Aircooled VW South Africa

Hi I swopped my Impi pickup for a westy about 3 years ago. As the westy was ford powered I got a lot of ribbing from people who know me. I must add in the fords defence that it has been completely trouble free and I never even added water But it wasnt my style so I decided to do another conversion: this time to upright 2 liter type four. I have yet to add one of my uprights to a type four so now is the time. some shots so far







I still need to complete the new cross member wiring exhaust etc
Armand

COOL !!!! Just love that colour red on a westy Keep the pics coming

Cool bus, cool retro fit and Cool colour

Did you get those passat mountings to fit the cross bar? The engine bay looks real nice.

:sigh:
I would love one of those but am already over vehicled. I had heard that the upright aircooled motor would not fit into a bus engine bay. Was I misinformed or is this bus hacked from the ford mill that was in there?

camped out in that bus cool stuff

Drusky wrote::sigh:
I would love one of those but am already over vehicled. I had heard that the upright aircooled motor would not fit into a bus engine bay. Was I misinformed or is this bus hacked from the ford mill that was in there?

Misinformed. The upright engine is the type 1 engine. The type 4 is sometimes called a "pancake" engine as it is lower profile than the type 1. A stock type 4 engine won't fit an early bay (pre-72) engine compartment without some hacking (it is longer and wider). Armand does a custom upright conversion for the type 4 engine, which is what he is fitting to his westy.

Thanks fig. Those few words were a revelation to me! So pine... how much hacking did this require? Edit: If any?

Hi the whole idea behind aan upright conversion in a type four engine is to be able to fit a physically larger (typically 2 liter) engine into the type one engine compartment with minimal modifications.







A small amount of cutting is required to allow the std type four cooler to fit



Drove it today
Armand

Awesome. Interesting rear cross brace. Was the passat brackets a straight bolt on?

The cross brace was made from a type four cross member turned 180 degrees and then the ends were made from 50 x 8 mm flat bar to the profile of the passat mounts. the bus mount you lent me will also fit perfectly. I could have made the whole thing with square tube and flatbar but the type four part just made it easier
Armand

Well done Armant,
Will be needing a set shortly, Please......
Herman

You drove it? How did it go? Do you think you'll be doing a gearbox mod for lower highway revs?

IIIIIIIMMmmmmmmPPIIIIIIII, where are you? How is this bus running? Have you done any long trips with it? Have you any reservations or concerns about this mod?

I am toying with the idea of taking my little 1600TP out of my bus to be refurbished and then stored. A bigger mill would then slip in there to keep me happy. The idea being that I can go back to original if I want. I would of course have to by some tin from Splitbusaholic to preserve my original bits.

The concept of a 2L conversion like this appeals more to me than a bored and modded 1600. I imagine it would be more reliable. Of course balancing bits and polishing bits and porting things would be nice.

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Hi the upright conversion worked very well but as the engine had a very hairy cam (it was built to test a certain combination)it was not entirely suitable for a bus. To its credit it never overheated (one of the tests) the installation was easy. I could return to stock easily.
I decided to return it to stock as I believe that with a classic bus that would be the right thing to do.
Would I do it again
Yes
cam selection is critical for a heavy bus.
Smallish carbs
std two liter will put a smile on your face
it fits easily.
Armand