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Date:         Fri, 3 Dec 2004 19:56:13 -0800
Reply-To:     Daryl Christensen <aatransaxle@DIRECWAY.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Daryl Christensen <aatransaxle@DIRECWAY.COM>
Subject:      Re: High ratio rocker arms - Any good?
Comments: To: tabe johnson <xtabe@YAHOO.COM>
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Ask me in about 2 months and I will have done it and driven mine for a while. I have a set of 1.25 rockers that I will test and let you know eventually whether they did anything power wise with my turbo westy...Daryl of AA Transalxe ----- Original Message ----- From: "tabe johnson" <xtabe@YAHOO.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Friday, December 03, 2004 8:57 AM Subject: High ratio rocker arms - Any good?

> Hi All, > > High ratio rocker arms, up to 1.4:1 I believe, are available > for our vehicles. Do they improve performance? Do they > contribute to excessive valve, valve seat, or valve train > wear? If you have them or have used them, I'd be really > interested to hear your experiences. > > My main concern is if they are any good, why didn't VW > include them from the factory? It can't cost any more > to make 1.4:1 rocker arms than 1.1:1. (Unless they used > the same mould they built in 1960, which wouldn't surprise > me.) > > > Thanks! > > --tabe johnson > xtabe@yahoo.com > '87 Westy > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca >


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