It sort of means you get all your junk parts out and build a hotrod engine with an unknown life span. I think it might get some real HP if you used big valve heads, shallow dish pistons at about 8.5/9.5 compression. I view it as something more to just have some fun with than something to put into a Westy for dependability. If you had a type IV Porsche engine it might be just the thing. Otherwise I'd just consider it a fun thing to do, building a hot rod engine that is. Stan Wilder 83 Air Cooled Westfalia On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 21:52:37 -0500 80 Westy Pokey <pokey@vanagon.org> writes: > What is the implication of installing something like this? > > Thanks, > Chris > > ---- Original message ---- > >Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 08:53:47 -0600 > >From: Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> > >Subject: FS Type IV High Lift cam, lifters, push rods. > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > >For sale Weber Solid Lifter Camshaft .297 lift, unknown > duration. > >I don't know the part number. > >Asking $150.00 for the cam, solid lifters and aluninum solid > lifter > >pushrods. With the cam gear installed add $20.00. > >The cam still has the parkerizing on it so it is a low mile > cam and shows > >NO wear pattern. > >Stock Type IV cams are about .238 lift so I'm going to guess > this as a > >fairly radical cam. > >It came out of a CV series Type IV engine that ate a head > after it > >dropped a valve seat. > > > >Stan Wilder > > > >_____________________________________________________________ > ___ > >Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today > >Only $9.95 per month! > >Visit www.juno.com > > ________________________________________________________________ Sign Up for Juno Platinum Internet Access Today Only $9.95 per month! Visit www.juno.com |
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