Hey man Kevin here from Australia. Very interesting topic thankyou for sharing. Carn't wait to get my 63 beetle out on the road your road trips are making me jealous. As always stay safe and stay well. ✌ Peace man.
Glad you didn’t catch me messing up your valve cover overnight..... you should really lock up your house better 😂 Nice put along, it’s beautiful there for sure!
" Knowledge is power ! " That is very true. 30 years ago I just put some stuff together and it worked or not. Now I'm just thinking it more through ... And just doing that and assembling the motor in your mind on various setups before actually doing so, proves to be very cheaper in the wallet
Hi EZ , great video and very useful info . I heard you mentioning the oil pressure that sucks at idle . During the 1990s I built a lot of water boxers which were great engines and based on the aircooled engines but water cooled and fuel injection on the 2.1 ltr. The oil pumps were the same as the type 1 but with wider gears . Shadeck was the only oil pump i trusted since the part where it goes into the case , measured the same as the stock pump . I always had to tap it in lightly . Years later I built an engine for my trike and decided on a filter pump. When I measured the pump and casing I found it to have ,12 mm clearance which is way too much . The supplier said I could bring it back for a refund but I really wanted a filter pump . Fortunately I run a turbocharger repair shop so I had a lathe etc and I clocked up the pump in a 4 jaw chuck
And machined it down 3.5mm , made a sleeve and machined it to the correct size to suit the case . I opened the oil holes , fitted the pump and it's running for 5 years now without any problem. I just thought that having that much clearance between the pump and causing can cause low oil pressure at idle . So guys to all of us doing our own wrenching it's worth it checking all the clearances .
Turbo charging has always been something I thought I wanted to play with on a VW but truthfully for putting around town with speeds below 45 it would just get me in trouble cause you know I would want to keep goosing it to make sure it was still there. hehehe I like schadeck as well. CB performance cells them with a keyed shaft. The pump I put in had .004 between the gear teeth and "0" end play. I think the cover gasket was about .004 but I just used the stock gasket. That engine had horrible oil pressure before I rebuilt it. I thought lineborring and oversized mains would cure it but I guess not. I'm going to look closer at the oil relief pistons and springs.
have to say im a little suprised at the stroker crank not out preforming the 1600 on the low rpm torque! i just finished up putting together a 1915 for my 74 beetle and this series of videos have me nervous on how this motor is going to preform compaired to may stock motor! my stock 1600 runs really good for what it is but it leaks out of every place on it so i figured instead of opening up it i would use some parts i had collected over the years and build this! wish me luck on my outcome!!! thanks again for these videos i really get a lot of enjoyment out of the content and the transparency! love all your cars!!!
Another Great Video! 👍. Nice testing Putt in the Tub Buggy. Drove past The ZigZag Cafe today that was in that video of when you was on the Oregon Trip. Thanks for sharing your VW discoveries. Take Care my friend. BigW:-)
I had just bought an old 4wd truck first day I drove it to work there was a huge puddle under it. I started to look for leaks everything was dry. I touched the oil to see if it was gear oil or engine oil. It was maple syrup. One of my co workers poured pancake syrup under my truck to mess with me
I purchased a Mahle cylinder/piston kit (85.5) along with a set of Big Valve HP heads. The top shoulder of the cylinder has a length of approximately .0600. The seating surface inside the head is .0500. With this configuration I have about .047 deck clearance between the top of piston and upper cylinder lip. The chrome molly rods are 5.394 in length. With the heads torque down, I have a significant gap between the top fins of the cylinder and the base of the head. I’m not sure why this exists. This will require an additional +.0100 length of the chrome molly pushrods. I am using stock rockers on a solid shaft. I originally tried to use swivel adjusters and lash caps. With the maximum shims under the blocks there isn’t enough adjustment to use either item. I have replaced the adjusters with the stock units. Any information is appreciated.
I got rid of my bolt on valve covers. The bolt holes, i couldn't get them to stop leaking. So picked up a stock set. They also leaked just in different ways. I took a cork gasket and glued it to a rubber gasket and problem solved. I believe i heard vw Darren mention that when it came to ratio rockers and clearance issues.
