Date:         Mon, 4 Jan 1999 07:00:00 -0800
Reply-To:     Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
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From:         Tom Young <young@SHERLOCK.SIMS.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject:      Re: Rod journal size for a 2.0l?
Comments: To: Joseph Fournier <jfournier@theglobe.com>
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Joe:

Glancing through some of the text in Tom Wilson's book and looking at the
pictures, it's clear that he's right; VW achieved a longer stroke in the
2000cc engines by using an offset grind to the 1700/1800 crank, with
resulting smaller journals.  Very strange!

Thanks!


On Mon, 4 Jan 1999, Joseph Fournier wrote:

> Given the data you've presented, I think I'd go with Tom Wilson's for
> two reasons: 1) it's conservative and "inside" the other published specs
> 2) I trust Tom's book. >

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Tom Young               young@sherlock.SIMS.Berkeley.EDU
Lafayette, CA  94549    '81 Vanagon
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