 upgread power??, hi guys im new here and i need help.. |
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| bender |
 Oct 4 2005, 12:26 PM
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hi guys
i want to upgread my 1973 1.8 engine i want 2 stay with 4 cyl and i want around 150-180 hp were can i do it? how? kits? do you know prices range? thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| Jake Raby |
Oct 5 2005, 02:41 PM
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Engine Surgeon Group: Members Posts: 9,394 Joined: 31-August 03 From: Lost Member No.: 1,095 Region Association: South East States |
Well it wasn't a personal attack.. Those involve fists and ball bats in my book...
As for justification as to WHY I don't like radiators and water cooled cars- well its hard to explain.. I'm not a purist by the wildest stretch of the word and I don't care if anyone cuts up any VW/ Porsche as long as it retains the aircooled engine. The one thing that separates the aircooled VW/ Porsche from every other generic car on the planet is the powerplant.. Whats the use in owning one if you get rid of that trait?? Hell I'm the guy that took the very last VW Bug conmvertible ever sold in the US and ripped its original engine out and replaced it with a 175 HP TIV when the car only had TWENTY SEVEN miles on it and still had the paper dealer plates intact.. But it stayed aircooled. If that would have been my car I would not have done it, but the open wallet and the customers lust for being different was noted so I did it.... So- I'm not a purist.. I like what I like and I practice what I preach and what I work with every day.. I refuse to come in here and offer aircooled advice knowing that I drove a watercooled car to work.... So....don't crucify me for being hardcore- thats the problem with todays world, not enough people have strong enough beliefs to get the damn job done, thats not the case here.. BTW- All the numbers add up and they DO point to the facts that water IS a better cooling medium than air and I WILL admit that- BUT that fact isn't going to keep the guys with aircooled cars on the road that want to retain the unique characteristic of aircooling, now is it?? |
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bender upgread power?? Oct 4 2005, 12:26 PM
Headrage Go here and check your options. Oct 4 2005, 12:29 PM jimkelly The short answer is...
First I'd say reasearc... Oct 4 2005, 12:32 PM bender i watched jake's site probebly he is very rely... Oct 4 2005, 12:59 PM SirAndy <... Oct 4 2005, 12:59 PM SirAndy Oct 4 2005, 01:00 PM Cap'n Krusty Oct 4 2005, 01:06 PM bender so my man is the raby?
thanks Oct 4 2005, 02:47 PM Jake Raby Think I'm expensive???
Make a few dozen mista... Oct 4 2005, 02:49 PM bender ... Oct 4 2005, 03:09 PM tat2dphreak try pricing the parts seperately that jake uses in... Oct 4 2005, 03:50 PM Mueller Oct 4 2005, 05:11 PM bender Oct 4 2005, 05:16 PM Mueller Oct 4 2005, 05:19 PM bender Oct 4 2005, 05:39 PM Mueller Oct 4 2005, 05:45 PM Jake Raby Yep- If you are a first timer, don't even thin... Oct 4 2005, 05:49 PM bender ... Oct 4 2005, 06:12 PM Mueller Oct 4 2005, 06:23 PM Headrage Oct 4 2005, 06:24 PM Tobra FI vs carbs, once the FI is set up right, it will ... Oct 4 2005, 06:33 PM Andyrew Another thing you can do is do an engine swap....
... Oct 4 2005, 10:38 PM Jake Raby If the Subaru was aircooled I'd say go for it.... Oct 4 2005, 11:01 PM MattR ... Oct 4 2005, 11:03 PM Jake Raby Thanks.. Some days I'm a better asshole than o... Oct 5 2005, 12:11 AM Brett W Heritage or not you can't beat Physics. Water... Oct 5 2005, 09:13 AM Jake Raby So physics is why you drive a rice burner... Figur... Oct 5 2005, 10:21 AM lapuwali ... Oct 5 2005, 11:06 AM Jake Raby But those aren't VWs... they may have the logo... Oct 5 2005, 11:42 AM Andyrew ... Oct 5 2005, 02:19 PM Mueller you gotta love the fact that Jake is a hardcore lo... Oct 5 2005, 03:01 PM Andyrew Jake when I said purist, I ment the fact that your... Oct 5 2005, 03:31 PM Jake Raby I like simplicity and it doesn't get much simp... Oct 5 2005, 04:10 PM scott thacher yup, its all the simplicity of it, how many hours ... Oct 5 2005, 04:24 PM Rand I noticed this same "upgread" upgrade thread has b... Oct 5 2005, 04:28 PM Mueller 