Another great video. Lowering ratio decreases lift Total duration stays the same. Duration at .050 changes some with the rocker arm speed slowing down. Probably doesn’t change the torque curve much. Perhaps advancing cam timing 4 degrees would get you there. But it sure seems happy a little above 2300. I want to build a bigger play engine but I still don’t know what cam I want to run. After 25 years helping in a performance shop part time doing the cylinder head work some cams are Happier then others. I want a Happy one ha ha. Gonna be a while before I can start in on my Bug Project Currently Building a Model T engine for a guy. I have put oil under a friends car before to watch him freak out. It wasn’t me this time ha ha. Enjoy life it’s what we got and I hope you stay healthy and make many many more videos!!! Hmmm I wonder how that 2 liter would do the hill at 2000 rpm. 🤪 Randy L Peterson from the Plains of South Dakota. Wish I had a long test hill 🤓
I would love hydrolic lifters with one of these mild ratio cams. I had a 1930 Model A pickup. I really loved that little engine. Adjusting carb and timing on the fly. It always marked it's spot too. I used to say that my VW was the model "A" of the 80's. Some of the folks in our model A club went to pressurized oil systems and they would take the under drive unit from a AA and flip it around to make it a overdrive. You were always able to find the happy spot the engine liked.
The 1600 engine came with 1.11 ratio. If you combine 1.25 rockers and have shims under cylinders to lower compression for street fuel there's no telling what you will end up with. You will probably have to change your pushrod length to be on center at 1/2 lift.
EZ I have a question I’m new to the VW game. I picked up a dune buggy with a 2276 with a k8 cam. It has 1.25s. Would I be sacrificing reliability if I went to 1.4s? I don’t plan on changing but curious. I have cromoly pushrods aswell.
Unless your drag racing with accurate time clocks you would hardly notice a difference. 1.4 are very hard on valve train. You will have better torque for climbing hills with the 1.25
First thought was, dam that beach buggy isn't house trained. Got to admit, a stock engine is somthing that you do less worrying about. The hill is Heartbreak Dyno.
Ez, on a serious note, when you said "this heart stuff is no good"... what did you mean? Stay healthy, eat right and get sleep. I need to do the same. Dang brownies and chocolate are my downfall!
I got a bad heart. Runs in the family. We got to have our vitamin C though. I get out of breath just walking now. I'm sure this corona would take me out.....
I have the 235 75 R15 on the back of my full weight class 11I look alike 74 standard vw bug, with is 1600 CC dual Weber 34 and merged header to glasspack single out and my main problem with the size tire with a 412 ring and pinion stock transmission is 3rd gear I cruise around 45 miles per hour at 3,000 something RPM, but when I shift to 4th it drops down to 2000 RPM and with my horsepower to wheel size bogs down, it needs 500 RPM more to run better to shift better so I either have to go smaller on the rear tire which is the cheapest but it looks so cool, that way, or pull the transmission and put a different fourth gear in instead of that is .89 maybe a 104 in the fourth place I don't really take this thing off roading a lot so I don't really need to go crazy on the transmission just need better shift point between 3rd and 4th.
I built a tranny with super diff IRS and close 3rd 2:48 and 1:04 4th you would like that with that tire. I was thinking of putting it back in if I continue to run the 1800 engine
Dose the stock cooler hold 1/2 a quart?I keep having my oil level going from right on to 1/2 a quart overfull thought foolish things were in play but then I would check my oil every morning before firing it up and noticed if I checked the stick twice it would go up 1/2 a quarter also so I just went with it😅 idk
Yes the stock oil cooler drains back slowly by gravity. On a fully stock engine during oil change just refill with the recommended 2 3/4 quarts of oil and look on the dipstick. Then start engine for a couple minutes and recheck the dipstick.
