[tcb] Re: Anyone out there wth a 1641 engine in a Westy?

  • From: Mark Sawyer <mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:00:21 -0700 (PDT)

Dan runs a  completely stock exhaust on Homer. 

Trey Jung <treyjung@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:      what kind of tail pipe are you 
talking about here? 
   
  Price? 
   
   
    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Sawyer 
  To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 10:23 AM
  Subject: [tcb] Re: Anyone out there wth a 1641 engine in a Westy?
  

All Dan's bus needs is a bigger tailpipe.

wuzmop@xxxxxxx wrote:     Dan's just mad because his bus is slow. 
   
 
-----Original Message-----
From: mechmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 9:56 AM
Subject: [tcb] Re: Anyone out there wth a 1641 engine in a Westy?

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 agree that a Bus needs more torque, but horsepower is needed to maintain 
highway speeds. I have never had any problems with a 1641 running hot. I use 
the stock offset cooler and super cool tins and maintain 190 to 205 degree's in 
my 70 vert with the top down blocking the air coming off the top of the car. 
I'm not a big fan of dual carbs, my opinion is a good 2 barrel progressive is 
all you need. I had a 1641 in a 65 single cab with reduction boxes with the 
afore mentioned setup and routinely got 28 to 32 mpg. 

Dan Martin <danandkatrinamartin@xxxxxxx> wrote:   I think what he is saying is 
for the minimal gain you get from 
increasing from stock to 1641, he thinks it would be better to 
install duel carbs and a header. The problem is, increasing 
displacement by increasing the bore will add horsepower, what a bus 
needs is more torque. To increase the torque of a VW engine the 
easiest way is to install a longer stroke crank. The cranks are 
expensive. Their use generates more heat. So most people add a oil 
cooler/fan and filter. I am afraid by the time I add duel carbs, 
header, stroker crank (why add a little stroke?), oil cooler and 
plumbing I will not be able stop the big heavy beast and I still will 
not be going fast enough to impress the kids in the high rev tuners. 
But at least I will get to buy a lot more gas.

On Jul 27, 2006, at 8:48 AM, Trey Jung wrote:

> John Connolly sent me this as I was talking to him about a 1641 
> with the single Weber...
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Trey
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Connolly, Aircooled.Net" 
> 
> To: "Trey Jung" ; 
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 2:41 PM
> Subject: Re: [T2] Anyone out there wth a 1641 engine in a Westy?
>
>
>> http://www.aircooled.net/new-bin/viewproductdetail.php? 
>> keyword2=fsk0060
>>
>> is a far better choice. The 30mm venturis will give more power and 
>> run
>> cooler then the supplied 27mm venturis.
>>
>> Read about a bus install at
>> http://waitresses.servebeer.com:81/vwpage/35pdsit/35pdsit.htm
>>
>> John
>> Aircooled.Net Inc.
>>
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