Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 21:52:54 -0700
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From: neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: 1.8 Inline 4..heads.
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So's here's something I didn't realize.
In the 15 degree mount, can one use the WBX or air cooled clutch housing?
I imagine the bolt pattern doesn't line up. If not.........
If I didn't have to use a diesel clutch housing, I'd mount the engine
and cut the hole in engine cover and live with an air matress.
Sorry if this is an elementary question that's been covered.
Neil.
On 8/19/07, pdooley <psdooley@verizon.net> wrote:
> I guess for me clearance doesn't matter since my motor is mounted at 15
> degrees.
> No matter what manifold I run, it aint clearing.
>
> I would have to agree, for a westy owner who doesn't want to do the mods, a
> counterflow head and appropriate manifold are in order.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Don Hanson
> Sent: Sunday, August 19, 2007 11:14 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: 1.8 Inline 4..heads.
>
> What seems more important about the 1.8 liter head is it fits into a
> vanagon without raising up the engine lid somehow. I looked at a bunch of 4
> banger VW motors sitting around in my local junkyard..The owner of the VW
> specialty yard pointed out the two types of small motors. The 2.0 liter has
> the whole intake on the right hand side of the head, while the 1.8 liter
> head has the intake and the exhaust on the left side... When you stick one
> of these little guys into a van, it lays over, with the right side up..So,
> if you have the 2 liter head with the intake up, it is too dang tall to fit
> properly...hence, people put in the1.8 head with the intake that actually
> fits...I understand the heads are interchangable..somehow..So, if my motor
> ever blows up, I guess I will find a 2 liter block and stick my head on
> that...
> If you are looking for a lot more power, rather than just a better all
> round motor, a normally aspirated 2 liter motor that doesn't fit properly
> seems like a kinda silly way to get not much more power...Why not a turbo, a
> supercharger or a Subaru motor, if power is your goal?
> I will be running my little "mouse motor" soon on a friend's dyno...It
> will be interesting to see how it actually turns that drum, compared to all
> the other options available for pushing a van..With just the simple tweeking
> of a better cam and exhaust, it makes my van able to pass all the stock WBX
> ones I go by on hills, and I don't have any dependability issues so far..
> Don Hanson
>
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