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Subject:Re: 1.9 heads on 2.1 engine. Why
From:EMZ
Date:Thu, 21 Oct 1999 23:39:12 -0400
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Roger&Zoe Ann Banker wrote:

> higher rpms, and also sacrifice reliability.  My engine should have a similar
> life span to a stock rebuild.
> Roger & Zoe Ann Banker
> 1987 Syncro Adventurewagen
>
     Look this is just impossible. More power mean more stress on things
like, connecting rods, bearings, pistons, crank. Compression leaks front
the head gaskets, are a big problem in Vanagon now...And your increasing
the compression ratio? IMHO your reliability is at about 50 %.
                   Eric