That does sound reasonable. However if I sent out some heads and had them worked on and they didn't check for anything as substantial as cracks I would probably lose it! -Kirn
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 5:34 PM, bill may <[email protected]> wrote: > when you contact him make sure you specify exactly what you need. he only > does what you tell him to do. my friend found out his head was cracked when > it came back and response was "you did not ask me to check them"... > Jeff Denham does all my heads. when Clyde Berg left Gene Berg Enterprises to > open Clyde Berg heads and motors Denham is who did Bergs head work. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Courtney Hook > Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 1:04 PM > To: Air-Cooled Volkswagen Discussion List > Subject: Re: [vintagvw] Build me a stroker....... > > 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 > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1391 / Virus Database: 1518/3811 - Release Date: 08/04/11 > > _______________________________________________ > vintagvw site list > [email protected] > http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw > _______________________________________________ vintagvw site list [email protected] http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/vintagvw
