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My £0.01😃 A 2180cc by nature will produce a lot of torque, so you can go slightly bigger on the cam and it will not make the engine feel gutless at low revs like a smaller engine, say a 1776cc. My only observation is that you said most of your driving is between 1.5-3k rpm’s and most likely...

Great job J, that’s how we all learned, 🤪 I can’t remember how many times i lost those flipping balls😩 Keep up the good work👌 Abel🤓

Congrats Stefan, your engine turned out great👍 I am a big fan of AA500 heads, the modern chamber is big enough to allow a tight deck resulting in great efficiency. Your combo shows what can be achieved when care is taken and proper parts selection is made, like the 1.25 rockers on intake,28mm...

I am still here Ozzie😃 I was soooo looking forward for the end of last year, my Bus is in the body shop going through surgery, but the procedure is taking longer than planned🙄 I will start an engine build thread very soon, hope to help all folks and show them how i will build a fully...

Twin 36’s are my choice too🤓 Abel

If you can fit dual twin choke carbs it will be a massive improvement, but fitting a single IDF is not a great idea. There are many things needed in order to make it work reasonably ok, but even of you get that it will still use more fuel than duals and not perform as well. You need a manifold...

Thanks for taking the time to find the article, that will put weight in the old fart’s life experience lol🤣🤣🤣 Abel🤓

Ozzie you reminded me when i was a lad, around 12, i used to “fix” my uncle and auntie’s cars, i fixed one thing and broke two🤣🤣🤣 Abel

It can only be that the flywheel has been machined before. There are 5 areas where the flywheel can be re machined, and that area where it meets the crank is one. They could have machined it there and not machined the area where the flywheel contacts the shims by the same amount or not machined...

Glad you had been helped to achieve your goal, Torben is a very knowledgeable person in the ACVW community and has been using technology and advancements to improve our engines, which is great specially because he shares his findings helping others. I also agree with the compression and deck...

The joys of classic car ownership😁 We love it!! Abel

Craig that is a good point i forgot to ask, are you greasing/oiling the shims? They have to go dry while measuring and without the flywheel o'ring. After you happy with the amount of play, you oil the shims, oil the seal and install, oil the o'ring and install, a bit of Loctite on the gland nut...

It looks like you measuring the flywheel flex instead of the endfloat.😨 I see that your flywheel has been reground, so it's possible that they also reground the area where it meets the crank, that would explain using only 3x0.24mm shims still gives you not enough play.🤔 A solution would be to...

The flywheeel flexes, so don’t push it hard or the measurements will be off.🤔 Silly question but you never know; is the belt off? It has to be.🤪 Just push and pull the flywheel without too much force, you must measure the “clunk” which is the movement that it does freely. I set my endfloat just...

Surely a good recipe, suited to your driving style Stefanbus :D The problem is, if you ask 100 people how they would build their engine, you would get 100 different opinions :shock: Your builder has to match the engine TO YOUR driving style, so don't let anyone choose that for you or you...

Call me now if you want J, i can talk you through a few things so we can find what the problem is👍😉 Abel

Not a typo🤣🤣 That crank just like the Scat has more meat at the chicks, which is the portion between the rod journals. Yes, VW journals as they make the crank stronger compared to the Chevy journals. B pistons are for stroker engines, if you use the A pistons or the stock compression height...

Hi Steve😁 I use the Empi 4340 as it's the same forging as the Scat cranks, they have fatter chicks and are stronger than the CB/SSP/AA cranks. One thing i found is the area where the gears goes is 0.0005" smaller making for a less pressed gears fit, but nothing to worry about, they just don't...

There is a spring that goes on the linkage bar, that is to keep the flaps open in case of a thermostate failure. Also the thermostate itself has not been designed to push the linkage and open the flaps, but rather it overcomes the return spring and allow the flaps to close when the right temp is...

Craig, you have put a lot of effort in your solution👍 One thing though; where is the spring? The spring has to be installed as if the stat fails, the flaps will be open. I can borrow you a bar and when you succesfully copy it you can send it back to me😁 Abel