I alrady have some of the "lilley" mods on my engine...Big valve Boston Bob
heads and rods, a cam with a bit more exh lift and 1.25 ratio rockers on a
fresh motor in addition to the turbo setup...I just keep the boost at 5 lbs
and everythings happy(so far)
Practical benefits??? Eough power to propel a loaded syncro westy down the
road and up the hills...I have taller gearing in the trans with stock tires
and the combo make me smile...thats the real benefit...boys and our toys..go
figure
Daryl of AA Trans

----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Fisher" <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 5:57 PM
Subject: Re: Krazy turbo idea

> 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?