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clearancing cam shaft?
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Sun, 1 Jun 2003 21:25:13 -0700
So this stroker crank i am putting in is looking good - clearances are checking out OK... the only problem is that there is likely...
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: Thinking about adding Ratio rockers, checkout Pauter's Roller tip rockers...
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:03:46 EDT
They also make pistons. For those looking for new pistons to go with a stroker crank and longer rods might check them out. Robert
Re: High Performance Wasseboxers?
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Sun, 14 Mar 1999 21:08:42 EST
...They install a stroker 76mm ?? stroker crank. I think the standard crank is also 76mm but bentley feels this is information that most ___________________________________________________________________ You...
Re: Gene Berg and wasserboxer performance
Historical mailing list - Brian Verbeek
Tue, 08 Oct 1996 16:23:49 +0100
...I'm thinking what I need first is >torque, not hp, and that could be just a stroker crank. Is this correct? True, that...
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...
Gene Berg and wasserboxer performance
Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
Mon, 07 Oct 1996 09:59:58 -0400
...No mention of any other mods at that point, but later, in the crankshaft section, they note that the can produce stroker cranks for...
Gene Berg and wasserboxer performance
Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
Mon, 7 Oct 1996 13:26:42 -0400 (EDT)
...I'm thinking what I need first is torque, not hp, and that could be just a stroker crank. Is this correct?
Re: Oettenger 2.5L Conversion
Historical mailing list - Sean Lynch
Sat, 28 Oct 2000 13:06:56 EDT
...I'll stick with the FAT Performance stroker crank plan then. Any bigger pistons available for Vanagons? Seeing as wasserboxers have removable cylinders, I...
Re: High Performance Wasserboxers?
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Mon, 15 Mar 1999 20:39:48 +0100
...the crank length/configuration? Could one procure a 2.1 ltr crank > and drop it into a type 1 case? Cheap stroker? The cases...
Re: High Performance Wasseboxers?
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Sun, 14 Mar 1999 12:17:51 -0500
...They install a stroker 76mm ?? stroker crank. I think the > standard crank is also 76mm but bentley feels this is information that most > of...
clearancing case for stroker crank Q
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Sun, 18 May 2003 13:08:34 -0700
...now is clearancing the 2.1 case for an 82mm CW crank. I've stolen some of my fiance's lipstick to see where...
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: Gene Berg and wasserboxer performance
Historical mailing list - ERIC ZENO
Tue, 8 Oct 1996 00:05:43 -0400 (EDT)
...I'm thinking what I need first is > torque, not hp, and that could be just a stroker crank. Is this correct? >
RE: A 1776 for a 70 bus
Historical mailing list - Armstrong, Charles L.
Fri, 11 Nov 94 14:42:00 cst
...I think you would need to go with the stroker crank to get the torque to handle those mountain roads. Charles Armstrong carmstro@ssf3...
Re: motor swapping
Historical mailing list
Tue, 03 Jan 1995 12:41:34 +0500
Chris Schalick writes: >The "1835" engine has the same case as a 1600, just with bigger pistons and >cylinders (and a stroker crankshaft? Damn...
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...
Re: Eurocars 2.2 Engine - anyone have more info?
Historical mailing list - Chris S.
Sat, 24 Aug 2002 17:27:53 -0500
...This means if we got our hands on the larger pistons and cylinders and the stroker crank we could make a "big-bore" high...
Re: IMO: engine Converting = Ignorance of what is out there...
Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
Fri, 21 Jul 2000 10:52:54 EDT
...He won't touch a pancake or waterboxer.>> Not true...He will make you a stroker crank for $1500. He sells FI systems that...
Re: motor swapping
Historical mailing list
Tue, 3 Jan 95 12:17:42 EST
a la David Schwarze: >The "1835" engine has the same case as a 1600, just with bigger pistons and >cylinders (and a stroker crankshaft...
performance and reliability
Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
Wed, 27 Mar 2002 18:16:37 -0600
I've been getting conflicting info regarding performance cams, stroker cranks, heads, rod bolts, etc. Here are a few topics for the gearheads to...
