| Subject: | Re: Small Changes to the WBX that add up to a REAL HORSE POWER INCREASE... |
| From: | Andrew Grebneff |
| Date: | Sun, 31 Mar 2002 21:21:49 +1200 |
>It has been said that change is good... >Well, changes to the WBX are good for more power... >Eliminating crank flexing adds 1 or 2 You CANNOT eliminate crankflex in a VW boxer of any kind; counterweighting won't do it entirely. there are TWO opposing big-ends without a main between, and this is where VW boxers fail at high RPM. No matter what you do, the mains, big-ends & case will get chewed-out and rods flex, causing piston/bore wear and broken rods. Subarus have 5 mains, VW only 3. I suspect Porsche 6-boxers have 7. -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut
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