OOPS!! Misread your original article, and thought cylinders, not cylinder heads. What type of heads?? C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kirin Jacobsen" <[email protected]> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 1:37 PM Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Build me a stroker.......
Side note I haven't gotten pistons yet so that option is wide open... -Kirin On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 1:32 PM, Courtney Hook <[email protected]> wrote: > Kirin, Type A pistons are non-stroker and you can use them up to about a > 74 > mm stroke I believe. They have the piston pin bosses closer to the skirt > of > the piston. The B's have the piston pin bosses closer to the top of the > piston so that you don't have the pistons coming out the top of the > cylinders with bigger strokes. Check the box your pistons/cylinders came > in. > It should say either A or B on it somewhere. Or check the stock no. > against > cip's website. > HTH, > Courtney > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kirin Jacobsen" <[email protected]> > To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 1:20 PM > Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Build me a stroker....... > > >> Hey Courtney, >> I haven't heard about A or B stroke pistons, Care to explain a bit? I >> remember some of the issues about the super cases, Such as casting >> issues, sand in the oil galleys. I have a post first 1000 case. Which >> apparently after all the issues are sorted. I know not everybody is a >> fan of them however I like the idea of a case... And well it is what I >> got so I want to give it a shot. Knowing me this car will only leave >> its sealed bubble on perfect days with 10% humidity and no clouds >> lol..... >> >> -Kirin >> >> On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 1:04 PM, Courtney Hook <[email protected]> >> wrote: >>> Kirin, contact Darren Krewenchuk (sp?) for the headwork. He did my 044 >>> heads >>> and they were works of art. About 600 bucks a long time ago. Are the >>> 94's >>> A >>> or B stroke pistons?? That makes a difference as to what crank you can >>> use. >>> I would go with a nice 1914CC engine, which is 69x94, but you need A >>> stroke >>> pistons to build that one. That, with a good set of heads and a W-120 >>> cam >>> would be an awesome driveable combination. If you let Darren do the >>> headwork, I bet he could get an honest 120HP out of that. It would be >>> super >>> dependable, and wouldn't require massive amounts of money to build. I >>> know >>> you have a supercase, but I would personally go with an AE or AH stock >>> case >>> from VW. WAY better in my opinion. I have not heard good things about >>> some >>> of the supercases, but then, I've been out of the loop for about 5 yrs. >>> Courtney >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Kirin Jacobsen" <[email protected]> >>> To: "Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List" <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 12:14 PM >>> Subject: [vintagvw] Build me a stroker....... >>> >>> >>>> Greetings listees, >>>> I haven't sent you an update for a bit. Been busy with life, prepping >>>> for winter, and a move back to Vancouver to go back to school to >>>> become a Railway conductor(So I can actually make money, finish a few >>>> cars etc). Anyways i'm in a peculiar situation of I bought a engine >>>> case and some cylinder heads a while ago and now need to figure out >>>> what internals I want to throw at it. The car in question already has >>>> the suspension, brakes, tires and a custom Kafer style brace(AKA a >>>> Airspeed drag bar, with adjustable drop links) so I'm sure the car can >>>> handle the power. End goal is a nice weather cruiser that has good >>>> power and can attend the odd drag racing event. Plus show off to my >>>> friends a bit to be perfectly honest. >>>> >>>> Other factors to be included I will be running stock style sheetmetal >>>> tin. I bought a Porsche fanshroud but it just won't work for the car. >>>> I have two decklids for it now too. One a convertible style the other >>>> a regular 62. >>>> >>>> My case is a brand new aluminum super case. Here are the specs on my >>>> heads. They haven't had any porting done to them yet but I'm not >>>> opposed to getting the worked. >>>> 94 bore, and 42x37.5 is the valve sizing.... >>>> >>>> I know years(Okay maybe a decade ago) we were working on a "engine >>>> cookbook" but i'm sure thats now offline or hidden somewhere. >>>> Basically I'm kinda locked into what i'm building based on my case and >>>> what I got for heads. But I want a nice compromise of driveability and >>>> power.... Carb choice will be a "period correct" jetted properly set >>>> of IDAs. I want to run a sidewinder style exhaust but i'm kinda >>>> leaving the building wisdom up to you guys of sizing and where to go >>>> from there. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Kirin >>>> 1962 Resto Custo Seabert..... >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> vintagvw site list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> vintagvw site list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> vintagvw site list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
