Ken, It probably has more to do with the cam grind than the solid lifters, but it looks like a cheap way to squeeze more power out of the wbx'er. No valve noise at all. They're all adjusted to .006" (like a bug) and happily doing their job. We'll re-adjust them at 500 miles and again at 3,000. I doubt they'll need to be adjusted as much as bug valves due to the consistent operating temps of the wbx'er. We'll see... Cheers, Jeff
-----Original Message----- From: Kenneth Lewis [mailto:kdlewis@northstate.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 10:42 AM To: VW Doka Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Subject: Re: [VANAGON] 2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives!
Jeff, Fascinating. So you credit the performance improvement on the solid lifters? What did it do to valve noise?
-- Ken Lewis http://neksiwel.20m.com/ |
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