Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2006 21:31:12 -0400
Reply-To: Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
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From: Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@UMICH.EDU>
Subject: Re: GoWesty Engine - Follow-up
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Geo
thanks for posting your experience please let us know how things with the
engine and gowesty go in the future. sounds like you had less little
wrong with your gowesty engine than i did. i had missing spark
plugs, broken bolts left in the case, tapped holes filled with sand and
dirt, bent valve covers, a heli-coil that was put in on a angle for the
oil drain plug causing it to leak all the time, and a lifter adjustment
screw that broke off in 300 miles into the break in period leaving the
van stranded.
if they offer to cover their mistakes at all it will most likely be the
"shop to shop" rate. basically what that boils down to is that they
heavily discount what you actually paid to fix the mistake they shipped
you.
what the ecu thing is about is that they have never dynoed this engine
with the digijet system as far as they told me a few years back. they
have done most of their testing with the digifant system. the ecu swap is
an attempt to compensate for the fact that the stock digijet system and
the stock ignition curve in the distributor has difficulty compensating
for the engine design changes they have made. hopefully the new
generation of bored out 1.9's is better than the 2212cc that i installed.
it pinged alot, had super low vacuum, and wouldn't stay running at idle
with the air conditioner on.
jonathan
On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, Geo & Kathleen Hahn wrote:
> Just a follow-up... in January I was looking for a replacement engine.
> I went with the GoWesty engine. I had a 1.9L and they do a replacement
> that increases the bore and stroke to get 2.2L -- but using the 1.9 case
> so it drops right in. I wasn't particularly looking for more power,
> this is just how they rebuild the 1.9.
>
> It took the 8 weeks stated on their website and I had it installed
> locally by a guy I've used before. Just 400 miles on it but 'so far so
> good'. The power increase is noticeable, especially running up the
> mountain. I did not need a new ECU (the website warned that this is
> sometimes necessary). They did make two mistakes... first they forgot
> to include the injectors (sent 4 right away by express mail) then one of
> those proved to be incorrect (perhaps for a different VW engine) and
> they sent a replacement for it right away.
>
> Waiting to see how they treat me on the core I returned (how much of the
> $1K core deposit I get back) and whether they will reimburse me anything
> for the time the mechanic billed me to discover that it was an incorrect
> injector and replace it with one of my old ones.
>
> Not the last word... indeed, ask me in 100,000 miles for a definitve
> answer... but hopefully I'm back in business for a long time to come.
>
> Geo Hahn
>
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