16v tappets, etc

[Veedubgt18v]

right ok. so whats the point of lightening and balancing things in your engine then? my mantra is if it breaks replace it with a better and/or performance part.

this would be the lightening bit

[tinman]

you guys modifiying cars is frightening to listen to at times...

[Veedubgt18v]

right whatever. why did vw make different tappets then if there is no point?

[VeeDubGTI16v]

you guys modifiying cars is frightening to listen to at times...

whys that because you dont understand?

[Veedubgt18v]

cheers mark!

[tinman]

you guys modifiying cars is frightening to listen to at times...

whys that because you dont understand?

I'm sorry, i find this hysterically funny....

I take it all back.

You, and whoever discovered that changing tappets increasing the rev"ability" of your engine, are obviously better engine designers than VWs own inhouse engineers. Now that - is funny.

Its not like VW spent a few million DMs designing a 16v head, and never concluded that lightwieght tappets were the way to go!!

[1300mk2]

a lighter balanced part may not improve performance in terms of bhp but will improve efficiency. some people knife edge their cranks which means it will cut through oil more easily. this wont improve performance but will improve efficientcy. What about piston balancing. Lightening your pistons to within a thou of a gram of the lightest piston. so i'm afraid that a tappet is not just a tappet if you are taking it to the extremes of engine tuning.

[VeeDubGTI16v]

you guys modifiying cars is frightening to listen to at times...

whys that because you dont understand?

I'm sorry, i find this hysterically funny....

I take it all back.

You, and whoever discovered that changing tappets increasing the rev"ability" of your engine, are obviously better engine designers than VWs own inhouse engineers. Now that - is funny.

Its not like VW spent a few million DMs designing a 16v head, and never concluded that lightwieght tappets were the way to go!!

get off yer high horse mate

[tinman]

look, if you guys want to swallow some of these "improvements" then knock yourself out. Its a free country and all that!

[1300mk2]

look, if you guys want to swallow some of these "improvements" then knock yourself out. Its a free country and all that!

so are you saying that because vw spent so much money developing cylinder heads that they can't be improved? their breif would have been cofined to a budget and the confines of mass production otherwise all the parts would have been hand made. the cylinder heads would have come out of the factory ported and polished. Virtually everything on a mass produced engine can be improved. believe