Date:         Wed, 6 Sep 2000 18:30:56 EDT
Reply-To:     kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         kenneth d lewis <kdlewis@JUNO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Thinking swap?  Engine options are only half the story...What
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Comments: To: Wolfvan88@aol.com

The thing I was most impressed with about Robert's van (besides the
effortless 70 mph cruisin',and silky,quiet acceleration) is how quickly
the engine catches after you hit the key. We are talking µ seconds!
        What I didn't like was this engine produces _NO!_ heat!! It would
take an eight hour trip to heat an 8oz can of beany-weenies!! No manifold
destiny here (obscure reference).

Drive Safely & Good Luck
Ken Lewis    <Kernersville,NC>
86 VW crewcab;60 356B Coupe
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On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 08:48:29 EDT Robert Lilley <Wolfvan88@AOL.COM> writes:
<snip>
>Was it the:
>Counterweighted crank?
>Or maybe the Full race balancing?
>Maybe the ceramic coatings?
>Could it be the match porting of the intake, exhaust and oil pump?
>Or the Blueprinting of the engine?
>The use of STRONGER than stock parts?
>The use of a transmission that REDUCES the RPMs for a given speed??
>Did this
>shorten the engines life?
>Or any of the other parts used to make it run better? Have they
>shortened the
>engines life?
>All NEW German bearing, seals, head bolts, flywheel bolts?
>The new FI parts?
>
>I know, maybe the new ECU chip that I am planning to put on, this is
>it right?
>The one that will make the engine run better and cooler.
>
>What?? So Tell me What??
>
>Robert

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