The Fastest Air-Cooled VW in Lake County, Oregon...

[ryan68bug]

8.6:1 compression, Engle 125 cam with CB Performance 1.25 rockers... When setting up valve train geometry I think my max lift (when checking for coil bind) was .right around .499 or .500".

[CatBox]

That will get it moving.


I should have also asked who's heads you are going to be running on it?

 

[ryan68bug]

That will get it moving.


I should have also asked who's heads you are going to be running on it?

 

I've got a pair of Steve Tims Stage II's with 42x37.5mm valves... they're sheer poetry in aluminum! Lol.

[CatBox]

You have been sitting on those and you have not put up some pictures....


FOR SHAME!

I may have a set of those in my future...

[ryan68bug]

Your wish is granted, lol!

[Matty]

Those are as purdy as Peter's mouth   

[CatBox]

 


 

[ryan68bug]

They look so nice I almost hate to run them... no, wait, no I don't!  Lol.

[CatBox]

I'll trade you some that I have that are dirty ported heads so you wont feel all that bad about it....

 

[ryan68bug]

That's okay... Weekend's almost here...supposed to be a bit warmer, so maybe that last wrist pin will install a little easier.  Lol.  Last Sunday night, it was 3 degrees by 6:30 p.m., and I absolutely could not get that little bastid to slide into the piston and rod bushing.

[CatBox]

I just thought that I would offer to take that problem off your hands.

They sure do look perdy.

Yikes 3 degrees, not cool, frozen.

[ryan68bug]

Yeah, I knew it had to be the temperature, as I noticed a couple of the other wrist pins were getting progressively more difficult to install as I went along.  Lol.  Took me a bit of fidgeting to get the Tru-Arch (circlip-style) piston pin clips installed, too... my circlip pliers were useless, but my buddy had a set with interchangeable ends, which proved to be perfect.  I gotta find out where he bought 'em so I can get the same ones!  Good tools are key.  The circlip pliers I had were way too big on the pins to fit the holes in the clips and my needle-nose pliers didn't work too well either (kept slipping).

[coolblue57bug]

Harbor Freight has a good set with interchangeable heads.

[ryan68bug]

Longblock is done...

[CatBox]

So now you can see the end is coming, how long until it is in the butt of your bug making noise?