Vintage German Motors

01/14/2026

How is driving a VW different from any other car? Well, there is this:
I found this note tucked into my door glass when I came out from the fitness center his morning.

12/25/2025

Personality change. They only come out at night!

11/29/2025

Babushka is going to be pi**ed...

08/11/2025

Valve train geometry
Notice the edge wear on these swivel foot rocker arm adjusters. Notice the consequence of this edge wear. The adjusters have been hitting the valve spring retainers due to incorrect geometry set up. This installer didn't bother to check push rod length, and just shimmed out the rocker arms to make stock pushrods fit. They also did not remove material from the rocker arms to accommodate these adjusters. Using stock aluminum push rods (instead of Chromoly steel or HD aluminum) did not hold up to the performance camshaft. This was a race to the bottom to see which failed first!

08/11/2025

Things I have never seen before:
This customers engine had been in storage after having new engine tin partially installed at a shop in CA. The cylinder head tin was not sitting down over the cylinders as if something was blocking the tin. Removing the fan shroud revealed this innovative engine cooling modification. Type 3 lower cylinder tin installed on top!
This would certainly have a profound effect on engine cooling!

07/25/2025

Guys from up North visited us on club night!

06/16/2025

Club night green contingent. Tried out the PG Purple Turtle this time.

06/11/2025

I have seen a number of posts where people talk about Silverline brand rod bearing clearance issues. They mention the Silver Line bearings have a raised locating tang that needs to be ground off.
Since I have never seen pictures, here they are. Even after modifying the tang, the Silver line rod bearing clearance was still a half thousandth too tight, compared to KS and Mahle. Oh well.

06/09/2025

I found this on a customers engine. I found this brilliant DYI cooling fan modification! Simply cut the bottom out of a plastic gallon Jug, leaving some of the sides on to block most of the fan blades, insert this assembly into the cooling fan ( perfect fit, and no engine removal necessary ) and PRESTO! instant results!

05/23/2025

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05/16/2025