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Re: will 1.9L to 2.1L parts swap
Historical mailing list - Benny boy
Sun, 27 May 2007 09:03:55 -0400
...both engine case, the main difference between engine is the crank stroke, longer in a 2.1, but the diameter is also slightly bigger...
Re:Horsepower upgrades for 1.9 liter
Historical mailing list - Dyen Fred D.
Mon, 23 Jun 1997 22:36:36 -0800 (AKDT)
...One easy performance upgrade to consider for a 1.9 liter is to have the crankshaft stroked when overhauling the engine, replacing the liners...
Re: Tranmission R & R
Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
Thu, 17 Mar 2016 10:39:14 -0700
...Never done it myself, but I'm > at home with mechanical stuff, just a bit limited by side effect of stroke, > but often use...
2.1 fits right in
Historical mailing list - George Thorburn
Tue, 8 Nov 2005 10:17:17 -0600
Boston Bob Wrote; >>After saying all that my recomendation would be to install a rebuilt 2.1 >>engine longer stroke and better engine over...
Re: Brake light switch replacement
Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
Tue, 25 Nov 2008 17:06:22 -0500
"Scott Daniel - Turbovans" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> said: > Try not to stroke the brake pedal more than about half or 2/3 of the way...
Re: Fwd: Westfalia refrigerator issues
Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
Tue, 24 May 2011 19:07:56 -0500
...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: Finding TDC (dumb question?)
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Wed, 6 Feb 2002 12:29:30 -0600
...I crushed it with each cylinder and checked it with a mic after cutting 1/2" off after each test stroke. Worked great and...
Re: which windshield wiper to get? (my bosch excels have been disappointing)
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sat, 26 Nov 2005 22:42:23 +1300
...They are crap, and chatter chronically because they don't flip-over on the reverse stroke. I have recently discovered Aunger (an Aussie make...
Re: Anyone install a Generator?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 17 Oct 2002 17:07:25 -0500
...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: The Better Waterboxer Motor....the simpler 1.9L or the 2.1L with all ofthose additional hoses....reliability?...power?
Historical mailing list - Chris Stann
Tue, 23 Apr 2002 08:43:21 -0500
...How do you plan on bumping up the displacement? A stroker crank? The only advantage of a 1.9 over a 2.1 that...
Re: 2.1L Oil pressure problem: Rods: SYMPTOM NOT CAUSE: UNBALANCED crank the Problem
Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
Wed, 14 Feb 2001 21:00:06 -0500
...The crank flexes during > running > and with the longer stroke the angle on the rods is greater due to > increased > travel thus bearing wear...
Re: Friday NV
Historical mailing list - walkingboss
Fri, 24 Oct 2014 10:29:36 -0500
Hi John, Hope you are doing better! I had an Uncle who had a brain stem stroke, and his therapist had him get one...
Re: Engine Conversion marketing survey
Historical mailing list - ---------------------
Wed, 2 May 2007 07:19:14 -0400
...and at the same time a four stroke, when one cly. is down, the other three are exactly one stroke off. This means it...
Re: Larry posted an update on "Jim Thompson's Medical Fund"
Historical mailing list - Eric Wunrow
Sun, 13 Mar 2016 14:33:31 -0700
...My wife had a misdiagnosed>malpracticed stroke in 2005, at 43. She had 45% brain damage and lots of disabilities, would have died without...
Hydaulic Clutch "Adjustment"
Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
Tue, 4 Feb 1997 08:37:59 -0800
...absolutely no resistence for the first 1/4 of the pedal stroke. In Bentley there is a diagram that shows an adjustment to the...
Re: Vanagon BA6 fuel pump disection photographs
Historical mailing list - Mike S
Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:32:28 -0500
...That changes the volume which fills up on each plunger stroke. The ball bearing is just a one-way check valve. If you loosen...
Re: Just when you thought you were safe from Vanagon Lust
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:22:25 -0500
It would probably give the guys at GoWesty a stroke. Jim On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 7:15 PM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net...
Re: digifant injection
Historical mailing list - David Kao
Mon, 6 Apr 2009 22:26:51 -0700
...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: 93.4% of the way there
Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
Thu, 21 Dec 2000 15:13:07 -0800
Jason, Pistons in 4-cycle engines reach TDC on two strokes: compression and exhaust. Assuming the distributor drive was installed correctly by Boston Engine...
Re: Stripped threads
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Tue, 17 Feb 2015 13:28:33 -0600
...Feb 17, 2015, at 11:17 AM, John Rodgers wrote: > > > OK! Stroke Brain at work here. What the devil is the deviced called that...
