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• Re: Crasy 2.6 l 5 Cyl. Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Sat, 20 Mar 1999 14:01:17 +0100
  ...82,5 x stroke 95,5 mm. An output of 136 hp and 200 Nm, which makes the 1998 SA Caravelle do a 0...
• Re: '78 Chrysler Omni or Plymouth Pacer Sought
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:10:34 -0500
  ...Unca' Joel says they had a stroke version of the VW 1.7 in them. As to why want one - it's to repeat...
• Steering Wheel !
  Historical mailing list - bob kelly
  Wed, 10 Feb 1999 09:01:46 -0800
  ...show car) 1982 Rabbit P.U.(1.8 lt 16V conv.) 1985 Jetta (2.0 lt conv.) 1983 Chev Blazer 4X4 (383 cu stroker)
• Re: Dual Webbers on a 2.1 water cooler
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Fri, 22 Aug 2003 07:24:29 -0700
  ...it! fix the fuel injection! Eric In a pluralistic world "different strokes for different folks". I prefer a system that will (most likely) not...
• Re: 250lb struts on rear hatch.
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 24 Jun 2019 08:17:53 -0700
  ...arrive at the > correct lifting force, or those that have adjustable stroke length. > > Be nice to find ones that can be gassed up. > > Alistair >
• Re: R-134A retrofit (JC WHIPME content)/FRI!
  Historical mailing list - Joshua Van Tol
  Fri, 9 Apr 1999 23:28:30 -0500
  ...BTW, I don't think there's any acetone in 2 stroke exhaust. Could be mistaken, but unburned gasoline, O2, CO, CO2, and oxides...
• Engine Rebuild questions
  Historical mailing list - Buffy & Philip Simmons
  Sat, 20 Apr 2002 18:40:13 -0700
  ...a timing mark, and then see if its on the exaust stroke.further, can you tell me what way the motor (and the distributer...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Knock & Ping?
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Sat, 4 Mar 2006 07:14:45 -0800
  ...t have enough clearance in there to swing on the longer-stroke crank. There will be contact with the case. Maybe that it your...
• Re: DDR cars, Vanagon, etc ...
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:34:51 -0400
  ...It was powered by the same two stroke engine as Wartburg and was front wheel drive as well. I remember it as the DDR...
• FOR SALE - 1991 Carat w/Subaru Conversion
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 29 Apr 2024 16:01:57 -0500
  ...With a stroke leg on one side and a broken hip on the other, I can't even get into it anymore. SO, it...
• Re: Stripped threads
  Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
  Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:32:30 -0800
  ...On 2/17/15 2:17 PM, John Rodgers wrote: > > OK! Stroke Brain at work here. What the devil is the deviced called that...
• Re: Body shop recommendation, Spokane, Washington
  Historical mailing list - jennifer rabbitt
  Thu, 22 Jan 2015 00:10:21 -0800
  ...jen 🐰 949 2907897 📞 Good words to you. 📝 Make every stroke count! 🎾 > On Jan 21, 2015, at 7:50 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET...
• Re: smokin tailpipe 83 diesel
  Historical mailing list - Bill/Lisa Protzek
  Tue, 18 Jun 1996 17:05:05 -0700
  ...If you have considerable problem with smoking, a good diesel shop could adjust your injector pump stroke to inject a bit less fuel. Bill...
• Re: Diesels on NPR this morning
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sat, 15 May 2004 05:15:31 -0700
  ...Diesel cycle engines produce CO2 as an exhaust component in approximately the same quantity per stroke regardless of the fuel source D1,D2, McDooDoo...
• Re: Wife is done with Vanagon and camping!
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Sun, 30 Jun 2013 13:06:42 -0400
  WOW - maybe theres something wrong with me but now 73, a stroke victim and, through my own stupidity, broke my back in two places...
• Re: A little help pease
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:45:40 -0600
  ...Memory doesn't work so good since my stroke. Very popular man. Has > > helped us a lot and contributed much. Anybody??? >
• Re: air cooled? : non van (fwd)
  Historical mailing list - Sean Bartnik
  Thu, 25 Apr 96 23:13:14 EDT
  ...Eastern European cars, how about the Trabant? A two-cylinder, two-stroke cycle air cooled engine. No oil changes, just mix some oil in...
• Re: 81 Westy head removal, advice?
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Wed, 12 Jan 2000 14:39:36 -0800
  ...tools, and a valve being hit by a piston on every stroke, that I'd be better off just taking off the head. Wrong...
