All i'm doing for now is increasing the bore and
stroke... the engine will end up with a 2.3
displacement.  Turbo is way (way) down the road...
assuming i can even get this put together correctly
:-)  None of this that i am doing is revolutionary, by
any means.  There are people doing crazy things with
water boxers - far exceeding these minor mods.

It looks like i am going to stick with hydraulic
lifters, though.  I am not going to be running higher
RPM (my ultimate goal is to get enough oomph to run
higher gear ratios/lower rpm comfortably).

It seems as though the proponents of the mechanical
lifters tend to be rooted in more of a racing school
of thought.  This is still a (somewhat) daily driver,
so just "having it work" is appealing.

Thanks for the input, all...

actually, one other question: what is the best way to
maintain the compression ratio when increasing the
stroke?  The current working solution seems to be
machining down the tops of the pistons - which seems a
little excessive.  Any suggestions on this one?

Again, thanks,
-Damon

--- Craig Oda <craigoda@COMMUNITYBUILDERS.INFO> wrote:
> Stan, when went down to Damon's garage to check out
> his engine, he
> mentioned that he was increase the stroke of his
> engine and I think
> getting a hotter cam.  I'm not sure what he's doing
> about the valves,
> but he did have a turbo charger on his shop table
> which he indicated
> that he was going to hack on, so I think he's going
> to run it at higher
> than normal RPM.  Just FYI.
>
> -- Craig
>
> Stan Wilder wrote:
>
> >Unless you're going to run big valve heads and want
> to run your engine at
> >higher than normal rpms, I'd stick with stock.

=====
'84 Westy (Sparky)
'65 Kharma Ghia (Dharma)

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