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 wombatone
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| posted on June 11th, 2004 at 12:29 PM |
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new Aluminium cases
What are these new Aluminium cases like? I know they weigh 7gk and are clamed to be better but has any one used one. Planing to build a warm 1770 cc
engine for my buggy, and already have a new universal case for 1200cc and would prefer to use that in the Fvee. What do they cost and who can I get
one from?
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| posted on June 11th, 2004 at 02:25 PM |
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Be careful when buying them. Some are absolutely shit and have fallen to pieces, others are a real work of art.
Stan "The Man" Pobjoy uses only the Al case for his "Steroids" motors now, so he would have a supply of them I'm guessing.
A lot of the yanks are still saying that for anything other than a pure performance engine a new AS41 case will work fine. CB Performance sells a
"super case" which is an AS41 with some work put into it. Good deal.
http://www.cbperformance.com/catalog.asp?ProductID=185
Give Stan a ring and see what he's got, and what he reckons.
Be warned though, he's a good talker.
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Here is a link to a real work of art:
http://www.precisionalloy.com/pages/tf-1.html
[Edited on 11-6-2004 by 56astro]
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| posted on June 11th, 2004 at 02:30 PM |
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Hey mate,
there are two new raised roof aluminum cases for sale in the states...this is for stroked engines primarily. $479 US
The normal aluminum case is $299 and the Aluminum empi case standard is $249....both will need machining for you 1776. about $50 US. and about $25 for
full flow.
Go to
http://www.actionimport.com
http://www.vwparts.net
Or have a look in the Vw trends mags or hot vw's.
Cost for shipping (express) is about $170.US
It will cost you about $900 -$1000 all up if you get hit with duty/tax.
Hope this helps.
Matt
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| posted on June 11th, 2004 at 06:44 PM |
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Theres lots of good and bad stories about aluminium cases, and from what ive read there are lots of different types from different manufacturers so
its a bit of a minefield!
There's a bad story on those new pentroof cases that i read a few weeks ago on shoptalkforums.
http://www.shoptalkforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=71896
Dont know how true it is??? those yanks are weird anyway
Yep those TF-1's are shweeet! They have thru bolts, ready for full flow oiling, although they cost about US$1400 from what ive heard.
[Edited on 11-6-2004 by Che Castro]
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| posted on June 12th, 2004 at 10:29 AM |
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There was an article in a recent Hot VWs about new (ish?) Bugpack and CB performance alloy cases. Showed lots of pics and that was about it though,
and the contact details were a little sketchy- or was that my memory 
Cheers
Jeremy
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| posted on June 12th, 2004 at 01:30 PM |
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I would guess the story is true... CBs pentroof case is not on the market yet - thats because instead of testing it out on customers, they are
testing it themselves first !!!
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