Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 23:20:28 -0800
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From: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Anyone Ever worked with or heard anything about Dave
Wolfanger (DWolf) as far a mechanic work quality?
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Ditto for my 2.1 Westy. I've been running Cofap 2.1's in mine for the past
10 years and don't really notice a difference in the "seat of the pants
dept" compared to my 1.9 84GL. Both wanna "get up and go".
--
Jim Thompson
84 GL 1.9 "Gloria"
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt"
72 411 Station Wagon "Pug"
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
jim@airheadparts.com
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On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 8:01 PM, Ken Wilford <kenwilfy@comcast.net> wrote:
> I have them in both of my 2.1ls and I haven't noticed any less power.
> In other words if they have less power, it isn't noticeable to me. I
> am someone that drives my own vans and customers vans with stock pistons
> and cylinders all the time so if there were a difference you could
> notice, believe me I would notice it.
>
> Just my experience. At this point the only options that I know of are
> Brazilian, used German, or Chinese. Is Brazilian starting to look
> better to you yet?
>
> Ken Wilford
> John 3:16
> www.vanagain.com
>
>
> Chris S wrote:
>
>> Never heard of the guy, but keep in mind cheap COFAP pistons give
>> lower compression ratio, and therefore less power.
>>
>> On 11/6/08, Robert Stewart <robertmstewart@mac.com> wrote:
>>
>> Good Morning Everyone,
>>>
>>> Has anyone ever worked with or heard anything about Dave Wolfanger
>>> (DWolf) as far a mechanic work quality?
>>>
>>> He is located in Wayland NY.
>>>
>>> He is on the type 2 and A.I.R.S. sites, and is part of the rescue squad.
>>>
>>> He is 4 hours from me, seems very knowledgeable about the vanagon and
>>> am considering having him tear my engine down and rebuild it from
>>> scratch.
>>>
>>> - Machined to spec Crankshaft
>>> - New Pistons & Rings
>>> - Machining of the Heads, 3 Point Valve Job
>>> - New Complete Gasket Set for the entire Van
>>> - Plus everything else involved with a to Engine Spec Rebuild
>>> - Pull and Replace the engine included.
>>> (parts would only be German made, thought the pistons could be from
>>> Brazil possibly)
>>>
>>> Price $3k (which seems very very fair)
>>>
>>> His emails are:
>>> dslmax@frontiernet.net
>>> dwolf_at_bluefrog_dot_com
>>>
>>> Ebay ID:
>>> Dwolf (proved to have only positive responses on the both seller and
>>> buyer status)
>>>
>>> Samba
>>> Dwolf - Also only had positive responses to people who purchased
>>> parts from him.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for help.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Rob
>>> NYC/Bloomingburg NY
>>> 88 Wolfsburg, Silver
>>> 239,990 miles - automatic
>>> AIM: rmstewart@mac.com
>>
>>
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