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• Re: vannie info on cranks and radiators needed
  Historical mailing list - Mark Dearing
  Fri, 2 Jul 2010 09:20:16 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: How do you check compression?
  Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\" Elliott
  Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:26:13 -0700
  ...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: Valve clearance not at tdc?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Nadig
  Fri, 15 Apr 2005 22:01:17 -0500
  ...As the piston rises (the compression stroke), the exhaust remains closed and the intake valve will begin to close. During the the combustion stroke...
• Re: Opinions from TIICO customers
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Wed, 30 May 2001 23:47:22 -0500
  ...If this madman is really and truely a buinessman, he should accept a down stroke, and the balance due upon delivery. Sounds awful shakey...
• Wear Index
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Wed, 9 Nov 94 10:32:01 PST
  ...This started me thinking about compiling a wear index - Engine revolutions per mile in top gear x stroke of the engine - giving the linear...
• Re: Larry posted an update on "Jim Thompson's Medical Fund"
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Fri, 11 Mar 2016 21:54:12 -0500
  My sister-in-law and her husband found out how bad BCBS is after he had a stroke. On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at...
• Re: AlldataCD - NOT.. it's Friday
  Historical mailing list - YauMan Chan
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 13:05:48 -0800
  ...how DO you stroke a worman's kama? <g>.. inquiring minds want to know! Yau-Man Chan 87 GL
• Re: High Performance Wasserboxers?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 20:09:01 -0800
  ...What about the crank length/configuration? Could one procure a 2.1 ltr crank and drop it into a type 1 case? Cheap stroker...
• Re: VW Trends and Eurospec STILL LACK of power...
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 10:40:09 EST
  ...Different strokes (pun intended) for different volks. Plus you have the side benefit that in the long run, your mildly altered Wasserboxer will no...
• Re: 1.9 heads on a 2.1 engine? Part II
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 16:25:15 +0200
  ...PerL 87 Syncro 112i kenneth d lewis wrote: > I wrote: > > FWIW let's calculate stroke assuming the heads are the same. > >Bentley only mentions...
• Re: High Performance Wasseboxers?
  Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 11:11:38 -0600
  ...They install a stroker 76mm ?? stroker crank. I think the standard crank is also 76mm but bentley feels this is information that most of...
• Re: If our engine cases weren't hard enough to find....
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Mon, 7 Jul 2003 18:53:09 -0600
  ...76 or 82mm strokes, 94-96mm bores (though 101.6mm is possible, it's a nightmare on the heads). John Aircooled.Net Inc.
• 2.0 Power
  Historical mailing list - Karen Cunningham
  Sun, 14 Dec 2003 21:30:25 -0800
  Since we were talking about the 2l engine, has anyone had any experience with increasing the power? Either doing the long stroke, big bore...
• Re: Brushed-metal finish on aluminum stock (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Sat, 12 Mar 2005 08:37:52 EST
  ...Starting and stopping your stroke along the length of a workpiece will result in a brushed patina which has a lot of "J" patterns...
• Re: More horse power from the 2.1??
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Fri, 26 Jul 1996 05:14:36 -0400
  ...You get a >>compression stroke at a much higher pressure, there in lies the problem. This is correct > >I reply: >Ah-hah! That makes...
• Re: My Audi 80 2.0L engine swap starts Sunday!
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 10 Aug 1998 07:31:15 -0700
  The ABA is 16.5mm higher due to longer connecting rods, stroke is the same. Most people want the throttle body to go to...
• Re: [Syncro] Re: bURNINGvAN 01/19/14
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Tue, 7 Jan 2014 20:47:25 -0800
  ...at 8:22 PM, Old Trolls Home wrote: > > And Stacy - Different strokes for different volks. I have more fun at "bURNINGvAN" than any other...
• Re: V-12 power in your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:56:10 -0500
  ...Can't guarantee the van will move though: > > http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/feature-guy-builds-world-s-smallest-4-stroke...
• Re: Can Germans make a decent two stoke engine?
  Historical mailing list - Bjorn Ratjen
  Tue, 7 Nov 2000 12:57:13 -0800
  ...Since there is ample proof that Germans make decent two stroke engines it must be the operator :) (or the mixture that you (the operator...
• Re: digifant injection
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:21:45 -0700
  ...called 'sequential electronic port injection', each injector is fired individually, in time with each cylinder's intake stroke. Cam and crank position sensors are...
