Date:         Sun, 6 Jun 1999 11:28:13 PDT
Reply-To:     vwvanman@EXCITE.COM
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Robert Lilley <vwvanman@EXCITE.COM>
Subject:      Re: RECIPE FOR PERFORMANCE
Comments: To: vanagon@vanagon.com
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> From: vwvanman@excite.com
> To: Camcaddie@aol.com
> Subject: Re: RECIPE FOR PERFORMANCE
> Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 11:21:12 PDT
> Message-ID: <928693272.16026.33@excite.com>
>
> Rob,
>
> > Wow , that seems like a ton of stuff to do.
>
> For each change that I made, another part had to be changed to eliminate
> weak links and cheap design to ensure a long life with no breakdowns in
the
> engine block.
>
> Set out a budget.  My costs have been @6K.  I have replaced a lot of
parts
> outside of the engine rebuild.
>
>
> >I own an 83 1/2 westy that is
> > about to be rebuilt and at the same time I wanna replace the headers and

> > muffler.......The engine is coming from A V P , it is a 1.9 converted
to
> 2.1
>
> Has it been ordered yet? Can you do the work your self?
> If you can, there is better control of the quailty.  I put the money save
in
> labor towards the parts upgrades.
>
>
> > . But the exhaust was gonna be the high flow from S & S
> > Now your makin me nervous !
>
> I ordered the system when it arrived it was dented from shipping.  The
pipes
> were thinner than my stock 2.1 pipes. The pipes are lower than the
orginal
> pipes. There was no bracing of the pipes to reduce or eliminate cracking.
> The major change from the orginal is four into one design.  I have a
Burch
> 914 Porsche racing exhust modified to work on my 73 Bus custom 2L engine
and
> it is similar in design to the 2.1L.  4 to 2 to 1.
>
>
> >since I need new heads , pipes and
> > muffler......what do you suggest......
>
> Get and orginal 1.9 exhaust from the Bus Depot or get a 2.1L complete.
>
> I did put a 2.1L exhaust onto a 84 that I sold. It worked fine.
>
> Get a set of AMC heads from AVP and trade your old in for price
reduction.
> USE GERMAN VALVES NOT THE SPANISH THAT COME WITH THE HEADS, they pull the
> keepers out.  AVP should change the valves MAKE SURE.
>
> Get your cam reground by WebCam with a performance vanagon grind. It is a
> small lift and duration increase from stock.
>
> I got a super walker turbo muffler, quiet as stock but with better
flowing.
>
> Get a K&N Air filter to improve intake.
>
>
> Robert





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