So I'm curious as to what real practical benefits you get from this- as in
how specifically does it help you when driving? When your turbo mod came up
before I had been thinking about the Lilley mods, and then what it might
mean to combine the two.
Seems like there'd only be so much blood to squeeze out of a WBX- I wonder
that the poor thing just wouldn't explode in self-defense or something.

Cya,
Robert

----- Original Message -----
From: "aatransaxle" <daryl@AATRANSAXLE.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: Krazy turbo idea

> Been there done it and like it as well..Put an old Subie turbo runing 5
> lbs
> boost...no fuel isssues yet, but the turbo is being rebuilt as we speak
> due
> to oil smoking issues. tried an audi S4 unit on there and it sucked, not
> blew so to speak..back to the subie unit.
> There are several others who have succesfully done it with many miles on
> them.
> Look at the bottom of my home page for a link to the prototype pics of it
> all and holler with any questions..
> daryl@aatransaxle.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom Boldway" jboldway@HOTMAIL.COM
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2007 10:29 PM
> Subject: Krazy turbo idea
>
>
>> Has anybody ever looked in to turbocharging a wasserboxer at a low level
>> of
>> boost to gain another 10 or 20% for climbing hills? I'm in Washington and
>> going places like over Snoqualmie pass needs another ~15 to 20% power to
>> gain at anything but dangerously slow speeds on the highway. I'd rather
>> not
>> do a Subie conversion.  It seems a candidate due to combustion chamber
>> design as long as you free the the restrictions in the Y pipe . . . .
>> This "would" be easier on a carburated version . . . not sure the "mass
>> airflow sensor" really is a "mass" sensor or if it is a volume sensor.
>> Doubt
>> it would behave properly. Any ideas?
>> I don't want a fast vanagon, just want one the can climb hills at a safe
>> speed on freeways. Second gear on the highway is unsafe (only in a few
>> ares
>> but have hit that).
>>
>> Don't even have a Westy now, will buy another in the Fall, but had my '85
>> "panzerkampingwagen" Westy out here in 2000 and had a hades of a time
>> going
>> up these hills ( from Kansas - we don't have too many hills;~) ). Is
>> there
>> any noticable difference between the 1.9L and the 2.1?