Check out aircooled.net for heavy duty aluminium push rods , they say they are good on chevy valve springs. 3/8" dia., .095 wall , adjust valves at .006 made of 2024 T-3 heat treated aluminium. I would like to see a fatten up pict 34 on the 1800 mini stroke challenge the hill. THANKS FOR YOUR STRAIT FORWARD VIDEOS !!!
Thanks for the tip! I've been toying with that idea. Only holding back due to the 288 duration of the FK7 cam. I think it would not idle or work well at lower RPM
You have he most entertaining and informative vw videos out there and thats a fact. Thanks for the time you take to do all this, its awsome.
I appreciate that! It means more than you know.
Hey man Kevin here from Australia. Very interesting topic thankyou for sharing. Carn't wait to get my 63 beetle out on the road your road trips are making me jealous.
As always stay safe and stay well.
✌ Peace man.
Thats why I have so many. I got to have my VW fix
Glad you didn’t catch me messing up your valve cover overnight..... you should really lock up your house better 😂
Nice put along, it’s beautiful there for sure!
And you were the one I trusted. hehehe You should be ashamed....
Great vid. Love your "sundial" on your drive way to control your work schedule... have similar situation and do that often
Yeah, nothing like being on your knees on concrete working on valves with the sun beating down on ya.
" Knowledge is power ! " That is very true. 30 years ago I just put some stuff together and it worked or not. Now I'm just thinking it more through ... And just doing that and assembling the motor in your mind on various setups before actually doing so, proves to be very cheaper in the wallet
I couldn't agree more! Good Luck with your projects
When I park I’m at the full line. In the morning I’m 1/2 inch above the full line. I have the 72 p and the oil filter just above my oil pan.
Thanks for sharing
Hi EZ , great video and very useful info . I heard you mentioning the oil pressure that sucks at idle . During the 1990s I built a lot of water boxers which were great engines and based on the aircooled engines but water cooled and fuel injection on the 2.1 ltr. The oil pumps were the same as the type 1 but with wider gears . Shadeck was the only oil pump i trusted since the part where it goes into the case , measured the same as the stock pump . I always had to tap it in lightly . Years later I built an engine for my trike and decided on a filter pump. When I measured the pump and casing I found it to have ,12 mm clearance which is way too much . The supplier said I could bring it back for a refund but I really wanted a filter pump . Fortunately I run a turbocharger repair shop so I had a lathe etc and I clocked up the pump in a 4 jaw chuck
And machined it down 3.5mm , made a sleeve and machined it to the correct size to suit the case . I opened the oil holes , fitted the pump and it's running for 5 years now without any problem. I just thought that having that much clearance between the pump and causing can cause low oil pressure at idle . So guys to all of us doing our own wrenching it's worth it checking all the clearances .
Turbo charging has always been something I thought I wanted to play with on a VW but truthfully for putting around town with speeds below 45 it would just get me in trouble cause you know I would want to keep goosing it to make sure it was still there. hehehe I like schadeck as well. CB performance cells them with a keyed shaft. The pump I put in had .004 between the gear teeth and "0" end play. I think the cover gasket was about .004 but I just used the stock gasket. That engine had horrible oil pressure before I rebuilt it. I thought lineborring and oversized mains would cure it but I guess not. I'm going to look closer at the oil relief pistons and springs.
have to say im a little suprised at the stroker crank not out preforming the 1600 on the low rpm torque! i just finished up putting together a 1915 for my 74 beetle and this series of videos have me nervous on how this motor is going to preform compaired to may stock motor! my stock 1600 runs really good for what it is but it leaks out of every place on it so i figured instead of opening up it i would use some parts i had collected over the years and build this! wish me luck on my outcome!!! thanks again for these videos i really get a lot of enjoyment out of the content and the transparency! love all your cars!!!
Good Luck with your project and please let us know what the details are and how it worked out. Thanks from everyone for sharing
I noticed a little oil leak behind the crank pulley. 👍
OMG! hehehe
Another Great Video! 👍. Nice testing Putt in the Tub Buggy. Drove past The ZigZag Cafe today that was in that video of when you was on the Oregon Trip. Thanks for sharing your VW discoveries. Take Care my friend. BigW:-)
Very cool!
