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| bajafreaks |
 Mar 25 2014, 10:38 AM
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Since it appears to be a major challenge to adjust valves do most people go with hydraulic lifters when it comes to rebuilding an engine ? Its my understanding hyd. cams and lifters suffer with performance in these engines.
Is there an easy way to determine if an engine has hyd. lifters besides pulling a rocker arm, push rod, and then pulling a lifter out ? |
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Mar 25 2014, 10:03 PM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
Hydraulic lifters are popular with the bus crowd because their engines came with them after 1976. I would NEVER put them in an engine for a 914.
The Cap'n |
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| Bleyseng |
Mar 26 2014, 11:45 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,036 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ Mar 25 2014, 08:03 PM)  Hydraulic lifters are popular with the bus crowd because their engines came with them after 1976. I would NEVER put them in an engine for a 914. The Cap'n Nope. Buses came with them started in 1978 and I don't like them in buses with the weaker preformance due to the hydro cam profile. In a 914? Never as they kill it for being a sportscar as it becomes a 914 with a low reving bus engine. |
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Mar 26 2014, 09:41 PM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
QUOTE(Bleyseng @ Mar 26 2014, 10:45 AM) QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ Mar 25 2014, 08:03 PM) Hydraulic lifters are popular with the bus crowd because their engines came with them after 1976. I would NEVER put them in an engine for a 914. The Cap'n Nope. Buses came with them started in 1978 and I don't like them in buses with the weaker preformance due to the hydro cam profile. In a 914? Never as they kill it for being a sportscar as it becomes a 914 with a low reving bus engine. In California, '77s had 'em. That's "after 1976". The Cap'n |
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| Bleyseng |
Mar 28 2014, 08:32 AM
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Aircooled Baby! Group: Members Posts: 13,036 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Seattle, Washington (for now) Member No.: 24 Region Association: Pacific Northwest |
QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ Mar 26 2014, 07:41 PM) QUOTE(Bleyseng @ Mar 26 2014, 10:45 AM) QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ Mar 25 2014, 08:03 PM) Hydraulic lifters are popular with the bus crowd because their engines came with them after 1976. I would NEVER put them in an engine for a 914. The Cap'n Nope. Buses came with them started in 1978 and I don't like them in buses with the weaker preformance due to the hydro cam profile. In a 914? Never as they kill it for being a sportscar as it becomes a 914 with a low reving bus engine. In California, '77s had 'em. That's "after 1976". The Cap'n Ok, as I am going by the VW paperwork as the GE engines first came out for the 78 models. My 77 bought in Cali, has solids as it's a GD engine. |
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| Cap'n Krusty |
Mar 28 2014, 09:38 AM
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Cap'n Krusty Group: Members Posts: 10,794 Joined: 24-June 04 From: Santa Maria, CA Member No.: 2,246 Region Association: Central California |
QUOTE(Bleyseng @ Mar 28 2014, 07:32 AM) QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ Mar 26 2014, 07:41 PM) QUOTE(Bleyseng @ Mar 26 2014, 10:45 AM) QUOTE(Cap'n Krusty @ Mar 25 2014, 08:03 PM) Hydraulic lifters are popular with the bus crowd because their engines came with them after 1976. I would NEVER put them in an engine for a 914. The Cap'n Nope. Buses came with them started in 1978 and I don't like them in buses with the weaker preformance due to the hydro cam profile. In a 914? Never as they kill it for being a sportscar as it becomes a 914 with a low reving bus engine. In California, '77s had 'em. That's "after 1976". The Cap'n Ok, as I am going by the VW paperwork as the GE engines first came out for the 78 models. My 77 bought in Cali, has solids as it's a GD engine. After a little research, I can see that both versions were avaialble for part of '77. The exhaust port was different on the GEs, but the head design doesn't necessarily coincide with the introduction of hydraulic lifters, which began in June or July. The model year begins in September or October. The Cap'n |
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Posts in this topic
bajafreaks solids vs hyd. Mar 25 2014, 10:38 AM
Tom Short answer is NO. Most go with solids as they al... Mar 25 2014, 10:50 AM Hammy I agree with Tom. I think the hydros are more popu... Mar 25 2014, 09:57 PM
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Hydraulic lifters are popular with the bus crowd... Mar 26 2014, 01:49 PM r3dplanet It can be done. But you just need to be patient an... Mar 25 2014, 11:05 PM ConeDodger Shorter than Tom: No. Mar 25 2014, 11:10 PM HAM Inc When hydro's aren't pumped they are hell o... Mar 26 2014, 07:10 PM bajafreaks Solids it is.
I had a Adrian built 2.0 in my last... Mar 26 2014, 07:53 PM gifted914 Hi,
The solid cam has a different grind profile to... Mar 26 2014, 08:26 PM johannes Is there an easy way to know if my engine had hydr... Mar 27 2014, 06:15 AM Hammy You can remove pushrods and use a magnet to pull t... Mar 27 2014, 01:40 PM
johannes Thank you for the tip Hammy ! ... Mar 27 2014, 03:44 PM Rand Well lets just say some things are cushy. Mar 27 2014, 03:58 PM Bleyseng
Thank you for the tip Hammy ! ...
And the pu... Mar 28 2014, 08:29 AM |
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