Re: Injectors - 2.1L WBX - '91 Carat/autotrany
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Thu, 16 Oct 2014 18:12:53 -0700
...I did all the work myself and for a guy just past a stroke it was an effort, but it was good therapy. Thanks...
Re: [T3] Fort Smith Volkswagen Association?s - 5th annual October fest - Show and Shine
Historical mailing list - Erkson, Toby
Fri, 8 Oct 1999 07:35:23 -0700
...Toby Erkson air_cooled_nut@pobox.com <-- Please use this address for email '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L...
What Engine to get...Build your own 2.2L...
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Sun, 25 Aug 2002 12:56:25 EDT
...Just offset grind the rod journals 1st oversize to get the stroke increase. Deck the piston tops same amount of offset cut and you...
Re: Wear Index
Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
Tue, 15 Nov 94 9:13:33 PST
...VW Bus Relative Wear Index Year | Top Gear | Final Drive | Engine Revs | Stroke | Piston Travel | Ratio | Ratio | /Mile | | /Mile ________________________________________________________________________ Micro | | | | | 1200 | 0.82 | 4...
Re: Cool Vanagon Paint Job
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Wed, 22 Apr 2009 12:18:31 -0400
...It is based on an old DKW/Audi design with a 3 cylinder 1l two stroke engine. It was a pretty car, hence no...
Re: Luggage Rack: Fine Cracks At Bottom. Repair? PIC
Historical mailing list - neil n
Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:27:16 -0800
...tried to use broad strokes around each corner across the front section. I bet a regular sized OD roller would have been fine. Neil...
Parts in Kenora, Fort Frances or Thunder Bay...
Historical mailing list - Neil Y
Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:19:21 -0500
...sink that goes in the water tank) if by some random stroke of good fortune one is available between here and Windsor? Unlikely I...
Re: [Syncro] 10K update-2.3 H.O. WBX from Unique Imports
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Mon, 6 Sep 2004 22:35:18 -0700
...Main reason for the detonation was that the 2325 (82 stroke, 95 bore) was my first engine build (i have a bad habit of...
Re: Why does the fuel pump cycle twice?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Wed, 3 Jun 2009 14:26:32 -0700
...Then the fuel/air mixture is drawn in by piston downward movement - the intake part of the four stroke cycle. relatedly.......to me anyway...
Re: Thermostats...question(s)
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 15 Sep 2015 13:02:01 -0700
...Minimum opening stroke 8 mm/.35 in. > > Yrs, > d >
Re: Compatibility of A1 Rabbit/Jetta Autotrans
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:42:04 -0500
...They'd gone to all V-4 engines by then, but the freewheeling clutch from the two-stroke days survived. :) d
Re: AFM photos
Historical mailing list - Randy Herd
Wed, 21 Feb 2001 06:52:12 -0700
...Other than the fact that it's brain dead, it did run fairly well before the stroke. What problems can I expect or should...
Re: Timing vanagon without timing scale, only insturment ?'s
Historical mailing list - mdrillock
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:04:11 -0700
...spacing > This morning it occured to me, > 2 rotations equals one stroke so does that above equation need to be divided by 2? > > So...
Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
Thu, 10 Mar 2011 16:47:53 -0500
...I expect that it should have more than enough stroke to compensate for wear all right. . just thought I'd ask. ----- Original Message ----- From...
Re: vanagon Digest - 5 Aug 2018 to 6 Aug 2018 (#2018-237)
Historical mailing list - Stephen Edwards
Tue, 7 Aug 2018 09:39:41 -0400
...With the transmission on neutral you should be able to turn the > engine through the compression strokes without the belt slipping. If the > belt...
Re: Pedal action migrating towards the floor (clutch)
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:42:58 -0800
...The engagement from the > clutch seems to now take place at the bottom of the pedal stroke...mostly > in the first inch or two...
Re: VW gas I4 Engine Conversion
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:57:40 -0400
...A stroker is begging for trouble when it comes to vibration for one because of the change in rod ratio.. which as you point...
Re: WTB:Syncro Left Front Brake Caliper
Historical mailing list - Bob Norman
Mon, 12 Jul 1999 10:19:51 -0230
...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: Cleaning up your Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:29:42 -0700
...Is the Vespa a two-stroke? CA allows 49.9 cc two stroke power. Not particularly clean by nature but clean by pollutants per...
the difference between early motors
Historical mailing list
Wed, 3 Jan 96 13:08:30 +0100 (CET)
...Bore and stroke 75mm X64mm (1131) Compression ratio 5.8:1 Mushroon-shaped air filter until 1949 there after the T-Shaped Filter. Thermostat...
