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HELP OR IDEAS APPRECIATED 940 TD won't start hot 900 1991

posted by  745 TurboGreasel on  Tue Feb 24 10:08 CST 2004
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I have tested the VW rev limiter.
It is all mechanical, and the only way to defeat it is if you VW chooses to give you first when you are reaching for 5th. Their shift linkage is good for that. I think the motor will hang together arond 7000 in a no load situation like that, untill rod stretch lets the piston hit a valve, or maybe even the head surface itself. My non IC only gets 5200 ; (






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