A couple of things come to mind 'off the top'.  Increased stroke and a
cam designed for higher torque in the lower rpm ranges will help toward
the end of gaining low rpm power.

-Dana-

>
> This raises an interesting question. In the rebuilding of an engine how do you
> build to get the HP yet  avoid making the engine into an rpm screamer with the
> torque curve displaced. With low compression and big bore cylinders???
>
> John Rodgers
> "88GL Driver
>
> Charles Hokanson wrote:
>
> > you know the more I think about it, the less I think it is true that
> > aftermarket poweer mods for T1s come at higher RPMS.  In fact, I don't think
> > most T1 folks like to rev their motors as high as we do.  Case in point:  I
> > mentioned to an old friend (who owns an aircooled speed shop, but has no wbx
> > experience) that I had to run 4k RPMs to get to 70 and he said emphatically
> > "Dude, you can't run those kinda Rs -- Itt'll come a part".  And this was
> > from a guy who built a T2 that used to tow his baja UP an steep grade and
> > pass everything.  So, although I do no have the dyno sheets to back any of
> > this up, I hereby retract my agreement that aftermarket mods come at the high
> > end in the majority of cases -- I don't think that is true.    CHarlie.