[VB] Porsche generator pulley works great

[SAm_w]

BTW, I have a welded and balanced dog-house fan, that I need to put on. 
I was told that using the Porsche pulley can explode my fan if I am not 
careful.
Sam W
On 9/29/2013 9:32 PM, SAm_w wrote:
> Tks Eric&Barb, I agree with you.
> Sounds like a mixture of my 63 singlecab and my 73 Thing.
> I have a Meximotor, 1600 DP and a 3.88 Ring and pinion with 63 only 
> little-big-nut RGB's, and am running 205-75-15 tyres, so I get 3000 
> RPM at 60 MPH. It does get a little warm going up the long stow hill 
> to Redding on I5 at 100+ degrees F , I think I will add a 356 pulley 
> to my generator, that way it should run a bit cooler when going at 
> 3000 to 3500 RPM.
>
> In my 73 Thing I have a stroker motor (74x94) giving me a 2054 cc. It 
> was getting high CHT's so I just aided a Porsche 356 generator pulley 
> and now it runs with good CHT's. I bought the 356 parts from Pelican 
> parts, and I probably did not need the shaft and nut, but got them 
> anyway. Porsche shims are not needed and they cost $4.50 each!
>
> On 9/29/2013 8:35 PM, veewee111 at aol.com wrote:
>>   Hi Jdd,
>> 3.875 R&P FF transaxle with .82 fourth, big nut RGBs, does 60 MPH @ 
>> 3,000 RPM with slightly bigger than stock rear 15" tires.
>>
>>   1641 SP engine with 7.1 compression has dog house with type 4 
>> cooler that is 40% bigger than stock DH cooler.  Also have 356 
>> Porsche gen pulley with stock DH lower pulley for 2:1 ratio (stock DH 
>> is about 1.8:1 ratio), and 35 mm wide cooling fan.  We do not go over 
>> 3,000 RPM except for short bursts like when going uphill and 
>> upshifting to avoid ending up in too low of RPM in the higher gear.  
>> From what we have found 1,500 - 3,000 RPM is where these ACVW engines 
>> are happiest, coolest, and best longevity.  Plus we are getting 23 MPG.
>>    If you or anyone else is interested, Pmail us and we will send our 
>> "Modified Transaxle History".
>> E&B
>>
>
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