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Re: Dr. Dirt is in surgery
Sure looks cool.
What is the reason for the serpentine belt? I don't recall ever having belt issues with a bug, but then again I was never trying to push the design envelope with them either. Is there a limitation on the V-belt that comes into play? Or is it just that the serpentine setup is one more way to trick out a bug?
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Project "Scope Creep": 1996 4wd 4.0L, AX15 The "Varmint-Mobile": 1997 ZJ Laredo, 4wd, 4.0L, Slushbox |
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Re: Dr. Dirt is in surgery
V-belts have always been a issue with high HP/high RPM motors and the VW's system sucks when dealing with them. Now it's a snap to change a belt in what is a much better system overall.
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I learned my lesson 50yrs ago on a surfing trip to San Diego. We just hit the summit at Pine Valley when the gen light came on, you've got about a minute to pull over to a stop. It was nightime so we had to let the motor cool down and basically had to coast all the way into San Diego and p/u a belt the next morning!
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Plans change fast, now I'm going to build a new motor changing from 1955cc to a 2110cc. That will put my new rockers and the new cam to work!
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Grenaded it huh?
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The old motor (500-1000 miles) looked so good I will probably just build it back as spare motor. Although I have built 100's of these using the old factory magnesium cases this will be a first with a new aluminum case (about 20lbs heavier). The rest are Mahle forged pistons and a forged 82mm stroker crank with H-beam rods.
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What advantage does the aluminum have?
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Strength, part of the reason it's so heavy is because it has material where there was none before!
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#39
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I got the case prepped and painted this weekend!
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I'm back on top of this after a major set-back. I assembled the bottom end on Christmas eave only to find out the crankshaft locked up and had to tear it back down on Christmas day! Long story short after all the shops were closed thru New Years I'm back going again!
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Try again after everybody in my house got Covid! I finally got the entire engine assembled, now I have have to measure for pushrods and order up some custom ones.
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Your work is awesome.
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Your attention to detail is second to none.
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It's where I started my first business 40yrs ago and still my first "love". Between fitting parts, masking, painting, polishing aluminum and stainless it's still a labor of love as all motors are to me!
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Re: Dr. Dirt is in surgery
I got the "big bore" pushrod tubes and valve covers installed.
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