Date:         Tue, 18 Mar 2008 11:02:14 -0700
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Subject:      Re: 2.1 w/solid lifters - Frankenstein's Monster Lives!
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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?


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Ken Lewis
http://neksiwel.20m.com/