Nice.

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:15 PM, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:

> The ABA has oil jets from the factory.
> And the design load of the ABA bottom end has a factor of safety of at
> least
> 2-2.5.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Jake de Villiers
> Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 10:29 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: TIICO/ABA engine question
>
> Nope. You might try one of the Rabbit/Golf hop-up sites.
>
> VW paid really good engineers a ton of money to maximise the output of that
> motor.  Don't you think that if another 25 ft/lbs was right there they
> would
> have done it? That's where most folks want their power, off the line, not
> up
> at 6500 RPM.
>
> Aftermarket cams always move the torque peak higher, thus adding horsepower
> (HP = torque x RPM/5252) but at the expense of flexibility.
>
> If you want more bottom end you'll need to add displacement - you could do
> that with a supercharger I guess, but then you'd be exceeding the design
> loads on the wrist pin bushings and rod bearings.
>
> Go ahead and add oil jets to cool the pistons, an external oil cooler to
> cool the oil and an engine compartment fan to keep temps down.
>
> Having raced cars for a while, I went through that circle quite a few
> times...its challenging and fun, if time-consuming and expensive, and these
> days I prefer my street cars to be a little easier to drive!@  =)
>
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 6:50 PM, Chris S <szpejankowski@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Jake, anything to add about the subject line?
> >
> > 2010/2/11 Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@gmail.com>
> >
> >> Subaru 2.5 has 165 ft. lbs of torque right off idle and 165 hp up top -
> no
> >>
> >> nasty turbo required!  =)
> >>
> >> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 8:36 AM, David Marshall
> >> <mailinglist@fastforward.ca>wrote:
> >>
> >> > The ABA cam is already optimized for lower end power.  Even the cams
> >> > from the 1.8L arn't as nice as the ABA for the low end.  No idea what
> >> > the RemTec motor is setup for.
> >> >
> >> > You have 122 ft.lbs of
> >> > toque which really isn't much to write home about compared to the wbx
> >> 117
> >> > - only way to get much more torque is getting a turbo engine, a little
> >> > more torque would come from chip tuning.
> >> >
> >> > David Marshall
> >> > VW
> >> > Adventure Driver and BMW Adventure Rider
> >> >
> >> > HasenWerk
> >> > http://www.hasenwerk.ca
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, February 11, 2010 08:20,
> >> > Chris S wrote:
> >> > > Folks,
> >> > >
> >> > > Does anyone know how
> >> > the TIICO camshaft compare the ABA cam?  Does anyone
> >> > > have the
> >> > specs, like lift, duration etc?
> >> > >
> >> > > I'm trying to analyze
> >> > ways to increase torque and bottom end power of the
> >> > > ABA.
> >> > >
> >> > > --
> >> > > Chris S.
> >> > > Disclaimer: "Death
> >> > and serious injury may occur"
> >> > >
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jake
> >>
> >> 1984 Vanagon GL
> >> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> >>
> >> Crescent Beach, BC
> >>
> >> www.thebassspa.com
> >> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> >> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Chris S.
> > Disclaimer: "Death and serious injury may occur"
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> --
> Jake
>
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>
> Crescent Beach, BC
>
> www.thebassspa.com
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27
>
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"

Crescent Beach, BC

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