I have extra motors waiting for some attention as well so please inform
us...

Is there info on all the performance mods possible for a 1.9 and 2.1
somewhere besides the archives? Maybe I should just call Boston Bobs and ask
those folks.

I want a hot rod (VW Motor) vanagon so please please more info, yummmmmmmmm.

I have a non VW motor waiting for transplant, but I'm still in a position to
be talked out of it.

Herb in PA

----- Original Message -----
From: "John Rodgers" <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: Big Valves for me?

> I've got an engine project sitting on my bench. Strange situation. I
> bought my van from a dealer lot. I'm resonably sure that mileage, about
> 89,000 as I remember, was correct per the speedometer, because I did
> some work on it and all the seals were intact. About 1500 miles later
> the engine burned a piston clear through. Now I'm easy on vehicles, and
> this thing gave me no warning, just happened on a long trip.
>
> Anyway, when the engine was removed I discovered a yellow tag on the
> case that said Remanufactured by Volkswagen of Canada. Now that was real
> surprise. That meant that in the 89,000 miles of the vehicle there had
> been two engines in the vehicle. And at 90500 miles I was about to
> install the third engine.
>
> So, I now have the third engine in the van, stock, and it now has 40,000
> miles on the engine. 131,000 on the van. The broken engine sits on my
> bench. And the question would be, how many miles on that engine. Well, I
> have allowed that perhaps 45,000 max. That is half the total miles that
> had been put on the van up until that time. So, I have an engine that
> basically is good shape, except one cylinder. There was no other damage
> to the the rest of the engine, just that one cylinder and piston.
>
> Now my goal is to build a little bit hotter engine, performance wise. So
> what you have done interests me very much. So I ask the
> questions.....Who provided your big valve heads? Who did your stroker
> crank, and what was the offset? How much did you have to take off the
> top of the pistons to maintain compression suitable for regular
> gasoline? Stock rods? Source of Pistons, Cylinders, Rings?
>
> Got any idea what kind of horsepower increase you got?
>
> Thanks,
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver
>
> Damon Campbell wrote:
>
> >82mm stroked crank (sent mine off to be modified) and
> >95mm pistons instead of the 94s.
> >
> >The funny thing is, this combo has been used in europe
> >and to a limited degree here in the US a fair amount
> >(well, for how relatively few wbxs there are out
> >there).
> >
> >-Damon
> >
> >--- John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>What else did you do to get 2325 cc?
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>
> >>John Rodgers
> >>88 GL Driver
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
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