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• Re: '76 Westy in Ohio
  Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
  Wed, 17 Mar 2004 16:18:24 -0800
  ...But different strokes for different folks. tim in san jose (where the westys are sheet brown) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Walters" <debbwa@EARTHLINK.NET...
• Re: Rotor Position?
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:56:57 -0700
  ...valves, > #1 cyl is on TDC ( pass side, front ) on compression stroke. > But, the Rotor is pointing in the direction of the crank pulley...
• Re: Is THIS the "boxer" transplant we've been waiting for?
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Thu, 8 Mar 2018 11:09:43 -0600
  If it's like most 2 strokes, you have different port timing for the intake and exhaust depending on the rotation. The most efficient...
• Re: How to determine when you need new shocks???
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 22 Jul 2011 15:49:13 -0700
  ...bounce the suspension up and down a few strokes by pushing on the say, the front bumper. When you stop pushing .. it should finish...
• those bleeding questions again
  Historical mailing list - gary hradek
  Thu, 13 May 2004 08:10:07 -0700
  ...IF YOU CHOOSE to replace just the slave be careful not to push the master too far forward, small short strokes are better than...
• Re: The real story about the invention of the WBX?
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Thu, 12 Feb 2009 22:52:26 +1300
  ...German aircraft relied mainly on inverted water/oilcooled V12 engines (SOHC 4-stroke and some diesel 2-strokes), with a few single-"bank" aircooled...
• Re: Leaving the forum
  Historical mailing list - jennifer rabbitt
  Sat, 11 Apr 2015 10:20:27 -0700
  ...yuk yuk jen 🐰 '90 VeuveBus Good words to you. 📝 Make every stroke count! 🎾 > On Apr 11, 2015, at 9:45 AM, Alain Thibault <alainthibault...
• Re: Engine parts source
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 6 May 2014 18:54:03 -0400
  I think you mean stroker, not striker kits. GoWesty has a number of offerings to increase performance both by increasing engine output and lightening...
• Windshield Nozzles
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Tue, 4 Apr 2000 12:49:36 -0600
  ...hits the wiper arm during a major portion of the wiper stroke. Has anyone replaced their stock windshield washer nozzles with a different nozzle...
• Re: Question about HAMMERING, new 1.9l NA motor, today
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Belman
  Wed, 5 Sep 2001 18:29:30 -0700
  ...We set the stroke on the pump to 1.03 which also controls the timing??? I had the motor running for maybe 1.5...
• Looking for a Westie
  Historical mailing list - ANTONY MARSH
  Tue, 2 Jul 2013 10:50:25 -0400
  ...after the loss of my left hand due to a small stroke.) I have a 1991 Vanagon GL recently repainted, fresh VW Canada rebuilt...
• 2.1 questions
  Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
  Thu, 9 Jul 2009 22:10:37 +0000
  ...adjoining cylinders) it could have been pumped out on the exhaust stroke... or could it have been a sticky hydraulic lifter holding open the...
• any experience with supertrapp mufflers?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 22:11:04 -0400
  my cousin has had supertrapp mufflers on his dirtbikes for years, and they have done a great job keeping his 4-stroke honda xr400...
• Re: 1.6 -> 1.9 pistons ??
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Mon, 30 Aug 1999 09:03:57 -0400
  I believe the difference is the stroke of the 1.9 being longer. ----- Original Message ----- From: R.Joseph Murphy <joseppi@THE-SPA.COM> To...
• Re: Mandatory VW Reading / A Fairy Tale?
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Mon, 5 May 2003 20:27:01 -0500
  ...a front-engine, front-wheel drive with a 2-cylinder 2-stroke engine (later increased to a whopping THREE cylinders!!). ;) check it out at...
• Re: 3.3 verses 4.3 ?? or Honda 1.8
  Historical mailing list - d spence
  Fri, 23 Jul 2004 21:21:17 -0600
  ...Six cylinder boxer Stroke: 4 Power: 118.00 HP (86.1 kW)) @ 5500 RPM Torque: 167.00 Nm (17.0 kgf-m or 123...
• Re: Fri-yi-yi-day!!!
  Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
  Fri, 11 Nov 94 12:02:24 CST
  ...he had such a great future. :( <but the mental image of a herd of buses being cowpoked along ... :) > joel "it's just heat stroke...
• new low milage gas
  Historical mailing list - L.V.Bauer
  Fri, 14 Jun 1996 17:02:01 -0700
  ...The rumer I know about, so far, is only with 2 stroke engines, lawn mower, blower motors, ect. The problem seems to be with...