Re: VW gas I4 Engine Conversion
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Fri, 28 Sep 2007 13:57:40 -0400
...Correct me if I'm wrong, but the Tiico is a 1.8 VW block with stoker crank to get the 2.0 liters...
Re: 84 Westy WBoxer Rebuild - Part I
Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
Mon, 03 Mar 1997 11:31:27 -0500
...hear the prices! Gene Berg' shop will sell you a stroker forged crank for your wasserboxer; around $1600 if I recall correctly. They also...
Re: Oettenger 2.5L Conversion
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Sun, 29 Oct 2000 23:49:05 +1200
...I'll stick with the FAT Performance stroker crank plan >then. Any bigger pistons available for Vanagons? Seeing as wasserboxers have >removable cylinders, I...
Re: My Engine Has Bit the Dust
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 13:13:53 -0800
...I don't like making 1.9s into 2.1s or bigger because that requires a stroker crank to increase displacement, and those can...
Re: My Engine Has Bit the Dust
Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:43:05 -0400
...I don't like making 1.9s into 2.1s or bigger because that requires a stroker crank to increase displacement, and those can...
Re: Stroking a type 4
Historical mailing list - Scott Morrow
Mon, 15 Apr 1996 06:29:32 -0500
...Stroker cranks are available in about any stroke you want similiar to the type I. But be careful with the stroke because if you...
Re: motor swapping
Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
Tue, 3 Jan 1995 08:47:54 -0800 (PST)
...The "1835" engine has the same case as a 1600, just with bigger pistons and cylinders (and a stroker crankshaft? Damn, I can't...
Re: Big Valves for me? - too long.
Historical mailing list - Damon Campbell
Thu, 24 Apr 2003 22:14:13 -0700
...AirCooled.net has some uber-fancy pistons with the correct pin location for a stroker crank available, but they are $$$$. I'm trying to...
Re: Engine parts source
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Tue, 6 May 2014 19:45:53 -0400
...Engine parts source > > Does anyone know the source for striker cranks or big bore kits that some > of our trusted vendors offer? Back when...
Reply to Dave re Mark Stephens engine...
Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
Fri, 5 May 2000 23:15:02 -0700
...a Mark Stephens "Stage II Stroker" 2.1L. It has a modified cam, ported & polished heads, counterweighted 74mm crankshaft, everything balanced, and drilled/tapped...
Re: My Engine Has Bit the Dust
Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 21:20:06 +0000
...You'll pay at least $6000-$7000 to put a rebuilt 2.2 Go Westy engine in, and it will have a stroker crank...
Re: My Engine Has Bit the Dust
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:23:30 -0800
...I don't like making 1.9s into 2.1s or bigger because that requires a stroker crank to increase displacement, and those can...
Re: My Engine Has Bit the Dust
Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:27:54 -0800
...I don't like making 1.9s into 2.1s or bigger because that requires a stroker crank to increase displacement, and those can...
Re: TIICO/ABA engine question
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 16:02:07 -0800
...I think they offer a stroker crank for that motor...that would give you some "grunt". Don Hanson On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at...
Re: CARB requirements for 5cyl. conversions
Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
Tue, 23 Mar 1999 18:36:39 -0500
...Audi block from the required donor car into a "stroker" with a new crankshaft, pistons, and possibly the head -- all from South Africa. It...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
...Stroker Crankshaft 82mm 2783DM Piston and Barrel Kit 98mm 2748 Head Seal Rings 80 Camshaft 815 Modify Distributor 350 Total 6776DM Which works out...
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: 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: 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: 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: finding a new engine?
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:41:22 -0800
...approx $1000 US > Counterweighted stroker crank $1200 or more. There are cheaper ones, but > they are welded stock cranks, and are known to break...
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...
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: 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: 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...
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: Anyone install a Generator?
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Thu, 17 Oct 2002 17:07:25 -0500
You can take a regular old 12 volt car or truck generator and crank out 120v all day long. Farm supply stores sell kits...
Type 4 FI performance ANSWERS
Historical mailing list
Mon, 13 May 1996 22:59:20 -0500
...Bergman is the only cheap source for cranks, but we have Bob's warnings on their crank quality and now on Bernies attitude in...
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...
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...