What IMPI
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Merlin
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IMPI is the nickname for Armand Botha's 'experiments'. 
It doesn't originate from any car.
Armand takes Type 4 engines - mostly - and then goes Nuts with them until you get a fire-breathig monster under the hood.
IMPI is a ripoff of EMPI.
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It doesn't originate from any car.
Armand takes Type 4 engines - mostly - and then goes Nuts with them until you get a fire-breathig monster under the hood.
IMPI is a ripoff of EMPI.
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"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
sled wrote:well obviously the UK is wrong.
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Merlin
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Type 4 is a VW model.
They are flat 4 cylinder engines which are usually converted to stand upright and then placed, albeit with mods, into bugs and bus'.
Google 'Type 4' for a pic...I have none handy.
images.google.co.za
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They are flat 4 cylinder engines which are usually converted to stand upright and then placed, albeit with mods, into bugs and bus'.
Google 'Type 4' for a pic...I have none handy.
images.google.co.za
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"Understeer is when you hit the wall with the front of the car, and oversteer, the rear.
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
Hp is how fast you hit the wall, and Torque is how far you take the wall with you."
sled wrote:well obviously the UK is wrong.
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eben
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Hi Fergus,
this is a type 4 turbo engine.
As you can see the fan housing is in front of the engine and not on top like in a beetle (type 1)
Type 4 engines came out as 1700, 1800 and 2000
they were used in the later type 2 busses(Called Bay windows cos they have curved windscreens) as well as in the Porsche 914.
Main difference appart from capacity and cooling is the addition of an oil filter as standard, a quite bulletproof crank and crankcase and rigid(non concertina) pushrod tubes....
this is a type 4 turbo engine.
As you can see the fan housing is in front of the engine and not on top like in a beetle (type 1)
Type 4 engines came out as 1700, 1800 and 2000
they were used in the later type 2 busses(Called Bay windows cos they have curved windscreens) as well as in the Porsche 914.
Main difference appart from capacity and cooling is the addition of an oil filter as standard, a quite bulletproof crank and crankcase and rigid(non concertina) pushrod tubes....
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Vw Type 1 Beetle
Vw Type 2 Transporter/Microbus/Kombi
Vw Type 3 Vw Sedan Notchback/Fastback/Variant
Vw Type 4 Vw 411/412
The Vw Type 2 evolution
T1 Splitscreen Van
T2 Bay Window
T3 Wedge (example 2.1i,2.5i,2.6i) Also known as Vanagon or T25
T4 Previous range
T5 Current Kombi/Caravelle/Crew Bus
The Type 4 engines was used in the 411/412 and the T2/T3 Microbus in 1700, 1800 and 2000 versions.It was also used in the Porsche 914 (and 356 if I remeber correctly) . It uses a bigger more durable aliminum crankcase than the type1 but spares are generally more expensive and harder to find than type 1 spares. Hope this helps,Fergus
Vw Type 2 Transporter/Microbus/Kombi
Vw Type 3 Vw Sedan Notchback/Fastback/Variant
Vw Type 4 Vw 411/412
The Vw Type 2 evolution
T1 Splitscreen Van
T2 Bay Window
T3 Wedge (example 2.1i,2.5i,2.6i) Also known as Vanagon or T25
T4 Previous range
T5 Current Kombi/Caravelle/Crew Bus
The Type 4 engines was used in the 411/412 and the T2/T3 Microbus in 1700, 1800 and 2000 versions.It was also used in the Porsche 914 (and 356 if I remeber correctly) . It uses a bigger more durable aliminum crankcase than the type1 but spares are generally more expensive and harder to find than type 1 spares. Hope this helps,Fergus
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Sorry I am late to this party. My friend Tom (known as Tuna on Samba and ShopTalk) has a site with lots of type 4 engine info:
http://www.tunacan.net/t4/
That site encouraged me to convert to type 4. Right now Eddie Brown is building me a putt-putt 1.7 (out of a 411) converted to upright to put into my offroader class 11 bug.
It's has been a long road up to this point, several years in the making, but it will be worth it............I hope............
http://www.tunacan.net/t4/
That site encouraged me to convert to type 4. Right now Eddie Brown is building me a putt-putt 1.7 (out of a 411) converted to upright to put into my offroader class 11 bug.
It's has been a long road up to this point, several years in the making, but it will be worth it............I hope............
I don't know it all, just enough to be dangerous!