> >Any listmembers able to comment, before-and-after-wise, on a VW engine that > >got an aftermarket counterweighted crank? > > Able? Well I guess so. Qualified? Doubtful. For the VW valve springs, > I'd also say 4000 RPM. If you have the counter-weighted crank and stronger > valve springs, then you can move the RPM limit up. I still try not to > exceed 5000 or 5500 even with a CW crank and dual springs. My '57's 1776 has a CWd-crank. It is smooth revving all the way up to the top. I don't have a tach, but I push it on occasion enough to scare me and it's still smooth. - Mike White [Mail: mike.white@law.utah.edu - mwhite@eng.utah.edu] Visit my '57 23-Window VW BUS at: [http://cloud8.law.utah.edu/]
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