MYBAD79
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Just assembled this aircooled Beetle engine, new mains, new rod bearings, new cam, new lifters.... It's quiet amazing how simple these engines are - no wonder they run forever .....
Aircooled VW engine rebuild
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mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
Slowest car on the road, they only make 30 hp, no wonder they run forever.....
Years/decades ago, my much older sister and her hubby and two kids in back of a old beetle like that, got caught on a two lane bridge, and some clown in the large station wagon pulls out to pass in the oncoming lane, BIL swerves to the right, far as he could go and basically stops......got hit something HARD on the left front fender, so he got the SECOND transplant of a stainless ball/socket in his left hip....he walked with a limp or as years wore on, a cane and walker....used to self medicate with alky-haul and so died of the consequences along about '85 on Thanksgiving Day......
I have had my questions about them cars ever since, and would never own one.... but it WAS the second car I had ever driven, first was a WW2 General's Jeep on a farm his father owned, pulling farm gear with it....
Compared to the Jeep, that VW clutch was a mess, in their car anyway....
:nuts: been a while.....
Years/decades ago, my much older sister and her hubby and two kids in back of a old beetle like that, got caught on a two lane bridge, and some clown in the large station wagon pulls out to pass in the oncoming lane, BIL swerves to the right, far as he could go and basically stops......got hit something HARD on the left front fender, so he got the SECOND transplant of a stainless ball/socket in his left hip....he walked with a limp or as years wore on, a cane and walker....used to self medicate with alky-haul and so died of the consequences along about '85 on Thanksgiving Day......
I have had my questions about them cars ever since, and would never own one.... but it WAS the second car I had ever driven, first was a WW2 General's Jeep on a farm his father owned, pulling farm gear with it....
Compared to the Jeep, that VW clutch was a mess, in their car anyway....
:nuts: been a while.....
MYBAD79
Moderator
Even higher risk for pedestrians, bicicles ans motorbikes .... Our C3s aren't much safer either ... but yes these old VWs don't have many safety features .... But got my Ghia up to 80 mph the other day, was definitely a unique driving experience ....
mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
OMG, a Karman Ghia been a few decades since I seen one of them......everyonce in a while I spot an old VW bug around town, but the 'new' ones look so similar I maybe rong....can't watch other cars, have to watch out for TRAFFIC!!
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MYBAD79
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mrvette
Phantom of the Opera
Wish I could have gone, but car shows/events are very though for me to attend, even here locally, krazy events around our house.....what with these illegals crashing into us constantly, wife and one of her sons have lost THREE vehicles to OTHER dirvers in the last 4 years.....Linda setting on Blanding Blvd, commercial highway 3 lanes each way, behind a minivan, hit from behind for the 4th time but NOW at 45 mph, by a old retired cop car with those huge nerf/push bars in front....her seat collapses, she laid out flat, then into the minivan....She slides out from under the seatbelts, and is all bashed up black and blue all over her left knee still has marks on it from under the dash.....too boot I just put a new engine in her car a '99 Ford Escort we got to take the lousy 2 grand payout from the ins. co. and pay out another 2.5 grand to keep her on the road.....
We decide to sell her '91 Miata, that got tapped in the rear also, by a nitwit kid who was texting, sees the left turn lane take off and don't bother to look UP and takes off into the rear of Linda's Miata.....I fixed that, so bought a '96 Silverado P/U for a work truck in home remodeling....some damn illegal ran a stop sigh at speed, and hit and run, left his extension ladder, roofing nailer and leaf blower on the road......Linda and I did some cruising around the burb and found this roofing job going on, asked for a card, sort of hard to do as NO ONE SPOKE hardly 2 words of english.....but I got one a fellow named Juan Classe' I look it up under Florida business license web site, and sure enough a long list of companies in the construction business, and various partners' names....give that information to the cops....think they do anything at ALL??? hell NO so we lost another vehicle out another 4 grand to replace the '96 which was in GREAT shape too....
Bought what we could afford to buy a '94 Silverado, fixed it up for duty.....back on the road after a week or two, meanwhile chase grab ass for work trucks, major PIA......out another 3.5 grand, so not on the road for less than a year, no insurance on the '96......this time we have insurance....500 deductible.....nets out for 1200 bux new tires and all, her son Dave is driving to pick up his daughters from screwal (a name for school these daze because kids don't learn anything) and this damn illegal is in the oncoming lane standing still, he is driving toward her, she hits the gas in her 04 Nissan Murano, with 3 kids in the car....and so we lost the '94 silverado.....