• Re: fuel sender repair
  Historical mailing list - J. Walker
  Thu, 06 Oct 94 23:45:49 CDT
  ...and they are/were truly two-strokes. when you lifted the hood to fill the gas tank, you had a small oil tank to...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:55:39 -0700
  ...I'm not assuming it's faulty, but my concern is that if > > > (ignoring cam now) I have #1 set to the "exhaust" stroke...
• Re: Fwd: Westfalia refrigerator issues
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 May 2011 14:41:50 -0400
  ...For the rest, there's a piezo spark igniter that operates with a click at the bottom of the air pump stroke (if you...
• Re: Whoa! H6 subie & Dieselboxer
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Wed, 5 Sep 2007 23:39:54 +1200
  ...Yes, boxers are nothing new, I am fully cognizant of that. >Does a 2-stroke outboard dual crank engine have horizontally-opposed >cylinders also...
• Re: Engine Parts
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sun, 30 Oct 2005 10:11:22 -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: Painting done, now see the movie....
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:55:57 -0700
  ...One tip, when spraying, you need to let off on the spray at the ends of your 'strokes". Most sprayers have a trigger position...
• Re: Can Germans make a decent two stoke engine?
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 7 Nov 2000 08:43:15 EST
  ...make pretty decent chainsaws. >> The Germans invented the high performance 2-stroke engine; the East Germans, that is. In the late 50's and...
• TDC ?
  Historical mailing list - Christopher M. Smith
  Tue, 28 Jan 1997 11:27:41 -0800 (PST)
  ...All of this corresponds to the end of the compression stroke (both intake and exhaust valved closed and the pison has moved from the...
• Re: Heard from John Rodgers last night--not good news
  Historical mailing list - turbowesty
  Thu, 24 Jul 2014 18:57:18 -0400
  ...a very brief email to tell me he had had a stroke on > his right side. He has moved from Birmingham to a smaller...
• Re: lifters for new engine? - and increased stroke
  Historical mailing list - John Connolly
  Sun, 23 Mar 2003 22:09:18 -0700
  ...John Aircooled.Net Inc > John > would you think that more stroke would produce more volume of heat at the > same pressure?(are you drawing...
• Re: Stroke
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 7 Aug 2014 09:52:24 -0700
  ...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: Windage, Ullage, Oil Temps
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:27:19 -0600
  > So why do most two strokes have roller or ball bearings in their crankshaft/piston/rod assemblies? ---------------------- Possibly I'm living in the seventies...
• Re: Vanagon/Jetta timing issue. Use RPM sensor hole to find #1 TDC mark?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Tue, 15 Apr 2008 08:30:29 -0700
  ...I'm not assuming it's faulty, but my concern is that if > > > > (ignoring cam now) I have #1 set to the "exhaust" stroke...
• Re: Strange diesel question
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 29 Jul 2011 23:41:05 -0400
  ...1.6 is it's higher rpm comfort level - the 1.9s don't like to rev a high due to the increased stroke.
• Re: new engine
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Fri, 24 Oct 2008 19:35:49 +0000
  ...They also have "stroked" engines up to 2.4 I think. Bob -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: james <james@PBCLIBRARY.ORG> > Sad news about Bob. Breaks...
• Re: ? for our mechanical wizards
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 23 Jun 2006 13:02:39 -0700
  ...say > at top rpm and/or horsepower? > > Also, what is the cylinder volume of air taken into the engine on a > single intake stroke...
• Re: vannie info on cranks and radiators needed
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 1 Jul 2010 17:56:31 -0700
  the cranks are different between 1.9 and 2.1 since the only real difference is stroke... they both take the same pistons and...
• Garcia "poster"?
  Historical mailing list - bill (w.r.) crick
  Fri, 26 Apr 1996 19:25:00 -0400
  ...What I got was an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of paper with a 4"x5" with about 25 stroke 'charcoal' drawing of...
• Re: considering a westy
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Mon, 2 Mar 1998 06:31:04 -0800
  ...To begin with, the 2000cc Type IV is already bored and stroked out to within an inch of its life, by Volkswagenwerk AG. I...
• 2268cc engine wasserboxer engine 80 stroke and 95mm bore, smog legal and 9.3 to 1 compression and 120HP
  Historical mailing list - Bergin, Richard
  Sun, 18 May 2003 17:29:23 -0700
  GoWesty is advertising these, I wonder who makes them, if they work with existing electronics and fuel systems. Anybody heard of these or have...
