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Mon Oct 16, 2006 10:37 pm

Dose anybody know anything about this valve cover? "Made in Canada" it has "LVW 2" and " LANG "

Mon Oct 16, 2006 11:50 pm

from what i know, lang was one of those "old school" acvw speed parts companies from the 60's/70's. they made and sold power & regular size pulleys, sumps, valve covers...not sure if they made manifolds or not. probably other stuff aswell. they were based out of the vancouver/lower mainland area of british columbia in canada.

if you are interested in selling those valve covers, please let me know.

cheers.

Tue Oct 17, 2006 12:06 am

here are a few pics of my lang pulley. unfortunately part of the degree markings were sacrificed to the polishing wheel gods. d'oh.

Tue Oct 17, 2006 1:48 am

if you go airspeedparts.com the local guys in Vancouver have a member of their club (DVKK) who is the son of the owner.

Tue Oct 17, 2006 10:32 am

Gary Lang is the man! He started "Lang" back in th good old days. He made valve covers, deep sumps, pulleys, pulley covers, breather boxes and much more. EMPI, Truhauf and others all sold his items.

I have a few pulleys, NOS 36 HP valve covers (these are the hardest to find) given to me by Gary as well. I also have one of their very cool breather boxes with NOS Lang decal and instructions.

Tue Oct 17, 2006 8:45 pm

Hey guys thanks for the Info. now you got me more interested in the LANG old school stuff. too bad I only have 1 valve cover :(
Hey Mr. Bungle thanks for the offer but I think I will look for 1 more valve cover. :wink:

Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:50 am

so if i found a deep sump that said "made in canada" would that mean its a lang product? i found one the other day but didnt buy it.

Thu Mar 31, 2011 10:56 am

the one i found looked like whats in the bottom pic

maybe i missed the lang logo? i was looking for it but the sump was covered with greese

Fri Apr 01, 2011 1:18 am

It's a LANG sump. Gary made them for many retailers and put their names on some. He also made sumps with no name, not even his own name. If it says "Made in Canada", it's a Lang sump.

Fri Apr 01, 2011 7:53 am

ok thanks, if it had said lang i would have definatley bought it but iwasnt sure. is it still something i should buy?

Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:50 pm

I'd buy it.
There are a few innovative ideas incorporated in Lang sumps. Gary told me that when he designed it, he made the pattern so that there was 1-2mm between each corner of his sump and the little "feet" on the bottom corners of the engine case (where the tin screws on). This was so that if the sump bottomed out, it would only flex a small distance before it contacted. Then the sump wouldn't bend or break.
Compared to a Berg sump of the same volume, a Lang sump has 1" more ground clearance. It also weighs about 5 lbs less.

Sat Apr 02, 2011 2:57 pm

well ill have to get it when im near it again. and there be the lang logo i just didnt see it becuase it was covered with somuch greese