• Can't get '80 Vanagon to pass emissions
  Historical mailing list - Grant Bessom
  Fri, 1 Jun 2001 08:43:45 -0400
  ...chip/cam/lowered (most useful) 69 Beetle 2.0ltr stroked/cam/45mm Dellortos (not your fathers bug) 85 Audi 5ks, my first, bought it...
• Re: Windage, Ullage, Oil Temps
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 07:45:02 -0800
  ...So why do most two strokes have roller or ball bearings in their crankshaft/piston/rod assemblies? pensioner
• will a 2.1L long block wrk with 1.9L FI and hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Mon, 11 Mar 2002 17:28:15 -0600
  ...Maybe even to a stroked counterweighted 2.1L..........who knows? Malibu Tony 85' Westy 1.9L 5 degrees BTDC....just found some white foam...
• Engine install question
  Historical mailing list - Buffy & Philip Simmons
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 07:14:44 -0700
  ...puff of air at cylinder #1" and this is the firing stroke? Also, understand there is some debate over advance to set.input here...
• Re: PLEASE HELP!!!.... TIMING ISSUES ON NEW ENGINE
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Thu, 10 Jun 2004 19:25:57 -0700
  ...What you want to do is get a cylinder - any cylinder really - at TDC of the compression stroke and then look at where your...
• Some Oettinger Six info
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sun, 31 Dec 2000 14:22:07 +1200
  ...Both engines were based on the standard 2.1 litre (four-cylinder) Wasserboxer engine, with the same bore and stroke of 94 and 76mm...
• Re: Thanks to the list and a very brief 2.3L WBX writeup
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sat, 16 Aug 2003 11:07:16 -0700
  Hola John and list, Parts list other than stock (in no particular order): -Crank stroked out to 82mm and counterweighted by DPR in Santa...
• Re: Unusal Vanagon version - anyone else see this before? <long>
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 12 May 1996 01:23:25 -0400
  ...The internal dimensions are the same as the 2.1 liter (94mm >bore and 76mm stroke), I assume in an effort to keep manufacturing...
• Re: Maytag Parts Washer
  Historical mailing list - Bart Wineland
  Tue, 2 May 95 08:08:38 -0400
  ...I attend a lot of antique power equipment shows and the little maytag 2 stroke kick start engines that went with these washers are...
• Late Split VDO Clocks...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 01 Feb 1996 11:30:51 EST
  ...I got it to werk almost for about 50% of its "stroke". THis is where the ingenuity comes in. It appears to me the...
• Re: Transporter
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 24 Aug 2000 21:12:11 +1200
  ...The 2.0 has shrunk big-ends in order for the longer-stroke crank to clear the case. My 2 cents' worth. Andrew
• Re: 1.9L WBX to 2.1L WBX -
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 09:07:26 -0800
  ...You can make a 1.9 block a 2.1 by changing the crankshaft. (the cylinders are the same, just the stroke is longer...
• Re: Best source of parts for a rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:55:15 -0400
  ...According to the Pro Training Manual, the 2.1 simply has a > 7mm longer stroke (94mm piston, so 4.7 * 4.7 * pi * .7cm...
• Re: DDR cars, Vanagon, etc ...
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:47:35 -0400
  ...It was powered by the same two > stroke engine as Wartburg and was front wheel drive as well. I > remember it as the DDR...
• Re: 0-60 times
  Historical mailing list - dave bowers
  Mon, 14 Oct 2002 07:46:47 -0700
  ...I talk nicely to it, stroke the dash when I'm rough in it, and I pat it when it gets me to my...
• Hi Lift Rockers
  Historical mailing list - Chris Dixon
  Sun, 5 Dec 2004 15:21:19 EST
  I have 1.25's in my 2.3 stroker WBX from Unique Imports. Don't know how much of an effect get from...
• More for Neil
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 3 May 2008 22:35:13 -0700
  ...I took my V8 Porsche stroker motor from 419 rear wheel dyno HP to 575 with the intake change and a different EMS (Motec...
• Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:10:55 -0800
  ...I expect that it should have more than enough stroke to compensate for wear all right. . just thought I'd ask. ----- Original Message ----- From...
• Water pump project
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Thu, 8 Oct 2015 19:43:31 -0500
  ...Changing that pump and hoses and pipes is a mean mama! Specially after having a stroke. But I got it done. Tomorrow I will...
• Exhaust Design
  Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
  Sat, 13 Feb 2010 19:36:34 -0800
  ...VW designed? I have a book that helps to design 4-Stroke intake and exhaust system lengths, inner pipe diameters, etc. All this talk...
• 2.1 conversion warning
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 14 Sep 2000 00:28:39 -0700
  ...The 2.1's longer stroke seems to cause the oil to operate at much higher temps than the 1.9. Even with the...
