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Re: [T3] 1600cc reliability,power and networking


On 17 Oct 98, at 17:35, Brian and Shannon wrote:

> isn't a well built 1600 a thing of beauty?  
> Sometimes it is just a lucky combination, but
> more times than not, it is the builder's consistency.  The gent that
> built that set-up, built my current 1933cc Roadster motor. 
> And his similar set up motors easily turn 65,000+ miles
> before rebuild.  Not bad for stroker cranked motors.

65k is probably good for a valve job, but the rest of the engine 
should go twice that.  This would require a counterweighted crank, 
but why do it any other way?  Anything else is false economy.

Perhaps this is what you had in mind.

Jim
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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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