Re: What's the best looking COLOR for a 1991 Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:19:23 -0500
...I'm just sayin'...different strokes for different folks. Mine's Dove Blue Metallic, nice looking, dark enough. We drove through Missouri one day...
Re: Fw: Re: ? for our mechanical wizards
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Sat, 24 Jun 2006 03:34:39 -0400
...I think all we can >definitively say is that it's something less than 525cc of STP air per >intake stroke (given that a...
Re: Rod journal size for a 2.0l?
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Mon, 4 Jan 1999 07:00:00 -0800
...it's clear that he's right; VW achieved a longer stroke in the 2000cc engines by using an offset grind to the 1700...
Re: Exhausts...tuning.(was loud identity crisis)
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Sun, 1 Sep 2002 12:12:47 +0100
...Its because of the 2 strokes per 1 of a 4 stroke that, contrary to impression, they can't be tuned to run at...
Re: oil consumption
Historical mailing list - Bill MacLachlan
Tue, 23 Jun 2009 21:26:09 -0700
...I'm to run it for a couple of tanks of gas see if the oil consumption drops to four stroke rather than two...
Re: Backup light puzzle anyone?
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Tue, 11 Apr 2017 21:28:13 -0600
Only Prob with that Hypothesis is that the Orig' "Bad" Switch Goes to Closed very close to the Top of the Stroke & Stays Closed...
Re: Backup light puzzle anyone?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Wed, 12 Apr 2017 00:38:49 -0400
...net> wrote: > Only Prob with that Hypothesis is that the Orig' "Bad" Switch Goes to > Closed very close to the Top of the Stroke > >
Re: Fridge problems...
Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
20 Sep 1995 13:22:13 EST
...pump lots more, kind of at the short end of the stroke to rapid fire the igniter dozens of times, until the green light...
RE HP and Torque Specs
Historical mailing list - Harvey Chao
7 Mar 1996 21:35:57 -0800
...Optional Diesel Bore x stroke, in 3.70 x 2.80 3.01 x 3.4 Displacement cu in/cc 120/1970 97/1588...
Re: BTDT?
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Thu, 21 May 1998 17:48:50 -0700
...TDC is when piston #1 is at it's highest level on the compression stroke. 6deg BTDC means that the plug will fire when...
Re: Pedal action migrating towards the floor (clutch)
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Sat, 19 Nov 2011 07:51:17 -0800
...The engagement from the > clutch seems to now take place at the bottom of the pedal stroke...mostly > in the first inch or two...
Mice--round 2
Historical mailing list
Fri, 28 Oct 1994 08:44:58 -0500
...the cat in overnight? Seriously, any ideas? I nearly had a stroke over this. Mike Wright Ackworth, Iowa 68 Camper; 79 Bus wright@storm...
Rear windshield wiper. Problem or is this normal?
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Fri, 30 Nov 2001 13:48:41 -0800
...rear windshield, I excepted the wiper to stop after a few strokes. However, sometimes it acts like the energizer bunny-- it just keeps going...
Re: '78 Chrysler Omni or Plymouth Pacer Sought
Historical mailing list - mdrillock
Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:59:45 -0700
IIRC, the early Dodge Omni and Plymouth Horizon had a stroked 1.7 version of the early inline VW engine. Don't know what...
Re: Mini's
Historical mailing list - Clive Smith
Sat, 16 Nov 2002 13:32:05 -0000
Scott Flying Squirrel - my dad had one, watercooled 2-stroke twin - famous bike. That was the one to keep! ...but I can't agree...
Re: Squeaking - mystery joint
Historical mailing list - Patrick Foltz
Fri, 25 Sep 1998 13:45:40 EDT
...The rubber is supposed to act as an absorber of the pulses due to power stroke in the engine, making for a smoother ride...
Re: "On the cheap" tune-up
Historical mailing list - DaveC
Fri, 13 Sep 2002 09:09:24 -0700
...If you flatten out the convex shape by sanding with broad strokes, you increase the distance between the rotor tip and the contact significantly...
Re: disaster... again!
Historical mailing list - Mike Catlin
Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:43:06 -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...
Re: Confused about valve adjustment
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Sun, 22 Jun 2003 16:25:26 -0700
...You do that by checking to see that both valves are closed; if they are you're at TDC of the compression stroke. (I...
Re: Proper Brake Pedal Feel/Travel?
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 25 Mar 2010 07:27:12 -0700
...But > if pedal pushed really hard, at bottom of stroke, it stops on > something. But not like when engine off. i.e. rock hard...