• Battery discharging too soon?
  Historical mailing list - Mad and Ed
  Thu, 22 Jul 2004 10:44:44 -0700
  ...from the starter--i.e., it hesitates on the first compression stroke but will start after it gets turning. Subsequent starts are fine with...
• Re: lifter cam Q, 1.9 to 2.1
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 1 Jan 2006 20:34:01 -0500
  ...a 2.1L? The 2.1 crank is a 76 mm stroke as I recall dont recall the 1.9 stroke > 4) what if...
• New Beetle Sighting
  Historical mailing list - David Chasteen
  Mon, 29 Sep 1997 11:40:59 -0700
  ...My brother, the bug nut, about had a stroke and wanted to turn around and chase them. But alas, we had places to go...
• Re: BTDT?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Fri, 22 May 1998 03:30:29 -0400
  ...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: Fuel additives...Friday
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Fri, 5 Feb 1999 19:52:50 -0500
  ...Never found any valves, though, in our 2-strokes! Everclear works well, BUT it IS expensive! I also use it to clean my OHIO...
• Re: Subaru boxer diesels
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Tue, 6 May 2003 09:56:03 -0400
  ...They have been experimented with several times in the aviation industry, with the most promising being a two stroke, turbocharged diesel. See- http://www...
• 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: Tranmission R & R
  Historical mailing list - SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott )
  Thu, 17 Mar 2016 00:21:21 -1000
  ...Never done it myself, but I'm > at home with mechanical stuff, just a bit limited by side effect of stroke, > but often use...
• Re: Slightly Overpriced GL on The Samba
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Schwaia
  Mon, 20 Dec 2010 08:41:09 -0800
  ...what's the value of a van that's untouched by a DPO? Different strokes. Mark On Dec 20, 2010, at 7:40 AM...
• Re: 87' Vanagon Motor
  Historical mailing list - Larry Hamm
  Sun, 20 Jul 1997 23:53:08 -0600
  ...They feel the long stroke and mild cam are not very compatible with the VW gearing. Their engine of choice is the 2.2...
• Re: Rubber meets the metal
  Historical mailing list - Toby Erkson
  Tue, 30 Sep 1997 08:15:00 PDT
  ...Toby Erkson, air_cooled_nut@pobox.com '72 VW Squareback 1.6L bored and stroked to 2.0L '75 Porsche 914 1.8L Portland...
• Re: 81
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Thu, 31 Aug 2000 10:30:32 -0700
  ...When your engine's #1 piston is at Top Dead Center on the Compression stroke, your ignition rotor needs to be pointing to cyl...
• Westyman safely back at home!
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Sun, 29 Oct 2000 12:32:05 -0500
  ...that I had this wonderful group of people only a key-stroke away! Thanks so much for being there with your advice and offers...
• Re: dizzy position and ht lead order !!?? help please !
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:54:57 -0400
  ...so one of the cylinders is at TDC of the compression stroke (both valves closed). Then the rotor should point to the plug wire...
• Re: Better MPG or snake oil - baking soda voodoo
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:20:21 -0400
  ...Keep in mind half of the produced H+O goes out the tail pipe as our 4-strokes fire every other revolution of the...
• Re: aligning distributor
  Historical mailing list - Tom Brunson
  Wed, 27 Aug 1997 02:49:04 UT
  ...However the valves are only closed on the compression stroke when it is lined with the distributor mark - at the other point the valves...
• master cylinder problem thoughts?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Wed, 4 Feb 2015 15:46:53 -0500
  I am on my second new master cylinder First was a beck-arnley and it squirted back into the reservoir on the down stroke...
• Re: Advice, questions, help request
  Historical mailing list - Michael
  Thu, 2 Dec 2010 10:10:09 -0800
  ...After a friend had a stroke, a license suspending event, he eased back into car ownership and driving with Zipcars. He liked the service...
• RE HP and Torque Specs
  Historical mailing list - Mike White
  Fri, 8 Mar 1996 08:29:23 MST
  ...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: Boxer engines
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Tue, 1 Jan 2002 08:25:29 -0600
  ...Rotax was Swiss, now owned by Canadians, I think; > thought > they only made skidoo engines and dirtbike 4-strokes. Haflinger... > no > idea! > > Andrew > ________________________________________________________________ GET...
• Re: It's still friday, so..
  Historical mailing list - Douglas L. Urner
  Fri, 29 Aug 2003 23:22:41 -0700
  ...The "daily drivers" were a '63 model 96 (with a 3 cylinder two-stroke engine), a '79 model 900, and now the '89. I...