Date:         Sun, 31 May 1998 09:58:24 -0400
Reply-To:     John Anderson <vwbus@MINDSPRING.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <Vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         John Anderson <vwbus@MINDSPRING.COM>
Subject:      Re: waterboxer turbo
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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>How bout "Self Destructing German Auto"?
>Sorry, this is not a poke at any company, more at boosting a WB.


Actually a number of people were boosting 1.9's a few years back as the
engine is readily set up to do so layout wise and as the CR and tough bottom
end easily support reasonable boost.  I think most results were quite
favorable.  I don't think anyone ever went into serious production of a kit
or whatnot as the market is of course severely limited.  I've always had a
hankering to try to roll my own system in fact using a small KKK turbo from
a diesel for a minor amount of boost.  Now the other thing that kills the
market is that 2.1's are of course right out with their ludicrous CR but I
had a unique idea there as well to solve a couple of problems involving
machining a surface for a proper copper crush style head gasket/spacer for
the outside but such kits would likely have to be set up and machined 1 by 1
with the poor tolerances inherent in the WB engine set up.

John
vwbus@mindspring.com