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Date:         Mon, 20 Dec 1999 06:08:22 -0500
Reply-To:     Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Bulley <gmbulley@BULLEY-HEWLETT.COM>
Subject:      Re: Air Cooled Conversion
Comments: To: "jbrush@AROS.NET" <jbrush@AROS.NET>

John-

There are a number of list-certified vendors, and decent machinists on our list. I don't want to suggest one over another, since I think you might want to listen, and make your own conclusions. I can tell you one group to avoid: Mark Stephens High Performance. I will fill the list in on all the details later this week. But leave it to say, these guys were a squirrelly on the customer service, and I should have taken my $$ elsewhere. As of today, they have had six months to reimburse me a chunk of $$ they owe me. MSHP---is OFF my list.

G. Matthew Bulley Bulley-Hewlett Corporate Communications Counselors www.bulley-hewlett.com Cary, NC USA 888.468.4880 tollfree

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-----Original Message----- From: John Brush [SMTP:jbrush@AROS.NET] Sent: Sunday, December 19, 1999 9:53 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Air Cooled Conversion

>You aren't an idiot. A moron, maybe, but certainly not an idiot.

Hey, you did just forget the smiley after that, right?? :)

>You CAN get acceptable power from the 2.0 liter without going into >crazy-weird stuff. Consider the following relatively inexpensive >improvements to your stock 2.0.

I am thinking I might go such a route. I spent enough time under the hood of my race cars as a kid that I can probably do it myself. The wife left me, so I have lots of time, and room in the garage <g>

Will I find a listing of all the 'special tools' that I will need to do the pull out, rebuild, and reinstall, in the archives. I am not much on VW engines, but its all pretty much the same. I just hate it when I go to work on a vehicle and find that I need a torx tool, or something unique that I need to go to a dealer to get.

I am of the impression that there is enough knowhow in the group and in the archives to get me through it.

Thanks a lot for the pointers. Sounds a lot like what I would do to get more out of a 327 Chevy.

Where should I shop for the heads, the crank, and the bigger pistons?? Should I just buy them, or rework the ones I have?

Much obliged.

Regards from Utah,

John


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