Can't say there is, there's not much to take away between valve pockets or anything like that. . It's use thicker rings at the top of the piston barrels. ( or double rings, but that seems shaky ) or different pistons. or............and this would not be impossible for a half clever electronics wiz to adapt - Knock Sensor Ignition. And the timing has been moved back a lot ? and it still does it ?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian Allan" <ian.allan@BMTS.COM> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 8:04 PM Subject: 2.1 heads
>I have a friend who purchased a van with a Go Westy 2.4 engine. The > engine has suffered from detonation issues among other things. Any > ideas as to practical machining processes to REDUCE the compression > ratio? > > Ian |
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