Date:         Fri, 26 Jul 1996 11:12:19 -0400
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         SyncroHead@aol.com
Subject:      Re: More horse power from the 2.1??

In a message dated 96-07-25 13:55:11 EDT, sstones@io.org (sstones) writes:

>While I too would not mind a little more grunt outta the van (Mines 1.9) 
>every once in a while, I fear that Turbo/supercharging may not be the 
>best idea for these waterpumpers.  considering their common ailment of 
>leaking combustion gasses from cyl into waterjacket via the head 
>gaskets, i'd be very wary of the thought of increasing the pressures in 
>the combustion chamber further than they already get...

While the exhaust into the coolant does happen, it is not the "common" head
gasket failure which permits coolant to leak out of the engine.  Also, the
pressures created by the piston compression are far higher than any turbo can
create during the intake stroke.

Jim Davis
87 GL Syncro
88 GL Wolfsburg