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You can half rump roast test it. Give the compressor a turn, and see if it tries to suck your finger in the low pressure side, and push your finger off the high pressure side. Test several, and find the best one. Try and find one off of a car that has all of the refrigerant lines still attached, so there will be less contamination in the compressor. Also, avoid any that have big clumps of dirty crap around the seams. It may have been leaking. Brake cleaner can be used to clean it out. A small amout of refrigerant oil poured in and worked around will keep the pump lubed long enough for the rest of the oil in the system to reach it. Remember, vac it out for at least half an hour, preferably longer.

I'm a little concerned by the fact that it looks 'milky'. I'm not sure I've seen that before. Could be contamination of some sort. Did different refrigerant oils get mixed?

Yeah, the pans:rolleyes: Actually, the cooling lines are external, they run across the bottom of the car. Some people run them inside the car, it looks like that is easier to do with the body off (which I wasn't willing to do). That radiator came out of a Pulsar NX. I desoldered the brackets, turned them all upside down, and soldered the hole for the radiator cap shut. In the pic, in the upper right, is a bleed valve to remove air. Coolant is added in the engine bay via a vanagon pressure tank. It takes a long time to fill the system when it's empty. But when the air is out, it stays that way.

Polishing metal parts removes rough edges, in turn removing stress risers. Stress risers are areas where cracks can form. Rods are often polished and shot-peened to make them tougher. Of course, they need to be balanced afterwards.

I spent 0 time making it pretty. But it cools very well. Yes, coolant tubes run the length of the car. OhChit-yeah, I know, it can go faster. But I KNOW the tranny will blow chunks if I hammer it. On the plus side, I now have a tow bar for it, so if I oil the track, I can get it home. So now I have an excuse to be mean to it.

Oil directly into the compressor? NOOOO! Well, I hope you put it in the high pressure side. If you poured it into the low pressure side, well, liquids don't compress real well. Watching compressors lock up and explode is fun.

No, I blew the first engine up. Something about bouncing it off the rev limiter... I had something wired up wrong, so when you went to turn the key to start it, the ECU lost power. Right now, I have some sort of misfire problem. I don't have the check engine light or any of the diagnostics stuff hooked up right now, so that's making it a little more difficult. I did take it to the track once. There were some issues that day too. First, I had just broke a CV joint, and I was an hour from home and I didn't want to do it again. Also, the bug had a bad case of the "shakes". Third, my throttle was only opening 3/4 of the way. Sooooo, I couldn't launch it, and I didn't have full throttle. I cut a 15.08 @ 88. I'm sure it's a 14.5 second car. I waxed a Jetta's asssss!

I watched Myoss Feece, Zanny Dook, and Miles Fox far exceed the redline of their EA-82 powered cars for quite some time. Like 7 grand for 5 minutes straight. Then they thrashed them all weekend. So yeah, good engines.

hey there, I'm in the same boat as you. "74 ej powered beetle. No one sees it coming.

Do these engines agree with nitrous oxide?

I "heard" that the DOHC heads flow better. I'm just lookin' for easy hp.

I'm looking to bump up the horsepower on my VW project. I was wondering if heads off of a 2.5 or something would be compatable with my '91 NA 2.2L engine. Any suggestions?

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Why is one head clean and the other not?

I drove Trashwagon 5 about 10 miles with the top radiator hose smashed shut. Something eventually popped and ALL the water came out. Temperature went around 300 degrees. An impressive cloud of thick white smoke billowed out of the car, and eventually stopped, as there was nothing left. After a brief cooldown period, it started right up, and Fox drove it into the Carbola. It didn't sound bad, either.

2004 Subaru Alliance swap meet by the numbers: Number of times police cars randomly drove through carbola: lost count Gallons of gas siphoned: 4 Minutes Zanny Dook and Myoss Feece held their cars past redline in the Carbola parking lot: 5 Number of rude Ford Taurus remarks: lost count Roast Beef sandwiches squashed on railroad tracks: 1 Donuts spun in forbidden zone: At least 20 revolutions Money spent on beer: about $60 Bottles of imported beer consumed by Zanny Dook before he felt the first one: 5 Cases of welding-induced sunburn: 1, to the tender white underside of my right arm Axles changed: 2 Axles obviously broken: 1 I had a great time, and I thank Miles for inviting us out. I'm glad I went, it was the best time i've had in a while. I guess the most notable moments for me were sleeping on the Roof of Boom, driving Trashwagon 5 back and forth from the Baja pit twice, and finally showing off my Bug. Unfortunately, the Bug didn't run right the entire time I was out there. It has a miss that seems to correspond with throttle position. Whatever, i'll figure it out. Also, it's a good feeling when someone tells you, "Hey man, don't be afraid to rev this thing up!" You know, after seeing the horrific abuse that Trashwagon 5 survived without much complaint, I am forced to seriously consider getting something with an EA82 in it. That, and it's a good excuse to go to some more events. Oh, I'd like to thank 86subaru and his wife for a bed and shower and cup of coffee. I hope I didn't wind up your little dog too much. And Alleyboy for breakfast. All of you can expect me around again at some point. C-ya, Eric

Um, yeah, funny story behind that one. I'll wait until TROGDOR! posts pics.

Um, yeah, that photo album is jacked up too, gimme some time to figure it out.

My A: drive is Ro-neeced, so this took forever. Go here for my public album. http://www.villagephotos.com/pubbrowse.asp?selected=895249 Here's a teaser:

It's Friday, 7am. I'm leaving in 15 minutes.

I'm bringing GPS... I get lost easily.

I plan on meeting Trogdor! at his place, then caravaning in. I figure it might be easy enough to find the "carbola", but detailed directions would be nice.

It's fairly normal for O2 sensors to basically weld themselves to the bung. Often, the threads are smeared off of the O2 sensor by the time it comes out. I generally just crank the new one in there, disregarding the condition of the threads. Sometimes the O2 sensor breaks. There is often nothing simple about it.

You can get them from Summit. Your local speed shop should be able to get them, also. Common thing to need when adding F.I. to a car that didn't have it before.

Here's my EJ22 powered bug. Although the rear deck is off, it fits no problem. The rad is hidden up front, and it cools well.