I have a question......

Who NEEDS to push their WBX vanagon to 6500 rpms?   These aren't drag racing
vehicles here.  They still have physical limitations.  And, what about the
internal engine situation...........no matter how much you balance, blue
print, etc., your motor, you will surely be cutting into its life by turning
6500rpms routinely...............

Give me a good, reliable rebuild anyday over chips, etc, to push my heavy
underpowered vanagon faster.

Adam P
81  Westy "The Brick "
70 Single Cab "Whitey"
74 Beetle "Ol Yeller"
73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop)
1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg
1976 Transporter (New CA bus)
1974 412 "Goldmember"
Used Vanagon Parts for sale (mostly aircooled)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Lilley" <Wolfvan88@AOL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 6:57 AM
Subject: Why solid lifters: Performance...Why hydraulic lifters -
Performance limits

> I was looking at the new CB Performance catalog and noticed that they have
> performance hydraulic lifters, that have a RPM limit of 6500 now
available.
> And it reminded me about the solid lifter kit on Ebay.  The stock
hydraulic
> lifters run flat at @6000 RPM, hence the redline and cut off at 5600 ~5800
> RPM.  VW put the limit in due to the limitation of the lifters and the
> problems that can happen when they are taken past their rev limit.
>
> I am going to look into the new lifters and check into their dimensions.
If
> they match the WBX lifter size, I might consider using them as a problem
> plagued VW lifter replacement.  The only concern would be how well it
matches
> the stock cam for hardness.  The other option is to use a matching cam,
> ground to WBX specs (a little bit bigger though) and use the lifters.
>
> Web link:
>
> http://cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=57
>
> If the lifters will work in the WBX, then they will be a perfect match to
the
> Lutz ECU chip that increases the RPM limit.
>
> Robert
>