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Mon Oct 14, 2019 4:56 am

Rimco doesn't have a great reputation at the moment- a number of people are not happy with their work at all. Be sure they know what you want and can do the work properly before giving them your engine case.

Read their feedback-
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...p;start=20

Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:14 pm

ALB wrote: Rimco doesn't have a great reputation at the moment- a number of people are not happy with their work at all. Be sure they know what you want and can do the work properly before giving them your engine case.

Read their feedback-
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...p;start=20

Wow. Anybody else do it?

Mon Oct 14, 2019 3:32 pm

dubman67 wrote: ALB wrote: Rimco doesn't have a great reputation at the moment- a number of people are not happy with their work at all. Be sure they know what you want and can do the work properly before giving them your engine case.

Read their feedback-
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...p;start=20

Wow. Anybody else do it?
Did you watch this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubwhsLNM1wU

Mon Oct 14, 2019 5:47 pm

APPLEGREENVW wrote: dubman67 wrote: ALB wrote: Rimco doesn't have a great reputation at the moment- a number of people are not happy with their work at all. Be sure they know what you want and can do the work properly before giving them your engine case.

Read their feedback-
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...p;start=20

Wow. Anybody else do it?
Did you watch this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubwhsLNM1wU

Yeah, not to keen on doing it myself.

Mon Oct 14, 2019 6:23 pm

dubman67 wrote: APPLEGREENVW wrote: dubman67 wrote: ALB wrote: Rimco doesn't have a great reputation at the moment- a number of people are not happy with their work at all. Be sure they know what you want and can do the work properly before giving them your engine case.

Read their feedback-
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=...p;start=20

Wow. Anybody else do it?
Did you watch this video?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubwhsLNM1wU

Yeah, not to keen on doing it myself.
Vintage Volks Speed Shop, is also a machine shop in WA. Check out it on facebook. Watch the video again. :roll:

Fri Oct 25, 2019 1:31 pm

is it worth taking apart a running engine to do this? engine is currently not in the car. but it ran awesome when I removed it. just hate taking a good engine apart.

Fri Oct 25, 2019 6:18 pm

My personal feeling is that for a stock grocery getter it's not worth a tear down on a running engine to do. If you are running it hard, hot-rodding it or have it apart anyway to rebuild it, why not? Seems like a good thing to do.

Sat Oct 26, 2019 7:08 am

Does anybody run an external hard line over to the other side instead of drilling the case?

Sat Oct 26, 2019 10:33 am

turbotype1 wrote: Does anybody run an external hard line over to the other side instead of drilling the case?

I've never heard of anybody doing it that way. Once the case is drilled and everything else done it's self contained and maintenance free. If you should be unlucky enough to break through the depression, wrap the drill with a little clear tape, stuff it back in, sand the area really well with rough (I'm thinkin' 80 or 100 grit) sandpaper, pour 1/2" of epoxy in the divot, if not all the tape comes out peel the rest off the drill and use it to clean up the inside of the passage and you're good to go. A friend and I drilled a junk case and afterward drilled through the divot to see how much material there was. With only 1/16" or 1/32" to spare (it was pretty thin) I think I would fill the depression with epoxy beforehand on any case I performed this modification on.

An external hard line complicates things and would have more potential leak points.

As usual, just my 2 1/2 cents (I'm Canadian, eh!). Al

Mon Nov 04, 2019 5:15 pm

When enlarging the oil grooves in the bearing saddles, how critical is it that both sides line up perfect...case half to case half?

Sun Nov 17, 2019 4:09 pm

Has anyone experienced issues with the Hoover mod and vented valve covers?
Does more oil to the heads = oil pushing up the hose?

I thought I had seen a series of before/after photos(a few years ago) of the mod on an engine with valve covers which had clear windows, but I can't seem to find them.

Thanks!

Sun Nov 17, 2019 9:41 pm

LivinInnaVWBus wrote: Has anyone experienced issues with the Hoover mod and vented valve covers?
Does more oil to the heads = oil pushing up the hose?

I thought I had seen a series of before/after photos(a few years ago) of the mod on an engine with valve covers which had clear windows, but I can't seem to find them.

Thanks!

Clear valve covers would be really cool-more of a show thing but just really cool. Like the clear distributor covers which are junk though.

Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:12 pm

LivinInnaVWBus wrote: Has anyone experienced issues with the Hoover mod and vented valve covers?
Does more oil to the heads = oil pushing up the hose?

I thought I had seen a series of before/after photos(a few years ago) of the mod on an engine with valve covers which had clear windows, but I can't seem to find them.

Thanks!
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Wed Nov 20, 2019 9:42 pm

LivinInnaVWBus wrote: Has anyone experienced issues with the Hoover mod and vented valve covers?
Does more oil to the heads = oil pushing up the hose?

I thought I had seen a series of before/after photos(a few years ago) of the mod on an engine with valve covers which had clear windows, but I can't seem to find them.

Thanks!

That only happens above 5000 RPM's.

Thu Nov 21, 2019 9:41 am

Not as cool as valve covers with a big hole cut out for an acrylic window, but I can see welding on a small tube/fitting at the bottom and top of the valve cover and connecting them with a clear hose, then you can get a visual idea of how high the oil level is getting.

Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:00 am

petrol punk wrote: Not as cool as valve covers with a big hole cut out for an acrylic window, but I can see welding on a small tube/fitting at the bottom and top of the valve cover and connecting them with a clear hose, then you can get a visual idea of how high the oil level is getting.

Ooohh... I like that!

Thu Nov 21, 2019 10:22 am

turbotype1 wrote: Does anybody run an external hard line over to the other side instead of drilling the case?

Top flight drag racers do it all the time. The TMM Turbo build over on STF shows how he plumbed in spray bars and a host of other external oil mods.

Everyone knows that the vent hole for pressure relief valve is the biggest culprit in filling the left side head. Has anyone ever built a shield that partly hides the gap between the lifter boss and pushrod opening?

brad

Thu Nov 21, 2019 5:41 pm

is the valve cover filling with oil a bad thing? and if so couldnt you add another " vent tube" thats lower and would have an external line that drains back to the sump?
say if you had a 1/2" id hose half way up the valve cover. would it drain fast enough to keep from filling the whole cover ?

Thu Nov 21, 2019 11:39 pm

txoval wrote: When enlarging the oil grooves in the bearing saddles, how critical is it that both sides line up perfect...case half to case half?

It doesn't have to line up perfectly, but of course, the better it lines up, the better it flows...but how much oiling do you need?

You could make a template, otherwise.

Fri Nov 22, 2019 8:01 am

slalombuggy wrote: The TMM Turbo build over on STF shows how he plumbed in spray bars and a host of other external oil mods.

brad

Got a link? I didn't see a TMM in any titles.