Darrell,

Will the heavy duty pump work on my 82 Westy 2.0 Aircooled, I overhauled
the engine at 86,000 miles had it balanced and polished, new heads and an
external  oil cooler. Everything is working well but I would like to
improve the oil pressure.

Regards

Steven
82 Westy
Manila Philippines

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> From: Darrell Boehler <dboehler@TAOS.MIDWEST.NET>
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Wasserboxer Horsepower Increase, an intellegent discussion
> Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 8:59 PM
>
> -------------------------
> Hi David,
>
>     You have many good ideas. I feel balancing makes a big difference and
is
> sadly not often done on the  wasser boxer engine. If I were you I would
> consider getting a 2.1L and overhaul it , that way you will have a bit
more
> to start with. Also you could drive your van during most of the overhaul.
> Jim Thompson of Old Volks Home  has written quite a lot about this last
> year. There should be many cheap 2.1L engines out there as many seem to
be
> swapping out their  wasser boxer engines. I rebuilt my 86 at  227k miles
> last fall and like the results so far.  I would also  install a heavy
duty
> oil pump, they call this a heavy duty but it really pumps  about 20
percent
> more volume.  The heavy duty pump for the 72-79  beetle will work in our
> wasser boxers.
> Good luck with your quest.
>
> Darrell Boehler
> Makanda Illinois
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: davidb <davidb@SKYBEST.COM>
> To: Vanagon@VANAGON.COM <Vanagon@VANAGON.COM>
> Date: Thursday, April 30, 1998 7:31 AM
> Subject: Wasserboxer Horsepower Increase, an intellegent discussion
>
>
> >Lately I've noticed a deterioration in the quality of the discussion of
> >the posting to this site.  Fortunately the discussion on increasing HP
> >of the H20boxer has been refreshingly intelligent.  I would like for it
> >to continue and request comments from those individuals out there in the
> >know.  I'm interested in a thread discussing increasing H20 HP while
> >maintaining reliability.
> >
> >I'm going to rebuild my  84 Westy this winter and would like to begin
> >getting opinions from those individuals that are unafraid to get there
> >hands dirty and don't believe in sending their cars in for others' to do
> >the work.  What I don't want to do is drop a chevy V-6 or some other
> >such nonsense and trash a very fine machine, nor do I want to get into a
> >discussion of the workmanship of the engine.  Mine has 135,000 miles and
> >no head problems.  I plan to keep it for the foreseeable future.
> >
> >So here goes:  What I can discern so far is:
> >
> >1.  Have the heads professionally gone through and increase the flow.
> >Breathing is the weakest point.
> >
> >2.  Install 1.25 rockers.  1.40 ratio rockers may decrease reliability.
> >
> >3  Balance and blueprint engine --I always do it!
> >
> >4. I like the S&S exhaust system, muffler and headers.
> >
> >Now I'm open to more suggestions.  Is the above set up approaching 100
> >HP?  (my goal)
> >
> >All rational, non gimmicks thoughts appreciated!
> >
> >Davidb
> >