Stroked cranks and 104mm cylinder sets could bring these engines to 2.4L. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of neil n Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 2:30 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Riviera vs Westy On Sat, Dec 26, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com> wrote: > Oh boy! Oversize piston cylinder set. Should be able to melt it in half the > normal time. Well maybe not melt it but those cylinder walls flex easy > making for head seal problems and can burn past the rings real easy. > > Dennis >
Heh heh. I'd be curious who did the rebuild though. i.e. is there a Raby 2.2 "Camper Special" type engine? Did Boston Bob ever build such a beast? Neil.
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