• Re: Thermostat install Question
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Thu, 2 Aug 2001 14:28:29 -0700
  ...water. Opening begins approx 85C >185F. Opening ends approx 105C 221F. Stroke minimum 8mm 0.315 in." > >They don't explain how you get...
• Re: Dash mounts for fancy gadgets?
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Mon, 3 Jan 2005 07:35:18 -0600
  ...Different strokes for different folks! Warren Lail 88 Westy "Billy Bones"
• '91 Carat - Again!! Runaway RPM
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 30 May 2017 22:33:47 -0500
  ...I fixed it, but in the meantime a lot of time has passed plus INhve had a stroke, and recognize that my memory is...
• Re: copper washers??
  Historical mailing list - Richard Lamoreaux
  Mon, 17 Oct 1994 13:11:24 -0700 (MST)
  ...do this to my copper head gaskets on my Yamaha 2-stroke motorcycle. But I always read that you should quench the red-hot...
• Re: WBX crankcase
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Wed, 7 Aug 2002 15:57:59 -0700
  ...Mark Matthew Pollard wrote: > > They are THE same part # per etka 025 101 025a IIRC, they 2.1 is a > longer stroke. I suppose...
• clearancing case for stroker crank Q
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 18 May 2003 13:08:34 -0700
  Currently, i'm trying to get the case prepped, and my main problem right now is clearancing the 2.1 case for an 82mm...
• Re: 1.9 heads on a 2.1 engine?
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sat, 16 Oct 1999 00:29:13 EDT
  ...So how much of that change in squish volume is due to different heads and how much is due to different stroke? I will...
• Re: CV Joint Packing Grease?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 19:22:44 -0600
  I've been buying molybdenum grease by Valvoline for 10 years and just giving my CVs about 5 strokes or pumps of grease twice...
• lLooking for a helping hand in SW Florida
  Historical mailing list - A PETER MARSH
  Thu, 9 Dec 2010 16:51:12 -0500
  ...SW FL area who might want to assist? I had a stroke and my left hand is what the Docs call "impaired" - I say...
• FS- 1991 Vanagon Westfalia CORRECTION
  Historical mailing list - Robin
  Wed, 15 Jul 2009 08:42:50 -0500
  ...SHOULD BE 3.5k RPM! I had a 2 stroke motorcycle that liked 13k rpm. My neighbors loved me! Also, it has A/C...
• Re: Eurospec Conversion, Kyle
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 29 Jul 1998 02:51:47 EDT
  ...and GTI engines, but this configuration with the 2.0 the Stroke, and the new fuel injection system is buy FAR the best to...
• Re: Clutch diagnosis/opinions please!
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Fri, 28 Jan 2000 10:04:42 -0800
  ...Cold weather has shrunk the seals and it is not putting out a full stroke's worth of fluid due to leak-by. If...
• Re: Thar She Blows!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 02 Jan 1997 18:34:00 +0200
  The Stroke wrote: >The harpoon is attached to the front of the patrol cars, tucked in just >above the bumper. An electric motor swings...
• SO CAL Vanagonites......where are you?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 22:27:20 -0500
  ...has a little more power .....could be a placebo but the car is humming at 70mph......what a motor that little 69mm stroke......Germans!
• Brake bleeding tools
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Sun, 11 Jun 2006 22:55:10 -0400
  ...9) Put a hand bicycle pump on, pump a few strokes. Careful, now. 10) Loosen bleeder bolt as usual 11) All done! tabe johnson...
• Re: VW "karma"
  Historical mailing list - DavidM
  Wed, 15 Jul 1998 09:48:13 -0400
  ...One strokes their VW. I truly believe they are like > those women many of us have experienced and kick ourselves daily for A vehicle...
• Re: Westy Tent Sale----
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Wed, 24 Apr 2002 17:13:33 -0600
  ...Different strokes.... They are very cool for those that like them. Bob Stevens '91 Westy _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http...
• Re: LVC: OPOC engine
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 4 Dec 2009 21:33:30 -0500
  ...does...no valve train, higher specific output (one revolution per power stroke instead of two) hence less weight to drag around. And with the...
• 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
  ...At first I was going to increase the stroke 2 mm to 4 mm. As I talked with experts I soon discovered that I...
• Re: Auto trans - 2nd gear brake band adjusting screw
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:27:51 -0800
  ...fell off and wedged into the > pistons sidewall and inhibited the stroke. > Service to the 2nd gear piston & seals can be done with trans...
