Matt,
Get in touch with David Anton at APT in Riverside CA. He deals in nothing
but performance parts and carries everything for the A-series engine.
Adjustable cog drive timing sets, roller rockers, top quality lifters,
bearings, and just about anything else along with a flow bench.
Glen Byrns
> Hello gang,
>
> With the courtesy of Brent Wolf, we now have a new engine. The engine that
> Bud provided seems to have apprx 105 hp according to the tuning book I
> have.
> So our quest to build our bug to hit 130 (more like 115 or 120) begins.
> Starting with a 1275cc motor that has some rust on it, it is being sent
> out
> to get all of the rust removed, crank to be inspected and re-machined,
> cylinders will be bored out .040" over. All bearing are being coated in a
> nonfriction film. We are going to use 14:1 pistons or 13:1 that will be
> ceramic coated on the top and have the same nonfriction film on the walls.
> (Is there a stroker kit for these motors?) I am up for suggestions on a
> cam
> and cam followers and rocker arms full race motor and would like to spin
> it
> to at least 8000rpm also valve springs open for suggestions on good
> companies for all of these or if there is a good package to buy. Going to
> be
> running 45 DCOE weber carb, the car already has headers on it but I'm not
> sure what kind or size exhaust.
>
> For headwork, the head is going to be sent out to do a bench-port port and
> polish. We are going to put the largest size valves we can fit (Right now
> the head has the second largest setup in my high performance tuning book,
> we
> are going to offset the exhaust valve to increase the size, the book says
> that's worth 5hp right there. To avoid head gasket issues, we are going to
> o-ring the head and the block. And lastly, we are going to get a 5spd to
> match up to it and we are running a 4.2 rear diff locked right now, but we
> are going to change that to either a 3.9 or a different 4.2 with a limited
> slip differential (also looking for advise which to go with) I was told
> Detroit sells one but not to go with it..?
>
> --
> Sincerely,
>
>
> Matt Hagopian
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