It sort of means you get all your junk parts out and build a hotrod
engine with an unknown life span.
I think it might get some real HP if you used big valve heads, shallow
dish pistons at about 8.5/9.5 compression.
I view it as something more to just have some fun with than something to
put into a Westy for dependability.
If you had a type IV Porsche engine it might be just the thing.
Otherwise I'd just consider it a fun thing to do, building a hot rod
engine that is.

Stan Wilder
83 Air Cooled Westfalia

On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:52:37 -0500 80 Westy Pokey <pokey@vanagon.org>
writes:
> What is the implication of installing something like this?
>
> Thanks,
> Chris
>
> ---- Original message ----
> >Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 08:53:47 -0600
> >From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM>
> >Subject: FS Type IV High Lift cam, lifters, push rods.
> >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> >
> >For sale Weber Solid Lifter Camshaft .297 lift, unknown
> duration.
> >I don't know the part number.
> >Asking $150.00 for the cam, solid lifters and aluninum solid
> lifter
> >pushrods. With the cam gear installed add $20.00.
> >The cam still has the parkerizing on it so it is a low mile
> cam and shows
> >NO wear pattern.
> >Stock Type IV cams are about .238 lift so I'm going to guess
> this as a
> >fairly radical cam.
> >It came out of a CV series Type IV engine that ate a head
> after it
> >dropped a valve seat.
> >
> >Stan Wilder
> >
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