To be honest I don’t know. But if it’s just a little more than the tired wbx and it’s as reliable as the I4 gasser I had in my 82 westy then I’ll be happy. I have driven more powerful vans, tdi, Audi V8, subie 2.5, and they all make me want them. But I’m so biased to the 2.0 inline 4, all I want is a tad more power and most importantly simplicity and reliability. Ab On Sep 23, 2017, at 7:01 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: >> But the throttle switch. What a little bastard that is. > > I agree. And worse yet, (possibly) is the old Gowesty vacuum actuated > switch. I haven't bothered to try and prove my theory but it may not > be a reliable design. But I digress..... > > Do you think the ABA hybrid will have enough torque where you need it > in the Syncro? > > Regardless, here's hoping the cap has fixed your WBX issue. > > Neil. > > > >> On 9/23/17, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: >> Neil, >> >> Good points. The AFM Carbon track is ( amazingly )good. >> >> But the throttle switch. What a little bastard that is. I did rebuild the tb >> early on, rebushed, made new throttle plate, bored throat etc. The tb is >> tight and good. But the switch has always given me problems. Have swapped in >> a couple. And I did read that Samba thread at the time and re visited the >> switch. Seemed ok but I’m not discounting a bad solder joint in there. >> >> But then again the issue hasn’t recurred since early summer. And you know I >> want to put I4 in the Syncro. Have two candidate blocks in garage, leaning >> to the 2.0 litre with 1.8 single cam head. So if the cap fix worked for me >> so far, that’s ok :-) >> >> Alistair > > > > -- > Neil n > > Blog: Vanagons, Westfalia, general <http://tubaneil.blogspot.ca> > > 1988 Westy Images <https://picasaweb.google.com/musomuso/New1988Westy> > > 1981 Westfalia "Jaco" Images, technical <http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/> > > Vanagon-Bus VAG Gas Engine Swap Group <http://tinyurl.com/khalbay> |
Please note - During the past 17 years of operation, several gigabytes of
Vanagon mail messages have been archived. Searching the entire collection
will take up to five minutes to complete. Please be patient!
Return to the archives @ gerry.vanagon.com
The vanagon mailing list archives are copyright (c) 1994-2011, and may not be reproduced without the express written permission of the list administrators. Posting messages to this mailing list grants a license to the mailing list administrators to reproduce the message in a compilation, either printed or electronic. All compilations will be not-for-profit, with any excess proceeds going to the Vanagon mailing list.
Any profits from list compilations go exclusively towards the management and operation of the Vanagon mailing list and vanagon mailing list web site.