montermahan

Thanks for the good write up tweety. I was curious what a stock Subaru was turning at highway speed's. The VW engine Redlined around 5,000 and at 3,000 RPM it was around 60 MPH, and the Subaru redline around 6,500 and I am turning 3,000 at 60. DaveT stated his was turning around 4,000 at 65. Mine at 4,000 would be 80. I would like to go with smaller tires to get my RPM up to 4,000 at 65, would have more power all way round, but I also like the 3,000 at cruse. Would be curious to know the difference in gas mileage and engine longevity. Maybee when It cools down around here, I will stick on a set of smaller tires and test for myself. I am now running 205/70R15's. I put a push button on my handlebars for the electric shiftdown, so I can hit it to pass or hold it in when going thru the gears for a higher shiftpoint, which is still 5,000 RPM, I don't think I want to change the governor weight's to get it up to around 6,500. sound's like it is really screaming at 5,000, but I'm used to VW's.

Picture from the front. 2 GoldWing radiator's in front of rear fenders for cooling. Runs around 176 Deg. Adapted to a VW full auto trans. Kennedy adapter. 10 gal fuel. 32 MPG. Have 20,000 trouble free miles (ceptin sometimes a lifter tick). I have built around 10 trikes, VW's, Corvair's, 215 Buick, 151 Iron Duke motors, this by far is my favorite. Don't need no stinken paint, rust is like teflon--nothing sticks to it.

Picture from the back side

Right now I'm running 15-50 Mobil-1 with about 1 pint MMO. It's 100 Deg. here now.

I have a trike i built using an EA82 engine and VW automatic. Figureing my gear ratio, I should be running 130 MPH at 6,500 RPM. I run out of power at 90, which is 4,500 RPM (fast enough I know). I cruse at 60 and it is 3,000 RPM. was wondering what a stock one runs at.

I purchased an adapter from an outfit called Kennedy, it was for an EA82 to VW automatic. worked perfect. don't know if they make one for ur motor. MM

I have an EA82 engine on a trike I built adapted to a VW auto transaxle and it is working great. I purchased the engine from a person who got a bunch of them that were removed from cars in Japan and All I have is the serial # on the engine, It is 094690. Is there a way to identify what it is out of from this. Last year I replaced the oil pump seals and the TOD was gone for about 10,000 miles, now it is back sometimes, not continuously, I got a new seal kit for it and it come with a lip seal for the shaft, I thought I remembered it had an O-Ring shaft seal. Did some of them have an O-ring or my memory is weaker than this motors lifter system. I don't want to take the pump apart till I'm sure I have the right part's to put it back together. Thank's for any feedback. MM