This one is dedicated to the type 4 conversion that this forum convinced me to tackle.
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What I've got at the moment is the vanagon 2000 liter motor.
Got carbs but no manifolds. (O... bugger!)
Flywheel is sorted out.
Missing some of the cooling tin.
No thermostat to open/close the flap on the oil cooler.
No distributer.
Since the heads on the vanagon is in a bad state, I,ve bought 2 x 1800 heads
The one has never been used (still in the parts box) the other is reconditioned. 39mm inlets
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Many people ask what the motor is intended to do- ie race/street/standard
motoring. After reading up on some of the problems/solutions, I've decided the aim of this motor build is this: (only my opinion)
I do not want tremendous torque that will damage the gearbox. The plan is to get the motor to rev well and move the power to the higher RPMs in a smooth build-up
I want to keep cylinders standard 94mm, but replace the cylinders
and pistons with aftermarket performance kit.
The heads (hopefully the vanagon heads can be saved) will be polished ported,flowed and new (bigger) valves installed.
If I can get (afford!) a counterweighted stroker crankshaft that will go in.
I plan to change the ignition system to a magnetic pick-up to replace the points. (like one used in the 2000 vw polo) Distributer will probably be the 009 or 050.
Stage 1 clutch
The cooling on it is still a no-brainer (I mean I look inside my brain, but it's not there!)
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All comments are welcome as to how I can make improvements and more importantly where to GET the parts here in SA
Yours vrooly
The mobster's gettaway car builder