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Subject:Re: High ratio rocker arms - Any good?
From:Daryl Christensen
Date:Fri, 3 Dec 2004 19:56:13 -0800

Ask me in about 2 months and I will have done it and driven mine for a
while. I have a set of 1.25 rockers that I will test and let you know
eventually whether they did anything power wise with my turbo westy...Daryl
of AA Transalxe
----- Original Message -----
From: "tabe johnson" <xtabe@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 8:57 AM
Subject: High ratio rocker arms - Any good?

> Hi All,
>
> High ratio rocker arms, up to 1.4:1 I believe, are available
> for our vehicles.  Do they improve performance?  Do they
> contribute to excessive valve, valve seat, or valve train
> wear?  If you have them or have used them, I'd be really
> interested to hear your experiences.
>
> My main concern is if they are any good, why didn't VW
> include them from the factory?  It can't cost any more
> to make 1.4:1 rocker arms than 1.1:1.  (Unless they used
> the same mould they built in 1960, which wouldn't surprise
> me.)
>
>
> Thanks!
>
> --tabe johnson
> xtabe@yahoo.com
> '87 Westy
>
>
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