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Shad, John & List.. I have to say wow!!! While I have not read all the GB stuff, and I know folks almost gave him divine status, I have often wondered about all the things GB say this and that about. I am sure for his time it was the best practice he could figure out. I am also sure his stuff was very conservative. I will give him credit, he tried thing and what work, worked, what did not, didn't. I am sure we have advanced a long way since a lot of his theories were worked out. I could never believe some thing like oil temp gauges were worthless or pressure gauges. I have been a VW junkie for a long time. BUT I started out as a V8 man. Spent many years as a mechanic at Chevy and Pontiac, GMC trucks. I was also a automotive machinist, with a number of those at a Performance shop. Super Flow head bench, Stewart Warner balancer, Sunnen and all the goodies. I did a lot of Chev and Ford engines, some motorcycle, and Euro water cooled. Everything I knew or thought I knew was in contrary to most of the GB Ideas. All the Chevy head piston stuff I told myself just didn't work on these air cooled engines even though I didn't know why. I have been questing stuff, reading stuff on STF, and else where, and have come to the conclusion that maybe what I know is not worthless. Rod length, stroke, CR., what gives you torque, hp and this stuff. I need to talk to someone about these Ideas but do not want to bore the list. So anyone want to talk Engine theories let me know. I think I will start a thread on the STF engine forum. Thanks all... Sorry for the long post -- Richard (PapaG) Green New Ulm, Texas ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/