Help in identifying engine
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Merlin
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... = Vanagon for simplicty's sake.Blitzkrieg_Beetle wrote:I know i'm not IMPI but I'll give my 2cents worth.A Vanagon is what we here in ZA know as a Microbus/Caravelle/Syncro aka Type25 (1980+) .The yanks know it as a Vanagon....
...and it's a T25 - NOT a "Type 25", produced from September '78 onwards.
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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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fig
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The reason I would stay away from those particular Type of engines is
The late bus was very heavy and those engines just got worn out They are almost always so far worn that they require a line bore (earlier type fours almost never require a linebore.
The breather stand is cast shut thus making a conversion fit is virtually impossible
The casings had bubbles. casting imperfections etc
Dont get ne wron I am a Certified type four fan Those engines are just the worst of the bunch (the heads though can be modified more than the earlier types
And then When some of those rebuilders got hold of them WATCH OUT it might not even be a 2 liter any more.
The late bus was very heavy and those engines just got worn out They are almost always so far worn that they require a line bore (earlier type fours almost never require a linebore.
The breather stand is cast shut thus making a conversion fit is virtually impossible
The casings had bubbles. casting imperfections etc
Dont get ne wron I am a Certified type four fan Those engines are just the worst of the bunch (the heads though can be modified more than the earlier types
And then When some of those rebuilders got hold of them WATCH OUT it might not even be a 2 liter any more.
Who cares how it's done in California?
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As for parts from Audis etc
The Audi 80 and the Beetle shared CV joints
Interior lights and switches
Seats in SA production
Headlight switches
Headligts on some models
The 924 Porsche which originally was a Audi Coupe used Type 1 trailing arms torsion bars lights front suspension of the super beetle
Armand
The Audi 80 and the Beetle shared CV joints
Interior lights and switches
Seats in SA production
Headlight switches
Headligts on some models
The 924 Porsche which originally was a Audi Coupe used Type 1 trailing arms torsion bars lights front suspension of the super beetle
Armand
Who cares how it's done in California?
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disselboom
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like the one at Figs'