• cylinder numbers
  Historical mailing list - Ivicz_vanagon
  Fri, 18 Mar 2005 19:54:46 +0100
  ...If I turn the crankshaft to TDC how can I recognize if next stroke is inlet or expansion? On I4 engine it's very...
• Re: Cleaning up your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:37:48 +0000
  ...quoted-printable My Vespa is an LX 50 4 stroke...both EPA and CARB approved....much cleaner = than a two stroke. Date: Tue=2C...
• Vanagon Brake Puzzle
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 11 Dec 2024 16:46:03 -0700
  ...can / should be ~ Anybody have any ideas ~ 1 additional symptom > Brake Pedal Stroke is short & solid until Vac assist kicks in on eng’ start ~
• Re: Anyone install a Generator?
  Historical mailing list - westydriver
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 20:03:09 -0600
  ...most small generators are two stroke. this means they are not candidates for lp or straight gas feeds. the larger 4 strokers are just...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:30:59 -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: clutch pedal travel
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 9 Jun 2019 07:46:31 -0700
  ...fairly consistent resistance for the Full Stroke or is > there > > an area @ the Top/Beginning of the Stroke that Feels like You are pushing...
• Re: Names
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Wed, 31 Mar 2021 18:35:09 -0700
  ...Cheers, Bruce On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 6:16 PM John Rodgers <jrodgers113@gmail.com> wrote: > Ever since my stroke I have sometimes...
• Re: A little help pease
  Historical mailing list - turbotransporter
  Fri, 18 Dec 2020 20:10:53 -0800
  ...Memory doesn't work so good since my stroke. Very popular man. Has > helped us a lot and contributed much. Anybody???
• Re: (f) no content: End of the World and Vanagon timetable.
  Historical mailing list - Horace K. Sawyer
  Wed, 30 Jun 1999 08:48:03 -0400
  ...Olympic turbo diesel 2-stroke Lawnboy team
• Re: Electric Water Pump
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Wed, 20 Feb 2008 16:31:17 -0500
  ...Just ask Ford power Stroke owners that have replaced engines.
• Re: Boxer engines
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 20:11:27 +1200
  ...Rotax was Swiss, now owned by Canadians, I think; thought they only made skidoo engines and dirtbike 4-strokes. Haflinger... no idea! Andrew
• Re: 88 van - 2.1 L WBX
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Wed, 17 Sep 2014 23:25:32 -0600
  ...Was > working on when the stroke occurred. Now I can drive again fa e the same > problem - it won't start. I tested the...
• Go Westy Performance WBX Longblocks
  Historical mailing list - SyncroWesty
  Wed, 25 Jun 2003 17:30:22 -0600
  ...Specially machined crankshaft with 80mm stroke. Specially machined connecting rods for 80mm stroke. Go Westy exclusive modified 95mm pistons. A different, exclusive GoWesty proprietary...
• G.W. 1.5" lift springs
  Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 19:28:13 -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...
• Re: Diesel injection pump setting
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Wed, 16 Jan 2002 07:33:53 -0800
  ...writes: > > << (86 degrees according to the > manual). >> > the pump is not set this way..it's set by pump plunger stroke vs. TDC > > steve
• Re: 84 Westy WBoxer Rebuild - Part I
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 03 Mar 1997 20:17:22 +0100
  ...98 mm bore X 82 mm stroke (price 2730 DM) the counterwigth Crank with 82 mm stroke (price 3185 DM) HD oilpump 30mm (price...
• Re: vw dealers refuse to work anyting over 10 years ..
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 17 Jan 1995 17:50:41 -0600
  ...on the original import (rear-engine, air-cooled, two-cylinder, two-stroke, pre-mix)? Or a Honda dealer that will work on a 600...
• Re: Maps vs GPS
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:18:41 -0700
  ...Different strokes... Matt -----Original Message----- From: PB Subject: Re: Maps vs GPS ... I cringe remembering the times I've been lost on dark roads...
• Re: Opinions from TIICO customers
  Historical mailing list - Steve Schwenk
  Wed, 30 May 2001 22:29:18 -0700
  ...Terry Kay wrote: > > Nicely put Rich. > > If this madman is really and truely a buinessman, he should accept a > down stroke, and the balance...
• disaster... again!
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:21:29 -0700
  ...a huge crack in the sleeve near the bottom of the stroke that went nearly all the way round. I am stuck now. I...