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| Roadsterman60 |
 Nov 12 2014, 03:44 PM
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Newbie  Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 17-December 12 From: Tehachapi CA 93561 Member No.: 15,261 Region Association: Central California  |
Anybody out there had any experience with using hydraulic valve lifters (like those from Weber Camshafts) in a 914 2.0L four? This seems to me to be a good way to eliminate the hassle of manual valve adjustments on 914 four cylinder engines. All and any info greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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| Last930 |
Nov 13 2014, 01:55 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 60 Joined: 15-September 14 From: Illinois Member No.: 17,905 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
How can that be? There is a vast sea of cars driving these days that have hydraulic lifters - are there no good ones that can be used in our engines? Is the problem caused by poor manufacturing of the hyd lifters that are currently available for these engines? Is the oil system not compatible with hydraulics? I'm confused at why this is a problem.
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| Mark Henry |
Nov 13 2014, 04:09 PM
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that's what I do! Group: Members Posts: 20,065 Joined: 27-December 02 From: Port Hope, Ontario Member No.: 26 Region Association: Canada |
QUOTE(Last930 @ Nov 13 2014, 02:55 PM)  How can that be? There is a vast sea of cars driving these days that have hydraulic lifters - are there no good ones that can be used in our engines? Is the problem caused by poor manufacturing of the hyd lifters that are currently available for these engines? Is the oil system not compatible with hydraulics? I'm confused at why this is a problem. Most are in iron blocks or are at least the lifter bores are sleeved (steel or bronze) also VW vans that had hydros had no lifter oil pressure relief valve. The VW van is a low performance, low RPM bread box. Back when companies pushed hydro conversions in the T1 beetle they had such a bad record in the soft mag case they resorted to sleeving the bores...but they still sucked. Even then no quality VW engine builder would use them, even though there was good profit in selling them to lazy peeps. The VW Hydro cam also has gentler ramps which is not what you want in a performance car. Learn to adjust you valves, do a chevy or subi conversion.... or pick another car. |
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Roadsterman60 Hydraulic Lifters for 2.0 Four Nov 12 2014, 03:44 PM
Kansas 914
Anybody out there had any experience with using h... Nov 12 2014, 04:24 PM Mark Henry They suck...period. :barf:
:stooges: Nov 12 2014, 04:40 PM aircooledtechguy I won't use hydraulic lifters on any motor I b... Nov 12 2014, 05:25 PM
aircooledtechguy
How can that be? There is a vast sea of cars driv... Nov 13 2014, 06:11 PM JamesM I thought they sounded like a good idea when I had... Nov 13 2014, 03:24 PM rjames Fully agree with all of the above. The PO of my c... Nov 14 2014, 11:40 AM Jake Raby Aircooled engines don't care for hydraulic lif... Nov 14 2014, 01:21 PM Roadsterman60 Thanks for the replies and helpful information. B... Nov 15 2014, 06:05 PM hydroliftin Hey 'Roadsterman60
As my screen name would su... Nov 15 2014, 10:22 PM kkid Why did Porsche finally use hydraulic lifters on t... Nov 16 2014, 01:13 AM |
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