That was some good info. I was really thinking the 1 to 1 ratio rockers were going to bring back the bottom end a little more than it did
So did I . :-(
I had just bought an old 4wd truck first day I drove it to work there was a huge puddle under it. I started to look for leaks everything was dry. I touched the oil to see if it was gear oil or engine oil. It was maple syrup. One of my co workers poured pancake syrup under my truck to mess with me
Holy Smokes Robin that's a sweet running truck said Batman LOL
Looks like oil, feels like oil, lets have Johnny taste it.
After I smelled it I got a lil taste to confirm. That was 15 years ago and I still don’t know who did that. Working in a shop there’s no telling
I purchased a Mahle cylinder/piston kit (85.5) along with a set of Big Valve HP heads. The top shoulder of the cylinder has a length of approximately .0600. The seating surface inside the head is .0500. With this configuration I have about .047 deck clearance between the top of piston and upper cylinder lip. The chrome molly rods are 5.394 in length. With the heads torque down, I have a significant gap between the top fins of the cylinder and the base of the head. I’m not sure why this exists. This will require an additional +.0100 length of the chrome molly pushrods. I am using stock rockers on a solid shaft. I originally tried to use swivel adjusters and lash caps. With the maximum shims under the blocks there isn’t enough adjustment to use either item. I have replaced the adjusters with the stock units. Any information is appreciated.
www.cbperformance.com/product-p/6525.htm
ua-cam.com/video/Mo96lJUMyeU/v-deo.html
go about 5:30 minutes in the vid
Have you done the same experiment with the 1.4 lift rockers on a stock 1600 cam?
Warning Will Robinson...... Stay away from 1.4 stick with 1.25 you will live long and enjoy the drive.
@@TheEZGZ ha the ol "WARNING Will Robinson"....ok will do, thank you for the words of wisdom.
We have had some nice warm days.
I think I am going to have to fire up the sprinkler system
I got rid of my bolt on valve covers. The bolt holes, i couldn't get them to stop leaking. So picked up a stock set. They also leaked just in different ways. I took a cork gasket and glued it to a rubber gasket and problem solved. I believe i heard vw Darren mention that when it came to ratio rockers and clearance issues.
VW darrin is full of tricks and tips for race car engines. Thanks for the contribution
@TheEZGZ you, Mike f, gary, Mike b,Darren and slade are a true blessing with the VW videos and tech.
Another great video. Lowering ratio decreases lift Total duration stays the same. Duration at .050 changes some with the rocker arm speed slowing down. Probably doesn’t change the torque curve much. Perhaps advancing cam timing 4 degrees would get you there. But it sure seems happy a little above 2300. I want to build a bigger play engine but I still don’t know what cam I want to run. After 25 years helping in a performance shop part time doing the cylinder head work some cams are Happier then others. I want a Happy one ha ha. Gonna be a while before I can start in on my Bug Project Currently Building a Model T engine for a guy. I have put oil under a friends car before to watch him freak out. It wasn’t me this time ha ha. Enjoy life it’s what we got and I hope you stay healthy and make many many more videos!!! Hmmm I wonder how that 2 liter would do the hill at 2000 rpm. 🤪 Randy L Peterson from the Plains of South Dakota. Wish I had a long test hill 🤓
I would love hydrolic lifters with one of these mild ratio cams. I had a 1930 Model A pickup. I really loved that little engine. Adjusting carb and timing on the fly. It always marked it's spot too. I used to say that my VW was the model "A" of the 80's. Some of the folks in our model A club went to pressurized oil systems and they would take the under drive unit from a AA and flip it around to make it a overdrive. You were always able to find the happy spot the engine liked.
I need a burrito that’s what I need 😂😂😂😂😂😂 some great info EZ stay safe on your journeys ✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️✌️
Thanks! You too!
Looks like wild fires.
What do you know about 1200/40HP motors ? Looking to put 1.1.1 rockers of a 1600 on the 1200. Any advice?
couldn't hurt. Factory stuff. But don't expect it to run like a stock 1600
great vid love it learning so much thanks
Glad to hear it! I'm learning right along with ya. :-)
Did your magnet interfere with the rocker. holding the cover off the head
NO
Very cool info, thank you
Any time!
