Date:         Thu, 14 Mar 2002 08:15:20 -0800
Reply-To:     Dana Morphew <kadm@PUGETSOUND.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Dana Morphew <kadm@PUGETSOUND.NET>
Organization: Dana's Mobile Carpet Steam
Subject:      Re: turn your 1.9L into a 2.1L without having to actually buy a
              2.1Lcase
Comments: To: "Smola, Tony" <TSmola@TRIBUNE.COM>
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Tony, contact BRC Performance:  http://www.brcperformance.com/about2001.html .
I worked with Sid and Tim to have a custom set of forged, 4032 alloy pistons
made for my 1.9 diesel.  They will work with you on side clearance, compression
height, etc..  I'm a happy customer.  I caught them during their slow time
(September), and the price was $360 including pins and spiralox.

"Smola, Tony" wrote:
>
> Fellow vanagonites,
>
> I have just spoken to a shop here in So Cal that says that a 69mm crank from
> a 1.9L can be turned into a 78mm 2.1L crank......No need to get the 2.1 L
> case, and all that
>
> Or you can go to a 86mm crank........or if you want 90mm of cranking crank,
> he will convert a 69mm type-1 crank into a 90mm crank and make the mains
> into type 4's........WOW!
> Now we just need to do our homework and find the place that has the 86 X 94
> mm
> P/C kits for the WBX. Gene Berg has them but they're $2000........This seems
> to be the part that keeps people from doing the conversion.
> We need the special pistons that work with this increased stroke......
> Imagine 2.4L of stump pulling torque, we'll have Vanagons that will pull any
> hill......
> I want to keep everything else stock like compression....well maybe to 9:1
> at the most....whatever the digijet or digifant will take.....valve train
> will remain stock for longevity
> and not to wear out those precious valve guides....2.1L heads get the
> shorter
> guides which are prone to wear faster than 1.9L valve guides.....I don"t
> want something that has top end. I want something that pulls strong from 2k
> all the way up to 4500 rpm....anything over that and you'll be getting poor
> gas mileage......and just think with a 2.4 L you'll
> be able to get that SA 5-speed with the overdrive 5th......yeah baby....
> yeah
>
> Euro 2.1L vanagons had 115  BHP......but I think they had 10:1 compression
>
> A 86 crank x 94 bore will yield a 2387 cc motor.........115 hp and plenty of
> torque too!
>
> Malibu Tony