Re: [T3] Type engine longevity...Shad Laws

["Dyscord" <vw_type3@hotmail.com>]

<x-charset iso-8859-1>Just adding shims does not change the pattern of the burn. Changing the
shape of the cylinder is going to change the Burn.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Keith Park" <topnotch@nycap.rr.com>
To: <type3@vwtype3.org>
Sent: Friday, September 13, 2002 8:10 PM
Subject: Re: [T3] Type engine longevity...Shad Laws


> Im driving home in the Notch with a smile on my face semi hemi's and
all...
> and I got to wondering this...
>
> For a stock or near stock engine,  WHY would berg go for the semi hemi to
> lower CR instead of simply shimming up the cylinders UNDER the jugs??
>
> It seems to me to be so easy to just add shims instead of expensive head
> work... Why not shims?
> and just to add one more varible... what about the dished pistons??
>
> Keith
>
>
> > OTOH, I have an engine down the basement which I'm building right now.
The
> > heads are done, but I realized at the last minute that I had never
gotten
> > around to semi-hemi-ing them. Now I don't know what I should do....
> >
> > What do you suggest I do to keep the compression ratio down so I don't
> > have to worry about the gas I buy?
> >
> >
>
>
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