There's a special tool for removing the clips but I got good with screwdrivers etc., so I never bothered. Definitely more room around the 1-4 engine that the in the car it came from. I'm interested in hearing about the difference the new cam makes. You will notice more if you get a tuned set of downpipes, like on the South African I-4. If you can get your hands on a double exhuast manifold with the rectangular 6 bolt flange, and a tuned set of double down pipes such as come with the Tiico you can pick up some more hp from that engine. One of the easier things to do on a "Rabbit" engine is change the water pump. It can be done in less than an hour. The flat rate book for the WBX water pump replacement is 3.2 hours. I have done both and I'll take the I-4 any day.
Robert 1982 Westfalia '95 Golf engine 5-speed trans
--- Don Hanson <dhanson@GORGE.NET> wrote: > Finished up a headgasket repair on my Cabriolet > motor in the van in oh, probably 8 hours. > Included a new cam for a bit more poop. Fired > right up and sounds strong-er, but I am letting > it sit overnight to bleed air from the cooling > system and because I am too tired to go test > drive tonight. Valves looked great, pistons > and bores good, belt tensioner bearings good, > head was true and the cam journals looked good, > too. > > One bad part of the job was getting the > exhaust head pipe off the manifold and back on. > VW, it all it's wisdom, has a brand specific > attachment system that takes a VW tool, which > of course, I don't have. They use two spring > clips, shaped like Cs. You have to pry the > ends of the C open and get an end over the pipe > and an end over a flange on the manifold..It is > pretty strong spring steel. I McGuivered it > with two floor jacks, a rubber mallet and lots > of blue words... > > I have never worked on a WBX engine, but I > have done plenty of Air motors, and this was a > bit easier. Did it without much strain at all > other than those stinkin clamps. We shall see > if I did it right, since this is my first time > into a VW 4.. > Don Hanson >
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