RE: What would happen if....

[Robert H Luhrs <rhl@student.umass.edu>]

I have checked out the engine nd it is in fact solid lifters, but i thank
everyone for the replies, as i must admit i was pretty woried about it,
Just for shits and giggles though, what would happen if it HAD been
hydrolic lifters and i HAD put in the solid lifter G-grind?
(just curious, though thank god i didn't have to find out the hard way  :)
Rob Luhrs


On Wed, 21 Jul 1999, Ewan Hopkins wrote:

> Anything made August '87 on is hydraulic...
> 
> Ewan Hopkins.
> 
> BTW, his engine must be solid lifters, having a 'J' cam, as there isn't one
> for the hydraulic head.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: William J Erikson [mailto:williamjosiah@juno.com]
> Sent: 21 July 1999 04:29
> To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: What would happen if....
> 
> 
> If I remember right, your car is an '87 8v, right? Then it's a solid
> lifter, as far as I know. Sounds like your mechanic doesn't know VW's.
> There isn't an obvious place to put shims in. You have to either take out
> the cam or get a special tool to compress the valve springs.
> 	-Josiah
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 20 Jul 1999 10:38:19 -0400 (EDT) Robert H Luhrs
> <rhl@student.umass.edu> writes:
> >Let's just say that for some reason someone put a G-grind solid  
> >lifter
> >cam in a hydrolic lifter engine?
> >and how would you be able to tell?
> >Reason being: i had my mechanic put in a bunch o stuff:cat. dual 
> >exhasut
> >manifold/downpipe, and a g-grind, i toldhim to verify solid lifters 
> >before
> >he put it in, today i wenmt to have a cv boot replaced, and somehow it 
> >cam
> >up that he was like, oh yeah you had a hydrolic lifter engine, i was 
> >like:
> >are you sure? he said well, i couldn't see any place where shims could 
> >be
> >taken from so yeah he thinks it's hydrolic.  My car still runs very 
> >well,
> >still gets over 30 mpg, still pulls fine, any thoughts from anyone?
> >thanks,
> >Rob Luhrs
> >
> >
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