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On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 20:27, K5Dar@aol.com wrote: > I learned to drive in a 50' bug. Our family had that car for years & I took > it to college in the late 60's. I can't remember adjusting the valve's but > once & then they were only off a little on the loose side. That had to be at > somewhere between 200 & 300 thou. All of the engines that I've had since need > adjustment at around 6 -9 thou. Maybe more power isn't such a great thing. > That old bug had a 36hp engine. They would loosen up the valves as they ran. The camshafts would go flat eventually. As for valve failure, We are talking about say from 1967 on, on T-1's. Yes, as the horsepower went up, the dependibility went down. There is no such thing as free horspower. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '64 T34 (not running) '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~