Special thanks to Tony Moore of Wolfsburg West for carefully taking the steps to build my 1488CC 36-horse hot rod V2.0 motor. We completed the short block without any issues.
For this installment, the first step to finish the engine was to install 80mm AA Performance cylinders. But before doing so, we were required to determine the barrel shims’ thickness and how many we would need. We increased the stroke to 74mm. So, we needed to raise the cylinders with shims on each side.
For the previous 69.5mm stroke V1.0 engine, we installed two shims measuring .040” (1.016mm) and .060” (1.524mm)
