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Date:         Sat, 22 Sep 2007 23:39:18 -0700
Reply-To:     Reinhard Vehring <rvehring@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Reinhard Vehring <rvehring@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Any experiences with GoWesty Engines?
Comments: To: dahn van laarz <bootlvr@HOTMAIL.COM>
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Dahn, I'm running a GoWesty 2.3. I'm pretty happy with it. Very good power and reasonable MPG. Downside: It developed a leak at the oil-pump cover after only a couple thousand miles and the engine is not very smooth at idle, probably pretty typical for a "hot" engine. Speaking of hot, stepping on it will heat up my engine quite a bit. I went up a couple of steep dirt roads that stressed the cooling system to the limit. I wonder what the experience with other conversions in combination with the stock cooling system is? Anyway, I have driven it hard on the highway and also offroad and so far it holds up very well. Time will tell, I guess Reinhard

> I have an 85 automatic with the original 1.9 ltr > engine, & am looking at the possibility of swithcing > to the Gowesty 2.3 or 2.3 instead of doing some > top-end work. With 195,000 miles and what the > mechanic I've been going to (Karmachanix in > Berkeley)says are compression gasses leaking into > the cooling system (another possible symptom of the > intermittent flashing temp light) I thought I might > just take the leap & upgrade. Any thoughts out > there? BTW, I am NOT committed to having > Karmachanix do the work... maybe Volkscafe/Vancafe > in Santa Cruz. > > _________________________________________________________________ > Can you find the hidden words? Take a break and > play Seekadoo! > http://club.live.com/seekadoo.aspx?icid=seek_wlmailtextlink

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