.3 stroker WBX with 1.25 rockers from Unique Imports in Mission Viejo CA...
• Re: Huffer motors..Turbo and SC...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 18 May 2007 08:11:53 -0400
  ...method of getting over 400 rwhp, >which is to use a stroker crankshaft. > > It'd seem to me, from looking at some of their...
• Re: Stroking a type 4
  Historical mailing list - Scott Morrow
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 06:29:32 -0500
  ...I've made and not paid for in a long time. Stroker cranks are available in about any stroke you want similiar to the...
• Re: Anyone install a Generator?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 20:03:09 -0600
  ...the larger 4 strokers are just that. large and heavy. this makes them not very portable. add to these the weight of an lp...
• Re: Transmission/gear lube
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 27 Aug 2013 16:21:40 -0700
  ...My stroker V8 Porsche had huge torque, needed all the tranny help I could give it... On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 3:05...
• Re: Ebay CV "kit"....is it any good?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 16:41:40 -0700
  ...The Scat stroker crank, rods and pistons are all made in China and are working very well! I gave him a hand assembling the...
• Re: Engine parts source
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 6 May 2014 21:16:40 -0700
  ...Scat makes stroker cranks to order and there are others. There are custom piston makers, too and you can bore and sleeve blocks to...
• Re: finding a new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Tue, 1 Dec 1998 21:54:20 -0600
  ...P&C's of that size approx $1000 US Counterweighted stroker crank $1200 or more. There are cheaper ones, but they are welded stock...
• Re: Increased WBX displacement
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 6 Sep 2008 11:45:17 -0700
  ...You will need to have a stroker crank, and maybe new length rods, and maybe the case machined for rotating clearance. Heads will also...
• 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...
• Re: finding a new engine?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:41:22 -0800
  ...like: > > P&C's of that size approx $1000 US > Counterweighted stroker crank $1200 or more. There are cheaper ones, but > they are welded...
• 1.9 to 2.1 conversion(long)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 23 Jun 1998 19:13:05 EDT
  ...Internally it accepts the 2.1 crank because of being opened for like a stroker cdranmk. Externally the case right near the flywheel is...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:40:07 -0500
  ...airbox, great for flying under CA smog radar just like their stroker motors, but you don't get the real benefit which is ditching...
• Re: Gasoline Octane rating explained
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Tu
  Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:43:37 -0800
  ...over 10:1? This sort of explains to me now why stroker motors eat more gas. Joe > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
• Re: Windage, Ullage, Oil Temps
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:27:19 -0600
  ...ve never heard of roller or ball bearings being used in stroker engines. Nobody wants to throw anymore weight than they have to at...
• Question of VIN and misc. sundries
  Historical mailing list - Sean Lynch
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 13:23:02 EST
  ...Secondly, I have talked with FAT Performance sells a counterweighted, stroker crank for a Vanagon wasserboxer. Stroked by 3mm. Anyone else heard of this...
• Re: Anyone install a Generator?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 17 Oct 2002 17:07:25 -0500
  ...the larger > 4 > strokers are just that. large and heavy. this makes them not > very > portable. add to these the weight of an lp...
• Re: Increased WBX displacement
  Historical mailing list - aatransaxle
  Sat, 6 Sep 2008 12:53:41 -0700
  ...You will need to have a stroker crank, and maybe new length rods, and maybe the case machined for rotating clearance. Heads will also...
• FUNKY-SOUNDING VANAGON ENGINES!
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Sat, 28 Nov 1998 17:39:47 -0500
  ...John's already pushing the idea of four "stroker" Harley 1200's, which, at 6.4L, he claims are capable of a perfectly streetable...
• Re: Building Motor From 2.1 To 2.5
  Historical mailing list - John Wessels
  Sat, 9 Sep 2000 14:49:09 EDT
  ...He can convert an off the shelf stroker T1 crank to fit the WBX case and flywheel. He did this and bored the stock...
• Re: TIICO... It's Alive!!
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 15:16:06 +1000
  ...a flexible joint in the exhaust pipe as the old two stroker rattles,bangs & farts and fixed pipes fatigue in a short time. The...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - VW Doka
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:20:56 -0800
  ...airbox, great for flying under CA smog radar just like their stroker motors, but you don't get the real benefit which is ditching...
• Re: Eurocars 2.2 Engine - anyone have more info?
  Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
  Sun, 25 Aug 2002 15:03:57 +0100
  ...Not too shabby. > > > > This means if we got our hands on the larger pistons and cylinders and the > > stroker crank we could make a...
• IMO: engine Converting = Ignorance of what is out there...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 19:12:25 EDT
  ...Larger cams, Larger valve sizes, better mufflers, headers, carbs, FI systems, larger pistons, stroker and counterweighted cranks, porting, NOS systems, superchargers, turbo systems, balancing...
• Re: Big Valves for me ? - ME TOO!!!
  Historical mailing list - Herb Mooney
  Wed, 23 Apr 2003 23:20:46 -0700
  ...So I ask the > questions.....Who provided your big valve heads? Who did your stroker > crank, and what was the offset? How much did...
• Re: Question of VIN and misc. sundries
  Historical mailing list - John Clemens
  Sun, 18 Mar 2001 15:37:37 -0800
  ...code. > > Secondly, I have talked with FAT Performance sells a counterweighted, stroker > crank for a Vanagon wasserboxer. Stroked by 3mm. Anyone else heard of...
• Re: Huffer motors..Turbo and SC...
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Fri, 18 May 2007 09:06:17 -0400
  ...method of getting over 400 rwhp, which is to use a stroker crankshaft. It'd seem to me, from looking at some of their...