• Digijet ignition clarification Q
  Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
  Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:41:11 -0800
  ...My 2.3wbx is just a stroked out 2.1, and to make things more exciting, it is using the 1.9 ignition system...
• Re: G.W. 1.5" lift springs
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Mar 2014 21:21:11 -0400
  ...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: Nuts!...Axle Nuts!
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 02 May 1996 01:20:48 -0700
  ...even if it created an interference bump, a few careful file strokes would allow it to fit. I also did not indicate that this...
• Re: Compression losses
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Thu, 7 Jan 1999 11:10:38 -0800
  ...Union, OR Blue Eyes wrote: > > Mark wrote: > "One thing often not considered on four stroke engines, the > above it the > way to figure uncorrected...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Fri, 30 Nov 2001 22:26:11 -0600
  ...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: Can't figure out the clutch
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Fri, 16 May 2014 11:53:53 -0400
  ...I couldn't get a full clutch stroke as you describe. Again I didn't know what was happening until I pulled the tranny...
• Re: Clutch can only go half way ...
  Historical mailing list - Gnarlodious
  Wed, 14 May 2014 17:39:35 -0600
  Maybe the clevis pin is worn out on the pedal, in which case you will never get a full stroke. GoWesty is selling a...
• Re: Timing Issues
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:20:44 -0800
  ...I have a 4 stroke Tiny Tach (http://www.tinytach.com/) that I used to use on my motorcycle. It's one of the...
• Re: 1.9L WBX to 2.1L WBX -
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 15 Mar 2005 14:44:53 -0600
  ...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: Luggage Rack: Fine Cracks At Bottom. Repair? PIC
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 4 Mar 2013 09:30:34 -0800
  ...alistair On 2013-03-04, at 9:27 AM, neil n wrote: > and.... > > tried to use broad strokes around each corner across the front...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:34:27 -0800
  ...Theres a valve flap in the exhaust manifold they close and the pistons have to compress air against that on the exhaust stroke. On...
• Re: 1.9 piston and liners (revisited)
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sun, 10 Dec 2006 10:05:26 -0500
  ...The 2.1 piston has a different wrist pin location (lower) to accommodate the longer stroke of the 2.1 cranks Bob ----- Original Message...
• Re: DDR cars, Vanagon, etc ...
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:52:27 -0700
  ...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: Induction air flow rates
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sun, 27 Jul 2008 17:51:22 -0700
  ...Graham Bell's "Four Stroke Performance Tuning" ISBN 9781844253142 Amazon's got that one: <http://www.amazon.com/Four-Stroke-Performance-Tuning-3rd-practical...
• Re: Cleaning up your Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:15:58 -0500
  ...what ever nitrogen that came into the >> engine on the intake stroke - which ain't much. > > Hi John -- you're calling 80% of the...
• Re: Rough Cost of Half Lilley -- copyright
  Historical mailing list - mike miller
  Fri, 12 Jan 2001 08:25:08 -0800
  ...Pacific Standard Time, > firestream@MINDSPRING.COM writes: > > << Today, in a rare stroke of visionary genuis, I have taken it upon > myself to copyright the...
• Re: Gap of Sparks
  Historical mailing list - John Jensen
  Sat, 15 Feb 2003 21:38:44 -0500
  ...I spent a lot of time cleaning and adjusting the one spark plug on that two stroke motor. As the spark plug wore out...
• WTB: Clutch Master, Engine Gasket sets
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Earl
  Mon, 14 Nov 2005 15:13:18 -0800
  ...It will take anywhere from 75 to 100 strokes. Believe it or not, it will self bleed. Check the fluid level again and top...
• Re: disaster... again!
  Historical mailing list - David Kao
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 19:13:31 -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: High Performance Wasserboxers?
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Mon, 15 Mar 1999 20:39:48 +0100
  ...ltr crank > and drop it into a type 1 case? Cheap stroker? The cases sure look similiar. > > Jim Arnott > WetWesties > Union, OR I just...
• Re: '78 Chrysler Omni or Plymouth Pacer Sought
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 21:31:35 -0700
  ...Unca' Joel says they had a stroke version of the VW 1.7 in them. > > As to why want one - it's to repeat...
• Re: Subaru wbx reliabilty
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Feb 2002 09:45:35 EST
  ...It takes different strokes to move the world (just ask Gary Coleman :-) Thanks, Ken Wilford John 3:16 www.vanagain.com Phone: (856)-765...