Date:         Sun, 10 Nov 2013 21:12:03 -0700
Reply-To:     Miguel Pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Miguel Pacheco <mundopacheco@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Callaway Vanagon quote And other words of wisdom!
Comments: To: Angus Gordon <birdworks@gmail.com>
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I coined two!....and now I have to search for that pastry


Miguel




On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Angus Gordon <birdworks@gmail.com> wrote:

> The WBX uses the same head gasket design as air-cooled VW engines, many of
> which have been turbocharged. If you're referring to the water jacket seal,
> turbocharging has no effect on that. Cooling system pressure remains the
> same.
>
> Angus
>
>
>
> On Nov 10, 2013, at 7:20 PM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
>
> > There have not been many turbo'd waterboxers, pretty sure.  Not the best
> > engine as a base for significant performance upgrades
> >
> >   With the notoriously weak head gasket design of the WBX motor not
> > being especially successful holding in  even a normal fuel/air charge
> > sometimes, turbocharging one makes not much sense..  The 993 turbo
> > Porsche (a one or two model year first try by Porsche to water cool
> > their iconic 911 boxer motor) was very similar in design to the WBX
> > motor and they rarely went one whole race before blowing heads off....
> >
> >  I think Calloway had it right..displacement is the one reliable way
> > to up power in a vehicle...when you hop something up with  turbos or
> > superchargers or upping the compression or porting the heads or
> > anything else, you decrease engine life.   Slapping a turbo on a WBX
> > would be asking for trouble...
>