• Re: Optimum WBX rpms; was RE: 4 speed/5 speed shifter
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 22 May 2010 21:00:48 -0700
  ...engineering data that my engineering buddies use but when running my stroker 928 in open road races at very high sustained speeds...the difference...
• Re: TIICO... It's Alive!!
  Historical mailing list - John Klun
  Fri, 12 Oct 2001 16:06:07 -0600
  ...a flexible joint in the exhaust pipe as the old two stroker > rattles,bangs & farts and fixed pipes fatigue in a short time. > The...
• Re: Air mass meters Go Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
  Fri, 21 Dec 2007 17:35:14 -0800
  ...airbox, great for flying under CA smog radar just like their > stroker motors, but you don't get the real benefit which is ditching...
• Re: Question on rocker arms...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 22:58:32 EDT
  ...his targeted customer base.>> I heard that he will make a stroker crank for $1500 <<Which rockers do you use and recommend?>> After talking...
• Re: Why convert to a engine that is not better than WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 5 Jun 2000 22:49:09 -0700
  ...less than 1400 cc! Don't you remember all the cool "stroker" and "big jug" kits you could get for your bug/square back...
• Re: Kyle Wade ECU chip and rocker upgrade
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 28 Jul 1998 07:31:31 -0700
  ...or fall I might do a stroker motor upgrade, which consists of > a modified type 1 stroker crank, custom pistons and big valve heads...
• 10K update-2.3 H.O. WBX from Unique Imports
  Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
  Mon, 6 Sep 2004 00:40:16 EDT
  ...It's a stroker motor with 1.25 rockers. Machined new pistons (I saw them, a very professional job--not like that dude in...
• Building Motor From 2.1 To 2.5
  Historical mailing list - Derek Drew
  Fri, 8 Sep 2000 21:48:41 -0400
  ...kit, this will suit the 92HP "SS" and > 95HP "MV" Engines. > > Stroker Crankshaft 82mm 2783DM > Piston and Barrel Kit 98mm 2748 > Head Seal Rings...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - B Monk
  Thu, 10 Jan 2008 23:43:54 -0800
  ...I am power hungry.( I have a 65 Mustang Convertible with a blown 302 stroker motor that will lift the front end off the...
• Re: Looking for a project?
  Historical mailing list - T Collins
  Mon, 6 Apr 2020 20:59:49 -0400
  ...The 2.2 is just the 96MM pistons. > The 2.3L gets the counter weighted stroker crankshaft. This engine can also > be put together...
• New VW Vans, more random ramblings.(longish).
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 1 May 2007 10:31:53 -0700
  ...A 928 GT, 91 but built into an open class racer with a stroker crank and lots of other trick parts. 575 hp, dynoed...
• Re: IMO: engine Converting = Ignorance of what is out there...
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 17:21:14 -0700
  ...Larger valve sizes, better mufflers, headers, carbs, FI systems, larger pistons, stroker and counterweighted cranks, porting, NOS systems, superchargers, turbo systems, balancing, solid lifters...
• Re: 1985 Vanagon - Ford Focus Engine alternative
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Fri, 11 Jan 2008 00:30:21 -0800
  ...I am power hungry.( I have a 65 Mustang Convertible with a blown 302 stroker motor that will lift the front end off the...
• Type 4 FI performance ANSWERS
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 13 May 1996 22:59:20 -0500
  ...To stroke a 94's they used to offer stroker short rods, do not now, and he gives me song and dance about needing...
• Re: Emissions, engine swaps, full-flow filters, 76 balls
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Mar 96 13:36:04 +0100
  ...If you buy an old WB shortblock you'll have a 'stroker crank' too :) The Wasserboxer accepts the various T4 flywheel/clutch combinations, modify...
• I DID NOT SOUP UP MY 2.1L- BUT WHAT I DID DO WAS...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:44:38 PST
  ...each, that is right NO typo.) and turning my rods into stroker rods $250. They were NOT after my money But what was best...
• '82 Adventurewagen to be dipsosed of (long)...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Fri, 1 Sep 2000 10:21:51 -0700
  ...Mark Stephens 2.1 liter air-cooled engine, less than 2K miles since purchase This is their "Stage Two Stroker" modified 2 liter that...
• Re: IMO: engine Converting = Ignorance of what is outthere...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 20 Jul 2000 18:02:47 -0700
  ...Larger valve sizes, better mufflers, headers, carbs, FI > systems, larger pistons, stroker and counterweighted cranks, porting, NOS > systems, superchargers, turbo systems, balancing, solid lifters...
• Re: [WetWesties] Cooling System - On & Off Problem
  Historical mailing list - Steven Johnson
  Mon, 5 Aug 2013 10:18:12 -0700
  ...offer all mechanical repairs for the water-cooled vanagon......have built stroker air-cooled engines....rebuild carbs.....service all conversions....bostig..subaru..diesel..ticco...
• Re: 094 5 Speed kit
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 31 Dec 2016 09:43:57 -0800
  ...When my old racecar had an almost stock motor I didn't have transmission worries, but when we added a stroker crankshaft, which added...
• 1.9 to 2.3 was: looking for a project?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 7 Apr 2020 11:58:08 -0400
  ...The 2.3L gets the counter weighted stroker crankshaft. This engine can also be put together yourself. Requires very little checking and clearanceing of...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.3 was: looking for a project?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 8 Apr 2020 11:07:12 +0000
  ...The 2.3L gets the counter weighted stroker crankshaft. This engine can also be put together yourself. Requires very little checking and clearanceing of...
• Fwd: [T2] A few VW's for sale... (long)
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Bailey
  Thu, 23 May 2002 17:11:34 -0500
  ...It has a 1904cc stroker motor, with >90.5mm pistons. Dual Webers (2 bbls). The trans is a stock '67 4 >speed, I think...