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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 4:26 pm    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

Yeah, but... does it have hand planked rods?
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 5:45 pm    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

There's still GoWesty...
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 8:11 pm    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

I LOVE my RJE! Yeah,, first impression was,, Uh, WHAT? But, then, I realized that I was able to, if I wanted to, out accelerate quite a few other vehicles.
Rocky did a GREAT JOB of matching his hipo engine with street drivability.
AND! AA transaxle still warranteed my transaxle coupled up with an RJE.
I ain't in no road race,, but, if ya push me,, I'll make ya think twice bout messing with a crappy looking VW van loaded with an RJE...
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 10:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

Why, for what? In California you can only have a 2.2 legally. If you do a conversion now you have to sort out all of the known Subaru issues.

I have one of each and at the end of the day I think the WBX is better. VW designed an engine specifically for the van. The power band is perfect, it's smooth and super dependable and does not die at stop signs.

You have an engine built by one of the best WBX guys around, I've never seen anything but Pos reviews about him.

In the 5 years and 20K miles I've had my van with the Subi conversion it's chucked a rod and lost a head gasket 600 miles from home. Sure my WBX has its days, but it always gets me home.

If you want to power up the hills buy a VR6 Eurovan with cold AC and some safety features. More important if you did this the Seattle Mafia would come after you with a dipstick.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 4:53 am    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

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If you want to power up the hills buy a VR6 Eurovan with cold AC and some safety features.


EuroBusses are for Wankers
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:14 am    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

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pemz0r wrote:
So my engine is now worth double????!!!???

First Tencentlife stops...now RJ....who's left to fill the void?


Marco Mansi seems to have built and sold a few recently.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 1:34 pm    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

Well, I put her on a dyno.. My 914 buddy said the numbers are good.. but I have no idea. I wanted to know how much hp would drop with the A/C on, so that's with Green line.


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Here's the Oil Temp and Oil Druck on the way back from the Dyno. I had the A/C on blast, and outside temp was 94 degrees.

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Last night

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:05 pm    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

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Steve M. wrote:
pemz0r wrote:
So my engine is now worth double????!!!???

First Tencentlife stops...now RJ....who's left to fill the void?


Marco Mansi seems to have built and sold a few recently.


If I have the time I would like to do my own. I've been collecting parts along the way. New OEM Crank, Tencentlife's Cylinder heads and Kolbenschmidt bearings. Looking at Camshafts and rocker arms now. I will probably send the case to RJE to get checked, line bored and oil passage plugs.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:16 pm    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

Where is the temp sender located? I have a few.. my engine case shows 230+ some days, when the 'needle' shows nominal.

Also, this is a house on wheels, no? Go put a house on wheels on top of that Forester.. Hah.

Mentions of the 2.2 being the only street legal in Cali, not so fast.. Try the FAS one?

This all is funny, having seen a V-8 in the back of a bus before. Cadillac front wheel drive welded in back. Ugly. Moved ok? sure.

Back to the beginning, all in the foot of the driver. I actually like going the slower routes. On windy mountain roads, why would I want to go fast? I value my life, and the lives of others in my local vicinity. If I were the cause of a wreck, tumbled down the side of a mountain, and risked the lives of the rescue team, I'd sure feel low.

Keep the RJE, change your mind.

If you really want your question answered, it is like this: The dollars are what you get after painstakingly waiting, talking it up, having numerous people go No-show, try to talk you down, and make your life miserable. Then, you get the dollars from a person who you are willing to sell to, and all you have is dollars that then evaporate in a new even more risky path. Believe me, I've been nursing my kids along with their Subi swap for 3 years now. Ugh!

Like $4K, guessing someone will take it off your hands, after 6 months of waiting for a bigger fish.

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 2:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

why not reach out to RJE and see if he can help re-home it? he may want to do a once over on it before he give it his blessing but he may have a customer looking for one.

not bagging you at all, but the dollars to HP/TQ just don't add up on these things to get one built properly. that is why so many swap.

anyway, it's only worth what someone is willing to pay. you as a seller can swear up and down its a solid engine but the reality is a buyer is rolling the dice. it could puke it's guts 3 weeks after you sell it.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 03, 2021 11:55 pm    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

pemz0r wrote:
Well, I put her on a dyno.. My 914 buddy said the numbers are good.. but I have no idea. I wanted to know how much hp would drop with the A/C on, so that's with Green line.


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Here's the Oil Temp and Oil Druck on the way back from the Dyno. I had the A/C on blast, and outside temp was 94 degrees.

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Last night

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That doesn't look anything like a 2.3L RJE build. Nothing. At. All.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 3:46 am    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

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That doesn't look anything like a 2.3L RJE build. Nothing. At. All.


Easy to say that but you present no evidence to support your opinion.
Please post what this should look like.


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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 7:50 am    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

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That doesn't look anything like a 2.3L RJE build. Nothing. At. All.


Why do you say that? 85whp is probably 100bhp. That's a fairly sizeable increase over the 90hp stock.

I mean, do I think a built wbx is worth it? No, of course not. But that's not the discussion. Does anyone have a stock 2.1 dyno? I am betting 75whp. Maybe 65awhp for a Syncro.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:09 am    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:41 am    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

pemz0r wrote:
Well, I put her on a dyno.. My 914 buddy said the numbers are good.. but I have no idea. I wanted to know how much hp would drop with the A/C on, so that's with Green line.


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85whp on a built motor... did i just accidentally stumble into the british roadster forums?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 10:41 am    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

danfromsyr wrote:
THIS X's a hundred..
even my 1.8T likes/prefers to be in 3rd motoring up hills/passes..
it's alot easier on the components to keep the RPMs up vs try to force the power into the drivetrain at lower rpms in 4th gear..
with the turbo I have it makes extra (unneeded) heat..
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I see so many drivers fail to take advantage of the power that lives at higher revs -- up-shifting way to soon and too often -- then commenting on the lack of power.

Ditto for me! It just mechanically feels better.
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 11:08 am    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

What kind of heresy is this? People are questioning my opinion? Has the world gone mad?
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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:20 pm    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

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What kind of heresy is this? People are questioning my opinion? Has the world gone mad?




An opinion is one thing, we are talking hard evidence on measured output.

Do you have supporting evidence to validate your condemnation of this engine?

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 1:35 pm    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

I'd like to know more about what blewed up my Manitou's Transmission?

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PostPosted: Wed Aug 04, 2021 2:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Rocky Jennings Motor value Reply with quote

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I'd like to know more about what blewed up my Manitou's Transmission?

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Probably water intrusion..

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