Date:         Sat, 16 Aug 2003 05:35:16 -0500
Reply-To:     John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
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From:         John Rodgers <j_rodgers@CHARTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Thanks to the list and a very brief 2.3L WBX writeup
Comments: To: Damon Campbell <damoncampbellvw@YAHOO.COM>
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Damon, congrats on getting the problems resolved and now having a more
powerful WBX.

How about giving that List a summary of what you did to get the power,
and sources for parts and services.

Thanks,

John Rodgers
88 GL Driver

Damon Campbell wrote:

>I appreciate everyone's feedback on my question about
>low oil pressure and hard starting.
>
>Low oil pressure wasn't really all that low - just
>thin oil with a motor breaking in, and a VDO sender
>that triggers higher than it should...  Solution?
>Just look at the gage, and (kind of) ignore the red
>light for now.
>
>Hard starting?  Just an older, originally weaker
>designed starter for a 1.9 trying to crank over 2.3L
>or pure power.  Solution?  A new "Hi-Torque" starter
>for Weddle Industries shipped next day air.  Sounds
>like a race car trying to start up now...
>
>I drove it up to berkeley for an inspection by Buslab,
>and Marco showed that FI who's boss (him).  I came in
>with a really rough idle, a stinky gas smell out the
>tail pipe, and a hesitation off idle.  I left with a
>smooth idle, even *more* power, smoooooth
>accelleration and lots more torque.  Solution?  Crank
>the heck out of the AFM spring.  It was running
>super-duper rich, so the AFM spring needed to be
>tightened up a ton (like 60 clicks or so...).  Mixture
>is looking better and drivability is what i had hoped
>it would be.  Engine was essentially flooded at idle
>(AFM needs to trick the digijet ECU into thinking the
>motor is still a 1.9).
>
>After my move up to Canada (vancouver, B.C., to be
>more precise), i'll see if mr. Bob Donalds will lend
>me his G-tech pro (he seems pretty curious, about
>this, too), and i'll try to get ya'll some HP data.
>
>My little westy has got some pep, now!  Let's just see
>how long it peps ;-)
>
>Thanks everyone... and don't forget to help me clean
>out my garage!
>
>-Damon
>
>=====
>'84 Westy (Sparky) w/2.3L WBX (woo hoo! my first engine build works!)
>
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