

| Subject: | Re: VW Canada motors - Friday |
| From: | Aristotle Sagan |
| Date: | Fri, 14 Jun 2002 11:05:17 -0700 |
I understand your problem now Stan. Seeing as you have an early 80's van, your Bentley isn't very thick. You need to get a waterboxer version of the Bentley to help you go up hills faster. tim in san jose > >Heavy Duty Usage! ? >I wonder what usage could ever be more heavy duty than pushing a 5300 >pound Westy up a 2 or 3% grade against a 15 mph headwind with a Bentley >manual on the accelerator for a cruise control. > >Stan Wilder > > >On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 10:00:59 -0700 Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU> >writes: > > there is a guy on this list that does this. He cast type4 cases for > > heavy duty usage (read- desert racing). > > http://www.precisionalloy.com/ > > > > > > > > Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with > > death > > Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your > > breath" > > University of Idaho > > www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356 > > > > > > > > On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Chris S. wrote: > > > > > > > Isn't the case a sand-casting? Same with the heads? Cylinder > > linings? > > > > Rods? > > > > > Pistons? Milled or turned to tolerances after? > > > > > > > > > > According to the reading I've been doing, it's not rocket > > science to > > > build > > > > a > > > > > very small foundry and to cast metal parts. It's not > > complicated or > > > > > expensive. Even to make parts with good precision. > > > > > > >________________________________________________________________ >GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! >Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! >Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: >http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
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