----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 =
1:27
PM
Subject: Re: Tight =
valves!
The problem =
prone WBX
valve adjust issue is one more good reason to be kind
to yourself =
and
transplant a better powerplant.I went thru a week of
adjusting the =
valves
on a friends Vanagon after replacing the heads. First
they were =
too tight,
then too loose, and finally after 1/2 turn, they were
quiet. But, =
it won't
pass emissions at idle. A valve is probably out of
adjustment. =
I
have a 2.0 Golf engine from a 95 Golf in my 82 Westfalia and you don't =
have to go thru all this valve nonsense when you change the head, =
which is
easier, BTW.
Reliability, power an economy is what this =
engine is
all about. Not the kind
of power that will transform your vanagon =
into a
hotrod, but there is more
than you have now in your WBX. =
Merging into
traffic is effortless, not so on every WBX I have driven.
And, =
the 2.0
I-4 turns out higher mph for the same rpms as a WBX.
In either the =
manual
or shift.
For example, in both the 85 Automatic Westy and 87 =
manual
Westy currently
available to me, 70 mph is 4000 rpm=I was =
surprised to
find that the manual
has the same rpm as the auto.
For the I-4 =
2.0
powered manual shift Westy-70 mph is 3600 rpm.
And at 4000 rpm-80 =
mph. 10
more mph for the same rpm.
Robert
1982 Westfalia =
2.0 Golf
lll engine
Seattle =