Are the stock rockers 1.0 to 1.0 ? I have a 2180 ( 82x92 ) that I want to put 1.25 rockers on and I have the stock rockers on there now .
The 1600 engine came with 1.11 ratio. If you combine 1.25 rockers and have shims under cylinders to lower compression for street fuel there's no telling what you will end up with. You will probably have to change your pushrod length to be on center at 1/2 lift.
EZ I have a question I’m new to the VW game. I picked up a dune buggy with a 2276 with a k8 cam. It has 1.25s. Would I be sacrificing reliability if I went to 1.4s? I don’t plan on changing but curious. I have cromoly pushrods aswell.
Unless your drag racing with accurate time clocks you would hardly notice a difference. 1.4 are very hard on valve train. You will have better torque for climbing hills with the 1.25
@@TheEZGZ thank you for the reply! I’ve learned a lot watching your videos over the last few days. Keep it up.
First thought was, dam that beach buggy isn't house trained.
Got to admit, a stock engine is somthing that you do less worrying about.
The hill is Heartbreak Dyno.
yep :-)
LoL maybe your friend with the old dish rack oiled your floor 🤣 for fun? JK
Great video, thanks for sharing good information.
Possibly! But I think I just rushed on the valve cover
Ez, on a serious note, when you said "this heart stuff is no good"... what did you mean? Stay healthy, eat right and get sleep. I need to do the same. Dang brownies and chocolate are my downfall!
I got a bad heart. Runs in the family. We got to have our vitamin C though. I get out of breath just walking now. I'm sure this corona would take me out.....
@@TheEZGZ Oh no! Please do what you can to stay healthy then sir. We need you around to show us the way with these old cars.
I have the 235 75 R15 on the back of my full weight class 11I look alike 74 standard vw bug, with is 1600 CC dual Weber 34 and merged header to glasspack single out and my main problem with the size tire with a 412 ring and pinion stock transmission is 3rd gear I cruise around 45 miles per hour at 3,000 something RPM, but when I shift to 4th it drops down to 2000 RPM and with my horsepower to wheel size bogs down, it needs 500 RPM more to run better to shift better so I either have to go smaller on the rear tire which is the cheapest but it looks so cool, that way, or pull the transmission and put a different fourth gear in instead of that is .89 maybe a 104 in the fourth place I don't really take this thing off roading a lot so I don't really need to go crazy on the transmission just need better shift point between 3rd and 4th.
I built a tranny with super diff IRS and close 3rd 2:48 and 1:04 4th you would like that with that tire. I was thinking of putting it back in if I continue to run the 1800 engine
Dose the stock cooler hold 1/2 a quart?I keep having my oil level going from right on to 1/2 a quart overfull thought foolish things were in play but then I would check my oil every morning before firing it up and noticed if I checked the stick twice it would go up 1/2 a quarter also so I just went with it😅 idk
Yes the stock oil cooler drains back slowly by gravity. On a fully stock engine during oil change just refill with the recommended 2 3/4 quarts of oil and look on the dipstick. Then start engine for a couple minutes and recheck the dipstick.
Check out aircooled.net for heavy duty aluminium push rods , they say they are good on chevy valve springs. 3/8" dia., .095 wall , adjust valves at .006 made of 2024 T-3 heat treated aluminium. I would like to see a fatten up pict 34 on the 1800 mini stroke challenge the hill. THANKS FOR YOUR STRAIT FORWARD VIDEOS !!!
Thanks for the tip! I've been toying with that idea. Only holding back due to the 288 duration of the FK7 cam. I think it would not idle or work well at lower RPM
Almost shut off🤦♂️🤦♀️
Put some 1.25 rocker arms on your VOLKY and enjoy a little bit more power.
@@TheEZGZ on a 40hp?
She is just jealous of the 1600😡attention letting us know!
Me Likey that thought. hehehe