Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 15:35:20 -0600
Reply-To: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Stan Wilder <wilden1-1@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: I added a Turbo to improve air flow...
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Congratulations Daryl!
Glad to hear from a man of action that just gets at it and does his thing
without waiting for the approval of a few nare-do-wells.
I'm very pleased to see that you've invested some of those rainy afternoons
around Seattle into something tangible.
You've about got it figured out ........... It's going' be fun so I'm a
gunna do it.
A fellow in my local Porsche club is installing a WBX 2.1 into his 78 911
that blew an $8000.00 engine.
I haven't made a single comment to him about his conversion but I've got to
hand it to him, he's figured both that hardest job possible and the worst
engine possible for his resurrection project.
The upside to his conversion is that he'll never have enough power to break
his tranny.
Stan Wilder
Engine Ceramics
214-352-4931
www.engineceramics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daryl Christensen" <aatransaxle@DIRECWAY.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 8:23 PM
Subject: I added a Turbo to improve air flow...
> Boston Bob is gonna yell at me...but to heck with him :),
> Mind you I am not a died in the wool hot rodder with any performance
> experience...just a retired VW mechanic with a new toy so any suggestions
> are appreciated. Trannys I do know, Performance tweaks & engineering I
> don't.
>
> I just put an old Subaru 1.8 Turbo on my 2.1 Syncro Westy with taller 3rd
&
> 4th gears in the trans. Got big valve heads, good rods and a cam with more
> exh lift from Bob during the rebuild and so far thats it...got ratio
rockers
> to try later. Put a few hundred miles on it to break her in before I
> actually hooked up the turbo. I run it at 4 psi of boost and that seems
> perfect to drive with a bit of extra power when needed and not so much
that
> I am worried about tearing it up soon. Granted there is always a longevity
> downside to more power. No appreciable turbo lag or whine.
> I will add an aditional injector setup (splitsec.com) to keep it from
> running too lean over 2 psi of boost and that is in the works. Got a LED
O2
> mixture indicator from listee Ken Lewis...works slick so far as an
indicator
> and small enough to be unobtrusive.
> Makes it more fun to drive without the downshifting normal with the 5000
> plus Lb.vehicle (even with the tall gears).
> Daryl of AA Transaxle
> Duvall, WA. (Seattle area)
> 1-877-377-0773 toll free
> 425-788-4070
> aatransaxle.com
>
>
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