There's a special tool for removing the clips but
I got good with screwdrivers etc., so I never
bothered.

Definitely more room around the 1-4 engine that
the in the car it came from.

I'm interested in hearing about the difference
the new cam makes. You will notice more if you
get a tuned set of downpipes, like on the South
African I-4.

If you can get your hands on a double exhuast
manifold with the rectangular 6 bolt flange, and
a tuned set of double down pipes such as come
with the Tiico you can pick up some more hp from
that engine.

One of the easier things to do on a "Rabbit"
engine is change the water pump. It can be done
in less than an hour. The flat rate book for the
WBX water pump replacement is 3.2 hours.  I have
done both and I'll take the I-4 any day.

Robert

1982 Westfalia '95 Golf engine 5-speed trans

--- Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET> wrote:

> Finished up a headgasket repair on my Cabriolet
> motor in the van in oh, probably 8 hours.
> Included a new cam for a bit more poop.  Fired
> right up and sounds strong-er, but I am letting
> it sit overnight to bleed air from the cooling
> system and because I am too tired to go test
> drive tonight.  Valves looked great, pistons
> and bores good, belt tensioner bearings good,
> head was true and the cam journals looked good,
> too.
>
>   One bad part of the job was getting the
> exhaust head pipe off the manifold and back on.
>  VW, it all it's wisdom, has a brand specific
> attachment system that takes a VW tool, which
> of course, I don't have.  They use two spring
> clips, shaped like Cs.  You have to pry the
> ends of the C open and get an end over the pipe
> and an end over a flange on the manifold..It is
> pretty strong spring steel.  I McGuivered it
> with two floor jacks, a rubber mallet and lots
> of blue words...
>
>   I have never worked on a WBX engine, but I
> have done plenty of Air motors, and this was a
> bit easier.  Did it without much strain at all
> other than those stinkin clamps.  We shall see
> if I did it right, since this is my first time
> into a VW 4..
>   Don Hanson
>

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