Just got a 2000 Ford F150 with tool box topper in back, insurance towed the '94 yesterday from Dave's place.....out another 3500 bux......so far.....
maybe you noticed the pix on my vette, some jerk off with a jacked up Dodge pickup backs over top of my Vette in the bank parking lot, I was inside doing a deposit, almost 3 grand and 3 months to finally get the car back with a Macco paint job on it, lighter green with lots of metallic in it now....long story about that repair, but a GOOD MAN with glass was finally located on the 3rd attempt, a regular magician with it, fixes all the fuckups the other two guys did, as well as bailed out the holy mess that was my hood.....took me 3 months to get it done though.....
I about PAIR A NOID as a mother fucker to leave the damn garage, freeking storm here a few daze ago, and I even scared for the damn roof and garage and vette inside......:hissyfit::ill:
:gurney::evil::blush::hijack:
We decide to sell her '91 Miata, that got tapped in the rear also, by a nitwit kid who was texting, sees the left turn lane take off and don't bother to look UP and takes off into the rear of Linda's Miata.....I fixed that, so bought a '96 Silverado P/U for a work truck in home remodeling....some damn illegal ran a stop sigh at speed, and hit and run, left his extension ladder, roofing nailer and leaf blower on the road......Linda and I did some cruising around the burb and found this roofing job going on, asked for a card, sort of hard to do as NO ONE SPOKE hardly 2 words of english.....but I got one a fellow named Juan Classe' I look it up under Florida business license web site, and sure enough a long list of companies in the construction business, and various partners' names....give that information to the cops....think they do anything at ALL??? hell NO so we lost another vehicle out another 4 grand to replace the '96 which was in GREAT shape too....
Bought what we could afford to buy a '94 Silverado, fixed it up for duty.....back on the road after a week or two, meanwhile chase grab ass for work trucks, major PIA......out another 3.5 grand, so not on the road for less than a year, no insurance on the '96......this time we have insurance....500 deductible.....nets out for 1200 bux new tires and all, her son Dave is driving to pick up his daughters from screwal (a name for school these daze because kids don't learn anything) and this damn illegal is in the oncoming lane standing still, he is driving toward her, she hits the gas in her 04 Nissan Murano, with 3 kids in the car....and so we lost the '94 silverado.....
Just got a 2000 Ford F150 with tool box topper in back, insurance towed the '94 yesterday from Dave's place.....out another 3500 bux......so far.....
maybe you noticed the pix on my vette, some jerk off with a jacked up Dodge pickup backs over top of my Vette in the bank parking lot, I was inside doing a deposit, almost 3 grand and 3 months to finally get the car back with a Macco paint job on it, lighter green with lots of metallic in it now....long story about that repair, but a GOOD MAN with glass was finally located on the 3rd attempt, a regular magician with it, fixes all the fuckups the other two guys did, as well as bailed out the holy mess that was my hood.....took me 3 months to get it done though.....
I about PAIR A NOID as a mother fucker to leave the damn garage, freeking storm here a few daze ago, and I even scared for the damn roof and garage and vette inside......:hissyfit::ill:
:gurney::evil::blush::hijack:
bobs77vet
Well-known member
nice little engine....seems like its missing 4 cam lobes???? its a 4 cylinder right? I think I see the bottom of the connecting rods for 2 other cylinders.
4 cam lobes cant make 4 cylinders work can it? or do they double up since its Siamesed some how?
signed confused in va....
4 cam lobes cant make 4 cylinders work can it? or do they double up since its Siamesed some how?
signed confused in va....
denpo
Carburated Nihilist
Well, next time someone mention changing the timing belt on a bug engine I will be able to call BS.
Karsten, what would we do without you?
I'm a bit surprised you didn't go the :bonkers: way and put a Porsche engine instead. Money probably.
Karsten, what would we do without you?
I'm a bit surprised you didn't go the :bonkers: way and put a Porsche engine instead. Money probably.
Sam Cogley
Well-known member
I've often thought it would be interesting to look into the possibility of building a hybrid of a Porsche 4-banger from a 914 and the later, bigger-displacement Type IV engine from the late 70s. Get as much displacement as possible, along with the Porsche high-compression go-fast parts.
bobs77vet
Well-known member
i still think its missing 4 cam lobes
Pacha
Active member
No, That`s the camshaft any type I have.
I made a 600 km trip (a long time ago) in one 1958 bug pedal to the metal the whole trip.... max speed almost 60mph...............
bobs77vet
Well-known member
whats going on havent heard from you in a while? did you survive undamaged through all the flooding last summer?
bob
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