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Theaircooled
V olkswagen
enginedoesnt
hav eav ery
good
lubrication
sy stem.(Which
isntsurprising,
seeingasthe
designdates
backtoXav ier
Reimspiess
original1 931
box erengine.)
Itsinadequaciesbecameev identinthelate1 950'swhenmeandafew
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Hoov er

TheFordMotorCompany hadrecently publishedastudy ofthe

effectsofoilfiltrationsy stemsonenginewearandtheresultswereso
impressiv ethatby thetimey oucouldsay JackRobinsonwedretro
fittedourbugswithoilfilters.Butthemainproblemwasn'tdirtyoil
butnotenoughoil,especially athighrpm.Theinadequateamountof
lubricationreachingtheheadsresultedinex cessiv efriction,leading
tohightempsandfailedv alv etraincomponents,whichputy ouout
oftherace.
Auditingtheengineslubricationsy stemwefoundthatalloftheoil
forbothheadscamethroughasingle5mmdrilling.Intheory ,ahole
thatsizeshouldhav eprov idedmorethanenoughoil.Anditdid,but
only forthelefthandhead.Andthen,only atlowrpm.Whichwas
fineforastock1 200cc36hpengine,butwedalready bored&stroked
thatpuppy tonearly 1 7 00ccandwererunningthematov er5000
rpm.Butnotforv ery long.
V olkswagenwasawareofthev alv etrainlubricationproblemsand
addedadrilledoilchanneltotherockerarmsandalargermainoil
gallery onlaterenginesbutthebasicproblemwasthatnotenoughoil
wasreachingtheheads,especially theoneontherighthandsideof
theengine.
(NOTE:V Worientationisalw aysrelativetothedriver.Theright
handheadisthe1 &2cylinderbank,lefthandisthe4&3bank.)
Togetoiltotherighthandhead,V Wcutsasquaregroov einthe

Hoov er
fr om
Ten n essee
and
per h a ps
t h ebest
pilot in t h eh ist or y of
flig h t .)Th epr oblem is
t h a t a llRober t sg et Bobed
a t bir t h a n dt h er eisn 't
m u ch w eca n doa bou t it .
Wh en post in g som et h in g
a bou t a v ia t ion I
g en er a lly u se'R.S.Hoov er '
t opr ev en t con fu sion .
V iew m y com plet epr ofile

bearingsaddleforthe#2cambearing.Alloftheoiltotherighthand
sideoftheenginegetstherethroughthatchannel.(Andstilldoes,if
y ouhav entmodifiedthecrankcase.)
Tomakemattersworse,theoilto
theheadsgetstherev iathecam
followers...butonlywhenthat
particularv alv eisactuated.In
effect,theV Wcamfollowersactas
avalve,shuttingofftheoiltothe
headsforapprox imately 92%ofthe
time.

T
o
g
e
t
a
nenginethatcouldrunflatoutfor
24hourswehadtogetmoreoilto
theheads.Todothatwetried
openinguptheoilchannelinthecambearingweb.Thatworkedbut
westillwerentgettingenoughjuice.Sowemodifiedthecam
followersto
allowoilto
reachtheheads
1 00%ofthe
timeinsteadof
only whenthe
v alv ewas
actuated.Major
improv ement,
butwewerestill
seeinggallingontherighthandrockerarmshaft,plusanoccasional
hairpinfracture.Whatweneededwasstillmoreoil...especially to
therighthandsideoftheengine.

T
o
d
o
t
hat,ontherighthandcasehalfwe
ex tendedtheoilgallery forthe
camfollowerstointersectwithanewoilchannelwedrilledintothe
#3cambearingweb.Big,BIGchange.Andlowerheadtemps,too.
Withthatasaclue,wegroov edtherockerarmshaftstomatchtheoil
channelsdrilledintotherockers.FittedwiththeFord/Subiety pe
swiv elfootadjusters,whichhav eamatchingoilchannel,wecould
nowprov idetheheadswithapprox imately eighttimesasmuchoilas
before.Headsranmuchcooler...whichmeanttheoilcomingfrom
theheadswashotter,sowehadtocomeupwithabetteroilcooling

scheme.Whichwedid,mov ingtheoilcooleroutsideoftheblower
housing.

Allofwhichispretty oldnewstoany onehangingoutatthefinish

line.Butatotal
blanktojust
aboutev ery one
else.The
magazineswere
only interested
inthemods
whentherewas
somethingto
sell,suchasan
oilfilterbracket
oranoilcooler
core.Allofthe
fiddley bitsthatmadethesy stemwork,suchasdrillingthenewoil
channelsorgroov ingtherockershafts,wereseenasjustmoreof
thoseunimportantdetailsprofessionalenginebuildersarealway s
messingwith.(Mostmagazine'technical'articlesarenothingmore
thaninfomercials,intendedtosellwhatev erproductisbeingtouted.)
Akey pointhereisthatahighoutputengineneedsallofthe
modificationsdescribedabov e:1 00%filteredoil,increasedoil
v olumetotherighthandsideofthecrankcase,1 00%oilflowthrough
thelifters,groov edrockers&rockerarmshafts,andtheFord/Subie
ty peswiv elfootadjusters,whichactasspray bars.Someguy swould
modify therockersandsay they didntseeany improv ement.Others
wouldmodify theliftersandsay thesame.Butnotoneinathousand
incorporatedallofthemodifications.Andstilldont.Butits
interestingtonotethatV olkswagenincludedallofthemodifications
totheTy peIV engine.Infact,y oucanfindthemineverymodern
day engine.Whichisjustanotherofthoseunimportantdetails.
R.S.Hoov er
P o s te d b yBo b Ho o ve r a t10:42P M

1comment:
Gregsaid...
Thanksforpostingthesetup,it'snicetoseegoodforehead
slappersnowandthen.
V Wsomehowmademostofthesamemistakeswiththe
V anagonwaterbox eroilingsy stem,anddefinitely
regressedfromthepriorT4setup...

Fromthefactory ,3ofthelifterboresareindirectly oiled

by adrillingstraightthroughthecenterlineofthelifters,
justlikeaT1 .
Onthestockhy drauliclifters,thisisnotasbadasit
sounds,asthey hav ea~1 5mmx 1 .5mmgroov earoundthe
middlethatactsasanoilpassage,butasIamswitchingto
solidliftersandaMillerCy clesetup(turbo)Ihadtomake
somemodstothelifterboresthaty oumay ormay not
approv eof.
ModsRadialgroov eonunloadedsideoflifterboreto
connectoilpassagestoallowflow,longnitudinalgroov eat
sideoflifterboreoffthefeedportsothesingleshortT4
solidliftergroov eALWAY Sseesoilpressureinitstrav el,
and2mmX.5mmcamoilinggroov esalsoontheunloaded
sideofthelifters(wherethey belong)aimedatthecenter
ofthecamlobe.)
IamrunningaWEB86ontheintakeandIIRCWEB37 on
theex haust(Stock1 600DPgrind)with1 .4rockers,Lside
ofrockerthrustareanotchedandshaftsmodified,notch
aimsatv alv etip/spring.
I'llbepoppingmy shortblockbackapartand"finish"the
oilingdrillingsasthey shouldbe.
Ju n e11,2007 a t11:50:00P MP DT

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