<VV> Cam Bearings

[BBRT]

How do they handle the bellhousing and the equivalent of our oil pump 
housing?

Chuck S----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rad Davis" <rad.davis at comcast.net>


> The VW crowd solution to a similar problem on the type I-III VW engines is 
> to cut a few thousandths off of the mating faces of the case, bolt it 
> together, and then line-bore crank and cam bores both.  They have 
> removable bearing inserts for both crank and cam, but the cases are so 
> flimsy that they frequently pound the webs out of round.
>
> It saves you the welding step at the expense of more boring machine setup 
> time.
>
>